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Definition of alcohol
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of alcohol is as below...
Alcohol
(n.) The fluid
essence
or pure
spirit
obtained
by
distillation.
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Saccharomyces
::
Saccharomyces
(n.) A genus of
budding
fungi,
the
various
species
of which have the
power,
to a
greater
or less
extent,
or
splitting
up sugar into
alcohol
and
carbonic
acid. They are the
active
agents
in
producing
fermentation
of wine, beer, etc.
Saccharomyces
cerevisiae
is the yeast of
sedimentary
beer. Also
called
Torula..
Amyl
::
Amyl (n.) A
hydrocarbon
radical,
C5H11,
of the
paraffine
series
found in amyl
alcohol
or fusel oil, etc..
Methylic
::
Methylic
(a.)
Pertaining
to,
derived
from, or
containing,
methyl;
specifically,
designating
methyl
alcohol.
See under
Methyl..
Alcohol
::
Alcohol
(n.) Pure
spirit
of wine; pure or
highly
rectified
spirit
(called
also ethyl
alcohol);
the
spirituous
or
intoxicating
element
of
fermented
or
distilled
liquors,
or more
loosely
a
liquid
containing
it in
considerable
quantity.
It is
extracted
by
simple
distillation
from
various
vegetable
juices
and
infusions
of a
saccharine
nature,
which have
undergone
vinous
fermentation..
Ethylic
::
Ethylic
()
Pertaining
to,
derived
from, or
containing,
ethyl;
as,
ethylic
alcohol..
Intoxicant
::
Intoxicant
(n.) That which
intoxicates;
an
intoxicating
agent;
as,
alcohol,
opium,
and
laughing
gas are
intoxicants..
Ether
::
Ether (n.) A
light,
volatile,
mobile,
inflammable
liquid,
(C2H5)2O,
of a
characteristic
aromatic
odor,
obtained
by the
distillation
of
alcohol
with
sulphuric
acid, and hence
called
also
sulphuric
ether.
It is
powerful
solvent
of fats,
resins,
and
pyroxylin,
but finds its chief use as an
anaesthetic.
Called
also ethyl
oxide..
Alcoholometer
::
Alcoholometer
(n.) Alt. of
Alcoholmete.
Metameric
::
Metameric
(a.)
Having
the same
elements
united
in the same
proportion
by
weight,
and with the same
molecular
weight,
but
possessing
a
different
structure
and
different
properties;
as,
methyl
ether and ethyl
alcohol
are
metameric
compounds.
See
Isomeric..
Bathybius
::
Bathybius
(n.) A name given by Prof.
Huxley
to a
gelatinous
substance
found in mud
dredged
from the
Atlantic
and
preserved
in
alcohol.
He
supposed
that it was free
living
protoplasm,
covering
a large part of the ocean bed. It is now known that the
substance
is of
chemical,
not of
organic,
origin..
Lethal
::
Lethal
(n.) One of the
higher
alcohols
of the
paraffine
series
obtained
from
spermaceti
as a white
crystalline
solid.
It is so
called
because
it
occurs
in the
ethereal
salt of
lauric
acid.
Bromal
::
Bromal
(n.) An oily,
colorless
fluid,
CBr3.COH,
related
to
bromoform,
as
chloral
is to
chloroform,
and
obtained
by the
action
of
bromine
on
alcohol..
Bead Proof
::
Bead proof () Among
distillers,
a
certain
degree
of
strength
in
alcoholic
liquor,
as
formerly
ascertained
by the
floating
or
sinking
of glass
globules
of
different
specific
gravities
thrown
into it; now
ascertained
by more
accurate
meters..
Pentylic
::
Pentylic
(a.)
Pertaining
to,
derived
from, or
containing,
pentyl;
as,
pentylic
alcohol.
Still
::
Still (v.) A
vessel,
boiler,
or
copper
used in the
distillation
of
liquids;
specifically,
one used for the
distillation
of
alcoholic
liquors;
a
retort.
The name is
sometimes
applied
to the whole
apparatus
used in in
vaporization
and
condensation..
Distillation
::
Distillation
(n.) The
separation
of the
volatile
parts of a
substance
from the more
fixed;
specifically,
the
operation
of
driving
off gas or vapor from
volatile
liquids
or
solids,
by heat in a
retort
or
still,
and the
condensation
of the
products
as far as
possible
by a cool
receiver,
alembic,
or
condenser;
rectification;
vaporization;
condensation;
as, the
distillation
of
illuminating
gas and coal, of
alcohol
from sour mash, or of boric acid in
steam..
Alcoometry
::
Alcoometry
(n.) See
Alcoholometry.
Isodulcite
::
Isodulcite
(n.) A
white,
crystalline,
sugarlike
substance,
obtained
by the
decomposition
of
certain
glucosides,
and
intermediate
in
nature
between
the
hexacid
alcohols
(ductile,
mannite,
etc.) and the
glucoses..
Ethylene
::
Ethylene
(n.) A
colorless,
gaseous
hydrocarbon,
C2H4,
forming
an
important
ingredient
of
illuminating
gas, and also
obtained
by the
action
of
concentrated
sulphuric
acid in
alcohol.
It is an
unsaturated
compound
and
combines
directly
with
chlorine
and
bromine
to form oily
liquids
(Dutch
liquid),
-- hence
called
olefiant
gas.
Called
also
ethene,
elayl,
and
formerly,
bicarbureted
hydrogen..
Palmitic
::
Palmitic
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or
obtained
from,
palmitin
or palm oil; as,
palmitic
acid, a white
crystalline
body
belonging
to the fatty acid
series.
It is
readily
soluble
in hot
alcohol,
and melts to a
liquid
oil at 62ยก C..
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