Definition of tenacious

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Tenacious (a.) Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.

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Glutinative :: Glutinative (a.) Having the quality of cementing; tenacious; viscous; glutinous.
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..
Iron :: Iron (n.) Not to be broken; holding or binding fast; tenacious.
Persistent :: Persistent (a.) Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose.
Gluten :: Gluten (n.) The viscid, tenacious substance which gives adhesiveness to dough..
Tenacious :: Tenacious (a.) Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights..
Vivacious :: Vivacious (a.) Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived.
Gripple :: Gripple (a.) Griping; greedy; covetous; tenacious.
Tenacious :: Tenacious (a.) Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory..
Short :: Short (superl.) Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory..
Brittle :: Brittle (a.) Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
Agglutination :: Agglutination (n.) The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
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..
Tenacious :: Tenacious (a.) Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.
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..
Fast :: Fast (v.) Tenacious; retentive.
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
Conglutinate :: Conglutinate (v. t.) To glue together; to unite by some glutinous or tenacious substance; to cause to adhere or to grow together.
Tenacy :: Tenacy (n.) Tenaciousness; obstinacy.
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..
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