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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..

Iron :: Iron (n.) Not to be broken; holding or binding fast; tenacious.

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

Tough :: Tough (superl.) Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm..

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..

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

Persisting :: Persisting (a.) Inclined to persist; tenacious of purpose; persistent.

Caoutchouc :: Caoutchouc (n.) A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia elastica or Hevea caoutchouc), Asia, and Africa. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also called India rubber (because it was first brought from India, and was formerly used c

Rubricist :: Rubricist (n.) One skilled in, or tenaciously adhering to, the rubric or rubrics..

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

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..

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

Margosa :: Margosa (n.) A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The M. Azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as Pride of India, Pride of China, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic..

Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff..

Close :: Close (v. t.) Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact; as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as applied to liquids..

Fast :: Fast (v.) Tenacious; retentive.

Tenacious :: Tenacious (a.) Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.

Hellbender :: Hellbender (n.) A large North American aquatic salamander (Protonopsis horrida or Menopoma Alleghaniensis). It is very voracious and very tenacious of life. Also called alligator, and water dog..

Tenacious :: Tenacious (a.) Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.

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

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