Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Hydrocarbon

Hydrocarbon , noun

[Hydro-, 2 + carbon.]

(Chemistry) A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives.
Collocations (1)
Hydrocarbon burner or furnace or stove , a burner, furnace, or stove with which liquid fuel, as petroleum, is used.