Definition of tenacious

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Tenacious (a.) Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil..

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Brittle :: Brittle (a.) Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
Hellbender :: Hellbender (n.) A large North American aquatic salamander (Protonopsis horrida or Menopoma Alleghaniensis). It is very voracious and very tenacious of life. Also called alligator, and water dog..
Fast :: Fast (v.) Tenacious; retentive.
Agglutination :: Agglutination (n.) The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
Tenacy :: Tenacy (n.) Tenaciousness; obstinacy.
Conglutinate :: Conglutinate (v. t.) To glue together; to unite by some glutinous or tenacious substance; to cause to adhere or to grow together.
Caoutchouc :: Caoutchouc (n.) A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia elastica or Hevea caoutchouc), Asia, and Africa. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also called India rubber (because it was first brought from India, and was formerly used c
Adhesive :: Adhesive (a.) Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances..
Short :: Short (superl.) Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory..
Tenacious :: Tenacious (a.) Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.
Tenacious :: Tenacious (a.) Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.
Gripple :: Gripple (a.) Griping; greedy; covetous; tenacious.
Iron :: Iron (n.) Not to be broken; holding or binding fast; tenacious.
Tenacious :: Tenacious (a.) Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.
Lentous :: Lentous (a.) Viscid; viscous; tenacious.
Margosa :: Margosa (n.) A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The M. Azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as Pride of India, Pride of China, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic..
Frail :: Frail (superl) Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
Persisting :: Persisting (a.) Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent.
Wax :: Wax (n.) A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow..
Seal :: Seal (n.) Wax, wafer, or other tenacious substance, set to an instrument, and impressed or stamped with a seal; as, to give a deed under hand and seal..
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