| 单词 | flocculent |
| 例句 | Which author congratulated himself for using the word "flocculent", who wrote "A joke will separate the men from the boys every time", and who captioned a glamorous picture herself "fiction"? Guardian Books podcast: Rick Gekoski on First Editions, Second Thoughts 2013-05-20T12:03:28Z “A vast, flocculent cloud darkened and devitalized the city, mimicking the family mood like weather does in memories.” A Comic Novel Reunites a Damaged Dad and His Recalcitrant Offspring 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z They invariably come laden with words that seem meant to prove his vocabulary is bigger than yours: flocculent, crapulent, caducous, anaglypta, mephitic, velutinous. With His New Mystery Novel, John Banville Kills Off a Pen Name 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z We pirouetted through methane bubbles and scooped up flocculent microbial samples. How Telepresence Is Changing Exploration 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z In all these cases tiny flocculent masses of hot and cold air, of slightly differing refrangibility, are mingled together. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z When the secretion is thin and serous, the diphtheritic infection renders it no thicker, but makes it slightly flocculent, and it may become very profuse. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z This white flocculent substance is silicic acid combined with the elements of water, and is therefore called by chemists hydrate of silica. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z It dissolves readily in water and the aqueous solution decomposes on standing; a dark-brown flocculent precipitate of azulmic acid, C4H5N5O, separating whilst ammonium oxalate, urea and hydrocyanic acid are found in the solution. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z The liquid becomes cloudy and flocculent, and small bits of shreddy matter fall to the bottom of the vessel. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.223Z With chloride of platina it forms a flocculent uncrystallized precipitate, which decomposes on the liquid being heated. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z Around it could be seen great flocculent shreds of foam which alternately grew and narrowed down again, girdling it with a white belt of lace-work. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Its characteristic flocculent, non-crystalline nature is plainly evident when examined under the microscope. Paint Technology and Tests 2011-09-15T02:00:12.263Z After the earlier moults, the thin skin is covered with very fine snow-white hairs, between which there is developed a curious whitish exudation, so that the caterpillars have a flocculent appearance. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z In flocculent white deposits, in a spring, Jefferson county, Missouri. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z Complete digestion, at any rate in the Calcutta form, takes several days to accomplish, and after the process is finished a flocculent mass of colourless excreta is emitted from the mouth. Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa 2011-06-25T02:00:17.833Z The word “flocculent” is used of many substances which have a fleecy or “flock”-like appearance, such as a precipitate of ferric hydrate. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z The particles of this pigment are flocculent and very uniform in appearance. Paint Technology and Tests 2011-09-15T02:00:12.263Z Hence, woman requires vestments which are light and smooth; and she enjoys more than man the pleasure of reposing on flocculent substances which softly resist her pressure. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z He also obtained a flocculent precipitate which later became granular and showed under the microscope forms like the starfish, and discs with undulated borders. The Mechanism of Life The dura mater consists of a tough, fibrous membrane, somewhat flocculent externally, but smooth, glistening, and free on its inner surface. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Both species have white gills, white stems, and white flocculent veil. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous The particles when magnified appear very fine and flocculent. Paint Technology and Tests 2011-09-15T02:00:12.263Z The milk may be more or less stringy, and may show a slimy flocculent sediment. Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying The felspar crystals are lighter and more translucent than the matrix, but are of much the same character, having a granulated or flocculent appearance, somewhat like that of the decomposed felspars in diabase. Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions The wind was fresh; the river sang; the clouds of a glittering whiteness, a flocculent lightness, floated high in the blue sky. The Story of Old Fort Loudon Large, persistent bubbles should form on the surface of the liquid and the casein be present as an extremely fine flocculent precipitate which remains suspended for a considerable time. The Bacillus of Long Life a manual of the preparation and souring of milk for dietary purposes, together with and historical account of the use of fermente The pigment has a flocculent appearance, the particles showing a strong tendency to mass. Paint Technology and Tests 2011-09-15T02:00:12.263Z The wind, hilarious, loud, piping gayly a tuneful stave, shepherded the clouds in the fair fields of the high sky, driving the flocculent white masses here and there as listed a changing will. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories The external membrane is extremely thin, and is seen as a flocculent film, when the eye is suspended in water. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) Belt several times exposed the underground chambers to observation and found that they were always about three parts filled with “a speckled, brown, flocculent, spongy-looking mass of a light and loosely-connected substance.” The Industries of Animals Any flocculent matter indicates either disease in the cow or that the milk is old and bacteria have multiplied in it and altered its composition. The Bacillus of Long Life a manual of the preparation and souring of milk for dietary purposes, together with and historical account of the use of fermente D. Leaves flocculent or cobwebby or glaucous below when fully grown. Manual of American Grape-Growing When the decoction becomes slightly alkaline, it deposites a red flocculent precipitate, and the fluid is changed from a yellow to a crimson colour. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 The stem is solid above and hollow below, fibrous, pale, its surface more or less covered with flocculent down, and densely covered with white down at the base. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth As soon as the precipitate has become flocculent, collect on a tared filter, wash with 90-percent alcohol until free from lead, wash with ether, dry and weigh. All About Coffee The most conspicuous part of the nebula bears a slight resemblance to the wing of a bird; it consists of flocculent masses of nebulous matter possessing a faint greenish tinge. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Leaves thick; upper surface light green, dull, smooth; lower surface pale green, pubescent, flocculent; lobes lacking; terminus acute; petiolar sinus deep, narrow; lateral sinus very shallow; teeth shallow, wide. Manual of American Grape-Growing Snow is ice in the form of light flocculent crystals, is it not? The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps The pileus is some shade of yellow, convex, inflexed, smooth, flocculent or scaly. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth The quantity of flocculent deposit in the chamber of the aqueous humor is also in direct ratio to the inflammation of the iris. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse The product of decomposition is a flocculent matter which moves upwardly through the water, giving it a milky appearance. Electricity for Boys The oil of winter-green was in a flocculent state at 56 degrees, and solid at 63 degrees. The Ocean and its Wonders But it had changed, for the cloud, instead of looking golden and orange, as it glowed, was now soft, flocculent and grey. Fire Island Being the Adventures of Uncertain Naturalists in an Unknown Track Hymenium ribbed, of a tough, fleshy substance, rather rigid, then collapsing and flocculent. The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth Dumas states, that when precipitated in a flocculent state from its solutions, or obtained by evaporation, it closely resembles indigo, and, like it, acquires a coppery hue when rubbed. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists At first the flocculent decomposed matter will rise to the surface of the water, but before many minutes it will settle to the bottom of the glass and leave clear water above. Electricity for Boys If a brown, flocculent precipitate is formed, the sample contains pure vanilla extract. Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value If it has been adulterated by any light or flocculent matters, they will be seen upon the surface of the brine. Guano A Treatise of Practical Information for Farmers Here and there flocculent towers and summits heaved up, piled like mighty snow dumps, toppling and crushing into one another, as the breezes stirred them. Around the World in Ten Days A white, flocculent precipitate results, which rapidly condenses to a crystalline powder, and turns blue on ignition. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists A turbidness will instantly ensue, and a flocculent matter collect on the surface of the fluid, if the mixture be left undisturbed. A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy The small quantity of white flocculent precipitate which may be observed in the acetic acid solution before titrating, contains the whole of the iron as ferric arsenate. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Finely ground and flocculent graphite treated with tannin may be held in suspension in liquids and even pass through filter-paper. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries The solution, after standing for about an hour, is poured in a fine stream into a large volume of water, by which the "nitro" body is precipitated as a white flocculent mass. Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise The precipitate is a very pale green colour, flocculent at first, but crystalline after washing. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists The quantity of flocculent matter will be in the ratio of the quantity of earthy salts contained in the water. A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy Iron, if present, interferes by forming a white flocculent precipitate of ferric arsenate after the addition of the sodium acetate and preliminary to the titration. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. This is very quickly accomplished, and we then see that we have an insoluble residue of graphite and a flocculent precipitate of lime, magnesia, iron hydrate, etc., while the organic matters have disappeared. Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 There is immediately formed a flocculent olive-green colored precipitate of arsenite of copper, while the supernatant liquid contains free acetic acid. Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 After an hour and a half's vigorous beating the liquor becomes flocculent. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 If the flocculent character was occasioned by the presence of magnesium hydroxide, the second precipitation, in a smaller volume containing fewer salts, will often result more favorably. An Introductory Course of Quantitative Chemical Analysis With Explanatory Notes The first flocculent precipitate will become denser, and render the filtering more easy. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. The gold is flocculent, its source as mysterious as that of the Saskatchewan, if the theory that the latter was washed out of the Selkirks before the upheaval of the Rockies is astray. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 The night was overcast, and through the flocculent grey of the heaped clouds there filtered a faint half-light of dawn. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories "The results of this chemical investigation show that the chief advantages of this system of putrefaction are: "First.—The active agent, hydrated ferrous oxide, is prepared within the sewage itself as a flocculent precipitate. Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 A flocculent residue will often remain after the decomposition of the fused mass is effected. An Introductory Course of Quantitative Chemical Analysis With Explanatory Notes The ferric arsenate will separate out as a yellowish-white flocculent precipitate. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. It cleared somewhat just before the start of our march, but the snow which had fallen in the day remained soft and flocculent on the surface. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I The little spider, when first coming in contact with the rigging, was always seated on a single thread, and not on the flocculent mass. The Voyage of the Beagle All are brilliantly white and flocculent, like loose new cotton. Chita: a Memory of Last Island But about 7% showed an exceedingly limited coagulation, in which the clot was colourless and flocculent, and confined to the heart. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The earth was a cold dead heap, coloured drearily, the sky was dark with flocculent grey ash, and she herself an upright mass of soft ash. The Trespasser As I had anticipated, a flocculent precipitate was formed, which settled to the bottom of the vessel in a few minutes. Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 The weather had been fine and clear, and in the morning the air was full of patches of the flocculent web, as on an autumnal day in England. The Voyage of the Beagle When heated several hours an opalescent liquid results from which, however, no flocculent deposits separate when left for some time. Synthetic Tannins A shrub or small-growing tree, with lobed leaves, covered thickly on the under sides with a close, flocculent down. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs A little blackish flocculent sediment was formed, but it was attended by no sensible absorption of oxygen. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 The chambers were always about three parts filled with a speckled, brown, flocculent, spongy-looking mass of a light and loosely connected substance. The Naturalist in Nicaragua Even thus lightened, we could scarcely move the sledge, struggling on, sinking to the thighs in the flocculent deluge. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Added to a solution of gelatine, a light, fine flocculent precipitate is thrown down. Synthetic Tannins It looked as if some unseen hands were spreading a sheet above these flocculent clouds—a thin and vapoury sheet that came from the north and gradually covered the whole roof of the sky. Over Prairie Trails Next morning, after 22 hrs., there were, besides the two large spheres, seven smaller ones, floating in absolutely colourless fluid, in which some flocculent greenish matter was suspended. Insectivorous Plants Along with them were pupae and larvae, not gathered together, but dispersed, apparently irregularly, throughout the flocculent mass. The Naturalist in Nicaragua He wove about her an influence as difficult to combat as the smothering folds of some flocculent robe or the strands of an invisible web, and no spider was ever more industrious. Heart of the Sunset If gelatine solution is added to the opaque liquid, a yellow flocculent precipitate separates. Synthetic Tannins One of the most compact varieties, when placed in acid, was entirely dissolved, with the exception of some flocculent animal matter; its specific gravity was 2.63. Volcanic Islands The purple fluid which exudes from a crushed tentacle is somewhat coherent, and does not mingle with the surrounding water; it contains much flocculent or granular matter. Insectivorous Plants This flocculent mass is so loosely connected with the body that it is difficult to catch the insect without breaking the greater part of it off. The Naturalist in Nicaragua A beardless, classical head, covered by short flocculent blonde curls, poised on a shapely neck and shoulders, was more Greek in outline than suggestive of any ordinary American type. Under the Redwoods With a skin that had the peculiar white and rosiness of fresh pork, he had blue eyes, celestially wide open and staring, and the thick flocculent yellow curls of the sun god! Stories in Light and Shadow After a very large number have been dissolved, a flocculent residue is left, which apparently consists of the delicate ruptured cell-walls. The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms, with observations on their habits The box had accumulated the flocculent floating particles of months, possibly years—lint from the hall carpet giving it a reddish tinge. The Confession When flying, it is the only portion of the insect seen; and birds trying to capture it on the wing are likely to get only a mouthful of the flocculent wax. The Naturalist in Nicaragua I remember once sticking up my hand and asking him in the full flow of description, "Please, sir, what is flocculent?" The New Machiavelli |
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