'alcohol' definitions:
Definition of 'alcohol'
(from WordNet)
noun
A liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" [syn: alcohol, alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant]
noun
Any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation
Definition of 'alcohol'
From: GCIDE
- ethanol \eth"an*ol\ ([e^]th"[a^]n*[add]l), n. (Chem.) The organic compound C2H5.OH, the common alcohol which is the intoxicating agent in beer, wine, and other fermented and distilled liquors; called also ethyl alcohol. It is used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions, or mixed in gasoline as a fuel for automobiles, and as a rocket fuel (as in the V-2 rocket).
- Syn: ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol. [WordNet 1.5]
Words containing 'alcohol'
- alcoholic,
- alcoholism,
- alcoholize,
- Alcoholic fermentation,
- Cetylic alcohol,
- Methyl alcohol,
- Phenol alcohol,
- Phenylic alcohol,
- Primary alcohol,
- Secondary alcohol,
- Sulphur alcohol,
- absolute alcohol,
- alcohol abuse,
- alcohol addiction,
- alcohol group,
- alcohol radical,
- alcohol thermometer,
- alcoholic abuse,
- alcoholic beverage,
- alcoholic dementia,
- alcoholic drink,
- alcoholics anonymous,
- alcoholism abuse,
- allyl alcohol,
- amyl alcohol,
- bornyl alcohol,
- butyl alcohol,
- cerotic alcohol,
- ceryl alcohol,
- cetyl alcohol,
- cinnamic alcohol,
- denatured alcohol,
- dihydric alcohol,
- ethyl alcohol,
- fermentation alcohol,
- glycidic alcohol,
- grain alcohol,
- isopropyl alcohol,
- lauryl alcohol,
- myricyl alcohol,
- phenyl alcohol,
- propenyl alcohol,
- propyl alcohol,
- rubbing alcohol,
- steroid alcohol,
- styryl alcohol,
- sulphur alcohols,
- tribromoethyl alcohol,
- vitamin A alcohol,
- wood alcohol,
- alcohol amnestic disorder,
- alcohol-dependent,
- alcohol-soluble,
- aldehyde-alcohol,
- fetal alcohol syndrome,
- alcohol-in-glass thermometer,
- bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms,
- hydroxy-benzyl alcohol