mineral+pitch

  • 71Mummy —     Reputedly, mumia was originally a substance that flowed down from the mountain tops and, mixing with the water that carried it down, coagulated like mineral pitch. The Mummy Mountain in Persia was famous for the black, bituminous material… …

    Ancient Egypt

  • 72ASPHALT —    a mineral pitch of a black or brownish black colour, consisting chiefly of carbon; also a limestone impregnated with bitumen, and more or less in every quarter of the globe …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 73Bathgate —    BATHGATE, a burgh of barony, and a parish, in the county of Linlithgow, 7 miles (S. by W.) from Linlithgow, and 18 (W. by S.) from Edinburgh; containing, with the village of Armadale, 3928 inhabitants, of whom 2809 are in the town. This place …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 74asphalt — early 14c., hard, resinous mineral pitch found originally in Biblical lands, from L.L. asphaltum, from Gk. asphaltos asphalt, bitumen, probably from a non Greek source, possibly Semitic [Klein, citing Lewy, 1895]. Another theory holds it to be… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 75bitumen — /ˈbɪtʃəmən / (say bichuhmuhn) noun 1. any of various natural substances, as asphalt, maltha, etc., consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, and used in surfacing roads, roofing, etc. 2. a brown tar or asphalt like substance used in painting. –phrase 3 …

  • 76bitumen —   n. mineral pitch; several partly oxygenated hydrocarbons; asphalt; pigment obtained from asphalt.    ♦ bituminate,    ♦ bituminize, v.t. cement with or convert into bitumen.    ♦ bituminoid, a. like bitumen.    ♦ bituminous, a. like or… …

    Dictionary of difficult words

  • 77природный асфальт — — [http://slovarionline.ru/anglo russkiy slovar neftegazovoy promyishlennosti/] Тематики нефтегазовая промышленность EN mineral pitch …

    Справочник технического переводчика

  • 78Betula — noun a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches) • Syn: ↑genus Betula • Hypernyms: ↑hamamelid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Betulaceae, ↑family Betulaceae, ↑birch family …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 79as|phalt — «AS flt, falt», noun, adjective, verb. –n. 1. a dark colored substance, much like tar, that is used for waterproofing roofs, building foundations, and other surfaces; mineral pitch. It is found in natural beds in various parts of the world and… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 80arts, East Asian — Introduction       music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature.       Some studies of East Asia… …

    Universalium