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Velum :: Velum (n.) Curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate..

Lenitive :: Lenitive (a.) Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient..

Gutta-percha :: Gutta-percha (n.) A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra, / Dichopsis, Gutta. It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in water. In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical purposes. The Mimusops globosa of Guiana also yields this material..

Softner :: Softner (n.) See Softener.

Stuffy :: Stuffing (n.) A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.

Thaw :: Thaw (v. t.) To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve..

Mouille :: Mouille (a.) Applied to certain consonants having a liquid or softened sound; e.g., in French, l or ll and gn (like the lli in million and ni in minion); in Italian, gl and gn; in Spanish, ll and –; in Portuguese, lh and nh..

Flint Glass :: Flint glass () A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of dispersive power; -- so called, because formerly the silica was obtained from pulverized flints. Called also crystal glass. Cf. Glass..

Sternebrae :: Sternbergite (n.) A sulphide of silver and iron, occurring in soft flexible laminae varying in color from brown to black..

Nucleus :: Nucleus (n.) An incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue.

Mellow :: Mellow (superl.) Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple..

Lithe :: Lithe (a.) To smooth; to soften; to palliate.

Foxtail :: Foxtail (n.) The name of several kinds of grass having a soft dense head of flowers, mostly the species of Alopecurus and Setaria..

Flour :: Flour (n.) The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance; as, flour of emery; flour of mustard..

Bed :: Bed (n.) An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs..

Soft :: Soft (superl.) Having, or consisting of, a gentle curve or curves; not angular or abrupt; as, soft outlines..

Plush :: Plush (n.) A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet..

Softness :: Softness (n.) The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective..

Poachy :: Poachy (a.) Wet and soft; easily penetrated by the feet of cattle; -- said of lan.

Soft :: Soft (adv.) Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.

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