| Main Entry: | vesicle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sac |
Synonyms: |
bladder, blister, cavity, cell, cyst, utricle |
| Main Entry: | blister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swelling |
Synonyms: |
abscess, blain, bleb, boil, bubble, bulla, burn, canker, carbuncle, cyst, furuncle, pimple, pustule, sac, sore, ulcer, vesication, vesicle, wale, weal, welt, wheal |
| Main Entry: | bubble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | globule of air |
Synonyms: |
air ball, balloon, barm, bead, blister, blob, drop, droplet, effervescence, foam, froth, lather, sac, spume, vesicle |
| Main Entry: | cyst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unusual growth |
Synonyms: |
bag, bleb, blister, injury, pouch, sac, sore, vesicle, wen |
| Main Entry: | envelope |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wrapper |
Synonyms: |
bag, box, case, casing, cloak, coat, coating, container, cover, covering, enclosure, hide, jacket, pocket, pouch, receptacle, sheath, shell, skin, vesicle, wrapping |
| Notes: | envelop is the verb; envelope is the noun |
| Main Entry: | pore |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small aperture in skin |
Synonyms: |
foramen, opening, orifice, outlet, stoma, sweat gland, vesicle |
| Main Entry: | fever blister |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cold sore |
Synonyms: |
blister, bulla, herpes labialis, herpes simplex lesion, oral herpes, vesicle |
| Main Entry: | bladder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pouch |
Synonyms: |
bag, blister, inflate, pocket, sac, vesicle |
| Main Entry: | sac |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bag |
Synonyms: |
bursa, cavity, cyst, pocket, pouch, sack, vesicle |
| Concept: | [Mixture of air and water] Bubble. [Cloud.] |
| Category: | 3. IMPERFECT FLUIDS |
Synonyms: |
-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., nebula; cloudliness (opacity); nebulosity (dimness).
-verbs
bubble, boil, foam, froth, mantle, sparkle, guggle, gurgle; effervesce, ferment, fizzle.
-adjectives
bubbling; frothy, nappy, effervescent, sparkling, mousseux, up., cloudy; thunderheaded; vaporous, nebulous, overcast.
-phrases
"the lowring element scowls o'er the darkened landscip" [Paradise Lost].
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