N. smoothness, polish,
gloss,
lubricity,
lubrication, down,
velvet,
velure, silk,
satin,
velveteen, velour,
velours, velumen, glass, ice, slide, bowling green,
asphalt, wood pavement,
flagstone, flags, roller, steam roller, lawn roller, rolling pin,
rolling mill, sand paper, emery paper, emery cloth, sander, flat iron, sad iron,
burnisher, turpentine and beeswax, polish, shoe polish,
lapidary,
lapidary,
lapidarian V. smooth,
smoothen, plane,
file,
mow,
shave, level, roll,
macadamize, polish,
burnish,
calender,
glaze, iron, hot-press,
mangle,
lubricate Adj. smooth, polished, leiodermatous,
slick,
velutinous, even, level, plane,
sleek,
glossy,
silken,
silky,
lanate,
downy,
velvety,
glabrous,
slippery,
glassy,
lubricous,
oily, soft, unwrinkled, smooth as glass, smooth as ice, smooth as monumental alabaster, smooth as velvet, smooth as oil, slippery as an eel, woolly
Phr. smooth as silk, slippery as coonshit on a pump handle, slippery as a greased pig
N. roughness, tooth, grain, texture,
ripple,
asperity,
rugosity, salebrosity|,
corrugation,
nodosity,
arborescence,
pilosity,
brush, hair,
beard,
shag,
mane,
whisker,
moustache, imperial,
tress,
lock,
curl,
ringlet,
fimbriae, pili,
cilia,
villi,
lovelock,
beaucatcher, curl paper,
goatee,
papillote, scalp lock,
plumage,
plumosity,
plume,
panache, crest,
feather,
tuft,
fringe,
toupee, wool,
velvet,
plush,
nap, pile,
floss, fur, down,
byssus,
moss,
bur,
fluff, knot (convolution) 248
V. be rough, go against the grain, render-rough,
roughen,
ruffle,
crisp,
crumple,
corrugate, set on edge, stroke the wrong way,
rumple Adj. rough, uneven,
scabrous,
scaly,
knotted,
rugged,
rugose,
rugous,
knurly,
asperous,
crisp, salebrous|,
gnarled, unpolished, unsmooth,
roughhewn,
craggy,
cragged, crankling,
scraggy,
prickly,
arborescent,
leafy, well-wooded,
feathery,
plumose,
plumigerous,
laciniate, laciniform, laciniose,
pappose,
pileous,
pilose, trichogenous, trichoid,
tufted,
fimbriated,
hairy,
ciliated,
filamentous,
hirsute,
crinose,
crinite,
bushy,
hispid,
villous,
pappous,
bearded,
pilous,
shaggy,
shagged,
fringed,
befringed, setous|,
setose,
setaceous, "like quills upon the fretful porcupine", rough as a nutmeg grater, rough as a bear,
downy,
velvety,
flocculent, woolly,
lanate,
lanated,
lanuginous,
lanuginose,
tomentose,
fluffy Adv. against the grain
Phr. cabello luengo y corto el seso
N. softness,
pliableness,
flexibility, # pliancy,
pliability,
sequacity,
malleability,
ductility,
tractility, extendibility,
extensibility,
plasticity, inelasticity,
flaccidity,
laxity,
penetrability, clay, wax, butter,
dough,
pudding, alumina,
argil,
cushion,
pillow, feather bed, down,
padding,
wadding,
foam,
mollification,
softening V. render -soft,
soften,
mollify,
mellow,
relax, temper,
mash,
knead,
squash, bend, yield, relent,
relax, give, plasticize'
Adj. soft, tender,
supple,
pliant,
pliable, flexible,
flexile,
lithe,
lithesome,
lissom, limber,
plastic,
ductile,
tractile, tractable,
malleable,
extensile,
sequacious, inelastic,
aluminous,
remollient, yielding,
flabby,
limp,
flimsy,
doughy,
spongy,
penetrable,
foamy,
cushiony,
flaccid,
flocculent,
downy,
edematous,
oedematous,
medullary,
argillaceous,
mellow, soft as butter, soft as down, soft as silk, yielding as wax, tender as chicken
