self-lubricating
- a word derived from lubricate.
Example Sentences
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He is sui generis — a weird, self-lubricating machine put on this Earth to use brushes and paint instead of a lens and film to capture “quick things passing,” as the artist puts it.
From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2022
"Kissing the mucus and flesh of corals with self-lubricating lips was not what we were expecting," said marine biologist Víctor Huertas of James Cook University in Australia.
From Reuters • Jun. 5, 2017
It consists of a self-lubricating Play-Doh-like material that forms a seal.
From Time Magazine Archive
CMC uses Nylatron self-lubricating bearings for its brackets, making them maintenance-free, according to CMC's Rick Presley.
From Time Magazine Archive
Large quantities of it are used in Europe in the manufacture of ecclesiastical candles, and part of the same consignment may help to make self-lubricating cartridges.
From The New North by Cameron, Agnes Deans
