pair-case
noun
A double case for a watch, consisting of an inner case containing the workings and a protective or decorative outer case.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Frederick Britten (1843–1913).
- asteroidal
- Asteroidea
- asteroseismological
- asteroseismologist
- asteroseismology
- as/that was
- as the case may be
- as the crow flies
- asthenia
- asthenic
- asthenosphere
- asthenospheric
- (as) thick as a brick
- (as) thick as poundies
- (as) thick as thieves
- (as) thick as two (short) planks (or as a plank)
- (as) thin as a rake
- asthma
- asthmatic
- asthmatically
- Asti
- a sticky wicket
- a stiff upper lip
- astigmatic
- astigmatism