viscousness

  • 11viscous — adjective Etymology: Middle English viscouse, from Anglo French viscos, from Late Latin viscosus full of birdlime, viscous, from Latin viscum mistletoe, birdlime; akin to Old High German wīhsila cherry, Greek ixos mistletoe Date: 14th century 1.… …

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  • 12viscous — viscously, adv. viscousness, n. /vis keuhs/, adj. 1. of a glutinous nature or consistency; sticky; thick; adhesive. 2. having the property of viscosity. Also, viscose. [1350 1400; ME < LL viscosus, equiv. to L visc(um) mistletoe, birdlime (made&#8230; …

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  • 13viscous — adjective /ˈvɪs.kəs/ a) Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid b) Of or pertaining to viscosity Syn: syrupy, viscid, viscose See Als …

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  • 14closeness — Synonyms and related words: THI, accord, accordance, addition, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity, agreement, airlessness, airtight secrecy, alikeness, alliance, analogy, aping, approach, approximation, assemblage, assimilation, association …

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  • 15congestion — Synonyms and related words: amplitude, bar, barrier, blank wall, blind alley, blind gut, block, blockade, blockage, bottleneck, cecum, choking, choking off, clog, closeness, compactness, congestedness, consistence, consistency, constipation,&#8230; …

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  • 16consistency — Synonyms and related words: accommodation, accord, accordance, acquiescence, adaptation, adaption, adhesiveness, adjustment, affinity, agreement, apposition, aptness, assent, balance, bilateral symmetry, bullheadedness, calm, chorus, clarity,&#8230; …

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  • 17hardness — Synonyms and related words: Philistinism, abstruseness, arduousness, armor, asperity, astringency, austerity, bothersomeness, burdensomeness, callosity, callousness, callus, closeness, cohesiveness, coldbloodedness, coldheartedness, coldness,&#8230; …

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  • 18pastiness — Synonyms and related words: adhesiveness, anemia, ashiness, bloodlessness, cadaverousness, chloranemia, clabbering, clamminess, clotting, coagulation, colloidality, curdling, deathly hue, deathly pallor, dimness, doughiness, dullness,&#8230; …

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  • 19solidity — Synonyms and related words: abidingness, aplomb, authenticity, authoritativeness, authority, balance, balanced personality, body, calculability, callosity, callousness, changelessness, closeness, cogency, combination, compactness, completeness,&#8230; …

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  • 20specific gravity — Synonyms and related words: G, G suit, apogeotropism, closeness, compactness, congestedness, congestion, consistence, consistency, crowdedness, denseness, density, firmness, geotropism, gluiness, gravitation, graviton, gravity, hardness,&#8230; …

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