inflammable gas
1gas-plant — gasˈ plant noun Dittany (see ↑burning bush under ↑burn1) • • • Main Entry: ↑gas * * * ˈgas ˌplant 1. A name given to the plant Dictamnus Fraxinella. In recent U.S. Dicts. [‘It is said that the atmosphere surrounding this plant is in hot dry… …
2gas — Synonyms and related words: acetylene, advance against, advance upon, aerodynamics, air, alcohol, ammonia, argon, asphyxiating gas, atmosphere, avgas, babble, babblement, baloney, bavardage, bear down upon, belch, benzine, best seller, bibble… …
3inflammable — Synonyms and related words: accendible, agitable, alcohol, benzine, briquette, burnable, butane, carbon, charcoal, coal, coke, combustible, dope, edgy, emotional, emotionally unstable, eruptive, ethane, ethanol, excitable, explosive, fiery,… …
4Gas lighting — For other uses, see Gaslight (disambiguation). Gas lighting is production of artificial light from combustion of a gaseous fuel, including hydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide, propane, butane, acetylene, ethylene, or natural gas. Before… …
5gas — noun 1 substance like air ADJECTIVE ▪ deadly, noxious, poisonous, toxic ▪ explosive, flammable, inflammable (esp. BrE), radioactive …
6gas — A substance of such nature that it can expand indefinitely, thereby completely filling its container; a form neither liquid nor solid, in other words, a vapor. An inflammable used for lighting and heating. A colloquial term for gasoline. As the… …
7inflammable — adj. (esp. BrE) ⇨ See ↑flammable Inflammable is used with these nouns: ↑gas, ↑material …
8Carbureted hydrogen gas — Hydrogen Hy dro*gen, n. [Hydro , 1 + gen: cf. F. hydrog[ e]ne. So called because water is generated by its combustion. See {Hydra}.] (Chem.) A gaseous element, colorless, tasteless, and odorless, the lightest known substance, being fourteen and a …
9Oil gas — Oil Oil (oil), n. [OE. oile, OF. oile, F. huile, fr. L. oleum; akin to Gr. ?. Cf. {Olive}.] Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, more viscous than and not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc.… …
10History of manufactured gas — The history of manufactured gas, important for lighting, heating, and cooking purposes throughout most of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century, began with the development of analytical and pneumatic chemistry in the… …
