wood-naphtha

  • 1wood naphtha — noun Wood spirit, methanol • • • Main Entry: ↑wood …

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  • 2wood naphtha — /wʊd ˈnæfθə/ (say wood nafthuh) noun → wood alcohol …

  • 3wood-naphtha — n. Methylic alcohol. See wood spirit …

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  • 4Naphtha — Naph tha (n[a^]f th[.a] or n[a^]p th[.a]), n. [L. naphtha, Gr. na fqa, fr.Ar. nafth, nifth.] 1. (Chem.) The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called {crude petroleum}, {mineral oil},… …

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  • 5Naphtha vitrioli — Naphtha Naph tha (n[a^]f th[.a] or n[a^]p th[.a]), n. [L. naphtha, Gr. na fqa, fr.Ar. nafth, nifth.] 1. (Chem.) The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called {crude petroleum}, {mineral …

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  • 6wood-spirit — n. Pyroxylic acid, pyroxylic spirit, wood naphtha, methylic alcohol, pyroligneous spirit …

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  • 7naphtha — [naf′thə, nap′thə] n. [L < Gr naphtha, naphtha, bitumen < Pers neft, pitch < ? IE base * nebh , damp, water > Gr nephelē, cloud, fog] 1. a flammable, volatile, oily liquid produced by the fractional distillation of petroleum: it is… …

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  • 8Naphtha launch — An Escher Wyss launch of 1888 Alfred Nobel s aluminium hulled …

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  • 9naphtha — SYN: petroleum benzin. [G.] coal tar n. SYN: benzene. wood n. SYN: methyl alcohol. * * * naph·tha naf thə, nap n any of various volatile often flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures used chiefly as solvents and diluents * * * naph·tha… …

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  • 10crude petroleum — Naphtha Naph tha (n[a^]f th[.a] or n[a^]p th[.a]), n. [L. naphtha, Gr. na fqa, fr.Ar. nafth, nifth.] 1. (Chem.) The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called {crude petroleum}, {mineral …

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