blobs
Formless gooey masses
Blobs are shapeless masses—soft, thick, and usually rounded: a blob of paint, a blob of jelly.
The word suggests something without defined edges or structure.
In casual use, blob can describe anything vague or amorphous: The distant lights were just blobs.
To blob is to form into such shapes, or in British slang, to lounge around doing nothing.
Wet, slippery, unpleasant
- stickyApt to adhere
- viscousThick and slow-flowing
- gelatinousViscous and semisolid
- oozySeeping moisture slowly
squelchy · glutinous · gummy · mucilaginous · tacky · goopy · slime · jelly
Lacking distinct structure
- formlessLacking definite shape
- undefinedNot clearly delineated
- nebulousUnclear and formless
- indistinctUnclear, hard to perceive
unstructured · inchoate · vague · irregular · lumpy · misshapen · asymmetrical · puddle
Soft and easily compressed
- spongySoft and absorbent
- softYielding to touch
- squashySoft, easily pressed flat
- malleableCapable of being shaped
yielding · jiggly · wobbly · bouncy · rubbery · springy · cushiony · puffy
slimy
Wet, slippery, unpleasant
- stickyApt to adhere
- viscousThick and slow-flowing
- gelatinousViscous and semisolid
oozy · squelchy · glutinous · gummy · mucilaginous · tacky · goopy · slime · jelly · gel
shapeless
Lacking distinct structure
indistinct · unstructured · inchoate · vague · irregular · lumpy · misshapen · asymmetrical · puddle · splat
squishy
Soft and easily compressed
malleable · yielding · jiggly · wobbly · bouncy · rubbery · springy · cushiony · puffy · doughy
spherical
Globe-like in form
bulbous · rounded · oblong · globular · ameboid · organic · bubble · orb · sphere · droplet
pixel
Smallest display unit
- avatarDigital user representation
- emojiDigital pictograph for messaging
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
sprite · character · morphing · rendering · graphic · icon · cursor · loading · screensaver · game
- clumpsclumps, lumps, globs, gobs, clods
- massmass, masses, bulk, body mass, atomic mass
- kids' artcrayons, stick figures, finger painting, scribbles, chalk
- small round thingsdot, dots, beads, bead, bubbles
- visual cortexvisual cortex, V2, MST, occipital lobe, cortical columns
- clusteringclustering, k-means, clusters, dendrogram, centroid
blobscubes
Equal-sided solid blocks
crystals · polygons · geometric shapes · spheres · rectangles