A kind of oil used in India for lamps, and for boiling with dammara for pitching vessels. It is pressed from the seeds of a leguminous tree (Millettia pinnata).

An oil that hardens to a tough, solid film after a period of exposure to air.

plural of baby oil

(dated) A nutritional supplement derived from the liver of the halibut.

A grade of oil used principally as a fuel. / Specifically, the heaviest commercial fuel that can be obtained from crude oil.

(slang) The drug opium.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see banana, oil. / (dated) Nonsense. / (chemistry) The chemical substance isoamyl acetate.

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

Synonym of motor oil

plural of engine oil