gluelike

There was nothing to indicate that any gluelike medium had been used to mount the spheres and hold them in their places.

Early forms of rubber had many gluelike properties-, especially in hot weather.

The eggs are coated with a gluelike substance that adheres them to the hair shaft.

The blood had congealed to a tacky, gluelike consistency.

But gluelike, the sweaty sand clung tight, and he succeeded only in spreading it around.

The gel is a gluelike substance being touted as an elixir for lined eyes.

Hair in front must be swept up in spikes and anointed with a gluelike lotion.

Geckos don't use suction, or friction or some kind of gluelike secretion.

With a cotton swab, she applied the base, a clear, sticky balm with a gluelike smell.

On the other hand, a strangely conceived raviolo is stuffed with a turgid, almost gluelike filling of chocolate and banana.

Effectively controlling a passing offense always requires combining a harassing pass rush with gluelike pass coverage.

Eventually the expository language, gluelike attention to the three leads and concentration on still lifes makes "Stealing Sinatra" more diorama than movie.

At pulp mills, one of the biggest headaches and costs involves the removal of lignin, a gluelike polymer that helps trees stand upright, among other things.

The space agency had determined more than 20 years ago that a gluelike material called MA-25S could be used to patch the space shuttle's heat-resistant tiles during missions.

The thyroid gland consists of millions of tiny hormone-producing follicles, each filled with a colloidal (that is, jellylike) substance called, simply enough, qollaidf "gluelike" G ) .

With all the care of a parent tending its child, Drizzt placed the head against the body and began the painstaking task of spreading the gluelike poultice about its perimeter.

The researchers noticed one morning that three small colonies of brain coral in a tropical aquarium had moved half a foot or so during the night, and had become attached by a gluelike substance to a rock.

When teeth are not adequately cleaned, especially around the gum line and between adjacent teeth, colonies of destructive bacteria can take up residence in gluelike deposits called dental plaque and gradually erode the gum tissue.

Without this precaution the wall would crumble into dust before reaching half an inch in height; but the insect pours over the earthen grains a sticky secretion, turning each grain round and round until it has been overspread with the gluelike liquid.

Crunchy on the outside, moist inside, the cakes made a big hit, as did a miraculously light version of that often gluelike Southern favorite, banana pudding, made by Dana Logsdon of La Spiga Bakery in New Orleans.

The babu's known characteristics are his gluelike adherence to "the chair" - a job, the status, the petty authority, the deference - and his lordly indifference to performance, as long as politicians favoring him are not displeased or his job is not under threat.

Heidi Xu, the artist who supervised the application, said the hardest part was the "acrobatics" required as she and her assistants leaned, hung upside down or stretched from the scaffolding to gently brush on the gluelike sizing that held the delicate leafing on the copper dome.