gritty particles

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• gritty — [adj1] granular abrasive, branlike, calculous, crumbly, dusty, friable, grainy, gravelly, in particles, loose, lumpy, permeable, porous, powdery, pulverant, rasping, rough, sabulous, sandy, scratchy; concept 606 Ant. fine, smooth gritty [adj2]… …   New thesaurus

• Gritty — Grit ty ( t[y^]), a. 1. Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles. [1913 Webster] 2. Spirited; resolute; unyielding. [Colloq., U. S.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• gritty — adjective a) Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles. b) Spirited; resolute; unyielding …   Wiktionary

• gritty — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Containing grit] Syn. rough, abrasive, sandy, rasping, lumpy, calculous, gravelly, muddy, dusty, powdery, pulverent, granular, friable, branny, floury, crumbly, permeable, porous, sabulous, arenose, loose, raspy,… …   English dictionary for students

• gritty — adjective 1. composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency (Freq. 1) granular sugar the photographs were grainy and indistinct it left a mealy residue • Syn: ↑farinaceous, ↑coarse grained, ↑grainy, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• sand — The fine granular particles of quartz and other crystalline rocks, or a gritty material resembling s.. [A.S.] brain s. SYN: corpora arenacea, under corpus. hydatid s. the scoleces, daughter cysts, hooks, and calcareous corpuscles of Echinococcus… …   Medical dictionary

• sand — [sand] n. [ME < OE, akin to Ger sand, ON sandr < IE base * bhes , to rub off, pulverize > Gr psammos, L sabulum] 1. loose, gritty particles of eroded or weathered rock, varying in size from about 1/ 16 mm to 2 mm in diameter, usually… …   English World dictionary

• Stinging nettle — Urtica dioica subsp. dioica Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …   Wikipedia

• Stave bearing — A stave bearing is a simple journal bearing where a shaft rotates in a bearing housing. Rather than the usual arrangement where the fixed part of the bearing surrounds most of the circumference of the shaft in one or two pieces, a stave bearing… …   Wikipedia

• kaolin — Hydrated aluminum silicate; when powdered and freed from gritty particles by elution, k. is used as a demulcent and adsorbent; in dentistry, it is used to add toughness and opacity to porcelain teeth. SYN: aluminum …   Medical dictionary

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium