They are varied: radar, penicillin, jet engines, fibres such as Terylene, the discovery of the atomic nucleus, leading to the inauguration of the first operating atomic power station -- Calder Hall.    From Wordnik.com.  [Britain To-day—and Tomorrow] Reference

It disappeared silently over the side and the Terylene as silently slid down after it.    From Wordnik.com.  [When Eight Bells Toll]

I could talk to you about other things like Terylene -- I think you call it Dacron over here.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Commonwealth and Britain's Economic Recovery] Reference

Rather like Radio Location which became Radar, Terylene becomes Dacron; but it is British all the same.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Commonwealth and Britain's Economic Recovery] Reference

Death's carriage delivered us, in the end, to the public crematorium of the 1970's, with its Terylene curtains, cheesy music, elaborate floral tributes, and shuffling, embarrassed mourners.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of Common Prayer, part 4: In the midst of life] Reference

An oblong name tab sat on each neat Terylene lapel, a confident smile hid the anxiety behind every face; they stretched from the substantial group outside into the deep cool gloom of the bar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blood Sports]

"The complete nosy bastard's outfit," commented Frost, picturing the Masons, side by side each night, spying on the neighbours through the Terylene curtains, chomping away at their snacks and nudging each other when something tasty clicked into focus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hard Frost]

A land which has long been the home of one of the most traditional of all textile industries -- the manufacture of linen -- has over a period of a few years become one of the leading centres in Europe for the new synthetic fibres -- for Rayon and Nylon, Acrilan and Terylene, Polypropylene and Spandex.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Northern Ireland Point of View] Reference

Such honesty: as rare as drip-dry Terylene in today's fashion world.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life and style | guardian.co.uk] Reference

The Ceremony line is treated with exclusively designed and woven fine cloth with shiny Terylene rayon's and wool silks in structures and weaves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Free Apparel News – Apparel RSS XML Feeds – Fibre2fashion.com] Reference

Dress shirts were likely to be "Terylene" shirts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Barbados Underground] Reference

In the 1930s, ICI scientists helped pioneer synthetic fibers, later bringing to market Terylene, the world’s first successful polyester.    From Wordnik.com.  [CORPORATE CULTURE AND PERFORMANCE] Reference

The Vegan Society says no to silk, but instead they propose fossile fuel based materials (Terylene, Dacron.    From Wordnik.com.  [TreeHugger] Reference

Terylene and Polythene were British inventions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Britain's Scientific and Industrial Achievements] Reference

More technical words are also discussed -- Oxford Group/Oxford movement, umlaut/ablaut, poplin/Crimplene/Terylene and obscure pairs such as sinecure/cynosure.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 1] Reference