Crossword clues for orlon
orlon
- Man-made fabric
- Early synthetic fiber
- Durable fiber
- Wool substitute introduced in 1950
- Synthetic sock fiber
- Lightweight synthetic fabric
- Lightweight synthetic material
- Early synthetic fabric
- DuPont originally called it "Fiber A"
- Crease-resistant fabric
- Acrylic from DuPont
- Acrylic fiber brand
- Trademarked fiber
- Synthetic wool
- Light synthetic fabric
- DuPont creation of the 1940s
- Drip-dry fabric
- Wrinkle-resistant material
- Wrinkle resister
- Wool substitute created by DuPont
- Wool alternative
- Synthetic sock textile
- Synthetic fiber invented by DuPont
- Synthetic acrylic fiber
- Sweater fiber
- Shrink-resistant synthetic fiber
- Pullover fabric
- New-fangled fabric
- New fiber of 1941
- Modern material
- Lightweight, crease-resistant fabric
- Knitwear synthetic
- It was originally called "Fiber A"
- Fabric originally called "Fiber A"
- Fabric from DuPont
- Erstwhile synthetic wool
- Durable synthetic originally called "Fiber A"
- DuPont's first acrylic fiber
- DuPont's Fiber A, now
- DuPont wool substitute
- DuPont synthetic
- DuPont fabric
- Dress goods
- Cloth with a capital O
- Brand of acrylic fiber
- Awning material
- Acrylic fiber from DuPont
- 1941 DuPont invention
- Acrylic fiber trademark
- Wrinkle-resistant fabric brand
- Synthetic fabric brand
- Fiber that travels well
- Fabric that travels well
- Synthetic fiber used in old sweaters
- Sweater material
- Sweater synthetic
- DuPont fiber
- Pullover material
- Dupont's "Fiber A"
- Fabric introduced by DuPont
- Sock material
- Knitwear material
- Knee sock material
- DuPont discontinued it in 1990
- 1950s sweater material
- Woollike acrylic fiber
- Leisure suit fabric
- First acrylic fiber
- DuPont trademark of 1941
- Cashmere alternative
- Fabric once described as "comfort in action"
- DuPont acrylic fiber
- DuPont creation of 1941
- (trademark) an acrylic fiber or the lightweight crease-resistant fabric made with Orlon yarns
- Man-made fiber
- Leisure suit material
- Sweater fabric
- Artificial fabric
- Fiber for suits
- Dress material
- Manmade fabric
- Dynel relative
- Modern fabric
- Acrylic fabric
- Synthetic acrylic fibre
- Fabric in 31, covering left leg
- Synthetic fibre
- Synthetic material
- Wrinkle-resistant synthetic fiber
- Sweater yarn
- DuPont's acrylic fiber
- Wrinkle-resistant fiber
- Manmade fiber
- Certain synthetic fiber
- Sock synthetic
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
proprietary name (Du Pont) of synthetic textile fiber, 1948, an invented word (compare nylon).
Usage examples of "orlon".
Tiny black orlon fibers had been found clinging to the bark of a tree--a Scotch pine--about five and a half feet up from the ground, also on the west side of the ravine.
Purplestar sweaters, antique pendants, beaded chokers, organic nuts, horoscopes, sciencefiction movies, fourdollar transparent soap, big English cars, Mexican villas, ecology, pink rolling paper, brownies, seaweed with my pork chops, soy noodles, dacron, rayon, orlon acrylic, Fortrel polyester, Lycra spandex, leather, vinyl, suede, velvet, velours, canvas.
On a bar stool a woman in a black tailormade, which couldnt at that time of year have been anything but some synthetic fabric like orlon, was sitting alone with a pale greenish-colored drink in front of her and smoking a cigarette in a long jade holder.
It was so quiet in Victor's that you almost heard the temperature drop as you came in at the door, On a bar stool a woman in a black tailormade, which couldn't at that time of year have been anything but some synthetic fabric like orlon, was sitting alone with a pale greenishcolored drink in front of her and smoking a cigarette in a long jade holder.
Urging on their panting ruminants, they galloped down the winding corduroy road that led to the dwellings of Orlon.
To the left of Orlon sat Goodgulf in a red fez, revealed as a 32nd Degree Mason and Honorary Shriner, and to his right sat Stomper, clad in the white Gene Autry suit of a Ranger.