Classes Matter Inorganic Matter
Inorganic Matter
Nouns
density, solidity
solidness etc. adj.
impenetrability, impermeability
incompressibility
imporosity
cohesion etc. Coherence
constipation, consistence, spissitude. specific gravity
hydrometer, areometer. condensation
caseation
solidation, solidification
consolidation
concretion, coagulation
petrification etc. (hardening) Hardness
crystallization, precipitation
deposit, precipitate
inspissation
gelation, thickening etc. v.. indivisibility, indiscerptibility, insolubility, indissolvableness. solid body, mass, block, knot, lump
concretion, concrete, conglomerate
cake, clot, stone, curd, coagulum
bone, gristle, cartilage
casein, crassamentum
legumin. superdense matter, condensed states of matter
dwarf star, neutron star.
Verbs
be dense etc. adj.
become solid, render solid etc. adj.
solidify, solidate
concrete, set, take a set, consolidate, congeal, coagulate
curd, curdle
lopper
fix, clot, cake, candy, precipitate, deposit, cohere, crystallize
petrify etc. (harden) Hardness . condense, thicken, gel, inspissate, incrassate
compress, squeeze, ram down, constipate.
Adjectives
dense, solid
solidified etc. v.
caseous
pukka
coherent, cohesive etc. Coherence
compact, close, serried, thickset
substantial, massive, lumpish
impenetrable, impermeable, nonporous, imporous
incompressible
constipated
concrete etc. (hard) Hardness
knotted, knotty
gnarled
crystalline, crystallizable
thick, grumous, stuffy. undissolved, unmelted, unliquefied, unthawed. indivisible, indiscerptible, infrangible, indissolvable, indissoluble, insoluble, infusible.
Nouns
rarity, tenuity
absence of solidity etc. Density
subtility
subtilty, subtlety
sponginess, compressibility. rarefaction, expansion, dilatation, inflation, subtilization. vaporization, evaporation, diffusion, gassification. ether etc. (gas) Gaseity .
Verbs
rarefy, expand, dilate, subtilize.
Adjectives
rare, subtile, thin, fine, tenuous, compressible, flimsy, slight
light etc. Levity
cavernous, spongy etc. (hollow) Concavity . rarefied etc. v.
unsubstantial
uncompact, incompressed
rarefiable.
Nouns
hardness etc. adj.
rigidity
renitence, renitency
inflexibility, temper, callosity, durity. induration, petrifaction
lapidification, lapidescence
vitrification, ossification
crystallization. stone, pebble, flint, marble, rock, fossil, crag, crystal, quartz, granite, adamant
bone, cartilage
hardware
heart of oak, block, board, deal board
iron, steel
cast iron, decarbonized iron, wrought iron
nail
brick, concrete
cement.
Verbs
render hard etc. adj.
harden, stiffen, indurate, petrify, temper, ossify, vitrify
accrust.
Adjectives
hard, rigid, stubborn, stiff, firm
starch, starched
stark, unbending, unlimber, unyielding
inflexible, tense
indurate, indurated
gritty, proof. adamant, adamantine, adamantean
concrete, stony, granitic, calculous, lithic, vitreous
horny, corneous
bony
osseous, ossific
cartilaginous
hard as a rock etc. n.
stiff as buckram, stiff as a poker
stiff as starch, stiff as as board.
Nouns
softness, pliableness etc. adj.
flexibility
pliancy, pliability
sequacity, malleability
ductility, tractility
extendibility, extensibility
plasticity
inelasticity, flaccidity, laxity. penetrability. clay, wax, butter, dough, pudding
alumina, argil
cushion, pillow, feather bed, down, padding, wadding
foam. mollification
softening etc. v..
Verbs
render soft etc. adj.
soften, mollify, mellow, relax, temper
mash, knead, squash. bend, yield, relent, relax, give. plasticize'.
Adjectives
soft, tender, supple
pliant, pliable
flexible, flexile
lithe, lithesome
lissom, limber, plastic
ductile
tractile, tractable
malleable, extensile, sequacious, inelastic
aluminous
remollient. yielding etc. v.
flabby, limp, flimsy. doughy, spongy, penetrable, foamy, cushiony. flaccid, flocculent, downy
edematous, oedematous, medullary [Anat.] , argillaceous, mellow. soft as butter, soft as down, soft as silk
yielding as wax, tender as chicken.
Nouns
elasticity, springiness, spring, resilience, renitency, buoyancy. rubber, India rubber, Indian rubber, latex, caoutchouc, whalebone, gum elastic, baleen, natural rubber
neoprene, synthetic rubber, Buna-S, plastic. flexibility, Young's modulus.
Verbs
stretch, flex, extend, distend, be elastic etc. adj.
bounce, spring back etc. (recoil) Recoil .
Adjectives
elastic, flexible, tensile, spring, resilient, renitent, buoyant
ductile, stretchable, extendable.
Phrases
the stress is proportional to the strain.
Nouns
want of elasticity, absence of elasticity etc. Elasticity
inelasticity etc. (softness) Softness
Adjectives
unyielding, inelastic, inflexible etc. (soft) Softness
irresilient.
Nouns
tenacity, toughness, strength
(cohesion) Coherence
grip, grasp, stickiness, (cohesion) Coherence
sequacity
stubbornness etc. (obstinacy)
glue, cement, glutinousness, sequaciousness, viscidity, (semiliquidity) Semiliquidity . leather
white leather, whitleather
gristle, cartilage. unbreakability, tensile strength.
Verbs
be tenacious etc. adj.
resist fracture. grip, grasp, stick (cohesion) Coherence .
Adjectives
tenacious, tough, strong, resisting, sequacious, stringy, gristly cartilaginous, leathery, coriaceous, tough as whitleather
stubborn etc. (obstinate) Obstinacy . unbreakable, indivisible
atomic.
Nouns
brittleness etc. adj.
fragility, friability, frangibility, fissibility
house of cards, house of glass.
Verbs
be brittle etc. adj.
live in a glass house. break, crack, snap, split, shiver, splinter, crumble, break short, burst, fly, give way
fall to pieces
crumble to, crumble into dust.
Adjectives
brittle, brash [U.S.] , breakable, weak, frangible, fragile, frail, gimcrack, shivery, fissile
splitting etc. v.
lacerable, splintery, crisp, crimp, short, brittle as glass.
Nouns
structure (form) Form , organization, anatomy, frame, mold, fabric, construction
framework, carcass, architecture
stratification, cleavage. substance, stuff, compages, parenchyma [Biol.]
constitution, staple, organism. [Science of structures] organography, osteology, myology, splanchnology, neurology, angiography, adeology
angiography, adenography. texture, surface texture
intertexture, contexture
tissue, grain, web, surface
warp and woof, warp and weft
tooth, nap etc. (roughness) Roughness
flatness (smoothness) Smoothness
fineness of grain
coarseness of grain, dry goods. silk, satin
muslin, burlap. [Science of textures] histology.
Adjectives
structural, organic
anatomic, anatomical. textural, textile
fine grained, coarse grained
fine, delicate, subtile, gossamery, filmy, silky, satiny
coarse
homespun. rough, gritty
smooth. smooth as silk, smooth as satin.
Nouns
powderiness [State of powder.] , pulverulence
sandiness etc. adj.
efflorescence
friability. powder, dust, sand, shingle
sawdust
grit
meal, bran, flour, farina, rice, paddy, spore, sporule
crumb, seed, grain
particle etc. (smallness) Smallness
limature, filings, debris, detritus, tailings, talus slope, scobs, magistery, fine powder
cloud of dust, cloud of sand, cloud of smoke
puff of smoke, volume of smoke
sand storm, dust storm. [Reduction to powder] pulverization, comminution, attenuation, granulation, disintegration, subaction, contusion, trituration [Chem] , levigation, abrasion, detrition, multure
limitation
tripsis
filing etc. v.. [Instruments for pulverization] mill, arrastra, gristmill, grater, rasp, file, mortar and pestle, nutmeg grater, teeth, grinder, grindstone, kern, quern, koniology.
Verbs
come to dust
be disintegrated, be reduced to powder etc. . reduce to powder, grind to powder
pulverize, comminute, granulate, triturate, levigate
scrape, file, abrade, rub down, grind, grate, rasp, pound, bray, bruise
contuse, contund
beat, crush, cranch, craunch, crunch, scranch, crumble, disintegrate
attenuate etc. Contraction .
Adjectives
powdery, pulverulent, granular, mealy, floury, farinaceous, branny, furfuraceous, flocculent, dusty, sandy, sabulous, psammous
arenose, arenarious, arenaceous
gritty, efflorescent, impalpable
lentiginous, lepidote, sabuline
sporaceous, sporous. pulverizable
friable, crumbly, shivery
pulverized etc. v.
attrite
in pieces.
Nouns
friction, attrition
rubbing, abrasion, scraping etc. v.
confrication, detrition, contrition, affriction, abrasion, arrosion, limature, frication, rub
elbow grease
rosin
massage
roughness etc. Roughness . rolling friction, sliding friction, starting friction.
Verbs
rub, scratch, scrape, scrub, slide, fray, rasp, graze, curry, scour, polish, rub out, wear down, gnaw
file, grind etc. (reduce to powder) Pulverulence . set one's teeth on edge
rosin.
Nouns
smoothness etc. Smoothness
unctuousness etc. Unctuousness . lubrication, lubrification
anointment
oiling etc. v.. synovia [Anat.]
glycerine, oil, lubricating oil, grease etc. Oil
saliva
lather. teflon.
Verbs
lubricate, lubricitate
oil, grease, lather, soap
wax.
Adjectives
lubricated etc. v.
lubricous.
Nouns
fluidity, liquidity
liquidness etc. adj.
gaseity etc. Gaseity . fluid, inelastic fluid
liquid, liquor
lymph, humor, juice, sap, serum, blood, serosity, gravy, rheum, ichor, sanies
chyle [Med.] . solubility, solubleness. [Science of liquids at rest] hydrology, hydrostatics, hydrodynamics.
Nouns
gaseity
vaporousness etc. adj.
flatulence, flatulency
volatility
aeration, aerification. elastic fluid, gas, air, vapor, ether, steam, essence, fume, reek, effluvium, flatus
cloud etc. [Mixture of air and water.] Bubble [Cloud.]
ammonia, ammoniacal gas
volatile alkali
vacuum, partial vacuum. [Science of elastic fluids] pneumatics, pneumatostatics
aerostatics, aerodynamics. gasmeter, gasometer
air bladder, swimming bladder, sound, (of a fish) .
Verbs
vaporize, evaporate, evanesce, gasify, emit vapor etc. Vaporization
diffuse.
Adjectives
gaseous, aeriform, ethereal, aerial, airy, vaporous, volatile, evaporable, flatulent.
Nouns
liquefaction
liquescence, liquescency
melting etc. (heat) Calefaction
colliquation, colliquefaction
thaw
liquation, deliquation, deliquescence
lixiviation, dissolution. solution, apozem, lixivium, infusion, flux. solvent, menstruum, alkahest.
Verbs
render liquid etc. Fluidity
liquefy, run
deliquesce
melt etc. (heat) Calefaction
solve
dissolve, resolve
liquate
hold in solution
condense, precipitate, rain.
Adjectives
liquefied etc. v., liquescent, liquefiable
deliquescent, soluble, colliquative.
Nouns
vaporization, volatilization
gasification, evaporation, vaporation
distillation, cupellation [Chem] , cohobation, sublimination, exhalation
volatility. vaporizer, still, retort
fumigation, steaming
bay salt, chloride of sodium. mister, spray. bubble, effervescence.'
Verbs
render gaseous etc. Gaseity
vaporize, volatilize
distill, sublime
evaporate, exhale, smoke, transpire, emit vapor, fume, reek, steam, fumigate
cohobate
finestill. bubble, sparge, effervesce, boil.
Adjectives
volatilized etc. v.
reeking etc. v.
volatile
evaporable, vaporizable. bubbly, effervescent, boiling.
Nouns
water
serum, serosity
lymph
rheum
diluent
aqua, pani. dilution, maceration, lotion
washing etc. v.
immersion, humectation, infiltration, spargefaction, affusion, irrigation, douche, balneation, bath. deluge etc. (water in motion) [Water in motion.] River
high water, flood tide.
Verbs
be watery etc. adj.
reek. add water, water, wet
moisten etc. Moisture
dilute, dip, immerse
merge
immerge, submerge
plunge, souse, duck, drown
soak, steep, macerate, pickle, wash, sprinkle, lave, bathe, affuse, splash, swash, douse, drench
dabble, slop, slobber, irrigate, inundate, deluge
syringe, inject, gargle.
Adjectives
watery, aqueous, aquatic, hydrous, lymphatic
balneal, diluent
drenching etc. v.
diluted etc. v.
weak
wet etc. (moist) Moisture .
Nouns
air etc. (gas) Gaseity
common air, atmospheric air
atmosphere
aerosphere. open air
sky, welkin
blue sky
cloud etc. [Mixture of air and water.] Bubble [Cloud.] [Science of air] aerology, aerometry, aeroscopy, aeroscopy, aerography
meteorology, climatology
pneumatics
eudioscope, baroscope, aeroscope, eudiometer, barometer, aerometer
aneroid, baroscope
weather gauge, weather glass, weather cock. exposure to the air, exposure to the weather
ventilation
aerostation, aeronautics, aeronaut.
Adjectives
containing air, flatulent, effervescent
windy etc. [Air in motion] Wind
aerial, aeriform
meteorological
weatherwise.
Adverbs
in the open air, al fresco
Nouns
moisture
moistness etc. adj.
humidity, humectation
madefaction, dew
serein
marsh etc. Marsh
hygrometry, hygrometer.
Verbs
moisten, wet
humect, humectate
sponge, damp, bedew
imbue, imbrue, infiltrate, saturate
soak, drench etc. (water) Water . be moist etc. adj.
not have a dry thread
perspire etc. (exude) [Motion out of.] Egress
Adjectives
moist, damp
watery etc. Water
madid, roric
undried, humid, sultry, wet, dank, luggy, dewy
roral, rorid
roscid
juicy. wringing wet, soaking wet
wet through to the skin
saturated etc. v.. swashy, soggy, dabbled
reeking, dripping, soaking, soft, sodden, sloppy, muddy
swampy etc. (marshy) Marsh
irriguous.
Nouns
dryness etc. adj.
siccity, aridity, drought, ebb tide, low water. exsiccation, desiccation
arefaction, dephlegmation, drainage
drier. [chemical subs. which renders dry] desiccative, dessicator. [device to render dry] dessicator
hair drier, clothes drier, gas drier, electric drier
vacuum oven, drying oven, kiln
lyophilizer. clothesline.
Verbs
be dry etc. adj. . render dry etc. adj.
dry
dry up, soak up
sponge, swab, wipe
drain. desiccate, dehydrate, exsiccate
parch. kiln dry
vacuum dry, blow dry, oven dry
hang out to dry. mummify. be fine, hold up.
Adjectives
dry, anhydrous, arid
adust, arescent
dried etc. v.
undamped
juiceless, sapless
sear
husky
rainless, without rain, fine
dry as a bone, dry as dust, dry as a stick, dry as a mummy, dry as a biscuit. water proof, water tight. dehydrated, dessicated.
Nouns
sea, ocean, main, deep, brine, salt water, waves, billows, high seas, offing, great waters, watery waste, vasty deep
" wave, tide, c. (water in motion) [Water in motion.] River
Neptune, Poseidon, Thetis, Triton, Naiad, Nereid
sea nymph, Siren
trident, dolphin.
Adjectives
oceanic
marine, maritime
pelagic, pelagian
seagoing
hydrographic
bathybic, cotidal.
Nouns
land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma. continent, mainland, peninsula, delta
tongue of land, neck of land
isthmus, oasis
promontory etc. (projection) Convexity
highland etc. (height) Height . coast, shore, scar, strand, beach
playa
bank, lea
seaboard, seaside, seabank, seacoast, seabeach
ironbound coast
loom of the land
derelict
innings
alluvium, alluvion
ancon. riverbank, river bank, levee. soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot
rock, crag. acres
real estate etc. (property) Property
landsman.
Verbs
land, come to land, set foot on the soil, set foot on dry land
come ashore, go ashore, debark.
Adjectives
earthy, continental, midland, coastal, littoral, riparian
alluvial
terrene etc. (world) World
landed, predial, territorial
geophilous
ripicolous.
Adverbs
ashore
on shore, on land.
Nouns
land covered with water, gulf, gulph, bay, inlet, bight, estuary, arm of the sea, bayou [U.S.] , fiord, armlet
frith, firth, ostiary, mouth
lagune, lagoon
indraught
cove, creek
natural harbor
roads
strait
narrows
Euripus
sound, belt, gut, kyles
continental slope, continental shelf. lake, loch, lough, mere, tarn, plash, broad, pond, pool, lin, puddle, slab, well, artesian well
standing water, dead water, sheet of water
fish pond, mill pond
ditch, dike, dyke, dam
reservoir etc. (store) Store
alberca, barachois, hog wallow [U.S.] .
Nouns
plain, table-land, face of the country
open country, champaign country
basin, downs, waste, weary waste, desert, wild, steppe, pampas, savanna, prairie, heath, common, wold, veldt
moor, moorland
bush
plateau etc. (level) Horizontality
campagna
alkali flat, llano
mesa, mesilla [U.S.] , playa
shaking prairie, trembling prairie
mead, haugh, pasturage, park, field, lawn, green, plat, plot, grassplat, greensward, sward, turf, sod, heather
lea, ley, lay
grounds
maidan, agostadero.
Adjectives
champaign, alluvial
campestral, campestrial, campestrian, campestrine.
Nouns
marsh, swamp, morass, marish, moss, fen, bog, quagmire, slough, sump, wash
mud, squash, slush
baygall [U.S.] , cienaga, jhil, vlei.
Adjectives
marsh, marshy
swampy, boggy, plashy, poachy, quaggy, soft
muddy, sloppy, squashy
paludal
moorish, moory
fenny.
Nouns
island, isle, islet, eyot, ait, holf, reef, atoll, breaker
archipelago
islander.
Adjectives
insular, seagirt
archipelagic.
Nouns
running water. jet, spirt, spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush
sluice. water spout, water fall
cascade, force, foss
lin, linn
ghyll, Niagara
cataract, rapids, white water, catadupe, cataclysm
debacle, inundation, deluge
chute, washout. rain, rainfall
serein
shower, scud
downpour
driving rain, drenching rain, cloudburst
hyetology, hyetography
predominance of Aquarius, reign of St. Swithin
mizzle, drizzle, stillicidum, plash
dropping etc. v.
falling weather
northeaster, hurricane, typhoon. stream, course, flux, flow, profluence
effluence etc. (egress) [Motion out of.] Egress
defluxion
flowing etc. v.
current, tide, race, coulee. spring, artesian well, fount, fountain
rill, rivulet, gill, gullet, rillet
streamlet, brooklet
branch [U.S.]
runnel, sike, burn, beck, creek, brook, bayou, stream, river
reach, tributary. geyser, spout, waterspout. body of water, torrent, rapids, flush, flood, swash
spring tide, high tide, full tide
bore, tidal bore, eagre, hygre
fresh, freshet
indraught, reflux, undercurrent, eddy, vortex, gurge, whirlpool, Maelstrom, regurgitation, overflow
confluence, corrivation. wave, billow, surge, swell, ripple
beach comber, riffle [U.S.] , rollers, ground swell, surf, breakers, white horses, whitecaps
rough sea, heavy sea, high seas, cross sea, long sea, short sea, chopping sea. [Science of fluids in motion] hydrodynamics
hydraulics, hydraulicostatics
rain gauge, flowmeter
pegology. irrigation etc. (water) Water
pump
watering pot, watering cart
hydrant, syringe
garden hose, lawn spray
bhisti, mussuk.
Verbs
flow, run
meander
gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue
drop, drip, dribble, plash, spirtle, trill, trickle, distill, percolate
stream, overflow, inundate, deluge, flow over, splash, swash
guggle, murmur, babble, bubble, purl, gurgle, sputter, spurt, spray, regurgitate
ooze, flow out etc. (egress) [Motion out of.] Egress
pour with rain, drizzle, spit, set in
mizzle. flow into, fall into, open into, drain into
discharge itself, disembogue. [Cause a flow] pour
pour out etc. (discharge) [Motion out of, actively] Ejection
shower down, irrigate, drench etc. (wet) Water
spill, splash. [Stop a flow] stanch
dam, up etc. (close) Closure
obstruct etc. Hindrance .
Adjectives
fluent
diffluent, profluent, affluent
tidal
flowing etc. v.
meandering, meandry, meandrous
fluvial, fluviatile
streamy, showery, rainy, pluvial, stillicidous
stillatitious.
Phrases
that old man river, he just keeps rolling that old man river, he just keeps rolling along" [Showboat] .
Nouns
wind, draught, flatus, afflatus, efflation, eluvium
air
breath, breath of air
puff, whiff, zephyr
blow, breeze, drift
aura
stream, current, jet stream
undercurrent. gust, blast, squall, gale, half a gale, storm, tempest, hurricane, whirlwind, tornado, samiel, cyclone, anticyclone, typhoon
simoon, simoom
harmattan, monsoon, trade wind, sirocco, mistral, bise, tramontane, levanter
capful of wind
fresh breeze, stiff breeze
keen blast
blizzard, barber [Can.] , candelia, chinook, foehn, khamsin, norther, vendaval, wuther. windiness etc. adj.
ventosity
rough weather, dirty weather, ugly weather, stress of weather
dirty sky, mare's tail
thick squall, black squall, white squall. anemography, aerodynamics
wind gauge, weathercock, vane, weather-vane, wind sock
anemometer, anemoscope. sufflation, insufflation, perflation, inflation, afflation
blowing, fanning etc. v.
ventilation. sneezing etc. v.
errhine
sternutative, sternutatory
sternutation
hiccup, hiccough
catching of the breath. Eolus, Boreas, Zephyr, cave of Eolus. air pump, air blower, lungs, bellows, blowpipe, fan, ventilator, punkah
branchiae, gills, flabellum, vertilabrum. whiffle ball.
Verbs
blow, waft
blow hard, blow great guns, blow a hurricane etc. n.
wuther
stream, issue. respire, breathe, puff
whiff, whiffle
gasp, wheeze
snuff, snuffle
sniff, sniffle
sneeze, cough. fan, ventilate
inflate, perflate
blow up.
Adjectives
blowing etc. v.
windy, flatulent
breezy, gusty, squally
stormy, tempestuous, blustering
boisterous etc. (violent) Violence . pulmonic [Med.] , pulmonary.
Phrases
lull'd by soft zephyrs" [Pope]
the storm is up and all is on the hazard" [Julius Caesar]
the winds were wither'd in the stagnant air" [Byron]
while mocking winds are piping loud" [Milton]
winged with red lightning and tempestuous winged with red lightning and tempestuous rage" [Paradise Lost] .
Nouns
conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race
head race, tail race
abito, aboideau, bito
acequia, acequiador, acequiamadre
arroyo
adit, aqueduct, canal, trough, gutter, pantile
flume, ingate, runner
lock-weir, tedge
vena
dike, main, gully, moat, ditch, drain, sewer, culvert, cloaca, sough, kennel, siphon
piscina
pipe etc. (tube) Opening
funnel
tunnel etc. (passage) Method [Path.]
water pipe, waste pipe
emunctory, gully hole, artery, aorta, pore, spout, scupper
adjutage, ajutage
hose
gargoyle
gurgoyle
penstock, weir
flood gate, water gate
sluice, lock, valve
rose
waterworks. pipeline.
Adjectives
vascular etc. (with holes) Opening .
Nouns
air pipe, air tube
airhole, blowhole, breathinghole, venthole
shaft, flue, chimney, funnel, vent, nostril, nozzle, throat, weasand, trachea
bronchus, bronchia [Med.]
larynx, tonsils, windpipe, spiracle
ventiduct, ventilator
louvre, jalousie, Venetian blinds
blowpipe etc. (wind) [Air in motion] Wind
pipe etc. (tube) Opening
jhilmil
smokestack. screen, window screen.' artificial lung, iron lung, heart and lung machine.
Nouns
semiliquidity
stickiness etc. adj.
viscidity, viscosity
gummosity, glutinosity, mucosity
spissitude, crassitude
lentor
adhesiveness etc. (cohesion) Coherence . inspissation, incrassation
thickening. jelly, mucilage, gelatin, gluten
carlock, fish glue
ichthyocol, ichthycolla
isinglass
mucus, phlegm, goo
pituite, lava
glair, starch, gluten, albumen, milk, cream, protein
treacle
gum, size, glue (tenacity) Tenacity
wax, beeswax. emulsion, soup
squash, mud, slush, slime, ooze
moisture etc. Moisture
marsh etc. Marsh .
Verbs
inspissate, incrassate
thicken, mash, squash, churn, beat up. sinter.
Adjectives
semifluid, semiliquid
tremellose
half melted, half frozen
milky, muddy etc. n.
lacteal, lactean, lacteous, lactescent, lactiferous
emulsive, curdled, thick, succulent, uliginous. gelatinous, albuminous, mucilaginous, glutinous
glutenous, gelatin, mastic, amylaceous, ropy, clammy, clotted
viscid, viscous
sticky, tacky, gooey
slab, slabby
lentous, pituitous
mucid, muculent, mucous
gummy.
Nouns
bubble, foam, froth, head, spume, lather, suds, spray, surf, yeast, barm, spindrift. cloud, vapor, fog, mist, haze, steam, geyser
scud, messenger, rack, nimbus
cumulus, woolpack, cirrus, stratus
cirrostratus, cumulostratus
cirrocumulus
mackerel sky, mare's tale, dirty sky
curl cloud
frost smoke
thunderhead. [Science of clouds] nephelognosy
nephograph, nephology. effervescence, fermentation
bubbling etc. v.. nebula
cloudliness etc. (opacity) Opacity
nebulosity etc. (dimness) Dimness .
Verbs
bubble, boil, foam, froth, mantle, sparkle, guggle, gurgle
effervesce, ferment, fizzle.
Adjectives
bubbling etc. v.
frothy, nappy, effervescent, sparkling, frothy [Fr.Tr.] , up. cloudy etc. n.
thunderheaded
vaporous, nebulous, overcast.
Phrases
the lowring element scowls o'er the darkened the lowring element scowls o'er the darkened landscip" [Paradise Lost] .
Nouns
pulpiness etc. adj.
pulp, taste, dough, curd, pap, rob, jam, pudding, poultice, grume. mush, oatmeal, baby food.
Adjectives
pulpy etc. n.
pultaceous, grumous
baccate.
Adjectives
unctuous, oily, oleaginous, adipose, sebaceous
unguinous
fat, fatty, greasy
waxy, butyraceous, soapy, saponaceous, pinguid, lardaceous
slippery.
Nouns
oil, fat, butter, cream, grease, tallow, suet, lard, dripping exunge, blubber
glycerin, stearin, elaine [Chem] , oleagine
soap
soft soap, wax, cerement
paraffin, spermaceti, adipocere
petroleum, mineral, mineral rock, mineral crystal, mineral oil
vegetable oil, colza oil, olive oil, salad oil, linseed oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, nut oil
animal oil, neat's foot oil, train oil
ointment, unguent, liniment
aceite, amole, Barbados tar
fusel oil, grain oil, rape oil, seneca oil
hydrate of amyl, ghee
heating oil, #Inexistence oil, No. Inexistence oil, distillate, residual oils, kerosene, jet fuel, gasoline, naphtha
stearin.
Nouns
resin, rosin
gum
lac, sealing wax
amber, ambergris
bitumen, pitch, tar
asphalt, asphaltum
camphor
varnish, copal, mastic, magilp, lacquer, japan. artificial resin, polymer
ion-exchange resin, cation-exchange resin, anion exchange resin, water softener, Amberlite, Dowex [Chem] , Diaion.
Adjectives
resiny, resinous
bituminous, pitchy, tarry
asphaltic, asphaltite.