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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information)
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-ose1 suffix repr. L.
-ōsus, forming adjs. from sbs. with the meaning ‘full of’, ‘abounding in’, e.g.
annōsus full of years (f.
annus year),
jocōsus JOCOSE,
mōrōsus MOROSE,
verbōsus VERBOSE. The corr. sbs. end in
-osity, repr. F.
-osité, L.
-ōsitās. Cf.
-OUS.
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Kerosene subsidy: Study suggests rationalisation
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 11/4/2005; 585 words
; ...Nov 4 -- With under-recovery from kerosene touching Rs 13 a litre and its diversion...to 41.2 per cent savings of current kerosene subsidy. "If the leakage is controlled...scope for government to keep subsidised kerosene price for below poverty line (BPL...
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KEROSENE SALES SURGE RAISES SUSPICIONS IN VIETNAM.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 5/10/2005; 700+ words
; ...prompted a sharp increase in orders for kerosene from sales agents. There has been an...runs counter to the general decrease in kerosene sales among petroleum importing enterprises...tendency of citizens to use gas rather than kerosene for cooking. Until recently, kerosene...
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Kerosene Recall Collection Centers Now Total 26
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 8/29/2008; 700+ words
; ...convenience stores have agreed to serve as Kerosene Recall Collection Centers -- including...customers can conveniently return any kerosene purchased this year between May 1st and...Corporation issued a widespread recall of kerosene after tests found some valves had intermittently...
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KEROSENE SCARCITY HITS VILLAGERS IN RANGIYA
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 11/29/2006; 574 words
; ...GORESWAR, Nov 29 -- The scarcity of 'Kerosene' is increasing day by day among the...the Asom Government.Secondly, the kerosene price has been hiked from Rs 22 to Rs...price hike is the blackmarketing by the kerosene dealers who sell openly in any weekly...
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Kerosene Recall Collection Centers Now Total 26.
Newspaper article from: Science Letter; 9/16/2008; 700+ words
; ...convenience stores have agreed to serve as Kerosene Recall Collection Centers -- including...customers can conveniently return any kerosene purchased this year between May 1st and...Corporation issued a widespread recall of kerosene after tests found some valves had intermittently...
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Kerosene price all-time high in Northern region, THE INDEPENDENT
Newspaper article from: The Independent (Bangladesh); 1/21/2003; ; 632 words
; ...0000 Jan 20: The abnormal price hike of kerosene has badly affected the common people...Corporation (BPC) fixed the price of kerosene at Tk. 16.40 per litre. The situation...agents of the region stopped lifting kerosene from all the eight depots in protest...
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New Kerosene Recall Website Established.
PR Newswire; 9/9/2008; 700+ words
; ...information about the company's recall of kerosene sold between May 1 - August 19, 2008...York and northern West Virginia. All kerosene sold during this time period is being...the public about the dangers of using kerosene that was bought during the recall period...
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SPRATT INTRODUCES KEROSENE TAX RELIEF BILL
Transcript from: Capitol Hill Press Releases; 3/2/1999; 665 words
; ...1999 202-225-5501 Spratt Introduces Kerosene Tax Relief Bill WASHINGTON -- U.S...legislation to ensure that citizens can buy kerosene for home heating without paying a new...cents-a-gallon motor fuels tax on the kerosene. Spratt, who blasted the tax last year...
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New Kerosene Recall Website Established
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 9/9/2008; 700+ words
; ...information about the company's recall of kerosene sold between May 1 - August 19, 2008...York and northern West Virginia. All kerosene sold during this time period is being...the public about the dangers of using kerosene that was bought during the recall period...
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NEW KEROSENE RECALL WEBSITE ESTABLISHED.(Website overview)
Newspaper article from: Online Product News; 10/1/2008; 700+ words
; ...information about the company's recall of kerosene sold between May 1 - August 19, 2008...York and northern West Virginia. All kerosene sold during this time period is being...the public about the dangers of using kerosene that was bought during the recall period...
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Kerosene
Book article from: How Products Are Made
Kerosene Background Kerosene is an oil distillate commonly used as a fuel or solvent. It is...527°F (150°C and 275°C). While kerosene can be extracted from coal, oil shale, and wood, it is primarily...
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kerosene
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
kerosene or kerosine, colorless, thin mineral...C (302°F-527°F). Kerosene has been recovered from other substances...oil shale, and wood. At one time kerosene was the most important refinery product...
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Cracker
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990
...Rock Best-selling album since 1990: Kerosene Hat (1993) Hit songs since 1990...its sound for the follow-up album, Kerosene Hat (1993), offering up a tougher...On the strength of its hit singles, Kerosene Hat sold more than 1 million records...
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Buckeye Partners, L.P.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...fuel, diesel fuel, heating oil, and kerosene. Since 1996 Buckeye has been majority...and the major petroleum product was kerosene, used as an illuminant. Rockefeller...complication: The Ohio crude contained less kerosene than the Pennsylvania deposits, and...
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Petroleum Industry
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...continent and in most countries. The first modern use of petroleum was for kerosene, discovered in 1852. A kerosene lamp was invented in 1857, and the first kerosene factory was built near Baku in 1859. Gasoline was a by-product of kerosene...
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