Vocabulary : Ootooid to Opacity
Ootooid : Alt. of OotocoidOotype : The part of the oviduct of certain trematode worms in which the ova are completed and furnished with a shell.
Ooze : A soft deposit covering large areas of the ocean bottom, composed largely or mainly of the shells or other hard parts of minute organisms, as Foraminifera, Radiolaria, and diatoms. The radiolarian ooze occurring in many places in very deep water is composed mainly of the siliceous skeletons of radiolarians, calcareous matter being dissolved by the lage percentage of carbon dioxide in the water at these depths. ;; Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure. ;; Soft flow; spring. ;; The liquor of a tan vat. ;; To flow gently; to percolate, as a liquid through the pores of a substance or through small openings. ;; Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed out; his courage oozed out. ;; To cause to ooze.
Ooze leather : Leather made from sheep and calf skins by mechanically forcing ooze through them; esp., such leather with a soft, finely granulated finish (called sometimes velvet finish) put on the flesh side for special purposes. Ordinary ooze leather is used for shoe uppers, in bookbinding, etc. Hence Ooze calf, Ooze finish, etc.
Oozed : of Ooze
