English words for 'Half-solid, extremely viscous.'
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adj
noun
adj
- Having a viscous consistency.
- (slang, chiefly of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
- Heavy in build; thickset.
- Impenetrable to sight.
- Deep, intense, or profound.
- Densely crowded or packed.
- Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.
- Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
- (informal) Friendly or intimate.
- (informal) Stupid.
- Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
- Abounding in number.
- Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
- (academic) Detailed and expansive; substantive.
- (used informally) associated on close terms
- spoken as if with a thick tongue
- not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
- abounding; having a lot of
- (of darkness) densely dark
- relatively dense in consistency
- hard to pass through because of dense growth
- (used informally) stupid
- having a short and solid form or stature
- having component parts closely crowded together
adv
det
noun
noun
- The irregular shape of a viscous liquid or soft solid which has hit a solid surface.
- (programming) An operator which takes a scalar value and creates a vector in which each element is initialized to that value.
- The hash symbol #
- A move in playboating involving stalling in place while positioned vertically against a solid object in the water.
- (computing, slang) The Command key on an Apple Macintosh.
- The asterisk *
- (programming) An operator indicating a variable-length argument list, often denoted by * or ....
- The narrow wooden centre piece of a chair back.
- A children's game in which one person, in the centre of a circle of players, points and says "SPLAT!" at another player. That player then ducks down and the two players either side of them point and say "SPLAT!". The slowest to react is and eliminated from the game. The final is settled by a Mexican standoff.
- The sharp, atonal sound of a liquid or soft solid hitting a solid surface.
- a slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair
- a single splash
verb
- (computer graphics, transitive) To combine different textures by applying an alpha channel map to the higher levels, revealing the layers underneath where the map is partially or completely transparent.
- (intransitive) To hit a flat surface and deform into an irregular shape.
- (transitive) To splatter.
- give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact
- flatten on impact
- split open and flatten for cooking
noun
- any thick, viscous matter
- (uncountable, informal) Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery, unpleasant, and of vague or unknown composition, such as slime or semen.
- A noise made by a baby trying to imitate speech.
- (figuratively) Excessive, showy sentimentality.
verb
noun
- any thick, viscous matter
- (Cornwall) A bonnet (headwear).
- (informal) Grime or mud.
- (US, derogatory) A Vietnamese person (including, but not limited to, Vietcong in the Vietnam War).
- (US, derogatory) A Korean person (especially the North Koreans during the Korean War).
- Look.
- (slang) A dull or hapless person.
noun
verb
noun
- any thick, viscous matter
- fecal matter of animals
- Slimy mud, sludge.
- (poker) The pile of discarded cards.
- Soft (or slimy) manure.
- (slang) Semen.
- Anything filthy or vile. Dirt; something that makes another thing dirty.
- (Ottawa Valley Dialect) Food, especially that eaten quickly.
- (Scotland, slang) Heroin.
- (slang) Pornography.
- Grub, slop, swill
verb
- remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine
- soil with mud, muck, or mire
- spread manure, as for fertilization
- (Australia, informal, intransitive) To vomit.
- To do a dirty job.
- (poker, colloquial) To pass, to fold without showing one's cards, often done when a better hand has already been revealed.
- (transitive) To manure with muck.
- (transitive) To shovel muck from.
- (Canada, slang) To eat; to devour or guzzle.
noun
- any thick, viscous matter
- the process of seeping
- (oceanography) A pelagic marine sediment containing a significant amount of the microscopic remains of either calcareous or siliceous planktonic debris organisms.
- Soft mud, slime, or shells especially in the bed of a river or estuary.
- A piece of soft, wet, pliable ground.
- Tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac, etc.) in a tanning vat used to tan leather.
- An oozing, gentle flowing, or seepage, as of water through sand or earth.
verb
noun
- any thick, viscous matter
- (African-American Vernacular, MTE, slang) A friend; a homie.
- (fantasy, video games) A monster having the form of a slimy blob.
- Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs.
- (informal, derogatory) A sneaky, unethical person; a slimeball.
- Synonym of flubber (“kind of rubbery polymer”).
- Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.
verb
- cover or stain with slime
- (transitive) To coat with slime.
- (transitive, figuratively) To besmirch or disparage.
- (intransitive, figurative) To behave in a slimy, unethical manner.
- To carve (fish), removing the offal.
- (transitive, Singapore) To denigrate or slander.
- (intransitive) To move like slime.
- (transitive, slang) To murder.
noun
- any thick, viscous matter
- the precipitate produced by sewage treatment
- A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
- Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.
- (uncountable, music) Ellipsis of sludge metal.
- (behavioral science) Institutional policies that introduce tedium and inefficiency in processes.
- A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a water body.
- A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.
verb
verb
- make viscous or dense
- make thick or thicker
- become thick or thicker
- (transitive) To make thicker (in the sense of wider).
- (transitive) To make more frequent.
- (academic) To make more detailed or comprehensive.
- (intransitive) To become thicker (in the sense of more viscous).
- (intransitive) To become thicker (in the sense of wider).
- (transitive) To strengthen; to confirm.
- (transitive) To make thicker (in the sense of more viscous).
adj
- relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous
- very narrow
- not dense
- (of sound) lacking resonance or volume
- of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
- lacking spirit or sincere effort
- lacking substance or significance
- lacking excess flesh
- (aviation) Of a route: relatively little used.
- Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
- (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
- Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
- Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
- Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
- Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- Poor; scanty; without money or success.
- Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
- Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
adv
verb
- make thin or thinner
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- lose thickness; become thin or thinner
- take off weight
- To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
- To dilute.
- (intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
- (transitive) To make thin or thinner.
noun
noun
verb
noun
- A viscous, transparent substance; glair.
- An angry or fierce stare.
- (uncountable) An intense, blinding light.
- (US) A smooth, bright, glassy surface.
- Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
- (telephony) A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
- a focus of public attention
- a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
- an angry stare
adj
verb
adj
noun
- (US, chiefly education, psychology) A person who favours closer relationships with other people and less structured settings, rather than formal, organized settings; also, an educational approach, curriculum, etc., which is less structured.
- (originally Australia) A thing which is soft or viscous, and sticky.
noun
- The degree of viscosity of something.
- Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.
- Correspondence or compatibility.
- Local coherence.
- (logic) Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory.
- a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
- (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another
- logical coherence and accordance with the facts
- the property of holding together and retaining its shape
noun
- A somewhat liquid mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance.
- (Quebec, slang) A magic mushroom.
- (British, slang, chiefly Northern England, Australia) The face.
- (chiefly London, slang) A cab driver who is the owner of their cab, and sometimes a small number of other cabs as well; a musher.
- (radio) A mixture of noise produced by the harmonics of continuous-wave stations.
- A walk, especially across the snow with dogs.
- (MLE) A gun.
- (British, slang, chiefly Southern England) (US, slang, chiefly Nonantum) A form of address, normally to a man.
- (geology) A magmatic body containing a significant proportion of crystals suspended in the liquid phase or melt.
- (rustic US) Cornmeal cooked in water and served as a porridge or as a thick sidedish like grits or mashed potatoes.
- A food comprising cracked or rolled grains cooked in water or milk; porridge.
- (surfing) The foam of a breaker.
- a journey by dogsled
- cornmeal boiled in water
- any soft or soggy mass
- writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
intj
verb
- To squish so as to break into smaller pieces or to combine with something else.
- (transitive) To notch, cut, or indent (cloth, etc.) with a stamp.
- (intransitive) To walk, especially across the snow with dogs.
- (transitive) To drive dogs, usually pulling a sled, across the snow.
- drive (a team of dogs or a dogsled)
- travel with a dogsled
adj
- With low viscosity.
- Slight, not forceful or intense; small in amount or intensity.
- Gentle; having little force or momentum.
- Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
- Free from burden or impediment; unencumbered.
- Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
- (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
- Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
- Having little or relatively little actual weight; not heavy; not cumbrous or unwieldy.
- (cooking) Not heavy or soggy; spongy; well raised.
- (military) Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
- (rail transport, of a locomotive or consist of locomotives) Without any piece of equipment attached or attached only to a caboose.
- Cheerful.
- Easy to endure or perform.
- Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
- (nautical, of a ship) Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.
- Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
- Lightly built; typically designed for speed or small loads.
- Fast; nimble.
- Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
- Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard, or proper amount; clipped or diminished.
- Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.
- Easily interrupted by stimulation.
- Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
- of comparatively little physical weight or density
- psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles
- marked by temperance in indulgence
- of little intensity or power or force
- easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned
- not great in degree or quantity or number
- moving easily and quickly; nimble
- (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound
- (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent
- designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight
- casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
- weak and likely to lose consciousness
- (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average
- (of sleep) easily disturbed
- silly or trivial
- having relatively few calories
- characterized by or emitting light
- demanding little effort; not burdensome
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- having little importance
- (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency
- of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment
- very thin and insubstantial
adv
noun
- (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; opposed to shade.
- A traffic light, or (by extension) an intersection controlled by traffic lights.
- A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
- (crosswording) The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
- (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
- See lights (“lungs”).
- (by extension) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye or in nearby ranges (infrared or ultraviolet radiation).
- A lightbulb or similar light-emitting device, regardless of whether it is lit.
- (slang) A cigarette lighter.
- A flame or something used to create fire.
- (military, historical) A member of the light cavalry.
- The brightness of the eye or eyes.
- A window in architecture, carriage design, or motor car design: either the opening itself or the window pane of glass that fills it, if any.
- (figurative) Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
- (by extension, less commonly) Electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength.
- A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
- (countable) A source of illumination.
- (physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
- Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
- (Australia, uncountable) A low-alcohol lager.
- The power of perception by vision: eyesight (sightedness; vision).
- A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
- a particular perspective or aspect of a situation
- the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
- the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures
- a person regarded very fondly
- a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
- a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination
- an illuminated area
- mental understanding as an enlightening experience
- having abundant light or illumination
- a visual warning signal
- (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
- merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
- any device serving as a source of illumination
- public awareness
verb
- (transitive) To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
- (by extension) To leave; to depart.
- (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
- To find by chance.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
- To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
- (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning.
- To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
- (transitive, pinball) To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.
- (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
- begin to smoke
- introduce light into
- alight from (a horse)
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- start or maintain a fire in
- cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
- to come to rest, settle
verb
- (intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) Of a person or other animal, to stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
- (figuratively) To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
- (transitive, ice hockey) To trap (the puck) so that it cannot be played.
- (intransitive, computing, software, idiomatic) Of a machine or system, to come to a sudden halt, to stop working (functioning).
- To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
- (transitive) To cause someone to become motionless.
- (intransitive) To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
- (ambitransitive) To prevent from showing any visible change.
- (transitive) To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
- Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.
- (transitive) To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
- (intransitive, informal) To be affected by extreme cold.
- change to ice
- stop moving or become immobilized
- change from a liquid to a solid when cold
- stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
- be very cold, below the freezing point
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- cause to freeze
- anesthetize by cold
- be cold
- suddenly behave coldly and formally
noun
- (computing) The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
- A halt of a regular operation.
- (curling) A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out.
- (business, finance) A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
- A period of intensely cold weather.
- fixing (of prices or wages etc.) at a particular level
- weather cold enough to cause freezing
- an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
- the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
noun
- a consistency of low viscosity
- the property of having little body fat
- The property of lacking substance or strength.
- the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness
- the property of being very narrow or thin
- relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
- The state or quality of being thin.
noun
adj
verb
- examine hastily
- read superficially
- move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
- travel on the surface of water
- coat (a liquid) with a layer
- cause to skip over a surface
- remove from the surface
- (intransitive) To become coated over.
- To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
- (transitive) To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
- (transitive) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
- (intransitive) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
- To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
- (intransitive) To ricochet.
- (transitive) To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk.
- (transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.
- To hasten along with superficial attention.
- (transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- (transitive) To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.
noun
- A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
- (British, slang) A girl.
- A film of flexible transparent plastic (such as acetate, celluloid, or cellophane) suitable for making superimpositions or diapositives (image to overlay on other images, especially for overhead projectors); a digital virtual equivalent of this.
- Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.
- a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
- jellylike substance used in hair styling
- a colloid in a more solid form than a sol
verb
noun
verb
noun
- a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
- oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
- a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
- Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
- Liquid fat.
- Petroleum.
- (countable) An oil painting.
- (painting) Oil paint.
verb
adj
- Of any liquid, having the thick texture of cream.
- Containing cream.
- Having the colour of cream.
- (slang, vulgar) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
- (photography) Characterised by a gentle transition between sharp and out-of-focus areas.
- Of food or drink, having the rich taste or thick, smooth texture of cream, whether or not it actually contains cream.
- thick like cream
- of the color of cream
noun
noun
- A liquid in which something has been steeped.
- (loosely) Any alcoholic beverage.
- (UK, cooking) A parsley sauce commonly served with traditional pies and mash.
- A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
- In process industry, a liquid in which a desired reaction takes place, e.g. pulping liquor is a mixture of chemicals and water which breaks wood into its components, thus facilitating the extraction of cellulose.
- (chiefly US, Canada, Australia) Strong (high-ABV) alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation.
- an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
- a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process
- the liquid in which vegetables or meat have been cooked
verb
adj
- Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
- (figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.
- Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
- causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
- not to be trusted
noun
- The irregular shape of a viscous liquid or soft solid which has hit a solid surface.
- (programming) An operator which takes a scalar value and creates a vector in which each element is initialized to that value.
- The hash symbol #
- A move in playboating involving stalling in place while positioned vertically against a solid object in the water.
- (computing, slang) The Command key on an Apple Macintosh.
- The asterisk *
- (programming) An operator indicating a variable-length argument list, often denoted by * or ....
- The narrow wooden centre piece of a chair back.
- A children's game in which one person, in the centre of a circle of players, points and says "SPLAT!" at another player. That player then ducks down and the two players either side of them point and say "SPLAT!". The slowest to react is and eliminated from the game. The final is settled by a Mexican standoff.
- The sharp, atonal sound of a liquid or soft solid hitting a solid surface.
- a slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair
- a single splash
verb
- (computer graphics, transitive) To combine different textures by applying an alpha channel map to the higher levels, revealing the layers underneath where the map is partially or completely transparent.
- (intransitive) To hit a flat surface and deform into an irregular shape.
- (transitive) To splatter.
- give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact
- flatten on impact
- split open and flatten for cooking
noun
- any thick, viscous matter
- (uncountable, informal) Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery, unpleasant, and of vague or unknown composition, such as slime or semen.
- A noise made by a baby trying to imitate speech.
- (figuratively) Excessive, showy sentimentality.
verb
noun
- any thick, viscous matter
- (Cornwall) A bonnet (headwear).
- (informal) Grime or mud.
- (US, derogatory) A Vietnamese person (including, but not limited to, Vietcong in the Vietnam War).
- (US, derogatory) A Korean person (especially the North Koreans during the Korean War).
- Look.
- (slang) A dull or hapless person.
noun
verb
noun
- any thick, viscous matter
- fecal matter of animals
- Slimy mud, sludge.
- (poker) The pile of discarded cards.
- Soft (or slimy) manure.
- (slang) Semen.
- Anything filthy or vile. Dirt; something that makes another thing dirty.
- (Ottawa Valley Dialect) Food, especially that eaten quickly.
- (Scotland, slang) Heroin.
- (slang) Pornography.
- Grub, slop, swill
verb
- remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine
- soil with mud, muck, or mire
- spread manure, as for fertilization
- (Australia, informal, intransitive) To vomit.
- To do a dirty job.
- (poker, colloquial) To pass, to fold without showing one's cards, often done when a better hand has already been revealed.
- (transitive) To manure with muck.
- (transitive) To shovel muck from.
- (Canada, slang) To eat; to devour or guzzle.
noun
- any thick, viscous matter
- the process of seeping
- (oceanography) A pelagic marine sediment containing a significant amount of the microscopic remains of either calcareous or siliceous planktonic debris organisms.
- Soft mud, slime, or shells especially in the bed of a river or estuary.
- A piece of soft, wet, pliable ground.
- Tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac, etc.) in a tanning vat used to tan leather.
- An oozing, gentle flowing, or seepage, as of water through sand or earth.
verb
noun
- any thick, viscous matter
- (African-American Vernacular, MTE, slang) A friend; a homie.
- (fantasy, video games) A monster having the form of a slimy blob.
- Any mucilaginous substance; or a mucus-like substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals, such as snails or slugs.
- (informal, derogatory) A sneaky, unethical person; a slimeball.
- Synonym of flubber (“kind of rubbery polymer”).
- Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.
verb
- cover or stain with slime
- (transitive) To coat with slime.
- (transitive, figuratively) To besmirch or disparage.
- (intransitive, figurative) To behave in a slimy, unethical manner.
- To carve (fish), removing the offal.
- (transitive, Singapore) To denigrate or slander.
- (intransitive) To move like slime.
- (transitive, slang) To murder.
noun
- any thick, viscous matter
- the precipitate produced by sewage treatment
- A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
- Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.
- (uncountable, music) Ellipsis of sludge metal.
- (behavioral science) Institutional policies that introduce tedium and inefficiency in processes.
- A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a water body.
- A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- A viscous, transparent substance; glair.
- An angry or fierce stare.
- (uncountable) An intense, blinding light.
- (US) A smooth, bright, glassy surface.
- Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
- (telephony) A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing call.
- a focus of public attention
- a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
- an angry stare
adj
verb
noun
- The degree of viscosity of something.
- Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.
- Correspondence or compatibility.
- Local coherence.
- (logic) Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory.
- a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
- (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another
- logical coherence and accordance with the facts
- the property of holding together and retaining its shape
noun
- A somewhat liquid mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance.
- (Quebec, slang) A magic mushroom.
- (British, slang, chiefly Northern England, Australia) The face.
- (chiefly London, slang) A cab driver who is the owner of their cab, and sometimes a small number of other cabs as well; a musher.
- (radio) A mixture of noise produced by the harmonics of continuous-wave stations.
- A walk, especially across the snow with dogs.
- (MLE) A gun.
- (British, slang, chiefly Southern England) (US, slang, chiefly Nonantum) A form of address, normally to a man.
- (geology) A magmatic body containing a significant proportion of crystals suspended in the liquid phase or melt.
- (rustic US) Cornmeal cooked in water and served as a porridge or as a thick sidedish like grits or mashed potatoes.
- A food comprising cracked or rolled grains cooked in water or milk; porridge.
- (surfing) The foam of a breaker.
- a journey by dogsled
- cornmeal boiled in water
- any soft or soggy mass
- writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
intj
verb
- To squish so as to break into smaller pieces or to combine with something else.
- (transitive) To notch, cut, or indent (cloth, etc.) with a stamp.
- (intransitive) To walk, especially across the snow with dogs.
- (transitive) To drive dogs, usually pulling a sled, across the snow.
- drive (a team of dogs or a dogsled)
- travel with a dogsled
noun
- a consistency of low viscosity
- the property of having little body fat
- The property of lacking substance or strength.
- the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness
- the property of being very narrow or thin
- relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
- The state or quality of being thin.
noun
adj
verb
- examine hastily
- read superficially
- move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
- travel on the surface of water
- coat (a liquid) with a layer
- cause to skip over a surface
- remove from the surface
- (intransitive) To become coated over.
- To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
- (transitive) To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
- (transitive) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
- (intransitive) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
- To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
- (intransitive) To ricochet.
- (transitive) To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk.
- (transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.
- To hasten along with superficial attention.
- (transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- (transitive) To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.
noun
- A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
- (British, slang) A girl.
- A film of flexible transparent plastic (such as acetate, celluloid, or cellophane) suitable for making superimpositions or diapositives (image to overlay on other images, especially for overhead projectors); a digital virtual equivalent of this.
- Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.
- a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
- jellylike substance used in hair styling
- a colloid in a more solid form than a sol
verb
noun
verb
noun
- a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
- oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
- a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
- Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
- Liquid fat.
- Petroleum.
- (countable) An oil painting.
- (painting) Oil paint.
verb
noun
- A liquid in which something has been steeped.
- (loosely) Any alcoholic beverage.
- (UK, cooking) A parsley sauce commonly served with traditional pies and mash.
- A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
- In process industry, a liquid in which a desired reaction takes place, e.g. pulping liquor is a mixture of chemicals and water which breaks wood into its components, thus facilitating the extraction of cellulose.
- (chiefly US, Canada, Australia) Strong (high-ABV) alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation.
- an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
- a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process
- the liquid in which vegetables or meat have been cooked
verb
verb
- make viscous or dense
- make thick or thicker
- become thick or thicker
- (transitive) To make thicker (in the sense of wider).
- (transitive) To make more frequent.
- (academic) To make more detailed or comprehensive.
- (intransitive) To become thicker (in the sense of more viscous).
- (intransitive) To become thicker (in the sense of wider).
- (transitive) To strengthen; to confirm.
- (transitive) To make thicker (in the sense of more viscous).
verb
- (intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) Of a person or other animal, to stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
- (figuratively) To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
- (transitive, ice hockey) To trap (the puck) so that it cannot be played.
- (intransitive, computing, software, idiomatic) Of a machine or system, to come to a sudden halt, to stop working (functioning).
- To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
- (transitive) To cause someone to become motionless.
- (intransitive) To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
- (ambitransitive) To prevent from showing any visible change.
- (transitive) To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
- Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.
- (transitive) To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
- (intransitive, informal) To be affected by extreme cold.
- change to ice
- stop moving or become immobilized
- change from a liquid to a solid when cold
- stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
- be very cold, below the freezing point
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- cause to freeze
- anesthetize by cold
- be cold
- suddenly behave coldly and formally
noun
- (computing) The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
- A halt of a regular operation.
- (curling) A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out.
- (business, finance) A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
- A period of intensely cold weather.
- fixing (of prices or wages etc.) at a particular level
- weather cold enough to cause freezing
- an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
- the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
adj
- relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous
- very narrow
- not dense
- (of sound) lacking resonance or volume
- of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
- lacking spirit or sincere effort
- lacking substance or significance
- lacking excess flesh
- (aviation) Of a route: relatively little used.
- Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
- (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
- Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
- Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
- Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
- Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- Poor; scanty; without money or success.
- Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
- Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
adv
verb
- make thin or thinner
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- lose thickness; become thin or thinner
- take off weight
- To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
- To dilute.
- (intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
- (transitive) To make thin or thinner.
noun
adj
noun
adj
- Having a viscous consistency.
- (slang, chiefly of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
- Heavy in build; thickset.
- Impenetrable to sight.
- Deep, intense, or profound.
- Densely crowded or packed.
- Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.
- Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
- (informal) Friendly or intimate.
- (informal) Stupid.
- Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
- Abounding in number.
- Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
- (academic) Detailed and expansive; substantive.
- (used informally) associated on close terms
- spoken as if with a thick tongue
- not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
- abounding; having a lot of
- (of darkness) densely dark
- relatively dense in consistency
- hard to pass through because of dense growth
- (used informally) stupid
- having a short and solid form or stature
- having component parts closely crowded together
adv
det
noun
adj
- relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous
- very narrow
- not dense
- (of sound) lacking resonance or volume
- of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
- lacking spirit or sincere effort
- lacking substance or significance
- lacking excess flesh
- (aviation) Of a route: relatively little used.
- Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
- (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
- Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
- Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
- Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
- Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- Poor; scanty; without money or success.
- Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
- Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
adv
verb
- make thin or thinner
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- lose thickness; become thin or thinner
- take off weight
- To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
- To dilute.
- (intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
- (transitive) To make thin or thinner.
noun
adj
noun
- (US, chiefly education, psychology) A person who favours closer relationships with other people and less structured settings, rather than formal, organized settings; also, an educational approach, curriculum, etc., which is less structured.
- (originally Australia) A thing which is soft or viscous, and sticky.
adj
- With low viscosity.
- Slight, not forceful or intense; small in amount or intensity.
- Gentle; having little force or momentum.
- Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
- Free from burden or impediment; unencumbered.
- Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
- (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
- Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
- Having little or relatively little actual weight; not heavy; not cumbrous or unwieldy.
- (cooking) Not heavy or soggy; spongy; well raised.
- (military) Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
- (rail transport, of a locomotive or consist of locomotives) Without any piece of equipment attached or attached only to a caboose.
- Cheerful.
- Easy to endure or perform.
- Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
- (nautical, of a ship) Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.
- Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
- Lightly built; typically designed for speed or small loads.
- Fast; nimble.
- Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
- Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard, or proper amount; clipped or diminished.
- Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.
- Easily interrupted by stimulation.
- Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
- of comparatively little physical weight or density
- psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles
- marked by temperance in indulgence
- of little intensity or power or force
- easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned
- not great in degree or quantity or number
- moving easily and quickly; nimble
- (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound
- (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent
- designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight
- casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
- weak and likely to lose consciousness
- (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average
- (of sleep) easily disturbed
- silly or trivial
- having relatively few calories
- characterized by or emitting light
- demanding little effort; not burdensome
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- having little importance
- (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency
- of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment
- very thin and insubstantial
adv
noun
- (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; opposed to shade.
- A traffic light, or (by extension) an intersection controlled by traffic lights.
- A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
- (crosswording) The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
- (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
- See lights (“lungs”).
- (by extension) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye or in nearby ranges (infrared or ultraviolet radiation).
- A lightbulb or similar light-emitting device, regardless of whether it is lit.
- (slang) A cigarette lighter.
- A flame or something used to create fire.
- (military, historical) A member of the light cavalry.
- The brightness of the eye or eyes.
- A window in architecture, carriage design, or motor car design: either the opening itself or the window pane of glass that fills it, if any.
- (figurative) Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
- (by extension, less commonly) Electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength.
- A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
- (countable) A source of illumination.
- (physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
- Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
- (Australia, uncountable) A low-alcohol lager.
- The power of perception by vision: eyesight (sightedness; vision).
- A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
- a particular perspective or aspect of a situation
- the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
- the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures
- a person regarded very fondly
- a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
- a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination
- an illuminated area
- mental understanding as an enlightening experience
- having abundant light or illumination
- a visual warning signal
- (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
- merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
- any device serving as a source of illumination
- public awareness
verb
- (transitive) To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
- (by extension) To leave; to depart.
- (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter
- To find by chance.
- (transitive) To start (a fire).
- To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
- To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice
- (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning.
- To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
- (transitive, pinball) To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.
- (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
- begin to smoke
- introduce light into
- alight from (a horse)
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- start or maintain a fire in
- cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
- to come to rest, settle
adj
- Of any liquid, having the thick texture of cream.
- Containing cream.
- Having the colour of cream.
- (slang, vulgar) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.
- (photography) Characterised by a gentle transition between sharp and out-of-focus areas.
- Of food or drink, having the rich taste or thick, smooth texture of cream, whether or not it actually contains cream.
- thick like cream
- of the color of cream
noun
adj
- Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
- (figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.
- Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
- causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
- not to be trusted