hydrocarbon

Noun
  1. An organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen (synset 114935208)
    is a type of: organic compound - any compound of carbon and another element or a radical
    subtypes:
    • chlorobenzene - 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
    • aromatic compound - a hydrocarbon containing one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of compounds
    • gasohol - a gasoline substitute consisting of 90% gasoline and 10% grain alcohol from corn
    • gas, gasolene, gasoline, petrol - a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
    • coal oil, kerosene, kerosine, lamp oil - a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
    • aromatic hydrocarbon - a hydrocarbon that contains one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of organic compounds
    • indene - a colorless liquid hydrocarbon extracted from petroleum or coal tar and used in making synthetic resins
    • cymene - 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
    • dioxin - any of several toxic or carcinogenic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides
    • c2h6, ethane - a colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel
    • bottled gas, liquefied petroleum gas - hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure
    • bitumen - any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons
    • butadiene - a gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6; used in making synthetic rubbers
    • naphtha - any of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures; used chiefly as solvents
    • naphthalene - a white crystalline strong-smelling hydrocarbon made from coal tar or petroleum and used in organic synthesis and as a fumigant in mothballs
    • pyrene - a pale yellow crystalline hydrocarbon C16H10 extracted from coal tar
    • octane - any isomeric saturated hydrocarbon found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent
    • gas oil - an oil formed through distillation of petroleum of intermediate boiling range and viscosity
    • terpene - an unsaturated hydrocarbon obtained from plants
    • provitamin - vitamin precursor; a substance that is converted into a vitamin in animal tissues

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