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Sliminess

The quality or state of being slimy.

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Viscosity 76% connected

The quality or state of being viscous.

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Repulsive 74% connected

Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force.

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Repulsive 74% connected

Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force.

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Slimy 74% connected

Of or pertaining to slime; resembling slime; of the nature of slime; viscous; glutinous; also, covered or daubed with slime; yielding, or abounding i…

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Slimy 74% connected

Of or pertaining to slime; resembling slime; of the nature of slime; viscous; glutinous; also, covered or daubed with slime; yielding, or abounding i…

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Lousiness 92% connected

The state or quality of being lousy.

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Wickedness 92% connected

The quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity;…

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Air noun · 86% connection

a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of; "air pollution"; "a smell of chemi…

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Phase noun · 86% connection

(astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's…

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Phase of the moon noun · 86% connection

a time when the Moon presents a particular recurring appearance

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Phosphine noun · 86% connection

a colorless gas with a strong fishy smell; used as a pesticide

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Convention noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionalism noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionality noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Fertility noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Gas noun · 85% connection

a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely

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Greenhouse gas noun · 85% connection

a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation

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a colorless gas (O3) soluble in alkalis and cold water; a strong oxidizing agent; can be produced by electric discharge in oxygen or b…

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Prolificacy noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Rankness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Richness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Aard-vark noun · 78% connection

An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows in the gr…

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Clot noun · 78% connection

A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum.

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Clotted adjective · 78% connection

Composed of clots or clods; having the quality or form of a clot; sticky; slimy; foul.

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Eel noun · 78% connection

voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no v…

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Gastrocybe lateritia noun · 78% connection

a species of Gastrocybe fungus that has a conic cap and a thin stalk; at first the stalk is upright but as it matures the stalk bends…

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Glairy adjective · 78% connection

Like glair, or partaking of its qualities; covered with glair; viscous and transparent; slimy.

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Limous adjective · 78% connection

Muddy; slimy; thick.

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Mucid adjective · 78% connection

Musty; moldy; slimy; mucous.

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Mucilaginous adjective · 78% connection

Partaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid.

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Mucosity noun · 78% connection

The quality or state of being mucous or slimy; mucousness.

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Mucous adjective · 78% connection

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous substance.

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Muculent adjective · 78% connection

Slimy; moist, and moderately viscous.

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