He did not appreciate that the carefully designed adhesive qualities of napalm would render such precautions totally ineffective.

She tried to pull her face free, but the natural adhesive qualities of his hands held it fast.

Too much heat results in a product with reduced adhesive qualities.

On contact with air, the long-chain polymer knits and forms an extremely tough, flexible fiber with extraordinary adhesive qualities.

Many Chinese worry that the social contract is collapsing, for the old glue that held society together - Communism - has lost its adhesive qualities.

The complete story was never this simple: but the image had adhesive quality.

This lessens the adhesive quality in the first place and makes tape and stickers easier to remove.

Manure should be as fresh as possible when mixed with plaster, as composted manure loses its enzymes and adhesive qualities.

The results in the two Tests were poor and there was criticism of his captaincy, but Rabone's own adhesive qualities seemed undiminished.

The droplets of nerve agent contained molecular trace quantities of polymerized rubber, giving the aerosol an adhesive quality.