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Meanings of viscous in inglês

Having the sticky properties of an adhesive.

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Having a relatively high resistance to flow.

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Usage of viscous in inglês
1
Out on the open water, trailers of mist skimmed the viscous surface.
Jarka Ruus
2
The two appendices whip the viscous secretion of the glands into foam.
Social Life in the Insect World
3
The material employed in all buildings is originally liquid, or rather viscous.
Across the Zodiac / The Story of a Wrecked Record
4
It was like a sea of swirling, spiraling tar, thick and viscous.
Ghost memories
5
Silas could almost feel the friction, hear the viscous grumble of digestion.
Crooked letter, crooked letter
6
Mixed into the can as a powder, it creates a viscous solution.
Wired
7
It washes over me, so heavy and viscous I can hardly breathe.
Within arm's reach
8
It was a mass of some viscous liquid, thick as dense mud.
The Scar
9
The viscous oil clung to the skin and seared through the tissue.
Atonement
10
Below, their droppings came down from the sky like viscous, broken wishes.
The Irish Times
11
Sometimes they catch them with a viscous birdlime that paralyses their movements.
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
12
Oil from the gears leaked across the floors in dark viscous rivulets.
Soulless
13
His slumber had become a viscous liquid, thick and sticky, trapping him.
The Scorch Trials
14
And in each tank, swimming through the viscous liquid, were gray slugs.
The Andalite Chronicles
15
Essai eased off, then fed the viscous liquid to him more slowly.
The bourne objective
16
Then, for an instant, the pillar turned into a transparent, viscous wall.
The Shelters of Stone
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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