Lubricant and Slippery

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Lubricant noun - A substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery.

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Slippery and lubricant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Slippery" instead an adjective "Lubricant".

Slippery adjective - Given to acting in secret and to concealing one's intentions.

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Lubricant and slippery are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lubricant" instead an adjective "Slippery".

Nearby Words: slipper, slippy, slippered, slippering

Ice is not merely slippery; it's a physics-defying miracle lubricant that renders characters unable to make the slightest change in direction until the inevitable collision with an obstacle or wall, or in more malevolent circumstances, until the character is sent hurtling down a bottomless pit.

Source: Frictionless Ice
The giant drill the Fire Nation used to pierce the wall of Ba Sing Se in "The Drill", complete with the rock/water slurry, which appears to serve as a lubricant for the drill, and has the consistency of very slippery mud.

Source: Does This Remind You Of Anything / Western Animation

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