An oil can (oilcan or oiler) is a can that holds oil (usually motor oil) for lubricating machines. An oil can can also be used to fill oil-based lanterns...
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Dennis Ray "Oil Can" Boyd (born October 6, 1959) is an American professional baseball pitcher. Boyd played in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red...
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and Taiwan to refer to recycled oil. It can be used to describe the illicit practice of restaurants reusing cooking oil that has already been cooked for...
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oil, canola oil (rapeseed oil), corn oil, peanut oil and other vegetable oils, as well as animal-based oils like butter and lard. Oil can be flavored...
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Mustard oil can mean either the pressed oil used for cooking, or a pungent essential oil also known as volatile oil of mustard. The essential oil results...
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consumption as a food. Coconut oil can be extracted through a wet or dry process. More simply (but perhaps less effectively), oil can be produced by heating the...
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years to clean up. Oil spills can have disastrous consequences for society; economically, environmentally, and socially. As a result, oil spill accidents...
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plain mineral oil can also be swabbed onto the feet of chickens infected with scaly mites on the shank, toes, and webs. Mineral oil suffocates these...
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oil refers only to the heaviest commercial fuels that crude oil can yield, that is, those fuels heavier than gasoline (petrol) and naphtha. Fuel oil consists...
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CAN, Can, can, or -can in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Can may refer to: Aluminum can Drink can Oil can Steel and tin cans Trash can Petrol can Can...
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rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons...
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Extraction of petroleum (redirect from Oil Extraction)
can be dangerous and have led to oil spills. Geologists and geophysicists use seismic surveys to search for geological structures that may form oil reservoirs...
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Argan oil is a plant oil produced from the kernels of the argan tree (Argania spinosa L.), which is indigenous to Morocco and southwestern Algeria. In...
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Oil Can Henry's was an oil-change shop based in Tualatin, Oregon, United States. Prior to being bought by Ashland Inc. in 2015, the company operated as...
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Sunflower oil is the non-volatile oil pressed from the seeds of the sunflower (Helianthus annuus). Sunflower oil is commonly used in food as a frying oil, and...
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Orphée aux enfers (1:46) Problems playing this file? See media help. The can-can (also spelled cancan as in the original French /kɑ̃kɑ̃/) is a high-energy...
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the organic matter within the rock (kerogen) into synthetic oil and gas. The resulting oil can be used immediately as a fuel or upgraded to meet refinery...
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Avocado oil is an edible oil extracted from the pulp of avocados, the fruit of Persea americana. It is used as an edible oil both raw and for cooking,...
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particles. An oil pump, a vane or gear pump powered by the engine, pumps the oil throughout the engine, including the oil filter. Oil filters can be a full...
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Lorenzo's Oil is a 1992 drama film directed and co-written by George Miller. It is based on the true story of Augusto and Michaela Odone, parents who...
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Hash oil or cannabis oil is an oleoresin obtained by the extraction of cannabis or hashish. It is a cannabis concentrate containing many of its resins...
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Vegetable oil can be used as an alternative fuel in diesel engines and in heating oil burners. When vegetable oil is used directly as a fuel, in either...
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oil, canola oil, almond oil, or squalene but less than castor oil and coconut oil. The fatty acid content of Jojoba oil can vary significantly depending...
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Linseed oil, also known as flaxseed oil or flax oil (in its edible form), is a colourless to yellowish oil obtained from the dried, ripened seeds of the...
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Castor oil is a vegetable oil pressed from castor beans, the seeds of the plant Ricinus communis. The seeds are 40 to 60 percent oil. It is a colourless...
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Hemp oil (hemp seed oil) is oil obtained by pressing hemp seeds. Cold pressed, unrefined hemp oil is dark to clear light green in color, with a nutty flavor...
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Truffle oil can be produced using any oil. Common versions use olive oil, or a more neutral flavorless oil such as canola or grapeseed oil. Some truffle...
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oil, which has an index more similar to glass. Specially manufactured oil can have nearly exactly the same refractive index as glass, making an oil immersed...
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Oil paint is a type of slow-drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil, commonly linseed oil. For several centuries the...
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Tung oil or China wood oil is a drying oil obtained by pressing the seed from the nut of the tung tree (Vernicia fordii). Tung oil hardens upon exposure...
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