1. Adjective
Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.
2. Adjective
Being in such a state that the component parts move freely among themselves, but do not tend to separate from each other as the particles of gases and vapors do; neither solid nor aeriform; as, liquid mercury, in distinction from mercury solidified or in a state of vapor.
3. Adjective
Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
4. Adjective
Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth; as, l and r are liquid letters.
5. Adjective
Fluid and transparent; as, the liquid air.
6. Adjective
Clear; definite in terms or amount.
7. Noun
A substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest pressure, and therefore retain no definite form; any substance in the state of liquidity; a fluid that is not aeriform.
8. Noun
A letter which has a smooth, flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute; as, l and r, in bla, bra. M and n also are called liquids.
9. Noun
fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
Vocabulary classified under Physics
10. Noun
the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
Vocabulary classified under Chemistry
11. Noun
a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially ‘l’ and ‘r’)
Vocabulary classified under Linguistics
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