adhesiveness

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Scrabble points: 19
Words With Friends: 20
Letters: 12

Definition of adhesiveness

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noun

(uncountable, usually)the quality of being, or the degree to which a thing is, adhesive

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin adhaesivusbor. French adhésifder. English adhesive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English adhesiveness From adhesive + -ness.

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200+ playable · top: HEAVINESSES (17 pts)

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11-letter words

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HEADINESSES 15 pts

10-letter words

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AVIDNESSES 14 pts

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8-letter words

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7-letter words

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6-letter words

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5-letter words

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