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Lighter fuel
Answer for the clue "Lighter fuel ", 6 letters:
butane
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Word definitions for butane in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
paraffin hydrocarbon, 1875, from butyl , hydrocarbon from butyric acid , a product of fermentation found in rancid butter, from Latin butyrum (see butter (n.)) + chemical suffix -ane .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Butane is an organic compound with the formula CH that is an alkane with four carbon atoms . Butane is a gas at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. The term may refer to either of two structural isomers , n -butane or isobutane (or "methylpropane"), ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. occurs in natural gas; used in the manufacture of rubber and fuels
Usage examples of butane.
As for a flash fire, involving gasoline and butane and a sudden flashover, the intensity was fleeting.
Monday noon, Anne and Vincent had brought a rollaway bed and new mattress to Grumblethorpe, purchased additional candles and three kerosene space heaters, half filled the kitchen shelves with cans and non-perishable foods, set the small butane stove in place on the massive kitchen table, and cleaned and dusted each room.
Then the Latvian trying to run her over and ploughing his Mercedes into the stack of butane canisters outside the supermercado.
Mildred readied the scattergun, and in the back, Dean drew his Browning semiautomatic and patted his pockets to make sure he had a butane lighter for the Molotov cocktails.
Mentally crossing his fingers, Ryan flicked his butane lighter and saw it was just another blue shirt and not Overton.
Now, he still heated part of his house with pinon, but they had a butane heater too.
The butane lighters were on the original list prepared by the FAA and sent to the White House for approval.
I have filed a Freedom of Information Act demand to the FAA, asking that they give to me all documents pertaining to the decisions that were made to allow deadly butane lighters and books of matches on board passenger planes.
She experimented with her butane lighter to no success and in the end poured the sodden mess overboard.
Reaching the ground, she lit the rope with her butane lighter and it promptly caught, the flames licking up the rope to reach the sealed bottle of homebrew.
Then dampening the material with a few drops of gun oil, he flicked a butane lighter and the torch crackled alive, filling the area with bright illumination.
Hundreds of millions of cubic feet of gas per day, yearly tonnage of butane, propane, sulphur.
Well, we can make butadiene from alcohol, or from petroleum ingredients like butane or butylene.
She was no longer a huge meandering surge Bng with ponderous dignity across the flat plains, taking in countless butanes and volumes of silt, then breaking into channels and form r oxbow lakes.
His fingers reached into his pocket and he took out AMG's letter that gave the numbers of the special pages spread throughout the files, then a flashlight, scissors and a butane Dunhill cigarette lighter that Penelope had given him when he still smoked.