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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Viscous \Vis"cous\, adjective [L. viscosus. See {Viscid}.] Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a viscous juice. -- {Vis"cous*ness}, noun
Note: There is no well-defined distinction in meaning between viscous and viscid.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
viscous
adjective
1: having a relatively high resistance to flow [syn: {syrupy}]
2: having the properties of glue [syn: {gluey}, {glutinous}, {gummy}, {mucilaginous}, {pasty}, {sticky}, {viscid}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
94 Moby Thesaurus words for "viscous": adhesive, amylaceous, broad-bodied, bulky, bullnecked, clabbered, clammy, close, close-knit, close-textured, close-woven, clotted, coagulated, coarse, compact, compacted, compressed, concentrated, concrete, condensed, congested, consolidated, corpulent, crammed, crammed full, crass, crowded, curdled, dense, doughy, fat, firm, full, full-bodied, gaumy, gelatinous, glairy, gluelike, gluey, glutenous, glutinose, glutinous, gooey, gross, grumous, gumbo, gumbolike, gumlike, gummous, gummy, hard, heavy, heavyset, impenetrable, impermeable, inspissated, jam-packed, jammed, jelled, jellied, jellylike, massive, mucilaginous, nonporous, packed, pasty, ropy, semifluid, serried, slab, slabby, slimy, slithery, solid, starchy, sticky, stiff, stodgy, stringy, substantial, syrupy, tacky, tenacious, thick, thick-bodied, thick-growing, thickened, thickset, three-dimensional, tough, tremelloid, tremellose, viscid, viscose
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