dictionary

1: a person who wears spectacles in order to see better

1: optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision [syn: {spectacles}, {specs}, {glasses}]

1: a member of the Caddo people of northeastern Texas

1: any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids [syn: {lash}, {cilium}]

1: lacking eyes or eyelike features; "eyeless fish that evolved in dark caves"; "an eyeless needle" [ant: {eyed}] 2: lacking sight; "blind as an eyeless beggar" [syn: {sightless}, {unseeing}]

1: blindness due to loss of the eyes

1: a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord 2: fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of c...

1: either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye; "his lids would stay open no longer" [syn: {lid}, {palpebra}]

1: suggesting an eye or eyes; "eyelike markings on a butterfly's wings"; "the eyelike gleam of two distant windows in the dark"

1: makeup applied to emphasize the shape of the eyes

1: a protective cloth covering for an injured eye [syn: {patch}]

1: combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments [syn: {ocular}]

1: opinion or judgment; "in the eyes of the law"; "I was wrong in her eyes"

1: official classification for documents; meant to be seen by only the person to whom it is directed

1: a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead" [syn: {bill}, {peak}, {visor}, {vizor}]

1: makeup consisting of a cosmetic substance used to darken the eyes

1: the range of the eye; "they were soon out of view" [syn: {view}]

1: normal use of the faculty of vision [syn: {seeing}, {sightedness}]

1: something very ugly and offensive

1: an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies); usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color [syn: {ocellus}]

1: a tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem [syn: {asthenopia}]

{eyetooth}

1: one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars [syn: {canine}, {canine tooth}, {eye tooth}, {dogtooth}, {cuspid}] [also: {eyeteeth} (pl)]

1: lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes [syn: {eye-lotion}, {collyrium}]

1: a spectator who can describe what happened

1: long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat [syn: {jaguarundi}, {jaguarundi cat}, {jaguarondi}, {Felis yagouaroundi}]

1: a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent [syn: {Lake Eyre}]

1: a peninsula of southern Australia

1: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle) [syn: {aerie}, {aery}, {eyry}] 2: any habitation at a high altitude [syn: {aerie}, {aery}, {eyry}]

1: 100 aurar equal 1 krona [syn: {aurar}] [also: {aurar} (pl)]

1: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle) [syn: {aerie}, {aery}, {eyrie}] 2: any habitation at a high altitude [syn: {aerie}, {aery}, {eyrie}]

1: a British psychologist (born in Germany) noted for his theories of intelligence and personality and for his strong criticism of Freudian psychoanalysis [syn: {Hans Eysenck}, {H. J. Eysenck}, {Hans ...

1: a self-report personality inventory based on Hans Eysenck's factor analysis of personality which assumes three basic factors (the two most important being extraversion to introversion and neurotici...

1: a Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BC who was exiled to Babylon in 587 BC [syn: {Ezekiel}] 2: an Old Testament book containing Ezekiel's prophecies of the downfall of Jerusalem and Judah and their...

1: the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee"; "he doesn't know A from izzard" [syn: {Z}, {zee}, {zed}, {izzard}]

1: (Old Testament) king of Judah who abolished idolatry (715-687 BC) [syn: {Hezekiah}]

1: a Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BC who was exiled to Babylon in 587 BC [syn: {Ezechiel}] 2: an Old Testament book containing Ezekiel's prophecies of the downfall of Jerusalem and Judah and thei...

1: the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; north of Honshu [syn: {Hokkaido}, {Yezo}]

1: Asian shrub having conspicuous racemose rose-purple flowers widely used as an ornamental and in erosion control and as a source of wild-bird feed [syn: {bicolor lespediza}, {Lespedeza bicolor}]

1: a Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem 2: an Old Testament book telling of a rabbi's efforts in the 5th century BC to reconstitute Jewish...

1: United States businessman who unified the telegraph system in the United States and who in 1865 (with Andrew D. White) founded Cornell University (1807-1874) [syn: {Cornell}]

1: United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972) [syn: {Pound}, {Ezra Pound}]

1: United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972) [syn: {Pound}, {Ezra Loomis Pound}]