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8-letter words containing oil

  • overboil — To boil excessively.
  • overcoil — a fixed end of a spiral hairspring, consisting of an upwardly and inwardly bent continuation of the outermost coil of the spring: used to offset the asymmetry of the common spiral spring when tight, which impairs isochronism.
  • overtoil — to work too hard
  • palm oil — a yellow butterlike oil derived from the fruit of the oil palm and used as an edible fat and for making soap, candles, etc.
  • panbroil — to cook in a pan with little fat or moisture
  • parafoil — a structure, usually made of a strong yet light fabric, having a shape similar to that of an airplane wing, and used as a kite or a parachute.
  • rape oil — a brownish-yellow oil obtained by expression from rapeseed and used chiefly as a lubricant, an illuminant, and in the manufacture of rubber substitutes.
  • reboiler — A reboiler is a stage in distillation when a liquid is heated again to make some of it become a vapor.
  • recoiled — to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
  • rock oil — petroleum.
  • rose oil — a pale yellow, green, or red, volatile, fragrant, sweet-tasting liquid, obtained by steam distillation from fresh roses, especially damask roses: used in flavoring and perfume.
  • soilless — the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
  • spoilage — the act of spoiling or the state of being spoiled.
  • spoilful — plundering
  • sump oil — the waste oil from engines
  • tall oil — a resinous secondary product resulting from the manufacture of chemical wood pulp: used in the manufacture of soaps, paints, etc.
  • the soil — life and work on a farm; land
  • toiletry — any article or preparation used in cleaning or grooming oneself, as soap or deodorant.
  • toilette — toilet (defs 6, 8).
  • toilinet — a type of quilting fabric which is a mix of wool and cotton or silk
  • toilless — without toil or struggle
  • toilsome — characterized by or involving toil; laborious or fatiguing.
  • toilworn — worn by toil: toilworn hands.
  • troilism — sexual activity involving three people
  • troilite — a mineral, iron sulfide, FeS, occurring in meteorites.
  • tung oil — a yellow drying oil derived from the seeds of a tung tree, Aleurites fordii, used in varnishes, linoleum, etc.
  • turmoils — a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet: mental turmoil caused by difficult decisions.
  • unboiled — not boiled
  • unfoiled — ornamented with foils, as a gable, spandrel, or balustrade.
  • unsoiled — free from dirt; not soiled
  • unspoilt — a simple past tense and past participle of spoil.
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