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slimy

adjective as in oozy, gooey

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The once clear river had turned murky and slimy, completely changing how she felt about living alongside it, she said.

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This remains the case when Andy encounters the slimy remains of Rook, the derelict vessel’s android science officer who looks exactly like Ash, the series’ first android traitor introduced in 1979’s “Alien.”

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Campaigners have previously complained that dredged sediment fills nearby rock pools with a "black, thick, slimy, petrochemically smelling sludge", which is toxic to people and the environment.

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However, she can only eat small cherry tomatoes because she finds the big ones, with their slimy, jelly-like interior, repulsive - something plenty of neurodivergent people will agree with.

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But there is one little thing: Okra, like marshmallow root and aloe vera, is mucilaginous, meaning it can get slimy when sliced and cooked.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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