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Carburize

To combine with carbon or a carbon compound; -- said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power on combustible gases by mingling them with a vapor of volatile hydrocarbons.

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Carbonize 92% connected

To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.

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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…

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Afterdamp noun · 78% connection

a toxic mixture of gases (including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide and nitrogen) after an explosion of firedamp in a mine

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Burn verb · 78% connection

To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

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Carbide noun · 78% connection

A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed c…

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Carbon sequestration noun · 78% connection

The process of trapping carbon so it stays out of the atmosphere.

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Carbonometer noun · 78% connection

An instrument for detecting and measuring the amount of carbon which is present, or more esp. the amount of carbon dioxide, by its act…

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Carburet noun · 78% connection

A carbide. See Carbide

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Carburetant noun · 78% connection

Any volatile liquid used in charging illuminating gases.

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Carbureted imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Carburet

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Coal noun · 78% connection

A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal.

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Combine verb · 78% connection

To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous substance, a…

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Commixture noun · 78% connection

The act or process of mixing; the state of being mingled; the blending of ingredients in one mass or compound.

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Complicate adjective · 78% connection

Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved.

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Dasymeter noun · 78% connection

An instrument for testing the density of gases, consisting of a thin glass globe, which is weighed in the gas or gases, and then in an…

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Decarburize verb · 78% connection

To deprive of carbon; to remove the carbon from.

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Distillation noun · 78% connection

The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.

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Downcome noun · 78% connection

Sudden fall; downfall; overthrow.

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Ethylene noun · 78% connection

A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concen…

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