A pale yellow vegetable oil extracted from cottonseed; used in salad dressings, margarine etc

An oil extracted from the seeds of the tung tree and used in paints and varnishes.

A light, relatively bland vegetable oil, extracted from the seeds of the grape; used for salad dressings etc.

(dated) naphtha

A synthetic crude oil obtained by the pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution of oil shale. / A crude oil obtained from low permeability petroleum-bearing formations (shales).

A sedimentary rock containing kerogen from which petroleum-like shale oil can be produced by pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution.

An oil, produced from the seeds of the gorli shrub, Oncoba echinata, that has been used in the treatment of leprosy.

(idiomatic) A fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum; panacea. / A traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain.

(slang) To dupe or con.

A volatile oil, used to make perfumes and flavourings, especially one having the characteristic odour of the plant from which it is obtained.