THESAURUS
abrasion
ablation, abrasive, abstraction, atomization, attrition, beating, blemish, break, brecciation, buffing, burn, burnishing, chafe, chafing, check, chip, comminution, concussion, crack, crackle, craze, crumbling, crushing, cut, deduction, detrition, disintegration, dressing, erasure, erosion, filing, flash burn, fracture, fragmentation, fray, frazzle, fretting, gall, galling, gash, granulation, granulization, grating, grazing, grinding, hurt, incision, injury, laceration, lesion, levigation, limation, mashing, mortal wound, mutilation, polishing, pounding, powdering, puncture, purification, rasping, refinement, removal, rent, rip, rubbing away, run, rupture, sandblasting, sanding, scald, scorch, scouring, scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching, scrub, scrubbing, scuff, second-degree burn, shining, shredding, slash, smashing, smoothing, sore, stab, stab wound, subduction, sublation, subtraction, taking away, tear, third-degree burn, trauma, trituration, wear, wearing away, wound, wounds immedicable, wrench
ROGET THESAURUS
abrasion
Subtraction
N
nonaddition, subtraction, subtraction, subduction, deduction, retrenchment, removal, withdrawal, ablation, sublation, abstraction, garbling mutilation, detruncation, amputation, abscission, excision, recision, curtailment, minuend, subtrahend, decrease,
abrasion, subtracted, subtractive, in deduction, less, short of, minus, without, except, except for, excepting, with the exception of, barring, save, exclusive of, save and except, with a reservation, not counting, if one doesn't count.
Pulverulence
N
powderiness, pulverulence, sandiness, efflorescence, friability, powder, dust, sand, shingle, sawdust, grit, meal, bran, flour, farina, rice, paddy, spore, sporule, crumb, seed, grain, particle, limature, filings, debris, detritus, tailings, talus slope, scobs, magistery, fine powder, flocculi, smoke, cloud of dust, cloud of sand, cloud of smoke, puff of smoke, volume of smoke, sand storm, dust storm, pulverization, comminution, attenuation, granulation, disintegration, subaction, contusion, trituration, levigation,
abrasion, detrition, multure, limitation, tripsis, filing, mill, arrastra, gristmill, grater, rasp, file, mortar and pestle, nutmeg grater, teeth, grinder, grindstone, kern, quern, koniology, powdery, pulverulent, granular, mealy, floury, farinaceous, branny, furfuraceous, flocculent, dusty, sandy, sabulous, psammous, arenose, arenarious, arenaceous, gritty, efflorescent, impalpable, lentiginous, lepidote, sabuline, sporaceous, sporous, pulverizable, friable, crumbly, shivery, pulverized, attrite, in pieces.
Friction
N
friction, attrition, rubbing,
abrasion, scraping, confrication, detrition, contrition, affriction,
abrasion, arrosion, limature, frication, rub, elbow grease, rosin, massage, roughness, rolling friction, sliding friction, starting friction, anatriptic, attrite,
friction, attrition, rubbing,
abrasion, scraping, confrication, detrition, contrition, affriction,
abrasion, arrosion, limature, frication, rub, elbow grease, rosin, massage, roughness, rolling friction, sliding friction, starting friction, anatriptic, attrite.