liquid substance
1Liquid electricity — is a fictional liquid substance that often appeared in comedy short films of the silent film era. It is the distilled essence of electricity in liquid form, a (usually) glowing substance easily stored in bottles. It provides fantastic energy and… …
2liquid — [lik′wid] adj. [OFr liquide < L liquidus < liquere, to be liquid, prob. < IE base * wlikw , wet > Welsh gwlyb, moist] 1. readily flowing; fluid; specif., having its molecules moving freely with respect to each other so as to flow… …
3liquid — liquidly, adv. liquidness, n. /lik wid/, adj. 1. composed of molecules that move freely among themselves but do not tend to separate like those of gases; neither gaseous nor solid. 2. of, pertaining to, or consisting of liquids: a liquid diet. 3 …
4liquid — [[t]lɪ̱kwɪd[/t]] liquids 1) N MASS A liquid is a substance which is not solid but which flows and can be poured, for example water. Drink plenty of liquid... Boil for 20 minutes until the liquid has reduced by half... Solids turn to liquids at… …
5liquid — adj. & n. adj. 1 having a consistency like that of water or oil, flowing freely but of constant volume. 2 having the qualities of water in appearance; translucent (liquid blue; a liquid lustre). 3 (of a gas, e.g. air, hydrogen) reduced to a… …
6liquid — {{11}}liquid (adj.) late 14c., from O.Fr. liquide liquid, running, from L. liquidus fluid, liquid, moist, figuratively flowing, continuing, from liquere be fluid, related to liqui to melt, flow, from PIE *wleik to flow, run. Of sounds, from 1630s …
7liquid — liq•uid [[t]ˈlɪk wɪd[/t]] adj. 1) phs composed of molecules that move freely among themselves but do not tend to separate like those of gases; neither gaseous nor solid 2) of, pertaining to, or consisting of liquids: a liquid diet[/ex] 3) flowing …
8liquid — /ˈlɪkwəd / (say likwuhd) adjective 1. composed of molecules which move freely among themselves but do not tend to separate like those of gases; neither gaseous nor solid. 2. of or relating to liquids: liquid measure. 3. such as to flow like… …
9liquid — [14] Latin liquēre meant ‘be fluid’. From it was derived the adjective liquidus, which reached English via Old French (it was not used as a noun in the sense ‘liquid substance’ until the early 18th century). Also derived from liquēre was the noun …
10liquid food — fluid food, nutritious liquid substance …
