Definitions for lindanes

lindanes lin·dane

Spelling: [lin-deyn]
IPA: /ˈlɪn deɪn/

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

You can make 376 anagrams from letters in lindanes (adeilnns).

Definitions for lindanes

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 lindanes

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

Examples for lindanes

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

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.

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.

Word Value for lindanes
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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