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  • 111green — Synonyms and related words: Astroturf, a novice at, a stranger to, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acescent, adolescent, aestival, alive, amateur, amateurish, artificial turf, artless, at half cock, awkward, befoolable, beryl green, berylline,… …

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  • 112jelly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gelatin, aspic; jam, preserve; mush. See food. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Jam] Syn. jell, extract, preserve, geLatin, pulp, mass, pectin; see also jam 1 . 2. [Cream] Syn. ointment, unction, balm; see… …

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  • 113oil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. grease (see oil); oil paint (see painting). v. lubricate, grease (See oil); placate, flatter. See flattery, smoothness, servility. II Friction reducing fluid Nouns …

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  • 114petroleum jelly — pe,troleum jelly noun uncount a soft transparent substance used as a LUBRICANT to make surfaces move smoothly together and as an OINTMENT for the skin …

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  • 115unguent — [ ʌŋgwənt] noun a soft greasy or viscous substance used as ointment or for lubrication. Origin ME: from L. unguentum, from unguere anoint …

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  • 116paraffin — n. one of a series of hydrocarbons derived from petroleum. Paraffin wax (hard paraffin), a whitish mixture of solid hydrocarbons melting at 45–60°C, is used in medicine mainly as a base for ointments; it is also used for embedding specimens for… …

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  • 117petroleum jelly — UK / US noun [uncountable] a soft transparent substance used as a lubricant to make surfaces move smoothly together, and used as an ointment for the skin …

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  • 118unguent — /ˈʌŋgwənt / (say unggwuhnt), /ˈʌndʒənt/ (say unjuhnt) noun any soft preparation or salve, usually of butter like consistency, applied to sores, etc.; an ointment. {Middle English, from Latin unguentum} –unguentary, adjective …

  • 119unguent — ► NOUN ▪ a soft greasy or viscous substance used as ointment or for lubrication. ORIGIN Latin unguentum, from unguere anoint …

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  • 120face cream — noun a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin • Syn: ↑cold cream, ↑coldcream, ↑vanishing cream • Hypernyms: ↑cream, ↑ointment, ↑emollient * * * face cream …

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