Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of numerous organic compounds, such as benzene and methane, that contain only carbon and hydrogen.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A compound of hydrogen and carbon; the general name of any compound consisting of hydrogen and carbon alone. The hydrocarbons are an exceedingly large and important group of compounds, and with their derivatives form the subject-matter of organic chemistry.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Chem.) A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen
Etymologies
- hydro- + carbon (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Sometimes when a hydrocarbon is aspirated, the coughing does not begin until much later.”
“In addition, aspiration may occur as the result of re-exposure of the larynx to hydrocarbon from the tip of the tube during removal.”
“Azerbaijan, rich in hydrocarbon reserves and the current darling of western energy companies, is finding the present situation untenable.”
The Wall Street Journal: Avoiding the Next War in the South Caucasus
“The main reason for concern when a hydrocarbon is swallowed is that the child will choke on it and breathe it into the lungs.”
“Never induce vomiting when a hydrocarbon is swallowed because this increases the chances of the hydrocarbon slipping into the airway.”
“Methane, a hydrocarbon, is more efficient IR spectrum absorber thanCO2.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Parked Mustang Test of Environmental Progress
“Methane, a hydrocarbon, is more efficient IR spectrum absorber than CO2.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Parked Mustang Test of Environmental Progress
“Those who read this blog know that I am skeptical that the harm from man-made global warming is bad enough to justify large, immediate Kyoto-like reductions in hydrocarbon consumption.”
“Among the experts were a state criminologist, a specialist in hydrocarbon and chemical fires, an electrical engineer, an arson authority and another expert on fire burn patterns.”
“China faces numerous risks in the Latin American hydrocarbon sector.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hydrocarbon’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
silicon, silica, shrimp, shelve, shallot, serine, seedling, septic, secretin, seaweed, screening, Scomber and 1171 more...
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Words without the letter E
chord, slur, anabaptist, anabolic, diabolic, turbid, torpid, somniloquist, trump, bipolar, dioxin, hydrocarbon and 107 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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Hi, you!
Words that sound like you're saying hi to a person.
hijack, hygiene, heighdy, hi-fi, hijinks, hiyacinth, hymen, highway, hiyalin, highfalutin, highbrow, hilo and 37 more...
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science (collective opinion)
random scientific terms from a group of one hundred 16-18 year olds to choose 100 words that, in their collective opinion, represent crucial factors and concepts influencing trends in science today...
acid, base, aggregation status, analysis, antimatter, apparatus, atmosphere, atom, bacteria, Big Bang, biodiversity, bioethics and 90 more...
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suzyg's Words
brandish, recompence, shopping, dichotomy, paradigm, reverse osmosis, anyway, despite, drunk, degenerate, insipid, grateful and 438 more...
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nfk9595's Words
magnetohydrodynamics, bovine, epistle, gargantuan, kerfuffle, verbiage, morose, coup de main, elan, achtung, uber, verboten and 497 more...
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The Fantastical Repertoire of Captain...
The popular Belgian cartoon Tintin contains a memorable character in the form of Captain Haddock. He has a remarkable repertory of insults, which render just as well in the English translation. Thi...
ostrogoth, brigand, body-snatcher, steamroller, phylloxera, pyrographer, abecedarian, breathalyser, rhizopod, anthropophagus, odd-toed ungulate, hydrocarbon and 88 more...
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