benzine

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ben=zine

CIDE DICTIONARY

benzine, n. [From Benzoin.].

•  A liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent and for cleansing soiled fabrics; -- called also petroleum spirit, petroleum benzine. Varieties or similar products are gasoline, naphtha, rhigolene, ligroin, etc.  [1913 Webster]
•  Same as Benzene.  [1913 Webster]

  " The hydrocarbons of benzine proper are essentially of the marsh gas (paraffin) series, while benzene proper is the typical hydrocarbon of the aromatic series."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

benzine, n. (also benzin) a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum.

Etymology

BENZOIN + -INE(4)

THESAURUS

benzine

alcohol, briquette, burnable, butane, carbon, charcoal, coal, coal oil, coke, combustible, dope, electricity, ethane, ethanol, fireball, firing, flammable, flammable material, fuel, fuel additive, fuel dope, gas, gas carbon, gasoline, heptane, hexane, illuminant, illuminating gas, inflammable, inflammable material, isooctane, jet fuel, kerosene, light source, luminant, methane, methanol, natural gas, octane, oil, paraffin, peat, pentane, petrol, petroleum, propane, propellant, rocket fuel, turf