porpoise oil

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• porpoise oil — noun a yellow fatty oil obtained from porpoises and used as a fine lubricant • Hypernyms: ↑animal oil * * * noun : a pale yellow fatty oil obtained from the body, head, or jaw of a porpoise and used especially as a fine lubricant compare dolphin… …   Useful english dictionary

• oil — Synonyms and related words: Barbados tar, Haliver Oil, Macassar oil, absinthe, adipose tissue, adulation, aid, alcohol, animal oils, anoint, anthracene oil, aquarelle, asphalt base oil, avocado oil, balm, balsam, bay oil, beechnut oil, beef… …   Moby Thesaurus

• animal oil — noun any oil obtained from animal substances • Hypernyms: ↑oil, ↑animal material • Hyponyms: ↑drying oil, ↑blubber, ↑bone oil, ↑Dippel s oil, ↑cod liver oil, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• dolphin oil — noun an unsaturated fatty oil obtained from dolphins and used as a fine lubricant • Hypernyms: ↑animal oil * * * noun : an unsaturated fatty oil obtained from the body, head, or jaw of a dolphin and used especially as a fine lubricant compare… …   Useful english dictionary

• USS Porpoise (SS-172) — The fifth USS Porpoise (SS–172) was laid down at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, 27 October 1933; launched 20 June 1935; sponsored by Miss Eva Croft; and commissioned 15 August 1935 by Lt. Comdr. Stuart S. Murray (nicknamed Sunshine… …   Wikipedia

• Harbour porpoise — Harbour porpoise[1] Size comparison against an …   Wikipedia

• HMS Porpoise (N14) — was the one of the six ship class of Grampus class mine laying submarine of the Royal Navy. She was built at Vickers Armstrong, Barrow and launched August 30, 1932. She served in World War II in most of the naval theatres of the war, in home… …   Wikipedia

• Sperm-whale porpoise — Sperm whale Sperm whale (Zo[ o]l.) A very large toothed whale ({Physeter macrocephalus}), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Nye Lubricants — Nye Lubricants, Inc. Products: Synthetic Lubricants Established: 1844 Number of Employees: About 130 …   Wikipedia

• Phocenic — Pho*cen ic, a. [Gr. ? a porpoise.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to dolphin oil or porpoise oil; said of an acid (called also delphinic acid) subsequently found to be identical with valeric acid. Watts. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fat — Synonyms and related words: Boeotian, Haliver Oil, abounding, abounding in riches, abundant, adipose, adipose tissue, advantageous, affluent, all sufficing, ample, animal oil, animal oils, aplenty, asinine, balmy, banausic, become overweight,… …   Moby Thesaurus