Slime

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Slime or slimy may refer to:

Science and technology

Biology

  • Slime coat, the coating of mucus covering the body of all fish
  • Slime mold, an informal name for several eukaryotic organisms
  • Biofilm, or slime, a syntrophic community of microorganisms in which cells stick to each other
  • Slimy (fish), also known as the ponyfish
  • Snail slime, the mucus produced by snails
  • Subsurface lithoautotrophic microbial ecosystem, or SLiMEs, a type of endolithic ecosystems

Chemistry

  • Gunge, or slime, a thick, gooey, yet runny substance used in children's TV programmes
  • Flubber (material), a rubbery polymer commonly called slime
  • Tailings, or slimes, a waste material left after the process of separation of ores

Computing

  • SLIME (Superior Lisp Interaction Mode for Emacs), an Emacs mode for developing Common Lisp applications

Arts and entertainment

  • Slime (band), a German punk rock band 1979–1994
  • Slime (musician) (Wilma Archer, born 1991), English record producer and multi-instrumentalist
  • Slime (Dragon Quest), a species of monster in the game franchise
    • Slime (series), a series of games from Dragon Quest
  • Slime (video game), 1982
  • "Slime", or "Mire", a short story by Anton Chekhov
  • "Slime", a 1953 novelette by Joseph Payne Brennan
  • Slimey the Worm, pet of Oscar the Grouch in Sesame Street

Other uses

  • Slime (toy), a viscous, oozing green material
  • Slime, a settlement in Omiš, Croatia

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Slime
  • All pages with titles containing Slime
  • Blob (disambiguation)
  • Green slime (disambiguation)
  • Pink slime (disambiguation)
  • Oobleck (disambiguation)
  • Slimer, a green ghost in Ghostbusters
  • Slime ball (disambiguation)
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