Word Meanings - PHENANTHRIDINE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A nitrogenous hydrocarbon base, C13H9N, analogous to phenanthrene and quinoline.

HYDROCARBON
A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives. Hydrocarbon burner, furnace, stove, a burner, furnace, or stove with which liquid fuel, as petroleum, is used.
QUINOLINE
A nitrogenous base, C9H7N obtained as a pungent colorless liquid by the distillation of alkaloids, bones, coal tar, etc. It the nucleus of many organic bodies, especially of certain alkaloids and related substances; hence, by extension, any one
NITROGENOUS
of, pertaining to, or resembling, nitrogen; as, a nitrogenous principle; nitrogenous compounds. Nitrogenous foods. See 2d Note under Food, n., 1.
HYDROCARBONATE
A hydrocarbon. A hydrous carbonate, as malachite.
PHENANTHRENE
A complex hydrocarbon, C14H10, found in coal tar, and obtained as a white crystalline substance with a bluish fluorescence.
HYDROCARBONACEOUS
Of the nature, or containing, hydrocarbons.
ANALOGOUS
Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion; -- often followed by to. Analogous tendencies in arts and manners. De Quincey. Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death. J.
OXYQUINOLINE
Hydroxy quinoline; a phenol derivative of quinoline, -- called also carbostyril.