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unguent

noun

Definition of unguent

as in ointment

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Recent Examples of unguent All the perfumed unguents and performative rituals of fame are present. — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025 The first was molecules from embalming ingredients such as oils, waxes and unguents. — Sarah Everts, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025 TikTok has its Get Ready With Mes, where influencers chat over their plethora of skin-nourishing unguents and artful makeup products. — Constance Grady, Vox, 6 June 2024 Nevertheless, our ancestors had some inkling that different substances, when applied as ointments, unguents, or pastes, could protect or heal skin from a range of injuries, including sun damage. — Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024 But the notion of an alien worm producing its own mind-melting unguent doesn’t seem especially bonkers. — Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2024

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Noun

Billionaire Mark Cuban has spent the last five years trying to make generic drugs like chemotherapy and antifungal ointment cheaper for Americans.

— Jason Mast, STAT, 21 Oct. 2026
The standard treatment is a prescription ultrapotent corticosteroid ointment, commonly clobetasol.

— Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of ointment

Noun

Given the lack of research, there’s also no official dosage for estrogen cream.

— Ashley Abramson, Allure, 22 Oct. 2026
The 45-minute dish is a riff on pasta Alfredo, bathed in a bright sauce that doesn’t require cream or flour, just butter, parmesan and the starchy pasta cooking water.

— Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of cream

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The texture does run slightly drier than some of the other picks here, so give lips a little prep with a hydrating balm before application.

— Sheryl George, Allure, 20 Oct. 2026
Shop it on Amazon below, along with more hydrating lip balms, masks, and butters to keep your lips soft and comfortable.

— Mariana Best, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of balm

Noun

This lotion from L’Oréal combines all four into one multitasking day lotion that protects and corrects.

— Christa Joanna Lee, Glamour, 23 Oct. 2026
After that came fluffy soft white towels, a good hand soap, lotion, mouthwash and cleaning up after those manscaping sessions all ended up as her green flags.

— Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of lotion

Noun

Against the backdrop of seemingly endless violence, artists banded together and dabbled in soul, disco, and jazz as a salve to their suffering.

— Shy Clara Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
The blower was created by an aerospace company after its engineers realized their expertise in quiet jet propulsion could be a salve to suburbia.

— Richard Eisenberg, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

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