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  • 61oil — /ɔɪl / (say oyl) noun 1. any of a large class of hydrocarbons or esters typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether and other organic solvents, but not in water, which are used for anointing,… …

  • 62ἀλειμματῶδες — ἀλειμματώδης unctuous masc/fem voc sg ἀλειμματώδης unctuous neut nom/voc/acc sg …

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  • 63oily — [adj1] fatty, greasy adipose, buttery, creamy, lardy, lubricant, lubricative, lubricous, lustrous, oiled, oil soaked, oleaginous, polished, rich, saponaceous, sleek, slippery, smeary, smooth, soapy, soothing, swimming, unctuous, waxy; concepts… …

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  • 64unction — [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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  • 65fulsomely — adverb in an unctuous manner • Syn: ↑unctuously, ↑smarmily • Derived from adjective: ↑fulsome, ↑smarmy (for: ↑smarmily), ↑unctuous ( …

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  • 66smarmily — adverb in an unctuous manner • Syn: ↑unctuously, ↑fulsomely • Derived from adjective: ↑fulsome (for: ↑fulsomely), ↑smarmy, ↑unctuous ( …

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  • 67unctuously — adverb in an unctuous manner • Syn: ↑smarmily, ↑fulsomely • Derived from adjective: ↑fulsome (for: ↑fulsomely), ↑smarmy (for: ↑ …

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  • 68unctuosity — ˌəŋ(k)chəˈwäsəd.ē, sətē, i noun ( es) Etymology: Middle English unctuosite, from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French unctuosité, from Medieval Latin unctuositat , unctuositas, from unctuosus unctuous + Latin itat , itas ity : the… …

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  • 69Adipocere — Ad i*po*cere , n. [L. adeps, adipis, fat + cera wax: cf. F. adipocere.] A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by… …

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  • 70Aglossa pinguinalis — Grease Grease (gr[=e]s), n. [OE. grese, grece, F. graisse; akin to gras fat, greasy, fr. LL. grassus thick, fat, gross, L. crassus. Cf. {Crass}.] 1. Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any… …

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