semiliquid
IPA: sɛmɪɫˈɪkwɪd
noun
- Any substance with properties intermediate between those of a solid and a liquid.
adjective
- Having properties intermediate between those of a solid and a liquid.
- Somewhat liquid; able to flow or change, but not entirely freely.
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Examples of "semiliquid" in Sentences
- “The heat from below is keeping the lava in a semiliquid state.”
- There was a sound so real, a thud and a subsequent hum, the whole panel vibrating, that the boys and girls went slack in their seats, wide-eyed and semiliquid.
- Traditional methods for liquid or semiliquid fecal incontinence management, such as the use of absorbent briefs/pads, skin cleansers, and moisturizers, are only moderately successful in alleviating the consequences of fecal incontinence.
- All the recent discoveries about extremophiles, and especially those living in ice, raise the possibility that living creatures could remain in an arctic-like permafrost just below the Martian surface, one that changes from frozen to semiliquid with the seasons.
- At the beginning of the decade there was about $100 trillion worth of property paper representing tangible goods such as land, buildings, and patents world-wide, and some $170 trillion representing ownership over such semiliquid assets as mortgages, stocks and bonds.
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