Word Study
[2x]
: MÜ Mä Mæ Mé Mê Mö Mœ M- M. M1 M2 M3 M< Ma Mb Mc Md Me Mf Mg Mh Mi Mk Ml Mm Mn Mo Mp Mr Ms Mt Mu Mv Mw Mx My
moisture
CIDE DICTIONARY
moisture, n. [Cf. OF. moistour, F. moiteur.].
- A moderate degree of wetness. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity. [1913 Webster]"All my body's moisture
Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heat." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
moisture, n. water or other liquid diffused in a small quantity as vapour, or within a solid, or condensed on a surface.
Derivative
moistureless adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF moistour (as MOIST)
THESAURUS
moisture
Scotch mist, blood rain, chylifaction, chylification, drizzle, evening mist, fall, flow, fluency, fluidity, fluidness, flurry, flux, fluxility, fluxion, gout of rain, juiciness, lactation, lactescence, liquefaction, liquidness, milkiness, mist, misty rain, mizzle, patter, pitter-patter, precipitation, rain, raindrop, rainfall, rainwater, rheuminess, sappiness, serosity, sheet of rain, shower, splatter, sprinkle, succulence, suppuration, unfrozen hydrometeor, wateriness, wetROGET THESAURUS
moisture
Moisture
N moisture, moistness, humidity, humectation, madefaction, dew, serein, marsh, hygrometry, hygrometer, moist, damp, watery, madid, roric, undried, humid, sultry, wet, dank, luggy, dewy, roral, rorid, roscid, juicy, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin, saturated, swashy, soggy, dabbled, reeking, dripping, soaking, soft, sodden, sloppy, muddy, swampy, irriguous.Semiliquidity
N semiliquidity, stickiness, viscidity, viscosity, gummosity, glutinosity, mucosity, spissitude, crassitude, lentor, adhesiveness, inspissation, incrassation, thickening, jelly, mucilage, gelatin, gluten, carlock, fish glue, ichthyocol, ichthycolla, isinglass, mucus, phlegm, goo, pituite, lava, glair, starch, gluten, albumen, milk, cream, protein, treacle, gum, size, glue (tenacity), wax, beeswax, emulsion, soup, squash, mud, slush, slime, ooze, moisture, marsh, semifluid, semiliquid, tremellose, half melted, half frozen, milky, muddy, lacteal, lactean, lacteous, lactescent, lactiferous, emulsive, curdled, thick, succulent, uliginous, gelatinous, albuminous, mucilaginous, glutinous, glutenous, gelatin, mastic, amylaceous, ropy, clammy, clotted, viscid, viscous, sticky, tacky, gooey, slab, slabby, lentous, pituitous, mucid, muculent, mucous, gummy.For further exploring for "moisture" in Webster Dictionary Online