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oil (enc)

Oil

Noun1.oil - a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
sassafras oil - oil from root bark of sassafras trees; used in perfumery and as a disinfectant
calamus oil - carcinogenic oil from calamus root used as a perfume
colza oil, rape oil, rapeseed oil - edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant
safflower oil - oil from safflower seeds used as food as well as in medicines and paints
hydnocarpus oil - oil from seeds of trees of the genus Hydnocarpus especially Hydnocarpus wightiana (Hydnocarpus laurifolia)
babacu oil, babassu oil - fatty oil from kernels of babassu nuts similar to coconut oil
cohune fat, cohune oil, cohune-nut oil - semisolid fat from nuts of the cohune palm; used in cooking and soap making
almond oil, expressed almond oil, sweet almond oil - pale yellow fatty oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds
hedeoma oil, pennyroyal oil - aromatic oil from American pennyroyal
hyssop oil - used chiefly in liqueurs
spike lavender oil, spike oil - pale yellow essential oil obtained from spike lavender used in scenting soaps and cosmetics
pennyroyal oil - oil from European pennyroyal having a odor like mint; used chiefly in soaps
croton oil - viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action
fuel oil, heating oil - a petroleum product used for fuel
animal oil - any oil obtained from animal substances
camphor oil - oil distilled from camphor resin
grease, lubricating oil - a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery)
essential oil, volatile oil - an oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes; used in perfume and flavorings
lipid, lipide, lipoid - an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates)
mineral oil - a distillate of petroleum (especially one used medicinally as a laxative or stool softener)
motor oil - oil used to lubricate the moving parts of a motor
fatty oil, fixed oil - nonvolatile animal or plant oil
fusel oil - a mixture of amyl alcohols and propanol and butanol formed from distillation of fermented liquors
stand oil - a thick oil comprised of linseed, tung, or soya oils which have been heated to over 300 C
neroli oil - an odoriferous yellow oil found in orange flowers and used in perfumery and as a flavoring
tall oil - an oil derived from wood pulp and used in making soaps or lubricants
crude, crude oil, fossil oil, petroleum, rock oil - a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
shale oil - oil extracted from oil shale by heating
flaxseed oil, linseed oil - a drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints
Chinese wood oil, tung oil - a yellow oil obtained from the seeds of the tung tree
chaulmoogra oil - an oil from chaulmoogra trees; used in treatment of skin diseases and leprosy
2.oil - oil paint used by an artist
oil paint - paint in which a drying oil is the vehicle
3.oil - any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
edible fat - oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue
margarine, marge, oleo, oleomargarine, margarin - a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter
cooking oil - any of numerous vegetable oils used in cooking
sweet oil - mild vegetable oil when used as food; especially olive or edible rape oil
canola oil - vegetable oil made from rapeseed
coconut oil, copra oil - oil from coconuts
corn oil - oil from the germs of corn grains
cottonseed oil - edible oil pressed from cottonseeds
olive oil - oil from olives
palm oil - oil from nuts of oil palms especially the African oil palm
groundnut oil, peanut oil - a oil from peanuts; used in cooking and making soap; "groundnut oil" is British usage
salad oil - any of several edible vegetable oils that can be used in salad dressings
safflower oil - oil from seeds of the safflower plant
sesame oil - oil obtained from sesame seeds
soyabean oil, soybean oil - oil from soya beans
sunflower oil, sunflower-seed oil - oil from sunflower seeds
walnut oil - oil from walnuts
madia oil - used as a substitute for olive oil
drying oil - an oil that hardens in air due to oxidation and is often used as a paint or varnish base
Verb1.oil - cover with oil, as if by rubbing; "oil the wooden surface"
cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"
2.oil - administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
bless - give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son"

 

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