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Acetylene
noun · 78% connection
A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, high, illuminating, power, obtained.
Acid
noun · 78% connection
One of a class of compounds, generally but not always distinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddening of vegetab…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, high, illuminating, power, obtained.
Anthracite
noun · 78% connection
A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, high, illuminating, power, obtained.
Basin
noun · 78% connection
An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, high, illuminating, power, obtained.
Bisilicate
noun · 78% connection
A salt of metasilicic acid; -- so called because the ratio of the oxygen of the silica to the oxygen of the base is as two to one. The…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, high, illuminating, power, obtained.
Blaze
verb · 78% connection
To shine with flame; to glow with flame; as, the fire blazes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, high, illuminating, power, obtained.
Bovey coal
unknown · 78% connection
A kind of mineral coal, or brown lignite, burning with a weak flame, and generally a disagreeable odor; -- found at Bovey Tracey, Devo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, high, illuminating, power, obtained.
Cannel coal
unknown · 78% connection
A kind of mineral coal of a black color, sufficiently hard and solid to be cut and polished. It burns readily, with a clear, yellow fl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, high, illuminating, power, obtained.
Carbureted
adjective · 78% connection
Saturated or impregnated with some volatile carbon compound; as, water gas is carbureted to increase its illuminating power.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, high, illuminating, power, obtained.
Carburetor
noun · 78% connection
An apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is passed through or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to confer or increase illu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, high, illuminating, power, obtained.
Carburize
verb · 78% connection
To combine with carbon or a carbon compound; -- said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power on combust…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, high, illuminating, power, obtained.
Central
adjective · 78% connection
Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, high, illuminating, power, obtained.
Coal tar
unknown · 78% connection
A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas; used for making…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, high, illuminating, power, obtained.
Coaly
noun · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or resembling, coal; containing coal; of the nature of coal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, high, illuminating, power, obtained.
Concentre
verb · 78% connection
To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, high, illuminating, power, obtained.
Cyclone
noun · 78% connection
A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This cent…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, high, illuminating, power, obtained.
Distillation
noun · 78% connection
The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, high, illuminating, power, obtained.
Drummond light
unknown · 78% connection
A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: light, high, illuminating, power, obtained.