viscous
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Viscous fibres, found in oats, seeds and some fruits and vegetables, slow down the speed sugar is absorbed and reduce sugar spikes in the bloodstream.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
Viscous rhythms lurch and splatter, creating herky-jerky grooves, and noise bursts splatter here and there.
From Salon • Sep. 25, 2022
Viscous barbecue sauce proved challenging, but slowing down our pour or tapping or shaking the funnel can mitigate that problem.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2020
Viscous magma doesn’t flow easily, so even if there is a way for it to move out, it may not flow out.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
It promotes insensible Perspiration, dissolves all Phlegmatick and Viscous Humours, that are apt to obstruct the Narrow channels of the Nerves.
From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace
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