Kind Of Ointment Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 10, 2023

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	noun • a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende verb • coat or cover with zinc
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	noun • an aromatic ointment used in antiquity
	24%	3		a word used to refer to a thing or person of a number or kind, when the exact thing or kind is not known or stated
	adverb • to any degree or extent adjective satellite • one or some or every or all without specification; entity, elective existential pronoun; quantifier, elective existential

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New York Times13 Nov 1993	Down 8
New York Times08 Aug 1992	Down 5
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