Definition of VISCOID

viscoid

Plural: viscoids

Adj

  • Made of (composed of) viscoid (which is a powered amorphous form of cellulose).
  • Made from (derived from) viscose (which is a liquid made from cellulose).
  • Describing a type of motion involving the hydrodynamics of viscous fluids intermixing.
  • Misconstruction of viscous.

Noun

  • A powdered amorphous form of cellulose.

Adjective

  • Having a somewhat sticky or viscous consistency.

Examples

  • The score felt viscoid, slowly accumulating points without any big plays.

Origin / Etymology

By surface analysis, visco- + -oid; evidently independently coined several times by several scientists in the late nineteenth through early twentieth centuries.

Scrabble Score: 13

viscoid: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
viscoid: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
viscoid: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

viscoid: valid Words With Friends Word