| liquid | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. liquid | a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure. |
| ~ beverage, drinkable, potable, drink | any liquid suitable for drinking.; "may I take your beverage order?" |
| ~ water | a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants.; "he asked for a drink of water" |
| ~ supernatant | the clear liquid that lies above a sediment or precipitate. |
| ~ alcohol | any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation. |
| ~ ammonia, ammonia water, ammonium hydroxide | a water solution of ammonia. |
| ~ antifreeze | a liquid added to the water in a cooling system to lower its freezing point. |
| ~ distillate, distillation | a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling. |
| ~ pyroligneous acid, wood vinegar | a red-brown liquid formed in distillation of wood which contains acetic acid, methanol, acetone, wood oils, and tars. |
| ~ medium | a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter. |
| ~ ink | a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing. |
| ~ grume | a thick viscous liquid. |
| ~ fluid | a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure. |
| ~ liquor | a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process.; "waste liquors" |
| ~ sheep dip | a liquid mixture containing pesticides in which sheep are dipped to kill parasites. |
| ~ snake oil | (medicine) any of various liquids sold as medicine (as by a travelling medicine show) but medically worthless. |
| n. (state) | 2. liquid, liquid state, liquidity, liquidness | the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility. |
| ~ state of matter, state | (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container).; "the solid state of water is called ice" |
| n. (substance) | 3. liquid | fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume. |
| ~ artificial blood | a liquid that can carry large amounts of oxygen and can serve as a temporary substitute for blood. |
| ~ elixir | a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste. |
| ~ h2o, water | binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent. |
| ~ extravasation | an extravasated liquid (blood or lymph or urine); the product of extravasation. |
| ~ instillation | a liquid that is instilled drop by drop. |
| ~ fluid | continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas. |
| ~ liquid crystal | a liquid exhibiting properties of a crystal that are not shown by ordinary liquids. |
| ~ spill | liquid that is spilled.; "clean up the spills" |
| ~ tuberculin | a sterile liquid containing a purified protein derivative of the tuberculosis bacterium; used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis. |
| n. (communication) | 4. liquid | a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r'). |
| ~ consonant | a speech sound that is not a vowel. |
| adj. | 5. liquid | existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow.; "water and milk and blood are liquid substances" |
| ~ runny, fluid | characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape. |
| ~ liquefiable, liquifiable | capable of being liquefied. |
| ~ liquefied, liquified | reduced to a liquid state.; "liquefied petroleum gas" |
| ~ semiliquid | somewhat liquid. |
| ~ watery | relating to or resembling or consisting of water.; "a watery substance"; "a watery color" |
| adj. | 6. liquid, swimming | filled or brimming with tears.; "swimming eyes"; "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid" |
| ~ tearful | filled with or marked by tears.; "tearful eyes"; "tearful entreaties" |
| adj. | 7. limpid, liquid | clear and bright.; "the liquid air of a spring morning"; "eyes shining with a liquid luster"; "limpid blue eyes" |
| ~ clear | allowing light to pass through.; "clear water"; "clear plastic bags"; "clear glass"; "the air is clear and clean" |
| adj. | 8. liquid, liquified, melted | changed from a solid to a liquid state.; "rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow" |
| ~ unfrozen | not frozen.; "unfrozen ground" |
| ~ dissolved | (of solid matter) reduced to a liquid form.; "add the dissolved gelatin" |
| ~ fusible | capable of being melted and fused. |
| ~ molten, liquefied, liquified | reduced to liquid form by heating.; "a mass of molten rock" |
| ~ thawed | no longer frozen solid.; "the thawed ice was treacherous" |
| adj. | 9. liquid | smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness.; "the liquid song of a robin" |
| ~ musical | characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music.; "a musical speaking voice"; "a musical comedy" |
| adj. | 10. fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth | smooth and unconstrained in movement.; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina" |
| ~ graceful | characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution. |
| adj. | 11. fluid, liquid | in cash or easily convertible to cash.; "liquid (or fluid) assets" |
| ~ disposable | free or available for use or disposition.; "every disposable piece of equipment was sent to the fire"; "disposable assets" |
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