viscous
of a glutinous nature or consistency; sticky; thick; adhesive.
having the property of viscosity.
Origin of viscous
1- Also viscose.
Other words from viscous
- vis·cous·ly, adverb
- vis·cous·ness, noun
- hy·per·vis·cous, adjective
- pseu·do·vis·cous, adjective
Words that may be confused with viscous
Words Nearby viscous
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How to use viscous in a sentence
What The Great Beauty and Fellini share is the Roman light—3,000 years of viscous sun.
The New Fellini: Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘The Great Beauty’ | Jimmy So | November 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThese comments will likely be much more viscous/personal/sexual in nature than those bombing your male colleagues.
Plus there was a secondary sheen on the water that was more viscous.
Black gays, in turn, are accusing their white gay peers of viscous racism.
Besides these threads, small knots are seen rising in different places; they are viscous, and easily dissolved by heat.
The Book of Curiosities | I. Platts
Probably it is a gas so viscous that it would resist motion as pitch or putty does.
The Astronomy of the Bible | E. Walter MaunderIt is much less fusible than ordinary soda-glass, and passes through a longer intermediate or viscous stage when heated.
A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing | Bernard D. BolasIn amplexus the members of a pair sometimes become glued together by their viscous dermal secretions.
Field Study of Kansas Ant-Eating Frog | Henry S. FitchA viscous precipitate forms which frequently loses its viscosity when heat is applied.
The Elements of Bacteriological Technique | John William Henry Eyre
British Dictionary definitions for viscous
viscose
/ (ˈvɪskəs) /
(of liquids) thick and sticky; viscid
having or involving viscosity
Origin of viscous
1Derived forms of viscous
- viscously, adverb
- viscousness, noun
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Scientific definitions for viscous
[ vĭs′kəs ]
Having relatively high resistance to flow (high viscosity).
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