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Look up: oil

  1. Oil
    Liquid triester of glycerol and unsaturated fatty acids.
    Found on http://home.nas.net/~dbc/cic_hamilton/di

  2. Oil
    Oil is a large group of viscid liquids which have a characteristic smooth and sticky feel, are lighter than water, are inflammable and chemically neutral.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. Oil
    Oil is a township in Perry County Indiana, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  4. Oil
    Oil is Black-American slang for 'pay-off to authorities'
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  5. oil
    [n] - a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water 2. [n] - oil paint used by an artist 3. [v] - cover with oil, as if by rubbing
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. Oil
    An oil is any substance that is in a viscous liquid state at ambient temperatures or slightly warmer, and is both hydrophobic and lipophilic. See also: Barrel, Paraffin Oil, Paraffin Wax, Wax.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  7. Oil
    a broad range of inflammable and often volatile organic compounds insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents. In biological systems, a fat that is liquid at room temperature (20oC)
    Found on http://www.bio-power.co.uk/glossary.htm

  8. Oil
    Liquid triester of glycerol and unsaturated fatty acids.
    Found on http://www.allchemicals.info/index/actio

  9. Oil
    Mixture of liquid hydrocarbons of different molecular weights.
    Found on http://www.chemicalglossary.net/definiti

  10. 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.
    Found on

  11. Oil
    A mixture of liquid hydrocarbons of different molecular weights.
    Found on http://www.ukooa.co.uk/ukooa/glossary.cf

  12. oil
    a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons of different molecular weights;
    Found on http://www.maxpetroleum.com/GLOSSARY.asp

  13. oil
    organic substance which is a more or less viscous liquid at room temperature,not soluble in water and usually lighter than water Category: The chemical industry
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  14. Oil
    Oil (oil) noun [ Middle English oile , Old French oile , French huile , from Latin oleum ; akin to Greek .... Confer 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 a ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/15

  15. Oil
    Oil transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Oiled ; present participle & verbal noun Oiling .] To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/15

  16. oil
    A triglyceride that is liquid at room temperature. ... Compare: fat. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  17. oil
    noun a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  18. oil
    oil colour noun oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  19. Oil
    An `oil` is any substance that is in a viscous liquid state (``oily``) at ambient temperatures or slightly warmer, and is both hydrophobic (immiscible with water, literally ``water fearing``) and lipophilic (miscible with other oils, literally ``fat loving``). This general definition includes compound classes with otherwise unrelated chemical structures, properties, and uses, including vegetable oils, petrochemical oils, and volatile essential oi...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil

  20. OIL
    The acronym `OIL` can refer to: * * Office of Infrastructure and Logistics - Luxembourg * Ontology Inference Layer or `Ontology Interchange Language`, an Ontology Infrastructure for the Semantic Web. * Oil India Limited. See also: Oil and Oil (disambiguation).
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OIL

  21. oil
    (oil) an unctuous, combustible substance that is liquid, or easily liquefiable on warming, and is not miscible with water, but is soluble in ether. Such substances, depending on their origin, are classified as animal, mineral, or vegetable oils. Depending on their behavior on heating, they are classified as either...
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  22. Oil
    • (v. t.) To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil. • (n.) 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 so...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  23. oil
    any greasy substance that is liquid at room temperature and insoluble in water. It may be fixed, or nonvolatile, oil; essential oil; or mineral oil ... [12 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/10

  24. Oil
    Hydrocarbon based liquid commonly found in the pores of sedimentary rocks of marine origin.
    Found on http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeo

  25. Oil
    a greasy, unctuous liquid of vegetable, animal, mineral or synthetic origin.
    Found on http://www.noria.com/dictionary/default.


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21 November 2009

This day in history:
On 21st November 1974 the Provisional IRA plants bombs in two Birmingham pubs: the Mulberry Bush and the Tavern in the Town. Twenty-one people die and 182 are injured. A few minutes before the explosions a warning had been telephoned to the local newspaper, the Birmingham Post and Mail, but it was far too late. The first Birmingham bomb, at the Mulberry Bush pub in the basement of the Rotunda, a 20-storey office and retail complex and it exploded six minutes after the telephone warning. There was not enough time for police to clear the area. Earlier that year nine soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded on a coach on the M62 near Bradford, while two bombs in Guildford killed four soldiers and injured scores of other people. read more

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