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841 words match “LENE”

PASSABLENESS n.
The quality of being passable.
PASSIBLENESS n.
Passibility. Brerewood.
PENSILENESS n.
State or quality of being pensile; pendulousness.
PENTAMETHYLENE n.
A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C5H10, metameric with the amylenes, and the nucleus of a large number of derivatives; -- so named because regarded as composed of five methylene residues. Cf. Trimethylene, and Tetramethylene.
PERISHABLENESS n.
The quality or state of being perishable; liability to decay or destruction. Locke.
PHENYLENE n.
A hypothetic radical (C6H4) occurring in certain derivatives of benzene; as, phenylene diamine.
PHILHELLENE n.
A friend of Greece, or of the Greeks; a philhellenist. Emerson.
PIPERYLENE n.
A hydrocarbon obtained by decomposition of certain piperidine derivatives.
PLACABLENESS n.
The quality of being placable.
PLAUSIBLENESS n.
Quality of being plausible.
PLENE n.
Full; complete; plenary. [Obs.]
POLLENED a.
Covered with pollen. Tennyson.
PORTABLENESS n.
The quality or state of being portable; portability.
POTABLENESS n.
The quality of being drinkable.
PREFERABLENESS n.
The quality or state of being preferable.
PROPYLENE n.
A colorless gaseous hydrocarbon (C3H6) of the ethylene series, having a garlic odor. It occurs in coal gas, and is produced artificially in various ways. Called also propene.
PUERILENESS n.
The quality of being puerile; puerility.
QUESTIONABLENESS n.
The quality or state of being questionable, doubtful, or suspicious.
RACLENESS n.
See Rakelness. [Obs.] Chaucer.
REASONABLENESS n.
Quality of being reasonable.
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