Viscous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Viscous \Vis"cous\, a. [L. viscosus. See {Viscid}.]
     Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous
     consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a
     viscous juice. -- {Vis"cous*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     Note: There is no well-defined distinction in meaning between
           viscous and viscid.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  viscous
       adj 1: having a relatively high resistance to flow [syn: {syrupy}]
       2: having the properties of glue [syn: {gluey}, {glutinous}, {gummy},
           {mucilaginous}, {pasty}, {sticky}, {viscid}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  94 Moby Thesaurus words for "viscous":
     adhesive, amylaceous, broad-bodied, bulky, bullnecked, clabbered,
     clammy, close, close-knit, close-textured, close-woven, clotted,
     coagulated, coarse, compact, compacted, compressed, concentrated,
     concrete, condensed, congested, consolidated, corpulent, crammed,
     crammed full, crass, crowded, curdled, dense, doughy, fat, firm,
     full, full-bodied, gaumy, gelatinous, glairy, gluelike, gluey,
     glutenous, glutinose, glutinous, gooey, gross, grumous, gumbo,
     gumbolike, gumlike, gummous, gummy, hard, heavy, heavyset,
     impenetrable, impermeable, inspissated, jam-packed, jammed, jelled,
     jellied, jellylike, massive, mucilaginous, nonporous, packed,
     pasty, ropy, semifluid, serried, slab, slabby, slimy, slithery,
     solid, starchy, sticky, stiff, stodgy, stringy, substantial,
     syrupy, tacky, tenacious, thick, thick-bodied, thick-growing,
     thickened, thickset, three-dimensional, tough, tremelloid,
     tremellose, viscid, viscose