so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"
characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes"
the state in which a substance has no tendency to flow under moderate stress; resists forces (such as compression) that tend to deform it; and retains a definite size and shape
a substance that is solid at room temperature and pressure
uninterrupted in space; having no gaps or breaks; "a solid line across the page"; "solid sheets of water"
incapable of being seen through; "solid blackness"
having three dimensions; "a solid object"
acting together as a single undiversified whole; "a solid voting bloc"
characterized by good substantial quality; "solid comfort"; "a solid base hit"
of one substance or character throughout; "solid gold"; "carved out of solid rock"
of the same color throughout; "solid color"
of a substantial character and not frivolous or superficial; " work of solid scholarship"; "based on solid facts"
of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous; "ice is water in the solid state"
entirely of one substance with no holes inside; "a solid block of wood"
financially sound; "the bank is solid and will survive this attack"
of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings"
within an indefinite time or at an unspecified future time; "he will understand eventually"; "he longed for the flowers that were yet to show themselves"; "sooner or later you will have to face the facts"; "in time they came to accept the harsh reality"