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Word Meanings - OILY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or substance. Bacon. 2. Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil; as, an oily appearance. 3. Smoothly subservient; supple;

Additional info about word: OILY

1. Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or substance. Bacon. 2. Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil; as, an oily appearance. 3. Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible; insinuating. "This oily rascal." Shak. His oily compliance in all alterations. Fuller. Oily grain , the sesame. -- Oily palm, the oil palm.

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  • SMOOTHEN
    To make smooth.
  • FLATTER
    1. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens. A flat-faced fulling hammer. A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc.
  • BLANDLY
    In a bland manner; mildly; suavely.
  • SMOOTHNESS
    Quality or state of being smooth.
  • BLANDNESS
    The state or quality of being bland.
  • FAWNINGLY
    In a fawning manner.
  • PLAINTIVE
    1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. Dryden. 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. "The most plaintive ditty." Landor. -- Plain"tive*ly, adv. -- Plain"tive*ness, n.
  • POLISHMENT
    The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.
  • LEVELER
    1. One who, or that which, levels. 2. One who would remove social inequalities or distinctions; a socialist.
  • LEVEL
    libella level, water level, a plumb level, dim. of libra pound, measure for liquids, balance, water poise, level. Cf. Librate, 1. A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is
  • PLAINTIFF
    One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to Ant: defendant. (more info) French equiv. to plaignant complainant, prosecutor, fr. plaindre. See
  • FLATTERY
    The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artiful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise. Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. Rambler. Flattery corrupts both the receiver
  • SMOOTH-CHINNED
    Having a smooth chin; beardless. Drayton.
  • OLEAGINOUSNESS
    Oiliness. Boyle.
  • SMOOTHLY
    In a smooth manner.
  • POLISHED
    Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse.
  • GRADUATED
    Tapered; -- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer. Graduated tube, bottle, cap, or glass, a vessel, usually of glass, having horizontal marks upon its sides, with figures, to indicate the
  • PLAINT
    A private memorial tendered to a court, in which a person sets forth his cause of action; the exhibiting of an action in writing. Blackstone. (more info) planctum , to beat, beat the breast, lament. Cf. 1. Audible expression of sorrow;
  • PLAINLY
    In a plain manner; clearly.
  • FLATTERINGLY
    With flattery.
  • BEFLATTER
    To flatter excessively.
  • SEA LEVEL
    The level of the surface of the sea; any surface on the same level with the sea.
  • REPOLISH
    To polish again.
  • OUTFAWN
    To exceed in fawning.
  • CHAMPLAIN PERIOD
    A subdivision of the Quaternary age immediately following the Glacial period; -- so named from beds near Lake Champlain. Note: The earlier deposits of this period are diluvial in character, as if formed in connection with floods attending
  • UNDERFURROW
    To cover as under a furrow; to plow in; as, to underfurrow seed or manure.
  • EXPLAIN
    out+plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF. esplaner, 1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf. Evelyn. 2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear

 

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