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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. |
| 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] |
| 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. |
| bituminous coal |
a mineral coal that yields pitch and tar and has a yellow smoky flame when it burns; soft coal. |
| creosol |
a colorless or yellowish oily liquid, derived from beechwood tar, used as an antiseptic and found in creosote. |
| creosote |
an oily liquid commercially distilled from coal tar or wood for use as a wood preservative and antiseptic, and produced as a waste product in chimneys from the burning of wood as fuel. [1/2 definitions] |
| macadam |
a surface, such as a road, paved with layers of compressed, broken stone, usu. mixed with tar or asphalt. [1/2 definitions] |
| magenta |
a purplish red dye derived from coal tar; fuchsin. [1/3 definitions] |
| naphthalene |
a white, crystalline hydrocarbon compound obtained from coal tar or petroleum and used in making moth repellents, dyes, solvents, and other products. |
| oakum |
loose rope fiber, often treated with tar, used to caulk seams in wooden ships. |
| pitch2 |
any of a number of thick, black, sticky materials derived from coal or wood tar and used for paving or sealing roads, roofs, and the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| pyridine |
a colorless flammable liquid obtained by distilling coal tar or bone oil and used in synthesizing drugs and vitamins, as a solvent, and to denature alcohol. |
| quinoline |
a colorless liquid compound obtained from bones, coal tar, or alkaloids, or by synthesis, that is used as a solvent and in the making of dyes, antiseptics, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| synthetic fuel |
a hydrocarbon fuel produced from fossil fuels such as shale, tar sands, or coal. |
| tar1 |
to apply tar to; smear or coat with tar. [1/3 definitions] |
| tar and feather |
to punish or humiliate by coating with tar and feathers. [1/2 definitions] |
| tar paper |
a thick heavy paper saturated or coated with tar, used as a waterproof underlay in roofing and for other building purposes. |
| tarry2 |
of or resembling tar. [2 definitions] |
| toluene |
a colorless combustible liquid hydrocarbon obtained from coal tar and petroleum, used in high octane fuels, dyes, and explosives, and as a solvent. |
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