Benzine

Definition: Benzine

Benzine

Noun

1. A colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly inflammable; carcinogenic.

Date "benzine" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1913. (references)

Note: Benzine \Ben"zine\, noun. [From Benzoin.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Public Administration	A mixture of volatile, highly inflammable liquid hydrocarbon obtained by distillation from mineral oils. Source: European Union. (references)
	An obsolete term for light petroleum distillates covering the gasoline and naphta range(1). A saturated petroleum naphta boiling in the range of 20 to 135 degree °C(68 to 275 degree F)and suitable for general laboratory use. This term should be used in place of'benzine'or'petroleum ether'(2). A volatile fraction of petroleum consisting chiefly of pentanes and hexanes(3). Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonyms: Benzine

Synonyms: benzene (n), benzol (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Cleanness	Wash, lotion, detergent, cathartic, purgative; purifier; Verb: disinfectant; aperient; benzene, benzine benzol, benolin; bleaching powder, chloride of lime, dentifrice, deobstruent, laxative.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Benzine

English words defined with "benzine": Burning fluid ♦ Dipropargyl ♦ methane series ♦ Paquelin's thermocautery. (references)

Specialty definitions using "benzine": assembler, rubber footwear ♦ boot-liner maker, BOOTMAKER, HAND ♦ CHRONOMETER ASSEMBLER AND ADJUSTER ♦ FOXING CUTTER, HOT KNIFE ♦ MACHINE-MADE-SHOE UNIT WORKER, MAKING-LINE WORKER ♦ suit maker ♦ WADER-BOOT-TOP ASSEMBLER. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Benzine" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (gasolene, gasoline, petrol), French (benzine), Frisian (gasoline, petrol).

Domain	Title
Books	Advies van de Raad inzake de luchtverontreiniging betreffende ontwerp besluit loodgehalte benzine (reference) (more book examples)
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"Benzine" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Benzine" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	6	143,867

Expression using "benzine": petroleum benzine. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "benzine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		benzinë për pastrim. (various references)

Arabic		‏سائل ملتهب. (various references)

Bulgarian		чистя с бензин, бензин (gas, gasoline, juice, petrol). (various references)

Chinese		石油醚. (various references)

Czech		benzol. (various references)

Danish		benzin (gasolene, gasoline, naphta, petrol, sprit). (various references)

Dutch		benzine (fuel, gas, gasolene, gasoline, motor gasoline, naphta, petrol, sprit), zware benzine (ligroine, petroleum ether), extractiebenzine (ligroine, petroleum ether). (various references)

Finnish		bensiini (gas, gasol\|ine, gasolene, petrol). (various references)

French		benzine. (various references)

German		Benzin (fuel, gas, gasoline, gasoline [AE], lighter fuel, motor gasoline, naphta, petrol, sprit). (various references)

Greek		βενζίνη (gas, gasoline, ligroine, naphta, petrol, petroleum ether, sprit), πετρελαϊκός αιθέρας (ligroine, petroleum ether). (various references)

Hungarian		benzin (gas, gasolene, gasoline, juice, petrol). (various references)

Indonesian		bensin (gasoline). (various references)

Italian		benzina (fuel, gas, gasolene, gasoline, naphta, petrol, sprit). (various references)

Pig Latin		enzinebay

Portuguese		benzina (gasolene, gasoline, petrol). (various references)

Romanian		benzinã (gas, gasoline, petrol). (various references)

Russian		чистить бензином, бензин (gas, gasolene, gasoline, juice, petrol). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		benzin (gas, gasoline, petrol). (various references)

Spanish		bencina (gas, gasoline, petrol). (various references)

Swedish		bensin (gas, gasolene, gasoline, juice, petrol, petroleum). (various references)

Turkish		benzin (benzoline, fuel, gas, gasolene, gasoline, juice, petrol). (various references)

Ukranian		чистити бензином, бензин (gas, gasolene, gasoline, petrol). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "benzine": benzines. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "benzine" (pronounced 'Ben"zine'): Rhizine. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-e-i-n-n-z"
	-1 letter: benzin.
	-2 letters: benne, benni, zineb.
	-3 letters: been, bene, bine, bize, nene, nine, zein.
	-4 letters: bee, ben, bin, biz, inn, neb, nee, nib, zee, zin.
	-5 letters: be, bi, en, in, ne.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-e-i-n-n-z"
	+1 letter: benzines.
	+2 letters: benzenoid, benzidine.
	+3 letters: bedizening, benzidines, benzocaine.
	+4 letters: bedizenment, benzocaines.
	+5 letters: bedizenments, nitrobenzene.
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