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Amylene
noun · 78% connection
One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons, C5H10, of the ethylene series. The colorless, volatile, mobile liquid commonly called amylen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, consisting, mainly, lighter, volatile.
Asphalt
noun · 78% connection
a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, consisting, mainly, lighter, volatile.
Chlorobenzene
noun · 78% connection
a colorless volatile flammable liquid with an almond odor that is made from chlorine and benzene; used as a solvent and in the product…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, consisting, mainly, lighter, volatile.
Chloroform
noun · 78% connection
A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alka…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, consisting, mainly, lighter, volatile.
Coal
noun · 78% connection
A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, lik…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, consisting, mainly, lighter, volatile.
Cosmoline
noun · 78% connection
A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as vaseline, but of somewhat stiffer con…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, consisting, mainly, lighter, volatile.
Crude
noun · 78% connection
a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, consisting, mainly, lighter, volatile.
Cymogene
noun · 78% connection
A highly volatile liquid, condensed by cold and pressure from the first products of the distillation of petroleum; -- used for produci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, consisting, mainly, lighter, volatile.
Displacement
noun · 78% connection
The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, consisting, mainly, lighter, volatile.
Dress goods
unknown · 78% connection
A term applied to fabrics for the gowns of women and girls; -- most commonly to fabrics of mixed materials, but also applicable to sil…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, consisting, mainly, lighter, volatile.
Duck
noun · 78% connection
A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, -- used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, consisting, mainly, lighter, volatile.
Ether
noun · 78% connection
A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol wi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, consisting, mainly, lighter, volatile.
Ethyl acetate
noun · 78% connection
a fragrant colorless flammable volatile liquid ester made from ethanol and acetic acid; used in flavorings and perfumes and as a solve…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, consisting, mainly, lighter, volatile.
Gas
noun · 78% connection
a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in int…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, consisting, mainly, lighter, volatile.
Gasolene
noun · 78% connection
a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in int…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, consisting, mainly, lighter, volatile.
Gasoline
noun · 78% connection
a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in int…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, consisting, mainly, lighter, volatile.
Heptane
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several isometric hydrocarbons, C7H16, of the paraffin series (nine are possible, four are known); -- so called because the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, consisting, mainly, lighter, volatile.
Hydrogen
noun · 78% connection
A gaseous element, colorless, tasteless, and odorless, the lightest known substance, being fourteen and a half times lighter than air…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: liquid, consisting, mainly, lighter, volatile.