LIGHT OIL

Definition: LIGHT OIL

LIGHT OIL

1. (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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crosswords: LIGHT OIL

English words defined with "LIGHT OIL": Bude light ♦ colza oil ♦ idiot light ♦ kerosene lamp, kerosine lamp ♦ Middle oil ♦ oil lamp ♦ Photogen ♦ rape oil, rapeseed oil. (references)

Specialty definitions using "LIGHT OIL": AIRPORT ATTENDANT, atmospheric distillation ♦ BOOKMOBILE DRIVER ♦ Candles of the Night, coal-tar oil, Craelius drilling machine ♦ FURNACE OPERATOR ♦ gasoline finisher ♦ Lamp of Heaven, lead blender, lettuce, light-oil operator ♦ NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTER ♦ PIPE FINISHER ♦ ROTARY-ENGINE ASSEMBLER ♦ ULTRASONIC TESTER ♦ wash-oil-cooler operator, WASH-OIL-PUMP OPERATOR, WASH-OIL-PUMP OPERATOR HELPER, WELL-LOGGING OPERATOR, MUD ANALYSIS ♦ yellow dog. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: LIGHT OIL

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Syria	This discovery relieved Syria of the need to import light oil to mix with domestic heavy crude in refineries. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: LIGHT OIL

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
light oil reset	4
crude light oil sweet	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: LIGHT OIL

Language		Translations for "LIGHT OIL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Japanese Kanji		軽油 (diesel oil, gasoline). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		けいゆ (diesel oil, gasoline, go by the way, via). (various references)

Pig Latin		ightlay oilay

Romanian		ulei uşor. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: LIGHT OIL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "g-h-i-i-l-l-o-t"
	-3 letters: hillo, light, litho, thill, thiol.
	-4 letters: gill, gilt, hili, hill, hilt, holt, lilt, loth, loti, thio, till, toil, toll.
	-5 letters: ghi, git, got, hit, hog, hot, ill, lit, log, lot, oil, tho, til, tog.
	Words containing the letters "g-h-i-i-l-l-o-t"
	+2 letters: lithologic.
	+3 letters: lithologies, philologist.
	+4 letters: histological, lithological, philologists.
	+5 letters: clotheslining, floodlighting, lichenologist.
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