Definitions for xylenes

xylenes xy·lene

Spelling: [zahy-leen]
IPA: /ˈzaɪ lin/

Xylenes is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 89 anagrams from letters in xylenes (eelnsxy).

Definitions for xylenes

noun

  1. any of three oily, colorless, water-insoluble, flammable, toxic, isomeric liquids, C 8 H 10 , of the benzene series, obtained mostly from coal tar: used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes.

Origin of xylenes

1850-55; Greek xýl(on) wood + -ene

Examples for xylenes

The same piece of skin when soaked in xylene will show a marked contrast, which it loses on drying.

If the substance dries too fast to permit proper photographing, the skin should be photographed while immersed in the xylene.

After removal from the xylene the fingers should be placed on a blotter until the surface of the fingers appears dry.

So is xylene, a chemical which will readily clean grease and fatty matter from the fingers.

The fingers are then placed in xylene for about an hour or until the xylene has overcome the reaction of the acetone.

The fumes given off by acetone, benzine, xylene, and formaldehyde are toxic and may cause sickness.

Apart from the softening point the pitch is all the more valued the more constituents it contains which are soluble in xylene.

The fingers should be wiped very lightly with either soap and water or xylene, always following the ridge contours.

Word Value for xylenes
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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