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Celluloid :: Celluloid (n.) A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite..

Camphor :: Camphor (n.) A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphara of Linnaeus.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative..

Laurinol :: Laurinol (n.) Ordinary camphor; -- so called in allusion to the family name (Lauraceae) of the camphor trees. See Camphor.

Camphire :: Camphire (n.) An old spelling of Camphor.

Eugenin :: Eugenin (n.) A colorless, crystalline substance extracted from oil of cloves; -- called also clove camphor..

Bumbelo :: Bumbelo (n.) A glass used in subliming camphor.

Lauraceous :: Lauraceous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a natural order (Lauraceae) of trees and shrubs having aromatic bark and foliage, and including the laurel, sassafras, cinnamon tree, true camphor tree, etc..

Tub :: Tub (n.) The amount which a tub contains, as a measure of quantity; as, a tub of butter; a tub of camphor, which is about 1 cwt., etc..

Evaporation :: Evaporation (n.) The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camphor..

Pyrethrin :: Pyrethrin (n.) A substance resembling, and isomeric with, ordinary camphor, and extracted from the essential oil of feverfew; -- called also Pyrethrum camphor..

Opodeldoc :: Opodeldoc (n.) A saponaceous, camphorated liniment; a solution of soap in alcohol, with the addition of camphor and essential oils; soap liniment..

Dryobalanops :: Dryobalanops (n.) The genus to which belongs the single species D. Camphora, a lofty resinous tree of Borneo and Sumatra, yielding Borneo camphor and camphor oil..

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

Camporated :: Camporated () Combined or impregnated with camphor.

Durene :: Durene (n.) A colorless, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C6H2(CH3)4, off artificial production, with an odor like camphor..

Camphene :: Camphene (n.) One of a series of substances C10H16, resembling camphor, regarded as modified terpenes..

Camphretic :: Camphretic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from camphor..

Camphorate :: Camphorate (n.) A salt of camphoric acid.

Phorone :: Phorone (n.) A yellow crystalline substance, having a geraniumlike odor, regarded as a complex derivative of acetone, and obtained from certain camphor compounds..

Caryophyllin :: Caryophyllin (n.) A tasteless and odorless crystalline substance, extracted from cloves, polymeric with common camphor..

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