Hourglass (disambiguation)

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

See also

• Sandglass (disambiguation)