*phene*

n. 1. a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic.
Syn. -- acetophenetidin, phenacetin [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Chem.) One of a series of substances C10H16, resembling camphor, regarded as modified terpenes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called also diterebene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. coryphena, fr. Gr. koryfh` head, summit, peak: cf. F. coryphène. ] (Zool.) A fish of the genus Coryphæna. See Dolphin. (2) [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) Benzene. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phenyl + ethyl + L. oleum oil. ] (Chem.) The ethyl ether of phenol, obtained as an aromatic liquid, C6H5.O.C2H5. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. fw^s light + fai`nein to show. ] (Physiol.) A luminous impression produced through excitation of the retina by some cause other than the impingement upon it of rays of light, as by pressure upon the eyeball when the lids are closed. Cf. After-image. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. sphène, fr. Gr. sfh`n a wedge. ] (Min.) A mineral found usually in thin, wedge-shaped crystals of a yellow or green to black color. It is a silicate of titanium and calcium; titanite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Sphenoid + ethmoid. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sphenethmoid bone (Anat.), a bone of the skull which surrounds the anterior end of the brain in many amphibia; the girdle bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) The sphenethmoid bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Relating to the sphenoethmoid bone; sphenoethmoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Thio- + phenyl + -ene. ] (Chem.) A sulphur hydrocarbon, C4H4S, analogous to furfuran and benzene, and acting as the base of a large number of substances which closely resemble the corresponding aromatic derivatives. [ 1913 Webster ]