fossil fuel

  • 51fossil — [17] Etymologically, a fossil is something ‘dug’ out of the ground. It comes via French fossile from Latin fossilis ‘dug up’, a derivative of the verb fodere ‘dig’. The English adjective originally meant virtually the same as Latin fossilis… …

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  • 52fuel — Synonyms and related words: ammunition, bunker, cater, charge, coal, combustible, detonate, encourage, encouragement, exacerbate, excite, exhaust, explode, feed, fill up, food, forage, fossil fuel, fuel up, fulminate, gas, gas up, incite,… …

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  • 53fossil-fired — fossˈil fired adjective (of a power station, etc) burning fossil fuel • • • Main Entry: ↑fossil …

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  • 54fossil-fueled — adjective see fossil fuel …

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  • 55fossil oil — noun a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons • Syn: ↑petroleum, ↑crude oil, ↑crude, ↑rock oil, ↑oil • Hypernyms: ↑oil, ↑fossil fuel • Hypon …

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  • 56fossil-fueled — adjective see fossil fuel …

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  • 57Fossil Bluff — is a British Antarctic Survey forward operating station. The bluff is a collection of buildings and facilities, at the centre of which lies the hut.Fossil Bluff hut lies at the foot of a scree covered ridge overlooking George VI Sound which… …

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  • 58Fossil — (програмное обеспечение) Тип распределённая система управления версиями Разработ …

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  • 59Fuel tax — Taxation An aspect of fiscal policy …

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  • 60fuel — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clean, smokeless (BrE), unleaded ▪ fossil, nuclear ▪ diesel, hydrogen ▪ …

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