Precious metals. Gold and silver.
Precious stones. Jewels, gems.
Precipice, n. Cliff, crag, steep, abrupt declivity, clift.
Precipitance, Precipitancy, n.
- 1. Haste, hurry, precipitation, flurry.
- 2. Rashness, temerity, precipitation, recklessness, heedlessness, inconsiderateness, thoughtlessness.
See Rashness.
Precipitate, v. a.
- 1. Throw or hurl headlong, cast down, fling downward.
- 2. Hasten, hurry, accelerate, speed, expedite, urge forward, quicken, despatch, forward, advance, further,
bring on, cause to occur too soon, bring on sooner.
- 3. (Chem.) Throw down, cause to subside.
Precipitate, n. (Chem.) Precipitated substance.
Precipitate, a.
- 1. Hasty, hurried, rash, headlong, reckless, indiscreet, over-hasty, rashly hasty.
- 2. Violent, sudden, abrupt.
Precipitation, n.
- 1. Haste, hurry, flurry, precipitance, precipitancy.
- 2. Rashness, recklessness, thoughtlessness, heedlessness, inconsiderateness, temerity.
Precipitous, a.
- 1. Steep, abrupt, sheer, perpendicular.
- 2. Precipitate, headlong, rushing, sudden, sheer downward.