Pure+alcohol

  • 21pure */*/*/ — UK [pjʊə(r)] / US [pjʊr] adjective Word forms pure : adjective pure comparative purer superlative purest 1) a pure substance or material has nothing mixed with it that might spoil its quality or effect pure gold/alcohol 2) [only before noun] used …

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  • 22alcohol — al·co·hol (ăl’kə hôl′, hŏl′) n. 1) Any of a series of hydroxyl compounds, the simplest of which are derived from saturated hydrocarbons, have the general formula CnH2n+1OH, and include ethanol and methanol. 2) A colorless volatile flammable… …

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  • 23alcohol —    A colorless, volatile, flammable liquid, synthesized or obtained by fermentation of sugars and starches and widely used,Poisonous! either pure or denatured, as a solvent and in numerous manufactures as well as in intoxicating beverages. Types… …

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  • 24pure*/*/ — [pjʊə] adj 1) a pure substance has nothing mixed with it that might spoil its quality Ant: impure pure gold/alcohol[/ex] clean, pure drinking water[/ex] 2) used for emphasis a smile of pure happiness[/ex] Perhaps it was pure chance that the other …

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  • 25alcohol — 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… …

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  • 26pure — adj. Pure is used with these nouns: ↑accident, ↑adrenalin, ↑agony, ↑air, ↑alcohol, ↑annoyance, ↑bliss, ↑blood, ↑boredom, ↑breed, ↑carbon, ↑chance, ↑ …

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  • 27alcohol — n. Spirits of wine, pure spirit, highly rectified spirit …

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  • 28Long-term effects of alcohol — Disability adjusted life year for alcohol use disorders per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004 …

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  • 29amyl alcohol — Alcohol Al co*hol ([a^]l k[ o]*h[o^]l), n. [Cf. F. alcool, formerly written alcohol, Sp. alcohol alcohol, antimony, galena, OSp. alcofol; all fr. Ar. al kohl a powder of antimony or galena, to paint the eyebrows with. The name was afterwards… …

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  • 30ethyl alcohol — Alcohol Al co*hol ([a^]l k[ o]*h[o^]l), n. [Cf. F. alcool, formerly written alcohol, Sp. alcohol alcohol, antimony, galena, OSp. alcofol; all fr. Ar. al kohl a powder of antimony or galena, to paint the eyebrows with. The name was afterwards… …

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