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enamel

[ih-nam-uhl] / ɪˈnæm əl /


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Instead, it uses a material made from proteins that imitates important characteristics of the natural proteins responsible for guiding enamel formation when teeth first develop.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

It is designed to repair enamel that has been weakened by mineral loss or worn away by erosion, while also reinforcing enamel that remains healthy.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

This coating then provides a framework for rebuilding the mineral structure of enamel.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

By guiding crystal growth, the new gel can restore both the microscopic architecture and the physical properties of healthy enamel.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

The only things left behind at the base of the wall were a walking stick, a washboard, and an enamel cup, lying on its side.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang

Previously, researchers attempting to construct artificial enamels have struggled to achieve those different levels of organization.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 2, 2022

She painted it with 1 Shot-brand sign lettering enamels mixed with clear enamel and pearlescent powdered pigments.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2020

You can buy the enamels from Rust-Oleum for about $40 a can, by the way.

From US News ● Jul. 18, 2016

"Orange Crush," 9 feet tall, 15 feet wide and painted in garish, glossy enamels on a billboard-size metal panel, blows up to monumental scale a still from her high-definition video projection "Green Pink Caviar."

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2016

The visitor finds carvings of the Renaissance and the Middle Ages, and porcelain, enamels, and glass, the work of Venetian and Florentine masters.

From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by G. Barnett Smith

Upstairs, the exhibition highlights 19th-century innovations, including the introduction of colored porcelain in celadon, and enameled, painted and gilded pieces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2025

The high-relief altar front of gilded copper figures with enameled halos, 7 feet wide and nearly 3 feet tall, powerfully articulates the apostles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024

Celebrate the outsiders with this enameled stainless-steel camping mug, a collaboration between SODO’s Potluck Press and West Seattle’s Alair gift shop.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023

For sale: The historic Decatur Lustron, a “space-age ranch” style home built in 1949 in Decatur, Georgia, from enameled steel panels supplied by a fighter plane factory.

From Washington Times ● May 18, 2023

Ser Barristan Selmy was the first to answer die summons, immaculate in white cloak and enameled scales.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

At the top is an enamelled dove with outspread wings, which represents the Holy Ghost.

From Reuters ● May 5, 2023

Page is excited to point out that the table is a reflection of the design in the enamelled iron ceiling.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 8, 2018

A stunning necklace, wrought with jewelled and enamelled flowers, fruits, and butterflies, weighed heavily on its display stand.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 21, 2015

The Downing Street sign was given an estimated sale price of up to £1,500 An enamelled Downing Street sign has been sold for £7,800 at auction, fetching over £6000 more than expected.

From BBC ● May 21, 2013

A large chest of polished latoun had saints and angels enamelled in the panels.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The show offers no reason to think a major resurgence in enameling is in the offing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2016

The award is accompanied by a Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso that has been made unique by commemorative engraving and enameling.

From Forbes ● Aug. 30, 2014

In one corner stood a small enameling kiln, inherited from his grandmother, along with heirloom jars of glazes featuring her handwritten labels and nylon lids cut from stockings.

From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2012

The size-12 ring, which commemorates the Giants’ 20-19 victory over the Buffalo Bills in 1991, has two football-shaped diamonds surrounded by “worn blue enameling framed by 17 smaller diamonds,” according to the auction house’s description.

From Washington Post ● May 17, 2012

The process of making an enameled letter has four stages—stamping, enameling, firing, and filing.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 by Various

She also watched a demonstration of traditional enamelling and gilding by hand by master artisans before examining several pieces in closer detail.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2022

He sold his patent-rights in a bath-tub enamelling process.

From Time Magazine Archive

The first is in an excellent state of preservation, as it is upon gold, but the latter, like most of the ancient enamelling upon silver, has lost most of its enamel.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

After the enamel has been procured in the lump, the next stage in the process, common to all methods of enamelling, is to pulverize it.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

It also goes to prove that enamelling was not practised at this day in Greece.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various


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