oil-burning
adjective
That uses oil as its fuel; figurative (of an addiction) severe; consuming; expensive.
noun
The consumption or use of oil as a fuel.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Marine Engineer.
- hyperactively
- hyperactivity
- hyperaemia
- hyperaemic
- hyperaesthesia
- hyperaesthetic
- hyperalgesia
- hyperalgesic
- hyperalimentation
- hyperbaric
- hyperbaton
- hyperbola
- hyperbole
- hyperbolic
- hyperbolical
- hyperbolically
- hyperbolic paraboloid
- hyperbolise
- hyperbolism
- hyperbolize
- hyperboloid
- hyperboloidal
- hyperborean
- hypercapnia
- hypercharge