aliphatic

About 0.82 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain.
2. noun A compound of this type.
3. noun A petroleum fraction containing no aromatic compounds

Similar words

open-chain acyclic halogenated straight-chain long-chain alicyclic very-long-chain cycloaliphatic short-chain homologous

Often followed by

hydrocarbons and compounds alcohols amines acids hydrocarbon or chain aldehydes