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Meaning of "naphthous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NAPHTHOUS

naphthous  [ˈnæfθəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NAPHTHOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Naphthous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NAPHTHOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of naphthous in the English dictionary

The definition of naphthous in the dictionary is of, relating to or derived from naphtha.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NAPHTHOUS


acanthus
əˈkænθəs
agapanthus
ˌæɡəˈpænθəs
ailanthus
eɪˈlænθəs
aphthous
ˈæfθəs
calycanthus
ˌkælɪˈkænθəs
canthus
ˈkænθəs
ceanothus
ˌsiːəˈnəʊθəs
dianthus
daɪˈænθəs
helianthus
ˌhiːlɪˈænθəs
Hyacinthus
ˌhaɪəˈsɪnθəs
Malthus
ˈmælθəs
miscanthus
mɪsˈkænθəs
Oireachtas
ˈɛrəkθəs
polyanthus
ˌpɒlɪˈænθəs
Rhadamanthus
ˌrædəˈmænθəs
saurognathous
sɔːˈrɒɡnəθəs
schizanthus
skɪtˈsænθəs
strophanthus
strəʊˈfænθəs
xanthous
ˈzænθəs
Xanthus
ˈzænθəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NAPHTHOUS

naphtha
naphthalene
naphthalic
naphthalin
naphthaline
naphthalise
naphthalize
naphthene
naphthenic
naphthol
naphthyl
naphthylamine
Napier
Napier´s bones
Napierian logarithm
napiform
napkin
napkin rash
napkin ring

WORDS THAT END LIKE NAPHTHOUS

agnathous
amorphous
ananthous
bismuthous
epignathous
hapaxanthous
helminthous
hysteranthous
mesognathous
metagnathous
monanthous
nyctanthous
opisthognathous
orthognathous
paragnathous
plectognathous
prognathous
rhizanthous
schizognathous
synanthous
syngnathous

Synonyms and antonyms of naphthous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «naphthous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NAPHTHOUS

Find out the translation of naphthous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of naphthous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «naphthous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

naphthous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

naphthous
570 millions of speakers

English

naphthous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

naphthous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

naphthous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

naphthous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

naphthous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

naphthous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

naphthous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Naphthous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

naphthous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

naphthous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

naphthous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Naphthous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

naphthous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

naphthous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नेफथस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

naphthous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

naphthous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

naphthous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

naphthous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

naphthous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

naphthous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

naphthous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

naphthous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

naphthous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of naphthous

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NAPHTHOUS»

The term «naphthous» is used very little and occupies the 168.899 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NAPHTHOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «naphthous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «naphthous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about naphthous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NAPHTHOUS»

Discover the use of naphthous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to naphthous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
New-York Farmer, and American Gardener's Magazine
It has a powerful naphthous odor, different from that of most other petroleums. It is impossible to analyze this petroleum by means of the ordinary chemical solvents. Most of these solvents, such as the acids and alkalies, have little or no action ...
‎1834
2
A Dispensatory, Or Commentary on the Pharmacopoeias of Great ...
Heat expels a naphthous fluid in great quantity and afterwards a crystalline principle. The latter I discovered to be paraffin ; and indeed the properties of this principle, as derived from Rangoon petroleum, were ascertained before the discovery ...
Sir Robert Christison, 1842
3
Repertory of patent inventions and other discoveries and ...
vjucnily entitled to its vulgar name of ground-oil. It has a powerful naphthous odour, different from that of most other petroleums. It is impossible to analyze this petroleum by means of the ordinary chemical solvents. Most of these solvents, such ...
‎1835
4
The Repertory of Patent Inventions, and Other Discoveries ...
quently entitled to its vulgar name of ground-oil. It has a powerful naphthous odour, different from that of most other petroleums. It is impossible to analyze this petroleum by means of the ordinary chemical solvents. Most of these solvents, such ...
‎1835
5
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. - Edinburgh, ...
It has a powerful naphthous odour, different from that of most other petroleums. It is impossible to analyze this petroleum by means of the ordinary chemical solvents. Most of these solvents, such as the acids and alkalies, have little or no action ...
‎1836
6
Mechanics' Magazine, and Journal of the Mechanics' Institute
... which concreted at 60° into a loose mass, composed of numerous crystalline' needles and plates, in a yellow naphthous fluid ; and, as the distillation went on, this matter became more and more solid, but even towards'the end was not firmer  ...
‎1835
7
Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York
The terrible results of explosion of the naphthous vapors given off from petroleum and other illuminating fluids had come to be a subject of legislative interference in nearly half the States in the Union before the necessity for such an enactment ...
New York (State). Legislature. Assembly, 1883
8
Annual Report
The terrible results of explosion of the naphthous vapors given off from petroleum and other illuminating fluids had come to be a subject of legislative interference in nearly half the States in the Union before the necessity for such an enactment ...
New York (State). Department of Health, 1883
9
Lectures on the Principles & Practice of Physic: Delivered ...
A gas of the same quality was procured, and likewise a naphthous fluid holding in solution a crystalline principle, analogous to, if not identified with, naphthaline.' Now the man, whose lungs presented the appearances I have described, had, ...
Sir Thomas Watson, 1871
10
The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal ...
A gas of the same quality was procured, and likewise a naphthous fluid, holding in solution a crystalline principle, analogous to, if not identical with, naphthalin. I need scarcely add, that the quantity of material at my disposal, was too small to ...
‎1831

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Naphthous [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/naphthous>. Apr 2024 ».
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