Usually means: Attracts or bonds with oils.
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  1. oleophilic: Collins English Dictionary
  2. oleophilic: Vocabulary.com
  3. oleophilic: Wiktionary
  4. oleophilic: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. oleophilic: Dictionary.com
  6. oleophilic: Rhymezone
  7. oleophilic: FreeDictionary.org
  8. oleophilic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. oleophilic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. oleophilic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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adjective:  Having an affinity for oil (rather than for water)

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