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Answer for the clue "Any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon ", 6 letters:
olefin

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
redirect Alkene

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
olefin \o"le*fin\, olefine \o"le*fine\([=o]"l[-e]*f[i^]n or (Chem.) Olefiant gas, or ethylene. See Ethylene . Hence: (Chem.) Any one of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is the type; a member of the alkene series of hydrocarbons; ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon [syn: alkene , olefine ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context organic chemistry English) Any of a class of unsaturated open-chain hydrocarbons such as ethylene; an alkene with only one carbon-carbon double bond.

Usage examples of olefin.

Nowadays everything was synthetic - polyester, acrylic, olefin - but this sofa was made in the days before man-made fibers became popular.