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Agglutination :: Agglutination (n.) The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.

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.

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..

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

Masticin :: Masticin (n.) A white, amorphous, tenacious substance resembling caoutchouc, and obtained as an insoluble residue of mastic..

Brittle :: Brittle (a.) Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.

Houseleek :: Houseleek (n.) A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum (S. tectorum), originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very generally on old walls and roofs. It is very tenacious of life under drought and heat; -- called also ayegreen..

Short :: Short (superl.) Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory..

Tenacious :: Tenacious (a.) Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights..

Rubricist :: Rubricist (n.) One skilled in, or tenaciously adhering to, the rubric or rubrics..

Close :: Close (v. t.) Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact; as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as applied to liquids..

Tenacity :: Tenacity (n.) The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose..

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

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

Tenacy :: Tenacy (n.) Tenaciousness; obstinacy.

Tenacious :: Tenacious (a.) Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.

Tenacious :: Tenacious (a.) Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.

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..

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

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