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Fluid

Having particles which easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the mass, and which easily yield to pressure; capable of flowing; liquid or gaseous.

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Changeable 84% connected

Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor.

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Changeable 84% connected

Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor.

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Changeful 84% connected

Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain.

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Changeful 84% connected

Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain.

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Disposable 84% connected

Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as occasion may require; not assigned to any service or use.

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Disposable 84% connected

Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as occasion may require; not assigned to any service or use.

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Graceful 84% connected

Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech.

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Graceful 84% connected

Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech.

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Liquid 84% connected

Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.

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Liquid 84% connected

Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.

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Narrower term 4

Filtrate 76% connected

To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation.

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Gas 76% connected

An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as…

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Ichor 76% connected

An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods.

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Liquid 76% connected

Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.

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Matter 76% connected

That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of concep…

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Substance 76% connected

That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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Fluidness 74% connected

The state of being flluid; fluidity.

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Fluidness 74% connected

The state of being flluid; fluidity.

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Synonym 5

Fluent 92% connected

Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving.

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Liquid 92% connected

Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mobile 92% connected

Capable of being moved; not fixed in place or condition; movable.

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Smooth 92% connected

Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.

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Unstable 92% connected

Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.

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