[ 'əʊlɪəm ]
■ noun a dense, corrosive liquid consisting of concentrated sulphuric acid containing excess sulphur trioxide in solution.
Origin
early 20th cent.: from L., lit. 'oil'.
OLEUM
Meaning of OLEUM in English
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004