Words that rhyme with ilene

n 1: a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets [syn: whalebone, baleen]

adj 1: resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell Sitwell [syn: hyaline, hyaloid] n 1: a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions [syn: hyaline, hyalin]

n 1: the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons [syn: mescaline, peyote]

n 1: the bivalent radical CH2 derived from methane [syn: methylene group, methylene radical, methylene]

n 1: a white crystalline strong-smelling hydrocarbon made from coal tar or petroleum and used in organic synthesis and as a fumigant in mothballs

n 1: a mixture of oxygen and acetylene; used to create high temperatures for cutting or welding metals

n 1: a lightweight thermoplastic; used especially in packaging and insulation [syn: polyethylene, polythene]

n 1: a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis [syn: propylene, propene]

adj 1: of a triangle having three sides of different lengths 2: of or relating to any of the scalene muscles

n 1: a mineral that is a complex borosilicate and hydroxide of aluminum containing iron and magnesium and calcium and lithium and sodium; it is usually black but occurs in transparent colored forms that are used as gemstones

n 1: gymnastic apparatus consisting of a strong canvas sheet attached with springs to a metal frame; used for tumbling

adj 1: soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves" [syn: dirty, soiled, unclean] [ant: clean] 2: having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3 [syn: unclean, impure] [ant: clean]

n 1: a city in central Texas 2: a town in central Kansas to the west of Topeka; home of Dwight D. Eisenhower

n 1: an Irish girl

n 1: a town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River

adj 1: relating to Paul the Apostle or his doctrines

n 1: a colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a solvent [syn: xylene, xylol]

n 1: (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord [syn: serf, helot, villein]