surface (n.)
- acreage
- apparent
- appearing
- area
- border
- boundary
- breadth
- circumference
- clerestory
- come
- concrete
- continuum
- cortex
- cover
- covering
- crust
- dimension
- dive
- emptiness
- envelope
- epidermis
- expanse
- expansion
- extension
- extent
- exterior
- external
- facade
- face
- facet
- feel
- field
- finish
- flat
- formal
- formulary
- fountain
- fringe
- front
- gloss
- grain
- gush
- indentation
- integument
- interface
- issue
- jet
- light
- measure
- nap
- nominal
- nothingness
- nub
- open
- out
- outer
- outline
- outside
- pave
- peripheral
- periphery
- pile
- pinprick
- pit
- plane
- pock
- proportion
- proportional
- protuberance
- public
- ridgepole
- rind
- rise
- rocket
- roof
- rooftop
- roundabout
- sally
- scratch
- shag
- shallow
- shallowness
- shell
- shoal
- side
- skin
- skyrocket
- slight
- slightness
- space
- space-time
- sphere
- spread
- spurt
- structure
- superficiality
- superficies
- superstratum
- tarmac
- texture
- thin
- top
- topside
- tract
- triviality
- upside
- upstart
- veneer
- void
- volume
- wale
- weave
- woof
surface (v.)
- appear
- arise
- border
- come
- concrete
- cover
- crust
- debouch
- dimension
- dive
- effuse
- emanate
- emerge
- erupt
- extrude
- face
- feel
- field
- finish
- flat
- fringe
- front
- gloss
- grain
- gush
- issue
- jet
- light
- materialize
- measure
- nap
- nub
- open
- out
- outer
- outline
- outside
- pave
- pile
- pit
- plane
- pock
- proportion
- protrude
- rind
- rise
- rocket
- roof
- sally
- scratch
- shag
- shallow
- shell
- shoal
- side
- skin
- skyrocket
- slight
- space
- spread
- spurt
- structure
- submerge
- tarmac
- thin
- top
- tract
- veneer
- void
- weave
surface (adj.)
- ankle-deep
- apparent
- come
- concrete
- conventionalized
- cortical
- cover
- covering
- cubic
- cursory
- dimensional
- dive
- epidermal
- epidermic
- exterior
- external
- extrinsic
- face
- field
- flat
- formal
- formalistic
- formulary
- front
- impersonal
- jejune
- jet
- knee-deep
- light
- nominal
- nub
- open
- ostensible
- out
- outer
- outermost
- outlying
- outmost
- outside
- outstanding
- outward
- pedantic
- peripheral
- pit
- plane
- proportional
- public
- rind
- rise
- roof
- roundabout
- seeming
- shallow
- side
- skin-deep
- slight
- spatial
- spatiotemporal
- spherical
- spread
- stereoscopic
- stylized
- superficial
- thin
- three-dimensional
- top
- tract
- trivial
- two-dimensional
- upstart
- visible
- void
- volumetric
Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow;
He who would search for pearls must dive below.
Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.