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  • 11oil patch — noun 1. : oil field 2. : the petroleum industry * * * Slang. 1. an area in which oil is produced. 2. the petroleum industry. [1960 65] * * * oil patch, U.S. Informal. 1 …

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  • 12Oil spill — A squid after an oil spill Oil Sick from th …

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  • 13oil patch —  The U.S. oil industry; specific regions of the United States noted for oil production and refining, including Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, California, and Alaska.  ► “Messman was the rare executive that clicked immediately on things like… …

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  • 14oil patch — noun Date: circa 1952 1. oil field 2. the petroleum industry …

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  • 15oil patch — Slang. 1. an area in which oil is produced. 2. the petroleum industry. [1960 65] * * * …

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  • 16oil spot — noun 1. : one of the pale transparent areas on the upper leaf surface in the early stages of downy mildew of the grape 2. : oleocellosis * * * n. an oily patch or mark ■ a silvery marking on brown Chinese porcelain (esp. of the Sung period)… …

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  • 17patch — n 1. piece of material, piece, Archaic. clout. 2. snip, snippet, tag, tatter, scrap, shred, tag, stitch. 3. tract, plot, plot of land or ground, plat, lot, parcel of land, field, Brit. croft. v 4. mend, sew, sew up, stitch; darn, Archaic. clout;… …

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  • 18patch·ou·li — /ˈpæʧəli, pəˈʧuːli/ noun [noncount] : a perfume that is made from the oil of a southeast Asian plant …

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  • 19Tea tree oil — (Melaleuca Oil) Tea tree oil, or melaleuca oil, is a pale yellow colour to nearly clear essential oil with a fresh camphoraceous odor.[1] It is taken from the leaves of the …

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  • 20Great Pacific Garbage Patch — Garbage Island redirects here. For the episode of How I Met Your Mother, see Garbage Island (How I Met Your Mother). The Garbage Patch is located within the North Pacific Gyre, one of the five major oceanic gyres. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch …

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