Fluoranthene

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fluoranthene \Flu`or*an"thene\, n. [Fluorene + anthracene.]
     (Chem.)
     A white crystalline hydrocarbon {C15H10}, of a complex
     structure, found as one ingredient of the higher boiling
     portion of coal tar.
     [1913 Webster]