Definition of adhesive

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Adhesive (a.) Apt or tending to adhere; clinging.

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Slime :: Slime (n.) Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive..
Gummosity :: Gummosity (n.) Gumminess; a viscous or adhesive quality or nature.
Mud :: Mud (n.) Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.
Clingy :: Clingy (a.) Apt to cling; adhesive.
Tenacious :: Tenacious (a.) Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.
Court-plaster :: Court-plaster (n.) Sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass and glycerin..
Plaster :: Plaster (n.) An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster..
Collodion :: Collodion (n.) A solution of pyroxylin (soluble gun cotton) in ether containing a varying proportion of alcohol. It is strongly adhesive, and is used by surgeons as a coating for wounds; but its chief application is as a vehicle for the sensitive film in photography..
Rope :: Rope (v. i.) To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any glutinous or adhesive quality..
Smear :: Smear (n.) Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain..
Adhesiveness :: Adhesiveness (n.) The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union.
Slime :: Slime (n.) Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud..
Gecko :: Gecko (n.) Any lizard of the family Geckonidae. The geckoes are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and vertical, elliptical pupils. Their toes are generally expanded, and furnished with adhesive disks, by which they can run over walls and ceilings. They are numerous in warm countries, and a few species are found in Europe and the United States. See Wall gecko, Fanfoot..
Neoplasty :: Neoplasty (n.) Restoration of a part by granulation, adhesive inflammation, or autoplasty..
Glutinous :: Glutinous (a.) Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey.
Glutinous :: Glutinous (a.) Havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf or gland..
Emplastic :: Emplastic (a.) Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as, emplastic applications..
Spite :: Spit curl () A little lock of hair, plastered in a spiral form on the temple or forehead with spittle, or other adhesive substance..
Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship..
Glue :: Glue (n.) A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to other adhesive or viscous substances..
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