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slimes

  • plural of slime.
  • present tense form of slime (3rd person singular).

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To this day, many biological slimes haven’t been researched enough to know the details of their structure and behavior.

From Scientific American • Jan. 28, 2023

The company sells slime kits and premade slime, clear glue and “cosmic shimmer” glue designed for use in homemade slimes.

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2022

It's a pure troll, meant to be so beyond the pale that even responding to it slimes the person falsely accused.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2022

The cores the team has already extracted, from deposits 200 meters below the surface, are rich in fossilized slimes.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 13, 2022

It seems that one of Ebola’s paths goes from the dead to the living, winding in trickles of uncoagulated blood and slimes that come out of the dead body.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston