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A marble with an oily lustre.
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(in the plural) Oilskins. (waterproof garment)
adjective
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Relating to or resembling oil.
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Covered with or containing oil.
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Excessively friendly or polite but insincere.
Examples of oily in a Sentence
The coat is shaggy and oily, and is preferred with as little white as possible, but the general black coloration may have rusty shades.
Geuther, who showed that the chief product of the action of sodium on ethyl acetate was a sodium compound of composition C6H903Na, which on treatment with acids gave a colourless, somewhat oily liquid of composition C6H1003.
It is a straight-growing tree, with grey bark and whorls of horizontal branches giving a cylindro-conical outline; the leaves are short, rigid and glaucous; the cones, oblong and rather pointing upwards, grow only near the top of the tree, and ripen in the second autumn; the seeds are oily like those of P. Pinea, and are eaten both on the Alps and by the inhabitants of Siberia; a fine oil is expressed from them which is used both for food and in lamps, but, like that of the Italian pine, it soon turns rancid.
They are relatively large dogs, with broad splay feet, and silky oily coats.
The brown testa contains, in the outer of the four coats into which it is microscopically distinguishable, an abundant secretion of mucilaginous matter; and it has within it a thin layer of albumen, enclosing a pair of large oily cotyledons.
Otterhounds are thick, woolly harriers with oily underfur.
The contents are of an oily nature, and when liquefied are of great commercial value.
Avoid using oily skin care products that are harsh.
Teak wood is straight in the grain and exceptionally strong and durable, its oily nature enabling it to resist the attacks of insects and to preserve, iron nails and fastenings.
Oil of turpentine is a colourless liquid of oily consistence, with a strong characteristic odour and a hot disagreeable taste.
Latex-tubes abound in the tissues of Lactarius, Stereum, Mycena, Fistulina, filled with white or coloured milky fluids, and Istvanffvi has shown that similar tubes with fluid or oily contents are widely spread in other Hymenomycetes.
It is an oily liquid, with an odour resembling that of benzaldehyde.
A saturated solution of the gas, in water, is a colourless, oily, strongly fuming liquid which after a time decomposes, with separation of metaboric acid, leaving hydrofluoboric acid HF BF3 in solution.
The free acid, which is obtained by treating the salts with acids, is an oily liquid smelling like prussic acid; it is very explosive, and the vapour is poisonous to about the same degree as that of prussic acid.
In the same way the arrangements finally elaborated by Lodge and Muirhead consisted of a direct coupled antenna and nearly closed condenser circuit, and a similar receiving circuit containing as a detector the steel wheel revolving on oily mercury which actuated a siphon recorder writing signals on paper tape.
The residual oily liquid is then poured out into a polished iron tray, or into an iron mould to produce the customary form of "sticks," and allowed to cool.
The dry salt is very hygroscopic; it deliquesces into an oily solution ("oleum tartari") in ordinary air.
The kukui grows along streams and gulches; from its nuts, which are very oily, the natives used to make candles, and it is still frequently called the candlenut tree.
A large distinct leafy embryo lies in the middle of a dense, oily tissue (endosperm).
They are then pressed in a large powerful screw-press, and the oily matter which flows out is caught, mixed with an equal proportion of water, and boiled to purify it from mucilaginous and albuminous matter.
Owing to the presence of oily globules of an orange-yellow or rusty-red colour in their hyphae and spores they are termed Rust-Fungi.
It is a colourless oily liquid of strongly acid reaction; its aqueous solution decomposes on standing and on heating it forms diethyl sulphate and sulphuric acid.
You need to eat one portion of oily fish a week.
You could also try this recipe with oily fish like salmon or tuna, with a little more curry powder to spice things up.
Foods that contain vitamin D include oily fish, egg yolk, live yogurt.
Commercial cubebs consist of the dried berries, usually with their stalks attached; the pericarp is greyish-brown, or blackish and wrinkled; and the seed, when present, is hard, white and oily.
Very oily skin may also have blackheads on the cheeks and tip of the nose.
My face has open pores, a very oily T-zone, blocked pores, blackheads which are visible, and dull skin.
For information on other aspects of diet, including oily fish and fish oils, see the arc booklet ' Diet and Arthritis ' .
Tony Oliver provided a singularly oily villain in the shape of Clarence Creep and Janet Taylor gave a nice cameo as the Fairy Queen.
Oily fish includes fresh tuna (not canned tuna, which does not count as oily fish ), mackerel, sardines and trout.
Different brands of simple topical emollients such as aqueous cream, oily cream and emulsifying ointment should not influence the efficacy of the treatment.
He had green eyes and straight, oily dirty blond hair and wore a gray fedora and wanted to be Bob Dylan.
Have no more than two portions of oily fish a week.
The flesh is oily and the flavor is best when the fish is eaten fresh from the sea.
Now Rod has got his hands oily again stripping down a Miata 1.8 model in an ordinary domestic garage, using ordinary tools.
I look forward to further ignominy from your oily quarter.
Glue residues, chewing gum, ballpoint ink, oily incrustations etc. should be treated in combination with ECO SPOT & STAIN REMOVER.
The batter was crisp and very knobbly, and the vegetables dry and not oily, all just as it should be.
Sunshine, oily fish (tuna, salmon, sardines, mackerel ), fortified margarines.
The Fujin chain run means that the inside of your right leg can easily get oily.
The coat can be wavy but is not generally curly, feeling oily when touched.
The number 1 cyl spark plug looks oily, and the others look evenly black. the car runs fine.
More oily fish Oily fish such as mackerel or salmon should be served at least once every three weeks.
Omega 3 fatty acids oily fish is the best source of omega 3 fatty acids.
Teak, in common with several exotic hardwoods, is a naturally oily timber.
Try to have fish twice a week, especially oily fish such as mackerel and sardines.
Fish, particularly oily fish can protect against heart problems.
Occasionally, an individual's skin is too oily, too acid, or too sweaty to work cleanly with nylon gloves.
We should also be having more omega 3 fatty acids, which are found in oily fish.