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  • 11Henry Jones Thaddeus — (1859 ndash; 1929) was a realist and portrait painter born and trained in County Cork, Ireland. Early life and education Born Henry Thaddeus Jones, he entered the Cork School of Art when he was only ten years old. There he would study under the… …

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  • 12adhesive — 1. Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an adhesion. 2. Any material that adheres to a surface or causes adherence between surfaces. * * * ad·he·sive hē siv, ziv adj 1 a) tending to adhere or cause adherence <adhesive resins> b)… …

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  • 13tenacious — Sticky; denoting tenacity. [L. tenax (tenac ), fr. teneo, to hold] * * * te·na·cious tə nā shəs adj tending to adhere or cling esp. to another substance: VISCOUS <coughed up 150 cc. of thick tenacious sputum (Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.)> * * * …

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  • 14ropy — also rop·ey rō pē adj, rop·i·er; est 1) capable of being drawn into a thread: VISCOUS also tending to adhere in stringy masses 2) having a gelatinous or slimy quality from bacterial or fungal contamination <ropy milk> rop·i·ness n …

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  • 15adhesive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sticky, gluey, tenacious. n. adherent; glue, cement, etc. See coherence. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. adhering, adherent, sticking, sticky, glutinous, resinous, gummy, viscid, viscous, gluey,… …

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  • 16adhesional — adj. tending to adhere …

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  • 17adhesive — ad he·sive || sɪv n. adhesive substance, substance which causes one thing to stick to another, glue adj. tending to adhere, sticky; tenacious …

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  • 18adhesives — ad he·sive || sɪv n. adhesive substance, substance which causes one thing to stick to another, glue adj. tending to adhere, sticky; tenacious …

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  • 19legalistic — adj. tending to adhere to the law or to a particular set of rules …

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  • 20adhesive — a. 1. Sticking, clinging, tending to adhere. 2. Sticky, tenacious, viscid, viscous, glutinous, gummy …

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