You searched for: “petroleous
petroleous (adjective), more petroleous, most petroleous
Relating to something that is abounding in or containing a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance that cannot be mixed with water: Sam was astounded when he found out that he actually had petroleous resources on his property, and so it was possible to obtain a lot of oil, and that was why he contacted the local refinery to see when it could start the process of collecting it.
This entry is located in the following units: oleo-, ole-, -oleic, ol- (page 3) petro-, petr-, petri-, peter- (page 4)