Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

Roget's Thesaurus eBook

Peter Roget
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 925 pages of information about Roget's Thesaurus.

% 3.  IMPERFECT FLUIDS %

     #352.  Semiliquidity. —­ N. semiliquidity; stickiness &c. adj.;
viscidity, viscosity; gummosity[obs3], glutinosity[obs3], mucosity[obs3]; spissitude[obs3], crassitude[obs3]; lentor[obs3]; adhesiveness &c. (cohesion) 46.
     inspissation[obs3], incrassation[obs3]; thickening.
     jelly, mucilage, gelatin, gluten; carlock[obs3], fish glue;
ichthyocol[obs3], ichthycolla[obs3]; isinglass; mucus, phlegm, goo; pituite[obs3], lava; glair[obs3], starch, gluten, albumen, milk, cream, protein|!; treacle; gum, size, glue (tenacity) 327; wax, beeswax.
     emulsion, soup; squash, mud, slush, slime, ooze; moisture &c. 339;
marsh &c. 345. 
     V. inspissate[obs3], incrassate[obs3]; thicken, mash, squash, churn,
beat up.
     sinter. 
     Adj. semifluid, semiliquid; tremellose[obs3]; half melted, half
frozen; milky, muddy &c. n.; lacteal, lactean[obs3], lacteous[obs3], lactescent[obs3], lactiferous[obs3]; emulsive, curdled, thick, succulent, uliginous[obs3].
     gelatinous, albuminous, mucilaginous, glutinous; glutenous, gelatin,
mastic, amylaceous[obs3], ropy, clammy, clotted; viscid, viscous; sticky, tacky, gooey; slab, slabby[obs3]; lentous|, pituitous[obs3]; mucid[obs3], muculent[obs3], mucous; gummy.

     #353. [Mixture of air and water.] Bubble. [Cloud.] —­ N. bubble, foam,
froth, head, spume, lather, suds, spray, surf, yeast, barm[obs3], spindrift.
     cloud, vapor, fog, mist, haze, steam, geyser; scud, messenger, rack,
nimbus; cumulus, woolpack[obs3], cirrus, stratus; cirrostratus, cumulostratus; cirrocumulus; mackerel sky, mare’s tale, dirty sky; curl cloud; frost smoke; thunderhead.
     [Science of clouds] nephelognosy[obs3]; nephograph[obs3],
nephology[obs3].
     effervescence, fermentation; bubbling &c. v.
     nebula; cloudliness &c. (opacity) 426[obs3]; nebulosity &c. (dimness)
422. 
     V. bubble, boil, foam, froth, mantle, sparkle, guggle[obs3], gurgle;
effervesce, ferment, fizzle. 
     Adj. bubbling &c. v.; frothy, nappy[obs3], effervescent, sparkling,
mousseux[French:  frothy], up.
     cloudy &c. n.; thunderheaded[obs3]; vaporous, nebulous, overcast. 
     Phr. “the lowring element scowls o’er the darkened landscip” [Paradise
Lost].

     #354.  Pulpiness. —­ N. pulpiness &c. adj.; pulp, taste, dough, curd,
pap, rob, jam, pudding, poultice, grume[obs3].
     mush, oatmeal, baby food. 
     Adj. pulpy &c. n.; pultaceous[obs3], grumous[obs3]; baccate[obs3].

     #355.  Unctuousness. —­ N. unctuousness &c. adj.; unctuosity[obs3],
lubricity; ointment &c. (oil) 356; anointment; lubrication &c. 332. 
     V. oil &c. (lubricate) 332. 
     Adj. unctuous, oily, oleaginous, adipose, sebaceous; unguinous[obs3];
fat, fatty, greasy; waxy, butyraceous, soapy, saponaceous[obs3], pinguid, lardaceous[obs3]; slippery.

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