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(in chemistry) indicating an acyl group or radicalethanoyl; methanoyl

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Word Origin for -oyl

C20: from o (xygen) + -yl

Words nearby -oyl

oyelet, oyer, oyer and terminer, oyez, oy gevalt, -oyl, Oyo, oyster, Oyster Bay, oyster bed, oyster cap

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How to use -oyl in a sentence

But Ice will swim in water of what thinness soever; and though it sink in oyl, will float in spirits of Wine or Aqua vit.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 1 of 3)|Thomas Browne
You must be careful not to have the heat too much; for then it will turn to oyl; as also if the Cream have been carried.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened|Kenelm Digby
This hath not the unsavoury taste of Oyl alone, nor the blackness of Butter alone.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened|Kenelm Digby
You may also baste such meat with yolks of new-laid Eggs, beaten into a thin oyl.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened|Kenelm Digby

As he cloathed himself with cursing as with a garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and as oyl into his bones.
The Life and Death of Mr Badman|John Bunyan