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What is the adjective for viscous?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb viscosify which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

viscid
  1. Viscous; having a high viscosity.
  2. Sticky, slimy, or glutinous.
  3. Covered with a viscid layer.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. gluey, glutinous, sticky, gummy, adhesive, tacky, gooey, mucilaginous, tenacious, adherent, slimy, clingy, treacly, clammy, gelatinous, stiff, tough, viscose, viscous, gloopy, claggy, clarty, thick, syrupy, cloggy, viscoid, gloppy, icky, clinging, gungy, ropy, cohesive, gummed, muddy, waxy, resinous, agglutinant, mucky, sticking, pasty, mucous, wet, clayey, difficult, clay, adhering, holding, agglutinative, resinaceous, heavy … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “The viscid mixture of glue and water created a strong bond between the two surfaces.”
      “The viscid substance made it difficult to remove the sticker from the surface.”
      “While the plant is poisonous, the expressed thick, viscid oil is used as a powerful laxative and purgative.”
viscous
  1. Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid
  2. (physics) Of or pertaining to viscosity
  3. Synonyms:
      4. viscid, sticky, glutinous, gummy, gluey, adhesive, tacky, mucilaginous, thick, gooey, slimy, adherent, syrupy, tenacious, clinging, gloopy, ropy, treacly, clammy, gelatinous, icky, adhering, viscoid, sticking, mucous, stiff, cloggy, ropey, gloppy, gunky, mucoid, pasty, thickflowing, glue-like, jelly-like, claggy, clarty, muddy, mucky, gungy, clingy, miry, sludgy, slushy, resinous, oozy, scummy, muculent, heavy, cohesive … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “There is a replaceable ink reservoir filled with a viscous fluid of either spirit-soluble or oil-soluble dyes.”
      “Finally, a variety of tiny worm-like invertebrates adhere to sand grains with viscous secretions that are likely to be gels rather than solid.”
      “Fresh eggs from free-range chickens will produce a stronger binder because of the rich, viscous yolks.”
viscoplastic
  1. Describing a material that behaves as a solid below a critical value of stress, but flows like a viscous liquid at greater values of stress.
viscoelastoplastic
  1. (physics) viscoelastic and plastic or viscous and elastoplastic
viscosurgical
  1. (surgery) Describing any viscoelastic material used in eye surgery
viscousless
  1. Inviscid: lacking, or unaffected by, viscosity.
viscoresistive
  1. (physics) Of or pertaining to viscous resistance
viscoelastic
  1. viscous and elastic
  2. Examples:
      3. “Mechanical testing of the tadpole tail fin has revealed that the fin is viscoelastic and stiffer in small rather than large deformations.”
      “In one case, the relationship between the force and the displacement was not linear which corresponded to a viscoelastic rheological behaviour.”
      “All measurements were performed on uncoated glass coverslips, avoiding errors in the viscoelastic data due to a soft substrate.”
viscoidal
  1. Somewhat viscous.
viscosified
  1. simple past tense and past participle of viscosify
viscosifying
  1. present participle of viscosify
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