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Coal tar

A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas; used for making printer's ink, black varnish, etc. It is a complex mixture from which many substances have been obtained, especially hydrocarbons of the benzene or aromatic series.

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Pitch 76% connected

A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas,…

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Tar 76% connected

A sailor; a seaman.

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Naphthalene 70% connected

A white crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon, C10H8, analogous to benzene, and obtained by the distillation of certain bituminous materials, such as the…

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Acetylene noun · 78% connection

a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis

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Aldehyde noun · 78% connection

any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids

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Alkyne noun · 78% connection

a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis

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Amide noun · 78% connection

any organic compound containing the group -CONH2

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Amine noun · 78% connection

a compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals

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Aminoalkane noun · 78% connection

a compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals

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Aromatic compound noun · 78% connection

a hydrocarbon containing one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of compounds

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Carboxylic acid noun · 78% connection

an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups

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Ester noun · 78% connection

organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water

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Ethyne noun · 78% connection

a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis

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Hydrocarbon noun · 78% connection

an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen

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Isomer noun · 78% connection

a compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight

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Ketone noun · 78% connection

any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals

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Oxidation noun · 78% connection

the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

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Oxidisation noun · 78% connection

the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

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Oxidization noun · 78% connection

the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

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Polymer noun · 78% connection

a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers

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Stereoisomer noun · 78% connection

any of a group of isomers in which atoms are linked in the same order but differ in their spatial arrangement.; "A configurational ste…

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Acetone noun · 78% connection

A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the disti…

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Aniline noun · 78% connection

An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radic…

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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…

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Asphalt noun · 78% connection

a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons

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Basin noun · 78% connection

An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied…

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Benzene noun · 78% connection

A volatile, very inflammable liquid, C6H6, contained in the naphtha produced by the destructive distillation of coal, from which it is…

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Bitumen noun · 78% connection

Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew's pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many pl…

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Bude light unknown · 78% connection

A light in which high illuminating power is obtained by introducing a jet of oxygen gas or of common air into the center of a flame fe…

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Cannel coal noun · 78% connection

a bituminous coal that burns with a luminous flame

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Carburetant noun · 78% connection

Any volatile liquid used in charging illuminating gases.

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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…

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Coal-black adjective · 78% connection

As black as coal; jet black; very black.

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Coaly noun · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or resembling, coal; containing coal; of the nature of coal.

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Creosote noun · 78% connection

a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used as a preservative for wood

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Culm noun · 78% connection

Mineral coal that is not bituminous; anthracite, especially when found in small masses.

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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…

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Distillment noun · 78% connection

Distillation; the substance obtained by distillation.

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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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