Term Gallery logo

Meanings of viscid in English

Having the sticky properties of an adhesive.

Related terms
Usage of viscid in English
1
Mirabilis longiflora.-Thestems and both surfaces of the leaves bear viscid hairs.
Insectivorous Plants
2
This liquid is rather thick and viscid, but it is boiling furiously.
Time and Change
3
It was the constituency, like viscid grease, which always put Joshua off.
The Reality Dysfunction
4
The viscid beads of white fire evaporated as they reached Jenny's hips.
The Reality Dysfunction
5
I saw them falling on the viscid surface of the water.
Prince Lestat
6
The water coming in at first makes the linseed powder viscid.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885
7
These viscid threads cool quickly in that chill altitude, and float down again.
Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate
8
Neither sweet nor sour and both at once, choking and viscid.
The bone palace
9
All the glands have the same form; their secretion is extremely viscid and acid.
Insectivorous Plants
10
He ran through viscid squares of light, sandals thudding, robe flapping about his body.
The Incredible Shrinking Man
11
The juice is viscid, and when thickened to dryness, is the German Gum Acacia.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
12
He lurched heavily as he sought to drag his feet from the viscid muck.
The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
13
The branches are flexible, black, polished and without leaves, and secrete a viscid fluid.
A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga: The Yoga of Wisdom
14
Your view may be correct about abundance of viscid matter, but seems rather improbable.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 / A Record of His Work...
15
It did not leave blood but a viscid purple smear.
Night Shift
16
The slake-moth ran its hands through the viscid scum that had been its eggs.
Perdido Street Station
About this term
More collocations
Viscid through the time
Viscid across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common