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What is the noun for graininess?

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grain
  1. (uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
  2. (uncountable) Similar seeds from any food crop, eg buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.
  3. (countable) A single seed of grass food crops.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The crops from which grain is harvested.
  5. (uncountable) A linear texture of a material or surface.
  6. (countable) A single particle of a substance.
  7. (countable) A very small unit of weight, in England equal to 1/480 of an ounce troy, 0.0648 grams or, to be more exact, 64.79891 milligrams (0.002285714 avoirdupois ounce). A carat grain or pearl grain is 1/4 carat or 50 milligrams. The old French grain was 1/9216 livre or 53.11 milligrams, and in the mesures usuelles permitted from 1812 to 1839, with the livre redefined as 500 grams, it was 54.25 milligrams.
  8. (countable) A former unit of gold purity, also known as carat grain, equal to 1⁄4 "carat" (karat).
  9. (materials) A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction.
  10. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.
  11. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.
  12. (plural) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
  13. (botany) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock.
  14. Temper; natural disposition; inclination.
  15. Synonyms:
  16. Examples:
    1. “Everyday, this rat came and took a grain of corn.”
      “Meanwhile, the late break is increasing the pressure on growers of grain wanting to plant canola.”
      “Our world is but a mere speck in the universe. Less, in comparison, than is a single grain of sand on the seashore.”
grainer
  1. A knife for taking the hair off skins.
  2. An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.
  3. One who grains (paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc).
  4. A brush or tool used for such painting.
  5. (rail transportation, US) A type of railroad car that carries grain.
  6. Examples:
    1. “When the same type of shot as the first presented itself, the.309 and 165 grainer did their job again.”
      “The latter may have been used as a hide grainer, but shovel damage prevents clear functional identification.”
      “The Alberger process is a modified grainer operation that produces cubic salt with some flake salt.”
graining
  1. The practice of imitating woodgrain on a surface.
  2. Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins.
  3. A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.
  4. (soap manufacture) The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.
grain
  1. A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.
  2. A tine, prong, or fork.
    1. One of the branches of a valley or river.
    2. An iron fish spear or harpoon, with a number of points half-barbed inwardly.
    3. A blade of a sword, knife, etc.
  3. (founding) A thin piece of metal, used in a mould to steady a core.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Everyday, this rat came and took a grain of corn.”
      “Meanwhile, the late break is increasing the pressure on growers of grain wanting to plant canola.”
      “Our world is but a mere speck in the universe. Less, in comparison, than is a single grain of sand on the seashore.”
graining
  1. A small European freshwater fish (Leuciscus vulgaris); the dobule or dace.
grainstone
  1. A kind of calcareous rock that lacks mud and is grain-supported.
grains
  1. Pigeons' dung used in tanning. See grainer.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In the countryside, potatoes and grains, such as quinoa, form the staple diet.”
      “Increase whole grains such as millet, buckwheat, quinoa, oats, rye and barley.”
      “Potassic minerals were degassed with an argon laser probe using step heating or direct ablation of grains on thin rock sections.”
graininess
  1. The state of being grainy; granularity
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Whatever paint the porch rail once had has been worn away by time exposing the beautiful, smooth graininess of the wood.”
      “There is some graininess and picture noise from time to time, but for the most part the image is rock-solid.”
      “The film has a kind of dirty graininess, too, and a camera that can't keep still for a moment.”
grainfield
  1. A field where grain is grown.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Imagine a road good enough to be mistaken for a highway, leading only to a farmer's grainfield.”
      “They made her see the beauty of the grainfield as never before.”
      “Come dawn, they move to their feeding area, commonly an open grainfield.”
grainland
  1. Land where grain is grown.
grains
  1. plural of grain
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In the countryside, potatoes and grains, such as quinoa, form the staple diet.”
      “Increase whole grains such as millet, buckwheat, quinoa, oats, rye and barley.”
      “Potassic minerals were degassed with an argon laser probe using step heating or direct ablation of grains on thin rock sections.”
grainfields
  1. plural of grainfield
grainstones
  1. plural of grainstone
graininesses
grainlands
  1. plural of grainland
grainings
  1. plural of graining
grainers
  1. plural of grainer
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