Hydrocarbon

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(Chem.) A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives. Hydrocarbon burner a burner, furnace, or stove with which liquid fuel, as petroleum, is used.

Noun

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hydrocarbon - an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen

aromatic compound, aromatic hydrocarbon, bitumen, bottled gas, butadiene, C2H6, chlorobenzene, coal oil, cymene, dioxin, ethane, gas, gas oil, gasohol, gasolene, gasoline, indene, kerosene, kerosine, lamp oil, liquefied petroleum gas, naphtha, naphthalene, octane, organic compound, petrol, provitamin, pyrene, terpene