pulverulent
Covered in fine particles
Pulverulent means consisting of or covered with fine powder or dust.
The word describes substances that are powdery in texture or surfaces coated with a dusty film: The pulverulent residue coated everything in the abandoned mill.
It appears mainly in scientific and technical writing, particularly in botany and mineralogy.
Acceptable in quality
- silkySmooth and lustrous
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- flouryCovered with grain dust
- siftedPassed through a strainer
airy · lightweight · delicate · soft · loose · dry · mealy · chalky
Fine settled particles
- grimeIngrained surface dirt
- sootCarbon from incomplete burning
- danderMicroscopic shed skin
- lintLoose textile fibers
chaff · grit · mote · sediment · debris · cobweb · filth · particulate
Prone to fragmenting
- brittleLiable to shatter
- granularMade of tiny particles
- flakyCrumbly or unreliable
- frangibleCapable of being broken
breakable · fragmentary · disintegrating · crumbling · decaying · weathered · eroded · decomposed
Hydrated magnesium silicate
- chalkSoft sedimentary writing stone
- flourMilled grain powder
- ashCombustion's powdery remains
- pollenFloral reproductive grains
silt · spore · pumice · kaolin · cornstarch · calcium · calcium carbite · calcium powder
fine
Acceptable in quality
sifted · airy · lightweight · delicate · soft · loose · dry · mealy · chalky · powdered
dust
Fine settled particles
lint · chaff · grit · mote · sediment · debris · cobweb · filth · particulate · residue
crumbly
Prone to fragmenting
frangible · breakable · fragmentary · disintegrating · crumbling · decaying · weathered · eroded · decomposed · degraded
talc
Hydrated magnesium silicate
pollen · silt · spore · pumice · kaolin · cornstarch · calcium · calcium carbite · calcium powder · sulfur
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