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Clingy :: Clingy (a.) Apt to cling; adhesive.

Glutinous :: Glutinous (a.) Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey.

Tacky :: Tacky (a.) Sticky; adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried..

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..

Birdlime :: Birdlime (n.) An extremely adhesive viscid substance, usually made of the middle bark of the holly, by boiling, fermenting, and cleansing it. When a twig is smeared with this substance it will hold small birds which may light upon it. Hence: Anything which insnares..

Vehicle :: Vehicle (n.) Any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it..

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

Claggy :: Claggy (a.) Adhesive; -- said of a roof in a mine to which coal clings.

Salve :: Salve (n.) An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.

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

Neoplasty :: Neoplasty (n.) Restoration of a part by granulation, adhesive inflammation, or autoplasty..

Emplastic :: Emplastic (a.) Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as, emplastic applications..

Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship..

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

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

Slippery :: Slippery (a.) Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery..

Dauby :: Dauby (a.) Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive.

Slime :: Slime (n.) Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive..

Wafer :: Wafer (n.) An adhesive disk of dried paste, made of flour, gelatin, isinglass, or the like, and coloring matter, -- used in sealing letters and other documents..

Mud :: Mud (n.) Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.

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