| Main Entry: | fluid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liquid |
Synonyms: |
aqua, broth, chaser, cooler, goo, goop, juice, liquor, solution, vapor |
| Notes: | fluids include liquids and gases; a liquid is a fluid with a fixed volume, and a gas is a fluid that can expand indefinitely liquid is a substance that flows and takes on the form of its container; a fluid - substance with no fixed shape and yields easily to external pressure - can be a liquid but it can also be a gas |
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solid |
| Main Entry: | liquid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fluid |
Synonyms: |
aqua, aqueous material, broth, elixir, extract, flow, flux, goo, goop, juice, liquor, melted material, nectar, sap, secretion, slop, solution, swill |
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solid |
| Main Entry: | water |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pure liquid hydrogen and oxygen |
Synonyms: |
Adam's ale, H2O, aqua, aqua pura, drink, rain, rainwater, saliva, tears |
| Main Entry: | liquid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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| Main Entry: | water |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
adlittoral, aquatic, aqueous, balneal, brashy, cloacal, diluent, diluted, drenching, eupotamic, grandinous, hydrodynamic, hyetal, interlacustrine, lacuscular, lacustrine, lenitic, lentic, limnal, lymphate, lymphatic, moiré, phreatic, pluvial, pluvious, rainy, showery, stagnicolous, stillicidous, subriguous, undigenous, vadose, watery, weak, wet
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| Concept: | Water. |
| Category: | 2. Fluid matter; specific fluids |
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-nouns
water; serum, serosity; lymph; rheum; diluent; agua, aqua, pani., dilution, maceration, lotion; washing; immersion, humectation, infiltration, spargefaction, affusion, irrigation, douche, balneation, bath., deluge (water in motion); high water, flood tide.
-verbs
be watery; reek., add water, water, wet; moisten; 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; diluted; weak; wet (moist).
-phrases
the waters are out.
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