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naphtha(dictionary)
coal tar naphtha(medicine)
wood naphtha(medicine)

wonder 2, noun (oh) and naphtha (medicine)


wonder 2, noun (oh)



2 n
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1 ?admiration?
2 (it's) no/small/little wonder (that)
3 ?surprising?
4 do/work wonders
5 wonders will never cease
6 ?clever person?
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[Language: Old English; Origin: wundor]
?ADMIRATION?
a) [U] a feeling of surprise and admiration for something very beautiful or new to you
-synonym awe awe
::The sight of the Taj Mahal filled us with wonder.
b) [C] something that makes you feel surprise and admiration
::technological wonders
::the Seven Wonders of the World
(it's) no/small/little wonder (that)
especially spoken used to say that you are not surprised by something
::No wonder you've got a headache, the amount you drank last night.
?SURPRISING?
it's a wonder (that)
especially spoken used to say that something is very surprising
::It's a wonder no one got hurt.
do/work wonders
to be very effective in solving a problem
wonders will never cease
spoken used humorously to show you are surprised and pleased about something
?CLEVER PERSON?
[singular] BrE someone who is good at doing difficult things
-see also nine days wonder at nine (3)

naphtha (medicine)


naphtha


1. <chemistry> The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called crude petroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil. Specifically: That portion of the distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a specific gravity of about 0.7, used as a solvent for varnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc.

2. <chemistry> One of several volatile inflammable liquids obtained by the distillation of certain carbonaceous materials and resembling the naphtha from petroleum; as, Boghead naphtha, from Boghead coal (obtained at Boghead, Scotland); crude naphtha, or light oil, from coal tar; wood naphtha, from wood, etc.

This term was applied by the earlier chemical writers to a number of volatile, strong smelling, inflammable liquids, chiefly belonging to the ethers, as the sulphate, nitrate, or acetate of ethyl. Naphtha vitrioli [NL, naphtha of vitriol.

<chemistry> Common ethyl ether; formerly called sulphuric ether. See Ether.

Origin: L. Naphtha, Gr, fr.Ar. Nafth, nifth.

Source: Websters Dictionary