aniline

aniline has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made.
• a.. Made from, or of the nature of, aniline.
• n.. oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines