oil

[oil]

1. noun

(a usually thick liquid that will not mix with water, obtained from plants, animals and minerals: olive oil; whale oil; vegetable oil; cooking oil; He put some oil on the hinges of the door; The car's engine is in need of oil.) ulei

2. verb

(to put oil on or into: The machine will work better if it's oiled.) a unge cu ulei

- oils

- oily

- oilfield

- oil paint

- oil painting

- oil palm

- oil-rig

- oil-tanker

- oil-well

- strike oil

oil paint

(paint made with oil: Some artists prefer to use oil paint(s).) vopsele pentru pictura în ulei

oil painting

(a picture painted with oil paints.) pictură în ulei

oil palm

(a palm tree whose fruit and seeds yield oil.) palmier de ulei

oil-rig

noun (a structure used to drill oil-wells: The ship sailed past an enormous oil-rig.)

oil-tanker

noun (a ship used for carrying oil: An oil-tanker has run aground near here.)

oil-well

noun (a hole drilled into the earth or the sea-bed to obtain petroleum.)

oilfield

noun (a place where mineral oil is found: There are oilfields in the North Sea.) zăcământ petrolifer

oils

noun plural (oil paint: He paints in oils.) ulei(uri)

oily

adjective

1) (of, like or covered with oil: an oily liquid; an oily rag.) uleios, unsuros

2) (trying to be too friendly or polite: The waiters in that restaurant are too oily.) sensibil; politicos

ointment

['ointmənt]

noun

(any greasy substance rubbed on the skin to heal injuries etc.) unguent