Word Meanings - ROPY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees.

COHESIVE
1. Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force. 2. Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay. Cohesive
VISCID
Sticking or adhering, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscous; glutinous; sticky; tenacious; clammy; as, turpentine, tar, gums, etc., are more or less viscid.
GLUTINOUSNESS
The quality of being glutinous.
GLUTINOUS
Havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf or gland. (more info) 1. Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey.
STICKY
Having the quality of sticking to a surface; adhesive; gluey; viscous; viscid; glutinous; tenacious. Herbs which last longest are those of strong smell, and with a sticky stalk. Bacon.
VISCIDITY
The quality or state of being viscid; also, that which is viscid; glutinous concretion; stickiness.
GELATINOUS
Of the nature and consistence of gelatin or the jelly; resembling jelly; viscous.
SUBGELATINOUS
Imperfectly or partially gelatinous.