flocculent
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They invariably come laden with words that seem meant to prove his vocabulary is bigger than yours: flocculent, crapulent, caducous, anaglypta, mephitic, velutinous.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2020
“A vast, flocculent cloud darkened and devitalized the city, mimicking the family mood like weather does in memories.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2019
In flocculent white deposits, in a spring, Jefferson county, Missouri.
From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
The external membrane is extremely thin, and is seen as a flocculent film, when the eye is suspended in water.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter
This white flocculent substance is silicic acid combined with the elements of water, and is therefore called by chemists hydrate of silica.
From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by L. Arnoux
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