Oil vs. Salt

Oilnoun

Liquid fat.

Oilnoun

Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.

Oilnoun

An oil painting.

Oilverb

(transitive) To lubricate with oil.

Oilverb

(transitive) To grease with oil for cooking.

Oilnoun

Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, more viscous than and not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol.

Oilverb

To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil.

Oilnoun

a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water

Oilnoun

oil paint used by an artist

Oilnoun

any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants

Oilverb

cover with oil, as if by rubbing;

Oilverb

administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing

Oilnoun

a viscous liquid derived from petroleum, especially for use as a fuel or lubricant.

Oilnoun

petroleum

Oilnoun

any of various viscous liquids which are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents and are obtained from animals or plants

Oilnoun

a liquid preparation used on the hair or skin as a cosmetic

Oilnoun

any of a group of natural esters of glycerol and various fatty acids, which are liquid at room temperature.

Oilnoun

oil paint

Oilnoun

an oil painting

Oilnoun

information or facts

Oilverb

lubricate, coat, or impregnate with oil

Oilverb

supply with oil as fuel

Oil

An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is a viscous liquid at ambient temperatures and is both hydrophobic (does not mix with water, literally ) and lipophilic (mixes with other oils, literally ). Oils have a high carbon and hydrogen content and are usually flammable and surface active.

Saltnoun

A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.

Saltnoun

(chemistry) One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.

Saltnoun

(uncommon) A salt marsh, a saline marsh at the shore of a sea.

Saltnoun

(slang) A sailor also old salt.

Saltnoun

(cryptography) Randomly chosen bytes added to a plaintext message prior to encrypting or hashing it, in order to render brute-force decryption more difficult.

Saltnoun

A person who seeks employment at a company in order to (once employed by it) help unionize it.

Saltnoun

(obsolete) Flavour; taste; seasoning.

Saltnoun

(obsolete) Piquancy; wit; sense.

Saltnoun

(obsolete) A dish for salt at table; a salt cellar.

Saltnoun

(figurative) Skepticism and common sense.

Saltnoun

(Internet slang) Indignation; outrage; arguing.

Saltadjective

Salty; salted.

Saltadjective

Saline.

Saltadjective

Related to salt deposits, excavation, processing or use.

Saltadjective

Bitter; sharp; pungent.

Saltadjective

Salacious; lecherous; lustful; (of animals) in heat.

Saltverb

(transitive) To add salt to.

Saltverb

(intransitive) To deposit salt as a saline solution.

Saltverb

To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.

Saltverb

To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.

Saltverb

(mining) To blast metal into as a portion of a mine in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam.

Saltverb

(archaeology) To add bogus evidence to an archeological site.

Saltverb

To include colorful language in.

Saltverb

(cryptography) To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.

Saltnoun

The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles.

Saltnoun

Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.

Saltnoun

Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.

Saltnoun

A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.

Saltnoun

A sailor; - usually qualified by old.

Saltnoun

The neutral compound formed by the union of an acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol.

Saltnoun

Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt.

Saltnoun

Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic, especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt.

Saltnoun

Marshes flooded by the tide.

Saltnoun

The act of leaping or jumping; a leap.

Saltadjective

Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water.

Saltadjective

Overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt marsh; salt grass.

Saltadjective

Fig.: Bitter; sharp; pungent.

Saltadjective

Fig.: Salacious; lecherous; lustful.

Saltverb

To sprinkle, impregnate, or season with salt; to preserve with salt or in brine; to supply with salt; as, to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt cattle.

Saltverb

To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.

Saltverb

To deposit salt as a saline solution; as, the brine begins to salt.

Saltnoun

a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

Saltnoun

white crystalline form of especially sodium chloride used to season and preserve food

Saltnoun

negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in 1969 in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons

Saltnoun

the taste experience when salt is taken into the mouth

Saltverb

add salt to

Saltverb

sprinkle as if with salt;

Saltverb

add zest or liveliness to;

Saltverb

preserve with salt;

Saltadjective

containing or filled with salt;

Saltadjective

of speech that is painful or bitter;

Saltadjective

one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water

Salt

Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts; salt in the form of a natural crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite. Salt is present in vast quantities in seawater.