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Another word for slimy

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slimy

modif.

oozy, miry, mucky; see muddy 1, 2.

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Another word for slimy

adjective

Of, relating to, or covered with slime:

miry, mucky, oozy, sludgy, slushy. See clean

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The raindrops were heavier now, working the mud on her face into a slimy mess.
By this means, not only is all the slimy glutinous adherent matter thoroughly separated, but the subsequent processes of breaking and scutching are much facilitated.
I'm not going to deal with the slimy feds when I can kill bad guys.
Mucins occur in most of the slimy fluids of the body; they vary in composition with their source.
These enter the root-hairs of leguminous plants, and passing down the hair in the form of a long, slimy (zoogloea) thread, penetrate the tissues of the root.

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