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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liquid |
| Synonyms: | aqueous, flowing, fluent, in solution, juicy, liquefied, lymphatic, melted, molten, running, runny, serous, uncongealed, watery |
| Notes: | fluids include liquids and gases; a liquid is a fluid with a fixed volume, and a gas is a fluid that can expand indefinitely liquid is a substance that flows and takes on the form of its container; a fluid - substance with no fixed shape and yields easily to external pressure - can be a liquid but it can also be a gas |
| Antonyms: | solid |
| Main Entry: | fluid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liquid |
| Synonyms: | aqua, broth, chaser, cooler, goo, goop, juice, liquor, solution, vapor |
| Notes: | fluids include liquids and gases; a liquid is a fluid with a fixed volume, and a gas is a fluid that can expand indefinitely liquid is a substance that flows and takes on the form of its container; a fluid - substance with no fixed shape and yields easily to external pressure - can be a liquid but it can also be a gas |
| Antonyms: | solid |
| Main Entry: | broth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | soup, usually clear |
| Synonyms: | borscht, bouillon, bowl, brew, chowder, concoction, consommé, decoction, dishwater, distillation, elixir, fluid, gumbo, hodge-podge, olio, porridge, potage, potpourri, pottage, puree, splash, stock, vichyssoise |
| Main Entry: | changeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | erratic |
| Synonyms: | agitated, capricious, changeful, commutative, convertible, fickle, fitful, flighty, fluctuating, fluid, impulsive, inconstant, indecisive, irregular, irresolute, irresponsible, kaleidoscopic, mercurial, mobile, movable, mutable, permutable, protean, restless, reversible, revocable, shifting, skittish, spasmodic, transformable, transitional, uncertain, unpredictable, unreliable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, vagrant, variable, variant, varying, versatile, volatile, wavering, whimsical |
| Antonyms: | certain, changeless, constant, fixed, lasting, reliable, stable, steady, sure, unchangeable, undeviating |
| Main Entry: | flowing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gushing, abounding |
| Synonyms: | brimming, continuous, cursive, easy, falling, flooded, fluent, fluid, fluidic, full, issuing, liquefied, liquid, overrun, pouring out, prolific, rich, rippling, rolling, running, rushing, sinuous, smooth, spouting, streaming, sweeping, teeming, tidal, unbroken, uninterrupted |
| Antonyms: | trickling |
| Main Entry: | juice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liquid squeezed from fruit, plant |
| Synonyms: | abstract, alcohol, aqua vitae, distillation, drink, essence, extract, fluid, liquor, milk, nectar, oil, sap, sauce, secretion, serum, spirit, syrup, water |
| Main Entry: | liquid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | readily available |
| Synonyms: | convertible, fluid, free, marketable, negotiable, quick, ready, realizable, usable |
| Notes: | fluids include liquids and gases; a liquid is a fluid with a fixed volume, and a gas is a fluid that can expand indefinitely liquid is a substance that flows and takes on the form of its container; a fluid - substance with no fixed shape and yields easily to external pressure - can be a liquid but it can also be a gas |
| Antonyms: | frozen, unavailable |
| Main Entry: | liquor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drink; alcoholic beverage |
| Synonyms: | alcohol, aqua vitae, booze, broth, decoction, drinkable, elixir, extract, firewater, fluid, hard stuff, inebriant, infusion, intoxicant, liquid, moonshine, poison*, potable, sauce, solvent, spirits, stock, the bottle, whiskey |
| Notes: | liqueur is essentially the same word as liquor (from Latin), though the words have different meanings - liqueur is a strong highly flavored, often sweetened, alcoholic drink while liquor is an alcoholic beverage made by distillation rather than fermentation (which would be beer, wine) |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mellifluous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smooth and sweet sounding |
| Synonyms: | agreeable, dulcet, euphonic, fluid, harmonic, honeyed, mellifluent, mellow, pleasing, resonant, songful, soothing, symphonious, tuned, tuneful |
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