phenol : Idioms & Phrases
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Glacial phenol
(Chem.) , pure crystallized phenol or carbolic acid.
Webster 1913
methyl phenol
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noun any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant
cresol.
WordNet
Phenol acid
(Chem.) , any one of a series of compounds which are at once derivatives of both phenol and some member of the fatty acid series; thus, salicylic acid is a phenol acid.s.a. is not a fatty acid, but a benzoic acid derivative. IT should say "carboxylic acid"
Webster 1913
Phenol alcohol
(Chem.) , any one of series of derivatives of phenol and carbinol which have the properties of both combined; thus, saligenin is a phenol alcohol.
Webster 1913
Phenol aldehyde
(Chem.) , any one of a series of compounds having both phenol and aldehyde properties.
Webster 1913
Phenol phthalein
- . See under
Phthalein .
Webster 1913
Tetrol phenol
- furfuran. Obs.