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n. Any of numerous organic compounds, such as benzene and methane, that contain only carbon and hydrogen.

n. A compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms.

n. A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives.

n. A compound of hydrogen and carbon; the general name of any compound consisting of hydrogen and carbon alone.

n. an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen

"Sometimes when a hydrocarbon is aspirated, the coughing does not begin until much later."

furnace    stove   

organic compound   

hydrocarbon black    aromatic    aliphatic    petroleum   

coal oil    chlorobenzene    kerosine    bitumen    c2h6    ethane    cymene    pyrene    indene    aromatic compound   

hydrocarbonaceous    fluorochlorohydrocarbon    hydrocarbonic   

carbon    fluorocarbon   

alcohols    methane    dioxide    ammonia    solvent    chlorine    benzene    petroleum    esters    oxide