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foamlike — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : having the appearance and texture of foam foamlike dresses … Useful english dictionary
foamlike — adj. foamy, frothy, similar to foam … English contemporary dictionary
scoria — scoriaceous /skawr ee ay sheuhs, skohr /, adj. /skawr ee euh, skohr /, n., pl. scoriae /skawr ee ee , skohr /. 1. Metall. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum. 2. Geol. a cinderlike basic cellular lava. [1350… … Universalium
Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… … Medical dictionary
frogspit — frog spit n. 1. A foamlike aggregation of small aquatic plants, such as green algae, on the surface of a pond. Also called frog spittle. 2. See cuckoo spit. * * * … Universalium
foam — foamable, adj. foamer, n. foamingly, adv. foamless, adj. foamlike, adj. /fohm/, n. 1. a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.: foam on a glass of beer. 2. the froth of perspiration, caused … Universalium
foamed metal — Chem., Metallurgy. a uniform foamlike metal structure produced when hydrogen bubbles are evolved from metal hydrides uniformly dispersed throughout a host metal or metal alloy: used as a structural material because of its shock absorbing… … Universalium
spumescent — spumescence, n. /spyooh mes euhnt/, adj. foamy; foamlike; frothy. [1855 60; SPUME + ESCENT] * * * … Universalium
Dudley, Dud — born 1599, England? died 1684, England? English ironmaster. He was an illegitimate son of Edward Sutton, the 9th Baron of Dudley, who recalled him from Oxford in 1619 to manage the family s ironworks in Staffordshire. He was the first to… … Universalium
patralatā — ▪ Indian art decorative motif in Indian art, consisting of a lotus rhizome (underground plant stem). A cosmology that identifies water as the source of all life had a great influence on early Indian art, and, of its visual symbols, the… … Universalium
