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Petroleum ether
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benzine
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Word definitions for benzine in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly inflammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds [syn: benzene , benzol ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
see benzene .
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Charterers of a ship loaded it with benzine . ▪ The benzine leaked and this caused the ship's hold to fill with vapour.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Benzine \Ben"zine\, n. [From Benzoin .] (Chem.) 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 ...
Usage examples of benzine.
The examination is often facilitated by moistening the paper with benzine or petroleum spirit, whereby it is rendered semitransparent.
Having correctly diagnosed a visit I had lately paid to some doggy friends, he transferred his attentions to Poirot, inhaled a noseful of benzine and walked away reproachfully.
From every point of the horizon disciplined multitudes converged, with their arsenal of formidable implements, rolling along in an atmosphere of benzine and hot oil.
I went in, bought some adhesive tape, a small bottle of benzine, a package of cotton, a writing pad and a police whistle.
In the hallway I pulled off the pasteboard mask, moistened a piece of cotton in the benzine and scrubbed off the bits of adhesive which had stuck to my face and forehead.
He was searching to discover the benzine molecule and had no luck until one night he dreamed of a snake biting its own tail.
I soaked the cotton waste with benzine from the bottle and took a handful of it with me when I climbed again to the light fitting.
There was a sizzling blue flash, the benzine ignited instantly and 180 volts hit me like a charge of buckshot, knocking me off my perch.
In seconds the benzine burned away and the cotton began to smolder, fiercely pouring out thick black smoke that smelled vile.
To her he was like the artist who smears himself and his smock with paint while in his studio, but appears at dinner in spotless linen without even a whiff of benzine about him to suggest his occupation.
A day away from coffee might have been expected to do her good, but she felt like a benzine addict coming down from a bender.
It was a terrible thing to see, so close, so low, packed with chlorides, benzines, phenols, hydrocarbons, or whatever the precise toxic content.
As the formula, which we have developed and published here, shows, it is an organic product of substitution in which the styrolene radical and the molybdenum metal occupy the six vertices of a benzine carbide.
The sky was lit at uneven intervals by waste-gas fires, and the air was foul with the stink of petroleum distillates: aviation kerosene, gasoline, diesel fuel, benzine, nitrogen tetroxide for intercontinental missiles, lubricating oils of various grades, and complex petrochemicals identified only by their alphanumeric prefixes.