phenol : Idioms & Phrases


Glacial phenol

  • (Chem.), pure crystallized phenol or carbolic acid.
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methyl phenol

  • noun any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant
    cresol.
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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.
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Phenol phthalein

  • . See under Phthalein.
Webster 1913

Tetrol phenol

  • furfuran. Obs.
Webster 1913