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Adhesiveness

The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union.

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Stickiness 76% connected

The quality of being sticky; as, the stickiness of glue or paste.

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Adherent 74% connected

Sticking; clinging; adhering.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Adherent 74% connected

Sticking; clinging; adhering.

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Adherence 92% connected

The quality or state of adhering.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Adhesion 92% connected

The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as, the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bond 92% connected

That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a m…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Flow noun · 78% connection

the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

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Flow rate noun · 78% connection

the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

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Laminar flow noun · 78% connection

nonturbulent streamline flow in parallel layers (laminae)

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Rate of flow noun · 78% connection

the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

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Turbulent flow noun · 78% connection

flow in which the velocity at any point varies erratically

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Viscosity noun · 78% connection

resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow)

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Viscousness noun · 78% connection

resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow)

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Aggregate noun · 78% connection

A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; -- in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sticking, adhering, stickiness, tenacity, union.
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Alliance noun · 78% connection

Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sticking, adhering, stickiness, tenacity, union.
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Ankylosis noun · 78% connection

The union of two or more separate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sticking, adhering, stickiness, tenacity, union.
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Astrut a. & adv. · 78% connection

Sticking out, or puffed out; swelling; in a swelling manner.

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Beggar's ticks unknown · 78% connection

The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenaci…

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Bulldog noun · 78% connection

A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and tenacity of grip; -- so named, probably, from being formerly employed in baitin…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sticking, adhering, stickiness, tenacity, union.
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Clopidogrel bisulfate noun · 78% connection

a blood thinner (trade name Plavix) approved for the treatment of mild heart attacks; works by preventing blood platelets from stickin…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sticking, adhering, stickiness, tenacity, union.
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Coherency noun · 78% connection

A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sticking, adhering, stickiness, tenacity, union.
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Coherent adjective · 78% connection

Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid or fluid.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sticking, adhering, stickiness, tenacity, union.
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Cohesion noun · 78% connection

The act or state of sticking together; close union.

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Cohesive adjective · 78% connection

Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay.

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Combination noun · 78% connection

The result of combining or uniting; union of persons or things; esp. a union or alliance of persons or states to effect some purpose;…

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Combine verb · 78% connection

To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous substance, a…

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Company union noun · 78% connection

a union of workers for a single company; a union not affiliated with a larger union

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sticking, adhering, stickiness, tenacity, union.
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Conferruminated adjective · 78% connection

Closely united by the coalescence, or sticking together, of contiguous faces, as in the case of the cotyledons of the live-oak acorn.

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Consistency noun · 78% connection

The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solid…

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Court-plaster noun · 78% connection

Sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass and glyceri…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sticking, adhering, stickiness, tenacity, union.
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Glutination noun · 78% connection

The act of uniting with glue; sticking together.

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