A seven letter word, which allows you to use your "C" if you're a scrabble player.
In the Official Scrabble dictionary it is defined as "a flammable liquid."
In art, it is "one of the strongest solvents and among the most versatile because it mixes with water, oil, turpentine and petroleum derivatives. Used to clean oil paintings.
Bibliography
The Painter's Dictionary of Materials and Methods, by Frederic Taubes, 1971
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