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| aniline dye |
any of a large number of synthetic dyes, made mainly from coal-tar products. |
| anthracene |
a crystalline hydrocarbon derived from coal tar and used in making dyes and detecting radiation. |
| anthracite |
a hard, shiny coal that burns cleanly with little flame. |
| asphalt |
a sticky brown to black bituminous substance, occurring naturally or obtained as a by-product of refining petroleum and coal tar, and used for paving, roofing, and waterproofing. [1/4 definitions] |
| baseburner |
a stove or furnace that feeds to the base of the unit additional fuel, such as coal, as needed. |
| benzene |
a colorless, volatile, flammable liquid, obtained from petroleum and coal tar and used in or to make a wide variety of chemical products, such as insecticides, motor fuels, and solvents. |
| bin |
a storage container or space, as for such things as firewood, foods, or coal, or for things that will eventually be discarded. [1/2 definitions] |
| bitumen |
any of various natural substances composed chiefly of hydrocarbons, or such substances distilled from petroleum and coal, used for paving and waterproofing. |
| bituminous coal |
a mineral coal that yields pitch and tar and has a yellow smoky flame when it burns; soft coal. |
| black lung |
a lung disease, esp. of miners, that is caused by long-term exposure to coal dust. |
| breaker1 |
machinery for breaking up coal or rocks, or the place where this is done. [1/4 definitions] |
| briquette |
a small brick or cube of charcoal or compressed coal dust, used as fuel in cooking. |
| brown coal |
a soft dark brown coal having the original woody texture; lignite. |
| cannel |
a variety of highly volatile, oily coal that burns readily and brightly; cannel coal. |
| Carboniferous |
the Carboniferous Period, or the rock and coal layers that date from that time. |
| carboniferous |
containing, yielding, or pertaining to carbon or coal. [2/3 definitions] |
| cinder |
a small piece of partially burned wood, coal, or the like that can burn further but without a flame. [1/4 definitions] |
| clinker1 |
a hard stonelike chunk left from the burning of coal. [1/2 definitions] |
| coal |
to becoming a glowing coal or coals. [1/3 definitions] |
| coaler |
a ship or freight train used to haul coal. |
| coal gas |
a gas used for lighting and heating that is produced by the distillation of bituminous coal. [2 definitions] |
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