Acetylene is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for ACETYLENE in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a colourless toxic inflammable gas formed by the action of water on calcium carbide, aka ethyne
• a colourless pungent-smelling hydrocarbon gas, which burns with a bright flame, used in welding and formerly in lighting.
• colourless flammable gas used in welding metals
• A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant.
• a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a colorless gaseous hydrocarbon HC≡CH used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a fuel (as in welding and soldering)

Words related to ACETYLENE

acetylenes15 acetylenic17 ethyne12

Words that contain ACETYLENE

acetylenes15 oxyacetylene27 oxyacetylenes28 cyanoacetylene24 cyanoacetylenes25

How to use ACETYLENE in a sentence

• White, peering faces showing up in the brilliant paths of the acetylene lamps.
• They got water, though finding it meant further delay, and after all, the acetylene lamps obstinately refused to shine.
• In great contrast to this is the modern lighthouse, with its acetylene gas lights and its automatic flash apparatus.
• Still they gave a starting-point for the flame of the high-pressure acetylene torch.
• The force of the blast as the compressed oxygen and acetylene were expelled carried a fine spray and the disintegrated metal visibly before it.
• With a quick motion Kennedy turned off the acetylene and oxygen.
• They took three big acetylene headlights from motor cars, and connected them up.
• We have no light laid on except in a large room in the garden, where acetylene gas has been installed.
• The acetylene has suddenly failed, and I find myself at this moment writing by daylight for the first time.
• The acetylene lamp for camp illumination is an advance over the kerosene lantern.
• A glare of acetylene lamps met them abruptly as they emerged, dazzling them for the moment.
• Acetylene is seldom used in large cities, but it is very widely used in small communities and is particularly convenient in more or less remote summer residences.
• Acetylene lamps, hung round it on posts, cast a piercing white light.
• It was an acetylene light of splendid power and many a little craft Harry Stanton had picked up with it in his nocturnal cruising.
• The windows were entirely darkened, but in the building was the bright light and the persistent smell of acetylene gas.
• I had my acetylene lamp with me to furnish light for reading any questions that might be sent up.
• A rude lantern with a candle burned down almost to the socket was in an upper chamber, usually illuminated by acetylene gas, as was all the building.
• And now they thundered past, the glaring lights from the acetylene lamps in front of the fire-engines lighting up the whole pavement.
• For one moment the strong acetylene light from one of the lamps fell full upon his face.

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