pellucid
31pellucid — /pəˈlusəd / (say puh loohsuhd) adjective 1. allowing the passage of light; translucent. 2. clear or limpid, as water. 3. clear in meaning. {Latin pellūcidus transparent} –pellucidity /pɛləˈsɪdəti/ (say peluh siduhtee), pellucidness, noun… …
32pellucid — a. clear; transparent. ♦ pellucidity, n …
33pellucid — adj. 1 (of water, light, etc.) transparent, clear. 2 (of style, speech, etc.) not confused; clear. 3 mentally clear. Derivatives: pellucidity n. pellucidly adv. Etymology: L pellucidus f. perlucere (as PER , lucere shine) …
34pellucid zone — zona pellucida …
35clear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. clear cut, plain, sharp, understandable; fair, unclouded, cloudless, fine; open, evident; lucid, pellucid, transparent, limpid; liquid, pure, silvery; innocent. v. clarify; extricate, free; realize …
36crystal clear — adjective 1. transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity the cold crystalline water of melted snow crystal clear skies could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool lucid air a pellucid brook transparent crystal • …
37limpid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. transparent, clear, lucid. See transparency. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Transparent] Syn. pellucid, filmy, thin; see clear 2 , pure 1 , transparent 1 . 2. [Intelligible] Syn. clear, distinct, lucid; …
38transparent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. translucent (see transparency); manifest, candid, obvious. See evidence, visibility, coherence, simpleness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Allowing light to pass through] Syn. clear, translucent, lucid …
39clear — adj 1 Clear, transparent, translucent, lucid, pellucid, diaphanous, limpid are comparable when they mean having the property of being literally or figuratively seen through. Something is clear which is free from all such impediments to the vision …
40pel|lu´cid|ness — pel|lu|cid «puh LOO sihd», adjective. 1. transparent; clear: »the pellucid water of a mountain lake, a pellucid sky. 2. Figurative. clearly expressed; easy to understand: »pellucid language, a pellucid style. ╂[< Latin pellūcidus <… …
