plant materials and animal waste used as fuel
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Fossil fuel
fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content
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a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.the act of decreasing something markedly
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort; "she did the work with great efficiency"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.a healthy capacity for vigorous activity; "jogging works off my excess energy"; "he seemed full of vim and vigor"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.provide with a combustible substance that provides energy; "fuel aircraft, ships, and cars"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature; "a very natural development"; "our natural environment"; "natural science…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Resources and energy.a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes
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(chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a perc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fuel, consisting, remains, organisms, preserved.A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the disti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fuel, consisting, remains, organisms, preserved.An ancient wormhole in sand, preserved in the rocks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fuel, consisting, remains, organisms, preserved.That which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part ha…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fuel, consisting, remains, organisms, preserved.(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right ove…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fuel, consisting, remains, organisms, preserved.Organic compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, used by organisms for energy
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fuel, consisting, remains, organisms, preserved.The natural movement of carbon through air, water, life and rocks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fuel, consisting, remains, organisms, preserved.The process of trapping carbon so it stays out of the atmosphere.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fuel, consisting, remains, organisms, preserved.a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fuel, consisting, remains, organisms, preserved.Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fuel, consisting, remains, organisms, preserved.The state or quality of having crust or being like crust; hardness.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fuel, consisting, remains, organisms, preserved.The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fuel, consisting, remains, organisms, preserved.any of a class of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule and can be derived from fat by hydrolysis; fatty a…
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