aridity
drought
ebb tide
low water
exsiccation|
desiccation
arefaction|
dephlegmation|
drainage;
drier
[CHEMSUB which renders dry] desiccative
dessicator
[device to render dry] dessicator
hair drier
clothes drier
gas
drier
electric drier
vacuum oven
drying oven
kiln
lyophilizer
clothesline
V. be dry
[transitive] render dry
dry
dry up
soak up
sponge
swab
wipe
drain
desiccate
dehydrate
parch
kiln dry
vacuum dry
blow dry
oven dry
hang out to dry
mummify
be fine
hold up
Adj. dry
anhydrous
arid
arescent|
dried
undamped
sapless
sear
husky
rainless
without rain
fine
dry as a bone
dry as dust
dry as a stick
dry as a mummy
dry as a
biscuit
water proof
water tight
dehydrated
dessicated
ocean
main
deep
brine
salt water
waves
billows
high seas
offing
great waters
watery waste
"vasty deep"
wave
tide
hydrography
hydrographer
Neptune
Poseidon
Thetis
Triton
Naiad
Nereid
sea nymph
Siren
trident
dolphin
Adj. oceanic
marine
maritime
pelagic
pelagian
seagoing;
hydrographic
Adv. at sea
on sea
afloat
earth
ground
dry land
terra firma
continent
mainland
peninsula
delta
tongue of land
neck of land
isthmus
oasis
promontory
highland
(height) 206
coast
shore
scar
strand
beach
playa
bank
lea
seaboard
seaside
seacoast
ironbound coast
loom of
the land
derelict
innings
alluvium
ancon
riverbank
river bank
levee
soil
glebe
clay
loam
marl
chalk
gravel
mold
subsoil
clod
clot
rock
crag
acres
real estate
V. land
come to land
set foot on the soil
set foot on dry land;
come ashore
go ashore
debark
Adj. earthy
continental
midland
coastal
littoral
riparian;
alluvial
terrene
landed
territorial;
ripicolous
Adv. ashore
on shore
on land
gulf
bay
inlet
bight
estuary
arm of the sea
bayou [U.S.]
fiord
armlet;
firth
ostiary|
mouth
lagoon
cove
creek
natural harbor
roads
strait
narrows
Euripus
sound
belt
gut
continental slope
continental shelf
lake
loch
mere
tarn
plash
broad
pond
pool
puddle
slab
well
artesian well
standing water
dead water
sheet of water
fish pond
mill pond
ditch
dike
dyke
dam
reservoir
(store) 6
hog wallow [U.S.]
table-land
face of the country
open
country
basin
downs
waste
weary waste
desert
wild
steppe
pampas
savanna
prairie
heath
common
veldt;
moor
moorland
bush
plateau
alkali flat
llano
mesa
playa
shaking prairie
trembling
prairie
vega[Sp]
meadow
mead
pasturage
park
field
lawn
green
plat
plot
greensward
sward
turf
sod
heather
lea
ley
lay
grounds
alluvial
swamp
morass
moss
fen
bog
quagmire
slough
sump
wash
mud
squash
slush
Adj. marsh
marshy
swampy
boggy
soft
muddy
sloppy
squashy
moorish
moory;
fenny
isle
islet
reef
atoll
breaker
archipelago
islander
Adj. insular
seagirt
Fluids in Motion
(of
air) 349
flowmeter
V. flow
blow
jet
spurt
squirt
spout
spray
splash
rush
gush
jet
sluice
water spout
water fall
cascade
force
Niagara
cataract
rapids
white water
catadupe|
cataclysm
debacle
inundation
deluge
chute
washout
rain
rainfall
shower
scud
downpour
driving rain
drenching rain
cloudburst
reign of St. Swithin
drizzle
plash
dropping
falling weather;
northeaster
hurricane
typhoon
stream
course
flux
flow
effluence
flowing
current
tide
race
coulee
spring
artesian well
fount
fountain
rill
rivulet
gill
gullet
streamlet
brooklet
branch [U.S.]
runnel
burn
beck
creek
brook
bayou
stream
river
reach
tributary
geyser
spout
waterspout
body of water
torrent
rapids
flush
flood
swash
spring tide
high
tide
full tide
bore
tidal bore
fresh
freshet
reflux
undercurrent
eddy
vortex
whirlpool
Maelstrom
regurgitation
overflow
confluence
corrivation|
wave
billow
surge
swell
ripple
Â
beach comber
riffle [U.S.]
rollers
ground swell
surf
breakers
white horses
whitecaps
rough sea
heavy sea
high seas
cross sea
long sea
short sea
chopping sea
[Science of fluids in motion] hydrodynamics
hydraulics
rain gauge
flowmeter
irrigation
pump
watering pot
watering cart;
hydrant
syringe
garden hose
lawn spray
V. flow
run
meander
gush
pour
spout
roll
jet
well
issue;
drop
drip
dribble
plash
trill
trickle
distill
percolate
stream
overflow
inundate
deluge
flow over
splash
swash;
murmur
babble
bubble
purl
gurgle
sputter
spurt
spray
regurgitate
ooze
flow out
rain hard
rain in torrents
rain cats and dogs
rain pitchforks
pour
with rain
drizzle
spit
set in
flow into
fall into
open into
drain into
discharge itself
[Cause a flow] pour
pour out
shower down
irrigate
drench
spill
splash
[Stop a flow] stanch
dam
up
obstruct
Adj. fluent
affluent
tidal;
flowing
meandering
fluvial
fluviatile
showery
rainy
pluvial
stillicidous|;
Phr. "for men may come and men may go but I go on forever" [Tennyson];
"that old man river
he just keeps rolling along" [Showboat]
draught
flatus
afflatus
air
breath
breath of air
puff
whiff
zephyr
blow
breeze
drift
aura
stream
current
jet stream;
undercurrent
gust
blast
squall
gale
half a gale
storm
tempest
hurricane
whirlwind
tornado
samiel
cyclone
anticyclone
typhoon
simoom
monsoon
trade wind
sirocco
mistral
tramontane
levanter
capful of wind
fresh breeze
stiff breeze
keen
blast
blizzard
barber [Can.]
chinook
foehn
norther
windiness
ventosity|
rough weather
dirty weather
ugly
weather
stress of weather
dirty sky
mare's tail
thick squall
black
squall
white squall
aerodynamics
wind gauge
weathercock
vane
weather-vane
wind sock
anemometer
inflation
blowing
fanning
ventilation
sneezing
sternutation
hiccup
hiccough
catching of the breath
Eolus
Boreas
Zephyr
cave of Eolus
air pump
air blower
lungs
bellows
blowpipe
fan
ventilator
gills
whiffle ball
V. blow
waft
blow hard
blow great guns
blow a hurricane
stream
issue
respire
breathe
puff
whiff
whiffle
gasp
wheeze
snuff
snuffle;
sniff
sniffle
sneeze
cough
fan
ventilate
inflate
perflate|
blow up
Adj. blowing
windy
flatulent
breezy
gusty
squally
stormy
tempestuous
blustering
boisterous
pulmonic[Med]
pulmonary
Phr. "lull'd by soft zephyrs" [Pope]
"the storm is up and all is on
the hazard" [Julius Caesar]
"the winds were wither'd in the stagnant air"
[Byron]
"while mocking winds are piping loud" [Milton]
"winged with red
lightning and tempestuous rage" [Paradise Lost]
channel
duct
watercourse
race
head race
tail race
arroyo
aqueduct
canal
trough
gutter
pantile
flume
runner
lock-weir
dike
main
gully
moat
ditch
drain
sewer
culvert
cloaca
sough
kennel
siphon
pipe
funnel
tunnel
(passage) 6
water pipe
waste pipe
gully hole
artery
aorta
pore
spout
scupper
hose
gargoyle;
penstock
weir
flood gate
water gate
sluice
lock
valve
rose
waterworks
pipeline
Adj. vascular
air
tube
blowhole
venthole
shaft
flue
chimney
funnel
vent
nostril
nozzle
throat
trachea;
bronchus
bronchia[Med]
larynx
tonsils
windpipe
spiracle;
ventilator
louvre
jalousie
Venetian blinds
blowpipe
pipe
smokestack
screen
window screen
artificial lung
iron lung
heart and lung machine
3. IMPERFECT FLUIDS
stickiness
viscidity
viscosity
adhesiveness
(cohesion) 46
thickening
jelly
mucilage
gelatin
gluten
fish glue;
isinglass
mucus
phlegm
goo;
lava
starch
gluten
albumen
milk
cream
protein|!
treacle
gum
size
glue (tenacity)
wax
beeswax
emulsion
soup
squash
mud
slush
slime
ooze
moisture
marsh
thicken
mash
squash
churn
beat up
sinter
Adj. semifluid
semiliquid
half melted
half
frozen
milky
muddy
lacteal
emulsive
curdled
thick
succulent
gelatinous
albuminous
mucilaginous
glutinous
glutenous
gelatin
mastic
ropy
clammy
clotted
viscid
viscous
sticky
tacky
gooey
slab
lentous|
mucous
gummy
foam
froth
head
spume
lather
suds
spray
surf
yeast
spindrift
cloud
vapor
fog
mist
haze
steam
geyser
scud
messenger
rack
nimbus
cumulus
cirrus
stratus
cirrostratus
cumulostratus
cirrocumulus
mackerel sky
mare's tale
dirty sky
curl
cloud
frost smoke
thunderhead
effervescence
fermentation
bubbling
nebula
cloudliness
nebulosity
422
V. bubble
boil
foam
froth
mantle
sparkle
gurgle;
effervesce
ferment
fizzle
Adj. bubbling
frothy
effervescent
sparkling
up
cloudy
vaporous
nebulous
overcast
Phr. "the lowring element scowls o'er the darkened landscip" [Paradise
Lost]
pulp
taste
dough
curd
pap
rob
jam
pudding
poultice
mush
oatmeal
baby food
Adj. pulpy
lubricity
ointment
anointment
lubrication
V. oil
Adj. unctuous
oily
oleaginous
adipose
sebaceous
fat
fatty
greasy
waxy
butyraceous
soapy
pinguid
slippery
fat
butter
cream
grease
tallow
suet
lard
dripping exunge|
blubber
glycerin
stearin
elaine[Chem]
soap
soft soap
wax
cerement
paraffin
spermaceti
petroleum
mineral
mineral rock
mineral crystal
mineral oil
vegetable
oil
olive oil
salad oil
linseed oil
cottonseed oil
soybean oil
nut oil
animal oil
neat's foot oil
train oil
ointment
unguent
liniment
fusel
oil
grain oil
rape oil
seneca oil
hydrate of amyl
heating
oil
No. 2 oil
distillate
residual oils
kerosene
jet fuel
gasoline
naphtha
stearin
rosin
gum
lac
sealing wax
amber
ambergris
bitumen
pitch
tar
asphalt
asphaltum
camphor
varnish
mastic
lacquer
japan
artificial resin
polymer
ion-exchange resin
cation-exchange resin
anion exchange resin
water softener
Dowex[Chem]
Diaion
V. varnish
resinous
bituminous
pitchy
tarry
asphaltic
asphaltite
organized nature
living
nature
animated nature
living beings
organic remains
fossils
protoplasm
cytoplasm
protein
albumen
structure
organization
organism
[Science of living beings] biology
natural history
organic
chemistry
anatomy
physiology
zoology
botany
microbiology
virology
bacteriology
mycology
naturalist
archegenesis
chromosome
ecology
oecology
erythroblast[Physiol]
gamete
germinal
matter
invagination[Biol]
metabolism
anabolism
catabolism;
ontogeny
ovary
ovum
oxidation
phylogeny
polymorphism
protozoa
spermatozoon
vacuole
zygote
Darwinism
neo-Darwinism
Lamarkism
neoLamarkism
Weismannism
morphology
taxonomy
Adj. organic
organized
vacuolar
mineral kingdom;
unorganized matter
inorganic matter
brute matter
inanimate matter
[Science of the mineral kingdom] mineralogy
geology
metallurgy
lithology
oryctology|
oryctography|
V. turn to dust
mineralize
fossilize
Adj. inorganic
inanimate
azoic;
mineral
vitality
viability
animation
vital spark
vital flame
soul
spirit
respiration
wind
breath of life
breath of one's nostrils
oxygen
air
[devices to sustain respiration] respirator
artificial respirator
heart and lung machine
iron lung
medical devices
lifeblood
existence
vivification
vital force
vitalization
revivification
Prometheus
life to come
[Science of life] physiology
biology
animal ecology
nourishment
staff of life
genetics
heredity
inheritance
evolution
natural selection
reproduction (production) 161
microbe
aerobe
anaerobe
facultative anaerobe
obligate aerobe
obligate anaerobe
halophile[Microbiol]
methanogen[Microbiol]
archaebacteria[Microb]
microaerophile[Microbiol]
animal
vegetable
artificial life
robot
robotics
artificial intelligence
[vital signs] breathing
breathing rate
heartbeat
pulse
temperature
preservation of life
healing (medicine) 662
V. be alive
live
breathe
respire
subsist
walk the earth "strut and fret one's hour upon the stage" [Macbeth]
be
spared
see the light
be born
come into the world
fetch breath
draw
breath
fetch the breath of life
draw the breath of life
quicken
revive;
come to life
give birth to
bring to life
put into life
vitalize
vivify
reanimate
keep
alive
keep body and soul together
keep the wolf from the door
support
life
hive nine lives like a cat
Adj. living
alive
in life
in the flesh
in the land of the living;
on this side of the grave
above ground
breathing
quick
animated;
lively
all alive and kicking
tenacious
of life
full of life
yeasty
vital
vivifying
vivified
viable
Promethean
Adv. vivendi causa[Lat]
Phr. atqui vivere militare est [Lat][Seneca]
non est vivere sed
valere vita [Lat][Marial]