| ANTHRACENES | • anthracenes n. Plural of anthracene. • ANTHRACENE n. a tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, found in coal tar and isolated as colourless crystals. |
| ANTIVENENES | • antivenenes n. Plural of antivenene. • anti-venenes n. Plural of anti-venene. • ANTIVENENE n. an antitoxin countering esp. snake venom, also ANTIVENIN, ANTIVENOM. |
| AZOBENZENES | • azobenzenes n. Plural of azobenzene. • AZOBENZENE n. a dye containing an azo compound. |
| BENZPYRENES | • benzpyrenes n. Plural of benzpyrene. • BENZPYRENE n. a cancer-inducing hydrocarbon, also BENZOAPYRENE. |
| CLOMIPHENES | • clomiphenes n. Plural of clomiphene. • CLOMIPHENE n. a synthetic drug used to stimulate ovulation. |
| CONTRAVENES | • contravenes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contravene. • CONTRAVENE v. to act counter to. |
| CYCLODIENES | • cyclodienes n. Plural of cyclodiene. • CYCLODIENE n. a kind of organic insecticide. |
| DAMASCEENES | • DAMASCEENE v. to decorate or engrave metal with wavy lines and patterns, also DAMASCENE, DAMASKEEN, DAMASKIN, DAMASQUIN. |
| DIETHYLENES | • diethylenes n. Plural of diethylene. • DIETHYLENE n. as in diethylene glycol, a colourless soluble liquid. |
| DIPHOSGENES | • DIPHOSGENE n. a liquid compound used as a poisonous gas. |
| ELAEOPTENES | • elaeoptenes n. Plural of elaeoptene. • ELAEOPTENE n. the liquid part of a volatile oil. |
| MESITYLENES | • mesitylenes n. Plural of mesitylene. • MESITYLENE n. a colourless liquid that occurs in crude petroleum; 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene. |
| PLASMAGENES | • plasmagenes n. Plural of plasmagene. • PLASMAGENE n. a self-reproducing structure like the mitochondria. |
| PLASTICENES | • plasticenes n. Plural of plasticene. • PLASTICENE n. (tradename) a kind of modelling material that remains soft and can be reworked, used esp. by children, also PLASTICINE. |
| POLYETHENES | • POLYETHENE n. the systematic name for polythene. |
| RALOXIFENES | • raloxifenes n. Plural of raloxifene. |
| SELTZOGENES | • seltzogenes n. Plural of seltzogene. • SELTZOGENE n. a gazogene, an apparatus for carbonating water. |
| SUBTERRENES | • subterrenes n. Plural of subterrene. • SUBTERRENE n. an underground chamber, room or dwelling, also SOUTERRAIN, SUBTERRAIN, SUBTERRANE. |
| VINYLIDENES | • vinylidenes n. Plural of vinylidene. • VINYLIDENE n. a bivalent radical, a compound of carbon and hydrogen. |
| ZYGOSPHENES | • zygosphenes n. Plural of zygosphene. • ZYGOSPHENE n. a median process on the front part of the neural arch of the vertebrae of most snakes and some lizards, which fits into a fossa, called the zygantrum, on the back part of the arch in front. |