grease | (noun) anything regarded as making something unclean | Synonyms: dirt, filth, grime, grunge, soil, stain |
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(noun) a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery) | Synonyms: lubricating oil |
greaseball | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent | Synonyms: dago, ginzo, Guinea, wop |
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greasepaint | (noun) a greasy substance used as makeup by actors | - |
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greaser | (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent | Synonyms: taco, wetback |
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greasewood | (noun) low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America | Synonyms: black greasewood, Sarcobatus vermiculatus |
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greasiness | (noun) consisting of or covered with oil | Synonyms: oiliness, oleaginousness |
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great | (noun) a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field | - |
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greatcoat | (noun) a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter | Synonyms: overcoat, topcoat |
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greatness | (noun) the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence | Synonyms: illustriousness |
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(noun) unusual largeness in size or extent or number | Synonyms: enormousness, grandness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness, wideness |
greave | (noun) armor plate that protects legs below the knee | Synonyms: jambeau |
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greaves | (noun) the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered | Synonyms: crackling |
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