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PRONUNCIATION OF PARAFFIN OIL

paraffin oil  [ˈpærəfɪn ɔɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARAFFIN OIL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Paraffin oil is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARAFFIN OIL


boil
bɔɪl
Boyle
bɔɪl
broil
brɔɪl
coil
kɔɪl
Doyle
dɔɪl
foil
fɔɪl
gargoyle
ˈɡɑːɡɔɪl
Hoyle
hɔɪl
oil
ɔɪl
recoil
rɪˈkɔɪl
soil
sɔɪl
spoil
spɔɪl
toil
tɔɪl
topsoil
ˈtɒpˌsɔɪl
trefoil
ˈtrɛfɔɪl
turmoil
ˈtɜːmɔɪl
voile
vɔɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARAFFIN OIL

paradoxurine
paradoxy
paradrop
paraenesis
paraenetic
paraesthesia
paraesthetic
paraffin
paraffin heater
paraffin lamp
paraffin wax
paraffine
paraffinic
paraffinoid
paraffiny
paraffle
parafoil
paraform
paraformaldehyde
parage

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARAFFIN OIL

argan oil
carron oil
coconut oil
corn oil
croton oil
crude oil
essential oil
fuel oil
heavy crude oil
motor oil
olive oil
palm oil
rosin oil
sun oil
suntan oil
the good oil
train oil
tung oil
vegetable oil
virgin olive oil

Synonyms and antonyms of paraffin oil in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «paraffin oil» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARAFFIN OIL

Find out the translation of paraffin oil to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of paraffin oil from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «paraffin oil» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

石蜡油
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aceite de parafina
570 millions of speakers

English

paraffin oil
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पैराफिन तेल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زيت برافين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

парафиновое масло
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

o óleo de parafina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্যারাফিন তেল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´huile de paraffine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Minyak parafin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Petroleum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

灯油
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

파라핀 오일
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Minyak paraffin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dầu hỏa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாராஃப்பின் எண்ணெய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेणासारखा तेल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

parafin yağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

olio di paraffina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

olej parafinowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

парафиновое масло
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ulei de parafină
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παραφινέλαιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lampolie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

paraffinolja
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

parafinolje
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of paraffin oil

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARAFFIN OIL»

The term «paraffin oil» is regularly used and occupies the 74.647 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of paraffin oil
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARAFFIN OIL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «paraffin oil» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «paraffin oil» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about paraffin oil

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARAFFIN OIL»

Discover the use of paraffin oil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to paraffin oil and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Protein Crystallization
This problem has been overcome by replacing the paraffin oil with silicone oil or mixtures of paraffin and silicone oil.7,8 Paraffin oil permits only a negligible amount of water evaporation, while silicone oils (polymers of repeating ...
Terese M. Bergfors, 2009
2
The Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum, Fourth Edition
The filtered paraffin oil was called pale oil to differentiate it from the nonfiltered paraffin oil, which was considered of lower quality. The wax separated from paraffin distillate by cold pressing contained about 50% oil and was known as slack ...
James G. Speight, 2006
3
Initiation and Promotion in Skin Or Liver Neoplasia: A 65 ...
Total length of experiment = 60 weeks lOO^g DMBA (Topical, once, in acetone) - Croton Oil (Topical, once-weekly, for life, in paraffin oil) 250^g DMBA (Topical, once, in acetone) - Croton Oil (Topical, oncc-wcekly, for life, in paraffin oil) ...
Edward B. Ilgren, 1991
4
Industrial Applications
The oil phase of the invert emulsion used in this report consisted of paraffin oil ( 777gT'), a monoglyceride emulsifier (14.5gr'), paraffinic wax (25gt-'), and lanolin ( 93gr').The wax and monoglyceride were dissolved in warm (60°C) paraffinic oil.
Karl Esser, Paul A. Lemke, J. W. Bennett, 2002
5
Modern Tribology Handbook, Two Volume Set
9.7.2. Paraffin. Oil-Lubricated. Conditions. Figure 9.11 shows the wear maps of the four materials under purified paraffin oil-lubricated conditions. For these four ceramics, the purified paraffin oil itself does not react with the ceramics nor does it ...
Bharat Bhushan, 2000
6
The Practical Mechanic's Journal
I g y 7 ga d Campbell' The specification of Mr Young's patent describes his invention as consisting in treating bituminous coals in such manner as to obtain therefrom an _oil containing paraffin, which he called paraffin oil, and from which or] he ...
‎1865
7
The Pharmaceutical journal ...: A weekly record of pharmacy ...
important question now for the jury to decide was, whether paraffin oil was an article that could or could not be safely used. Dr. Odling, a gentleman experienced in analytical chemistry, had already shown that there was a dangerous article ...
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1862
8
Handbook of Industrial Hydrocarbon Processes
In addition, mineral oil temporarily coats the intestines and prevents the uptake of certain essential vitamins and nutrients. 3.2. Paraffin oil Paraffin oil or liquid paraffin oil is obtained in the process of petroleum distillation (Speight and Ozum,  ...
James G. Speight, 2010
9
Mathematical Theory of Oil and Gas Recovery: With ...
Cold water flooding of high-paraffin oil reservoirs leads to a sharp drop in the oil production rate, rapid water encroachment of the producing wells and low sweep of the reservoir by the water-flood, due to the separation of solid paraffin in the ...
Pavel Bedrikovetsky, 1993
10
Advances In Chromatography
Paraffin oil and silicone oil were popular attempts to produce a nonpolar stationary phase on a silica gel layer. The chromatographic migration of benzophenones in RP-TLC has shown that the replacement of paraffin oil by silicone oil can ...
Eli Grushka, Nelu Grinberg, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARAFFIN OIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term paraffin oil is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Shongweni potter's winter expo
The kiln, which he designed and built, is fired about eight times a year with paraffin oil to a temperature of 1380°C. It takes 18 hours to fire and ... «News24, Jul 15»
2
UMB donates to Burns Centre
The items include cotton wool, gauze roll, crepe bandage, silver sulphadiazine, paraffin oil, disposable gloves, normal saline, zinc oxide plaster ... «Graphic Online, Jul 15»
3
Self-confessed tanorexic has six sunbeds a week and uses liquid …
”After that, I'd use liquid paraffin oil or baby oil to intensify my tan.” Until recently, Charley, whose mum Sarah checked her for moles and ... «BreakingNews.ie, Jul 15»
4
Battle of the bulge
Other preventative preparations included using a refined paraffin oil which burst the foam bubbles in the rumen. Detergents, with the active ... «The Land Newspaper, Jul 15»
5
Italian govt provides medical supplies for treatment of June 3 …
Other supplies were face mask, endotrachreal tubes, surgical gloves, crepe bandages, liquid paraffin oil, emergency rolls and zinc oxide ... «Graphic Online, Jul 15»
6
IN THE GARDEN: Plan battles with insects
Some are highly refined petroleum or paraffin oil. Botanical Neem oil poisons and suffocates. Oil sprays are effective with a pretty low impact. «Stillwater News Press, Jul 15»
7
Cummins' roll back the years
Of Indian meal, Juana, paraffin oil and methylated spirits. Of beauty board and emulsion and readying for the stations and the arrival of yanks ... «Mayo News, Jun 15»
8
Rural demand not dead; await rain impact on crops: Marico
... on what happens internationally except crude prices which has an impact on packaging cost and paraffin oil which is used as raw material. «Moneycontrol.com, Jun 15»
9
Teen 'tanorexic' smeared herself in paraffin for the ultimate year …
"After that, I'd use liquid paraffin oil or baby oil to intensify my tan." Miss Jean, whose mother Sarah checked her for moles and blemishes when ... «BT.com, Jun 15»
10
Wide range of artists featured at annual art fest
Their fire rocks, which come with a lifetime-sustaining wick and the smokeless, odorless paraffin oil, are a solution to the sometimes messy ... «Grand Forks Herald, Jun 15»

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