1.2.3 Solid, liquid, gas

Use this domain for words describing the different states of matter (solid, liquid, and gas), and words for changing from one to another.

Related domains: 
8.3.4 Hot
8.3.4.1 Cold
Louw Nida Codes: 
79C Solid, Liquid
  • What words describe the states of matter?
    solid, liquid, gas
  • What words describe the states of water?
    ice, water, steam
  • What words refer to solids changing into liquids?
    melt, melted, melt down, molten, thaw, liquefy, soften, dissolve, soluble
  • What words refer to liquids changing into solids?
    solidify, harden, dry, bake, freeze, thicken, stiffen, set, jell, gel, clot, coagulate, coagulation, congeal, crystallize, crystallization, precipitate, precipitation, curdle
  • What words refer to gases changing into liquids?
    condense, condensation, dew, distill
  • What words refer to liquids changing into gases?
    boil, evaporate, evaporation, vaporize, steam
  • What words refer to the temperature at which things change?
    melting point, freezing point, dew point, boiling point

    • 1.2.3.1 Liquid

    Use this domain for words referring to liquids.

  • What general words refer to liquid?
    liquid, fluid, moisture
  • What words describe something that is liquid?
    liquid (adj), molten
  • What words describe liquids?
    liquid (state), juicy, wet
  • What words describe a liquid that is almost solid?
    thick, stiff, creamy, smooth, lumpy, viscid, viscous, paste, concentrated
  • What words refer to making a liquid thicker?
    thicken, concentrate
  • What words refer to becoming thicker?
    thicken, get thicker, set, congeal, clot
  • What words refer to how thick or thin a liquid is?
    thickness, consistency, viscosity
  • What words describe a liquid that is very fluid?
    fluid, watery, thin, runny, diluted
  • What words refer to making a liquid thinner?
    dilute
  • What words refer to the top of a liquid?
    surface
  • What words refer to the thick part that can form on the top of a liquid?
    skin, scum, crust, slime, slimy,
  • What words refer to removing the thick part on top?
    skim
  • What words describe a liquid with lumps in it?
    lumpy, smooth
  • What words refer to bubbles in or on a liquid?
    bubble (n), bubble (v), bubbly, suds, foam

    • 1.2.3.2 Oil

    Use this domain for words referring to oil.

  • What general words refer to oil?
    oil, grease, lubricant
  • What types of oil are there?
    petroleum, petrol, gasoline, gas, diesel, kerosene, paraffin, crude oil, mineral oil, ointment, liniment, lotion, Vaseline, glycerin
  • What types of oil are made from plants and animals?
    vegetable oil, cream, lard, fat, wax, tallow, beeswax, soap
  • What words describe oil?
    oily, greasy, slippery, slick, slimy, smooth, lubricating, fatty, gummy, mucous, soapy
  • What words refer to some oil on something?
    drop of oil, oil slick, blob, glob, soap (v)
  • What words refer to putting oil on something?
    lubricate, lubrication, lube, oil (v), anoint, rub, salve, slick, smear, grease (v)

    • 1.2.3.3 Gas

    Use this domain for words referring to gas.

  • What general words refer to gas?
    gas, gaseous, vapor, mist, air, fume, steam, steamy, cloud (of gas), plume (of steam)
  • What types of gas are there?
    natural gas, oxygen, carbon dioxide, ozone, hydrogen, nitrogen, helium, neon
  • What words describe gas?
    noxious (fumes), poisonous gas
  • What words refer to the production of gas?
    produce gas, give off fumes
  • What words refer to the movement of gas?
    spread, drift, creep along the ground, vapor trail, rise