Crossword clues for moistened
moistened
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Moisten \Mois"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moistened; p. pr. & vb. n. Moistening.]
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To make damp; to wet in a small degree.
A pipe a little moistened on the inside.
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To soften by making moist; to make tender.
It moistened not his executioner's heart with any pity.
--Fuller.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: moisten)
Usage examples of "moistened".
It is a white powder, and should show no alkaline reaction with moistened litmus-paper.
Silicon fluoride is evolved, and, if a moistened glass rod is held in the tube, it becomes coated with a white deposit of silica, formed by the decomposition of the silicon fluoride by the water.
On holding a rod, moistened with a drop of water, over the escaping fumes, the white crust of silica formed on the drop of water shows its presence.
She moistened her lips and nodded, but her eyes were gleaming curiously again.
Cover with two cupfuls of bread-crumbs moistened with hot water, and seasoned with butter, salt, pepper, sage, summer savory, and sweet marjoram.
Burden shifted in her chair, moistened her pale dry lips, and turned her opaque eyes on her visitor.
Angeline moistened her dry lips with the tip of her tongue, her wide gaze fastened on the prince as he swung away from the door, and her mind vibrating like a struck chord with the musical challenge he had issued.
She moistened the upper lip with her tongue, then the lower lip with the upper one.
She gasped softly when he entered her moistened sheath from behind, then whimpered as he penetrated fully.
Her nipples hardened, her femininity moistened, and her knees turned to jelly.
The surface of paper sized in the ordinary way, or letter paper, no longer presents with certain reactions, the same uniformity where it has been either accidently moistened in several places by various liquids, or left in contact for a certain time with agents capable of removing or destroying the characters which have been traced on it with ink.
On the papers into which paste starch and resin have been introduced, the stains present such delicate reactions that we may sometimes distinguish by their color the portion of paper which has been moistened with alcohol from that which has been moistened with water.
Even when the paper thus treated is moistened all over with water, there will be a difference, for those parts which had been before moistened, will appear a dark violet-blue, while the other parts will show a plain blue coloration.
Watch the spot moistened, and the longer it remains wet the better the paper is sized.
Caine quickly mopped the co ners of his mouth, and then surreptitiously swiped the napkin ovt the cold sweat that had moistened his forehead.