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Another word for greasy

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Adjective

  1. Having the qualities of fat

      1. Excessively ingratiating or insincerely earnest:
      2. Containing or composed of oil or fat.
      3. Having the quality or characteristics of oil or ointment; slippery.
      1. Of or relating to oil.
      2. Falsely or smugly earnest; unctuous:
      1. Of or relating to oil.
      2. Impregnated, smeared with, or containing oil; greasy.
      3. Excessively suave or ingratiating.
      1. Containing or composed of fat:
      2. Characteristic of fat; greasy.
      3. Derived from or chemically related to fat.
      1. The ester of glycerol and one, two, or three fatty acids.
      2. Any of various soft, solid, or semisolid organic compounds constituting the esters of glycerol and fatty acids and their associated organic groups.
      3. A mixture of such compounds occurring widely in organic tissue, especially in the adipose tissue of animals and in the seeds, nuts, and fruits of plants.
      1. Of, relating to, or composed of animal fat; fatty.
      2. The fat found in adipose tissue.
    See also:

    fat

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Another word for greasy

Modifier
      1. Containing or composed of fat:
      2. Characteristic of fat; greasy.
      3. Derived from or chemically related to fat.
      1. Of or relating to oil.
      2. Falsely or smugly earnest; unctuous:
      1. The ester of glycerol and one, two, or three fatty acids.
      2. Any of various soft, solid, or semisolid organic compounds constituting the esters of glycerol and fatty acids and their associated organic groups.
      3. A mixture of such compounds occurring widely in organic tissue, especially in the adipose tissue of animals and in the seeds, nuts, and fruits of plants.
      1. Rich in or resembling cream.
    See also:

    oily

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Sentence Examples

  • The diamond has also a somewhat greasy feel.

  • The pleasant odor of greasy viands mingled with the smell of smoke.

  • In the absence of dust and greasy contamination, the obliquely colliding jets may rebound from one another without coalescence for a considerable time.

  • The following results have been obtained Clean 74.o Greasy to the point where camphor motions nearly cease 53.o Saturated with olive oil 41.0 Saturated with sodium oleate 25 o (Phil.

  • This process with a moderate degree of heat thoroughly cleans it of external greasy matter, and all that is necessary before manufacturing is to gently tap the fur upon a leather cushion stuffed with horsehair with smooth canes of a flexibility suited to the strength of the fur.

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