| aeroplane | (noun) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets | Synonyms: airplane, plane |
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| airplane | (noun) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets | Synonyms: aeroplane, plane |
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| alkane | (noun) a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2) | Synonyms: alkane series, methane series, paraffin, paraffin series |
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| aminoalkane | (noun) a compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals | Synonyms: amine |
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| aminomethane | (noun) a methyl with the hydrogen atom replaced by an amino radical | - |
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| ane | (adjective) used of a single unit or thing; not two or more | Synonyms: 1, i, one |
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| aquaplane | (noun) a board that is pulled by a speedboat as a person stands on it and skims over the top of the water | - |
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| (verb) ride on an aquaplane | - |
| (verb) rise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road | - |
| arcane | (adjective) requiring secret or mysterious knowledge | - |
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| avellane | (adjective) pertaining to filberts or hazelnuts | Synonyms: avellan |
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| balletomane | (noun) a ballet enthusiast | - |
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| bane | (noun) something causing misery or death | Synonyms: curse, nemesis, scourge |
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| biplane | (noun) old fashioned airplane; has two wings one above the other | - |
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| bugbane | (noun) a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects | - |
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| (noun) North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally | Synonyms: American hellebore, Indian poke, Veratrum viride, white hellebore |
| butane | (noun) occurs in natural gas; used in the manufacture of rubber and fuels | - |
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| cane | (noun) a stiff switch, used to hit (usually students) as punishment | - |
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| (noun) a stick that people can lean on to help them walk | - |
| (noun) a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane | - |
| (verb) beat with a cane | Synonyms: flog, lambast, lambaste |
| cellophane | (noun) a transparent paperlike product that is impervious to moisture and used to wrap candy or cigarettes etc. | - |
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| chicane | (noun) the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | Synonyms: chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile |
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| (noun) a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file | - |
| (noun) a bridge hand that is void of trumps | - |
| (verb) raise trivial objections | Synonyms: carp, cavil |
| (verb) defeat someone through trickery or deceit | Synonyms: cheat, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft |
| cismontane | (adjective) on this (the speaker's) side of the mountains | - |
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| counterpane | (noun) decorative cover for a bed | Synonyms: bed cover, bed covering, bedcover, bedspread, spread |
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| crane | (noun) large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world | - |
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| (noun) lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis | - |
| (verb) stretch (the neck) so as to see better | Synonyms: stretch out |
| cyclopropane | (noun) a colorless flammable gas sometimes used as an inhalation anesthetic | - |
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| cytomembrane | (noun) a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like sodium or potassium or calcium) in and out of the cell | Synonyms: cell membrane, plasma membrane |
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| deplane | (verb) get off an airplane | - |
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| dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane | (noun) an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972 | Synonyms: DDT |
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| dichloromethane | (noun) a nonflammable liquid used as a solvent and paint remover and refrigerant | Synonyms: methylene chloride |
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| dogbane | (noun) any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root | - |
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| elecampane | (noun) tall coarse Eurasian herb having daisylike yellow flowers with narrow petals whose rhizomatous roots are used medicinally | Synonyms: Inula helenium |
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| emplane | (verb) board a plane | Synonyms: enplane |
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| enflurane | (noun) a nonflammable liquid (trade name Ethrane) used as an inhalation general anesthetic | Synonyms: Ethrane |
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| enplane | (verb) board a plane | Synonyms: emplane |
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| ethane | (noun) a colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel | Synonyms: C2H6 |
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| ethoxyethane | (noun) a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic | Synonyms: diethyl ether, divinyl ether, ether, ethyl ether, vinyl ether |
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| fleabane | (noun) hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas | Synonyms: feabane mullet, Pulicaria dysenterica |
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| (noun) any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas | - |
| (noun) common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron | Synonyms: Canadian fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis, horseweed |
| floatplane | (noun) a seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water | Synonyms: pontoon plane |
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| frangipane | (noun) pastry with a creamy almond-flavored filling | - |
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| furane | (noun) a colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon | Synonyms: furan, furfuran |
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| germane | (adjective) relevant and appropriate | - |
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| gyroplane | (noun) an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller | Synonyms: autogiro, autogyro |
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| haloalkane | (noun) organic compound in which halogen atoms have been substituted for hydrogen atoms in an alkane | Synonyms: alkyl halide |
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| halothane | (noun) a nonflammable inhalation anesthetic that produces general anesthesia; used along with analgesics and muscle relaxants for many types of surgical procedures | - |
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| henbane | (noun) poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine | Synonyms: black henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, stinking nightshade |
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| heptane | (noun) a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid obtained from petroleum and used as an anesthetic or a solvent or in determining octane ratings | - |
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| hexane | (noun) a colorless flammable liquid alkane derived from petroleum and used as a solvent | - |
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| humane | (adjective) marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering | - |
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| (adjective) pertaining to or concerned with the humanities | Synonyms: humanist, humanistic |
| (adjective) showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement | - |
| hurricane | (noun) a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 63-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale) | - |
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| hydroplane | (noun) an airplane that can land on or take off from water | Synonyms: seaplane |
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| (noun) a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds | Synonyms: hydrofoil |
| (verb) glide on the water in a hydroplane | Synonyms: seaplane |
| inane | (adjective) extremely silly or stupid | Synonyms: asinine, fatuous |
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| inhumane | (adjective) lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion | - |
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| insane | (adjective) afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement | - |
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| (adjective) very foolish | Synonyms: harebrained, mad |
| isoflurane | (noun) a widely used inhalation anesthetic | - |
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| lane | (noun) a narrow way or road | - |
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| (noun) a well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic | - |
| leopardbane | (noun) any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum having alternate often clasping stem leaves cultivated for their long stalks of yellow flower heads | Synonyms: leopard's-bane |
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| lepidomelane | (noun) a mica that is a biotite containing iron | - |
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| lindane | (noun) a white crystalline powder used as an agricultural insecticide | - |
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| mane | (noun) long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck | - |
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| (noun) growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being | Synonyms: head of hair |
| marchpane | (noun) almond paste and egg whites | Synonyms: marzipan |
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| membrane | (noun) a thin pliable sheet of material | - |
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| (noun) a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants | Synonyms: tissue layer |
| methane | (noun) a colorless odorless gas used as a fuel | - |
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| midplane | (noun) the median plane of the body (or some part of the body) | Synonyms: midline |
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| monoplane | (noun) an airplane with a single wing | - |
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| montane | (adjective) of or inhabiting mountainous regions | - |
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| multilane | (adjective) (of roads and highways) having two or more lanes for traffic | - |
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| mundane | (adjective) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly | Synonyms: terrene |
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| (adjective) found in the ordinary course of events | Synonyms: everyday, quotidian, routine, unremarkable, workaday |
| (adjective) concerned with the world or worldly matters | Synonyms: terrestrial |
| nitrochloromethane | (noun) gaseous form of chloropicrin used as tear gas | - |
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| octane | (noun) any isomeric saturated hydrocarbon found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent | - |
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| pane | (noun) sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors | Synonyms: pane of glass, window glass |
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| (noun) a panel or section of panels in a wall or door | Synonyms: paneling, panelling |
| (noun) street name for lysergic acid diethylamide | Synonyms: acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, superman, window pane, Zen |
| pavane | (noun) a stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries | Synonyms: pavan |
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| (noun) music composed for dancing the pavane | Synonyms: pavan |
| peneplane | (noun) a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements | Synonyms: peneplain |
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| perchloromethane | (noun) a colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils; because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined | Synonyms: carbon tet, carbon tetrachloride, tetrachloromethane |
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| plane | (adjective) having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another | Synonyms: flat, level |
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| (noun) a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood | Synonyms: carpenter's plane, woodworking plane |
| (noun) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets | Synonyms: aeroplane, airplane |
| (noun) a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood | Synonyms: planer, planing machine |
| (noun) (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape | Synonyms: sheet |
| (noun) a level of existence or development | - |
| (verb) cut or remove with or as if with a plane | Synonyms: shave |
| (verb) make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane | - |
| (verb) travel on the surface of water | Synonyms: skim |
| polyurethane | (noun) any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics or paints or rubber | Synonyms: polyurethan |
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| profane | (adjective) not concerned with or devoted to religion | Synonyms: secular |
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| (adjective) characterized by profanity or cursing | Synonyms: blasphemous, blue |
| (adjective) grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred | Synonyms: blasphemous, sacrilegious |
| (adjective) not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled | Synonyms: unconsecrated, unsanctified |
| (verb) violate the sacred character of a place or language | Synonyms: desecrate, outrage, violate |
| (verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, subvert, vitiate |
| propane | (noun) colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum; used as a fuel | - |
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| psilomelane | (noun) a mineral consisting of hydrated basic oxide of manganese and barium; a source of manganese | - |
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| purslane | (noun) a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas | - |
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| ratsbane | (noun) a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer | Synonyms: arsenic, arsenic trioxide, arsenous anhydride, arsenous oxide, white arsenic |
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| sailplane | (noun) aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces | Synonyms: glider |
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| (verb) fly a plane without an engine | Synonyms: soar |
| sane | (adjective) mentally healthy; free from mental disorder | - |
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| (adjective) marked by sound judgment; having good reason | Synonyms: reasonable |
| seaplane | (noun) an airplane that can land on or take off from water | Synonyms: hydroplane |
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| (verb) glide on the water in a hydroplane | Synonyms: hydroplane |
| shaggymane | (noun) common edible mushroom having an elongated shaggy white cap and black spores | Synonyms: Coprinus comatus, shaggy cap, shaggymane mushroom |
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| siloxane | (noun) any of a large class of compounds that have alternate silicon and oxygen atoms | - |
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| soutane | (noun) a long cassock with buttons down the front; worn by Roman Catholic priests | - |
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| sowbane | (noun) herb considered fatal to swine | Synonyms: Chenopodium hybridum, red goosefoot |
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| sugarcane | (noun) tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar | Synonyms: Saccharum officinarum, sugar cane |
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| (noun) juicy canes whose sap is a source of molasses and commercial sugar; fresh canes are sometimes chewed for the juice | Synonyms: sugar cane |
| tailplane | (noun) the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged | Synonyms: horizontal stabiliser, horizontal stabilizer |
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| tetrachloromethane | (noun) a colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils; because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined | Synonyms: carbon tet, carbon tetrachloride, perchloromethane |
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| thane | (noun) a man ranking above an ordinary freeman and below a noble in Anglo-Saxon England (especially one who gave military service in exchange for land) | - |
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| (noun) a feudal lord or baron | - |
| tisane | (noun) infusion of e.g. dried or fresh flowers or leaves | - |
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| tramontane | (adjective) on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker) | Synonyms: transmontane |
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| (adjective) being or coming from another country | - |
| (noun) a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean | Synonyms: tramontana |
| transmontane | (adjective) on or coming from the other side of the mountains (from the speaker) | Synonyms: tramontane |
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| transmundane | (adjective) existing or extending beyond the physical world | - |
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| tribromomethane | (noun) colorless liquid haloform CHBr3 | Synonyms: bromoform |
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| trichloroethane | (noun) a heavy colorless highly toxic liquid used as a solvent to clean electronic components and for dry cleaning and as a fumigant; causes cancer and liver and lung damage | Synonyms: TCE, trichloroethylene |
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| trichloromethane | (noun) a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic | Synonyms: chloroform |
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| trifluoromethane | (noun) colorless gas haloform CHF3 (similar to chloroform) | Synonyms: fluoroform |
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| triiodomethane | (noun) a yellowish crystalline solid with a penetrating odor; sometimes used as an antiseptic dressing | Synonyms: iodoform |
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| tryptophane | (noun) an amino acid that occurs in proteins; is essential for growth and normal metabolism; a precursor of niacin | Synonyms: tryptophan |
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| ultramontane | (adjective) of or relating to ultramontanism | - |
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| (adjective) on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps | Synonyms: cisalpine |
| (adjective) on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps) | Synonyms: transalpine |
| (noun) a Roman Catholic who advocates ultramontanism (supreme papal authority in matters of faith and discipline) | - |
| urbane | (adjective) showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience | Synonyms: polished, refined |
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| urethane | (noun) an ester of carbamic acid | - |
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