Gas: alternatives and connections

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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The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, a…

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See under Gas.

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A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH3, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having an odor like garlic; arseniureted hydrogen.

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The whole mass of aeriform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; as, the atmosphe…

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An inflammable gaseous hydrocarbon, C4H10, of the marsh gas, or paraffin, series.

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Any one of three metameric hydrocarbons, C4H8, of the ethylene series. They are gaseous or easily liquefiable.

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One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely disagreeable su…

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A colorless, inflammable, poisonous gas, C2N2, with a peach-blossom odor, so called from its tendency to form blue compounds; obtained by heating amm…

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Ethylene; olefiant gas.

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

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To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.

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The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F /) is a tone intermediate between F and G.

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A non-metallic, gaseous element, strongly acid or negative, or associated with chlorine, bromine, and iodine, in the halogen group of which it is the…

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A colorless, volatile liquid, H2CO, resembling acetic or ethyl aldehyde, and chemically intermediate between methyl alcohol and formic acid.

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A gas that traps heat in the atmosphere.

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The seventh degree in the diatonic scale, being used by the Germans for B natural. See B.

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A gaseous element, colorless, tasteless, and odorless, the lightest known substance, being fourteen and a half times lighter than air (hence its use…

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Inhaling; used for inhaling.

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Noxious, pestilential, or foul exhalations from decomposing substances, filth, or other source.

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A light, colorless, gaseous, inflammable hydrocarbon, CH4; marsh gas. See Marsh gas, under Gas.

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A measure of space equal to half an M (or em); an en.

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A colorless nonmetallic element, tasteless and odorless, comprising four fifths of the atmosphere by volume. It is chemically very inert in the free…

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Among the ancients, O was a mark of triple time, from the notion that the ternary, or number 3, is the most perfect of numbers, and properly expresse…

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A colorless, tasteless, odorless, gaseous element occurring in the free state in the atmosphere, of which it forms about 23 per cent by weight and ab…

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A colorless gaseous substance (O/) obtained (as by the silent discharge of electricity in oxygen) as an allotropic form of oxygen, containing three a…

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Producing, or produced by, the action of light; -- formerly used specifically to designate a gas now called carbonyl chloride. See Carbonyl.

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A colorless gas, PH3, analogous to ammonia, and having a disagreeable odor resembling that of garlic. Called also hydrogen phosphide, and formerly, p…

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A heavy gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H8, of the paraffin series, occurring naturally dissolved in crude petroleum, and also made artificially; -- called al…

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Same as Propylene.

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A colorless gaseous hydrocarbon (C3H6) of the ethylene series, having a garlic odor. It occurs in coal gas, and is produced artificially in various w…

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To bring by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor.

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See under Gas.

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To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.

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To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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To heap up; to accumulate.

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Having particles which easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the mass, and which easily yield to pressure; capable o…

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Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc.

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A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives.

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To speak or write with exaggeration.

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To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the microscope magnifies the o…

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To exaggerate; to overdo.

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To state in too strong terms; to exaggerate.

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Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglio…

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The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.

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To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance.

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To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; -- usually in a bad sense, to gaze with malignant satisfaction, passionate desire, lust, or avarice.

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A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

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A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy.

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In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an aeriform fluid.

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In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an aeriform fluid.

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The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibers; any similar pr…

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The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibers; any similar pr…

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Full of gas; like gas. Hence: [Colloq.] Inflated; full of boastful or insincere talk.

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Full of gas; like gas. Hence: [Colloq.] Inflated; full of boastful or insincere talk.

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of Vapor

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of Vapor

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To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially.

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To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially.

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A flying machine, or a small plane for experiments on flying, which floats in the air only when propelled through it.

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A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

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In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmi…

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Any tree of the genus Platanus.

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A light, colorless, gaseous, inflammable hydrocarbon, CH4; marsh gas. See Marsh gas, under Gas.

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One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves.

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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.

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To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's se…

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To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boas…

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Alt. of Flatlency

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A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging; braggodocio.

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See Gasoline.

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A highly volatile mixture of fluid hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, as also by the distillation of bituminous coal. It is used in making air ga…

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of Gin

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Petroleum.

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An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work.

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The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.

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To act as a tout. See 2d Tout.

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To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag.

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