% 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.


