hydrocarbon
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1. an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | organic compound, |
| definition | : | any compound of carbon and another element or a radical (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | chlorobenzene, |
| definition | : | a colorless volatile flammable liquid with an almond odor that is made from chlorine and benzene; used as a solvent and in the production of phenol and DDT and other organic compounds (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | aromatic compound, |
| definition | : | a hydrocarbon containing one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of compounds (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | gasohol, |
| definition | : | a gasoline substitute consisting of 90% gasoline and 10% grain alcohol from corn (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | gas, gasolene, gasoline, petrol, |
| definition | : | a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | aromatic hydrocarbon, |
| definition | : | a hydrocarbon that contains one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of organic compounds (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | indene, |
| definition | : | a colorless liquid hydrocarbon extracted from petroleum or coal tar and used in making synthetic resins (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | cymene, |
| definition | : | any of three isotopes of a colorless aromatic liquid hydrocarbon occurring in the volatile oil of cumin and thyme and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | dioxin, |
| definition | : | any of several toxic or carcinogenic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | c2h6, ethane, |
| definition | : | a colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | bitumen, |
| definition | : | any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | butadiene, |
| definition | : | a gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6; used in making synthetic rubbers (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | naphtha, |
| definition | : | any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures; used chiefly as solvents (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | naphthalene, |
| definition | : | a white crystalline strong-smelling hydrocarbon made from coal tar or petroleum and used in organic synthesis and as a fumigant in mothballs (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | pyrene, |
| definition | : | a pale yellow crystalline hydrocarbon C16H10 extracted from coal tar (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | octane, |
| definition | : | any isomeric saturated hydrocarbon found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | gas oil, |
| definition | : | an oil formed through distillation of petroleum of intermediate boiling range and viscosity (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | terpene, |
| definition | : | an unsaturated hydrocarbon obtained from plants (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | provitamin, |
| definition | : | vitamin precursor; a substance that is converted into a vitamin in animal tissues (noun.substance) |
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