motorolie

Definitions of motorolie
  1. noun
    oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
    synonyms: olieaandeel
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    type of:
    olieverf
    paint in which a drying oil is the vehicle
  2. noun
    a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
    synonyms: oleum, olie, olieaandeel, smeer, smeermiddel, smeersel, smeervet, strijksel, vet
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    boterolie, raapolie
    edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant
    amandelolie
    pale yellow fatty oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds
    lavendelolie
    pale yellow essential oil obtained from spike lavender used in scenting soaps and cosmetics
    crotonolie
    viscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic action
    stookolie
    a petroleum product used for fuel
    traan
    any oil obtained from animal substances
    foezel, foezelolie
    a mixture of amyl alcohols and propanol and butanol formed from distillation of fermented liquors
    standolie
    a thick oil comprised of linseed, tung, or soya oils which have been heated to over 300 C
    aardolie, petroleum, petrolie
    a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
    leisteenolie
    oil extracted from oil shale by heating
    lijnolie, lijnzaadolie
    a drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints
    levertraan
    an oil obtained from the livers of cod and similar fishes; taken orally as a source of vitamins A and D
    vistraan
    a fatty oil obtained from the livers of various fish
    glyceride
    an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils
    rozenolie
    essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers
    kruidnagelolie, nagelolie
    essential oil obtained from cloves and used to flavor medicines
    eucalyptusolie
    an essential oil obtained from the leaves of eucalypts
    terpentijnolie
    volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally
    gasolie
    an oil formed through distillation of petroleum of intermediate boiling range and viscosity
    huidsmeer, kaarsvet, ongel, talg, talk
    obtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricants
    walvistraan
    a white to brown oil obtained from whale blubber; formerly used as an illuminant
    type of:
    lipide, lipoïde
    an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates)
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