CHALICES Synonyms

• a flatbottomed jar made of glass or plastic; used for chemistry

• a cup (usually without a handle)

• a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle

• the quantity a cup will hold

• any cup-shaped concavity

• a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces

• cup-shaped plant organ

• a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl

• the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green

• a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition

• form into the shape of a cup

• put into a cup

• treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin

• a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown

• a tall narrow wineglass

• a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)

• form flutes in

• a drinking glass with a base and stem

• a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup

• the quantity that can be held in a mug

• a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

• the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)

• with handle and usually cylindrical

• rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence

• To stare awkwardly

• a mug intended for serving beer

• experimental expatriate United States writer (1874-1946)

• large drinking vessel with one handle

• a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.

• a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom

• a movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown

• pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground

• a tube in which a body fluid circulates

• a craft designed for water transportation

• an object used as a container (especially for liquids)

• a drinking glass with a base and stem

• a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup