Crossword clues for lanolin
lanolin
- Laughing out loud about article in woolly extract
- Tips of nectarine and orange, all cooking in fat
- Lotion ingredient
- Skin cream ingredient
- Shaving cream additive
- Lip balm ingredient
- Wool extract
- Soap additive
- Lotion ingredient, perhaps
- Skin cream
- Wool product
- Shoe polish ingredient
- Fat extracted from wool
- Yellow viscous oil from animals — in on all (anag)
- Wool wax
- Wool byproduct
- Waxy substance in wool
- Substance obtained from wool
- Lip gloss ingredient
- Hand cream
- Cosmetics protectant
- Ointment ingredient
- Wool derivative
- Wool fat used in ointments
- Lipstick ingredient
- Ointment base
- Stuff used to soften baseball mitts
- An emollient containing wool fat (a fatty substance obtained from the wool of sheep)
- Used in some ointments and cosmetics
- A mixture of fatty acids and esters
- A yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool
- Cosmetic ingredient
- Base for cosmetics
- A base for cosmetics
- Wool grease
- Ointment containing wool fat
- Oil on sheep's wool
- Oil extracted from wool
- Secretion on wool
- Fat from sheep placed across tips of noisettes of lamb
- Yellow viscous oil from animals - in on all
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lanolin \Lan"o*lin\ (l[a^]n"[-o]*l[i^]n), n. [L. lana wool + oleum oil.] (Physiol. Chem.) A peculiar fatlike body, made up of cholesterin and certain fatty acids, found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues generally.
Note: Under the same name, it is prepared from wool for commercial purposes, and forms an admirable basis for ointments, being readily absorbed by the skin.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. A greasy yellow substance chemically akin to wax that is secreted from wooly animals, with a variety of uses from rust prevention, lubrication and waterproofing to cosmetics and skin ointments.
WordNet
n. a yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool; a mixture of fatty acids and esters; used in some ointments and cosmetics [syn: wool fat, wool grease]
an emollient containing wool fat (a fatty substance obtained from the wool of sheep)
Wikipedia
Lanolin (from Latin lāna, ‘wool’, and oleum, ‘oil’), also called wool wax or wool grease, is a wax secreted by the sebaceous glands of wool-bearing animals. Lanolin used by humans comes from domestic sheep breeds that are raised specifically for their wool. Historically, many pharmacopoeias have referred to lanolin as wool fat ( adeps lanae); however, as lanolin lacks glycerides (glycerol esters), it is not a true fat. Lanolin primarily consists of sterol esters instead. Lanolin's waterproofing property aids sheep in shedding water from their coats. Certain breeds of sheep produce large amounts of lanolin. There is an inverse correlation between fiber diameter and wool wax content.
Lanolin’s role in nature is to protect wool and skin against the ravages of climate and the environment; it also seems to play a role in skin ( integumental) hygiene. Lanolin and its many derivatives are used extensively in products designed for the protection, treatment and beautification of human skin.
Usage examples of "lanolin".
Its bhederin-hide binding was stained and scarred, the lambskin pages within smelling of lanolin and bloodberry ink.
He counted a variety of scents, from tie smells men carried in and took away with them back to their own lives, the smells of their work-horse, clay, grain dust, the lanolin soldiers used in the care of leather uniforms, and the oil they used for sharpening their weapons, to a redolent wisp of almond oil, and the stale dirt and wet wood of the building.
Everything about the cavernous chamber was precisely as I remembered, only now the pleasantly musty air was spiced with the familiar aromas of cedarwood oil and lanolin, as well as a resinous tang of new wood, for a few of the shelves had been repaired and the railing in the gallery replaced.
The new packages should have the pin vises, some assorted sewing needles, lens paper, lanolin hand cleaner, and a couple of X-Acto knives and some blades.