saponaceous

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Wons puts them through a microphone in a voice hushed, saponaceous, insinuatingly folksy, with an ingratiating "Are yuh listenin'?" or "Isn't that pretty?"

From Time Magazine Archive

At the age of 37, Oumansky was Washington's youngest Ambassador�suave, saponaceous, brilliant and astute.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Russel greatly recommends the Use of Sea Water along with the saponaceous Medicines.

From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald

That one little cake saponaceous can make   When the soap slips under the tub— Blank!

From Tobogganing on Parnassus by Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce)

Some Mexican species produce pods that are boiled and eaten, and certain portions contain saponaceous properties.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William