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Definition: Coal Tar |
Coal TarNoun1. A tar formed from distillation of bituminous coal; coal tar can be further distilled to give various aromatic compounds. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemical Industry | The non-aqueous portion of the liquid distillate obtained as a by-product from the destructive distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture of coal gas or coke. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | A by-product of the destructive distillation of coal used as a topical antieczematic. It is an antipruritic and keratoplastic agent used also in the treatment of psoriasis and other skin conditions. Occupational exposure to soots, tars, and certain mineral oils is known to be carcinogenic according to the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP 85-002, 1985) (Merck Index, 11th ed). (references) |
Mining | Tar obtained by the destructive distillation of bituminous coal, usually in coke ovens or in retorts, and consisting of numerous constituents (such as benzene, xylenes, naphthalene, pyridine, quinoline, phenol, cresols, light oil, and creosote) that may be obtained by distillation. (references) |
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Crosswords: Coal Tar |
| English words defined with "coal tar": Anthracene, Asphaltum ♦ benzofuran, Black pigment ♦ Carbolic, Chrysene, Coal-tar creosote, Collidine, Coridine, coumarone, creosote, cresol, Cryptidine, cumarone ♦ Dead oil ♦ Fluoranthene, Fluorene ♦ Gas tar ♦ indene ♦ Kyanol ♦ Leucoline, Light oil ♦ methyl phenol, methylbenzene, Middle oil ♦ naphthalene ♦ Paraffine, Parvoline, Phenanthrene, Phlorone, Picene, Pseudo-cumene, Pyrene, Pyrrol ♦ Quinoline ♦ Residual product, Rubidine ♦ toluene ♦ Viridine. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "coal tar": Acenaphthenes, alu black, aniline-ink, anthracene oil, Anthracenes ♦ B.M.A.G.A. apparatus, BLENDER I, brasque, byproduct oven ♦ carbon-based resources, chemical constitution of coal, Chrysenes, coal-tar oil, coal-tar pitch, COLOR MAKER ♦ DISTILLATION-OPERATOR HELPER ♦ gallatin ♦ Indenes ♦ linear alkylbenzene sulfonate ♦ Naphthacenes, Naphthalenes ♦ PURIFICATION OPERATOR I ♦ reconstituted tar ♦ STANDPIPE TENDER. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Caption: Coal Tar Products Div., Aftermath of Fire of Dec. 29, 1917; Silver Lake, NJ; December 31, 1917; {10.350/49} (jpg). |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Coal tar 50,000 tons Sulphate of ammonia 30,000 tons. (reference) |
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| Language | Translations for "coal tar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | katran (creosote, pitch, tar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | катран (pitch, tar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kamenouhelný dehet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stenkulstjære. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | steenkolenteer, koolteer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kivihiiliterva. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | goudron de houille, goudron. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Steinkohlenteer, Kohlenteer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ανθρακοπίσσα, ίσσα από λιθάνθρακες. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kõszénkátrány. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | catrame di carbone minerale, catrame di carbone. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | コー'ー豆 (call, call broker, call girl, call loan, call money, call rate, call sign, call-back, called, called game, choir exercises, chorus, chorus girl, coffee bean, Cohen, cola, cold, cold beef, cold chain, cold chicken, cold coffee, cold cream, cold meat, cold permanent wave, cold war, cold wave, coleslaw, coop, coral, coral island, cord, corded velveteen, corduroy, corporate identity, corporated house, corporation, corpse, Koran). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | コールタール . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | terr geayil. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oalcay artay alcatrão de hulha, alcatrão (oil tar, tar). (various references) каменноугольная смола (coal-tar). (various references) ugljena smola, katran (oil tar, tar). (various references) alquitrán de hulla. (various references) stenkolstjära. (various references) kömür katranı. (various references) кам'яновугільна смола, кам'яновугільний дьоготь. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-l-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: aortal, catalo. | |
-2 letters: actor, altar, aorta, artal, carat, carol, claro, coala, coral, craal, octal, ratal, talar, taroc, tolar. | |
-3 letters: acta, alar, alto, arco, calo, carl, cart, clot, coal, coat, cola, colt, loca, lota, oral, orca, rato, rota, rotl, taco, tala, talc, taro, tola, tora, torc. | |
-4 letters: aal, act, ala, alt, arc, art, car, cat. | |
-5 letters: aa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-l-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: cartload, thoracal. | |
+2 letters: acropetal, aleatoric, allocator, auctorial, cantorial, cartloads, cataloger, escalator, factorial, placatory, portulaca. | |
+3 letters: acrostical, alacritous, allocators, allopatric, applicator, calculator, calibrator, catalogers, cataloguer, collateral, coloratura, connatural, curatorial, defalcator, ejaculator, escalators, escalatory, factorable, factorials, fractional, laceration, lacrimator, malefactor, octahedral, oratorical, portulacas, reallocate, sacerdotal, scleromata, tracheolar, tractional, vacillator. | |
+4 letters: accelerator, accordantly, accumulator, acropetally, aeroelastic, ahistorical, altercation, anthropical, applicators, applicatory, articulator, artiodactyl, calculators, calefactory, calibration, calibrators, calumniator, caprolactam, carboxylate, cataloguers, categorical, clairvoyant, collaborate, collaterals, coloraturas, conflagrant, contractual, coplanarity, declamatory, declaration, declaratory, defalcators, dictatorial, ejaculators, ejaculatory, emasculator, exclamatory, facilitator, intraocular, lacerations, lachrymator, lacrimation, lacrimators, malefactors, oracularity, pantropical, parfocality, piscatorial, plantocracy, postcranial, reallocated, reallocates, reclamation, redactional, relocatable, thrasonical, throatlatch, translocate, vacillators. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 61 6C      54 61 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01100001 01101100 00100000 01010100 01100001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o a l   T a r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0061 006C      0054 0061 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)378167782546784 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Historic 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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