| Main Entry: | perspiration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sweat |
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diaphoresis, egesta, excreta, exudation, sudation, sudor, transpiration |
| Main Entry: | excrement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excretion |
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body waste, chips, discharge, droppings, dung, egesta, evacuation, excreta, fecal matter, feces, manure, ordure, perspiration, secretion, stool, sweat, urine, waste matter |
| Main Entry: | moisture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dampness; liquid |
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damp, dankness, dew, drizzle, fog, humidity, mist, perspiration, precipitation, rain, sweat, water, wateriness, wet, wetness |
Antonyms: |
dryness |
| Main Entry: | sweat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | body's perspiring |
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diaphoresis, excretion, exudation, perspiration, steam, sudor, transudation |
| Main Entry: | excretion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the act of excreting |
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defecation, discharge, discharging, ejecting, ejection, elimination, evacuation, expelling, expulsion, exudation, leaving, perspiration, secretion, sweating, urination, voiding |
Antonyms: |
accretion, eating, receiving |
| Concept: | Moisture. |
| Category: | 2. Fluid matter; specific fluids |
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-nouns
moisture; moistness; humidity, humectation; madefaction, dew; serein; marsh; hygrometry, hygrometer.
-verbs
moisten, wet; humect, humectate; sponge, damp, bedew; imbue, imbrue, infiltrate, saturate; soak, drench (water)., be moist; not have a dry thread; perspire (exude).
-adjectives
moist, damp; watery; madid, roric; undried, humid, sultry, wet, dank, luggy, dewy; roral, rorid; roscid; juicy., wringing wet, soaking wet; wet through to the skin; saturated, like a wet rat., swashy, soggy, dabbled; reeking, dripping, soaking, soft, sodden, sloppy, muddy; swampy (marshy); irriguous.
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Antonyms: |
dryness |
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| Concept: | Excretion. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
Synonyms: |
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excretion, discharge, emanation; exhalation, exudation, extrusion, secretion, effusion, extravasation, ecchymosis; evacuation, dejection, faeces, excrement; bloody flux; cacation; coeliac-flux, coeliac-passion; dysentery; perspiration, sweat; subation, exudation; diaphoresis; sewage; eccrinology., saliva, spittle, rheum; ptyalism, salivation, catarrh; diarrhea, the runs; ejecta, egesta, sputa; excreta; lava; exuviae (uncleanness)., hemorrhage, bleeding; outpouring (egress).
-verbs
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