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Definition: Oil |
OilNoun1. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water. 2. Oil paint used by an artist. Verb1. Cover with oil, as if by rubbing; "oil the wooden surface". 2. Administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "oil" was first used: 12th century. (references) |
Etymology: Oil \Oil\ (oil), noun. [Old English oile, Old French oile, French huile, from Latin oleum; akin to Greek. Compare to Olive.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | OIL 1. ["The Architecture of the FAIM-1 Symbolic Multiprocessing System", A. Davis et al, 9th Intl Joint Conf in Artif Intell, 1985, pp.32-38]. 2. Operator Identification Language. Used for overloading resolution by the Eli compiler-writing system. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Bible | Oil Only olive oil seems to have been used among the Hebrews. It was used for many purposes: for anointing the body or the hair (Ex. 29:7; 2 Sam. 14:2; Ps. 23:5; 92:10; 104:15; Luke 7:46); in some of the offerings (Ex. 29:40; Lev. 7:12; Num. 6:15; 15:4), but was excluded from the sin-offering (Lev. 5:11) and the jealousy-offering (Num. 5:15); for burning in lamps (Ex. 25:6; 27:20; Matt. 25:3); for medicinal purposes (Isa. 1:6; Luke 10:34; James 5:14); and for anointing the dead (Matt. 26:12; Luke 23:56). It was one of the most valuable products of the country (Deut. 32:13; Ezek. 16:13), and formed an article of extensive commerce with Tyre (27:17). The use of it was a sign of gladness (Ps. 92:10; Isa. 61:3), and its omission a token of sorrow (2 Sam. 14:2; Matt. 6:17). It was very abundant in Galilee. (See OLIVE.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Chemical Industry | Organic substance which is a more or less viscous liquid at room temperature, not soluble in water and usually lighter than water. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of anointing with oil, foretells events in which you will be the particular moving power. Quantities of oil, prognosticates excesses in pleasurable enterprises. For a man to dream that he deals in oil, denotes unsuccessful love making, as he will expect unusual concessions. For a woman to dream that she is anointed with oil, shows that she will be open to indiscreet advances. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Energy | A product of crude oil that is used for space heating, diesel engines, and electrical generation. (fuel). (references) |
Literature | Oil To strike oil. To make a happy hit or valuable discovery. The phrase refers to hitting upon or discovering a bed of petroleum or mineral oil. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Weather | See crude oil, petroleum, fossil fuel, hydrocarbons. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Crude oil is the mixture of petroleum liquids and gases (together with associated impurities) pumped out of the ground by oil wells.
It is described by the location of its origin (e.g., "western Texas" or "Brent") and often by its relative weight or viscosity (light, intermediate, or heavy); it may also be referred to as "sweet", which means it contains relatively little sulfur (in the form of the gas H2S) and requires less refining, or "sour", which means it contains substantial sulfur and requires more refining. The presence of H2S also adds considerably to the production costs as this highly toxic gas cannot simply be emitted into the atmosphere. Usually, it is either stored and then disposed of, or pumped back in the top of the oil reservoir where it expands and helps "push" remaining oil towards producing wells (this is referred to as gas reinjection).
The price of oil fluctuates quite widely in response to crises or recessions in major economies, because any economic downturn reduces the demand for oil. On the supply side the OPEC cartel uses its influence to stabilise or raise oil prices. In the early spring of 1999, the average price of around US$14 per barrel (less than US $0.15 per liter), meant crude oil was the second cheapest liquid in the world. Currently (March 2003), Brent crude stands at $33 per barrel.
Crude oil, like coal and natural gas, is generally held to be the product of compression of ancient vegetation over geological timescales. A few scientists, notably Thomas Gold, have suggested other, abiogenic, theories for the origins of crude oil.
Some crude oils include
See also:
- Nymex (New York)
- Brent (London, from the North Sea)
- Fossil fuel
- OPEC
- North Sea oil
- List of oil companies
- List of oil-producing states
- Hubbert curve
- Offshore construction
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Crude oil."
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Gasoline (or Petrol) is a petroleum liquid mixture consisting primarily of hydrocarbons used as fuel in internal combustion engines. The term gasoline is primarily used in English-speaking North America to refer to such a mixture. People in other parts of the English-speaking world use the term petrol for such mixtures.
Chemical Analysis
The vast majority of hydrocarbons present in gasoline are aliphatic ones with number of carbon atoms in the range of 6,7-11,12. Typical gasoline also contains some other organic compounds - aromatic and other unsaturated hydrocarbons, organic ethers, amines and sulfoxides.
Gasoline is a more volatile fuel than diesel or kerosene. The reason for this is not only the base constituents, but the additives that are put into it.
Many of the non-aliphatic hydrocarbons naturally present in gasoline (especially aromatic ones like benzene), as well as many anti-knocking additives, are carcinogenic. Because of this, any large-scale or ongoing leaks of gasoline pose a threat to the public's health should the gasoline reach a public supply of drinking water. The chief risks of such leaks come not from vehicles, but from gasoline delivery truck accidents and leaks from underground storage tanks. Because of this risk, most underground storage tanks now have extensive measures in place to detect and prevent any such leaks.
Octane rating
is a measure of how resistant gasoline is to premature detonation (knocking). It is measured relative to a mixture of isooctane (2,5-dimethylhexane) and n-heptane. So an 87-octane petrol has the same knock resistance as a 87% isooctane/ 13% heptane mixture. Petrol is typically separated from crude oil via distillation, so the mixture of the molecules in the resulting fuel is dependent on the oil used. Romania was a supplier of "light-sweet" crude oil, which, when distilled, resulted in a petrol with an 87 rating. 87 octane was the general benchmark for much of the world, and is the current standard rating for "normal" petrol in the US and Canada.It might seem odd that fuels with higher octane ratings burn less easily, yet are generally considered more powerful. Using a fuel with a higher octane allows the engine to be run at higher compressions, and not have problems with knock. Compression is directly related to power, so engines using higher octane deliver more power, explaining the common misconception. Some high-performance engines are designed to operate at the higher compression levels associated with high octane numbers, and thus demand high-octane gasoline.
History
Lead additives
Because the mixture known as gasoline has a tendency to explode or "knock, lead additives were first blended with fuel in the 1920s, and continued through the 1980s. The most popular one was tetra-ethyl lead. However, with the recognition of the environmental damage caused by the lead, and the incompatibility of lead with catalytic converters, most countries are in the process of phasing out the sale of leaded fuel, and different additives to reduce knocking are now used. Among the most popular ones are aromatic ethers and methanol. There are also additives to reduce internal engine carbon buildups, to increase oxidation, and to allow easier starting in cold climates.
WWII and Octane Story
One interesting historical issue involving octane rating took place during WWII. Germany received the vast majority of their oil from Romania, and set up huge distilling plants in Germany to produce petrol from it. In the US the oil was not "as good" and the oil industry instead had to invest heavily in various expensive boosting systems. This turned out to be a huge blessing in disguise. US industry was soon delivering fuels of ever-increasing octane ratings by adding more of the boosting agents, with cost no longer a factor during wartime. By war's end their aviation fuel was commonly 130 to 150 octane, which could easily be put to use in existing engines to deliver much more power by increasing the compression delivered by the superchargers. The Germans, relying entirely on "good" petrol, had no such industry, and instead had to rely on ever-larger engines to deliver more power. The result is that British and US engines consistently outperformed German ones during the war, playing no small part in the defeat of the Luftwaffe.
See also
- list of automotive fuel brands,
- diesel
- gasoline tax
External Links
- Gasoline FAQ
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gasoline."
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Oil is a generic term for fluids that are not miscible with water. The name comes from Latin oleum for olive oil.
In the United States, petroleum is referred to predominantly as oil. For example, an "oil shortage" would mean an inadequate supply of petroleum rather than cooking or mineral oil. Oil is used frequently in politics and the media when referring to dependence on "foreign oil", or oil that is imported from other countries.
Types of Oil
See also
- Cooking oils such as olive oil and vegetable oil
- Mineral oil
- Crude oil
- Petroleum
- Essential oil
- Mill, Oil-for-Food, Vegoil.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Oil."
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OIL(Ontology Inference Layer or Ontology Interchange Language) can be regarded as an Ontology Infrastructure for the Semantic Web (see paper "OIL: An Ontology Infrastructure for the Semantic Web", IEEE INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS, MARCH/APRIL 2001). From an theoretic view, OIL is one of the latest Description Logic (DL).Much of the work in OIL has now been incorporated into OWL.
See Also:
- Description Logic
- DAML
- DAML+OIL
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "OIL."
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Oil painting is done on surfaces with pigments ground into a medium of oil - especially in early modern Europe, linseed oil. Other oils occasionally used include poppyseed oil, walnut oil, and safflower oil. These oils result in different properties in the oil paint, such as less yellowing or different drying times.It was probably developed for decorative or functional purposes in the high Middle Ages. Surfaces like shields - both those used in tournaments and those hung as decorations - were more durable when painted in oil-based media than when painted in the traditional tempera paints. Many Renaissance sources credit northern European painters of the 15th century with the 'invention' of painting with oil media on wood panel - Jan van Eyck often mentioned as the "inventor".
Recent advances in chemistry have produced modern oil paints that can be used with, and cleaned up in, water. These are still 'real' oil-paints in every sense of the meaning. Small alterations in the molecular structure of the oil creates this water miscible property.
A still-newer type of paint, heat-set oils, remain liquid until heated to 265-280 °F (130-138 °C) for about 15 minutes. Since the paint never dries otherwise, cleanup is not needed (except when one wants to use a different color and the same brush). Although not technically true oils (the medium is an unidentified "non-drying synthetic oily liquid, imbedded with a heat sensitive curing agent"), the paintings resemble oil paintings and are usually shown as oil paintings.
See also
- Jacques Maroger
- Marble (paint effect)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Oil painting."
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Palm oil is a form of edible vegetable oil obtained from the flesh of the fruit of the oil palm tree. The oil palm is a tropical palm tree.There are two well known species of palm oil, the better known one is the one originating from Guinea, Africa and was first illustrated by Nicholaas Jacquin in 1763, hence its name, Elaeis Guinnesis Jacq..
The fruit is reddish, about the size of a large plum and grows in large bunches. A bunch of fruits can weight between 10 to 40 kilograms each. Each fruit contains a single seed (the palm kernel). Oil is extracted from both the pulp of the fruit (becoming palm oil) and the kernel (palm kernel oil).
Palm oil itself is reddish and contains a high amount of carotenoids.
Palm oil is used as cooking oil, to make margerine and is a component of some processed foods. The oil is high in Olefins, a potentially valuable chemical group that can be processed into many non-food products as well.
The oil palm originated in West Africa but has since been planted succesfully in tropical regions within 20 degrees of the equator. The world's largest producer and exporter of palm oil today is Malaysia, producing about 50% of the world's supply of palm oil.
Indonesia is the second largest world producer of palm oil producing approx 30% of world palm oil volume.
Both nations are expanding the palm oil capacity and the market continues to grow.
There is evidence of palm oil use in Ancient Egypt.
External links
- Facts on palm oil
- Physical properties of palm oil
- Another website on oil palm
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Petroleum (from Latin petrus–rock and oleum–oil) or mineral oil. It can be shortened to the prefix petro-, as in "petrodiesel".
Petroleum is a thick, dark brown or greenish inflammable liquid, which, at certain points, exists in the upper strata of the earth. It consists of a complex mixture of various hydrocarbons, largely of the methane series, but may vary much in appearance, composition, and properties. Biological material in rocks starts off largely as a waxy material known as kerogen. Under the influence of heat and pressure, kerogen breaks down first into liquids and to gases. Both the liquid (petroleum) and gas phases (natural gas) tend to migrate through porous rocks until they encounter impermeable beds where packets/pools will tend to collect. After a drilling and pumping process to extract it from the strata, petroleum is refined by distillation. The products include kerosene, benzene, gasoline, paraffin wax, asphalt, etc.
The biological nature of petroleum is not certain. Russian scientists have proposed that petroleum is "abiotic" in nature. The scientific papers can be found here http://www.gasresources.net/ The following paragraph is from the above site.
"The modern Russian-Ukrainian theory of deep, abiotic petroleum origins recognizes that petroleum is a primordial material of deep origin which has been erupted into the crust of the Earth. In short, and bluntly, petroleum is not a "fossil fuel" and has no intrinsic connection with dead dinosaurs (or any other biological detritus) "in the sediments" (or anywhere else)."
Western science has ignored the "proof" supplied by the Russians. Russia is now completely oil self sufficient, lending credence to their claims. If oil is indeed the result of an abiotic geological process, the supply is virtually limitless.
Strictly speaking, petroleum consists entirely of aliphatic hydrocarbons, those composed of nothing but hydrogen and carbon.
The four lightest hydrocarbons -- CH4 (methane), C2H6 (ethane), C3H8 (propane) and C4H10 (butane) -- are all gases, boiling at -107°C, -67°C, -43°C, and -18°C, respectively (-161°, -88°, -46°, and -1° degrees F).
The chains in the C5-7 range are all light, easily vaporized, clear naphthas. They are used as solvents, dry cleaning fluids, and other quick-drying products. The chains from C6H14 through C12H26 are blended together and used for gasoline. Kerosene is made up of chains in the C10 to C15 range, followed by diesel fuel/heating oil (C10 to C20) and heavier fuel oils as the ones used in ship engines. These petroleum compounds are all liquid at room temperature.
Lubricating oils and semi-solid greases (including Vaseline®) range from C16 up to C20.
Chains above C20 form solids, starting with paraffin wax, then tar and asphaltic bitumen.
Oil field in California, 1938 Boiling ranges of petroleum atmospheric pressure distillation fractions in degrees centigrade:
Petroleum's worth as a portable, dense energy source (powering the vast majority of automobiles, trucks, trains and ships), and as the base of many industrial chemicals makes it one of the world's most important commodities. Access to it was a major factor in several military conflicts, including World War Two and the Gulf War. Much of the world's readily accessible reserves are located in the Middle East, a politically unstable region.
- petrol ether: 40 - 70 (used as solvent)
- light petrol: 60 - 100 (automobile fuel)
- heavy petrol: 100 - 150 (automobile fuel)
- light kerosene: 120 - 150 (household solvent and fuel)
- kerosene: 150 - 300 (jet engine fuel)
- gas oil: 250 - 350 (Diesel fuel/ heating)
- lubrication oil: > 300 (engine oil)
- remaining fractions: tar, asphalt, residual fuel
Petroleum history
Petroleum industry was initialized by Edwin Drake in the 1850's, near Titusville, Pennsylvania. The industry grew slowly in the 1800s and did not become a real national concern until the early part of the 20th century; the introduction of the internal combusion engine provided a demand that has largely sustained the industry to this day. Early "local" finds like those in Pennsylvania and Ontario were quickly exhausted, leading to "oil booms" in Texas and California. Other countries had sizable oil reserves as a part of their colonial holdings, and started to develop at an industrial level.
Following the 1973 oil crisis there was significant media coverage of oil supply levels. This brought to light the concern that oil is a limited resource that we will eventually run out of, at least as an economically viable energy source. At the time, the most common and popular predictions were always quite dire, and when they did not come true many dismissed all such discussion. The future of petroleum as a fuel remains somewhat controversial. Some would argue that because the total amount of petroleum is finite, the dire predictions of the 1970s have merely been postponed. Others argue that technology will continue to allow for the production of cheap hydrocarbons and that the earth has vast sources of unconventional petroleum reserves in the form of tar sands, bitumen fields, oil shale, and methyl hydrate that will allow for petroleum use to continue for an extremely long period in the future.
The presence of the oil industry has significant social and environmental impacts, both from accidents and from routine activities such as seismic exploration, drilling and the generation of polluting wastes. Oil extraction is expensive and frequently environmentally damaging. Offshort exploration and extraction of oil disturbs the surrounding marine environment. Extraction may involve dredging which stirs up the sea bed killing the sea plants that marine creatures require to survive. Crude oil and refined fuel spills from tanker ship accidents have damaged fragile ecosystems in Alaska, the Galapagos Islands, and many other places. Fortunately, renewable energy source alternatives do exist.
List of Petroleum Companies
- Arbusto Energy
- British Petroleum
- ChevronTexaco
- Exxon Mobil
- Gulf Oil
- Koch Oil
- Shell Oil
- Statoil
- ConocoPhillips
- Total
- Citgo
See also
- Brent
- Crude oil
- Greenhouse gases
- History of the Petroleum Industry
- Hubbert curve
- List of oil-producing states
- Oil field - List of oil fields
- Oil imperialism
- Oil supplies
- Oil well
- OPEC
- Petroleum disasters
- Petroleum crisis
- Renewable energy, specially bioalcohol and biodiesel
- Thermal depolymerization
- Renewable Energy Source
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Petroleum."
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A vegetable oil or vegoil is an oil extracted from oilseeds or another plant source. Some vegetable oils, such as rapeseed, cottonseed or castor oil, are not fit for human consumption without further processing.
Like all fats, vegetable oils are esters of glycerin and a varying blend of fatty acids, and are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents.
Soybeans 26.0 million metric tons (MMT) Palm 23.3 MMT Rapeseed 13.1 MMT Sunflowerseed 8.6 MMT Peanut 4.2 MMT Cottonseed 3.6 MMT Palm Kernel 2.7 MMT Olive 2.5 MMT Note that these figures include industrial and animal feed use. The vegetable oil most widely used in human nutrition is sunflower seed oil. Palm oil, which is solid at room temperature, is used mainly to produce soaps and cosmetics. The majority of European rapeseed oil production is used to produce biodiesel.
Extraction
See also: biodiesel, decorticator, expeller, extruder, fat, lipid, mill.
- One can use the "modern" way of processing oil by chemical extraction, using solvent extracts, which produces higher yields and is quicker and less expensive.
- Another way is the "physical extraction", that does not use solvent extracts. It is made the "old" way by expeller-pressed mechanical extraction.
External links
- Oil yields and characteristics.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Vegetable oil."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
OIL | English | Open Individual License | Public Administration |
OIL | Italian | Organizzazione internazionale del Lavoro | Labor |
| OIC | English | Oil Industry Commission | N/A |
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Synonyms: OilSynonyms: oil color (n), anele (v), anoint (v), embrocate (v), inunct (v). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: o' (public administration, environment). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Fuel | Candle. (luminary); oil. (grease). |
Lubrication | Verb: lubricate, lubricitate; oil, grease, lather, soap; wax. |
Synovia; glycerine, oil, lubricating oil, grease; saliva; lather. | |
Painting | Pencil, oil; n. |
Remedy | Salve, ointment, cerate, oil, lenitive, lotion, cosmetic; plaster; epithem, embrocation, liniment, cataplasm, sinapism, arquebusade, traumatic, vulnerary, pepastic, poultice, collyrium, depilatory; emplastrum; eyewater, vesicant, vesicatory. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Oil |
| Non-English Usage: "Oil" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Scottish (educate, grief : is oil leam, it is an offence to me, pain, rear, vexation). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I've got oil in Bakersfield (Sunset Blvd.; writing credit: Charles Brackett) I wanted to open the dump valves on oil tankers and smother all the French beaches I'd never see. I wanted to breathe smoke (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls) I learnt the difference between a fine oil painting, and a mechanical thing, like a photograph (Harvey; writing credit: Mary Chase;) Whew. You know Darren, if you would have told me twenty-five years ago that some day I'd be standing here about to solve the world's energy problems, I would've said you're crazy Now let's push this big ball of oil out the window (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) Where did you find cold-pressed virgin olive oil from Tuscany in this economy (Dark Angel; writing credit: Ben Aaronovitch; Mark Ezra) | |
Lyrics | As her folks drive away her dad yells, Check the oil! ("Wide Open Spaces"; performing artist: Dixie Chicks) All of those tourists covered with oil (Margaritaville; performing artist: JIMMY BUFFET) Read the Bible by a coal oil light ("Coal Miner's Daughter"; performing artist: Loretta Lynn) Check out the oil on my Cadillac spills (Southern Hospitality; performing artist: Ludacris) Oil wasted on the ocean and upon our seas, fish full of mercury (Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology); performing artist: Marvin Gaye) | |
Clever | If corn oil comes from corn, where does baby oil come from? (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Baby Oil (1974) Oil Thru the Day (1964) Roughnecks: The Story of Oil Drillers (1960) The Story of Oil (1946) | |
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 | Illustration of a cross-section of the skin with labels indicating epidermis, dermis, sweat gland, fatty tissue, nerve follicle and oil gland. See artwork: RR-15b, WYNTK-22b. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | On an ivory background sits a stick of butter in a glass tray, a jar of mayonnaise, a bottle of oil and a bottle of salad dressing. See artwork: PV-44. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |
 | Histopathology of autopsy liver from child who died of Reye's syndrome. Hepatocytes contain fine fat droplets. Frozen section stained with Oil Red O and hematoxylin. Credit: CDC. |  | P. acnes is associated with the disease acne, an infection within the skin's oil producing glands, leading to the formation of pimples. Hormones play a crucial role in this process. Credit: CDC. |
 | Kuwait City Oil Fires. Credit: NASA. |  | Bilby tower built on oil rig south of New Orleans. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | IXTOC 1 oil well blowout from helicopter platform on RESEARCHER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Boomed marshes containing oil spill. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Aerial photo of eroding marsh and oil from recent well blowout. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Deck of modern whaler, showing try-works, scraphopper, and utensils employed in trying-out oil. In: "Aquatic Products in Arts and Industries" by Charles H. Stevenson. Report of the Commissioner for the Year Ending June 30, 1902. P. 196, Plate 13. Credit: Fisheries. |
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| "Oil lamp" by Jimmy Svensson Commentary: "Oil lamp with an angel in the background." | "Oil" by Pablo Rosciani Commentary: "Oil." |
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 | Furnace; heat; heater; boiler; calefactor; cinerator; cremator; forge; heating system; incinerator; kiln; oil burner; smithy; stove. |
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Francis Beaumont | Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top. |
Josh Billings | Advice is like castor oil, easy to give, but dreadful to take. |
Miguel de Cervantes | Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as oil does above water. |
Sir Walter Scott | Life without mirth is a lamp without oil. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | As if the only business of a king had been to lead out their armies, and fight in their defence; and accordingly at his inauguration pouring a vial of oil upon him, declares to Saul, that the Lord had anointed him to be captain over his inheritance, x. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He had disappeared in the sea, without making even a ripple, as though he had fallen into a cask of oil. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | You must choose the pure oil and you must be careful when you pour it in not to overflow it, not to pour in more than the funnel can hold |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | They rumbled along, putting a little earthquake in the ground, and the standing exhaust pipes sputtered blue smoke from the Diesel oil. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Mineral oil is the most common lubricant. (references) | |
Avoid using mayonnaise or oil for salads. (references) | ||
Avoid foods fried in oil such as chips, french fries, and doughnuts. (references) | ||
Business | Oil market is fully open to competition. (references) | |
Waste oil can be burnt as a fuel after treatment. (references) | ||
China is exploiting its western region for oil production. (references) | ||
Children | Iraq | The executive director of the U.N. office in charge of the oil-for-food program confirmed the insufficient placement of orders in a January 2000 letter to the Government, in which he expressed concern about the low rate of submission of applications in the health, education, water, sanitation, and oil sectors. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Comoros | These sanctions included restrictions on all telecommunications, air and sea links, imports of oil and petroleum products, and nonrecognition of travel documents and passports. (references) |
Bangladesh | On June 5, members of a gang believed to be engaged in stealing shipping oil and property kidnaped Atahar Siddique Khasru, the Sitakunda correspondent of Dhaka-based Bangla-language daily Ittefaq. (references) | |
Economic History | Norway | Oil extraction--1%. (references) |
Gabon | Gabon's economy is dominated by oil. (references) | |
Yemen | Marib oil contains associated natural gas. (references) | |
Human Rights | Ecuador | On March 1, the remaining seven oil workers were released after a multimillion-dollar ransom was paid. (references) |
Pakistan | On July 26, Shaukat Raza, a Shi'a Muslim and CEO of Pakistan State Oil, was killed in Karachi, most likely by Sunni Muslim extremists. (references) | |
Indonesia | Initial reports on August 9 indicated that unknown assailants shot and killed 31 employees of PT Bumi Flora, a palm oil plantation in Idi Rayeuk in East Aceh. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Colombia | The U'wa reserve measures 1.25 million acres and has estimated oil reserves of up to 1 billion barrels. (references) |
Peru | Indigenous groups continue to resist encroachment on their native lands by oil exploration and drilling interests. (references) | |
Malaysia | NGO's help to create maps that can then be used in court to protect NCR land from logging, development, and palm oil cultivation. (references) | |
Minorities | Saudi Arabia | Shi'a are subjected to employment restrictions in the oil and petrochemical industries. (references) |
Nigeria | Many oil companies continued to employ local police and, in some cases, military troops to protect their facilities and personnel. (references) | |
Nigeria | In January militant youths shut down three major oil facilities near the town of Warri to back demands for jobs and social amenities. (references) | |
Political Economy | Yemen | Oil is the primary source of foreign exchange. (references) |
NIGERIA | The import of vegetable oil in bulk is banned. (references) | |
Kuwait | Receipts from oil sales finance 90 percent of the government budget. (references) | |
Political Rights | Kuwait | In the most serious case, the Minister of Oil was accused of being an agent for a foreign petroleum company because his wife was allegedly on the company's payroll. (references) |
Trade | Argentina | It is the main city in the oil region of Argentina. (references) |
Bahrain | There is still a protective duty of 20 percent on corn and palm oil imports. (references) | |
Travel | Denmark | The port of Esbjerg is the center for off-shore oil and gas activities in Denmark. (references) |
Cote D'ivoire | There have been a few long-term leases (99 years) negotiated by members of the oil industry. (references) | |
Saudi Arabia | Photography of sensitive installations such as airports, seaports, oil and petrochemical facilities, and military bases is prohibited, as is photography that constitutes an invasion of privacy. (references) | |
Women | Kuwait | However, almost all citizens work for the state in office jobs, and women are allowed into most areas of the bureaucracy, including oil well firefighting units. (references) |
Worker Rights | Syria | Large companies, such as oil field contractors, employ safety engineers. (references) |
Kuwait | The law pertaining to the oil industry provides for a 40-hour workweek, 30 days of annual leave, and sick leave. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | UNCTION, n. An oiling, or greasing. The rite of extreme unction consists in touching with oil consecrated by a bishop several parts of the body of one engaged in dying. Marbury relates that after the rite had been administered to a certain wicked English nobleman it was discovered that the oil had not been properly consecrated and no other could be obtained. When informed of this the sick man said in anger: "Then I'll be damned if I die!" "My son," said the priest, "this is what we fear." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Art Linkletter | I love Uncle Sam, but I didn't want him to take all my money. So, I founded an oil well drilling. You can write off all of the intangible drilling, which is a big hunk of the money that goes against your income. |
House Minority Whip David Bonior | That's not personal. It's taking on the Republican Party and their policies. And, you know, Bush and Cheney are oil folks and, I mean, I think that's a fair thing to go after. |
Robert Novak | After praising the crown prince, the president was asked whether the Saudi leader raised the prospect of using oil as a weapon and bargaining chip in the Middle East. |
Rush Limbaugh | We're also learning that we may have been wrong about how oil is even formed in the first place. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Europe and Japan, both heavily dependent on imported oil, now struggle to keep their economies in balance. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Price decontrol for oil and gas is proceeding. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | By deregulating oil, we have come closer to achieving energy independence and helped bring down the costs of gasoline and heating fuel. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | This Congress must act to encourage conservation, promote technology, build infrastructure, and it must act to increase energy production at home so America is less dependent on foreign oil. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Oil" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.75% of the time. "Oil" is used about 10,232 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.75% | 10,206 | 914 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.21% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.03% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 10,232 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "oil". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Izehar | N/A | Biblical | Oil |
| Shimon | N/A | Biblical | Oil |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
| |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Australia | Amity Oil Ltd. | Canada | Athabasca Oil Sands Trust |
| Hungary | Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC | India | Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Ltd |
| Ireland | Dragon Oil Plc | Japan | Arabian Oil Co. Ltd |
| Malaysia | Negri Sembilan Oil Palms Berhad | Norway | Northern Oil ASA |
| Pakistan | Pakistan Oil Fields Limited | Russian Federation | NK Yukos Oil Co. O.A.O. |
| (more examples...) |
Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "oil": absinthe oil ♦ african oil palm ♦ Almond oil ♦ american oil palm ♦ aniline oil ♦ Animal oil ♦ Anthracene oil ♦ antifreeze oil ♦ auto diesel oil ♦ babacu oil ♦ babassu oil ♦ baby oil ♦ banana oil ♦ batch oil ♦ batching oil ♦ bath oil ♦ Bd oil ♦ beaten oil ♦ Beech oil ♦ benne oil ♦ birch oil ♦ bitter almond oil ♦ Black Currant Seed Oil ♦ blazed oil ♦ bloom of oil ♦ blown oil ♦ boiled linseed oil ♦ boiled oil ♦ boiled or oxidised oil ♦ bone oil ♦ Borage Oil ♦ brominated oil ♦ burn the midnight oil ♦ butter oil ♦ calamus oil ♦ camphor oil ♦ camphorated oil ♦ cannabis oil ♦ canola oil ♦ Carron oil ♦ Cassia oil ♦ caster oil ♦ castor oil ♦ castor oil plant ♦ castor oil seed ♦ chaulmoogra oil ♦ chemically neutral oil ♦ chinese wood oil ♦ chlorinated oil ♦ churn oil mill ♦ circulating oil lubrication ♦ circulation oil ♦ clarified oil ♦ cloth oil ♦ clove oil ♦ coal oil ♦ cocoa nut oil ♦ cocoanut oil ♦ coconut oil ♦ cod liver oil ♦ cod oil ♦ cohune oil ♦ colza oil ♦ combination oil ♦ concrete oil ♦ concrete oil of wine ♦ condensed oil ♦ conjugated oil ♦ cooking oil ♦ copra oil ♦ corn oil ♦ costus oil ♦ cotton oil ♦ cotton seed oil ♦ cottonseed oil ♦ crossed oil grooves ♦ Croton oil ♦ crude oil ♦ crude sperm oil ♦ crude tall oil ♦ currier's oil ♦ Cuscus oil ♦ Dead oil ♦ decant oil ♦ decanted oil ♦ diesel oil ♦ dinkum oil ♦ Dippel's oil ♦ Dipple's oil ♦ dolphin oil ♦ dressed with oil and vinegar ♦ drill for oil ♦ drilling for oil ♦ Drying oil ♦ dupada oil ♦ Dutch oil ♦ Earth oil ♦ edible oil ♦ egg oil ♦ egg packer's oil ♦ engine oil. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "oil": oil-absorbent, oil-and-parts, oil-backed, oil-bag, oil-based, oil-based paint, oil-bath, oil-bearing, oil-bedaubed, oil-belt, oil-bird, oil-blackened, oil-blood, oil-boom, oil-bound, oil-box, oil-brake, oil-burn, oil-burner, oil-burners, oil-burning, oil-cake, oil-cake meal, oil-can, oil-cane, oil-change, oil-choked, oil-cloth, oil-cloth-covered, oil-coat, oil-company, oil-conduct, oil-consuming, oil-contaminated, oil-covered, oil-damped, oil-derrick, oil-devourers, oil-dispersing, oil-drenched, oil-drillers, oil-drilling, oil-driven, oil-drum, oil-drums, oil-duct, oil-endowed, oil-engine, oil-engined, oil-engineer, oil-export, oil-exporting, oil-extracting, oil-extraction, oil-field, oil-fields, oil-filled, oil-filler, oil-film, oil-filmed, oil-filter, oil-finished, oil-fired, oil-fired boiler, oil-for-arms, oil-for-weapons, oil-free, oil-fuelled, oil-garden, oil-gas, oil-gathering, oil-gear, oil-generating, oil-grained, oil-hardened steel, oil-heater, oil-heaters, oil-heating, oil-hit, oil-hungry, oil-immersed, oil-immersion, oil-importing, oil-induced, oil-industry, oil-industry analyst, oil-insulator, oil-in-water, oil-laden, oil-lamp, oil-lamps, oil-leaks, oil-less, oil-level, oil-line, oil-linked, oil-loading, oil-man, oil-mill, oil-milling, oil-moistened, oil-nut, oil-on-canvas, oil-on-leather, oil-overturned, oil-painted, oil-painting, oil-paintings, oil-paints, oil-palm, oil-palms, oil-perfumed, oil-pipe, oil-plus-parts, oil-poisoned, oil-polluted, oil-pollution, oil-poor, oil-presser, oil-price, oil-processing, oil-producing, oil-production, oil-prone, oil-prospecting, oil-pumping, oil-refining, oil-refrigerant, oil-related, oil-repellent, oil-resistant, oil-resource, oil-revenue, oil-rich, oil-rig, oil-rigger, oil-rigs, oil-sanctions, oil-sand, oil-sector, oil-seed, oil-seeds, oil-service, oil-shale, oil-shales, oil-sharing, oil-shipping, oil-side, oil-silk, oil-skin, oil-skins, oil-slick, oil-slicks, oil-soaked, oil-soluble, oil-spill, oil-spilling, oil-spills, oil-spoon, oil-spring, oil-stain, oil-stained, oil-starved, oil-station, oil-stock, oil-stone, oil-storage, oil-stove, oil-switch, oil-tanker, oil-tarnished, oil-temperature, oil-tempered, oil-terminal, oil-these, oil-tig, oil-tight, oil-topped, oil-tossed, oil-transmission, Oil-tree, oil-truck, oil-water interface, oil-well, oil-workers. | |
Ending with "oil": castor-oil, crude-oil, fuel-oil, non-oil, palm-oil, reduced-oil, sun-oil. | |
Containing "oil": Castor-oil plant, green-oil-based, non-oil-producing, non-oil-related, olive-oil-based, tar-oil-type, tung-oil tree. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
rose oil | 3,254 | eucalyptus oil | 595 |
oil painting | 3,046 | oil lamp | 537 |
coconut oil | 2,522 | oil on canvas | 524 |
oil | 2,259 | motor oil | 523 |
essential oil | 1,982 | oil paint | 513 |
olive oil | 1,480 | evening primrose oil | 510 |
flax seed oil | 1,370 | canola oil | 500 |
oil and gas | 1,012 | oil company | 468 |
tea tree oil | 908 | shell oil | 457 |
oil change | 901 | oil price | 431 |
perfume oil | 824 | castor oil | 424 |
massage oil | 720 | synthetic oil | 400 |
fish oil | 711 | cod liver oil | 372 |
oil of olay | 703 | oregano oil | 359 |
sunflower oil | 694 | crude oil | 341 |
oil wrestling | 685 | virgin coconut oil | 339 |
oil spill | 680 | frame oil filter | 327 |
emu oil | 669 | imperial oil | 310 |
oil filter | 659 | oil rig | 308 |
petro oil | 604 | fragrance oil | 304 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "oil"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | olie. (various references) | |
Albanian | vajos (lubricate), vajis (lubricate), vaji (oily), vajguri (coal oil, kerosene, mineral oil, naphtha, paraffin, petroleum, refined petroleum, rock oil), vaj (alas, bewailing, coronach, cry, dope, fat, lachrymation, lament, lamentation, seed oil, whine), shkrin, para (ahead, before, beforehand, cash, chuck, contribution, currency, dough, Duff, forward, in face of, in front of, kale, loot, mammon, money, necessary, oof, pelf, roll, shekels, shell, shiners, siller, splosh, stiff, the almighty), ngarkohem me naftë, naftë (naphtha, oil fuel, petroleum, rock oil, shale oil), lëndë e ngjashme me vaj, i naftës (petroleum), bojë vaji (oil color, oil colour, oil paint). (various references) | |
Arabic | دهْن (grease, paint), كلام متملق, مادة زيتية القوام, نفط (blister, kerosene, petrol), لون زيتي, لوحة بالألوان الزيتية, غير الزيت, زيتي (greasy, oily, ornamental, unctuous), زيت (grease, lubricate), الزيت, رشا (bribe, buy, corrupt, grease the palm, square, suborn, tamper), شحم (fat, flab, grease, lard, lubricate, palm), دهن (butter, fat, grease, lipid, paint, plaster, render, rub in, shortening, smear), بترول (petrol). (various references) | |
Asturian | aceite. (various references) | |
Bavarian | öi. (various references) | |
Bemba | amafuta. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | pomiáana'kima'tsis (oil lamp), immistsii (cooking oil). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | нефт (petrol, rock oil, rock-tar), петрол (black gold, gas, kerosene, petrol), петролен (petroleum, petroliferous), подкуп (boodle, bribe, drop, fix, graft, grease, hush money, palm grease, palm oil, payoff, payola, refresher, subornation, sugarplum, sweetener, vail), ласкателство (adulation, blandishment, blarney, cajolement, cajolery, flattery, lip salve, palaver, soap, soft sawder, soft soap, sweet talk, taffy, toadyism), земно масло, импрегнирам (impregnate, steep), мушама (oilcloth, oilskin, slicker, tarpaulin, waterproof), смазвам (bow down, grease, jam, lubricate, mop up, overbear, overwhelm, prostrate, pulverize, slush, smash, smear, squelch, steamroller, tread down, tread under, unstring, weigh down, whelm), нефтен (petroleum, petrolic), омаслявам, газ (fluid, gas, gauze, kerosene, naphtha, petrol, petroleum, wind), течно мазило (liniment), течно масло, рушвет (boodle, bribe, douceur, graft, kickback, payoff, payola, swag, sweetener, vail), маслен (buttery, butyric, oleaginous, short, unctuous). (various references) | |
Catalan | oli. (various references) | |
Cebuano | mantika. (various references) | |
Chamorro | laña. (various references) | |
Chinese | 油 (sly). (various references) | |
Cornish | oyl. (various references) | |
Czech | olej (chrism, oleum). (various references) | |
Danish | olie. (various references) | |
Dutch | olie (paraffin-oil, petroleum). (various references) | |
Esperanto | oleo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | olja (paraffin-oil, petroleum). (various references) | |
Farsi | موادنفتی (Petroleum), مرهم (Balm, Chrism, Ointment, Salve, Unction, Unguent), نفت (Petroleum), نقاشی بارنگ روغنی , چربی (Fat, Grease), رنگ روغنی (Oilcolor), روغن کاری کردن , روغن ساختن , روغن زدن به , روغن (Butter, Grease, Lubricant, Ointment, Unction, Unguent). (various references) | |
Finnish | öljy (naphtha, petroleum). (various references) | |
French | huile (cannabis oil, hashish oil). (various references) | |
Frisian | oalje. (various references) | |
Galician | aceite. (various references) | |
German | Öl (cannabis oil, hashish oil, liquid cannabis, liquid hashish), ölen (lubricate, lubrication, to oil), öl. (various references) | |
Greek | λάδι, έλαιο (oleum), πετρέλαιο (kerosene, petroleum, rock oil). (various references) | |
Haitian Creole | grès. (various references) | |
Hebrew | למרוח שמן, למרח, לשמן (grease), לסוך (anoint, grease, lubricate, smear), שמן (adipose, buxom, corpulent, fat, fatty, fertile, fleshy, greasy, robust, stout, thick, unctuous), דמע (juice, tear, wine), דלק (fuel), דשן (abundance, creamy, fatness, fertile, fertilizer, manure, plump), צבע שמן, נפט (petroleum). (various references) | |
Hungarian | olaj. (various references) | |
Icelandic | olía. (various references) | |
Indonesian | minyak (petroleum). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | uqsuq. (various references) | |
Irish | ola. (various references) | |
Italian | olio. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 油 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | さしあぶら (oiling a machine), せきゆ (kerosene, petroleum), オイル (engine oil, kerosene), あぶら (fat, lard, tallow). (various references) | |
Korean | 기름 (rearing). (various references) | |
Macedonian | maslo. (various references) | |
Malay | minyak. (various references) | |
Manx | ooillaghey (anoint, anointing, balm, oiling, unction), ooill. (various references) | |
Maori | hinu. (various references) | |
Mohawk | kènye'. (various references) | |
Norwegian | olje. (various references) | |
Occitan | petròli, òli. (various references) | |
Papago | chuk a-saithi. (various references) | |
Papiamen | zeta (paraffin-oil, petroleum). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oilay.(various references) | |
Polish | olej. (various references) | |
Portuguese | óleo (dope, fat), azeite (oil of olives, olive oil). (various references) | |
Provencal | òli. (various references) | |
Romanian | vopsea de ulei, untdelemn, unge (anoint, besmear, coat, dab, daub, dope, dub, embrocate, grease, grease smb.'s palm, lubricate, nobble, oil smb.'s palms, palm, pomade, salve, smear, soap, whitewash), ulei vegetal (seed oil), ulei mineral, ulei (beehive), produs petrolier, petrol (crude oil, naphtha, paraffin oil, petroleum), lubrifia (grease, lubricate), impregna cu ulei, gresa (grease, lubricate, smear, tallow), ţiţei (naphtha, oil fuel, petroleum, rock oil, rock-tar). (various references) | |
Romansch | ieli. (various references) | |
Ruanda | amavuta. (various references) | |
Russian | смазывать (anoint, blur, grease, lubricate, lubricated, salve, smear), смазочный материал (lubricant), смазать (grease, lubricate), нефть нефтяной, нефть (mineral oil, naphtha, pet petroleum, petrol, petroleum, rock-oil), нефтяной (petroleous, petroliferous), масляный (buttery, butyric, oily), масляная краска (oil color, oil colour, oil paint), масло жидкое, масло (butter), жидкая смазка, пропитывать маслом. (various references) | |
Samoan | suauu. (various references) | |
Scottish | ola (ointment). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zejtin, zauljiti, ulje, uljani, uljana boja (oil color, oil colour, oil paint), pouljiti, podmazati (grease, lubricate), petrolejski (petrolic), petrolej (petroleum, rock oil, rock-tar), namazati (anoint, liquor, put on, spread on), naftonosni, naftni, nafta (naphtha, petroleum). (various references) | |
Shona | mafuta. (various references) | |
Spanish | aceite (chrism, salad oil), el aceite. (various references) | |
Sranan | oli. (various references) | |
Swahili | mafuta. (various references) | |
Swazi | éma-fûtsa. (various references) | |
Swedish | olja (lubricate). (various references) | |
Tagalog | langís. (various references) | |
Thai | น้ำมัน. (various references) | |
Turkish | yağ (adipose, fat, grease, slush, tallow). (various references) | |
Turkmen | nebit (kerosene, petroleum), яaglamak (grease). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | нафтопродукт, просочувати олією, лестощі (adulation, cajolement, cajolery, flattery, palaver, sugar, sugarplum, sycophancy, wheedle), змащувати, маслянистий (buttery, oily, oleaginous, unctuous), мастило (grease, lubricant), мастити (grease, lubricate), дощовий одяг (oilskin), нафта (oil fuel, petroleum, rock oil), розтопитися, нафтовий, непромокальний костюм (oilskin), олійний (oily, oleaginous, oleic), олійна фарба (oil colour, oil paint), олія, гроші (balsam, bean, blunt, brass, cash, charm, chink, clink, dibs, dime, dough, l.s.d., money, moo, necessary, needful, ocher, ochre, oof, pelf, posh, scads, shekels, sugar, the stuff, treasure, wherewithal), розтанути, навантажуватися нафтою. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | mặt trăng mặt trời, chó và mèo. (various references) | |
Welsh | olew. (various references) | |
Zulu | uowoyela. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | ì-giš, 1. i. (various references) |
| Akkadian | 3000 BCE-Modern | šamnu. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cados, olea, olei, oleique, oleo, oleum, oleumque, unguenta, unguentarias, unguenti, unguentis, unguento, unguentorum, unguentum. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | ele. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 25, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ai de fronimoi elabon elaion en toiV aggeioiV autwn meta twn lampadwn autwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Prudentes vero acceperunt oleum in vasis suis cum lampadibus |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ða gleawe namen ele on heora leoht-faten. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But the prudent token oile in her vessels with the laumpis. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | But ye wyse tooke oyle wt the in their vesselles wt their lampes also. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lights. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 25, Verse 4 |
| Cebuano | apan ang mga but-an nanagdalag mga prasko nga sinudlan ug lana uban sa ilang mga lamparahan. |
| Croatian | Mudre pak zajedno sa svjetiljkama uzeše u posudama ulja." |
| Danish | Men de kloge toge Olie i deres Kar tillige med deres Lamper. |
| Dutch | Maar de wijzen namen olie in haar vaten, met haar lampen. |
| Finnish | Mutta ymmärtäväiset ottivat öljyä astioihinsa ynnä lamppunsa. |
| French | mais les sages prirent, avec leurs lampes, de l`huile dans des vases. |
| German | Die klugen aber nahmen Öl in ihren Gefäßen samt ihren Lampen. |
| Haitian Creole | Men sa ki te gen bon konprann yo te pote yon boutèy plen gaz ansanm ak lanp yo. |
| Hungarian | Az eszesek pedig lámpásaikkal együtt olajat vivének az õ edényeikben. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kelima gadis yang bijaksana membawa pelita bersama-sama dengan minyak persediaan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi yang berakal itu membawa minyak di dalam bekasnya beserta dengan pelitanya. |
| Italian | le sagge invece, insieme alle lampade, presero anche dell'olio in piccoli vasi. |
| Manx Gaelic | Agh hug y vooinjer chreeney lhieu ooil ayns ny siyn oc marish nyn lampyn. |
| Maori | Ko te hunga mahara i mau hinu atu i roto i a ratou ipu me a ratou rama. |
| Norwegian | men de kloke tok olje i sine kanner sammen med lampene. |
| Portuguese | As prudentes, porém, levaram azeite em suas vasilhas, juntamente com as lâmpadas. |
| Rumanian | dar cele knyelepte, kmpreunq cu candelele, au luat cu ele wi untdelemn kn vase. |
| Russian | нХДТЩЕ ЦЕ, ЧНЕУФЕ УП УЧЕФЙМШОЙЛБНЙ УЧПЙНЙ, ЧЪСМЙ НБУМБ Ч УПУХДБИ УЧПЙИ. |
| Shuar | Antsu Chíkich senku Núwaka akaamuncha Juíniak tura ataksha amuukamtai yaraatniun asuitin Júkiarmai. |
| Spanish | pero las prudentes tomaron aceite en sus vasijas, juntamente con sus lámparas. |
| Swahili | Lakini wale wenye busara walichukua mafuta katika chupa pamoja na taa zao. |
| Swedish | De förståndiga åter togo olja i sina kärl, tillika med lamporna. |
| Uma | Lima toronaa to monoto nono-ra mpokeni hulu' -ra hante lana talaa-ra. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "oil": oilbird, oilbirds, oilcamp, oilcamps, oilcan, oilcans, oilcloth, oilcloths, oilcup, oilcups, oiled, oiler, oilers, oilhole, oilholes, oilier, oiliest, oilily, oiliness, oilinesses, oiling, oilman, oilmen, oilpaper, oilpapers, oilproof, oils, oilseed, oilseeds, oilskin, oilskins, oilstone, oilstones, oiltight, oilway, oilways, oily. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "oil": aboil, aerofoil, airfoil, assoil, boil, broil, charbroil, cinquefoil, coil, counterfoil, despoil, embroil, entoil, foil, garboil, gumboil, hydrofoil, milfoil, moil, noil, overboil, overtoil, panbroil, parboil, potboil, preboil, quatrefoil, reboil, recoil, reoil, roil, soil, spoil, subsoil, supercoil, tinfoil, toil, topsoil, trefoil, turmoil, uncoil, upboil, upcoil. (additional references) | |
Words containing "oil": aerofoils, airfoils, assoiled, assoiling, assoilment, assoilments, assoils, boilable, boiled, boiler, boilermaker, boilermakers, boilerplate, boilerplates, boilers, boilersuit, boilersuits, boiling, boiloff, boiloffs, boils, broiled, broiler, broilers, broiling, broils, charbroiled, charbroiler, charbroilers, charbroiling, charbroils, cinquefoils, coilabilities, coilability, coiled, coiler, coilers, coiling, coils, counterfoils, despoiled, despoiler, despoilers, despoiling, despoilment, despoilments, despoils, doiled, doilies, doily, embroiled. (additional references) | |
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"Oil" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aoli, doil, eil, goil, hoil, ioc, iof, Ioi, Ioj, iol, iole, ioli, ioll, iom, ioq, iox, ioz, iqilm, joil, joli, koil, loil, oal, oale, Oalf, oau, obl, ocio, odil, Oei, oeil, oel, oele, Oelf, ofi, ofio, ogi, ogil, ogio, ogl, ohi, ohl, oi, oia, oial, oic, oie, Oiel, oif, oig, oih, oii, oij, oik, oila, Oile, oill, Oilp, oim, oin, oip, oir, oirl, ois, oit, oiv, oix, oiy, oiz, oji, ojio, Ojl, ol, oli, olia, olig, olim, olit, oliv, olix, oll, onil, onl, ooi, ool, opl, oril, orl, osi, osiel, osii, osio, Osl, otil, oual, oui, Oulg, ovil, Oxi, oxil, oxile, oxl, oyi, oyl, Oyw, Ozi, ozl, qoil, ual, uel, ui, uil, uinl, woil, yil, yoli, zil, zoil. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "oil" (pronounced oy"l) |
| 2 | oy" l | boil, broil, coil, embroil, foil, Hoyle, soil, spoil, recoil, roil, toil, uncoil. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-l-o" | |
-1 letter: li, lo. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-l-o" | |
+1 letter: boil, coil, diol, filo, foil, idol, kilo, lido, limo, lino, lion, loci, loin, loti, milo, moil, noil, oils, oily, olio, roil, silo, soil, soli, toil, viol. | |
+2 letters: aboil, aioli, aloin, bilbo, boils, broil, cibol, coils, colic, colin, dildo, diols, doily, dolci, eloin, fillo, filos, foils, folia, folio, helio, hillo, idols, igloo, indol, kilos, lidos, limbo, limos, lingo, linos, lions, lirot, litho, logia, logic, logoi, loins, looie, loris, lotic, louie, louis, milos, moils, nicol, noils, noily, obeli, oboli, oculi, oiled, oiler, oldie, oleic, olein, olios, olive, oriel, ovoli, oxlip, pilot, poilu, polio, polis, reoil, roils, roily, silos, sloid, soils, soldi, solei, solid, spoil, teloi, thiol, toile, toils, triol, viola, viols, voila, voile, volti, wilco, zoril. | |
| 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. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Historic 12. Quotations: Fiction | 13. Quotations: Non-fiction 14. Quotations: Spoken 15. Quotations: Speeches 16. Usage Frequency | 17. Names: Derived from 18. Names: Company Usage 19. Expressions 20. Expressions: Internet | 21. Translations: Modern 22. Translations: Ancient 23. Bible Trace 24. Abbreviations | 25. Acronyms 26. Derivations 27. Rhymes 28. Anagrams | 29. Bibliography |
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