menthane
noun
men·thane
ˈmenˌthān
plural -s
: any of three isomeric liquid saturated cyclic hydrocarbons C10H20 that are hexahydro derivatives of the cymenes
especially : the para isomer that is the parent compound of many terpenoids (as carvone, menthol, terpineol) compare structural formula
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary menth- + -ane
- illuminate
- illuminated
- illuminates
- illuminati
- illuminating
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- illuminating gas
- illuminating projectile
- illuminatingly
- illumination
- illuminations
- illuminatism
- illuminatist
- illuminative
- illuminato
- illuminator
- illuminators
- illumine
- illumined
- illuminer
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- illumines
- illuming
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