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121a|cet|y|lene — «uh SEHT uh leen, lihn», noun. a colorless gas that burns with a bright light, and very hot flame. It is used for preparing other compounds to make synthetic fibers and plastics. It is also used in lighting and, combined with oxygen, for welding… …
122al|ky|lene — «AL kuh leen», noun. any divalent hydrocarbon radical with the two free valences attached to different carbon atoms, as in the ethylene series …
123an|nu|lene — «AN yuh leen», noun. Chemistry. an aromatic cyclic compound with a large ring structure. ╂[< annul(ar) + ene] …
124bu|ty|lene — «BYOO tuh leen», noun. a gaseous hydrocarbon of the ethylene series, often used in making synthetic rubber. Butylene is found in three isomeric forms (butenes). Formula: C4H8 ╂[< butyl + ene] …
125Coeur-d'A|lêne — «KUR duh LAYN», noun. a Salishan dialect spoken by certain Indian tribes in the northwestern United States. ╂[< French coeur d alêne (literally) awl heart (from a chief s characterization of a trader)] …
126cot|to|lene — «KOT uh leen», noun. a preparation of cottonseed oil, used as a shortening in cookery. ╂[< cott(on) + ol2 + ene] …
127cy|a|no|a|cet|y|lene — «SY uh noh uh SEHT uh leen, lihn», noun. a large organic molecule discovered in cosmic gas clouds: »Cyanoacetylene (HC3N), the most complex organic molecule found in space so far, has now come to light in the radio source at the galactic centre… …
128gas|o|lene — gas|o|line or gas|o|lene «GAS uh leen, GAS uh LEEN», noun. a colorless, liquid mixture of hydrocarbons which evaporates and burns very easily. It is made by distilling crude petroleum or from gas formed in the earth. Gasoline is used chiefly as a …
