Word Finder - sticky

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A sticky note, such as a post-it note.

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Her desk is covered with yellow stickies.

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A discussion thread fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.

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A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper.

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A sweet dessert wine.

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(bulletin boards) to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.

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Able or likely to stick.

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Is this tape sticky enough to stay on that surface?

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Potentially difficult to escape from.

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This is a sticky situation. We could be in this for weeks if we're not careful.

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Of weather, hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.

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(of a setting) Persistent.

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We should make the printing direction sticky so the user doesn't have to keep setting it.

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(of a window) Appearing on all virtual desktops.

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(of threads on a bulletin board) Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.

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(of a website) Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving.

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A woman has come to me with the complaint that her website is not sticky: 70% of the visits last 30 seconds or less.

He dropped the sticky pouch in her hand.

The evening was sticky and hot.

Lipglass is a sticky, color-rich, long-lasting gloss with moisturizers.

In the wet this can get a bit sticky.

The hunt is on but the weather is too hot and sticky.

This is a specialist blend of molasses, the black sticky co-product of cane sugar refining and vegetable oils.

Mix well until it gets quite runny and sticky.

This is a blue, clear liquid, which feels slightly sticky.

Not too sticky, just enough to hold it to the screen well.

More soon... July 21st 2002 It's pretty sticky here in Orange County, which I guess is what you'd expect.

Care must be taken to avoid Fly Strike in animals with urine scald or sticky bottom.

It seemed to secrete a sticky slime, and had nine holes along each side of its mouth.

But no, they're leather pads, just rather sticky ones.

A very sticky finish can be achieved by heating the tray on the stove.

Asking for specific tests or treatments gets pretty sticky.

Fluid builds up inside the middle ear and goes sticky like glue.

I'm a young boy feasting on pancakes dripping in sticky maple syrup.

There's also a children's menu and a choice of mouth-watering desserts including apple tart, bread-and-butter pudding and sticky toffee pudding.

If copies were made on the sticky chemical paper used by a lot of microfilm readers it's easy for pages to stick together.

It leaves sticky residues that are not easy to remove from the contact surfaces.

Mobile phones come to mind immediately as a channel that can prove as sticky as American cheese.

The squares were mounted on 12mm diameter sticky carbon tabs which in turn were mounted on 10mm diameter aluminum tabs.

Anyway, we checked in and then went to the restaurant where I had sticky rice and... yes you guessed it... som tam!

No sooner had the rogue removed the last of the sticky tendrils from his face then the mage cast another spell.

When an insect lands on a sundew, its legs and wings get caught on the sticky tipped tentacles like flies on fly paper.

Perhaps turn this into it's own sticky thread?

Fran's suggestions are steak and mushroom pie and Banoffi pie, sticky toffee and banana pudding, not everybody's cup of tea.

They detect their prey by movement and have a long sticky tongue which can shoot out to grab the prey.

Pools of tar, like puddles of black sticky treacle had erupted on the roads in the City.

A lead of 38 runs on a sticky wicket with more rain on the cards looked like a winning lead for England.

An individually gift-wrapped mini sticky willy that the hens will just love to feel and fondle.

Lehm; the ultimate origin is the root lai-, meaning "to be sticky," which is seen in the cognate "lime," Lat.

If copies were made on the sticky chemical paper used by a lot of microfilm readers it 's easy for pages to stick together.

Frames and hive parts are glued together by the bees with propolis - a sticky resinous substance collected from trees and buds.

Make badges by sticking safety pins to the back of the cut-outs with sticky tape Decorate your windows, doors, or room generally !

He was vaguely aware of how sticky his hands were as he pushed himself down the steep saw-toothed roof.

All the dirt is scraped off with the sticky oil.

Anyway, we checked in and then went to the restaurant where I had sticky rice and... yes you guessed it... som tam !

Sooty mold - Black fungus on foliage caused by sticky secretions from aphids.

It 's got everything from how two people can become a giant spider to the best way to make huge sticky lakes of blood.

To miss the debris under the railroad bridges, you have to get near to these sticky out bits of rail line.

So Emma and I stopped into a coffee shop to have a warm drink and a sticky bun.

It causes the muscles in these tubes to contract, the tubes themselves to swell and also causes sticky mucus to be produced.

Attach to surfaces using double sided sticky pads, or similar.

Its extremely sticky, gluing together any target 's feet and hands to the pavement.

But no, they 're leather pads, just rather sticky ones.

More soon... July 21st 2002 It 's pretty sticky here in Orange County, which I guess is what you 'd expect.

Some patients complain of a sticky, stringy mucous discharge.

I 'm a young boy feasting on pancakes dripping in sticky maple syrup.

The purses of the thornback ray are around 60mm long with pointed corners, rather than the sticky threads found in dogfish.