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Salve :: Salve (n.) An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.

Tenacity :: Tenacity (n.) That quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity.

Adhesively :: Adhesively (adv.) In an adhesive manner.

Smear :: Smear (n.) Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain..

Daub :: Daub (v. t.) To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear..

Waxy :: Waxy (a.) Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible..

Wafer :: Wafer (n.) An adhesive disk of dried paste, made of flour, gelatin, isinglass, or the like, and coloring matter, -- used in sealing letters and other documents..

Dauby :: Dauby (a.) Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive.

Plaster :: Plaster (n.) An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster..

Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship..

Gecko :: Gecko (n.) Any lizard of the family Geckonidae. The geckoes are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and vertical, elliptical pupils. Their toes are generally expanded, and furnished with adhesive disks, by which they can run over walls and ceilings. They are numerous in warm countries, and a few species are found in Europe and the United States. See Wall gecko, Fanfoot..

Birdlime :: Birdlime (n.) An extremely adhesive viscid substance, usually made of the middle bark of the holly, by boiling, fermenting, and cleansing it. When a twig is smeared with this substance it will hold small birds which may light upon it. Hence: Anything which insnares..

Agglutinative :: Agglutinative (a.) Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive..

Tacky :: Tacky (a.) Sticky; adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried..

Glutinous :: Glutinous (a.) Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey.

Spite :: Spit curl () A little lock of hair, plastered in a spiral form on the temple or forehead with spittle, or other adhesive substance..

Adhesiveness :: Adhesiveness (n.) Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse..

Conglutinate :: Conglutinate (a.) Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance..

Traction :: Traction (n.) The adhesive friction of a wheel on a rail, a rope on a pulley, or the like..

Slime :: Slime (n.) Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive..

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