alcohol : Idioms & Phrases

• noun pure ethyl alcohol (containing no more than 1% water)
  

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• noun excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic drinks
  alcoholism abuse; alcoholic abuse.
  

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• noun habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms
  inebriation; alcoholism; drunkenness.
  

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• noun dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact
  Korsakov's syndrome; Korsakov's psychosis; polyneuritic psychosis; alcoholic dementia; Korsakoff's syndrome; Korsakoff's psychosis.
  

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• noun the chemical group -OH
  alcohol group.
  

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• noun the chemical group -OH
  alcohol group.
  

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• noun thermometer consisting of a glass capillary tube marked with degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit and containing alcohol which rises or falls as it expands or contracts with changes in temperature
  alcohol thermometer.
  

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• adjective satellite addicted to alcohol
  alcoholic.
  
  • alcoholic expatriates in Paris"- Carl Van Doren

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• noun thermometer consisting of a glass capillary tube marked with degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit and containing alcohol which rises or falls as it expands or contracts with changes in temperature
  alcohol thermometer.
  

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• adjective satellite soluble in alcohol
  

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• noun an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO)
  aldol.
  

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• noun an unsaturated primary alcohol present in wood spirit; use to make resins and plasticizers and pharmaceuticals
  allyl alcohol.
  

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• noun a mixture of 2 or more isomeric alcohols; used as a solvent and in organic synthesis
  

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• (Chem.), one of the series of alcohols, a transparent, colorless liquid, having a peculiar odor. It is the hydroxide of amyl.

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• noun the law enforcement and tax collection agency of the Treasury Department that enforces federal laws concerning alcohol and tobacco products and firearms and explosives and arson
  ATF.
  

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• noun a flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents
  butanol.
  

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• (Chem.), a white, waxy, crystalline solid, obtained from spermaceti, and regarded as homologous with ordinary, or ethyl, alcohol; ethal; called also cetyl alcohol.

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• noun ethyl alcohol that is unfit for drinking but is still useful for other purposes
  

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• noun any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule
  diol; glycol.
  

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• noun the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline
  ethyl alcohol; fermentation alcohol; ethanol.
  
• noun nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs
  neutral spirits.
  

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• noun the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline
  ethyl alcohol; fermentation alcohol; ethanol.
  

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• noun a congenital medical condition in which body deformation occurs or facial development or mental ability is impaired because the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy
  FAS.
  

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• noun the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline
  ethyl alcohol; fermentation alcohol; ethanol.
  

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• noun alcohol used as antifreeze or a solvent
  isopropanol.
  

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• noun a colorless insoluble solid alcohol used to make detergents and pharmaceuticals
  1-dodecanol.
  

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• noun a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol
  methanol; methyl alcohol; wood spirit.
  

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• (Chem.), a light, volatile, inflammable liquid, CH3.OH, obtained by the distillation of wood, and hence called wood spirit wood alcohol ; called also methol, carbinol, etc.

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• (Chem.), any one of series of derivatives of phenol and carbinol which have the properties of both combined; thus, saligenin is a phenol alcohol.

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• (Chem.), phenol.

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• (Organic Chem.), any alcohol which possess the group CH2.OH, and can be oxidized so as to form a corresponding aldehyde and acid having the same number of carbon atoms; distinguished from secondary ∧ tertiary alcohols.

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• noun an unsaturated primary alcohol present in wood spirit; use to make resins and plasticizers and pharmaceuticals
  allyl alcohol.
  

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• noun a clear colorless volatile liquid (alcohol) used as a solvent and antiseptic
  propanol.
  

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• noun lotion consisting of a poisonous solution of isopropyl alcohol or denatured ethanol alcohol for external use
  

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• (Chem.), any one of a series of alcohols which contain the radical CH.OH united with two hydrocarbon radicals. On oxidation the secondary alcohols form ketones.

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• noun any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances
  sterol.
  

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• . (Chem.) See Mercaptan.

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• noun an intravenous anesthetic
  tribromoethanol.
  

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• noun a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol
  methanol; methyl alcohol; wood spirit.
  

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