Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Mineral Oil |
Mineral OilNoun1. A distillate of petroleum (especially one used medicinally as a laxative or stool softener). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | Oil consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons either naturally occurring or obtained by the treatment of materials of natural origin. Source: European Union. (references) |
Chemical Industry | A fluid composed of petroleum hydrocarbons which may contain other constituents. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | A mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum. It is used as laxative, lubricant, ointment base, and emollient. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Oil | Noun: oil, fat, butter, cream, grease, tallow, suet, lard, dripping exunge, blubber; glycerin, stearin, elaine, oleagine; soap; soft soap, wax, cerement; paraffin, spermaceti, adipocere; petroleum, mineral, mineral rock, mineral crystal, mineral oil; vegetable oil, colza oil, olive oil, salad oil, linseed oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, nut oil; animal oil, neat's foot oil, train oil; ointment, unguent, liniment; aceite, amole, Barbados tar; fusel oil, grain oil, rape oil, seneca oil; hydrate |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Mineral Oil |
| English words defined with "mineral oil": diesel fuel, diesel oil. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "mineral oil": Cattermole Process ♦ Freund's Adjuvant ♦ hydraulic prop ♦ oil lubricant ♦ quench oil, quenching oil ♦ raw fuel ♦ waterless moulding sand. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
References | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | One of the 10,000 victims of the poisoning through mineral oil ... / UNICEF photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Mineral oil is the most common lubricant. (references) | |
An impaction can be softened with mineral oil taken by mouth and an enema. (references) | ||
The doctor may prescribe one or more enemas or a drink that helps clean out the bowel, like magnesium citrate, mineral oil, or polyethylene glycol. (references) | ||
Business | Demand is also moving from mineral oil lubricants to synthetic lubricants because the former are used primarily in older cars with high mileage, which need frequent oil changes. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "mineral oil"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vajguri (coal oil, kerosene, naphtha, oil, paraffin, petroleum, refined petroleum, rock oil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | mineralsk olie (petroleum fluid), mineralolie (mineral naphtha, petroleum, petroleum fluid, rock oil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | minerale olie (petroleum fluid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | mineraaliöljy (petroleum fluid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | huile minérale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | mineralöl (petroleum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ορυκτέλαιο (petroleum fluid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kőolaj (crude, crude oil, paraffin, paraffine, petroleum, rock oil), ásványolaj (rock oil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | olio minerale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 鉱油 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "うゆ (balm, perfumed oil, pomade). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ineralmay oilay óleo mineral. (various references) нефть (naphtha, oil, pet petroleum, petrol, petroleum, rock-oil), нефтепродукт. (various references) mineralno ulje. (various references) petróleo (crude oil, fusel oil, oil, paraffin, petroleum), grasa mineral, aceite mineral (petroleum fluid), óleo mineral. (various references) mineralolja (petroleum fluid). (various references) madeni yağ (rock oil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-l-l-m-n-o-r" | |
-2 letters: milliare, milliner, ramillie. | |
-3 letters: aileron, airline, alienor, almoner, amorini, liminal, loamier, manille, manlier, marline, millier, milline, million, mineral, moraine, ralline, ramilie, romaine. | |
-4 letters: airmen, aliner, almner, anomie, enamor, enroll, eolian, inlier, larine, lienal, limier, limina, limner, lineal, linear, linier, loaner, lomein, loreal, mailer, maline, mallei, marine, marlin, menial, merino, merlin, merlon, miller, moaner. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-l-l-m-n-o-r" | |
+1 letter: millionaire. | |
+2 letters: meridionally, millionaires. | |
+3 letters: millionairess, mineralogical, multiregional, neoliberalism. | |
+4 letters: demoralizingly, lognormalities, neoliberalisms, terminological. | |
+5 letters: complimentarily, millionairesses, mineralogically, postmillenarian. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
