"Methylene" is a word in ENGLISH
A hydrocarbon radical, CH2, not known in the free state,
but regarded as an essential residue and component of certain
derivatives of methane; as, methylene bromide, CH2Br2; -- formerly
called also methene.
Sydney, don't leave Adrian because of me.""It's more complicated than that," I said automatically."It's really not," she said. "From everything I've seen and heard, you're just afraid. You've always controlled every detail of your life. When you couldn't-like with the Alchemists-you found a way to seize back that control.""There is nothing wrong with wanting control," I snapped."Except that we can't always have it, and sometimes that is a good thing. A great thing, even," she added. "And that's how it is with Adrian. No matter how hard you try, you aren't going to be able to control your feelings for him. You can't help loving him, and so you're running away. I'm just an excuse.
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A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H4, homologous with acetylene; propine.
Read the complete definitionA hydrocarbon radical, C5H11, of the paraffine series found in amyl alcohol or fusel oil, etc.
Read the complete definitionOne of a group of metameric hydrocarbons, C5H10, of the ethylene series. The colorless, volatile, mobile liquid commonly called amylene …
Read the complete definitionA solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use …
Read the complete definitionA hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2O2.C6H4, subliming in shining yellow needles. It is obtained by oxidation of anthracene.
Read the complete definitionNow especially applied to compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene, azobenzoic, etc. …
Read the complete definitionA liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent …
Read the complete definitionBy extension, any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and …
Read the complete definitionAn inflammable gaseous hydrocarbon, C4H10, of the marsh gas, or paraffin, series.
Read the complete definitionAny one of three metameric hydrocarbons, C4H8, of the ethylene series. They are gaseous or easily liquefiable.
Read the complete definitionAn inflammable, volatile, oily, liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc.
Read the complete definitionAn isocyanide of a hydrocarbon radical. The carbamines are liquids, usually colorless, and of unendurable odor.
Read the complete definitionA hydrocarbon.
Read the complete definitionAn elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. …
Read the complete definitionTo combine or to impregnate with carbon, as by passing through or over a liquid hydrocarbon; to carbonize or carburize.
Read the complete definitionAn apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is passed through or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to …
Read the complete definitionTo combine with carbon or a carbon compound; -- said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of …
Read the complete definitionAn oily hydrocarbon, C16H32, of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti.
Read the complete definitionOne of the higher aromatic hydrocarbons of coal tar, allied to naphthalene and anthracene. It is a white crystalline substance, …
Read the complete definitionA thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas; used for …
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