fatty oil

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Origin of fatty oil

First recorded in 1825–35

Words nearby fatty oil

fattism, fatty, fatty acid, fatty alcohol, fatty degeneration, fatty oil, fatty tumor, fatuitous, fatuity, fatuous, fatwa

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How to use fatty oil in a sentence

Sometimes fatty oil or watery sap is found in swollen hyphal ends, or such tubes contain coloured sap.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3|Various
(1⁄32 grain) mercuric iodid (biniodid of mercury) dissolved in a fatty oil.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2|Various
The saponification number and acid number are both very low, but a fatty oil is present.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2|Various
A small quantity of semisolid fatty oil is obtained from the seeds by pressure.
Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture|William Saunders

As it is usually itself adulterated with some fatty oil, it needs to undergo purification before use.
Scientific American Supplement No. 275|Various

British Dictionary definitions for fatty oil

fatty oil

noun

another name for fixed oil

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