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| aniline dye |
any of a large number of synthetic dyes, made mainly from coal-tar products. |
| anthracene |
a crystalline hydrocarbon derived from coal tar and used in making dyes and detecting radiation. |
| asphalt |
a sticky black substance like tar. Asphalt is found naturally or obtained when oil is refined. It is used for making roads and roofs and for making things waterproof. [1/2 definitions] |
| benzene |
a colorless, volatile, flammable liquid, obtained from petroleum and coal tar and used in or to make a wide variety of chemical products, such as insecticides, motor fuels, and solvents. |
| bituminous coal |
a mineral coal that yields pitch and tar and has a yellow smoky flame when it burns; soft coal. |
| caulk |
to fill in cracks with putty or tar to keep air or water from leaking through. |
| creosol |
a colorless or yellowish oily liquid, derived from beechwood tar, used as an antiseptic and found in creosote. |
| creosote |
an oily liquid commercially distilled from coal tar or wood for use as a wood preservative and antiseptic, and produced as a waste product in chimneys from the burning of wood as fuel. [1/2 definitions] |
| kerosene |
a thin liquid fuel. Kerosene is usually made from petroleum, but can also be made from oil, coal shale, or tar. |
| macadam |
a surface, such as a road, paved with layers of compressed, broken stone, usu. mixed with tar or asphalt. [1/2 definitions] |
| magenta |
a purplish red dye derived from coal tar; fuchsin. [1/3 definitions] |
| naphthalene |
a white, crystalline hydrocarbon compound obtained from coal tar or petroleum and used in making moth repellents, dyes, solvents, and other products. |
| oakum |
loose rope fiber, often treated with tar, used to caulk seams in wooden ships. |
| paraffin |
the British word for a thin liquid fuel made from petroleum, coal shale, or tar. "Paraffin" has the same meaning as "kerosene." [1/2 definitions] |
| pitch2 |
a thick, black, sticky material made from coal or wood tar. Pitch is used for paving roads and covering roofs to protect them from water. |
| pyridine |
a colorless flammable liquid obtained by distilling coal tar or bone oil and used in synthesizing drugs and vitamins, as a solvent, and to denature alcohol. |
| quinoline |
a colorless liquid compound obtained from bones, coal tar, or alkaloids, or by synthesis, that is used as a solvent and in the making of dyes, antiseptics, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| synthetic fuel |
a hydrocarbon fuel produced from fossil fuels such as shale, tar sands, or coal. |
| tar1 |
a dark, heavy, sticky substance made from wood, coal, or peat. Tar is used to cover roads and protect roofs. |
| tar and feather |
to punish or humiliate by covering with tar and feathers. |
| tar paper |
a thick heavy paper saturated or coated with tar, used as a waterproof underlay in roofing and for other building purposes. |
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