What's the difference between oily and soapy?

Oily


Definition:

  • (superl.) Consisting of oil; containing oil; having the nature or qualities of oil; unctuous; oleaginous; as, oily matter or substance.
  • (superl.) Covered with oil; greasy; hence, resembling oil; as, an oily appearance.
  • (superl.) Smoothly subservient; supple; compliant; plausible; insinuating.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Wistar rats were infected by injection of 0.05 ml of a dense oily suspension of Staphylococcus aureus into the posterior thigh muscles of the hind leg.
  • (2) Nutritionists recommend we consume two portions a week of fish, including one of oily fish such as mackerel, herring and tuna.
  • (3) Our experience with these three patients, plus the two previously reported, suggest that two conditions must be present for oily material to enter the ventricular system through the outlets of the fourth ventricle: first, there must be a reversal of bulk flow of cerebrospinal fluid; second, the oily material must have a specific gravity less than that of cerebrospinal fluid.
  • (4) One group ate a diet high in saturated fat, salt and sugar, and low in fibre, oily fish and fruit and vegetables.
  • (5) Incubation of blood neutrophils with uterine flushings collected from ovariectomised mares treated with oestradiol, stimulated migration under agarose, whereas flushings from mares treated with progesterone or oily vehicle, inhibited migration.
  • (6) This characteristic of the oily contrast medium has been utilized for regional targeting of chemotherapy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, which has been termed "lipiodolization".
  • (7) CT scan and gamma camera radiograph confirmed that the oily contrast material or I-131 radioactivity accumulated selectively in the tumor over a long period.
  • (8) Of course we depend on oil companies because there is no other work.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Canals full of oily water created during the cleanup process.
  • (9) The previous strict separation between water soluble, ionised media for the lumbal canal and oily media for the lumbosacral junction as well as the thoracic and cervical canal is no longer necessary.
  • (10) The many factors which affect absorption rate are discussed and it is suggested that preparations which depend on an oily gel to delay absorption add an avoidable factor to the list of variables which may play an important part in producing the significant differences in serum levels commonly reported after the use of PAM preparations.
  • (11) The figure includes around 29,000 deaths hastened by inhaling minute particles of oily, unburnt soot emitted by all petrol engines, and an estimated 23,500 by the invisible but toxic gas NO 2 emitted by diesel engines.
  • (12) Mackerel, an oily fish packed with Omega 3, has been championed by celebrity chefs such as Guardian writer Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, who in his Channel 4 Fish Fight programme persuaded sceptical consumers to eat his mackerel baps.
  • (13) The oily x-ray contrast medium persisted in the tumours over several weeks or months.
  • (14) "Lipiodol-Ultra-Fluid" an oily contrast medium which has used in experiments with minipigs can be radiologically and histologically demonstrated in nodes for months.
  • (15) Similar biological activities were obtained for oily and dry preparations of the same forms of alpha-tocopheryl acetate.
  • (16) The introduction of an oily retinylacetate solution into the fistula was attended both by an increase of the retinylpalmitate content in the blood plasma and the appearance therein of the retinyl-palmitat-hydrolase activity.
  • (17) Successful entrapment was achieved with the following conditions: (1) an alkaline water phase, (2) addition of fatty acid salt in the oily phase, and (3) addition of a water-miscible solvent in the oily phase.
  • (18) According to the British Heart Foundation, many doctors now prescribe fish oil supplements to reduce blood fats, although the BHF also recommends eating more oily fish.
  • (19) Forty-one CT sialograms were performed in 35 patients using acinar glandular filling with oily contrast material.
  • (20) Triglyceride is the major lipid class in most of these fishes with oily bones (74.1-93.7% as per cent lipid); cholesterol and phospholipid were two other lipid classes in the bones.

Soapy


Definition:

  • (superl.) Resembling soap; having the qualities of, or feeling like, soap; soft and smooth.
  • (superl.) Smeared with soap; covered with soap.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Dose sites were washed with soapy water 24 h posttreatment.
  • (2) Frozen bubbles Last month, photographer Angela Kelly took a solution of soapy water out into the cold in Washington state, to make an amazing series of frozen-bubble photos .
  • (3) darlingi females exposed for 2 min, but after the material had been washed twice in soapy water the bioassay mortality fell to only 21.4%.
  • (4) Equipment used for sprouting seeds should be cleaned thoroughly using hot soapy water; always wash your hands before and after handling seeds."
  • (5) 4) Press the Sugru down on all sides and smooth the surface by rolling your finger over the Sugru and by wiping soapy water over it.
  • (6) Richard Davenport-Hines in his recently published An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo writes that 1963 was the year when "the soapy scum flowed after the sluices of self-righteous scurrility were opened".
  • (7) Most globular proteins are waxy inside and soapy outside.
  • (8) "They're not just crime mysteries and detective series … they're quite soapy and they are very willing to go into the detail of the characters' back life.
  • (9) The bicycle tube was inserted into the vagina and air and a soapy solution were pumped in.
  • (10) This study was designed to assess the microbiologic effectiveness of a practical cleaning-disinfection procedure, consisting of hydrogen peroxide, 100 degrees C soapy water and 100 degrees C rinse water, which might permit reuse of tracheal suction catheters in the home setting.
  • (11) There appears to be no simple relationship between the slip performance of a cane tip on ice-rink ice and that developed on soapy wet tiles.
  • (12) A variety of commercially available cane and crutch tips were tested on surfaces of ice and soapy tile under varying axial (thrust) loads.
  • (13) Data of 7000 patients submitted to surgical procedures from 1980 to 1988 were evaluated regarding a surveillance and a prevention program that was performed at 1984 (short term prophylaxis in contaminated and any clean-contaminated procedures; skin washing before the operation with a soapy solution of povidone iodine; regular report of all data about wound infection incidence to staff).
  • (14) Set in Los Angeles, it features a glamorous cast and soapy storylines including infidelity, artificial insemination, bisexuality and interracial romance.
  • (15) His themes could be discordant and experimental (The Prisoner – Patrick McGoohan’s head-trippy spy thriller , not the Aussie prison soapie), light and whimsical ( the sitcom Shelley ), or toe-tappingly nostalgic (The Jazz Age).
  • (16) They include freezing your clothes, instantly turning boiling water into snow, and... making these soapy ice-bubble things: Last month, photographer Angela Kelly took a solution of soapy water out into the cold in Washington state, to make an amazing series of frozen-bubble photos .
  • (17) After stage A1, when the exoskeleton feels soft and soapy, and A2, when the abdomen attains parchment consistency, the exoskeleton continues to harden until stage C1, when the telson carinae can no longer be depressed with a fingernail.
  • (18) The occasional listener to The Archers clearly mustn’t underestimate the effect of Tom Archer’s recasting after 17 years, plus some newly soapy plotlines.
  • (19) For 2 mM sodium saccharin (NaSac), 75% of the responses were "sweet," 6.5% "sugar"; for NaSac in 10 mM citric acid (ArtLem), 43% "sour," 20% "citrus," and 11% "sugar"; for 214 mM monosodium glutamate (MSG), 28% "salty," 14% "sour," and 10% 1st "soapy," then "no taste," and finally "bitter."
  • (20) Illustration: Emma McGowan You will need : 1-2 mini packs of Sugru Soapy water Scissors 1) For all breaks, make sure the surface is clean, dry and free from grease.

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