the.com/liquids
Matter that refuses to hold a shape but insists on keeping its volume.
means A state of matter that flows freely to fill a container's bottom while keeping a fixed amount, between rigid solids and free-roaming gases.
from From Latin liquidus, meaning flowing or moist, rooted in liquere, to be fluid — the same source that drips into liquor and liquidate.
Nearly incompressibleSqueeze hard; the volume barely budges.
Surface tensionLets water striders walk and droplets bead.
GlassTechnically a solid, not a slow liquid.
MercuryThe lone metal that's liquid at room temperature.