Petroleous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Petroleous is an adjective meaning Containing petroleum.
Meaning
Containing petroleum.
More Meanings
- Pertaining to the mining of petroleum.
- Characteristic of oil or petroleum.
Example Sentences
His desire for a tip seeped out of him like oil from petroleous rock.
Inside it is dim and smells like candles and the petroleous reek of cheap carpeting.
See him explode with an apocalyptic gush of petroleous nigger blood and black bile and teeth and mucous and sweat and saliva and shredded gristle.
The deepest element reached by petroleous drilling carried out for petroleous research, is represented from limestone of the upper Trias over 4800 meters thick (Patacca et al. 1979).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include petroliferous, petrolic, petrogenic, petrophysical, petrochemical, petrologic.
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