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smutnoun(uncountable) Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.
sootnounFine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.
carbon blacknoun(petrochemistry) A fine black powder of amorphous carbon manufactured by the incomplete combustion of natural gas or oil, and used as a pigment in the manufacture of ink and paint. Used as a filler in rubber and rubber-like polymers, it helps prevent deterioration by ultraviolet rays.

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sootnounFine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.
carbon blacknoun(petrochemistry) A fine black powder of amorphous carbon manufactured by the incomplete combustion of natural gas or oil, and used as a pigment in the manufacture of ink and paint. Used as a filler in rubber and rubber-like polymers, it helps prevent deterioration by ultraviolet rays.
smutnoun(uncountable) Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.
carbographnounA graphitized form of carbon black
charcoalnoun(countable, uncountable) impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic matter, that is, heating it in the absence of oxygen.
acetylene blacknounA form of carbon black formed by the decomposition (but not by the burning) of acetylene. It is characterized by its high degree of crystalline orientation compared with other sources of carbon black.
lampic acidnoun(chemistry, obsolete) A supposed acid formed by heating ether with a limited supply of air.
carbolineumnounAn oily, water-insoluble, flammable, dark brown coal tar mixture, formerly used to preserve wooden structures.
ulminnoun(organic chemistry) A brown amorphous substance found in decaying vegetation.
brown htnoun(organic chemistry) A brown synthetic coal tar diazo dye.
amorphous carbonnounAn allotrope of carbon that has no particular crystal structure
leucolnoun(organic chemistry, dated) quinoline, an organic base obtained by the distillation of coal tar
melanoidinnoun(organic chemistry) Any of a class of brown polymers typically formed when food is browned (by means of the Maillard reaction).
luciferinenounAlternative form of luciferin. [(biochemistry) Any of a class of polycyclic heterocycles that are responsible for the bioluminescence of fireflies, being converted to oxyluciferin by luciferase in the process.]
coal-tarnounAlternative spelling of coal tar. [A black, viscous tar made by the destructive distillation of coal (to make coke and town gas); it contains a great number of compounds including hydrocarbons and phenols; used in the preparation of medicinal soap and shampoo, and industrially for the manufacture of many products.]
ligninnoun(organic chemistry) A complex non-carbohydrate aromatic polymer present in all wood.
ligninenounDated form of lignin. [(organic chemistry) A complex non-carbohydrate aromatic polymer present in all wood.]
copigmentnounAn often colourless compound that affects the colour of a plant flower pigment.
coal tarnounA black, viscous tar made by the destructive distillation of coal (to make coke and town gas); it contains a great number of compounds including hydrocarbons and phenols; used in the preparation of medicinal soap and shampoo, and industrially for the manufacture of many products.
carbonnoun(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, transparent, crystalline solid and the hardest known material.

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