захватывающий

1) General subject: absorbing, absorptive, all absorbing, all-absorbing, arresting, breath-taking, breathtaking, catching, cliff-hanging, engrossing, enthralling, exciting, nail-biting (фильм, книга и т.п.), red blooded, red-blooded, riveting, spectacular, spellbinding, suspenseful, taking, thrilling, zingy, dramatic, breath-catching, compelling

2) Colloquial: cliffhanging, unputdownable (о книге)

3) Military: locking-on

4) Chemistry: capturing, entraining, entrapping, grappling, stealing, taking hold, taking hold of

5) Religion: adventure, seizing

6) Jargon: frantic, wall-to-wall, hairy

7) Oil: latching on

8) Food industry: locking

9) Oilfield: gripping

10) Makarov: fascinating, pinching, prehensile, suspenseful (о фильме, приключенческой книге и т.п.)