Definition of oily

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Oily (superl.) Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible; insinuating.

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Dodecane :: Dodecane (n.) Any one of a group of thick oily hydrocarbons, C12H26, of the paraffin series..
Carvacrol :: Carvacrol (n.) A thick oily liquid, C10H13.OH, of a strong taste and disagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway (Carum carui)..
Oleosity :: Oleosity (n.) The state or quality of being oily or fat; fatness.
Caoutchin :: Caoutchin (n.) An inflammable, volatile, oily, liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc..
Assoilzie :: Assoilzie (v. t.) Alt. of Assoilyi.
Rubidine :: Rubidine (n.) A nitrogenous base homologous with pyridine, obtained from coal tar as an oily liquid, C11H17N; also, any one of the group od metameric compounds of which rubidine is the type..
Soily :: Soily (a.) Dirty; soiled.
Furfurol :: Furfurol (n.) A colorless oily liquid, C4H3O.CHO, of a pleasant odor, obtained by the distillation of bran, sugar, etc., and regarded as an aldehyde derivative of furfuran; -- called also furfural..
Demulcent :: Demulcent (n.) A substance, usually of a mucilaginous or oily nature, supposed to be capable of soothing an inflamed nervous membrane, or protecting it from irritation. Gum Arabic, glycerin, olive oil, etc., are demulcents..
Viridine :: Viridine (n.) A greenish, oily, nitrogenous hydrocarbon, C12H19N7, obtained from coal tar, and probably consisting of a mixture of several metameric compounds which are higher derivatives of the base pyridine..
Bantingism :: Bantingism (n.) A method of reducing corpulence by avoiding food containing much farinaceous, saccharine, or oily matter; -- so called from William Banting of London..
Isoprene :: Isoprene (n.) An oily, volatile hydrocarbon, obtained by the distillation of caoutchouc or guttaipercha..
Oily :: Oily (superl.) Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible; insinuating.
Cetene :: Cetene (n.) An oily hydrocarbon, C16H32, of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti..
Oleous :: Oleous (a.) Oily.
Brazil Nut :: Brazil nut () An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa; the cream nut..
Indoxyl :: Indoxyl (n.) A nitrogenous substance, C8H7NO, isomeric with oxindol, obtained as an oily liquid..
Cumene :: Cumene (n.) A colorless oily hydrocarbon, C6H5.C3H7, obtained by the distillation of cuminic acid; -- called also cumol..
Doily :: Doily (n.) A small napkin, used at table with the fruit, etc.; -- commonly colored and fringed..
Isethionic :: Isethionic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid, HO.C2H4.SO3H, obtained as an oily or crystalline substance, by the action of sulphur trioxide on alcohol or ether. It is derivative of sulphuric acid..
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