HYDROCARBON

Hy′dro‐car″bon (?), n. [[Hydro-, 2 + carbon.]] (Chem.) A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives. Hydrocarbon burner, furnace, stove, a burner, furnace, or stove with which liquid fuel, as petroleum, is used.