nujol
/ˈn(y)o͞oˌjôl/ /-ˌjäl
/noun
A paraffin oil used as an emulsifying agent in pharmacy and for making mulls in infrared spectroscopy.
Origin
Early 20th century: perhaps from New J(ersey), site of the original manufacturing company, + Latin oleum 'oil'.
- Schumacher, Michael
- Schumann, Robert
- schuss
- Schuylkill River
- schvitz
- schwa
- Schwaben
- schwag
- Schwann, Theodor
- Schwarzenegger, Arnold
- Schwarzkopf, Dame Elisabeth
- Schwarzkopf, H. Norman
- Schwarzschild black hole
- Schwarzwald
- Schweinfurt
- Schweitzer, Albert
- Schweiz
- Schwerin
- Schwyz
- Schwäbisch Gmünd
- Schütz, Heinrich
- sciaena
- pardao
- pardessus
- pardessus de viole