sandglass
N
Archaic, literary, Hourglass
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English Definitions
hour
N
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
hour
N
a special and memorable period
hour
N
distance measured by the time taken to cover it
N
the angular distance along the celestial equator from the observer's meridian to the hour circle of a given celestial body
hour angle
N
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
N
a great circle on the celestial sphere that passes through both celestial poles
hour hand
N
the shorter hand of a clock that points to the hours
hourglass
N
a sandglass that runs for sixty minutes
shaped in the form of an hourglass
houri
N
a voluptuously beautiful young woman
houri
N
(Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise
hourly
occurring every hour or payable by the hour
hourly
every hour; by the hour
hours
N
a period of time assigned for work
hours
N
an indefinite period of time
English Definitions from WordNet 3.0
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