effort elbow grease exertion travail sweat | use of physical or mental energy, hard work, he got an A for effort, they managed only with great exertion |
wool fleece | outer coat of especially sheep and yaks |
grease-gun gun | a hand-operated pump that resembles a revolver, forces grease into parts of a machine |
hairdressing hair tonic hair oil hair grease | a toiletry for the hair |
steel-wool pad | abrader consisting of a pad of steel wool used for polishing or smoothing |
wool woolen woollen | a fabric made from the hair of sheep |
automobile mechanic auto-mechanic car-mechanic mechanic grease monkey | someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles |
wool stapler woolsorter | a person who sorts wool into different grades |
wool stapler | a dealer in wool |
Ravenna grass wool grass Erianthus ravennae | grass often cultivated for its long whiteibbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grass |
wool grass Scirpus cyperinus | sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets |
dirt filth grime soil stain grease grunge | the state of being covered with unclean things |
mineral wool rock wool | a light fibrous material used as an insulator |
axle grease | a thick heavy grease used to lubricate axles |
steel wool wire wool | a mass of woven steel fibers used as an abrasive |
lanolin wool fat wool grease | a yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool, a mixture of fatty acids and esters, used in some ointments and cosmetics |
glass wool | glass fibers spun and massed into bundles resembling wool |
cotton cotton fiber cotton wool | soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state |
goose grease | grease derived from geese |
grease lubricating oil | a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery) |
Shetland wool | a wool obtained from sheep of the Shetland islands |
wool | fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving |
raw wool | wool in its natural condition, not refined or processed |
virgin wool | wool not used before, wool not processed or woven before |
wool oil | any oil used to oil wool before spinning |
zinc oxide flowers of zinc philosopher's wool philosophers' wool | oxide of zinc, a white powder used as a pigment or in cosmetics or glass or inks and in zinc ointment |
bamboozle snow hoodwink pull the wool over someone's eyes lead by the nose play false | conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end, He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well |
grease | lubricate with grease, grease the wheels |
bribe corrupt buy grease one's palms | make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence, This judge can be bought |
long-wool long-wooled | (of sheep) having relatively long wool |