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A kind of gas made by forcing air through a volatile hydrocarbon, such as the lighter petroleums. The air is so saturated with combustible vapour as to be a convenient illuminating and heating agent.
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Any fuel that is not diesel or petrol (petroleum-based).
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(US, automotive) An information table found on cans of motor oil, conforming to U.S. standards, which indicates the weight (viscosity) and type of oil. The central circle provides the oil viscosity rating (ie. 10W50), while the upper annulus section provides the oil type (ie. SP).
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A thick liquid residuum obtained in the distillation of Russian petroleum, much used as fuel.
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A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.
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(UK, Australia) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
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(automotive) A motor vehicle fuel blend of 90% diesel and 10% biodiesel
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(automotive) A motor vehicle fuel blend of 95% diesel and 5% biodiesel
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refined petroleum oil with no additives
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any flammable petroleum distillate used as a solvent or fuel
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Alternative spelling of bio-oil [Any automotive oil that is synthesized, as opposed to being petroleum-based.]
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(poetic, obsolete) bitumen
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(by extension) Any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petrolea, and even the light, volatile naphthas.
v
(transitive) To treat or impregnate with bitumen.
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(informal, idiomatic) Raw petroleum; crude oil.
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(tourism) Basaltic sand of volcanic origin, frequently found associated with volcanic islands.
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Any material that is blended in an oil refinery to make a product, especially for making gasoline/petrol.
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A gas, which is normally a gas at room temperature, stored as a compressed liquid within a metal or composite gas cylinder.
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A major trading classification of sweet light crude oil that serves as one of the benchmark prices for oil purchases worldwide.
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(UK, partially genericised trademark) A type of bottled gas, consisting of butane and/or propane, used for cooking or heating.
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A form of dynamite in which charcoal is used as the absorbent
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Any oil used to dissolve and carry an oil-soluble substance into or out of a compound.
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A performance rating of diesel fuel corresponding to the percentage of cetane in a mixture with isocetane (or, formerly, methylnaphthalene) that would have the same performance.
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A device which controls the temperature and relative humidity in cars, buildings, etc, by way of a heating and/or air conditioning system.
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(petrochemistry) The poisonous gas, used domestically for cooking etc and formerly for lighting, prepared by heating coal with steam; it is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide; synthesis gas or town gas.
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(regional) kerosene or any unspecified lower grade derivative of crude petroleum
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natural gas extracted from an underground coal formation
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The industrial plant in which coke is manufactured
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(geology) The permeability of a rock to a fluid, typically to a petroleum oil
adj
(informal, of a vehicle) Running on ethanol (E85).
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(chemistry) A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as vaseline, but of somewhat stiffer consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the higher paraffins.
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Part of an oilfield operator's entitlement to revenue as compensation for incurred production costs as stated in a production sharing agreement.
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Unrefined oil; as it is found underground, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.
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A temperature-controlled chamber used to maintain the quartz crystal in electronic crystal oscillators at a constant temperature, in order to prevent changes in the frequency due to variations in ambient temperature.
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The heavy oil obtained in the distillation of coal tar, containing phenol, naphthalus, etc.
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A fuel derived from petroleum (or other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol. Used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced when air is compressed.
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A blend of diesel and gasoline possibly for use in high compression engines.
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A fuel consisting of a mixture of diesel and alcohol.
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An oil-like substance consisting of bitumen derived from tar sands or other sources diluted with natural gas condensates such as naptha that may be processed in a manner similar to petroleum.
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(Australia) Diesel fuel.
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(dated) The process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals.
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A naturally occurring form of gasoline found near many oil and natural gas wells. It can be used in vehicles, but doing so is illegal and has been reported to cause damage to engines.
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petrol/gasoline blended with 10 per cent ethanol.
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(automotive) A motor vehicle fuel blend based on close to 100% ethanol used in alcohol fuelled vehicles
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(automotive) A motor vehicle fuel blend of 15% gasoline/petrol and 85% ethanol used in flex-fuel-rated vehicles
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Specifically, this alcohol as a fuel.
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A brand of petroleum fuel.
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(oil industry) The deliberate open-air burning of natural gas that is generated as a by-product of various petrochemical processes, especially oil extraction; gas flaring.
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(mining) Soft clayey matter in the vein, or surrounding it.
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Any fuel derived from hydrocarbon deposits such as coal, petroleum, natural gas and, to some extent, peat; these fuels are non-renewable, and their burning generates the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
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(oil industry) Frac job.
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(oil industry) Hydraulic fracturing.
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(US, politics) Exported natural gas, particularly liquefied natural gas (“LNG”), from the United States.
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Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
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A grade of oil used principally as a fuel.
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(uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas.
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An equal mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen, used as a mild analgesic and anaesthetic, particularly during childbirth, for dental procedures, and in emergency medicine.
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The deliberate open-air burning of natural gas that is generated as a by-product of various petrochemical processes, especially oil extraction.
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a type of fuel oil obtained from the distillation of petroleum.
n
Alternative form of gasworks [A factory where coal is converted to coal gas and coke.]
adj
Powered by burning natural gas.
n
Alternative form of gas guzzler [(informal) A vehicle that consumes a large amount of fuel.]
n
Alternative form of gasohol [Gasoline mixed with ethyl alcohol (ethanol).]
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A volatile hydrocarbon used as an illuminant or for charging illuminating gas.
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Gasoline mixed with ethyl alcohol (ethanol).
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Alternative spelling of gasoline [(uncountable, Canada, US) A flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly used as a motor fuel; petrol.]
n
(uncountable, Canada, US) A flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, mainly used as a motor fuel; petrol.
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Any fuel that has a geological origin
n
(Britain, Ireland) diesel fuel that has been dyed green to indicate that it is only permitted to be used off-road due to lower road taxes.
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Any gas, such as carbon dioxide or CFCs, that contributes to the greenhouse effect when released into the atmosphere.
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(automotive) A grade of hydrogen (“H”) refuelling capacity, comprising hydrogen delivery at 5000 psi / 35 MPa
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A petroleum product used as fuel in a heating system and not requiring preheating for use.
adj
(of fuel) Having a high octane number, good anti-knock characteristics; used in high performance vehicles.
adj
Applied to premium gasoline.
n
A shielded chamber specifically built to store highly radioactive substances.
n
(nuclear physics) An area of high radioactive contamination.
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An area to which access is restricted because it is contaminated with radiation or a chemical or biological biohazard.
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(chemistry) Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction.
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A thin colorless to straw-colored petroleum-based fuel heavier than gasoline/petrol or naptha but lighter than diesel, used primarily as jet fuel but also for heating and lighting in some remote or impoverished areas.
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Alternative spelling of kerosene [A thin colorless to straw-colored petroleum-based fuel heavier than gasoline/petrol or naptha but lighter than diesel, used primarily as jet fuel but also for heating and lighting in some remote or impoverished areas.]
adj
(of petroleum) Containing no tetraethyl lead; unleaded.
n
(petrochemistry) The oily product, lighter than water, forming the chief part of the first distillate of coal tar, and consisting largely of benzene and toluene.
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(archaic) A petroleum fraction boiling 75°-125°C used as a solvent and fuel.
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Natural gas that has been cooled and compressed to liquid form for transport and storage.
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A mixture of propane and butane with traces of some other gases, which is kept in a liquid state at high pressure in metal bottles, and used as a source of gas for cooking, heating and as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.
n
A chemical element or compound which is normally found in gaseous form, but which is in a liquid state due to being pressurised or kept at a low temperature, or both, usually for storage and transport purposes.
n
Alternative form of liquefied natural gas [Natural gas that has been cooled and compressed to liquid form for transport and storage.]
n
(pharmacology) A colorless, odorless oily liquid consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum, used chiefly in medicine for treating constipation and especially formerly as a demulcent and solvent for nose and throat medication.
adj
(of fuel) Having a low octane number.
adj
(British spelling) having a low sulphur content, fuel in particular.
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Liquid petroleum, or liquified petroleum, a fuel used for cooking.
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Initialism of liquefied petroleum gas. [A mixture of propane and butane with traces of some other gases, which is kept in a liquid state at high pressure in metal bottles, and used as a source of gas for cooking, heating and as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles.]
n
An oil for lubrication of engines and other components.
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(US, Australia) A facility where vehicles can be oiled.
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(geology) A type of calcareous sandy terrain formed mostly from seashells, found by the coast in areas of Scotland and Ireland.
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(petrochemistry) A heavy, low-quality fuel oil, used in generating plants and similar applications, or broken down to produce diesel.
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A gas hydrate that contains methane as the guest molecule; it occurs both in deep sedimentary structures, and as outcrops on the ocean floor.
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A gas hydrate that contains methane as the guest molecule; It occurs both in deep sedimentary structures, and as outcrops on the ocean floor.
n
(Britain) Mineral water.
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Any mixture of aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons derived from petroleum used for very many applications, but not as a fuel.
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The total amount of minerals within a biomass.
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Oil for lubricating an internal-combustion engine.
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(dated) Naturally occurring liquid petroleum.
adj
(aviation, petrochemistry, chemical engineering, of jet fuel) Composed of moderately-heavy hydrocarbons with boiling points in the kerosene range, without a significant proportion of lighter, gasoline-type hydrocarbons; Jet A is an example of a fuel of this type.
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A mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits; mostly methane with smaller amounts of ethane, propane and butane; principally used as a fuel.
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hydrocarbons heavier than methane harvested from natural gas wells, generally, ethane, propane, butanes, pentanes.
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Abbreviation of natural gas liquid. (liquids derived from natural gas) [hydrocarbons heavier than methane harvested from natural gas wells, generally, ethane, propane, butanes, pentanes.]
n
(countable) An oil painting.
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(petroleum industry, slang, US, dated) A microfossil, particularly a foraminiferan.
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A company that is dedicated to trade or exploitation of petroleum/oil. (This entry is a translation hub.)
n
An area under which are reserves of petroleum, especially one with productive oil wells.
n
Gas for lighting or heating, made by distilling oil in closed retorts.
n
(rare, television) An amoral drama focussing on corporate and domestic struggles, the lead character being a businessman (or businesswoman) fixated on pursuing a resource by any means necessary.
n
(US, Canada, automotive) A sump.
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Alternative form of oilpatch [A patch or puddle of oil.]
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A pipeline that carries (crude) oil. (This entry is a translation hub.)
n
The act or an instance of oil pulling
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An industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into useful petroleum products
n
A relatively loose sandstone, or porous carbonate rock, impregnated with bitumen.
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A sedimentary rock containing kerogen from which petroleum-like shale oil can be produced by pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution.
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A thin film of oil floating on the surface of water, especially one that has leaked or been discharged from a ship etc
n
an escape or (accidental) discharge of oil, usually into the sea.
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A spot consisting of oil; for instance, in the ocean subsequent to an oil spill.
n
A test for determining the temperature at which petroleum oils give off vapor which is liable to explode.
v
to lubricate with oil, to cover or smear with oil
n
Alternative form of oilpatch [A patch or puddle of oil.]
n
A container with a long spout, for holding oil and delivering it in drops or small quantities for lubrication.
n
Any plant or plant product harvested for oil.
n
A device that dispenses oil for lubrication in an engine, etc., without the need for a human operator.
n
(car racing) An oil spill sufficiently serious as to require the use of mechanical equipment to clean it up.
n
One who or that which oils.
n
The business or goods of a dealer in oils.
n
Alternative spelling of oil field [An area under which are reserves of petroleum, especially one with productive oil wells.]
n
(informal) oil-based algal biofuel
n
A building for storing and dispensing fuel oil.
n
Somebody involved in the production, refinement or delivery of oil; such as an oil field worker or executive, or the owner of an oil well.
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An indicator of the oil level in a vehicle.
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(informal) The oil and gas industry.
n
One whose occupation is pressing the oil from seeds, olives, etc.
n
Alternative spelling of oil sand [A relatively loose sandstone, or porous carbonate rock, impregnated with bitumen.]
n
A factory producing oil (whether petroleum, oil shale, or vegetable oils).
adj
Covered with or containing oil.
n
(Australia) A type of petrol made by British Petroleum designed to be unable to be used for petrol sniffing.
n
A large deposit of a mineral or minerals, below the earth's crust.
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An emulsion of bitumen in water, used as an industrial fuel.
n
A combination of fuel and oxygen, especially when used in welding etc.
n
(military) A petroleum product (generally a lubricant, oil, grease, or specialty item) normally packaged by a manufacturer and procured, stored, transported, and issued in containers having a fill capacity of 55 United States gallons (or 45 imperial gallons, or 205 liters) or less.
n
thermocautery by means of a hollow platinum point, which is kept constantly hot by the passage through it of benzine vapour
n
(UK) A petroleum-based thin and colorless fuel oil.
n
Any of the mineral burning oils associated with the manufacture of paraffin.
n
Fuel, usually in the form of briquettes, made from fine, crushed coal with the addition of a binding agent.
n
The peak of the Earth's oil production.
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Synonym of penetrating oil
n
Clipping of petroleum coke. [A substance, mostly carbon, that is a byproduct of oil refining; used as a fuel or in many industrial applications.]
n
Abbreviation of petrochemical. [(chemistry) Any compound derived from petroleum or natural gas.]
n
Those aspects of capitalism that involve the petrochemical industry.
n
carbon that originated in petroleum hydrocarbons
n
Clipping of petrochemical. [(chemistry) Any compound derived from petroleum or natural gas.]
n
(chemistry) Any compound derived from petroleum or natural gas.
n
The study of petroculture; the study of how culture is dependent on oil and petrochemicals.
n
(retronym) Diesel derived from petroleum (contrasted with biodiesel).
n
(oil industry, chiefly in the plural, also attributively) Money (either notionally or specifically in dollars or other currencies) earned from the sale of oil, often especially as considered among a national economy's principal revenue streams.
n
(by extension) Fiction that deals with modern culture's dependency on petrochemicals.
adj
(of hydrocarbons etc) Produced by the incomplete combustion of petroleum
n
(derogatory, informal) One who uses more petrol than necessary.
n
A mixture of oil and gasoline used in certain types of vehicle engine.
n
(chiefly Australia, UK, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Singapore) Petroleum, a fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, commonly used as a motor fuel.
n
Archaic spelling of petroleum. [A flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface.]
adj
Alternative spelling of petrol-electric [(Britain) Describing a hybrid engine or vehicle that uses a combination of petrol and electricity.]
n
(organic chemistry) The identification of the totality of the constituents of naturally-occurring petroleum and crude oil
adj
Pertaining to the mining of petroleum.
n
A flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface.
n
A substance, mostly carbon, that is a byproduct of oil refining; used as a fuel or in many industrial applications.
n
A pale yellow semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in lubricants and ointments.
adj
Of or pertaining to petroleum
n
(organic chemistry) A paraffin obtained from petroleum from Rangoon in India, practically identical with ordinary paraffin.
n
Political corruption and exploitation financed by oil exports.
n
(business) Conversion of a country or region to a petroleum-based economy.
v
To convert into a petroleum-based economy.
n
Archaic spelling of petroleum. [A flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface.]
n
Money earned from the sale of oil.
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A petroleum product; either crude oil or a derivative
n
(rare) Revenue from the export of oil.
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A state whose wealth stems from the sale of oil.
n
(chemistry) A light hydrocarbon oil resembling kerosene, used as a lubricant, illuminant, etc.
n
A kind of oil gas formerly used for lighting railroad cars, which carried it in compressed form.
n
(military) Initialism of petroleum, oil, and lubricants; consumable supplies for vehicles and machinery, collectively. [A flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface.]
n
(chemical engineering) A substance injected into water contaminated with oil to facilitate the subsequent process of recovering the oil from the water.
n
An oil used not for lubrication but as a component of another material, or as a carrier of other products.
n
A fuel gas that is manufactured from material such as coal or wood by partial combustion with air, usually modified by injection of water or steam to maintain a constant temperature and obtain a higher heat content gas by enrichment of air gas with hydrogen.
n
(Canada, Prairies) Gasoline priced with reduced taxes for farm use, identified by adding purple dye.
n
A boiler for recovering the sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide used in a chemical wood pulping process.
n
(Britain, Ireland) untaxed diesel fuel intended to be used on private property.
n
(chemistry) A water-cooled, double walled piece of laboratory glassware that is fitted on top of a vessel of boiling liquid such that vapour condenses and flows back into the vessel, preventing the contents from boiling dry.
n
(petrochemistry) The product of a hydrocarbon reforming process; an intermediate in the production of fuels such as gasoline.
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Gasoline with additives, such as MTBE and ethanol, to help prevent air pollution.
n
An octane number, used by the American Society for Testing and Materials to estimate the antiknock characteristics of a fuel at low engine speeds
n
A reverberatory furnace.
adj
Of or relating to a mixture of water gas and producer gas made by passing a mixture of air and steam through heated coke.
n
(archaic) crude petroleum
n
Natural gas extracted from shale.
n
A crude oil obtained from low permeability petroleum-bearing formations (shales).
n
(geology) A form of shale used in south-west England for road construction
n
A long-chain polymer that is injected into oil pipelines to reduce turbulent flow.
n
Water with chemical additives used in hydraulic fracturing.
n
A paraffin oil used as an illuminant and lubricant.
n
(dated) rock oil; naphtha
n
Lubricating oil contained in the sump of an engine; the waste oil drained from the sump at the time of an oil change.
n
Any fuel with remarkable properties.
n
Any of the world's largest privately owned oil and gas companies.
adj
of unleaded petrol, that has a higher than normal octane number due to the addition of aromatic hydrocarbons
n
A form of crude oil which contains less than 0.5% by weight of sulfur.
n
The output from a bitumen/extra heavy oil upgrader facility used in connection with oil sand production.
n
Any of several fuels synthesized from coal or shale etc, or fermented from grain etc.
n
(petrochemistry) synthesis gas or coal gas
n
(petrochemistry) The gas obtained by heating coal and steam; coal gas.
n
(usually uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
n
A kind of tarry soil near mineral oil sources formed from oil and soot droplets with sand or gravel, precluding plant growth.
n
A thermal insulator placed between two thermal conductors to reduce the flow of heat; often used in aluminum doors and windows.
n
the type of coal used in coal-fired electrical power plants
n
A device that heats and circulates a fluid
n
A device or substance that thermostabilizes.
n
(UK, law) Any oil that is either a light oil, or a heavy oil that falls into the excise definition of gas oil, fuel oil or kerosene.
n
Light crude oil contained in petroleum-bearing formations of low permeability, often shale or tight sandstone.
n
A nitromethane-based motor fuel, used in top-fuel dragsters.
n
(petrochemistry) A poisonous manufactured gas, supplied to domestic consumers for heating, cooking and (formerly) lighting; it is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen formed by the reaction of coke with steam - C + H₂O => CO + H₂.
n
Alternative form of town gas [(petrochemistry) A poisonous manufactured gas, supplied to domestic consumers for heating, cooking and (formerly) lighting; it is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen formed by the reaction of coke with steam - C + H₂O => CO + H₂.]
n
(UK) A type of paraffin (untaxed) used to fuel agricultural machinery.
n
Oil obtained from the blubber of marine mammals, especially whale oil.
adj
(US standards of identity, of gasoline) Containing no more than 0.05 grams of lead per gallon.
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The work done by a visbreaker in oil refining.
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A piece of laboratory equipment consisting of a vessel containing water, in which is suspended a flask etc that is to be subject to careful heating or cooling.
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A mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide produced by passing steam over hot coke; used as a domestic fuel
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(art) Media that are distinguished from oil or other media by being diluted with water when used.
n
(petrochemistry, chemical engineering) The temperature below which a hydrocarbon fuel such as kerosene ceases to flow freely due to components of the fuel freezing into solid waxes.
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(geology, countable) A natural gas formation containing wet gas, meaning it has sizable amounts of liquid alkanes such as ethane, propane, and butane.
n
A noxious mixture of gases formed by the combustion of coal, usually in an enclosed environment such as a mine.
adj
(aviation, petrochemistry, chemical engineering, of jet fuel) Composed of a mixture of hydrocarbons with a wide range of boiling points, including both moderately-heavy, higher-boiling kerosene-type molecules and lighter, lower-boiling, more-volatile gasoline-type molecules; Jet B or JP-4 is a fuel of this type.
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