lubricant, lubricator, lubricating substance, lube
(noun) a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lubricator (plural lubricators)
A device that lubricates, that applies lubricant.
A person employed to lubricate.
Source: Wiktionary
Lu"bri*ca`tor, n.
1. One who, or that which, lubricates. " Lubricator of the fibers." Burke.
2. A contrivance, as an oil cup, for supplying a lubricant to machinery.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
