slime
noun
thin, glutinous mud.
Example Sentences
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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
Compared with naturally occurring slimes, artificial slime has no practical use.
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
