aniline
Plural: anilines
Noun
- An oily liquid used to make dyes, plastics, and drugs.
- oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines
- The simplest aromatic amine, C₆H₅NH₂, synthesized by the reduction of nitrobenzene; it is a colourless oily basic poisonous liquid used in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceuticals.
Examples
- He synthesized a brilliant play using ANILINE and an open ’E’.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from German Anilin, coined by German chemist Carl Julius Fritzsche. From Portuguese anil (“indigo”) + -in (“-ine (organic compounds)”).
Synonyms
aminobenzine, aniline oil, phenylamine, aminobenzene
Scrabble Score: 7
aniline: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordaniline: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
aniline: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
aniline: valid Words With Friends Word