steaminess

steaminess
noun
cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor
Derivationally related forms: ↑steamy, ↑misty (for: ↑mistiness), ↑hazy (for: ↑haziness)
Hypernyms: ↑cloudiness, ↑murkiness, ↑muddiness

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\\-mēnə̇s, -min-\ noun (-es)
: the quality or state of being steamy

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steamˈiness noun
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Main Entry:steam

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steamily, steaminess
see after steamy a.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • steaminess — noun see steamy …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • steaminess — See steamily. * * * …   Universalium

  • steaminess — noun The property of being steamy …   Wiktionary

  • steaminess — n. quality of being filled with water vapor …   English contemporary dictionary

  • steaminess — steam·i·ness …   English syllables

  • haziness — noun 1. vagueness attributable to being not clearly defined • Derivationally related forms: ↑hazy • Hypernyms: ↑vagueness 2. cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor • Syn: ↑mistiness, ↑steaminess, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • mistiness — noun cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor • Syn: ↑haziness, ↑steaminess, ↑vaporousness, ↑vapourousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑steamy (for: ↑steaminess), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • vaporousness — noun cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor • Syn: ↑haziness, ↑mistiness, ↑steaminess, ↑vapourousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑steamy (for: ↑steaminess), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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