Thesaurus / oily
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This bug repellant has a citrusy scent and doesn’t leave any oily residue after a generous mist.
HOW TO KEEP THINGS FROM BITING YOU THIS SUMMERAWEINBERGAUGUST 14, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEWith a 25 percent deet formula, the EPA-approved Cutter Backwoods Dry is less oily and less pungent than other similar sprays.
HOW TO KEEP THINGS FROM BITING YOU THIS SUMMERAWEINBERGAUGUST 14, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEMost of the brands I’ve tried are too oily, smell terrible or rely on a disconcertingly high quantity of deet for me to want to use regularly.
THIS DEET-FREE MOSQUITO SPRAY KEEPS BUGS FROM EATING ME UPMORGAN THOMPSONJULY 23, 2021THE DAILY BEASTPigskin is great for oily or wet situations, and elkskin is even better at resisting high temperatures than cow leather.
WELDING GLOVES TO KEEP YOU SAFE AND COMFORTABLE ON THE JOBPOPSCI COMMERCE TEAMFEBRUARY 9, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEWe stacked ingredients on the floor and pulled oily gray rags from a bag to wipe down counters.
THE TOXICITY OF RESTAURANT KITCHENS IS EXACTLY WHY I NEVER REPORTED ABUSESLINDSEY DANISFEBRUARY 4, 2021EATEROverall, winter weather calls for a heavier cream, but if you find it uncomfortable or just hate having oily hands, lighter gel-like textures may be better for you—though not as effective.
FIVE TIPS FOR TAKING CARE OF YOUR OVER-WASHED HANDSSANDRA GUTIERREZ G.DECEMBER 20, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEShe was in a dream of oily odours and monstrous iron constructions, dominated by the grand foreman: and Edwin was in the dream.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTCaptain Vane came from the observatory, his face blazing with excitement and oily with heat, to announce the fact.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEThe flavor is rich and mellow; a little more oily than Havana leaf.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.Immediately, the liquid became pure and colorless and the surface indicated a distinctly oily film.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO OILY
- affected
- artificial
- assuming
- bland
- canting
- captious
- caviling
- deceptive
- deluding
- dissembling
- double
- double-dealing
- duplicitous
- faithless
- false
- feigning
- fishy
- fraudulent
- glib
- hollow
- insincere
- jivey
- left-handed
- lying
- moralistic
- oily
- pharisaical
- phony
- pietistic
- pious
- sanctimonious
- self-righteous
- smooth
- smooth-spoken
- smooth-tongued
- snide
- specious
- spurious
- two-faced
- unctuous
- unnatural
- unreliable
- abject
- beggarly
- brown-nosing
- complacent
- compliable
- compliant
- cringing
- crouching
- deferential
- enslaved
- fawning
- flattering
- ingratiating
- kowtowing
- menial
- obeisant
- oily
- parasitic
- parasitical
- prostrate
- respectful
- servile
- slavish
- sneaking
- sniveling
- spineless
- stipendiary
- subject
- submissive
- subordinate
- subservient
- sycophantic
- toadying
- unctuous
- Pecksniffian
- affected
- artificial
- assuming
- bland
- canting
- captious
- caviling
- deceptive
- deluding
- dissembling
- double
- double-dealing
- duplicitous
- faithless
- false
- feigning
- fishy
- fraudulent
- glib
- hollow
- insincere
- jivey
- left-handed
- lying
- moralistic
- oily
- pharisaical
- phony
- pietistic
- pious
- sanctimonious
- self-righteous
- smooth
- smooth-spoken
- smooth-tongued
- snide
- specious
- spurious
- two-faced
- unctuous
- unnatural
- unreliable
- Pecksniffian
- affected
- artificial
- assuming
- bland
- canting
- captious
- caviling
- deceptive
- deluding
- dissembling
- double
- double-dealing
- duplicitous
- faithless
- false
- feigning
- fishy
- fraudulent
- glib
- hollow
- insincere
- jivey
- left-handed
- lying
- moralistic
- oily
- pharisaic
- phony
- pietistic
- pious
- sanctimonious
- self-righteous
- smooth
- smooth-spoken
- smooth-tongued
- snide
- specious
- spurious
- two-faced
- unctuous
- unnatural
- unreliable
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