Crossword clues for saponaceous
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Saponaceous \Sap`o*na"ceous\, a. [L. sapo, -onis, soap, of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. soap. See Soap.] Resembling soap; having the qualities of soap; soapy.
Note: Saponaceous bodies are compounds of an acid and a base, and are in reality a kind of salt.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Resembling soap; having the qualities of soap; soapy. 2 Slippery, evasive
WordNet
adj. having the qualities of soap (and liable to slip away) [syn: soapy]
Usage examples of "saponaceous".
The pulp was then washed and made into paper and thereafter dipped in a saponaceous compound.
Then the process was repeated with the other hand, and a quart of the saponaceous mush was packed in the right hand pocket Shortly after Wirz rose and ordered a guard to take me away and keep me, until he decided what to do with me.
His six-room Boston apartment took up half the upper floor of a mellow old brownstone on Beacon Hill, and an endless skein of nubile, saponaceous Melissas and Randis and Cheryls replaced one another at eager intervals as unpaid housekeepers, cooks, and laundresses for Harvey S.
The cortical part of the root yields a milky saponaceous juice which is very bitter and slightly sedative.
Boston apartment took up half the upper floor ofa mellow old brownstone on Beacon Hill, and an endless skein of nubile, saponaceous Melissas and Randis and Cheryls replaced one another at eager intervals as unpaid housekeepers,cooks, and laundresses for Harvey S.