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All mucus synonyms

mu·cus
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noun mucus

  • sludge — mud, mire, or ooze; slush.
  • mud — wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
  • goo — a thick or sticky substance: Wash that goo off your hands.
  • gunk — any sticky or greasy residue or accumulation: gunk on the oil filter.
  • saliva — a viscid, watery fluid, secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands, that functions in the tasting, chewing, and swallowing of food, moistens the mouth, and starts the digestion of starches.
  • bile — Bile is a liquid produced by your liver which helps you to digest fat.
  • mire — a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
  • scum — a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
  • ooze — (of moisture, liquid, etc.) to flow, percolate, or exude slowly, as through holes or small openings.
  • fungus — any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single-celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic material in which they grow, comprising the mushrooms, molds, mildews, smuts, rusts, and yeasts, and classified in the kingdom Fungi or, in some classification systems, in the division Fungi (Thallophyta) of the kingdom Plantae.
  • glop — unappetizing food, especially of a semiliquid consistency.
  • gum — Often, gums. Also called gingiva. the firm, fleshy tissue covering the alveolar parts of either jaw and enveloping the necks of the teeth.
  • juice — the natural fluid, fluid content, or liquid part that can be extracted from a plant or one of its parts, especially of a fruit: orange juice.
  • sweat — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
  • sap — Fortification. a deep, narrow trench constructed so as to form an approach to a besieged place or an enemy's position.
  • milk — cow's milk for food
  • tears — the act of tearing.
  • secretion — (in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
  • phlegm — the thick mucus secreted in the respiratory passages and discharged through the mouth, especially that occurring in the lungs and throat passages, as during a cold.
  • lubricant — a substance, as oil or grease, for lessening friction, especially in the working parts of a mechanism.
  • coating — A coating of a substance is a thin layer of it spread over a surface.
  • slime — thin, glutinous mud.
  • liquid — composed of molecules that move freely among themselves but do not tend to separate like those of gases; neither gaseous nor solid.
  • muck — moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
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