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

Film

  • Slime (film), an American animated film

Other uses

  • Slime, Croatia, a village near Omiš

See also

  • Blob (disambiguation)
  • Green slime (disambiguation)
  • Pink slime (disambiguation)
  • Oobleck (disambiguation)
  • Slimer, a green ghost in Ghostbusters
  • Slime ball (disambiguation)
  • Sliime, British rapper