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viscous

adjective as in sticky, gummy

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You'll still have a viscous cranberry liquid without the need for as much sugar, since cooking concentrates some of the bitter compounds, making them more pronounced in your dish.

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The resulting tar was black, viscous, and had a similar chemical composition to the potential tar crystals found in the hearth at Vanguard Cave.

Electrospinning using a starch-rich ingredient such as white flour is more challenging than using pure starch, as the impurities -- the protein and cellulose -- make the mixture more viscous and unable to form fibres.

The viscous substance is more effective than water — it hangs up on the vegetation and retains its flame-slowing properties even when it dries, he said.

Its glacial pace, often accompanied by a viscous sludge it leaves behind, make it a messy if inoffensive kind of pest.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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