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Heavier than water oil...?

Clove oil? Eugenol? I never realised that. I checked, and yes, it is denser than water, though just barely. What Georg says is a useful rule of thumb, but not universally applicable, as the density of eugenol illustrates. That rule can be nullified by molecular shapes, charges, and hydrogen bonding etc.
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 Georg says:

Right,

there will be more examples than the eugenol, but

typically  just a little bit denser, and compared to the

number of organic liquids in toto really very few.

The normal thing is that such a substance will be solid,

the exemption is more on the side of melting point,

eg glacial acetic acid has density 1.05 and mp 17 °C

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