inflammability

  • 101flam|ma|bil|i|ty — «FLAM uh BIHL uh tee», noun. flammable quality or condition; inflammability: »The material has a flammability similar to kerosine (Occupational Health Newsletter) …

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  • 102phlo|gis|ton — «floh JIHS tuhn; British, also floh GIHS tuhn», noun. a supposed element causing inflammability, once thought to exist in all things that burn. ╂[< New Latin phlogiston, adjective < Greek phlogistón, neuter of phlogistós inflammable,… …

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  • 103accendibility — (ækˌsɛndɪˈbɪlɪtɪ) [f. accendible: see ity.] Capacity of being kindled, set on fire, or inflamed; inflammability. Worcester cites Edin. Rev …

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