THESAURUS
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Photostat, Telephoto, Wirephoto, Xerox, Xerox copy, advance, aerial photograph, aerophone, alabaster, avalanche, be effortless, be painless, bell, billiard table, black-and-white photograph, blowup, blueprint, bolt-hole, bowling alley, bowling green, candid photograph, cheesecake, chronophotograph, coast, coasting, color photograph, color print, contact printing, continue, crawl, creep, cyanotype, decline, decrease, diapositive, die, dip, double reed, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drift, drop, drop off, ebb, ejection seat, elapse, embouchure, emergency exit, endure, enlargement, escape hatch, expire, fade, fail, fall, fall away, fall off, falloff, fire escape, flat, flit, flow, flow on, flowing, fly, forget, give no trouble, glass, glide, gliding, glissade, glissando, gloss over, glossy, go by, go down, go downhill, go easily, go like clockwork, go off, go on, heliochrome, heliograph, hit a slump, hit rock bottom, hit the skids, hologram, horn, ice, ice-skate, ignore, inflatable slide, ivory, key, landslide, landslip, lantern slide, lapse, last, let slide, level, life buoy, life net, life raft, lifeboat, lifeline, lip, lurk, mahogany, marble, matte, microcopy, microprint, montage, mouse, mouthpiece, move, mug, mug shot, neglect, pass, pass by, pass over, photo, photobiography, photochronograph, photocopy, photograph, photogravure, photomap, photomicrograph, photomontage, photomural, photostatic copy, picture, pinup, pipe, plane, portrait, positive, present no difficulties, press on, print, proceed, projection printing, reach the depths, reed, roll, roll on, roller-skate, run, run down, run its course, run on, run out, run smoothly, sag, sail, sailing, sally port, satin, semi-matte, shift, shirk, shot, sideslip, silk, sink, skate, skateboard, skating, ski, skid, skiing, skim, skulk, sled, sledding, sleigh, slick, slidder, slide down, sliding, slink, slip, slippage, slipping, slither, slithering, slump, slur, smooth, snake, snap, snapshot, snowslide, snowslip, spill, steal, still, still photograph, stream, subside, subsidence, sweep, sweeping, telephotograph, tennis court, toboggan, tobogganing, tooter, touch bottom, transparency, tumble, valve, velvet, wane, wind, wind instrument, work well
ROGET THESAURUS
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Course
VB
elapse, lapse, flow, run, proceed, advance, pass, roll on, wear on, press on, flit, fly, slip, slide, glide, run its course, run out, expire, go by, pass by, be past.
Smoothness
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smoothness, polish, gloss, lubricity, lubrication, down, velvet, velure, silk, satin, velveteen, velour, velours, velumen, glass, ice, slide, bowling green, asphalt, wood pavement, flagstone, flags, roller, steam roller, lawn roller, rolling pin, rolling mill, sand paper, emery paper, emery cloth, sander, flat iron, sad iron, burnisher, turpentine and beeswax, polish, shoe polish, lapidary, lapidary, lapidarian, smooth, polished, leiodermatous, slick, velutinous, even, level, plane, sleek, glossy, silken, silky, lanate, downy, velvety, glabrous, slippery, glassy, lubricous, oily, soft, unwrinkled, smooth as glass, smooth as ice, smooth as monumental alabaster, smooth as velvet, smooth as oil, slippery as an eel, woolly, smooth as silk, slippery as coonshit on a pump handle, slippery as a greased pig.
Motion
VB
be in motion, move, go, hie, gang, budge, stir, pass, flit, hover about, hover round, hover about, shift, slide, glide, roll, roll on, flow, stream, run, drift, sweep along, wander, walk, change one's place, shift one's place, change one's quarters, shift one's quarters, dodge, keep going, keep moving, put in motion, set in motion, move, impel, propel, render movable, mobilize.
Journey
VB
travel, journey, course, take a journey, go a journey, take a walk, go out for walk, have a run, take the air, flit, take wing, migrate, emigrate, trek, rove, prowl, roam, range, patrol, pace up and down, traverse, scour the country, traverse the country, peragrate, circumambulate, perambulate, nomadize, wander, ramble, stroll, saunter, hover, go one's rounds, straggle, gad, gad about, expatiate, walk, march, step, tread, pace, plod, wend, go by shank's mare, promenade, trudge, tramp, stalk, stride, straddle, strut, foot it, hoof it, stump, bundle, bowl along, toddle, paddle, tread a path, take horse, ride, drive, trot, amble, canter, prance, fisk, frisk, caracoler, caracole, gallop, embark, board, set out, hit the road, get going, get underway, peg on, jog on, wag on, shuffle on, stir one's stumps, bend one's steps, bend one's course, make one's way, find one's way, wend one's way, pick one's way, pick one's way, thread one's way, plow one's way, slide, glide, coast, skim, skate, march in procession, file on, defile, go to, repair to, resort to, hie to, betake oneself to.
Descent
VB
descend, go down, drop down, come down, fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, rappel, settle, plunge, plummet, crash, decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg, slump, dismount, alight, light, get down, swoop, stoop, fall prostrate, precipitate oneself, let fall, tumble, trip, stumble, titubate, lurch, pitch, swag, topple, topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble down, tilt, sprawl, plump down, come down a cropper.
Friction
VB
rub, scratch, scrape, scrub, slide, fray, rasp, graze, curry, scour, polish, rub out, wear down, gnaw, file, grind, set one's teeth on edge, rosin.
Optical Instruments
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optical instruments, lens, meniscus, magnifier, sunglass, magnifying glass, hand lens, microscope, megascope, tienoscope, spectacles, specs, glasses, barnacles, goggles, eyeglass, pince-nez, monocle, reading glasses, bifocals, contact lenses, soft lenses, hard lenses, sunglasses, shades, periscopic lens, telescope, glass, lorgnette, spyglass, opera glass, binocular, binoculars, field glass, burning glass, convex lens, concave lens, convexo-concave lens, coated lens, multiple lens, compound lens, lens system, telephoto lens, wide-angle lens, fish-eye lens, zoom lens, optical bench, astronomical telescope, reflecting telescope, reflector, refracting telescope, refractor, Newtonian telescope, folded-path telescope, finder telescope, chromatoscope, X-ray telescope, radiotelescope, phased-array telescope, Very Large Array radiotelescope, ultraviolet telescope, infrared telescope, star spectroscope, space telescope, altazimuth mount, equatorial mount, refractometer, circular dichroism spectrometer, interferometer, phase-contrast microscope, fluorescence microscope, dissecting microscope, electron microscope, transmission electron microscope, scanning electron microscope, SEM, scanning tunneling electron microscope, objective lens, eyepiece, barrel, platform, focusing knob, slide, slide glass, cover glass, counting chamber, illuminator, light source, polarizer, reticle, cross-hairs, light pipe, fiber optics mirror, reflector, speculum, looking- glass, pier-glass, cheval-glass, rear-view mirror, hand mirror, one-way mirror, magnifying mirror, fun house, prism, diffraction grating, beam splitter, half-wave plate, quarter-wave plate, camera lucida, camera obscura, magic lantern, stereopticon, chromatrope, thaumatrope, stereoscope, pseudoscope, polyscope, kaleidoscope, photometer, eriometer, actinometer, lucimeter, radiometer, ligth detector, photodiode, photomultiplier, photodiode array, photocell, X-ray diffractometer, goniometer, spectrometer, monochrometer, UV spectrometer, visible spectrometer, Infrared spectrometer, Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, recording spectrometer, densitometer, scanning densitometer, two-dimensional densitometer, abdominoscope, gastroscope, helioscope, polariscope, polemoscope, spectroscope, abdominoscopy, gastroscopy, microscopy, microscopist.