glutinous
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glu·ti·nous
(glūt'n-əs) 
adj.
Of the nature of or resembling glue; sticky.
glutinousness glu'ti·nous·ness or glu'ti·nos'i·ty (-ŏs'ĭ-tē) n.
adj.
Of the nature of or resembling glue; sticky.
[Middle English, from Latin glūtinōsus, from glūten, glūtin-, glue.]
glutinously glu'ti·nous·ly adv.glutinousness glu'ti·nous·ness or glu'ti·nos'i·ty (-ŏs'ĭ-tē) n.
Roget's Thesaurus:
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glutinous
adjective
- Having a heavy, gluey quality: mucilaginous, viscid, viscose, viscous. See solid/liquid/consistency.
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glutinous
IN BRIEF: Sticky.
Bread dough can become a glutinous mass if you are not careful while kneading it.
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Glutinous
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - glutenrig, glutenholdig
Français (French)
adj. - glutineux
Deutsch (German)
adj. - klebrig
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κολλώδης, ιξώδης
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - glutinoso
Русский (Russian)
клейкий, вязкий
Español (Spanish)
adj. - glutinoso, pegajoso
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - glutenhaltig
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
粘性的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 粘性的
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - にかわ質の, ねばねばする, 粘着性の
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) غروي, دبق
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