oily

About 1.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Covered with or containing oil.

   oily machinery; oily rags; oily fish; oily cooking

2. adjective Resembling oil.

   oily swells; oily seas

3. adjective Excessively friendly or polite but insincere.
4. noun A marble with an oily lustre.
5. noun Oilskins.

Similar words

oleaginous greasy coated unctuous fatty fat buttery soiled unclean sebaceous

Often followed by

and skin liquid substance or fish matter water hair

Word family

oilier oiliest oilily oiliness oilinesses