flocculent
Like cotton balls
Flocculent describes something resembling tufts of wool—soft, fluffy, and loosely clumped.
In chemistry and water treatment, flocculent matter consists of particles that have aggregated into woolly masses: The flocculent sediment settled to the bottom of the tank.
Clouds, certain fungi, and newborn animals may all be described as flocculent.
Wool still on sheep
- downyHaving soft, fine texture
- fuzzySoft and unclear
- woollyCovered in soft fibers
- cottonySoft and fibrous
tufted · fluffy · soft · matted · lanolin · carded · napped · fleecy
Dense, billowing cloud type
- cirrusHigh wispy ice formation
- stratusLow, flat cloud layer
- nebulousUnclear and formless
- mistyObscured by vapor
vapor · wispy · hazy · foggy · overcast · billowy · drifting · cottony
Yielding to touch
- puffySwollen with air
- airyLight and well-ventilated
- featheryLight and soft-textured
- lightVisible electromagnetic radiation
spongy · pillowy · delicate · gossamer · wispy · filmy · gauzy · diaphanous
Headlong and reckless
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- colloidStable dispersed mixture
- particlesMinute pieces of matter
- settlingReaching resolution or rest
turbid · coagulated · clumped · aggregated · sludge · filtrate · cloudy · milky
fleece
Wool still on sheep
cottony · tufted · fluffy · soft · matted · lanolin · carded · napped · fleecy · sheeplike
cumulus
Dense, billowing cloud type
misty · vapor · wispy · hazy · foggy · overcast · billowy · drifting · cottony · tufted
soft
Yielding to touch
light · spongy · pillowy · delicate · gossamer · wispy · filmy · gauzy · diaphanous · ethereal
precipitate
Headlong and reckless
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- colloidStable dispersed mixture
- particlesMinute pieces of matter
settling · turbid · coagulated · clumped · aggregated · sludge · filtrate · cloudy · milky · dispersed
- bacterial coloniescolony, petri dish, circular, convex, raised
flocculentdissolved
Dispersed into solvent
dispersed · consolidated · homogeneous · compacted · settled
flocculentcompressed
Reduced by pressure
compacted · consolidated · dense · solid · fused