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 Bourne, John, C.E.

These seeds are recommended as a carminative, in flatulent colics proceeding from a cold cause or a viscidity of the juices.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William

Could you not invent some quite new term for gland, implying viscidity? or append some word to gland.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

What then is the meaning of viscosity or viscidity?

From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John

This honey-dew must not be confounded with the normal viscidity of certain insectivorous plants—e.g.

From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall