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Example sentences for "oleaginous"

Lexicographically close words:
oldt; oldtime; oldworld; ole; olea; oleander; oleanders; oleate; olecranon; olefiant
  1. The colossal egotism of the notorious criminal, however, provides him with a conclusion oleaginous enough for a scaremonger of our own day, with a confusion of summject and ommject very much after his heart.

  2. Oleaginous protectives do not prevent, but really favor, the absorption of phosphorus.

  3. It must be remembered, too, that even in health the stools may contain fat; this occurs when an excess of oleaginous food is consumed and after the administration of castor oil or cod-liver oil.

  4. A short squat man, with an oleaginous face and remarkably bushy eyebrows, was in the act of weighing out a pennyworth of "sweeties" to a little girl as I entered.

  5. That was what caused that greasy, oleaginous appearance of the wound.

  6. There was, he soon discovered, a sort of greasy, oleaginous deposit in the clotted blood of the huge cavity in the flesh.

  7. In French pharmacy, solutions of oleaginous or resinous substances in the volatile oils.

  8. The strong, sour flavour and odour which oleaginous bodies acquire by age and exposure to the air.

  9. Olive oil is a nearly inodorous, pale greenish-yellow, unctuous fluid, with a purely oleaginous taste, peculiarly grateful to the palate of those who relish oil.

  10. The following is a copy of the bill as rendered:-- To removing the alluvial deposit and oleaginous conglomerate from clock a la French, $0.

  11. To lubricating with oleaginous solution the apex of pinions of said clock, .

  12. It would require a person with the stomach of an ostrich to digest, to say nothing of relish, such an oleaginous compound during our hot months.

  13. It would require a person with the stomach of an ostrich to digest, to say nothing of relish, such an oleaginous composition during our summer months.

  14. Consequently, there is no doubt of fossil coal being a substance of vegetable production, however animal substances also may have contributed in forming this collection of oleaginous or inflammable matter.

  15. As we know that the Russians require oleaginous food, is it not possible that, after devouring Turkey, the Czar may take a fancy to "Greece?

  16. A goodly beaver hat with extensive brim shades the entire man from the rays which tend to liquefy the oleaginous part of him.

  17. Analysis has revealed in the seeds the presence of a resinous oil, an oleaginous material of disagreeable odor and taste called by Peckolt caricin, a fatty acid, papayic acid and a resin.

  18. If it results from some irritant in the intestines this is best gotten rid of by the administration of an oleaginous purge, for which nothing is better than castor oil, although raw linseed oil may be used if the case is not severe.

  19. An oleaginous laxative (castor oil 1 pint) will serve to remove any cause of irritation in the digestive organs, and a careful dieting will avoid continued irritation by acrid vegetable agents.

  20. It yields one third of the oil produced in France, and in this respect occupies an intermediate position between the olive of the south, and the oleaginous seeds of the north.

  21. France obtains three times as much oil from the walnut as from the olive, and nearly as much as from all oleaginous seeds together.

  22. And so, when the oleaginous visitors inquired at the ancestral porch, the reply they received was discouraging in the extreme.

  23. Like all the oleaginous plants cultivated for their seed, colza greatly impoverishes the soil.

  24. Their acridity is owing to an oleaginous substance called capsicin.

  25. But some coal strata contain no volatile constituents, and the disappearance of the volatile oleaginous substances must have been produced by distillation, proceeding perhaps under the restraining force of immense compression.

  26. In this stage of their formation they must all contain volatile oleaginous constituents.

  27. I have seldom found much difficulty in relieving the patient suffering under this affection; and I gave no aloes nor calomel, but the oleaginous mixture to which I have so often referred.

  28. For the purpose of killing worms that are found in the rectum and large intestines: in this case it is usually of an oleaginous nature.

  29. Mr. Hardie did not at first see the exact purport of this oleaginous periphrasis.

  30. The hypothesis is at variance with my established character," replied the oleaginous one.

  31. The company's initiative, therefore, instigated the trade in oleaginous products which is so conspicuous in the economic life of the country.

  32. The gems cling to the oleaginous substance.

  33. Generally there is some umbrageous old tree overshadowing the sacred fane, and seated near, reclining in the shade, are several oleaginous old Brahmins.

  34. While we recommend, therefore, the prudence of the oleaginous Ahmed, we can not with justice condemn the perversity of our fretful Khalid.

  35. This proves that it is not of a fatty or oleaginous nature.

  36. It yields one-third of the oil produced in France, and in this respect occupies an intermediate position between the olive of the south and the oleaginous seeds of the north.


  37. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "oleaginous" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    adipose; blubbery; fat; fatty; fulsome; greasy; oily; rich; sebaceous; sleek; slick; slippery; smooth; soapy; tallowy; unctuous; unguent