moisture (noun)
51dry milk — noun dehydrated milk • Syn: ↑powdered milk, ↑dried milk, ↑milk powder • Hypernyms: ↑milk • Hyponyms: ↑nonfat dry milk * * * noun …
52field capacity — noun the maximum amount of water that a particular soil can hold • Hypernyms: ↑volume unit, ↑capacity unit, ↑capacity measure, ↑cubage unit, ↑cubic measure, ↑cubic content unit, ↑displacement unit, ↑cubature un …
53quartz lamp — noun a mercury vapor lamp that is enclosed in a quartz container instead of a glass container • Hypernyms: ↑mercury vapor lamp * * * noun : a mercury vapor lamp in a tube of quartz glass that transmits most of the ultraviolet radiation * * * a… …
54root hair — noun thin hairlike outgrowth of an epidermal cell just behind the tip; absorbs nutrients from the soil • Hypernyms: ↑plant organ • Part Holonyms: ↑root * * * noun : one of the many hairlike tubular outgrowths of epidermal or sometimes cortical… …
55transfer paper — noun a paper that is coated with a preparation for transferring a design to another surface • Hypernyms: ↑paper • Hyponyms: ↑decal, ↑decalcomania * * * noun : a paper coated with a special preparation for transferring a design or imprint to… …
56vegetable wax — noun a waxy substance obtained from plants (especially from the trunks of certain palms) • Hypernyms: ↑wax * * * noun : a waxy product (as Japan wax) that is secreted by various plants commonly in thin flakes by the walls of the epidermal cells… …
57ingress — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ingressus, from ingredi Date: 15th century 1. the act of entering ; entrance < the seal prevents ingress of moisture > 2. the power or liberty of entrance or access < an area with restricted ingress > •… …
58tensiometer — noun Etymology: tension Date: 1912 1. a device for measuring tension (as of structural material) 2. an instrument for determining the moisture content of soil 3. an instrument for measuring the surface tension of liquids • tensiometric adjective… …
59bead — noun 1 small piece of glass, wood, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ amber, glass, wooden, etc. ▪ prayer, rosary ▪ worry … OF BEADS …
60meter — noun 1 device for measuring gas, electricity, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ electric (esp. AmE), electricity (esp. BrE), gas, light, moisture, parking, power, pressure level, sound level …
