Dysodile vs. Bitumen

Dysodilenoun

(mineral) An impure earthy or coaly bitumen, which emits a highly foetid odour when burning.

Dysodilenoun

An impure earthy or coaly bitumen, which emits a highly fetid odor when burning.

Bitumennoun

Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.

Bitumennoun

(by extension) Any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petrolea, and even the light, volatile naphthas.

Bitumennoun

(Canada) Canadian deposits of extremely heavy crude oil.

Bitumennoun

Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew's pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc. See Asphalt.

Bitumennoun

By extension, any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petroleums, and even the light, volatile naphthas.

Bitumennoun

any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons