Deliquescent vs. Solid

Deliquescentadjective

Seeming to melt away.

Deliquescentadjective

(chemistry) Absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution.

Deliquescentadjective

(botany) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.

Deliquescentadjective

Becoming liquid as a phase of its life cycle.

Deliquescentadjective

Dissolving; liquefying by contact with the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming liquid; as, deliquescent salts.

Deliquescentadjective

Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.

Deliquescentadjective

(especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air

Solidadjective

(of an object or substance) That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid or a gas.

Solidadjective

Large in size, quantity, or value.

Solidadjective

Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.

Solidadjective

Strong or unyielding.

Solidadjective

(slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.

Solidadjective

Hearty; filling.

Solidadjective

Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.

Solidadjective

Financially well off; wealthy.

Solidadjective

Sound; not weak.

Solidadjective

(typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.

Solidadjective

Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.

Solidadjective

United; without division; unanimous.

Solidadjective

Of a single color throughout.

Solidadjective

(of drawn lines) Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed.

Solidadjective

(dated) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.

Solidnoun

(chemistry) A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas).

Solidnoun

(geometry) A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).

Solidnoun

(informal) A favor.

Solidnoun

An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.

Solidnoun

(in the plural) Food which is not liquid-based.

Solidadverb

Solidly.

Solidadverb

Without spaces or hyphens.

Solidadjective

Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard; firm; compact; - opposed to fluid and liquid or to plastic, like clay, or to incompact, like sand.

Solidadjective

Not hollow; full of matter; as, a solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a hollow one; not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes, heavy.

Solidadjective

Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.

Solidadjective

Firm; compact; strong; stable; unyielding; as, a solid pier; a solid pile; a solid wall.

Solidadjective

Applied to a compound word whose parts are closely united and form an unbroken word; - opposed to hyphened.

Solidadjective

Fig.: Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as opposed to frivolous or fallacious; weighty; firm; strong; valid; just; genuine.

Solidadjective

Sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body.

Solidadjective

Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem.

Solidadjective

Impenetrable; resisting or excluding any other material particle or atom from any given portion of space; - applied to the supposed ultimate particles of matter.

Solidadjective

Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.

Solidadjective

United; without division; unanimous; as, the delegation is solid for a candidate.

Solidnoun

A substance that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not fluid.

Solidnoun

A magnitude which has length, breadth, and thickness; a part of space bounded on all sides.

Solidnoun

a substance that is solid at room temperature and pressure

Solidnoun

the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape

Solidnoun

a three-dimensional shape

Solidadjective

of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous;

Solidadjective

of good substantial quality;

Solidadjective

entirely of one substance with no holes inside;

Solidadjective

of one substance or character throughout;

Solidadjective

uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks;

Solidadjective

providing abundant nourishment;

Solidadjective

of good quality and condition; solidly built;

Solidadjective

having high moral qualities;

Solidadjective

not soft or yielding to pressure;

Solidadjective

having three dimensions;

Solidadjective

incapable of being seen through;

Solidadjective

entirely of a single color throughout;

Solidadjective

acting together as a single undiversified whole;

Solid

Solid is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being liquid, gas and plasma). The molecules in a solid are closely packed together and contain the least amount of kinetic energy.