Paraffin is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PARAFFIN in dictionary:

VERB:
• to treat with paraffin
• treat with paraffin or paraffin wax
NOUN:
• any saturated hydrocarbon of the methane series, also PARAFFINE
• a flammable, whitish, translucent, waxy solid consisting of a mixture of saturated hydrocarbons, obtained by distillation from petroleum or shale and used in candles, cosmetics, polishes, and sealing and waterproofing compounds.
• a colourless, flammable, oily liquid similarly obtained and used as fuel, especially kerosene.
• liquid mixture distilled from petroleum and used as a fuel or solvent
• Alt. of Paraffine
• from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings
• a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)
• (British usage) kerosine
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to coat with a waxy substance

Words related to PARAFFIN

paraffine17 paraffined19 paraffining20 paraffins17

Words that contain PARAFFIN

paraffine17 paraffins17 paraffiny20 paraffined19 paraffines18 paraffinic20 paraffining20 paraffinoid20 paraffinier19 paraffiniest20 cycloparaffin28 nitroparaffin21 cycloparaffins29 nitroparaffins22

How to use PARAFFIN in a sentence

• Bundles of straw were brought, paraffin poured on them, and the tower set on fire.
• I want to get a couple more cans of paraffin before we go on board.
• Before sowing, the seed may be soaked in paraffin or turpentine.
• That is an important point, it seems to me, in principle in the matter of using the paraffin.
• The origin of the inventor of paraffin oil was comparatively obscure.
• No light now came through the opening in the wall, for the paraffin lamp had either burned out or been extinguished by the accumulating gas.
• Now there was only the light from the paraffin lamp in the kitchen below striking upwards through the open door.
• Be sure and have a good connection at the zinc binding post and cover that with melted paraffin.
• A coat of paraffin paint should be applied, and, just before it sets perfectly hard, any rough spots trimmed down with a knife or chisel and a second lighter coat applied.
• Place on top the solution a thin layer of kerosene or paraffin.
• Tie a string around the wire between the leather and the paraffin, making the knots so they will not pull through the hole in the leather.
• Put a little paraffin in the bottle and melt it by holding the bottle over a small flame.
• When the paraffin has cooled sufficiently the outlines of the photograph must be drawn upon its surface.
• In using either of the two methods described, carbon paper must be placed on the paraffin before the tissue paper or photograph is laid upon it.
• If any places show up where the paraffin has not been entirely removed they must be cleaned so the acid will eat out the metal.
• Rinse the plate in cold water, stand in a tray and heat it sufficiently to run off all the paraffin.
• Coat the inside of the box with paraffin or wax, melted and applied with a brush.
• But Tazzuchi, with half a dozen keen spirits, got down into one of the boats with their rifles and knives, and a drum of paraffin, and pulled away silently into the blackness.
• Frequently the upper edges of the jars are coated by dipping in hot paraffin wax in the hope of preventing this.
• In that case the sulphur, paraffin, and resin will also be dissolved.

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