pulverize
51atomize — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. vaporize; pulverize. See vapor, powderiness. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. separate, disintegrate, vaporize, spray, pulverize …
52mash — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. crush, smash, squeeze, compress, bruise, batter. See powderiness, softness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. mix, brew, bran mash, chicken feed, pulp, paste, dough, batter, pap, emulsion, poultice, sponge,… …
53mill — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. grinder, millstone, millrace; factory, plant, works, shop; (pl.) industry. See business, contention. v. i. stir, wander. See circularity. v. t. grind, pulverize. See powderiness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1 …
54pound — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. beat, thump, drum, bruise, tenderize; crush, pulverize. See powderiness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Measure of weight] Syn. sixteen ounces, Troy pound, avoirdupois pound, commercial pound, pint; see also… …
55granulate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. grate, pulverize, powder; see grind 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To break up into tiny particles: bray, crush, grind, mill, powder, pulverize, triturate. See HELP …
56Pulverulence — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Pulverulence >N =>(State of powder.) GRP: N State of powder. Sgm: N State of powder. powderiness powderiness pulverulence Sgm: N State of powder. sandiness sandiness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N State of powder.… …
57pollen — [16] Pollen originally meant ‘flour’ in English. Not until the 18th century was it taken up as a botanical term. It was borrowed from Latin pollen ‘powder, dust, flour’, a relative of pulvis ‘dust’ (source of English powder and pulverize) and… …
58powder — [13] The ultimate ancestor of powder is Latin pulvis ‘dust’ (source also of English pulverize [16]). This was related to Latin pollen ‘fine flour’ (source of English pollen), Latin puls ‘gruel’ (source of English poultice and pulse ‘legume’), and …
59pulse — English has two separate words pulse. The older, ‘seeds of beans, lentils, etc’ [13], comes via Old French pols from Latin puls ‘thick gruel (often made from beans and the like)’. This was a relative of Latin pollen ‘flour’ (source of English… …
60pestle — pes·tle || pesl ,pestl n. muller, stick used for grinding with a mortar; any tool used to crush or pulverize materials v. crush, pulverize; grind …
