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• noun a dark bitter oil obtained from wormwood leaves; flavors absinthe liqueurs
  absinthe oil.
  

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• noun oil palm of Africa
  Elaeis guineensis.
  

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• noun pale yellow fatty oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds
  almond oil; expressed almond oil.
  

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• fixed oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds.

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• noun palm of Central and South America
  Elaeis oleifera.
  

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• noun oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines
  phenylamine; aminobenzine; aniline.
  

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• noun any oil obtained from animal substances
  

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• etc. (Old Chem.), a complex oil obtained by the distillation of animal substances, as bones. See Bone oil, under Bone.

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• noun fatty oil from kernels of babassu nuts similar to coconut oil
  babacu oil.
  

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• noun fatty oil from kernels of babassu nuts similar to coconut oil
  babacu oil.
  

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• noun an ointment for babies
  

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• noun a liquid ester derived from amyl alcohol; has the odor of bananas
  

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• noun a scented oil added to your bath water
  

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• oil expressed from the mast or nuts of the beech tree.

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• noun a liquid ester with a strong odor of wintergreen; applied externally for minor muscle and joint pain
  methyl salicylate; birch oil.
  

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• noun pale yellow essential oil obtained from bitter almonds by distillation from almond cake or meal
  

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• noun the liquid portion of bone fat; used as a lubricant and in leather manufacture
  
• noun dark-colored ill-smelling oil obtained by carbonizing bone; used especially in sheep dips and in denaturing alcohol
  bone oil.
  

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• an oil obtained by, heating bones (as in the manufacture of bone black), and remarkable for containing the nitrogenous bases, pyridine and quinoline, and their derivatives; also called Dippel's oil.

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• noun carcinogenic oil from calamus root used as a perfume
  

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• noun oil distilled from camphor resin
  

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• (Chem.), name variously given to certain oil-like products, obtained especially from the camphor tree.

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• an oleaginous preparation containing camphor, much used as an embrocation.

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• noun vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids
  canola.
  

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• noun an ointment formerly used to treat burns
  

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Car"ron oil

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1. A lotion of linseed oil and lime water, used as an application to burns and scalds; -- first used at the Carron iron works in Scotland.

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• oil extracted from cassia bark and cassia buds; called also oil of cinnamon.

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• noun a purgative extracted from the seed of the castor-oil plant; used in paint and varnish as well as medically
  

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Cas"tor oil

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1. A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the seeds of the Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the oil is inodorus and insipid.

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• noun large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics
  castor bean plant; palma christi; palma christ; Ricinus communis.
  

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• . Same as Palma Christi.

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• noun an oil from chaulmoogra trees; used in treatment of skin diseases and leprosy
  

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• noun a yellow oil obtained from the seeds of the tung tree
  Chinese wood oil.
  

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• noun essential oil obtained from cloves and used to flavor medicines
  clove oil.
  

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• noun a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
  coal oil; kerosene; kerosine.
  

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• a general name for mineral oils; petroleum.

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• noun oil from coconuts
  coconut oil.
  

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• noun an oil obtained from the livers of cod and similar fishes; taken orally as a source of vitamins A and D
  cod liver oil.
  

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• noun an inferior cod-liver oil that is used in leather manufacturing
  

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• noun an oil obtained from the livers of cod and similar fishes; taken orally as a source of vitamins A and D
  cod liver oil.
  

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• an oil obtained fron the liver of the codfish, and used extensively in medicine as a means of supplying the body with fat in cases of malnutrition.

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• noun semisolid fat from nuts of the cohune palm; used in cooking and soap making
  cohune oil; cohune fat.
  

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• noun semisolid fat from nuts of the cohune palm; used in cooking and soap making
  cohune oil; cohune fat.
  

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• noun edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant
  rape oil; colza oil.
  

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• noun any of numerous vegetable oils used in cooking
  

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• noun oil from coconuts
  coconut oil.
  

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• noun oil from the germs of corn grains
  

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• noun a yellow volatile essential oil obtained from costusroot; used in perfumes
  

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• noun edible oil pressed from cottonseeds
  

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• noun viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action
  

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• (Med.), a viscid, acrid, brownish yellow oil obtained from the seeds of Croton Tiglium, a small tree of the East Indies. It is a most powerful drastic cathartic, and is used externally as a pustulant.

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• noun a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
  crude oil; oil; fossil oil; petroleum; crude.
  

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• (Chem.), the heavy oil obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and containing phenol, naphthalus, etc.

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• noun a heavy mineral oil used as fuel in diesel engines
  diesel fuel.
  

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• noun dark-colored ill-smelling oil obtained by carbonizing bone; used especially in sheep dips and in denaturing alcohol
  bone oil.
  

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Dip"pel's oil`

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1. (Chem.) From the name of the inventor. See Bone oil, under Bone.

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• noun an unsaturated fatty oil obtained from dolphins and used as a fine lubricant
  

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• noun an oil that hardens in air due to oxidation and is often used as a paint or varnish base
  

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• an oil which, either naturally or after boiling with oxide of lead, absorbs oxygen from the air and dries up rapidly. Drying oils are used as the bases of many paints and varnishes.

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• . (Chem.) See under Drying, and Essential.

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• petroleum.

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• oils obtained by distilling various organic substances at high temperatures.

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• noun an oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes; used in perfume and flavorings
  essential oil; volatile oil.
  

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• noun an oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes; used in perfume and flavorings
  essential oil; volatile oil.
  

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• (Chem.), a class of volatile oils, extracted from plants, fruits, or flowers, having each its characteristic odor, and hot burning taste. They are used in essences, perfumery, etc., and include many varieties of compounds; as lemon oil is a terpene, oil of bitter almonds an aldehyde, oil of wintergreen an ethereal salt, etc.; called also volatile oils in distinction from the fixed or nonvolatile.

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• . (Chem.) See Essential oil, under Essential.

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• (Chem.), a heavy, yellow, oily liquid consisting essentially of etherin, etherol, and ethyl sulphate. It is the oily residuum left after etherification. Called also heavy oil of wine (distinguished from oil of wine, or oenanthic ether).

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• . (Chem.) See under Ethereal.

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• . See Ethereal oil, under Ethereal.

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• noun an essential oil obtained from the leaves of eucalypts
  

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• noun pale yellow fatty oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds
  almond oil; expressed almond oil.
  

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• noun nonvolatile animal or plant oil
  fatty oil; fixed oil.
  

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• volatile oils produced by the fermentation of plants, and not originally contained in them. These were the quintessences of the alchenists.

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• noun a fatty oil obtained from the livers of various fish
  fish oil.
  

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• oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc.

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• noun a fatty oil obtained from the livers of various fish
  fish oil.
  

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• noun nonvolatile animal or plant oil
  fatty oil; fixed oil.
  

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• . (Chem.) See under Fixed.

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• noun nonvolatile animal or plant oil
  fatty oil; fixed oil.
  

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• (Chem.), non-volatile, oily substances, as stearine and olein, which leave a permanent greasy stain, and which can not be distilled unchanged; distinguished from volatile or essential oils.

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• noun a drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints
  flaxseed oil.
  

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• olive oil prepared in Florence.

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• noun a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
  crude oil; oil; fossil oil; petroleum; crude.
  

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• noun a petroleum product used for fuel
  fuel oil.
  

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• nitroglycerin.

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• noun a mixture of amyl alcohols and propanol and butanol formed from distillation of fermented liquors
  

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Fu"sel, Fu"sel oil noun (Also<

• Fusel
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1. (Chem.) A hot, acrid, oily liquid, accompanying many alcoholic liquors (as potato whisky, corn whisky, etc.), as an undesirable ingredient, and consisting of several of the higher alcohols and compound ethers, but particularly of amyl alcohol; hence, specifically applied to amyl alcohol.

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Gal*lip"o*li oil`

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1. An inferior kind of olive oil, brought from Gallipoli, in Italy.

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• noun an oil formed through distillation of petroleum of intermediate boiling range and viscosity
  

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• a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in India from grasses of the genus Andropogon, etc.; used in perfumery under the name of citronella, ginger grass oil, lemon grass oil, essence of verbena etc.

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• noun an oil from peanuts; used in cooking and making soap
  groundnut oil.
  

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• noun a toiletry for the hair
  hair tonic; hair grease; hairdressing.
  

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• noun a fatty oil from halibut livers that is used as a source of vitamin A
  

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• noun a petroleum product used for fuel
  fuel oil.
  

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• noun aromatic oil from American pennyroyal
  hedeoma oil.
  

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• noun a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam
  chrisom; holy oil; chrism.
  

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• noun street names for ketamine
  jet; K; super acid; green; super C; cat valium; special K.
  

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• noun oil from seeds of trees of the genus Hydnocarpus especially Hydnocarpus wightiana (Hydnocarpus laurifolia)
  

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• noun used chiefly in liqueurs
  

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• nitrobenzene.

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• noun a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
  coal oil; kerosene; kerosine.
  

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• noun oil consisting chiefly of olein that is expressed from lard and used especially as a lubricant, cutting oil or illuminant
  

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• an illuminating and lubricating oil expressed from lard.

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• noun fragrant yellow oil obtained from the lemon peel
  

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• noun an aromatic oil that smells like lemon and is widely used in Asian cooking and in perfumes and medicines
  lemon grass; lemongrass.
  

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• (Chem. ), the oily product, lighter than water, forming the chief part of the first distillate of coal tar, and consisting largely of benzene and toluene.

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• noun a drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints
  flaxseed oil.
  

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• oil obtained by pressure from flaxseed.

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• noun a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery)
  grease.
  

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• noun used as a substitute for olive oil
  

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• noun South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil
  Chile tarweed; Madia sativa; melosa.
  

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Mar"mottes oil`

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1. . A fine oil obtained from the kernel of Prunus brigantiaca. It is used instead of olive or almond oil. De Colange.

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• noun a fatty oil obtained from the menhaden fish and used in paint and ink and in treating leather
  

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• (Chem.), that part of the distillate obtained from coal tar which passes over between 170° and 230° Centigrade; distinguished from the light, and the heavy or dead, oil.

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• noun a distillate of petroleum (especially one used medicinally as a laxative or stool softener)
  

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• . See Naphtha, and Petroleum.

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• noun oil used to lubricate the moving parts of a motor
  

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• noun oil obtained from mustard seeds and used in making soap
  

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• (Chem.), a substance obtained from mustard, as a transparent, volatile and intensely pungent oil. The name is also extended to a number of analogous compounds produced either naturally or artificially.

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• noun a pale yellow oil made from the feet and legs of cattle; used as a dressing for leather
  

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• noun an odoriferous yellow oil found in orange flowers and used in perfumery and as a flavoring
  

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• (Zoöl.), a bag, cyst, or gland in animals, containing oil.

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• noun any of various beetles that exude an oily substance from the leg joints that deters enemies
  

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• (Zoöl.), any beetle of the genus Meloe and allied genera. When disturbed they emit from the joints of the legs a yellowish oily liquor. Some species possess vesicating properties, and are used instead of cantharides.

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• (Mach.), a fixed box or reservoir, for lubricating a bearing; esp., the box for oil beneath the journal of a railway-car axle.

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• noun a furnace that burns oil
  oil burner.
  

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• noun an industry that produces and delivers oil and oil products
  oil business; refining industry.
  

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• noun mass of e.g. linseed or cottonseed or soybean from which the oil has been pressed; used as food for livestock
  

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• . See under Cake.

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• noun a cartel of companies or nations formed to control the production and distribution of oil
  

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• noun replacing dirty oil with clean
  

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• a stopcock connected with an oil cup. See Oil cup.

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• noun oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
  oil color; oil.
  

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• . (a) A paint made by grinding a coloring substance in oil . (b) Such paints, taken in a general sense. (c)a painting made from such a paint

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• noun oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
  oil color; oil.
  

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• noun a company that sells oil
  

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• noun the conservation of petroleum resources
  

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• a cup, or small receptacle, connected with a bearing as a lubricator, and usually provided with a wick, wire, or adjustable valve for regulating the delivery of oil.

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• a gas engine worked with the explosive vapor of petroleum.

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• noun a filter that removes impurities from the oil used to lubricate an internal-combustion engine
  

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• noun a furnace that burns oil
  oil burner.
  

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• noun petroleum bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
  petroleum future.
  

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• inflammable gas procured from oil, and used for lighting streets, houses, etc.

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• noun a specialist in petroleum geology
  petroleum geologist.
  

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• noun a gland that secretes oil
  

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• . (a) (Zoöl.) A gland which secretes oil; especially in birds, the large gland at the base of the tail . (b) (Bot.) A gland, in some plants, producing oil.

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• a pale yellowish green, like oil.

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• noun heater that burns oil (as kerosine) for heating or cooking
  kerosene heater; kerosine heater; oilstove.
  

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• noun an industry that produces and delivers oil and oil products
  oil business; refining industry.
  

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• noun a lamp that burns oil (as kerosine) for light
  kerosine lamp; kerosene lamp.
  

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• noun ground oil cake
  

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• noun oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood
  buffalo nut; elk nut.
  

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• empyreumatic oil obtained by subjecting a brick soaked in oil to distillation at a high temperature, used by lapidaries as a vehicle for the emery by which stones and gems are sawn or cut. Brande & C.

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• noun essential oil obtained from cloves and used to flavor medicines
  clove oil.
  

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• a nostrum made of calcined talc, and famous in the 17th century as a cosmetic. Obs. B. Jonson.

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• noun volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally
  spirit of turpentine; turpentine; turps.
  

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• noun (H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry
  sulfuric acid; vitriol; sulphuric acid.
  

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• (Chem.), strong sulphuric acid; so called from its oily consistency and from its forming the vitriols or sulphates.

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• Oenanthic ether. See under Oenanthic.

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• noun oil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plant
  oil of wintergreen.
  

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• noun paint in which a drying oil is the vehicle
  

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• noun a painter who uses oil paints
  

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• noun a picture painted with oil paints
  
• noun the art or method of painting with oil paints
  

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• . (a) The art of painting in oil colors . (b) Any kind of painting of which the pigments are originally ground in oil.

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• noun pinnate-leaved palms of the genus Elaeis having dense clusters of crowded flowers and bright red fruit and yielding high quality palm oils
  

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• (Bot.), a palm tree whose fruit furnishes oil, esp. Elæis Guineensis. See Elæis.

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• noun a pipeline used to transport oil
  

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• noun pressure that keeps oil on the moving parts of an internal-combustion engine
  

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• noun the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
  boring; drilling.
  

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• noun a pump that keeps a supply of oil on moving parts
  

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• noun a refinery for petroleum
  petroleum refinery.
  

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• noun rig used in drilling for oil or gas
  oilrig; drill rig; drilling rig.
  

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• noun someone who works on an oil rig
  rigger.
  

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• (Zoöl.), an East Indian herring (Clupea scombrina), valued for its oil.

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• noun shale from which oil can be obtained by heating
  

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• (Zoöl.) (a) The liver shark . (b) The tope.

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• noun a thin film of oil floating on top of water (especially crude oil spilled from a ship)
  

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• noun a stain produced by oil
  

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• a still for hydrocarbons, esp. for petroleum.

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• noun a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk
  oiler; tank ship; tanker.
  

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• a test for determining the temperature at which petroleum oils give off vapor which is liable to explode.

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• . (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Ricinus (R. communis), from the seeds of which castor oil is obtained. (b) An Indian tree, the mahwa. See Mahwa. (c) The oil palm.

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• noun a powerful person in the oil business
  

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• noun a well that yields or has yielded oil
  oiler.
  

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• adjective satellite containing oil
  
  • oil-bearing shale

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• adjective satellite fueled by burning oil
  
  • an oil-fired furnace

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• noun steel that is quenched in oil
  

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• noun an analyst of the oil industry
  

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• noun any of several seeds that yield oil
  oilseed.
  

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• adjective satellite soluble in oil
  
  • oil-soluble pigments

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• noun an interface forming the boundary between the non-miscible liquids oil and water
  

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• noun obtained from beef fat; used in making margarine and soap and in lubrication
  

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• noun oil from olives
  

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• an oil expressed from the ripe fruit of the olive, and much used as a salad oil, also in medicine and the arts.

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• (Chem.), an oily, terpenelike substance obtained from orange rind, and distinct from neroli oil, which is obtained from the flowers.

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• noun oil from nuts of oil palms especially the African oil palm
  

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• a vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of several species of palms, as the African oil palm (Elæis Guineensis), and used in the manufacture of soap and candles. See Elæis.

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• noun (British usage) kerosine
  paraffin.
  

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• noun an oil from peanuts; used in cooking and making soap
  groundnut oil.
  

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• noun oil from European pennyroyal having an odor like mint; used chiefly in soaps
  
• noun aromatic oil from American pennyroyal
  hedeoma oil.
  

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• noun oil from the peppermint plant used as flavoring
  

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• an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.

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Poon"ga oil`

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1. A kind of oil used in India for lamps, and for boiling with dammar for pitching vessels. It is pressed from the seeds of a leguminous tree (Pongamia glabra).

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• noun a yellow fatty oil obtained from porpoises and used as a fine lubricant
  

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• noun edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant
  rape oil; colza oil.
  

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• noun edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant
  rape oil; colza oil.
  

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• noun oil products that remain after petroleum has been distilled
  resid.
  

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• noun a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
  crude oil; oil; fossil oil; petroleum; crude.
  

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• . See Petroleum.

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Roo"sa oil`

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1. The East Indian name for grass oil. See under Grass.

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• noun a volatile fragrant oil obtained from fresh roses by steam distillation
  attar of roses.
  

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• (Chem.), the yellow essential oil extracted from various species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief part of attar of roses.

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• an oil obtained from the resin of the pine tree, used by painters and for lubricating machinery, etc.

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• noun a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam
  chrisom; holy oil; chrism.
  

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• noun oil from safflower seeds used as food as well as in medicines and paints
  
• noun oil from seeds of the safflower plant
  

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• noun any of several edible vegetable oils that can be used in salad dressings
  

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• noun a fatty oil obtained from the wastes in canning salmon; used in making soap and dressing leather
  

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• noun oil obtained from sardines and used chiefly as a lubricant and in soap
  

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• noun oil from root bark of sassafras trees; used in perfumery and as a disinfectant
  

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• noun a pale yellow to red-brown fatty oil obtained from seal blubber; used in making soap and dressing leather and as a lubricant
  

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• oil expressed from the seeds of plants.

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• noun oil obtained from sesame seeds
  

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• noun oil extracted from oil shale by heating
  

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• noun a fatty yellow to brown oil obtained from the livers of sharks; used for dressing leather and as a source of vitamin A
  shark oil.
  

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• noun a fatty yellow to brown oil obtained from the livers of sharks; used for dressing leather and as a source of vitamin A
  shark oil.
  

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• noun (medicine) any of various liquids sold as medicine (as by a travelling medicine show) but medically worthless
  
• noun communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
  humbug.
  

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• a paraffin oil used an illuminant and lubricant.

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• noun oil from soya beans
  soyabean oil.
  

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• noun oil from soya beans
  soyabean oil.
  

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• noun an aromatic oil obtained from the spearmint plant
  

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• noun an animal oil found in the blubber of the sperm whale
  

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• a fatty oil found as a liquid, with spermaceti, in the head cavities of the sperm whale.

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• noun pale yellow essential oil obtained from spike lavender used in scenting soaps and cosmetics
  spike lavender oil.
  

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• noun pale yellow essential oil obtained from spike lavender used in scenting soaps and cosmetics
  spike lavender oil.
  

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• noun a thick oil comprised of linseed, tung, or soya oils which have been heated to over 300 C
  

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• rock oil, petroleum.

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• noun oil from sunflower seeds
  sunflower oil.
  

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• noun oil from sunflower seeds
  sunflower oil.
  

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• noun pale yellow fatty oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds
  almond oil; expressed almond oil.
  

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• noun mild vegetable oil when used as food; especially olive or edible rape oil
  

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• olive oil.

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• noun a liquid ester with a strong odor of wintergreen; applied externally for minor muscle and joint pain
  methyl salicylate; birch oil.
  

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• noun an oil derived from wood pulp and used in making soaps or lubricants
  

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• noun an animal oil obtained by pressing tallow; used as a lubricant
  

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• sesame oil.

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• cedar leaf oil.

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• to study or work late at night.

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• to find petroleum when boring for it; figuratively, to make a lucky hit financially. Slang, U.S.

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• noun a white to brown oil obtained from whale blubber; formerly used as an illuminant
  train oil.
  

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Train" oil`

Etymology

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1. Oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales, by boiling.

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• noun an oil obtained from tuna
  

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• noun a yellow oil obtained from the seeds of the tung tree
  Chinese wood oil.
  

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• noun Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil
  Aleurites fordii; tung; tung tree.
  

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• noun any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants
  oil.
  

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• noun an oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes; used in perfume and flavorings
  essential oil; volatile oil.
  

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• noun an oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes; used in perfume and flavorings
  essential oil; volatile oil.
  

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• . (Chem.) See Essential oils, under Essential.

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• . See Essential oils, under Essential.

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• noun oil from walnuts
  

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• oil extracted from walnut meats. It is used in cooking, making soap, etc.

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• noun a white to brown oil obtained from whale blubber; formerly used as an illuminant
  train oil.
  

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• oil prepared so as not to solidify in moderately cold weather.

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• noun oil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plant
  oil of wintergreen.
  

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• (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East Indian trees of the genus Dipterocarpus, having properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See Gurjun.

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• noun any oil used to oil wool before spinning
  

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• (Med.), an anthelmintic consisting of oil obtained from the seeds of Chenopodium anthelminticum.

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• noun a dark bitter oil obtained from wormwood leaves; flavors absinthe liqueurs
  absinthe oil.
  

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