Sentence example with the word 'greasiness'

greasiness

downiness, fatness, flatness, glabriety, glossiness, lubricity, pinguidity, richness, saponacity, sebaceousness, sleekness, slipperiness, soapiness, unctuousness, velvetiness

Definition n. consisting of or covered with oil

Last update: July 23, 2015


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The general characters of a soap are a certain greasiness to the touch, ready solubility in water, with formation of viscid solutions which on agitation yield a tenacious froth or " lather," an indisposition to crystallize, readiness to amalgamate with small proportions of hot water into homogeneous slimes, which on cooling set into jellies or more or less consistent pastes.   [Please select]

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There should be no greasiness in the sample, but when pressed between finger and thumb it must be firm and dry.   [Please select]

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Two things, however, struck me in New York which I had not heard of by report: the greasiness of the streets, transforming every automobile into a skidding death-trap at the least sign of moisture, and the leisureliness of the road-works.   [Please select]

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MOIST GLAZE, GREASINESS OF SURFACE.   [Please select]

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Sometimes the greasiness does not develop until the rubber has been out of the smoke-house for a day or two.   [Please select]

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