Hourglass (disambiguation)
Appearance
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An hourglass or hour glass is one of the oldest devices for measuring time; the marine hourglass is one example. The term "hourglass" is also used to describe an elongated, curved, mirror-image shape with a narrow middle; see Glossary of shapes with metaphorical names.
Music
- Hour Glass (band), a 1960s rock band featuring Duane and Gregg Allman
Albums
- Hourglass (America album), 1994
- Hourglass (Dave Gahan album), 2007
- Hourglass: Remixes, by David Gahan, 2008
- Hourglass (Fayray album), 2004
- Hour Glass (Hour Glass album), 1967
- Hourglass (James Taylor album), 1997
- Hourglass (Kate Rusby album), 1997
- Hourglass (Mako album), 2016
- Hourglass: The Anthology, a box set by Lamb of God, 2010
- Hourglass, by Athenaeum, 2002
- Hourglass, by Glass Harp, 2003
- The Hourglass, an EP by Leæther Strip packaged with their album The Giant Minutes to the Dawn, 2007
Songs
- "Hourglass" (Clannad song), 1989
- "Hourglass" (Disclosure song), 2015
- "Hourglass" (Squeeze song), 1987
- "Hourglass", by At The Drive-In from In/Casino/Out, 1998
- "Hourglass", by Catfish and the Bottlemen from The Balcony, 2014
- "Hourglass", by Lamb of God from Ashes of the Wake, 2004
- "Hourglass", by Liquid Tension Experiment from Liquid Tension Experiment 2, 1999
- "Hourglass", by Live Alien Broadcast, 1999
- "Hourglass", by P-Model from Karkador, 1985
- "Hourglass", by A Perfect Circle from Eat the Elephant, 2018
- "The Hourglass", by Savatage from The Wake of Magellan, 1998
Arts and entertainment
- "Hourglass" (Smallville), an episode of the American television series Smallville
- Hour Glass (TV series), a 1946–1947 NBC television variety show
- The Hour-Glass, a 1905 painting by Evelyn De Morgan
- Hourglass, a 1995 film directed by C. Thomas Howell
- "Hourglass", a 2004 episode from season 3 of Alias
- Hourglass Studios, a visual effects studio started by Dave McKean
Books
- Hourglass (Gray novel), a 2010 novel written by Claudia Gray
- Hourglass (Kiš novel), a Danilo Kiš
- The Hourglass, a supervillain character from the 2008 film, Superhero Movie
Space
- Engraved Hourglass Nebula, a planetary nebula
- Hourglass Nebula, part of the Lagoon Nebula
- Hourglass Sea, an early name for Syrtis Major Planum, a feature of Mars
Women's fashion
- Hourglass corset, a type of undergarment
- Hourglass figure, a description of a female body shape
Zoology
- Hourglass dolphin (Lagenorynchus cruciger), a small dolphin found in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters
- Hourglass toad or Cross toad (Leptophryne borbonica), a species of toad native to southeast Asia
Other
- Hourglass (newspaper), a free monthly British newspaper published by Extinction Rebellion
- Hourglass Device, a United States military award, attached to the Armed Forces Reserve Medal
- Hourglass Field, a landing field outside San Diego, California, United States
- Hourglass formation, a type of formation in modern Western square dance
- The Hour Glass Limited, a Singapore-based luxury watch retailer
- Hourglass model, to explain the Phylotypic stage in evolutionary developmental biology
- The translation of שְׁעוֹן הַחוֹל (pronounced Sha'on HaḤol) the project name for the Egypt–Israel barrier