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Petrol

Petroleum.

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Fuel 76% connected

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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Hydrocarbon 76% connected

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

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Gas 92% connected

An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as…

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Gasolene 92% connected

See Gasoline.

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Gasoline 92% connected

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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Acetylene noun · 85% connection

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

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Aldehyde noun · 85% 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 · 85% connection

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

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Amide noun · 85% connection

any organic compound containing the group -CONH2

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Aromatic compound noun · 85% 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 · 85% connection

an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups

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Ester noun · 85% connection

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

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Ethyne noun · 85% connection

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

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Isomer noun · 85% connection

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

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Ketone noun · 85% 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 · 85% 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 · 85% 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 · 85% 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 · 85% 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 · 85% 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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Ether noun · 85% connection

any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom

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Acetic acid noun · 84% connection

a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals

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Acetone body noun · 84% connection

a ketone that is an intermediate product of the breakdown of fats in the body; any of three compounds (acetoacetic acid, acetone, and/…

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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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Benzine noun · 78% connection

A liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent and for clean…

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Bucket shop unknown · 78% connection

An office or a place where facilities are given for betting small sums on current prices of stocks, petroleum, etc.

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Corner verb · 78% connection

To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad st…

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Cosmoline noun · 78% connection

A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as vaseline, but of somewhat stiffer con…

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Cymogene noun · 78% connection

A highly volatile liquid, condensed by cold and pressure from the first products of the distillation of petroleum; -- used for produci…

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Dipropyl noun · 78% connection

One of the hexane paraffins, found in petroleum, consisting of two propyl radicals. See Hexane.

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Eikosane noun · 78% connection

A solid hydrocarbon, C20H42, of the paraffine series, of artificial production, and also probably occurring in petroleum.

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Endecane noun · 78% connection

One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C11H24, found as a constituent of petroleum.

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Gas oil noun · 78% connection

an oil formed through distillation of petroleum of intermediate boiling range and viscosity

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Heptane noun · 78% connection

Any one of several isometric hydrocarbons, C7H16, of the paraffin series (nine are possible, four are known); -- so called because the…

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