Banana slugs have a viscid covering that allows them to slip along the forest floor. From LearnThat.org.
The nattō strings itself are often described by the Japanese ideophone nebaneba, which roughly translates as 'viscid' or 'gooey'. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Nano!] Reference
+Cap+ was convex, nearly plane, viscid when moist. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners] Reference
The juice is viscid, and when thickened to dryness, is the. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
Gelatinous: of a jelly-like texture or consistency: viscid. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
These glands secrete a viscid juice at the time of anthesis. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The water coming in at first makes the linseed powder viscid. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885] Reference
It whipped about him, soft, sticky, viscid -- utterly loathsome. From Wordnik.com. [Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930] Reference
Particles are Active and Rigid, by which the viscid ramous parts of the. From Wordnik.com. [The London and Country Brewer] Reference
But it soon becomes viscid, and flows less readily from one vessel to another. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
When fresh it is a viscid fluid, with a penetrating odour, but it solidifies with age. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
The pancreatic juice, the most powerful in the body, is clear, somewhat viscid, fluid. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
The general body of the liquid may be diluted while the viscid humours remain unresolved. From Wordnik.com. [A Treatise on Foreign Teas Abstracted From An Ingenious Work, Lately Published, Entitled An Essay On the Nerves] Reference
The whole plant is viscid and exhales a powerful odor, which is somewhat like heated honey. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
It is brown, soft, viscid, almost always open, of a strong smell, but less agreeable than the. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
It is a thick, viscid oleo-resin of a deep brown or black colour and a fragrant balsamic odour. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
The effects are much more difficult to ascertain, since it is necessary to employ viscid liquids. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882] Reference
"Birdlime," made out of the viscid sap of certain trees, is occasionally used to capture small birds. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
The gall, or peculiar secretion of the liver; a viscid, yellowish fluid, and very bitter to the taste. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Even when at its hottest, it is somewhat viscid, like treacle, and this viscidness increases as it cools. From Wordnik.com. [Wonders of Creation] Reference
It is characterized by a viscid watery secretion from the mucous glands, which are always found in the mucous membrane. From Wordnik.com. [Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration] Reference
On the ground beyond them, quivering and broken in the midst of its dying guards, was a viscid mass of loathsome gray jelly. From Wordnik.com. [Zehru of Xollar] Reference
The upper part of the pistil is variously modified, having either little papillæ which hold the pollen spores, or are viscid. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses] Reference
The moistened gluten of the flour forms a viscid, elastic, tenacious mass, which is thoroughly kneaded to distribute the yeast. From Wordnik.com. [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference
Colleterium: a glandular structure accessory to the oviduct, secreting the viscid material used in cementing the eggs together. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
In the first, the two pollen masses taper below where each is attached to a viscid disc which is covered by a delicate membrane. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses] Reference
The trunk of the larger was deeply scored with scratches dripping viscid gobs of sap, a sap which was a bright froth of scarlet. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Over Warlock] Reference
These researches, however, are beset with difficulties of a special nature, and the use of viscid liquids is a subject for discussion. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882] Reference
With the ingestion, she trembles, the meal, thawed, invested now by all of him, crumbling, eyes strained wide, blood moving in viscid rivers, her venom coming back to poison her. From Wordnik.com. [Kissing Cobras] Reference
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