lubricity
Slick, frictionless quality
Lubricity is slipperiness—the quality of being smooth or slick, reducing friction between surfaces.
Engineers measure the lubricity of oils and fuels.
The word extends to slipperiness of character: someone shifty or hard to pin down.
In older usage, lubricity meant lewdness or lasciviousness, suggesting moral slipperiness: the lubricity of his verse.
Overt sexual impropriety
- lecheryExcessive sexual indulgence
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
- licentiousnessExcessive disregard for morality
- carnalityPursuit of bodily pleasures
salacious · prurient · libidinous · concupiscence · wantonness · sensuality · eroticism · bawdiness
Slick, fatty texture
- greasinessState of being fatty-slick
- slipperinessLack of grip
- slicknessSmooth, slippery quality
- viscosityFluid's flow resistance
glide · slide · skid · waxiness · smoothness · frictionless · sheen · gloss
Shrewd, devious cleverness
- slynessCunning in manner
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
- slipperinessLack of grip
evasiveness · shiftiness · untrustworthiness · deceitfulness · wiliness · cunning · treachery · scheming
lasciviousness
Overt sexual impropriety
- lecheryExcessive sexual indulgence
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
- licentiousnessExcessive disregard for morality
carnality · salacious · prurient · libidinous · concupiscence · wantonness · sensuality · eroticism · bawdiness · ribaldry
oiliness
Slick, fatty texture
- greasinessState of being fatty-slick
- slipperinessLack of grip
- slicknessSmooth, slippery quality
viscosity · glide · slide · skid · waxiness · smoothness · frictionless · sheen · gloss · sleekness
craftiness
Shrewd, devious cleverness
slipperiness · evasiveness · shiftiness · untrustworthiness · deceitfulness · wiliness · cunning · treachery · scheming · disingenuousness
- lustlust, lustfulness, carnality, concupiscence, libido
- fuel propertiesoctane, flash point, viscosity, energy density, vapor pressure
- mechanicsforce, turning, rotation, momentum, velocity
- material propertieshardness, elasticity, ductility, strength, durability
- fatty texturesoiliness, greasiness, butteriness, unctuousness
- drilling fluidsmud
lubricityfriction
Resistance between touching surfaces
roughness · grip · traction · abrasiveness · coarseness
lubricitychastity
Abstaining from sexual activity
virtue · purity · modesty · continence · decency
lubricitysteadfastness
Firm loyal dedication
constancy · permanence · reliability · stability · dependability