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Maltha :: Maltha (n.) A variety of bitumen, viscid and tenacious, like pitch, unctuous to the touch, and exhaling a bituminous odor..

Frail :: Frail (superl) Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.

Cledgy :: Cledgy (a.) Stiff, stubborn, clayey, or tenacious; as, a cledgy soil..

Ropy :: Ropy (a.) capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees..

Conglutinate :: Conglutinate (v. t.) To glue together; to unite by some glutinous or tenacious substance; to cause to adhere or to grow together.

Adhesive :: Adhesive (a.) Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances..

Gluten :: Gluten (n.) The viscid, tenacious substance which gives adhesiveness to dough..

Lentous :: Lentous (a.) Viscid; viscous; tenacious.

Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff..

Gripple :: Gripple (a.) Griping; greedy; covetous; 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..

Viscous :: Viscous (a.) Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a viscous juice..

Caramel :: Caramel (n.) A kind of confectionery, usually a small cube or square of tenacious paste, or candy, of varying composition and flavor..

Grip :: Grip (v. t.) An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.

Tenacious :: Tenacious (a.) Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory..

Iron :: Iron (n.) Not to be broken; holding or binding fast; tenacious.

Persistent :: Persistent (a.) Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose.

Glutinative :: Glutinative (a.) Having the quality of cementing; tenacious; viscous; glutinous.

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

Red-tapist :: Red-tapist (n.) One who is tenacious of a strict adherence to official formalities.

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