petroleum
/pɪˈtrəʊlɪəm
/noun [mass noun]
A liquid mixture of hydrocarbons which is present in suitable rock strata and can be extracted and refined to produce fuels including petrol, paraffin, and diesel oil; oil.Liquid paraffin is a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum....
- Benzene is a colorless and highly flammable liquid hydrocarbon derived from petroleum.
- Eocene formations are important source or reservoir rocks for petroleum or gas in several parts of the world.
Origin
Late Middle English: from medieval Latin, from Latin petra 'rock' (from Greek) + Latin oleum 'oil'.
Rhymes
- reverize
- revers
- reversable
- reversal
- reversal film
- reversal potential
- reversal process
- reversal-processed
- reversal processing
- reversal speed
- reverse
- reverse angle
- reverse-angle shot
- reverse anorexia
- reverse applied
- reverse arch
- reverse arms
- reverse auction
- reverse-biased
- reverse bid
- reverse-charge
- reverse curve
- reversed charge
- reversed clover
- reversed fault