Adhesiveness

Word ADHESIVENESS
Character 12
Hyphenation ad he sive ness
Pronunciations N/A

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Add to this a kind of adhesiveness (we can hardly call it obstinacy or pertinacity) of temper, which can make no allowance for change of circumstances, and we think we have a tolerably clear notion of the causes of General McClellan's disasters. ❋ James Russell Lowell (1855)

A splendid mineral crunch clung with damp chemical adhesiveness to the thin soles of my lavender pumps. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Children of Adam and the collection dealing with adhesiveness (homosexuality) in ❋ Unknown (2007)

If only she possessed the spirit to deeply love once more the diseased and the despised that fell from the great constellations for no reasons other than poverty or illness wearing thin their adhesiveness. ❋ Helena María Viramontes (2007)

Though they are so deficient in adhesiveness to family ties, that wives seek other husbands, and even children desert their parents for adoptive homes, the tie of race is intensely strong, and they are remarkably affectionate to each other, sharing with each other food, clothing, and all that they possess. ❋ Isabella Lucy (2004)

She was one of those soft natures whose power of adhesiveness to an acquired idea seems to be one of the special attributes of that softness. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The brightest spot in their character is an abnormal development of adhesiveness, popularly called affection; it is somewhat tempered by capricious ruffianism, as in children; yet it entitles them to the gratítude of travellers. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Sometimes the wavelets did the kneading and rolling so clumsily that the nodule was malformed, but the majority were singularly symmetrical, evidencing nice adjustment between the degree of adhesiveness of the “pug” and the applied force of the wave. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Besides, from the ashes of the burned scraps of the whale, a potent lye is readily made; and whenever any adhesiveness from the back of the whale remains clinging to the side, that lye quickly exterminates it. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Varnish layer thicknesses are enlarged and adhesiveness between prime and final coats are improved by priming paints or interlayer varnishes. ❋ Unknown (1993)

It was not simply the adhesiveness of the web's strands which prevented her from freeing herself but, also, its swaying and elasticity, sinking beneath her as she tried to press against it. ❋ Norman, John, 1931- (1980)

This gives to the wax an elasticity and adhesiveness of such degree that we may now graft trees in cold weather. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Linseed oils, raw and boiled, which are used to give consistency, adhesiveness and also elasticity to the coat when dry. ❋ William Noyes (N/A)

The hard indestructible siliceous grains, of which sand is composed, form a soil of an open texture, through which water readily permeates; while clay, from its fine state of division, and peculiar adhesiveness or plasticity, gives it a close-textured and retentive character, and their proper intermixture produces a light fertile loam, each tempering the peculiar properties of the other. ❋ Thomas Anderson (N/A)

Of certain things he knows the taste or adhesiveness. ❋ Frank Jewett Mather (N/A)

Where society has been disjointed and out of order, without bonds or adhesiveness, the Scriptures have been introduced, banishing disorder and bringing peace and good will to man. ❋ Various (N/A)

The presence of organic matter gives the wet clay a greater plasticity, probably because it forms a kind of mucilage which adds a certain viscosity and adhesiveness to the natural plasticity of the clay. ❋ Various (N/A)

A little boiled rice flour improves its adhesiveness for indoor use. ❋ Robert Elliott Flickinger (N/A)

The gliadin, a sort of plant gelatin, is the material which binds the flour particles together to form the dough, thus giving it tenacity and adhesiveness; and the glutenin is the material to which the gliadin adheres. ❋ Harry Snyder (N/A)

When done it should not be at all watery, nor yet dry, but have sufficient adhesiveness to stand well on a dish or buttered toast. ❋ Mrs. F.L. Gillette (N/A)

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