slipperiness
121slippery — having a slippery surface, c.1500, from M.E. sliper (adj.), from O.E. slipor slippery (see SLIP (Cf. slip) (v.)) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Metaphoric sense of deceitful is first recorded 1550s. Related: Slipperiness. In a figurative sense, slippery slope… …
122greasiness — greas·i·ness || grɪËsɪnɪs n. quality of being oily or fatty in appearance or texture, slipperiness …
123lubricity — lu·bric·i·ty || luË brɪsÉ™tɪ n. slipperiness, greasiness; instability; wantonness; crudeness; lasciviousness …
124slickness — n. slipperiness; smoothness; deceitfulness, slyness …
125runway-friction reports and advisories — Runway friction reports quantify the slipperiness of pavement surfaces. Runway friction is indicated by the Greek letter μ (mu). Its value ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 is the lowest friction and 100 is the maximum value that can be obtained. The …
126“In Memory of Radio” — by Amiri Baraka (1959) First appearing in White Dove Review in 1959, “In Memory of Radio” is perhaps amiri baraka’s (LeRoi Jones) most famous poem. Later collected in preface to a twenty volume suicide note, this work connects Baraka’s… …
127autobiography — While critiques of intentionalism and representationalism may have pointed to the impossibility of unmediated self expression, autobiography has proved a resilient genre in recent years, even emerging on the cutting edge of critical theory.… …
128eel — noun a snake like fish with a slender elongated body and poorly developed fins, proverbial for its slipperiness. [Anguilla anguilla (Europe) and related species, order Anguilliformes.] ↘used in names of unrelated fishes that resemble the true… …
