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 fuel for… … Useful english dictionary
lene — ab·i·lene; ace·naph·thy·lene; acet·y·lene; al·lene; an·thry·lene; azu·lene; cad·a·lene; car·y·o·phyl·lene; cu·mu·lene; eu·da·lene; hel·lene; hu·mu·lene; lon·gi·fo·lene; me·sit·y·lene; naph·tha·lene; naph·tha·lene·acetic; naph·tha·lene·disulfonic; … English syllables
gas — am·phi·gas·tri·um; am·phi·gas·tru·la; ar·chi·gas·ter; ar·gas; ar·gas·i·dae; as·pi·do·gas·trea; av·gas; chae·to·gas·ter; cha·las·to·gas·tra; clis·to·gas·tra; de·gas; di·strin·gas; dod·gas·ted; en·gas·tri·myth·ic; en·ter·o·gas·trone; ep·i·gas·ter;… … English syllables
Hau, Lene Vestergaard — ▪ 2002 In 2001 Danish scientist Lene Vestergaard Hau became one of the all time most prominent women physicists when the journal Nature published a paper in which Hau and a team of physicists at the Rowland Institute for Science in… … Universalium
a|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… … Useful english dictionary
cy|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… … Useful english dictionary
pol|y|pro|py|lene — «POL ee PROH puh leen», noun. a light weight thermoplastic resin, similar in appearance to polyethylene but harder and having a higher melting point, used for films, insulating material, piping, baby bottles, and other molded plastics. It is a… … Useful english dictionary
xy|lene — «ZY leen», noun. any one of three isomeric, colorless, liquid hydrocarbons of the benzene series, obtained from petroleum, coal tar, or coal gas; xylol. Commercial xylene is a mixture of all three, and is used in making dyes, aviation gasoline,… … Useful english dictionary
acet·y·lene — /əˈsɛtl̩ən/ noun [noncount] : a gas that burns with a very hot flame which is used to melt and connect pieces of metal … Useful english dictionary
gasolene — gas·o·lene … English syllables