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111hot glue — , hot glue gun, hot melt glue gun A hot glue gun is a hand held, pistol like device that heats a round stick of solid adhesive, so that when it melts, and a user pulls the trigger, the melted glue can be squirted out of the nozzle at the… …
112opacity — The quality of being opaque. In painting, the power of a pigment to cover or obscure the surface to which it is applied. When opacity is not complete, it can be described as translucence, or as opaque from 99% down to 1%. The equivalent of 0%… …
113translucent — [trans lu:s(ə)nt, trα:ns , nz ] adjective allowing light to pass through partially; semi transparent. Derivatives translucence noun translucency noun translucently adverb Origin C1 …
114translucency — n. 1. Semi transparency, translucence, pellucidity, pellucidness, diaphaneity. 2. See transparence …
115opacity — noun (U) 1 the quality of being difficult to understand 2 the quality of being difficult to see through: different degrees of opacity and translucence …
116translucent — adjective not transparent, but clear enough to allow light to pass through: translucent paper translucence noun (U) …
117clarity — noun 1) the clarity of his account Syn: lucidity, lucidness, clearness, coherence; formal perspicuity Ant: vagueness, obscurity 2) the clarity of the image Syn: sharpness, clearness …
118opacity — noun 1) analyzing the opacity of their drinking water Syn: cloudiness, nontransparency, opaqueness, filminess, blurriness, blurredness, blur, haziness, haze Ant: transparency, translucence, clarity 2) …
119clarity — n 1. clearness, pellucidity, pellucidness, limpidity, limpidness, translucence, transparency, cry stallinity, vitreousness, vitreosity, lucency; purity, simplicity, cleanness, severity; visibleness, visibility, brightness, brilliance, luminosity …
120thinness — n 1. leanness, spareness, attenuation, skinniness; narrowness, slenderness, slimness, gracili ty, gracileness, slightness; gauntness, lankness, lankiness, boniness; scrawniness, scragginess, scrubbiness, puniness, runtiness, smallness. 2.… …
