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Adhesion
noun · 78% connection
The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as, the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: glue.
Agglutinant
adjective · 78% connection
Uniting, as glue; causing, or tending to cause, adhesion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: glue.
Agglutinate
adjective · 78% connection
United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: glue.
Agglutination
noun · 78% connection
The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: glue.
Attach
verb · 78% connection
To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: glue.
Back
noun · 78% connection
A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or co…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: glue.
Backing
noun · 78% connection
The preparation of the back of a book with glue, etc., before putting on the cover.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: glue.
Badigeon
noun · 78% connection
A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or st…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: glue.
Buckram
noun · 78% connection
A coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: glue.
Calcimine
noun · 78% connection
A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zinc whit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: glue.
Cement
noun · 78% connection
Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: glue.
Collagen
noun · 78% connection
The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: glue.
Colloid
adjective · 78% connection
Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: glue.
Conglutinate
verb · 78% connection
To glue together; to unite by some glutinous or tenacious substance; to cause to adhere or to grow together.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: glue.
Deglutinate
verb · 78% connection
To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unties; to unglue.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: glue.
Distemper
verb · 78% connection
A preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size (cf. Tempera) instead of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: glue.
Englue
verb · 78% connection
To join or close fast together, as with glue; as, a coffer well englued.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: glue.
Gliadin
noun · 78% connection
Vegetable glue or gelatin; glutin. It is one of the constituents of wheat gluten, and is a tough, amorphous substance, which resembles…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: glue.