Definitions for viscose

viscose vis·cose

Spelling: [vis-kohs]
IPA: /ˈvɪs koʊs/

Viscose is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in viscose (ceiossv).

Definitions for viscose

noun

  1. a viscous solution prepared by treating cellulose with caustic soda and carbon bisulfide: used in manufacturing regenerated cellulose fibers, sheets, or tubes, as rayon or cellophane.
  2. viscose rayon.

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or made from viscose.
  2. viscous.

Origin of viscose

1350-1400 for def 4; 1895-1900 for def 1; (in def 4) Late Latin viscōsus viscous (see -ose1); (in def 1) Latin visc(um) birdlime

Examples for viscose

Thus in the case of the wood celluloses the percentage recovered from solution as viscose is from 93 to 95 p.ct.

Plane or flat by solidifying the viscose on glass surfaces, removing the by-products and rolling the films.

The viscose threads made by the process look as well as silk, but they are not so strong, especially when wet.

The gills are said to be of one color and the ring floccose, viscose, and evanescent in drying.

viscose tubes for sausage containers are more sanitary and appetizing than the customary casings.

Was the viscose in the blanket that we have been examining lustered or delustered?

A report on the industrial development of viscose, covering essentially the same ground as the above.

Nitro and viscose silks are more brilliant and lustrous than are real silks.

But this effect equally follows from addition of alkali to the viscose itself.

viscose film, transparent and a thousandth of an inch thick (cellophane), serves for candy wrappers.

Word Value for viscose
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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