Dictionary Entry
mucous
mucous is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous substance. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 14 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, mucus; slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous; as, a mucous substance.
- 2adjective
Secreting a slimy or mucigenous substance; as, the mucous membrane.
- 3adjective
of or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus
"mucous tissue"
"mucous glands of the intestine"
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