viscid
adjective
having a glutinous consistency; sticky; adhesive; viscous.
viscidity
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a word derived from
viscid.
Example Sentences
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Among these I may particularly refer to the contracted stigmatic chamber, and the slight viscidity of its disk.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Sir Francis Darwin
The new-born worms, thanks to a slight viscidity, cling for a moment to the wire-gauze; they swarm, wriggle, release themselves and leap into the chasm.
From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
A casting thus treated subsided with surprising slowness, owing as I suppose to its viscidity.
From The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms, with observations on their habits by Charles Darwin
According to De Candolle, this may depend upon the greater or less amount of water they contain, upon the greater or less viscidity of their fluids, or the rapidity with which these fluids circulate.
From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder
They are attenuating and deobstruent, consequently of service in disorders arising from a languid circulation, a viscidity of the juices, a lax fibre, and obstructed viscera.
From Travels through France and Italy by T. (Tobias) Smollett
