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Unctious :: Unctious (a.) Unctuous.

Unctuous :: Unctuous (a.) Bland; suave; also, tender; fervid; as, an unctuous speech; sometimes, insincerely suave or fervid..

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

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

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

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

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..

Pipe Clay :: Pipe clay () A plastic, unctuous clay of a grayish white color, -- used in making tobacco pipes and various kinds of earthenware, in scouring cloth, and in cleansing soldiers' equipments..

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

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

Unctuous :: Unctuous (a.) Having a smooth, greasy feel, as certain minerals..

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..

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

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

Adipocere :: Adipocere (n.) 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 burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration..

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

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

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

Unctuous :: Unctuous (a.) Of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; fatty; oily; greasy.

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