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Kerosene :: Kerosene (n.) An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained from the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and hence called also coal oil. It is now produced in immense quantities, chiefly by the distillation and purification of petroleum. It consists chiefly of several hydrocarbons of the methane series..

Operose :: Operose (a.) Wrought with labor; requiring labor; hence, tedious; wearisome..

Vulnerose :: Vulnerose (a.) Full of wounds; wounded.

Benzine :: Benzine (n.) A liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent and for cleansing soiled fabrics; -- called also petroleum spirit, petroleum benzine. Varieties or similar products are gasoline, naphtha, rhigolene, ligroin, etc..

Erose :: Erose (a.) Irregular or uneven as if eaten or worn away.

Hederose :: Hederose (a.) Pertaining to, or of, ivy; full of ivy..

Nonane :: Nonane (n.) One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons C9H20 of the paraffin series; -- so called because of the nine carbon atoms in the molecule. Normal nonane is a colorless volatile liquid, an ingredient of ordinary kerosene..

Tuberose :: Tuberose (n.) A plant (Polianthes tuberosa) with a tuberous root and a liliaceous flower. It is much cultivated for its beautiful and fragrant white blossoms.

Ligroin :: Ligroin (n.) A trade name applied somewhat indefinitely to some of the volatile products obtained in refining crude petroleum. It is a complex and variable mixture of several hydrocarbons, generally boils below 170¡ Fahr., and is more inflammable than safe kerosene. It is used as a solvent, as a carburetant for air gas, and for illumination in special lamps..

Vulnose :: Vulnose (a.) Having wounds; vulnerose.

Suberic :: Subereous (a.) Of or pertaining to cork; of the nature of cork; suberose.

Tuberose :: Tuberose (a.) Tuberous.

Acerose :: Acerose (a.) Having the nature of chaff; chaffy.

Acerous :: Acerous (a.) Same as Acerose.

Petroleum :: Petroleum (n.) Rock oil, mineral oil, or natural oil, a dark brown or greenish inflammable liquid, which, at certain points, exists in the upper strata of the earth, from whence it is pumped, or forced by pressure of the gas attending it. It consists of a complex mixture of various hydrocarbons, largely of the methane series, but may vary much in appearance, composition, and properties. It is refined by distillation, and the products include kerosene, benzine, gasoline, paraffin, etc..

Operous :: Operous (a.) Operose.

Acerose :: Acerose (a.) Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine..

Acerate :: Acerate (a.) Acerose; needle-shaped.

Suberous :: Suberose (a.) Alt. of Suberou.

Sclerotic :: Sclerotic (a.) Affected with sclerosis; sclerosed.

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