oilless
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a word derived from
oil.
oilnounany of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
Example Sentences
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The lines are going in opposite directions, are leaving an oilless gap which may some day burn out the gears of U.S. industry.
From Time Magazine Archive
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On his return to the home grounds he frustrates a man with oilless oil wells; the town and his childhood sweetheart collapse at his feet.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The song of Azael melted away, On the solemn midnight's bieath, I thought of the talents, the oilless lamps-- Oh, Azael, Angel of Death, I know that ere long thou wilt come for me.
From Victor Roy, a Masonic Poem by Harriet Annie Wilkins