oiled country roads. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Noun : good oil. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to oil his words. From Dictionary.com.
I imagined my pedicured feet, with their rough skin oiled and massaged to a comforting softness. From Wordnik.com. [Cancun To Oaxaca - The Bus Ride Of 27 Pedicures] Reference
And these boats basically go out to the areas that VOO workers identify as oiled areas, that the. From Wordnik.com. [Democracy Now!] Reference
They hold an edge a lot longer, and though the metal rusts if not oiled, that is the only drawback and is an infinitely tiny one at that. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Princess Beatrice steps out in racy Lily Allen style suspender tights] Reference
Place dough in oiled bowl and turn to coat. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
Clinton and McCain are part of a huge well "oiled" machine of lobbist problems. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton, McCain camp fire back over Obama energy remarks] Reference
I have to do these violent vocal exercises to get it kind of oiled up and moving. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: The 'Odd Couple' Reunites - March 23, 2001] Reference
Barham said there is another toll: the eggs and chicks left behind when an "oiled" pelican is taken away to be cleaned. From Wordnik.com. [Oil spreading much farther than thought; Obama returns to Gulf Coast] Reference
While costing those not on it a fortune, it works like a well 'oiled'machine. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Approximately 637 miles of Gulf Coast is officially listed as "oiled", 362 miles in. From Wordnik.com. [Energy News - Energy Technology - Energy Business - Energy and the Environment] Reference
The EPA estimated in 2006 that more than 1,800 homes in the area had been "oiled" by the spill. From Wordnik.com. [Homepage] Reference
It provokes honest, instinctive reaction, be that laughter, revulsion or simply a man blurting out "oiled". From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
It gives one a great sense of security to be with a well-oiled group -- not "oiled" in the sense that the expression is sometimes used. From Wordnik.com. [Experience on an Atlantic Convoy] Reference
"oiled" before the dance began, and before an hour had passed many more couples gave evidence of imbibing more freely than wisely. From Wordnik.com. [The Plastic Age] Reference
Keep the cutting chain properly sharpened, tensioned, and oiled. From Wordnik.com. [How to avoid a chain saw massacre—or mishap] Reference
The Mexico Fox inherits is far from being a well-oiled corporation. From Wordnik.com. [Taking The Reins] Reference
They were the first oiled turtles found in the Gulf and rehabilitated. From Wordnik.com. [First Oiled Turtles Released In Gulf After Rehab (PHOTOS, VIDEO)] Reference
For a disorganization, the Red Hat Society runs like a well-oiled machine. From Wordnik.com. [Red and Purple Buying Machine] Reference
Lying on her back, oiled up and in bikini, Kardashian looks ready for summer. From Wordnik.com. [Kim Kardashian's Bikini Calender Preview, Twitter Background (PHOTO)] Reference
At least 482 have been found dead, but no oiled turtles have been found in Texas. From Wordnik.com. [Baby Sea Turtles Being Released Into Gulf Despite Oil Spill] Reference
Scientists say many oiled plants will simply shed dead stalks and put up new ones. From Wordnik.com. [How oil-damaged marsh grasses recover could affect gulf's rebound] Reference
Last week, green shoots were visible atop several areas of previously oiled marsh. From Wordnik.com. [Storm-Tossed Boom Complicates Spill Cleanup] Reference
In oiled areas like Louisiana's Barataria Bay, bottom-feeders have been decimated. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Buchanan: Feds to Add Dispersant Test to Seafood Safety Tools] Reference
When oiled meat hits the grill, the oil will heat up quickly and transmit that heat. From Wordnik.com. [Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn: How to Grill Great Steakhouse Steaks] Reference
The workers that are toiling round the clock to save oiled wildlife also need our support. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Gold: Emergency Urgency] Reference
The oiled blades often will die off, then grow back, as long as oil doesn't hit their roots. From Wordnik.com. [Storm-Tossed Boom Complicates Spill Cleanup] Reference
Even if tests came back clean, he said, currents could bring in oil or oiled creatures afterward. From Wordnik.com. [Unallayed by tests, fishermen greet start of gulf shrimp harvest with suspicion] Reference
And many miles (kilometers) of beaches, the jewel of Dalian's tourist industry, remain heavily oiled. From Wordnik.com. [China Oil Spill Far Bigger Than Stated, U.S. Expert Says] Reference
"Don't just send them out to the Gulf to die cause they're going to get oiled eventually," Allen said. From Wordnik.com. [Baby Sea Turtles Being Released Into Gulf Despite Oil Spill] Reference
I marveled at how the highway seemed like a perfectly oiled machine -- until one of the parts came loose. From Wordnik.com. [Letter From China: Driving Like the East Winds] Reference
If oiled plants such as these survive, boaters in the marsh will see another waving expanse of green shoots. From Wordnik.com. [How oil-damaged marsh grasses recover could affect gulf's rebound] Reference
Above all, North Korea seems to be a well-oiled dictatorship where everybody knows the rules and plays by them. From Wordnik.com. [Inside A New Nuclear Nemesis] Reference
We have a great, well-oiled machine right now and hopefully nobody and no thing will throw a monkey wrench in it. From Wordnik.com. [Q&Amp;A: Chasing Freddy] Reference
One crew was throwing white absorbent "boom" down onto a heavily oiled patch, then stomping it down to sop up the oil. From Wordnik.com. [How oil-damaged marsh grasses recover could affect gulf's rebound] Reference
Put the oiled steaks on the hottest part of the grill and sear for 3 to 5 minutes on each side before you begin to fuss over them. From Wordnik.com. [That's Rich!] Reference
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said that as of Wednesday, 167 visibly oiled sea turtles of various species had been collected alive. From Wordnik.com. [Baby Sea Turtles Being Released Into Gulf Despite Oil Spill] Reference
We found oil slicks and badly oiled marshes that workers were painstakingly (perhaps futilely) trying to clean using essentially vacuums. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Chameides: Gulf Oil Blowout and Gusher: Environmental Catastrophe or Much Ado About Nothing?] Reference
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