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(n): a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water

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(n): an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates)

(n): oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist

(n): paint in which a drying oil is the vehicle

(n): a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

(n): fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content

(n): any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants

(n): oily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissue

(v): cover with oil, as if by rubbing

(v): provide with a covering or cause to be covered

(v): administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing

(v): give a benediction to

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21 days ago yarb said:

Citation (as oil painting) on discomfited.

8 months ago chained_bear said:

Captured at Yorktown, "3 jars oil, 90 gallons."

Those are some big damn jars!

8 months ago chained_bear said:

Ha! I hear that a lot where I live now. Where I grew up, we used to jokingly pronounce it "erl." Wait... we still do.

9 months ago skipvia said:

Where I grew up, the words "oil" and "all" were homophones--as in "my motor is low on all."

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