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| aardvark |
a large mammal with a long snout, long ears, a long tail, and with long fur mostly around its legs. Aardvarks are active at night, when they use their powerful claws to dig open ant or termite nests. They catch their food with their long, sticky tongue. Aardvarks live in southern and central Africa. Although they are sometimes called anteaters, aardvarks are not closely related to any other kind of mammal. |
| adhesive |
a sticky substance such as glue. [1/2 definitions] |
| adhesive bandage |
a small piece of cloth or plastic with a sticky material on one side. You use an adhesive bandage to cover a wound and keep it clean. |
| adhesive tape |
a long, thin piece of cloth or plastic with a sticky material on one side. You use adhesive tape to attach things to each other. |
| alkyd |
one of a group of sticky resins used in the manufacture of adhesives and paints. |
| ant bear |
a large, toothless, ant-eating mammal with a long snout, a sticky, extendable tongue, and a long shaggy tail; great anteater. [1/2 definitions] |
| anteater |
a mammal that uses its long, sticky tongue to eat ants and termites. True anteaters have no teeth, are furry, and live in Central or South America. They are related to armadillos and sloths. Other kinds of mammals that eat ants are also sometimes called anteaters, but they are not related to American anteaters. |
| asphalt |
a black, sticky substance that is mixed with small rocks and becomes hard. People use asphalt to make roads. |
| birdlime |
a sticky substance, made from plants such as holly or mistletoe, that is smeared on branches and twigs to catch small birds when they alight. [1/2 definitions] |
| catchfly |
any of various plants that secrete a sticky fluid to catch small insects. |
| cement |
a sticky material, such as paste or glue, that gets hard when it dries. [1/3 definitions] |
| chewing gum |
a soft and sticky product used for prolonged chewing, usu. made of chicle that has been sweetened and flavored. |
| clammy |
unpleasantly moist, cool, and sticky. [1/2 definitions] |
| clog |
to become blocked with sticky matter. [1/3 definitions] |
| daub |
to smear or cover with something soft and sticky, such as paint. [1/2 definitions] |
| demulcent |
an oily or sticky substance used esp. to soothe irritation in mucous membranes. [1/2 definitions] |
| ethylene glycol |
a colorless sticky liquid, used esp. as an antifreeze. |
| flypaper |
paper with a sticky, sometimes poisonous coating, often hung in narrow strips from the ceiling, to catch and kill flies. |
| glop |
(informal) any messy, gooey, sticky substance, thick liquid, or the like. |
| glue |
a thick, sticky liquid used to join things together. [1/2 definitions] |
| gluey |
like glue; sticky. [1/2 definitions] |
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