Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

sandiness &c adj.; efflorescence; friability. powder, dust, sand, shingle; sawdust; grit; meal, bran, flour, farina, rice, paddy, spore, sporule†; crumb, seed, grain; particle &c (smallness) 32; limature†, filings, debris, detritus, tailings, talus slope, scobs†, magistery†, fine powder; flocculi [Lat.]. smoke; cloud of dust, cloud of sand, cloud of smoke; puff of smoke, volume of smoke; sand storm, dust storm. [Reduction to powder] pulverization, comminution†, attenuation, granulation, disintegration, subaction†, contusion, trituration [Chem], levigation†, abrasion, detrition, multure†; limitation; tripsis†; filing &c v.. [Instruments for pulverization] mill, arrastra†, gristmill, grater, rasp, file, mortar and pestle, nutmeg grater, teeth, grinder, grindstone, kern†, quern†, koniology†. V. come to dust; be disintegrated, be reduced to powder &c reduce to powder, grind to powder; pulverize, comminute, granulate, triturate, levigate†; scrape, file, abrade, rub down, grind, grate, rasp, pound, bray, bruise; contuse, contund†; beat, crush, cranch†, craunch†, crunch, scranch†, crumble, disintegrate; attenuate &c 195. Adj. powdery, pulverulent†, granular, mealy, floury, farinaceous, branny†, furfuraceous†, flocculent, dusty, sandy, sabulous†, psammous†; arenose†, arenarious†, arenaceous†; gritty, efflorescent, impalpable; lentiginous†, lepidote†, sabuline†; sporaceous†, sporous†. pulverizable; friable, crumbly, shivery; pulverized &c v.; attrite†; in pieces.