heavy oil

noun

1. a hydrocarbon mixture, heavier than water, distilled from coal tar

Example Sentences

The rain was falling in torrents and pattering on the heavy oil-skin clothing of the watchers.

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Diethyl selenide (C2H5)2Se, is a yellowish heavy oil of unpleasant odor.

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For one thing, submarines don't use petrol—they use Diesel engines and heavy oil.

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The receiver is changed, and the "heavy oil" comes over; towards the end a thick brown or yellow viscid product is got.

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In that year a patent was taken out by Bethell for preserving timber by impregnating it with the heavy oil from coal-tar.

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