Slime

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

Toys

• Slime (toy), a viscous, oozing green material
• Slime (homemade toy), a viscous material which is made as a toy

Characters

• Slime (monster), a type of creature in fantasy media
• Slime (Dragon Quest), a species of monster in the game franchise
• Slimey the Worm, pet of Oscar the Grouch in Sesame Street

Music

• Slime (band), a German punk rock band 1979–1994
• Slime (musician) (Wilma Archer, born 1991), English record producer and multi-instrumentalist

Literature

• "Slime", or "Mire", a short story by Anton Chekhov
• "Slime", a 1953 novelette by Joseph Payne Brennan

Video games

• Slime (series), a series of games from Dragon Quest
• Slime (video game), 1982

Other uses

• Slime, Croatia, a village near Omiš

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)
• Sliime, British rapper