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, ethane; intermediate members are liquids, as hexane, heptane, etc. (found in benzine, kerosene, etc.); while the highest members are white, waxy, or fatty solids, as paraffin proper.

Moroseness. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

n the molecule. Normal nonane is a colorless volatile liquid, an ingredient of ordinary kerosene.

ance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus coal gas and kerosene consist largely of paraffins.

e, composition, and properties. It is refined by distillation, and the products include kerosene, benzine, gasoline, paraffin, etc. Petroleum spirit, a volatile liquid obtained in the distillation of crude petroleum at a temperature of 170° Fahr., or below. The term is rather loosely applied to a considerable range of…

A light hydrocarbon oil resembling kerosene. It is obtained by distilling coal, paraffin, etc., and is used as a lubricant, illuminant, etc. [Written also photogene.]

The prosencephalon.

A lateral cavity of the prosencephalon; a lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.

The entire cavity of the prosencephalon. B. G. Wilder.

The division of the brain in front of the prosencephalon, consisting of the two olfactory lobes from which the olfactory nerves arise.

The quality or state of being sulky; sullenness; moroseness; as, sulkiness of disposition.

Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness; as, to have the sullens. [Obs.] Shak.

8, of the methane series, which is a probable ingredient both of crude petroleum and of kerosene, and is produced artificially as a light colorless liquid.

The quality or state of being unamiable; moroseness.