butyraceous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of butyraceous
First recorded in 1660–70; from Latin būtȳr(um) butter + -aceous
Example Sentences
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Mary Gilliland of Fort Worth hesitated on butyraceous but managed to get by, and redheaded Dana Bennett, 13, of Denver, tossed off ovoviviparous as if it were cat.
From Time Magazine Archive
L. E. D.—In distillation with water, it yields a small portion of a butyraceous oil, whose flavour exactly resembles that of the roses.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William
The butyraceous gold in tubs and huge lumps displayed in these stalls looks as though it was precipitated from milk squeezed from Channel Island cows, those fawn-colored, fairest of dairy animals.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 by Various
When the heavier hydrocarbons begin to come over the receiver is changed and the butyraceous distillate is filtered through a long column of well dried animal charcoal.
From Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology by Lewis, William T.
Adj. unctuous, oily, oleaginous, adipose, sebaceous; unguinous†; fat, fatty, greasy; waxy, butyraceous, soapy, saponaceous†, pinguid, lardaceous†; slippery.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
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