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Oily bend in pipe, perhaps, with suction breaking
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unctious
Word definitions for unctious in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unctious \Unc"tious\, a. Unctuous. [Obs.]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (obsolete form of unctuous English)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
common variant of unctuous c.1600-1725.
Usage examples of unctious.
The last channel bellowed out in the unctious but exuberant voice of Thrush Limburger.
It poured with unctious deliberation till the sack was empty, and the man held it up to show the powdered dust of dust clinging to the inside.
When the girls reached the wagon, a small, fat priest emerged and greeted them with an unctious, openmouthed smile.