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
The particles of this pigment are flocculent and very uniform in appearance.
From Paint Technology and Tests by Gardner, Henry A.
Hymenium ribbed, of a tough, fleshy substance, rather rigid, then collapsing and flocculent.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha
Complete digestion, at any rate in the Calcutta form, takes several days to accomplish, and after the process is finished a flocculent mass of colourless excreta is emitted from the mouth.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
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