gas
gas is a valid 3-letter word worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
What does gas mean?
A fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes.
A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines.
A state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal.
The state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container.
A pedal that controls the throttle valve.
“he stepped on the gas”
A fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely.
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Attack with gas; subject to gas fumes.
“The despot gassed the rebellious tribes”