(chemistry) An aromatic oil extracted from the European broad-leaved lavender, or aspic (Lavendula spica), used in varnish and in veterinary medicine.

Silk made waterproof by saturation with boiled oil.

(medicine, archaic) A yellowish mercurial ointment, the unguentum hydrargyri nitratis.

Synonym of motor oil

plural of fly in the ointment

A thin film of oil floating on the surface of water, especially one that has leaked or been discharged from a ship etc

A kind of camellia from which most tea oil is manufactured, Camellia oleifera.

A kind of camellia from which most tea oil is manufactured, Camellia oleifera.

A kind of camellia from which most tea oil is manufactured, Camellia oleifera.

An oil contained in species of Camellia, including the tea plant, used in cooking especially in southern China.