viscidity
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It is hardly proper, perhaps, to call this resistance by the name of friction; it is partly, perhaps mainly, due to the viscidity or adhesion of the water.
From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by John Bourne, C.E.
The Peruvian bark gatherers adulterate the true cinchona bark with this, but it may be detected by its white inner surface, its less powerful bitter taste, and a viscidity not possessed by the cinchonas.
From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by William Saunders
According to De Candolle, this may depend upon the greater or less amount of water they contain, upon the greater or less viscidity of their fluids, or the rapidity with which these fluids circulate.
From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder
They attain their growth in twenty days, casting their skins five times, eating them until the last time, after which they remain free from viscidity, and are of a clear yellow color.
From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder
The new-born worms, thanks to a slight viscidity, cling for a moment to the wire-gauze; they swarm, wriggle, release themselves and leap into the chasm.
From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
