Adjective : adhesive bandages. From Dictionary.com.
Of certain things he knows the taste or adhesiveness. From Wordnik.com. [The Collectors] Reference
A little boiled rice flour improves its adhesiveness for indoor use. From Wordnik.com. [The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy] Reference
'The American Union has much more adhesiveness than is commonly imagined. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.] Reference
A splendid mineral crunch clung with damp chemical adhesiveness to the thin soles of my lavender pumps. From Wordnik.com. [An Ancient Symbol for Fire] Reference
This gives to the wax an elasticity and adhesiveness of such degree that we may now graft trees in cold weather. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
Linseed oils, raw and boiled, which are used to give consistency, adhesiveness and also elasticity to the coat when dry. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
Varnish layer thicknesses are enlarged and adhesiveness between prime and final coats are improved by priming paints or interlayer varnishes. From Wordnik.com. [3. Coating Processes] Reference
She was one of those soft natures whose power of adhesiveness to an acquired idea seems to be one of the special attributes of that softness. From Wordnik.com. [The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid] Reference
Here is adhesiveness -- it is not previously fashion'd. From Wordnik.com. [Leaves of Grass [1867]] Reference
I announce adhesiveness -- I say it shall be limitless. From Wordnik.com. [Leaves of Grass [1867]] Reference
Columbus, and I had too much adhesiveness not to go too. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe] Reference
Spurzheim's map, occupying space that belongs to adhesiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 Volume 1, Number 9] Reference
I announce adhesiveness-I say it shall be limitless, unloosen'd. From Wordnik.com. [Qwaider Planet] Reference
I announce adhesiveness, I say it shall be limitless, unloosen'd. From Wordnik.com. [Leaves of Grass] Reference
Here is adhesiveness, it is not previously fashion'd, it is apropos. From Wordnik.com. [Leaves of Grass] Reference
Here we investigated the role of molecular aggregation in the CX3CL1 adhesiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue] Reference
Milton's adhesiveness was such that he could never give up a design once entered upon. From Wordnik.com. [Milton] Reference
The true location of acquisitiveness is anterior to combativeness, and lower than adhesiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Buchanan's Journal of Man, October 1887 Volume 1, Number 9] Reference
Page 135 best tile clays, remarks that the adhesiveness of clay depends mainly upon the proportion of alumina. From Wordnik.com. [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference
But the Saxon seriously settled in the land, builded, tilled, fished, and traded, with German truth and adhesiveness. From Wordnik.com. [English Traits (1856)] Reference
Further studies on PRP adhesiveness in grafts with donor corneas should be performed before considering its use in patients. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
The glue is of a different quality; and her sandals are not greased to the extent which the new degree of adhesiveness would demand. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Spider] Reference
It requires the exercise of benevolence, veneration (in its human aspect), adhesiveness, and ideality, as well as of conscientiousness. From Wordnik.com. [How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits Embracing An Exposition Of The Principles Of Good Manners; Useful Hints On The Care Of The Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-Culture, And Behavior At Home; The Etiquette Of Salutations, Introductions, Receptions, Visits, Dinners, Evening Parties, Conversation, Letters, Presents, Weddings, Funerals, The Street, The Church, Places Of Amusement, Traveling, Etc., With Illustrative Anecdotes, a Chapter on Love and Courtship, and Rules of Order for Debating Societies] Reference
There is another half, which is adhesiveness or love, that fuses, ties and aggregates, making the races comrades, and fraternizing all. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy] Reference
For is not adhesiveness, faithfulness, constancy -- call it what you will -- at the root of all citizenship, clanship, and family love?. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress and Maid. A Household Story.] Reference
The berries afford a large amount of wax, which rises to the surface when they are boiled, not remarkable for adhesiveness or unctuosity. From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
Remodeling of the lectin-EGF-like domain interface in P - and L-selectin increases adhesiveness and shear resistance under hydrodynamic force. From Wordnik.com. [iMechanica - Comments] Reference
The gluten generally wants the adhesiveness which characterizes the gluten of good wheat. ". 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
Characteristic of adhesiveness, living in lodgings is about the saddest life under the sun. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress and Maid. A Household Story.] Reference
Cran and Robert MacNeil) about the distinctive fiber, force, diversity and adhesiveness of. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Ell.), which has the name putty-root, probably from the same property of gumminess and adhesiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
Such adhesiveness I never saw!. From Wordnik.com. [The Hidden Hand] Reference
Not in any or all of them O adhesiveness!. From Wordnik.com. [Leaves of Grass] Reference
Not in any or all of them, O adhesiveness!. From Wordnik.com. [Leaves of Grass [1867]] Reference
Not in any of all of them, O adhesiveness!. From Wordnik.com. [Calamus poems : from Leaves of Grass (1860)] Reference
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