droplets
Moisture in miniature
Droplets is the plural of droplet—tiny drops of liquid.
The word appears frequently in scientific and medical contexts: respiratory droplets, droplets of moisture.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, droplets became ubiquitous in discussions of airborne transmission: The virus spreads through droplets expelled when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
Pierced ornament for threading
- globuleSmall spherical drop
- dribbleLeak in drops
- trickleThin, slow stream
- splashLiquid scattering on impact
spatter · condensation · moisture · wetness · spherical · tiny · glistening · shimmering
Low-lying cloud cover
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
- condensationVapor turning to liquid
- dewOvernight surface condensation
- vaporGaseous form of liquid
steam · aerosol · humidity · cloud · veil · gauze · evaporation · exhalation
Device producing fine spray
- nebulizerMist-making breathing apparatus
- spritzerCarbonated wine drink
- nozzleFlow-directing pipe fitting
- misterFine spray device
sprinkler · perfume · dispersion · spatter · splash · fountain · waterfall · ocean
Atmospheric water deposit
- raindropsIndividual bits of precipitation
- drizzleVery light precipitation
- showerWater spray for bathing
- downpourIntense precipitation event
monsoon · cloudburst · deluge · pitter-patter · puddles · gutters · rainfall · squall
bead
Pierced ornament for threading
splash · spatter · condensation · moisture · wetness · spherical · tiny · glistening · shimmering · rolling
fog
Low-lying cloud cover
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
- condensationVapor turning to liquid
- dewOvernight surface condensation
vapor · steam · aerosol · humidity · cloud · veil · gauze · evaporation · exhalation · breath
atomizer
Device producing fine spray
- nebulizerMist-making breathing apparatus
- spritzerCarbonated wine drink
- nozzleFlow-directing pipe fitting
mister · sprinkler · perfume · dispersion · spatter · splash · fountain · waterfall · ocean · surf
precipitation
Atmospheric water deposit
- raindropsIndividual bits of precipitation
- drizzleVery light precipitation
- showerWater spray for bathing
downpour · monsoon · cloudburst · deluge · pitter-patter · puddles · gutters · rainfall · squall · thunderstorm
perspiration
Fluid from exertion
glistening · beading · workout · heat · humidity · fever · labor · skin · pores · moisture
weeping
Shedding tears audibly
emotion · sadness · glistening · cheek · eye · sob · mourning · heartache · melancholy · sentimentality
- fluid funbubbles, water flow, splash, pour, flow
- rainwaterrunoff, puddle, puddles, drizzle, downpour
- airborne particlesdust particles, dust, particulates, aerosol, particulate matter
- dew formationdew, dew point, condensation, morning dew
- rainrain, drizzling, downpour, raindrop, raindrops
- pandemiclockdowns, COVID-19, outbreak, epidemic, COVID
- water dropletsMinute liquid spheres
- silver droplets
- respiratory dropletsMicroscopic exhaled liquid particles
- oil dropletTiny sphere of lipid
- cloud dropletsMinute airborne water spheres
- droplet transmissionDisease spread through tiny expelled fluids