viscidity

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It is hardly proper, perhaps, to call this resistance by the name of friction; it is partly, perhaps mainly, due to the viscidity or adhesion of the water.

From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.

If strength, elasticity, clearness, and perfect freedom from viscidity, be tests of excellence, then this product may be considered as equal to any other. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

Among these I may particularly refer to the contracted stigmatic chamber, and the slight viscidity of its disk.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

These seeds are recommended as a carminative, in flatulent colics proceeding from a cold cause or a viscidity of the juices.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William

The viscidity, which it is now known, that both feldspar and quartz retain at a temperature much below their points of fusion, easily explains their mutual impressment.

From Volcanic Islands by Darwin, Charles