The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word VITREOUS
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What does VITREOUS mean?
VITREOUS noun- (by elision) The vitreous humor.
- Of or resembling glass; glassy.
- Of or relating to the vitreous humor of the eye.
- (of ceramics) Having a shiny nonporous surface.
- Of a semi-crystalline substance where the atoms exhibit short-range order, but without the long-range order of a crystal.
- Positive (of electric charge).