Definitions for lindane

lindane lin·dane

Spelling: [lin-deyn]
IPA: /ˈlɪn deɪn/

Lindane is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 184 anagrams from letters in lindane (adeilnn).

Definitions for lindane

noun

  1. a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 6 H 6 Cl 6 , the gamma isomer of benzene hexachloride: used chiefly as an insecticide, delouser, and weed-killer.

Origin of lindane

1945-50; named after T. van der Linden, 20th-century Dutch chemist; see -ane

Examples for lindane

On July 30 we sprayed with lindane (25% wettable powder) with one pound to one hundred gallons of water.

That lindane is a refined BHC, which is that material that stinks.

Only three terminals with any live nymphs out of a hundred were left in the lindane.

I took the part of Murray, and asked Rosalie to be the lindane.

On the day fixed for the rehearsal they came without the lindane and Murray.

Word Value for lindane
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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