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Alcohol
noun · 78% connection
A class of compounds analogous to vinic alcohol in constitution. Chemically speaking, they are hydroxides of certain organic radicals;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, containing, ethyl, alcohol.
Alcoholic
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mix…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, containing, ethyl, alcohol.
Alcoholize
verb · 78% connection
To convert into alcohol; to rectify; also, to saturate with alcohol.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, containing, ethyl, alcohol.
Banana oil
noun · 78% connection
a liquid ester derived from amyl alcohol; has the odor of bananas
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, containing, ethyl, alcohol.
Carbinol
noun · 78% connection
Methyl alcohol, CH3OH; -- also, by extension, any one in the homologous series of paraffine alcohols of which methyl alcohol is the ty…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, containing, ethyl, alcohol.
Cerin
noun · 78% connection
A waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from cork; sometimes applied also to the portion of beeswax which is soluble in alcohol.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, containing, ethyl, alcohol.
Cerotic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax or Chinese wax; as, cerotic acid or alcohol.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, containing, ethyl, alcohol.
Cerotin
noun · 78% connection
A white crystalline substance, C27H55.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the marsh gas series; -- called als…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, containing, ethyl, alcohol.
Cetyl
noun · 78% connection
A radical, C16H33, not yet isolated, but supposed to exist in a series of compounds homologous with the ethyl compounds, and derived f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, containing, ethyl, alcohol.
Chloral
noun · 78% connection
A colorless oily liquid, CCl3.CHO, of a pungent odor and harsh taste, obtained by the action of chlorine upon ordinary or ethyl alcoho…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, containing, ethyl, alcohol.
Ethal
noun · 78% connection
A white waxy solid, C16H33.OH; -- called also cetylic alcohol. See Cetylic alcohol, under Cetylic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, containing, ethyl, alcohol.
Ether
noun · 78% connection
A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol wi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, containing, ethyl, alcohol.
Etherification
noun · 78% connection
The act or process of making ether; specifically, the process by which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into ether by the ag…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, containing, ethyl, alcohol.
Ethylate
noun · 78% connection
A compound derived from ethyl alcohol by the replacement of the hydroxyl hydrogen, after the manner of a hydrate; an ethyl alcoholate;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, containing, ethyl, alcohol.
Ethylsulphuric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or containing, ethyl and sulphuric acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, containing, ethyl, alcohol.
Formaldehyde
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, volatile liquid, H2CO, resembling acetic or ethyl aldehyde, and chemically intermediate between methyl alcohol and formic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, containing, ethyl, alcohol.
Formic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, ants; as, formic acid; in an extended sense, pertaining to, or derived from, formic acid; as, formic e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, containing, ethyl, alcohol.
Fusel oil
unknown · 78% connection
A hot, acrid, oily liquid, accompanying many alcoholic liquors (as potato whisky, corn whisky, etc.), as an undesirable ingredient, an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, derived, containing, ethyl, alcohol.