types:
drying oil
an oil that hardens in air due to oxidation and is often used as a paint or varnish base
blubber
an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil
Dippel's oil,
bone oil
dark-colored ill-smelling oil obtained by carbonizing bone; used especially in sheep dips and in denaturing alcohol
bone oil
the liquid portion of bone fat; used as a lubricant and in leather manufacture
cod liver oil,
cod-liver oil
an oil obtained from the livers of cod and similar fishes; taken orally as a source of vitamins A and D
lanolin,
wool fat,
wool grease
a yellow viscous animal oil extracted from wool; a mixture of fatty acids and esters; used in some ointments and cosmetics
acylglycerol,
glyceride
an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils
halibut-liver oil
a fatty oil from halibut livers that is used as a source of vitamin A
lard oil
oil consisting chiefly of olein that is expressed from lard and used especially as a lubricant, cutting oil or illuminant
menhaden oil
a fatty oil obtained from the menhaden fish and used in paint and ink and in treating leather
neat's-foot oil
a pale yellow oil made from the feet and legs of cattle; used as a dressing for leather
oleo oil
obtained from beef fat; used in making margarine and soap and in lubrication
porpoise oil
a yellow fatty oil obtained from porpoises and used as a fine lubricant
dolphin oil
an unsaturated fatty oil obtained from dolphins and used as a fine lubricant
salmon oil
a fatty oil obtained from the wastes in canning salmon; used in making soap and dressing leather
sardine oil
oil obtained from sardines and used chiefly as a lubricant and in soap
seal oil
a pale yellow to red-brown fatty oil obtained from seal blubber; used in making soap and dressing leather and as a lubricant
shark oil,
shark-liver oil
a fatty yellow to brown oil obtained from the livers of sharks; used for dressing leather and as a source of vitamin A
sperm oil
an animal oil found in the blubber of the sperm whale
tallow
obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants
tallow oil
an animal oil obtained by pressing tallow; used as a lubricant
train oil,
whale oil
a white to brown oil obtained from whale blubber; formerly used as an illuminant
wool oil
any oil used to oil wool before spinning
cod oil
an inferior cod-liver oil that is used in leather manufacturing
dubbin
tallow mixed with oil; used to make leather soft and waterproof
triglyceride
glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule; an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body