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Masticin :: Masticin (n.) A white, amorphous, tenacious substance resembling caoutchouc, and obtained as an insoluble residue of mastic..

Tenacious :: Tenacious (a.) Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights..

Calcium :: Calcium (n.) An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and malleable. It is a member of the alkaline earth group of elements. Atomic weight 40. Symbol Ca..

Brittle :: Brittle (a.) Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.

Tenacious :: Tenacious (a.) Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil..

Adhesive :: Adhesive (a.) Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances..

Red-tapist :: Red-tapist (n.) One who is tenacious of a strict adherence to official formalities.

Gripple :: Gripple (a.) Griping; greedy; covetous; tenacious.

Viscous :: Viscous (a.) Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a viscous juice..

Tenacy :: Tenacy (n.) Tenaciousness; obstinacy.

Lentous :: Lentous (a.) Viscid; viscous; tenacious.

Stiddy :: Sticky (superl.) Having the quality of sticking to a surface; adhesive; gluey; viscous; viscid; glutinous; tenacious.

Grip :: Grip (v. t.) An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.

Burdock :: Burdock (n.) A genus of coarse biennial herbs (Lappa), bearing small burs which adhere tenaciously to clothes, or to the fur or wool of animals..

Lute :: Lute (n.) A cement of clay or other tenacious infusible substance for sealing joints in apparatus, or the mouths of vessels or tubes, or for coating the bodies of retorts, etc., when exposed to heat; -- called also luting..

Gluten :: Gluten (n.) The viscid, tenacious substance which gives adhesiveness to dough..

Wax :: Wax (n.) A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow..

Viscid :: Viscid (a.) Sticking or adhering, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscous; glutinous; sticky; tenacious; clammy; as, turpentine, tar, gums, etc., are more or less viscid..

Caramel :: Caramel (n.) A kind of confectionery, usually a small cube or square of tenacious paste, or candy, of varying composition and flavor..

Tenacity :: Tenacity (n.) The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose..

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