grainy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

grainy
    adj 1: composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in
           texture or consistency; "granular sugar"; "the
           photographs were grainy and indistinct"; "it left a mealy
           residue" [syn: {farinaceous}, {coarse-grained}, {grainy},
           {granular}, {granulose}, {gritty}, {mealy}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Grainy \Grain"y\ (gr[=a]n"[y^]), a.
   Resembling grains; granular.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

54 Moby Thesaurus words for "grainy":
      arenaceous, arenarious, breccial, brecciated, broken, bumpy,
      choppy, coarse, coarse-grained, corrugated, cross-grained, grained,
      granular, granulate, granulated, gravelly, gritty, gross, homespun,
      horripilant, inequal, irregular, jolty, linsey-woolsey, pebbled,
      pebbly, pimply, pitted, pocky, potholed, rank, ripply, rough,
      rough-cast, rough-grained, rough-hewn, ruffled, rutted, rutty,
      sabulous, sandy, shagged, shaggy, shingled, shingly, textured,
      uneven, unkempt, unlevel, unpolished, unrefined, unsmooth,
      ununiform, wimpled

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