Definitions for fluorenes

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fluorenes fluor·ene

Spelling: [floo r-een, -in, flawr-, flohr-]

IPA: /ˈflʊər in, -ɪn, ˈflɔr-, ˈfloʊr-/

Fluorenes is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 386 anagrams from letters in fluorenes (eeflnorsu).

Definitions for fluorenes

noun

1. a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 13 H 10 , used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and dyes.

Origin of fluorenes

From French, dating back to 1880-85; See origin at fluor-, -ene

Examples for fluorenes

It also acts as a chromogenic centre when double bonds or ethylenic linkages are present, as in fluorene ketone or fluorenone.