philosophical egg
now historical
noun
An egg-shaped glass vessel with a long neck, used for heating substances over a long period of time.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Robert Boyle (1627–1691), natural philosopher.
- overstudy
- overstuff
- oversubscribe
- oversubscribed
- oversubscription
- oversubtle
- over-subtlety
- oversupinate
- oversupination
- oversupinator
- oversupply
- oversusceptible
- over-suspicious
- overswarm
- oversway
- oversweep
- oversweeping
- oversweet
- oversweeten
- over-sweetened
- oversweetness
- overswell
- overswelling
- over-swift
- overswim