moisture (noun)

  • 61box white oak — noun small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture resistant wood used especially for fence posts • Syn: ↑post oak, ↑brash oak, ↑iron oak, ↑Quercus stellata • Hypernyms:… …

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  • 62brash oak — noun small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture resistant wood used especially for fence posts • Syn: ↑post oak, ↑box white oak, ↑iron oak, ↑Quercus stellata • Hypernyms …

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  • 63butcher paper — noun a strong wrapping paper that resists penetration by blood or meat fluids • Hypernyms: ↑wrapping paper * * * noun : a strong wrapping paper resistant to the penetration of blood and meat fluids * * * heavy, moisture resistant paper, as used… …

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  • 64dried milk — noun dehydrated milk • Syn: ↑powdered milk, ↑dry milk, ↑milk powder • Hypernyms: ↑milk • Hyponyms: ↑nonfat dry milk * * * noun …

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  • 65eastern hemlock — noun common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood • Syn: ↑Canadian hemlock, ↑spruce pine, ↑Tsuga canadensis • Hypernyms: ↑hemlock, ↑hemlock tree * * * noun : a commo …

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  • 66frost heave — noun upthrust of ground or pavement caused by the freezing of moist soil • Syn: ↑frost heaving • Hypernyms: ↑geological phenomenon * * * noun or frost heaving : an upthrust of ground caused by freezing of moist soil (as under a footing or… …

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  • 67iron oak — noun 1. small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture resistant wood used especially for fence posts • Syn: ↑post oak, ↑box white oak, ↑brash oak, ↑Quercus stellata •… …

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  • 68large intestine — noun beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑intestine, ↑bowel, ↑gut • Hyponyms: ↑colon • …

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  • 69manna grass — noun any of several moisture loving grasses of the genus Glyceria having sweet flavor or odor • Syn: ↑sweet grass • Hypernyms: ↑meadowgrass, ↑meadow grass • Hyponyms: ↑reed meadow grass, ↑Glyceria grandis …

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  • 70resurrection fern — noun fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds greyish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa • Syn: ↑grey polypody, ↑gray polypody, ↑Polypodium polypodioides • Hypernyms: ↑polypody * * * noun Etymology …

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