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Acrolein
noun · 78% connection
A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, c6h10, acetylene, series, obtained.
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: hydrocarbon, c6h10, acetylene, series, obtained.
Caoutchin
noun · 78% connection
An inflammable, volatile, oily, liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, c6h10, acetylene, series, obtained.
Chloral
noun · 78% connection
A colorless oily liquid, CCl3.CHO, of a pungent odor and harsh taste, obtained by the action of chlorine upon ordinary or ethyl alcoho…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, c6h10, acetylene, series, obtained.
Chlorpicrin
noun · 78% connection
A heavy, colorless liquid, CCl3.NO2, of a strong pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, c6h10, acetylene, series, obtained.
Crotonylene
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, C4H6, produced artificially, and regarded as an unsaturated hydrocarbon of the acetylene series…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, c6h10, acetylene, series, obtained.
Cymene
noun · 78% connection
any of three isotopes of a colorless aromatic liquid hydrocarbon occurring in the volatile oil of cumin and thyme and used in the manu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, c6h10, acetylene, series, obtained.
Diallyl
noun · 78% connection
A volatile, pungent, liquid hydrocarbon, C6H10, consisting of two allyl radicals, and belonging to the acetylene series.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, c6h10, acetylene, series, obtained.
Dipropargyl
noun · 78% connection
A pungent, mobile, volatile liquid, C6H6, produced artificially from certain allyl derivatives. Though isomeric with benzine, it is ve…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, c6h10, acetylene, series, obtained.
Eikosylene
noun · 78% connection
A liquid hydrocarbon, C20H38, of the acetylene series, obtained from brown coal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, c6h10, acetylene, series, obtained.
Ethylene
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, c6h10, acetylene, series, obtained.
Fluorene
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C13H10 having a beautiful violet fluorescence; whence its name. It occurs in the higher boiling…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, c6h10, acetylene, series, obtained.
Heptine
noun · 78% connection
Any one of a series of unsaturated metameric hydrocarbons, C7H12, of the acetylene series.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, c6h10, acetylene, series, obtained.
Heptylene
noun · 78% connection
A colorless liquid hydrocarbon, C7H14, of the ethylene series; also, any one of its isomers. Called also heptene.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, c6h10, acetylene, series, obtained.
Hexylene
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C6H12, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillation…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, c6h10, acetylene, series, obtained.
Melaniline
noun · 78% connection
A complex nitrogenous hydrocarbon obtained artificially (as by the action of cyanogen chloride on aniline) as a white, crystalline sub…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, c6h10, acetylene, series, obtained.
Menthene
noun · 78% connection
A colorless liquid hydrocarbon resembling oil of turpentine, obtained by dehydrating menthol. It has an agreeable odor and a cooling t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, c6h10, acetylene, series, obtained.
Nonane
noun · 78% connection
One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons C9H20 of the paraffin series; -- so called because of the nine carbon atoms in the molecule.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hydrocarbon, c6h10, acetylene, series, obtained.
