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  • 51fatty — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. greasy, blubbery, fat, oleaginous, unctuous, lardaceous, adipose, suety, marbled; see also oily 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. adipose, blubbery, lardy, tallowy, marbled, greasy, oily. ANT.: lean III (Roget s… …

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  • 52greasy — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. creamy, fat, oleaginous, fatty; see oily 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. oily, fatty, buttery, lardy, oleaginous, slick, slippery, waxy, unctuous, smeared. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having the qualities… …

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  • 53oleaginous — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. suety, greasy, adipose; see fatty , oily 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Having the qualities of fat: adipose, fat, fatty, greasy, oily, unctuous. See FAT. 2. Affectedly and self servingly earnest: fulsome,… …

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  • 54Unctuousness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Unctuousness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 unctuousness unctuousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 unctuosity unctuosity lubricity Sgm: N 1 ointment ointment &c.(oil) 356 Sgm: N 1 anointment anointment Sgm: N …

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  • 55unction — [14] Unction was borrowed from Latin unctiō, a derivative of unguere ‘anoint’ (source also of English unguent [15]). This was descended from the same prehistoric ancestor as produced Welsh ymenyn ‘butter’. Unctuous [14], from the medieval Latin… …

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  • 56unctious — (adj.) common variant of UNCTUOUS (Cf. unctuous) c.1600 1725 …

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  • 57oily — a. 1. Unctuous, greasy, oleaginous, sebaceous, fatty, fat, oleose, oleous. 2. Unctuous, smooth, glib, lubricous, oleaginous, supple chapped, plausible. 3. Supple, compliant, subservient …

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  • 58oily — adjective 1) oily substances Syn: greasy, oleaginous, unctuous; technical sebaceous; formal pinguid 2) oily food Syn: greasy, fatty, buttery, swimming in oil/fat 3) he s an oily character …

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  • 59oily — adj 1. oil, oillike, oleaginous, oleoresinous. 2. greasy, greased, lubricated, lubricous, unctuous, unguinous, slippery, slithery, smooth; buttery, butyra ceous; fat, fatty, adipose, lardaceous, lardlike, lardy, pinguid, Physiol. sebaceous; soapy …

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  • 60oil — [[t]ɔɪl[/t]] n. 1) chem. any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water 2) chem. a substance of this or similar consistency 3) chem.… …

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