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oil
thumb|upright|A bottle of olive oil used in food
castor oil
vegetable oil obtained by pressing the seeds of the Castor plant, Ricinus communis
linseed oil
yellowish oil obtained from the dried, ripened seeds of the flax plant
mineral oil
liquid mixture of higher alkanes from a mineral source, particularly a distillate of petroleum
mazut
thumb|Russian aircraft carrier Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov|Admiral Kuznetsov uses mazut as a fuel, leading to a visible trail of heavy black smoke that can be seen at a great distance. Russian naval officials have said that the failure to properly preheat the mazut prior to entering the combustion chamber may contribute to the heavy smoke trail.
drying oil
oil that hardens to a tough, solid film after a period of exposure to air
cutting fluid
type of coolant and lubricant designed specifically for metalworking processes, such as machining and stamping
snake oil
fraudulent medication
transformer oil
highly refined mineral oil
heating oil
liquid petroleum product used as a fuel oil for furnaces or boilers
waste oil
Unsuitable petroleum-based or synthetic oil
holy anointing oil
perfume used to anoint the vessels of the Jewish Tabernacle
beard oil
cosmetic product
Stomach oil
oil found in the proventriculus of some birds
Dippel's oil
an oil obtained from the distinctive distillation of horn bones
baby oil
skincare product
oil print process
photographic printmaking process
oleochemistry
Oleochemistry is the study of vegetable oils and animal oils and fats, and oleochemicals derived from these fats and oils. The resulting product can be called oleochemicals (from Latin: oleum "olive oil"). The major product of this industry is soap, approximately 8.9 million tons of which were produced in 1990. Other major oleochemicals include fatty acids, fatty acid methyl esters, fatty alcohols and fatty amines. Glycerol is a side product of all of these processes. Intermediate chemical substances produced from these basic oleochemical substances include alcohol ethoxylates, alcohol sulfate
hair oil
Additive for human hair
automatic transmission fluid
fluid used in vehicles for self-shifting or automatic transmissions
crocodile oil
extract of fatty tissues of crocodiles
expeller pressing
mechanical method for extracting liquids (often oils) by squeezing raw materials under pressure
penetrating oil
very low-viscosity oil
emu oil
medicinal oil
carrier oil
oily excipient (vehicle)