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Petrolatum :: Petrolatum (n.) A semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without taste or odor, derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter portions and purifying the residue. It is a yellowish, fatlike mass, transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent. It is used as a bland protective dressing, and as a substitute for fatty materials in ointments..

Oily :: Oily (superl.) Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or substance..

Ointment :: Ointment (n.) That which serves to anoint; any soft unctuous substance used for smearing or anointing; an unguent.

Oil :: Oil (n.) Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol..

Grease :: Grease (n.) Animal fat, as tallow or lard, especially when in a soft state; oily or unctuous matter of any kind..

Smear :: Smear (n.) Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain..

Anoint :: Anoint (v. t.) To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil..

Oleaginous :: Oleaginous (a.) Having the nature or qualities of oil; oily; unctuous.

Smear :: Smear (n.) To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil..

Butter :: Butter (n.) An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning..

Unctuosity :: Unctuosity (n.) Quality or state of being unctuous.

Greasiness :: Greasiness (n.) The quality or state of being greasy, oiliness; unctuousness; grossness..

Creamy :: Creamy (a.) Full of, or containing, cream; resembling cream, in nature, appearance, or taste; creamlike; unctuous..

Greasy :: Greasy (superl.) Like grease or oil; smooth; seemingly unctuous to the touch, as is mineral soapstone..

Cerate :: Cerate (n.) An unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin..

Petrostearine :: Petrostearine (n.) A solid unctuous material, of which candles are made..

Unguinous :: Unguinous (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, fat or oil; oily; unctuous; oleaginous..

Maltha :: Maltha (n.) A variety of bitumen, viscid and tenacious, like pitch, unctuous to the touch, and exhaling a bituminous odor..

Fat :: Fat (superl.) Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food.

Pinguid :: Pinguid (a.) Fat; unctuous; greasy.

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