S: (n) oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)
S: (n) lipid, lipide, lipoid (an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates))
S: (n) compound, chemical compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)
S: (n) material, stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
S: (n) substance (the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists) "DNA is the substance of our genes"
S: (n) matter (that which has mass and occupies space) "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
S: (n) part, portion, component part, component, constituent (something determined in relation to something that includes it) "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton"
S: (n) relation (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together)