-oyl
(in chemistry) indicating an acyl group or radical: ethanoyl; methanoyl
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How to use -oyl in a sentence
But Ice will swim in water of what thinness soever; and though it sink in oyl, will float in spirits of Wine or Aqua vit.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 1 of 3) | Thomas BrowneYou must be careful not to have the heat too much; for then it will turn to oyl; as also if the Cream have been carried.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened | Kenelm DigbyThis hath not the unsavoury taste of Oyl alone, nor the blackness of Butter alone.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened | Kenelm DigbyYou may also baste such meat with yolks of new-laid Eggs, beaten into a thin oyl.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened | Kenelm DigbyAs he cloathed himself with cursing as with a garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and as oyl into his bones.
The Life and Death of Mr Badman | John Bunyan
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