9-letter words containing oil
- oil slick — a smooth area on the surface of water caused by the presence of oil.
- oil spill — an accidental release of oil into a body of water, as from a tanker, offshore drilling rig, or underwater pipeline, often presenting a hazard to marine life and the environment.
- oil stove — a heating device that burns oil (typically either paraffin or fuel oil)
- oil-fired — Oil-fired heating systems and power stations use oil as a fuel.
- oil-paper — a paper made waterproof and translucent by treatment with oil.
- oil-plant — any of several plants, as the castor-oil plant or sesame, the seeds of which yield an oil.
- oilfields — Plural form of oilfield.
- oily fish — any variety of fish, such as the sardine, mackerel, salmon or trout; that has oils throughout its body rather than stored solely in the liver
- olive oil — an oil expressed from the olive fruit, used in cooking, in salad dressings, in medicine, etc.
- parboiled — to boil partially or for a short time; precook.
- potboiler — a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
- range oil — oil suitable for burning as the fuel of a kitchen stove.
- recoiling — to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
- resoiling — to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- rosin oil — a viscous liquid, colorless to black, distilled from rosin and used in making adhesives, inks, insulation, lacquers, lubricants, plasticizers, and varnish.
- salad oil — an oil used in salad dressing, especially olive oil or a vegetable oil, as from sesame, corn, or safflower.
- shale oil — petroleum distilled from oil shale.
- snake oil — any of various liquid concoctions of questionable medical value sold as an all-purpose curative, especially by traveling hucksters.
- soft-boil — to boil (an egg) just long enough for the yolk and white to partially solidify, usually three or four minutes.
- soil bank — a plan providing cash payments to farmers who cut production of certain surplus crops in favor of soil-enriching ones.
- soil pipe — a pipe carrying wastes from toilets and sometimes from waste pipes. Compare waste pipe (def 2).
- soilborne — carried in soil
- soiliness — the state of being dirty
- sperm oil — a yellow, thin, water-insoluble liquid obtained from the sperm whale, used chiefly as a lubricant in light machinery, as watches, clocks, and scientific apparatus.
- spoil for — If you are spoiling for a fight, you are very eager for it to happen.
- spoilable — able to be spoiled
- spoilfive — a game played by two to ten persons having five cards each.
- spoilsman — a person who seeks or receives a share in political spoils.
- stand oil — a thick oil made by heating linseed oil to temperatures of 600°F and higher, used chiefly as a medium in paints.
- strap-oil — a beating
- subsoiler — one who operates a subsoil plow.
- supercoil — superhelix.
- sweet oil — olive oil.
- train oil — oil obtained from the blubber of whales or from seals, walruses, or other marine animals.
- unbroiled — not broiled
- undersoil — subsoil.
- unspoiled — to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.
- untoiling — not labouring or toiling
- whale oil — oil rendered from whale blubber, formerly widely used as a fuel for lamps and for making soap and candles.