liquid+substance

  • 81To be in liquor — Liquor Liq uor (l[i^]k [ e]r), n. [OE. licour, licur, OF. licur, F. liqueur, fr. L. liquor, fr. liquere to be liquid. See {Liquid}, and cf. {Liqueur}.] 1. Any liquid substance, as water, milk, blood, sap, juice, or the like. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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  • 82Maus (band) — Maus Origin Reykjavík, Iceland Genres Rock/Pop, Alternative rock Years active 1993–2004 (presently on a hiatus) Labels Bad Taste …

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  • 83oil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. grease (see oil); oil paint (see painting). v. lubricate, grease (See oil); placate, flatter. See flattery, smoothness, servility. II Friction reducing fluid Nouns …

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  • 84liquor — liquory, adj. /lik euhr/ or, for 3, /lik wawr/, n. 1. a distilled or spirituous beverage, as brandy or whiskey, as distinguished from a fermented beverage, as wine or beer. 2. any liquid substance, as broth from cooked meats or vegetables. 3.… …

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  • 85resin — resinlike, adj. /rez in/, n. 1. any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or… …

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  • 86Fire fighting foam — Firefighters sprayed foam on structures in the Mammoth Hot Springs complex on September 10, 1988 during the Yellowstone Fires. Fire fighting foam is a foam used for fire suppression. Its role is to cool the fire and to coat the fuel, preventing… …

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  • 87Specific gravity — is defined as the ratio of the density of a given solid or liquid substance to the density of water at a specific temperature and pressure, typically at 4°C (39°F) and convert|1|atm|inHg|2|abbr=on|lk=on , making it a dimensionless quantity (see… …

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  • 88oil — vb Oil, grease, lubricate, anoint, cream all mean to smear or treat with an oily, fatty, or greasy substance, but they vary greatly in their implications of the substance used and the purpose for which it is employed and in their idiomatic… …

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  • 89sprinkle — 1. verb a) To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance). The confectioner sprinkled icing sugar over the cakes. b) To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it. The… …

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  • 90slop — slop1 verb (slops, slopping, slopped) 1》 (of a liquid) spill or flow over the edge of a container.     ↘apply (a liquid substance) casually or carelessly.     ↘(slop out) Brit. (in prison) empty the contents of a chamber pot. 2》 (slop through)… …

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