fatty+or+oily+substance

  • 91seborrhoeic — adj. pertaining to seborrhea, pertaining to an excessive discharge of an oily or fatty substance from the sebaceous glands …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 92wax —    Any of various natural, oily or greasy heat sensitive substances, including beeswax, ceresin, carnauba, tallow, paraffin, and micro crystalline wax. Most waxes consist of hydrocarbons or esters of fatty acids that are insoluble in water but… …

    Glossary of Art Terms

  • 93emulsion — /əˈmʌlʃən / (say uh mulshuhn) noun 1. a liquid preparation of the colour and consistency of milk. 2. any colloidal suspension of a liquid in another liquid. 3. Pharmaceutical a liquid preparation consisting of minute particles of an oily, fatty,… …