| NOUN | substance | naphthalene | a white crystalline strong-smelling hydrocarbon made from coal tar or petroleum and used in organic synthesis and as a fumigant in mothballs |
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| Sounds | nae'fthahliy.n | |
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| Rhymes | Aberdeen ... wolverine / Wolverine: 192 rhymes with iyn... | |
| Meaning | A white crystalline strong-smelling hydrocarbon made from coal tar or petroleum and used in organic synthesis and as a fumigant in mothballs. | |
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| Broader | hydrocarbon | An organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen |
| Substance of | coal tar | A tar formed from distillation of bituminous coal |
| mothball, camphor ball | A small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing | |
| Spanish | naftaleno, naftalina | |
| Catalan | naftalè, naftalina | |
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