| banana oil |
a clear synthetic liquid with a bananalike odor, used as a flavoring or paint solvent, and in the making of lacquers; amyl acetate. |
| burn the midnight oil |
to stay awake very late for work or study. |
| castor oil |
a colorless or yellowish oil derived from castor beans and used as a lubricant and cathartic. |
| castor-oil plant |
a large tropical plant, native to Africa and Asia, from whose seeds castor oil is extracted. |
| coal oil |
any fuel oil produced by distillation of bituminous coal. |
| coconut oil |
a white oil obtained from dried coconut meat, used in cooking and in the manufacture of soaps, cosmetics, candles, and the like. |
| cod-liver oil |
a pale yellow oil obtained from the liver of cod and related fish, often taken as a source of vitamins A and D. |
| crude oil |
petroleum that comes directly from under the ground and has not been refined. |
| essential oil |
any rapidly evaporating oil that gives a characteristic odor or flavor to a plant, flower, or fruit, used in making perfumes, flavorings, and the like. |
| eucalyptus oil |
an essential oil obtained from eucalyptus leaves, used as an expectorant and antiseptic. |
| fixed oil |
a nonvolatile oil obtained from animal or vegetable sources, such as lard or olive oil. |
| fuel oil |
any oil used for fuel, esp. a liquid petroleum product. |
| fusel oil |
a colorless poisonous liquid made of amyl alcohols, used as a solvent for fats, oils, and waxes, and in the manufacture of explosives. |
| linseed oil |
a yellowish oil extracted from flaxseed, used in making oil paints, ink, linoleum, and the like. |
| mineral oil |
an oil derived from petroleum, used in cosmetics and as a laxative. [2 definitions] |
| neat's-foot oil |
a fatty oil obtained by boiling cattle bones and used as a dressing for leather. |
| oil cake |
a compressed cake of ground linseed, cottonseed, soybean, or the like, from which the oil has been extracted, used as feed or fertilizer. |
| oil color |
a paint made of pigment ground in oil, usu. linseed; oil paint. |
| oil field |
an area having large deposits of oil, esp. one with many wells. |
| oil of vitriol |
see "sulfuric acid." |