long-oil see oil length under oil

long on noun (cricket)

A fielder, or a fielding position, on the boundary behind the bowler on the onside

long paddock noun (Aust)

The grass verge of a road, sometimes used for grazing animals on

long-persistence screen noun

A cathode-ray tube coated with long afterglow (up to several seconds) phosphor

long pig noun (old)

Human flesh as food for cannibals

longˈ-playing adjective

Of a gramophone record, giving length in reproduction because of the extremely fine groove and slow rotation

longˈprimˈer noun (printing)

A size of type (about 10-point) intermediate between small pica and bourgeois

longˈ-purˈples noun

1. The early purple orchis
2. Purple loosestrife

long QT syndrome noun (medicine)

A hereditary disorder affecting the electrical rhythm of the heart (abbrev LQTS)

longˈ-range adjective

1. (of weapons) long in range, designed to reach remote targets
2. (of aircraft, etc) covering long distances without having to refuel
3. (of a forecast) extending well into the future

long robe see under robe¹

longˈ-runˈning adjective

Continuing over a long period

longs and shorts plural noun

1. Greek or Latin verses
2. (also long-and-short work) masonry of alternate vertical and horizontal blocks, as in quoins and jambs

long sheep noun

A long-woolled sheep

longˈship noun (historical)

A distinctive type of long vessel built by the Vikings

long shot noun

1. (a bet, entry, venture, etc with) a remote chance of success
2. A shot taken at a distance from the object filmed

longˈ-sightˈed adjective

1. Able to see far but not close at hand
2. Hypermetropic
3. Presbyopic
4. Having foresight
5. Sagacious

longˈ-sightˈedly adverb

longˈ-sightˈedness noun

longˈ-sixˈes plural noun (archaic)

Candles weighing six to a pound

longˈ-spun adjective

Long-drawn-out, tedious

longˈspur noun

Any bunting of the genera Calcarius and Rhyncophanes with a long claw on the hind toe

longˈ-standˈing adjective

Of long existence or continuance

longˈ-staˈple adjective

Having a long fibre

longˈ-stay adjective

1. Of eg patients in a hospital, staying permanently or semi-permanently
2. (of a car park) allowing patrons to leave their cars for days or weeks rather than hours

long stop noun

1. A fielder, or a fielding position (now largely disused), directly behind the wicket to stop balls missed by the wicketkeeper (cricket)
2. A person or thing that acts as a final safeguard or check (figurative)

longˈ-stop intransitive verb

To field as long stop

longˈ-suffˈering adjective

Enduring long and patiently

noun

Long endurance or patience

longˈ-suffˈeringly adverb

long suit noun

1. The suit with most cards in a player's hand
2. A particular talent, good quality, or advantage that one has

long tail noun (commerce)

The phenomenon by which a large number of less popular products can generate more revenue than a small number of highly successful ones

longˈ-tail noun

1. An animal, esp a dog, with an uncut tail (also adjective)
2. A greyhound

longˈ-term adjective

1. Extending over a long time
2. (of a policy) concerned with time ahead as distinct from the immediate present

longˈ-time adjective

Enduring for a long time

long-togs, long Tom, long ton see under tog¹, tom¹ and ton¹ respectively.

longˈ-tongued adjective

1. Having a long tongue
2. Talkative, babbling

longˈ-track (skating or) speedskating noun

Speedskating in which contestants race around a 400-metre track, usu in pairs against the clock

long vacation noun

A long holiday during the summer, when schools, etc are closed

long view noun

The taking into consideration of events, etc in the distant future

longˈ-visˈaged adjective

1. Long-faced
2. With a rueful countenance

longˈ-waistˈed adjective

1. Of a garment, having a deep or dropped waist
2. (of a person) long from the armpits to the hips

longˈwall noun

A long working face in a coalmine (longwall system or working a mining technique in which a seam is exposed along its length then removed, layer by layer)

longˈ-wave adjective (radio)

Of, or using, wavelengths over 1000 metres

longwearˈing adjective

Of clothes, that may be worn for a long time without wearing out, hard-wearing

long whist see under whist²

longˈ-windˈed adjective

1. Long-breathed
2. Tediously wordy and circumlocutory

longˈ-windˈedly adverb

longˈ-windˈedness noun

a long figure (slang)

A high price or rate

a long purse

Abundance of money

as long as

Provided only that

before long or (poetic or facetious) ere long

Soon

draw the long bow see under bow²

go long (finance)

To acquire more holdings in commodities or securities in expectation of a rise in prices

in the long run see under run

long on

Well supplied with

long since

A long time ago

make a long arm (informal)

To help oneself freely at table

make a long nose

To cock a snook or put a thumb to the nose as a vulgar gesture

no longer

Not now as formerly

not by a long shot

Not by any means

not long for this world

Near death

so long (informal)

Goodbye (poss from Ar salaam peace, used as a word of farewell)

so long as

Provided only that

the long and the short (of it) or (esp Shakespeare) the short and the long (of it)

The sum of the matter in a few words

oil /oil/

noun

1. Any greasy, usu flammable liquid derived from animals, plants, mineral deposits or by artificial means, and used as a lubricant, fuel, foodstuff, etc
2. The juice from the fruit of the olive tree
3. Any similar liquid obtained from parts of other plants
4. An oil painting
5. (in pl) oil paints or oil painting
6. (in pl) oilskins
7. News, information, esp in the good oil (Aust informal)

transitive verb

1. To smear, lubricate or anoint with oil
2. To impregnate with oil
3. To turn (a solid fat) into oil

intransitive verb

1. To take oil aboard as fuel
2. (of a solid fat) to turn into oil
3. To move ingratiatingly, stealthily, slily or cravenly, as in oil out, to extricate oneself dishonourably (informal, esp old)

—See also tall oil

oiled adjective

1. Smeared, treated, lubricated or impregnated with oil
2. Preserved in oil
3. Tipsy (esp in well-oiled; slang)

oilˈer noun

1. Someone who or something that oils
2. An oilcan
3. (in pl) oilskins
4. A ship driven by oil
5. A ship that carries oil, a tanker
6. An oil well

oilˈery noun

The commodities, business or establishment of an oilman

oilˈily adverb

oilˈiness noun

oilˈ-less adjective

oilˈy adjective

1. Consisting of, containing or having the qualities of oil
2. Greasy
3. Unctuous

oil bath noun

A receptacle containing lubricating oil through which part of a machine passes

oil beetle noun

A beetle (of the genus Meloe) that emits a yellowish oily liquid from its legs when disturbed

oilˈ-belt noun

A belt of country yielding mineral oil

oilˈbird noun

The guacharo

oilˈ-burner noun

1. A ship that uses oil as fuel
2. A lamp-burner for use with oil

oilˈ-burning adjective

oilˈ-cake noun

A cattle food made of the residue of oilseeds when most of the oil has been pressed out

oilˈcan noun

A can for carrying oil or for applying lubricating oil

oilˈcloth noun

1. A canvas coated with linseed oil paint
2. Oilskin

oil colour noun

A colouring substance mixed with oil, an oil paint

oil-control ring noun (motoring)

Same as scraper ring (see under scrape)

oilˈ-cup noun

A small cup-like container, usu attached to machinery, for holding and dispensing lubricating oil

oil drum noun

A cylindrical metal barrel for oil

oil engine noun

An internal-combustion engine burning vapour from oil

oilˈfield noun

An area that produces mineral oil

oil-filled cable noun (elec eng)

Cable with a central duct filled with oil, eliminating gaseous voids and consequent ionization

oilˈ-fired adjective

Burning oil as fuel

oilˈ-gas noun

Illuminating gas or heating gas made by destructive distillation of oil

oil gauge noun

An instrument for indicating the level of lubricating oil in an engine, etc

oil gland noun

The uropygial gland in birds, forming a secretion used in preening the feathers

oil immersion noun

A technique, used to extend the resolving power of a light microscope, in which a thin film of oil is placed between a special oil-immersion objective lens and the specimen

oil length noun

The ratio of drying oil to resin in eg a varnish (longˈ-oil having a high proportion, shortˈ-oil a low proportion, of oil)

oilˈman noun

1. A man who deals in oils
2. A man who owns an oil well
3. A man involved in the operation of an oil well, oil rig, etc

oil mill noun

A grinding-mill for expressing oil from seeds, etc

oilˈnut noun

The N American butternut, the buffalo-nut, or other oil-yielding nut

oil paint noun

An oil colour

oil painting noun

1. A picture painted in oil colours
2. The art of painting in oil colours

oil palm noun

A palm (Elaeis guineensis) whose fruit pulp yields palm oil

oil pan noun

The sump in an internal-combustion engine

oil paper noun

Paper that has been oiled, eg to make it waterproof

oil platform noun

A steel and/or concrete structure, either fixed or mobile, used in offshore drilling to support the rig and to keep stores, etc

oil press noun

A machine for expressing oils from seeds or pulp

oilˈ-rich adjective

Having much oil

oil rig noun

1. The complete plant (machinery, structures, etc) required for oil-well drilling
2. (loosely) a mobile oil platform

oil sand noun

1. Sand or sandstone occurring naturally impregnated with petroleum
2. Tar sand

oilˈseed noun

Any seed that yields oil

oilseed rape noun

A plant with vivid yellow flowers, yielding vegetable oil

oil shale noun

A shale containing diffused hydrocarbons in a state suitable for distillation into mineral oils

oil silk noun

A transparent silk fabric impregnated with oxidized oil

oilˈskin noun

1. Cloth made waterproof by means of oil
2. A garment made of oilskin

oil slick noun

A patch of oil forming a film on the surface of water or (rarely) a road, etc

oilˈstone noun

A whetstone used with oil

oil string same as production string (see under produce).

oil tanker noun

A vessel constructed for carrying oil in bulk

oilˈ-tree noun

Any of several trees or shrubs from which oil is obtained, that mentioned in Isaiah 41.19 in the Bible probably being the oleaster

oil well noun

A boring made on land or the seabed for extracting petroleum

oily fish noun

Any fish whose meat is rich in fatty acids, including salmon and mackerel

long-oil and short-oil see oil length above.

no oil painting (informal; facetious)

(facially) unattractive

oil someone's palm

To bribe someone

oil the wheels

To do something in order to make things go more smoothly, successfully, etc

strike oil

1. To discover oil while boring for it
2. To find the way to success and riches