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-one
unknown · 78% connection
A termination indicating that the hydrocarbon to the name of which it is affixed belongs to the fourth series of hydrocarbons, or the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, thick, oily, hydrocarbons, c12h26.
Acyl
noun · 78% connection
any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, thick, oily, hydrocarbons, c12h26.
Acyl group
noun · 78% connection
any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, thick, oily, hydrocarbons, c12h26.
Alkyl
noun · 78% connection
any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, thick, oily, hydrocarbons, c12h26.
Alkyl group
noun · 78% connection
any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, thick, oily, hydrocarbons, c12h26.
Alkyl radical
noun · 78% connection
any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, thick, oily, hydrocarbons, c12h26.
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: group, thick, oily, hydrocarbons, c12h26.
Bitumen
noun · 78% connection
By extension, any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, thick, oily, hydrocarbons, c12h26.
Butane
noun · 78% connection
An inflammable gaseous hydrocarbon, C4H10, of the marsh gas, or paraffin, series.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, thick, oily, hydrocarbons, c12h26.
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: group, thick, oily, hydrocarbons, c12h26.
Decane
noun · 78% connection
A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H22, of the paraffin series, including several isomeric modifications.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, thick, oily, hydrocarbons, c12h26.
Decyl
noun · 78% connection
A hydrocarbon radical, C10H21, never existing alone, but regarded as the characteristic constituent of a number of compounds of the pa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, thick, oily, hydrocarbons, c12h26.
Emulsify
verb · 78% connection
To convert into an emulsion; to form an emulsion; to reduce from an oily substance to a milky fluid in which the fat globules are in a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, thick, oily, hydrocarbons, c12h26.
Endecane
noun · 78% connection
One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C11H24, found as a constituent of petroleum.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, thick, oily, hydrocarbons, c12h26.
Ethane
noun · 78% connection
A gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H6, forming a constituent of ordinary illuminating gas. It is the second member of the paraffin series, and i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, thick, oily, hydrocarbons, c12h26.
Ethyl
noun · 78% connection
A monatomic, hydrocarbon radical, C2H5 of the paraffin series, forming the essential radical of ethane, and of common alcohol and ethe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, thick, oily, hydrocarbons, c12h26.
Eupione
noun · 78% connection
A limpid, oily liquid obtained by the destructive distillation of various vegetable and animal substances; -- specifically, an oil con…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, thick, oily, hydrocarbons, c12h26.
Hecdecane
noun · 78% connection
A white, semisolid, spermaceti-like hydrocarbon, C16H34, of the paraffin series, found dissolved as an important ingredient of kerosen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, thick, oily, hydrocarbons, c12h26.
