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a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)types:spijsvetoily or greasy matter making up the bulk of fatty tissue in animals and in seeds and other plant tissuecacaobotera yellow-white fat from cocoa beansreuzel, smout, varkensvet, vetlaagsoft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hogbraadvet, kaan, kaantjes, keukenafvalfat that exudes from meat and drips off while it is being roasted or friedbeendervetfatty matter in bones extracted with solvents or by boiling or steaming; used chiefly in candles and cheap soaps and in lubricating greasesbotervetthe fatty substance of milk from which butter is made
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a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organssynonyms: bakkersvet, bakvet, smeer, vetweefseltypes:buikje, corporatie, embonpoint, hangbuik, onderlichaam, onderlijf, onderstel, rechtspersoon, rijstbuika protruding abdomen
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any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency
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a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with watersynonyms: motorolie, oleum, olie, olieaandeel, smeer, smeermiddel, smeersel, smeervet, strijkseltypes:boterolie, raapolieedible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminantamandeloliepale yellow fatty oil expressed from sweet or bitter almondslavendeloliepale yellow essential oil obtained from spike lavender used in scenting soaps and cosmeticscrotonolieviscid acrid brownish-yellow oil from the seeds of Croton tiglium having a violent cathartic actionstookoliea petroleum product used for fueltraanany oil obtained from animal substancesfoezel, foezeloliea mixture of amyl alcohols and propanol and butanol formed from distillation of fermented liquorsstandoliea thick oil comprised of linseed, tung, or soya oils which have been heated to over 300 Cleisteenolieoil extracted from oil shale by heatinglijnolie, lijnzaadoliea drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paintslevertraanan oil obtained from the livers of cod and similar fishes; taken orally as a source of vitamins A and Dvistraana fatty oil obtained from the livers of various fishglyceridean ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oilsrozenolieessential oil or perfume obtained from flowerseucalyptusoliean essential oil obtained from the leaves of eucalyptsterpentijnolievolatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinallygasoliean oil formed through distillation of petroleum of intermediate boiling range and viscosityhuidsmeer, kaarsvet, ongel, talg, talkobtained from suet and used in making soap, candles and lubricantswalvistraana white to brown oil obtained from whale blubber; formerly used as an illuminant
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Vocabulary lists containing vet
Is your vocabulary feeling lax, with too many words beyond your ken? Dip into this vat of verbal gems of every hue and turn your woe into awe! These four lists are arranged from easiest to most challenging. Try and learn them all! Here are links to our lists in the collection: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
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President Trump delivered his first speech to Congress on February 28, 2017. President Trump outlined wide-ranging goals which emphasized bringing jobs back to America, strengthening the nation's infrastructure and military, and establishing a new healthcare system. Here are fifteen vocabulary words from President Trump's address to Congress. The speech was followed by a response from the Democrats, with fifteen of those words here.