Any fuel derived from hydrocarbon deposits such as coal, petroleum, natural gas and, to some extent, peat; these fuels are non-renewable, and their burning moves carbon from underground into the atmosphere via the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
Any member of the alkane hydrocarbons.
A petroleum-based thin and colourless fuel oil.
paraffin wax.
To impregnate or treat with paraffin.
To embed in paraffin wax.