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Hydrocarbonaceous

Hydrocarbonaceous \Hy`dro*car`bo*na"ceous\, a. Of the nature, or containing, hydrocarbons.

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hydrocarbonaceous

a. (context chemistry archaic English) Of the nature of, or containing, hydrocarbons.

Usage examples of "hydrocarbonaceous".

According to project directors Bradley McAfee and Lynn Saunders, nonutilizable hydrocarbonaceous substances will be propulsively transferred to stratospheric altitudinal locations, where photochemical decomposition will result in triatomic allotropism and formation of benign bicarbonaceous precipitates.