Definition of VISCOID

viscoid

Meanings

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.

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

Words With Friends Score: 15

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