kerosene oil
1oil — n. 1) to drill for; hit, strike oil 2) to pump oil 3) to produce; refine oil 4) crude; refined oil 5) household; lubricating; machine; motor oil 6) castor; coconut; cod liver; cooking; corn; cottonseed; linseed; mineral; olive; palm; peanut;… …
2Kerosene — Kerosene, sometimes spelled kerosine in scientific and industrial usage, [Webster s New World College Dictionary, kerosene .] is a combustible hydrocarbon liquid. The name is derived from Greek keros (κηρός wax). The word Kerosene was registered… …
3Kerosene (disambiguation) — Kerosene can be:* the fuel kerosene. * power kerosene, see tractor vaporising oil. * a lubricant, see mineral oil. * Kerosene (band). * a song by Bad Religion. * a song by Big Black. * Kerosene (album), the debut album of Miranda Lambert.:*… …
4Kerosene — Kérosène Kérosène Général No CAS 8008 20 6 No EINECS …
5kerosene — ☆ kerosene [ker′ə sēn΄, ker΄ə sēn′ ] n. [Gr kēros, wax + ENE] a thin oil distilled from petroleum or shale oil, used as a fuel, solvent, illuminant, etc.; coal oil: also, esp. in scientific and industrial usage, sp. kerosine …
6Kerosene — Ker o*sene , n. [Gr. ? wax.] An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained from the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and hence called also {coal oil}. It is now produced in immense quantities, chiefly by the… …
7kerosene — (also kerosine) ► NOUN ▪ a light fuel oil obtained by distilling petroleum, used especially in jet engines and domestic heating boilers; paraffin oil. ORIGIN from Greek k ros wax …
8oil heater — oil heater, oil heater oil heater . A heating or cooking device that burns oil (such as kerosine) as a fuel. Syn: oilstove, kerosene heater, kerosine heater. [WordNet 1.5] …
9oil-heater — oil heater, oil heater oil heater . A heating or cooking device that burns oil (such as kerosine) as a fuel. Syn: oilstove, kerosene heater, kerosine heater. [WordNet 1.5] …
10kerosene — 1852, coined irregularly by Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner (1797 1864), who discovered how to distill it c.1846, from Gk. keros wax + chemical suffix ene. So called because it contains paraffin (hence the British English name, paraffin oil) …
