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   oil color
         n 1: oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
               [syn: {oil}, {oil color}, {oil colour}]

English Dictionary: owlclaws by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oil colour
n
  1. oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
    Synonym(s): oil, oil color, oil colour
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oil geologist
n
  1. a specialist in petroleum geology [syn: {petroleum geologist}, oil geologist]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oil gland
n
  1. a gland that secretes oil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oil shale
n
  1. shale from which oil can be obtained by heating
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oil slick
n
  1. a thin film of oil floating on top of water (especially crude oil spilled from a ship)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oil-soluble
adj
  1. soluble in oil; "oil-soluble pigments"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oilcloth
n
  1. cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
owlclaws
n
  1. stout perennial herb of western United States having flower heads with drooping orange-yellow rays; causes spewing sickness in sheep
    Synonym(s): orange sneezeweed, owlclaws, Helenium hoopesii
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
owlishly
adv
  1. in an owlish manner; "the gentle-looking barrister peered owlishly around him"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oil \Oil\ (oil), n. [OE. oile, OF. oile, F. huile, fr. L. oleum;
      akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Olive}.]
      Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible
      substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale
      oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral
      origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used
      for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication,
      illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily
      consistency; as, oil of vitriol.
  
      Note: The mineral oils are varieties of petroleum. See
               {Petroleum}. The vegetable oils are of two classes,
               {essential oils} (see under {Essential}), and {natural
               oils} which in general resemble the animal oils and
               fats. Most of the natural oils and the animal oils and
               fats consist of ethereal salts of glycerin, with a
               large number of organic acids, principally stearic,
               oleic, and palmitic, forming respectively stearin,
               olein, and palmitin. Stearin and palmitin prevail in
               the solid oils and fats, and olein in the liquid oils.
               Mutton tallow, beef tallow, and lard are rich in
               stearin, human fat and palm oil in palmitin, and sperm
               and cod-liver oils in olein. In making soaps, the acids
               leave the glycerin and unite with the soda or potash.
  
      {Animal oil}, {Bone oil}, {Dipple's oil}, etc. (Old Chem.), a
            complex oil obtained by the distillation of animal
            substances, as bones. See {Bone oil}, under {Bone}.
  
      {Drying oils}, {Essential oils}. (Chem.) See under {Drying},
            and {Essential}.
  
      {Ethereal oil of wine}, {Heavy oil of wine}. (Chem.) See
            under {Ethereal}.
  
      {Fixed oil}. (Chem.) See under {Fixed}.
  
      {Oil bag} (Zo[94]l.), a bag, cyst, or gland in animals,
            containing oil.
  
      {Oil beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle of the genus {Meloe} and
            allied genera. When disturbed they emit from the joints of
            the legs a yellowish oily liquor. Some species possess
            vesicating properties, and are used instead of
            cantharides.
  
      {Oil box}, [or] {Oil cellar} (Mach.), a fixed box or
            reservoir, for lubricating a bearing; esp., the box for
            oil beneath the journal of a railway-car axle.
  
      {Oil cake}. See under {Cake}.
  
      {Oil cock}, a stopcock connected with an oil cup. See {Oil
            cup}.
  
      {Oil color}.
      (a) A paint made by grinding a coloring substance in oil.
      (b) Such paints, taken in a general sense.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oil \Oil\ (oil), n. [OE. oile, OF. oile, F. huile, fr. L. oleum;
      akin to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Olive}.]
      Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible
      substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale
      oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral
      origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used
      for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication,
      illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily
      consistency; as, oil of vitriol.
  
      Note: The mineral oils are varieties of petroleum. See
               {Petroleum}. The vegetable oils are of two classes,
               {essential oils} (see under {Essential}), and {natural
               oils} which in general resemble the animal oils and
               fats. Most of the natural oils and the animal oils and
               fats consist of ethereal salts of glycerin, with a
               large number of organic acids, principally stearic,
               oleic, and palmitic, forming respectively stearin,
               olein, and palmitin. Stearin and palmitin prevail in
               the solid oils and fats, and olein in the liquid oils.
               Mutton tallow, beef tallow, and lard are rich in
               stearin, human fat and palm oil in palmitin, and sperm
               and cod-liver oils in olein. In making soaps, the acids
               leave the glycerin and unite with the soda or potash.
  
      {Animal oil}, {Bone oil}, {Dipple's oil}, etc. (Old Chem.), a
            complex oil obtained by the distillation of animal
            substances, as bones. See {Bone oil}, under {Bone}.
  
      {Drying oils}, {Essential oils}. (Chem.) See under {Drying},
            and {Essential}.
  
      {Ethereal oil of wine}, {Heavy oil of wine}. (Chem.) See
            under {Ethereal}.
  
      {Fixed oil}. (Chem.) See under {Fixed}.
  
      {Oil bag} (Zo[94]l.), a bag, cyst, or gland in animals,
            containing oil.
  
      {Oil beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle of the genus {Meloe} and
            allied genera. When disturbed they emit from the joints of
            the legs a yellowish oily liquor. Some species possess
            vesicating properties, and are used instead of
            cantharides.
  
      {Oil box}, [or] {Oil cellar} (Mach.), a fixed box or
            reservoir, for lubricating a bearing; esp., the box for
            oil beneath the journal of a railway-car axle.
  
      {Oil cake}. See under {Cake}.
  
      {Oil cock}, a stopcock connected with an oil cup. See {Oil
            cup}.
  
      {Oil color}.
      (a) A paint made by grinding a coloring substance in oil.
      (b) Such paints, taken in a general sense.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Oil gas}, inflammable gas procured from oil, and used for
            lighting streets, houses, etc.
  
      {Oil gland}.
      (a) (Zo[94]l.) A gland which secretes oil; especially in
            birds, the large gland at the base of the tail.
      (b) (Bot.) A gland, in some plants, producing oil.
  
      {Oil green}, a pale yellowish green, like oil.
  
      {Oil of brick}, empyreumatic oil obtained by subjecting a
            brick soaked in oil to distillation at a high temperature,
            -- used by lapidaries as a vehicle for the emery by which
            stones and gems are sawn or cut. --Brande & C.
  
      {Oil of talc}, a nostrum made of calcined talc, and famous in
            the 17th century as a cosmetic. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
  
      {Oil of vitriol} (Chem.), strong sulphuric acid; -- so called
            from its oily consistency and from its forming the
            vitriols or sulphates.
  
      {Oil of wine}, [OE]nanthic ether. See under {[OE]nanthic}.
  
      {Oil painting}.
      (a) The art of painting in oil colors.
      (b) Any kind of painting of which the pigments are originally
            ground in oil.
  
      {Oil palm} (Bot.), a palm tree whose fruit furnishes oil,
            esp. {El[91]is Guineensis}. See {El[91]is}.
  
      {Oil sardine} (Zo[94]l.), an East Indian herring ({Clupea
            scombrina}), valued for its oil.
  
      {Oil shark} (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The liver shark.
      (b) The tope.
  
      {Oil still}, a still for hydrocarbons, esp. for petroleum.
  
      {Oil test}, a test for determining the temperature at which
            petroleum oils give off vapor which is liable to explode.
           
  
      {Oil tree}. (Bot.)
      (a) A plant of the genus {Ricinus} ({R. communis}), from the
            seeds of which castor oil is obtained.
      (b) An Indian tree, the mahwa. See {Mahwa}.
      (c) The oil palm.
  
      {To burn the midnight oil}, to study or work late at night.
           
  
      {Volatle oils}. See {Essential oils}, under {Essential}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Oilcloth \Oil"cloth"\, n.
      Cloth treated with oil or paint, and used for marking
      garments, covering floors, etc.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Oolagah (Oologah), OK (town, FIPS 55700)
      Location: 36.44654 N, 95.71009 W
      Population (1990): 828 (352 housing units)
      Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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