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A nation weary of wasting billions on unctuous educators who never deliver what they promise may be ready to hear some hard truths.

any cat-like, carnivorous mammal of the subfamily Viverrinae that secrets a yellowish, unctuous substance with a strong musk-like odor.

If Mrs. Thatcher took any notice of all this unctuous advice then there is no evidence of it.

She spoke of the depravity of the natives in a voice which nothing could hush, but with a vehemently unctuous horror.

Sauternes are often delicious, golden, unctuous and delicate. The famous roasted note comes when Sauternes is a little bit older.

The balls were dusted with a thin coat of powdered sugar. When bitten, they collapsed with an unctuous squelch.

Oil : any of numerous unctuous combustible substances that are liquid or can be liquefied easily on warming .

He made an unctuous assurance.

His part as Maroni is small but crucial, with Roberts as an unctuous urban menace who tangles with Batman, the Joker and D.

Unctuous smile, people do not blink. Also, putting on a smile when the eyes do not have wrinkles.

Polished or smooth in manner, especially in an unctuous way; slick.

Unctuous. Term applied to wines which are smooth, soft and full on the palate.

The meat was tender, unctuous, blander than pork, but stronger than chicken.

Palate: Unctuous in the mouth with undergrowth and fruits notes.

A rich, unctuous wine with notes of mature plums, hazel nuts and red fruit.

It is making unctuous appeals for talks with the South.

Snails and beef bone, for instance, are turned into a sinfully unctuous bone marrow and escargot gratin (98 Hong Kong dollars, or US$13).

an ambitious and unctuous assistant;