oil of paraffin
41paraffin — Synonyms and related words: alcohol, avgas, benzine, briquette, burnable, butane, carbon, charcoal, coal, coal oil, coke, combustible, crude, crude oil, dope, electricity, ethane, ethanol, ethyl, ethyl gas, fireball, firing, flammable, flammable… …
42oil — See ink, linseed oil, machine oil, oil gilding, oil paint, oilstone, paraffin, and wax …
43paraffin — 1. noun /ˈpɛɹ.ə.fɪn/ a) A petroleum based thin and colorless fuel oil, (kerosene in US English). b) Any member of the alkane hydrocarbons. 2. verb /ˈpɛɹ.ə.fɪn/ To …
44paraffin — noun Paraffin is used before these nouns: ↑heater, ↑lamp, ↑oil …
45paraffin-base crude — A type of crude oil containing predominantly paraffin hydrocarbons as distinguished from asphaltic and naphthenic base crudes. It is a source of high quality lubricating oils …
46paraffin — par|af|fin [ˈpærəfın] n [U] [Date: 1800 1900; : German; Origin: Latin parum too little + affinis related ; because it does not easily make compounds with other substances] 1.) BrE a kind of oil used for heating and in lamps, made from ↑petroleum… …
47paraffin — noun (U) 1 BrE an oil used for heating and in lamps, made from petroleum or coal; kerosene AmE 2 paraffin wax …
48paraffin — UK [ˈpærəfɪn] / US [ˈperəˌfɪn] noun [uncountable] 1) British a clear oil with a strong smell that is used for fuel. The American word is kerosene. 2) paraffin wax …
49paraffin — par•af•fin [[t]ˈpær ə fɪn[/t]] n. 1) chem. a white or colorless, tasteless, odorless, waxy, solid mixture of alkanes, used esp. in candles and sealing materials 2) chem. alkane 3) chem. brit. Also called par′affin oil Brit. kerosene 4) chem. to… …
50paraffin distillate — noun : a petroleum fraction that is usually obtained after most of the gas oil has distilled and that contains chiefly lubricating oils and paraffin wax …
