Vocabulary : Anthracene to Anthracometer

Anthracene : A solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin.
Anthracene oil : A heavy green oil (partially solidifying on cooling), which distills over from coal tar at a temperature above 270. It is the principal source of anthracene.
Anthracic : Of or relating to anthrax; as, anthracic blood.
Anthraciferous : Yielding anthracite; as, anthraciferous strata.
Anthracite : A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal.

Anthracitic : Of, pertaining to, or like, anthracite; as, anthracitic formations.
Anthracnose : Any one of several fungus diseases, caused by parasitic species of the series Melanconiales, attacking the bean, grape, melon, cotton, and other plants. In the case of the grape, brown concave spots are formed on the stem and fruit, and the disease is called bird's-eye rot.
Anthracoid : Resembling anthrax in action; of the nature of anthrax; as, an anthracoid microbe.
Anthracomancy : Divination by inspecting a burning coal.
Anthracometer : An instrument for measuring the amount of carbonic acid in a mixture.

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