insoluble
Cannot be solved
Insoluble means incapable of being dissolved or solved.
A substance that is insoluble won't dissolve in a liquid: iteite calciumite carbite onate is insoluble in water.
An insoluble problem resists solution: The conflict seemed insoluble.
The word applies equally to chemistry and to intractable difficulties.
Impossible to manage
- irresolvableImpossible to settle
- impasseSituation without resolution
- deadlockMutual blocking, no progress
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
gridlock · standstill · dilemma · quandary · conundrum · predicament · logjam · entanglement
Headlong and reckless
- soluteSubstance absorbed by solvent
- saturationState of complete permeation
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- polarityState of opposing forces
nonpolar · hydrophobic · aqueous · crystallization · filtration · suspension · colloid · immiscible
Something hard to fathom
- riddlePuzzling question to solve
- paradoxSeemingly absurd truth
- puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
- crypticObscure in meaning
baffling · inexplicable · unfathomable · mystifying · perplexing · bewildering · confounding · inscrutable
Plant wall polysaccharide
- branCereal grain husk
- roughageIndigestible food matter
- ligninStructural plant polymer
- chitinArthropod shell polymer
wheat bran · psyllium · husks · whole grain · dietary fiber · bulk · digestion · gut health
intractable
Impossible to manage
- irresolvableImpossible to settle
- impasseSituation without resolution
- deadlockMutual blocking, no progress
stalemate · gridlock · standstill · dilemma · quandary · conundrum · predicament · logjam · entanglement · knot
precipitate
Headlong and reckless
- soluteSubstance absorbed by solvent
- saturationState of complete permeation
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
polarity · nonpolar · hydrophobic · aqueous · crystallization · filtration · suspension · colloid · immiscible · extraction
enigma
Something hard to fathom
cryptic · baffling · inexplicable · unfathomable · mystifying · perplexing · bewildering · confounding · inscrutable · impenetrable
cellulose
Plant wall polysaccharide
chitin · wheat bran · psyllium · husks · whole grain · dietary fiber · bulk · digestion · gut health · indigestible
- scientific adjectivesalkaline, ionic, aquatic, inorganic, metallic
- solutionsanswer, fix, remedy, cure, formula
- molecular statesphosphorylated, methylated, acetylated, oxidized, reduced
insolublesoluble
Able to dissolve
dissolvable · water-soluble · miscible · dissolving · fat-soluble
insolublesolvable
Capable of resolution
resolvable · soluble · tractable · explicable · answerable
- insoluble fiberNon-dissolving dietary plant matter