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| Domain | Definition |
Environment | Any mineral-based lubrication or industrial oils which have become unfit for the use for which they were originally intended, and in particular used combustion engine oils and gearbox oils, and also mineral lubricated oils, oils for turbines and hydraulic oils. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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![]() | Waste oil at storage tanks, Creek County, Oklahoma. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Oil derrick with waste oil in stream. Oklahoma City oil field, Oklahoma. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Waste oil can be burnt as a fuel after treatment. (references) | |
Different levels of treatment can be applied to the waste oil depending on the desired application. (references) | ||
The efficiency of collection of waste oils has improved over recent years, helping to reduce the amount of waste oil lost to the environment. (references) | ||
Economic History | Netherlands | Products for waste oil, other waste disposal storage materials and special filter installations for auto paint spraying are growing markets in the Netherlands. (references) |
Malaysia | Advanced waste recovery systems for solvents, waste oil, acid, and metals are in demand in the printed circuit board, iron and steel, electronics, and semiconductor industries. (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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
waste oil heater | 42 |
waste oil | 30 |
waste oil burner | 28 |
waste oil furnace | 24 |
waste oil tank | 9 |
waste oil disposal | 8 |
waste oil boiler | 8 |
waste oil recycling | 5 |
waste oil heat | 3 |
waste oil pump | 3 |
waste oil removal | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "WASTE OIL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | spildolie (used oil), olieaffald (used oil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verspilde olie (used oil), afvalolie (used oil), afgewerkte olie (used oil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | jäteöljy (used oil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | huile usagée, huile usée, huile résiduaire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Rückstandsöl (used oil), Altöl (used oil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μεταχειρισμένα λάδια,καμένα λάδια (used oil), χρησιμοποιημένα ορυκτέλαια (used oil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fáradt olaj (refuse oil, spent oil, tired oil, used oil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | olio usato (used oil), olio residuo (used oil), olio di scarto (used oil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 廃油 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | はいゆ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | asteway oilay óleo usado (used oil), óleo residual (used oil). (various references) aceite usado (used oil). (various references) spillolja (used oil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-o-s-t-w" | |
-1 letter: isolate. | |
-2 letters: lowest, osteal, owlets, saltie, solate, stelai, toiles, towels, towies, walies. | |
-3 letters: aisle, alist, aloes, altos, awols, iotas, islet, istle, least, lewis, litas, lotas, lowes, lowse, lweis, ostia, owlet, setal, slate, solei, stale, steal, stela, stile, stoae, stoai, stole, swail, swale, sweat, taels, tails, tales, tawie, tawse, teals, telia, teloi, telos, tesla. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-o-s-t-w" | |
+2 letters: outlawries, womanliest, wyliecoats. | |
+3 letters: wolframites, yellowtails. | |
+4 letters: latticeworks, stonewalling, towardliness, wollastonite. | |
+5 letters: anticlockwise, metalworkings, watercolorist, waterfowlings, wollastonites, workabilities. | |
| 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. | |
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