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5,857- Methane
- Methanometer
- METHEG-AMMAH
- Methegammah
- Metheglin
- Methene
- Methenyl
- Methide
- Methinks
- Methionate
- Methionic
- Method
- Methodic; Methodical
- Methodios
- Methodism
- Methodist
- Methodistic; Methodistical
- Methodization
- Methodize
- Methodizer
- Methodological
- Methodology
- Methol
- Methought
- Methoxyl
- METHUSAEL
- Methusaleh
- METHUSELAH
- Methyl
- Methylal
- Methylamine
- Methylate
- Methylated
- Methylene
- Methylic
- Methysticin
- Metic
- Meticulous
- Metier
- Metif; Metive
- Metis; Metisse
- Metoche
- Metol
- Metonic
- Metonymic; Metonymical
- Metonymy
- Metope
- Metopic
- Metopomancy
- Metoposcopic; Metoposcopical
- Metoposcopist
- Metoposcopy
- Metosteon
- Metre
- Metric
- Metric System
- Metric Ton
- Metrical
- Metrically
- Metrician
- Metrification
- Metrify
- Metrist
- Metritis
- Metrochrome
- Metrograph
- Metrological
- Metrology
- Metromania
- Metromaniac
- Metrometer
- Metronome
- Metronomy
- Metronymic
- Metropole
- Metropolis
- Metropolitan
- Metropolitanate
- Metropolite
- Metropolitical
- Metrorrhagia
- Metroscope
- Metrosideros
- Metrotome
- Metrotomy
- Mette
- Mettle
- Mettled
- Mettlesome
- Meum
- MEUNIM.
- Meute
- Meuzai
- MEUZAL,
- Meve
- Mew
- Mewl
- Mewler
- Mews
- Mexal; Mexical
- Mexican
- Mexicanize
- MEXUCHA.
- Meyne
- MEZAHAB
- Mezcal
- Mezereon
- Mezquita
- Mezuzoth
- Mezza Majolica
- Mezza Voce
- Mezzanine
- Mezzo
- Mezzo-Relievo
- Mezzo-Rilievo
- Mezzo-Soprano
- Mezzotint
- Mezzotinter
- Mezzotinto
- Mho
- Mhometer
- Mhorr
- Mi
- MIAMIN
- Miamis
- Miargyrite
- Mias
- Miascite
- Miasm
- Miasma
- Miasmal
- Miasmatic; Miasmatical
- Miasmatist
- Miasmology
- Miaul
- MIBHAR
- MIBSAM
- MIBZAR
- Mica
- Micaceo-Calcareous
- Micaceous
- MICAH
- Micah, Book of
- Micah, The Book Of
- MICAIAH,
- Mice
- Micella
- Mich; Miche
- MICHA,
- MICHAEL
- Michaelmas
- MICHAH.
- MICHAIAH.
- MICHAL
- Micher
- Michery
- Miching
- Michmach
- Michmas Or Michmash
- MICHMAS,
- Michmash
- MICHMETHAH
- MICHRI
- MICHTAM
- Mickle
- Micmacs
- Mico
- Micracoustic
- Micraster
- Micrencephalous
- Micro-; Micr-
- Micro-Chemical
- Micro-Chemistry
- Micro-Geological
- Micro-Geology
- Microampere
- Microanalysis
- Microbacteria
- Microbarograph
- Microbe; Microbion
- Microbian
- Microbic
- Microbicide
- Microbiology
- Microcephalic; Microcephalous
- Microchronometer
- Microcline
- Micrococcal
- Micrococcus
- Microcosm
- Microcosmic; Microcosmical
- Microcosmography
- Microcoulomb
- Microcoustic
- Microcrith
- Microcrystalline
- Microcyte
- Microdont
- Microfarad
- Microform
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Methane
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A light, colorless, gaseous, inflammable hydrocarbon, CH4; marsh gas. See Marsh gas, under Gas. Methane series (Chem.), a series of saturated hydrocarbons, of which methane is the first member and type, and (because of their general chemical inertness and indifference) called also the paraffin (little affinity) series. The lightest members are gases, as methane, 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.