saliva
noun
1 saliva
A clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches.
synonyms: spit, spittle.
Roget 332:
smoothness
etc.
255;
unctuousness
etc.
355.
lubrication,
lubrification†;
anointment;
oiling
etc.
v..
synovia [Anat.];
glycerine,
oil,
lubricating oil,
grease
etc.
356;
saliva;
lather.
teflon.
... show more
Roget 299:
excretion,
discharge,
emanation;
exhalation,
exudation,
extrusion,
secretion,
effusion,
extravasation [Med.],
ecchymosis [Med.];
evacuation,
dejection,
faeces,
excrement,
shit,
stools,
crap [Vulg.];
bloody flux;
cacation†;
coeliac-flux,
coeliac-passion;
dysentery;
perspiration,
sweat;
subation†,
exudation;
diaphoresis;
sewage;
eccrinology [Med.].
saliva,
spittle,
rheum;
ptyalism†,
salivation,
catarrh;
diarrhoea;
ejecta,
egesta [Biol.],
sputa;
excreta;
lava;
exuviae
etc.
(uncleanness)
653 [Lat.].
hemorrhage,
bleeding;
outpouring
etc.
(egress)
295.
... show more
Dutch: jodenlijm, speeksel, spuug, zever
Polish: ślinka
Moby thesaurus: absorption, assimilation, bile, chyle, colostrum, digestion, digestive system, discharge, dribble, drivel, drool, expectoration, foam, froth, gastric juice, gastrointestinal tract, gleet, humor, ichor, ingestion, intestinal juice, lachryma, lactation, leukorrhea, liver, lymph, matter, milk, mouth-watering, mucor, mucus, pancreas, pancreatic digestion, pancreatic juice, peccant humor, phlegm, predigestion, ptyalism, purulence, pus, rheum, salivary digestion, salivary glands, salivation, sanies, secondary digestion, serous fluid, serum, sialagogue, slabber, slaver, slobber, snot, spit, spittle, sputum, suppuration, sweat, tear, teardrop, the whites, urine, water ... show more.
debug info: 0.0275