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the Texas industrialist Jack Crichton gold , silver , nickel , copper , and zinc as well as the production of oil and natural gas ?
some of the functions of windmills in Leeuwarden (Froskepôlemolen pictured) were cement manufacture, fulling , oil extraction, producing dyes , gunpowder and paints , snuff production and tanning ?
goanna oil was sold amongst early European settlers of Australia as a panacea much like snake oil was in the Old West ?
Clayton W. Williams, Sr. oilman and rancher from Fort Stockton , Texas , was part of the group that formed the American Legion in Paris in 1919?
Broadway actress Evelyn Hoey shot dead in the bedroom of oil heir Henry H. Rogers 's grandson in 1935?
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Question 1 : Oil is a somewhat vague term in ________ ; instead, the scientific term for oils, fats , waxes , cholesterol and other oily substances found in living things and their secretions, is lipids
Question 2 : The steam engine turns the ________ into rotary motion, which can then be transformed into electricity, by means of a generator .
Question 3 : In particular, many foods are fried in oil much hotter than boiling ________ .
Question 4 : It is used in religious ceremonies, such as the chrism used in baptism , and has traditionally been used to ________ kings and queens.
Question 5 : ________ has been called oil of vitriol in pre-scientific times, due to its viscous consistency.
Question 6 : ________ , allow oils and water to mix
Question 7 : Almost all oils burn in aerosol form generating ________ , which can be used directly, or converted into other forms of fuels by various means.
Question 8 : Other processes include expression, or ________ .
Question 9 : Many edible plant and ________ oils and fats are used in cooking and food preparation.
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