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viscous [ˈvɪskəs], viscose adj 1. (of liquids) thick and sticky; viscid 2. having or involving viscosity [from Late Latin viscōsus; see viscose] viscously adv viscousness n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Translations viscous adj (form) → zähflüssig; (Phys) → viskos viscous [ˈvɪskəs] adj → viscoso/a viscous [ˈvɪskəs] adj → viscoso/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Sometimes they catch them with a viscous birdlime that paralyses their movements. Sometimes they would fix upon my nose, or forehead, where they stung me to the quick, smelling very offensively; and I could easily trace that viscous matter, which, our naturalists tell us, enables those creatures to walk with their feet upwards upon a ceiling. And all at once our ship, which had the well-earned name of being without a rival for speed in light winds, seemed to us to have lost the power of motion, as if the sea, becoming viscous, had clung to her sides. |
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