Phrase Hound found 144 phrases and 38 compound words that contain surface. The most common are listed below. Open surface in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 144
- surface waterWater collecting on the ground or in a stream, river, lake, sea or ocean, as opposed to groundwater.
- surface areaThe total area on the surface of an object.
- under the surfaceInwardly; inside; deep down.
- below the surfaceSynonym of beneath the surface: Beyond what is obvious.
- surface tensionthe effect on the surface of a liquid that makes it behave as a stretched elastic membrane; it is caused by unbalanced intermolecular forces
- beneath the surfaceBeyond what is obvious.
- surface-mountOf electronic components, able to be soldered on top of printed circuit boards.
- surface-to-airfired from the ground, or from a ship, at an aircraft in flight, or at an incoming missile
- air-to-surfacefired from an aircraft at a target on land or water
- surface-to-surfacefired from the surface at a target on land or water
- surface watersplural of surface water: Water collecting on the ground or in a stream, river, lake, sea or ocean, as opposed to groundwater.
- surface layerThe layer of molecules at the surface of a liquid that is responsible for surface tension
- Cell-surface
- sea surfaceThe top layer of the ocean, where it meets the atmosphere.
- surface of revolutionA surface formed when a given curve is revolved around a given axis. If the resulting surface is a closed one, it also defines a solid of revolution.
- land surfaceThe outermost layer of the Earth, consisting of soil, vegetation, and other components.
- Surface temperature
- control surfaceA moveable surface attached to a machine such as an aircraft or submarine that can be used to control the machine's motion in roll, pitch or yaw.
- Flat surface
- surface analysisAny synchronically valid analysis of a word’s morphology regardless of whether it represents its diachronic etymology, that is, its historical origin.
- surface mailMail which is transported by motor vehicle, by railway, or by seacraft, but not by aircraft.
- scratch the surfaceTo barely begin; to see or do only a fraction of what is possible.
- surface WebThe portion of the World Wide Web that is indexed by conventional search engines.
- Smooth surface
- Soil surface
Compound words 38
- worksurfaceA surface, usually resting on cupboards or drawers in a kitchen, that can be used to work on.
- metasurfaceThe surface of a metamaterial.
- multisurfaceOf or pertaining to more than one surface.
- surfacelyOn the surface; superficially.
- countersurfaceA surface over which another moves frictionally
- nonsurfaceNot at or relating to the surface.
- surfaceableAble to be brought to the surface.
- surfacemanA miner who works in the open air, rather than underground.
- surfacicOf, or related to a surface.
- surfelTo wash with a cosmetic water, said by some to be prepared from sulphur.