alcohol abuse alcoholic abuse alcoholism abuse | excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic drinks |
reading meter reading | the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments, he has a job meter reading for the gas company |
alcohol thermometer alcohol-in-glass thermometer | 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 |
electric meter power meter | a meter for measuring the amount of electric power used |
gas meter gasometer | a meter for measuring the amount of gas flowing through a particular pipe |
gravimeter gravity meter | a measuring instrument for measuring variations in the gravitational field of the earth |
light meter exposure meter photometer | photographic equipment that measures the intensity of light |
meter | any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity |
parking meter | a coin-operated timer located next to a parking space, depositing money into it entitles you to park your car there for a specified length of time |
postage meter | meter for bulk mailings that imprints correct prepaid postage on pieces of mail and records the total charge |
rubbing alcohol | lotion consisting of a poisonous solution of isopropyl alcohol or denatured ethanol alcohol for external use |
tribromoethanol tribromoethyl alcohol | an intravenous anesthetic |
water meter | meter for measuring the quantity of water passing through a particular outlet |
meter metre time | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration |
reading meter reading indication | a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument, he could not believe the meter reading, the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm |
heroic verse heroic meter heroic | a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes, dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter |
meter metre measure beat cadence | (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse |
common measure common meter | the usual (iambic) meter of a ballad |
alcohol alcoholic drink alcoholic beverage intoxicant inebriant | a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent, alcohol (or drink) ruined him |
neutral spirits ethyl alcohol | nonflavored alcohol of percent orproof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs |
Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms ATF | 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 |
meter maid | policewoman who is assigned to write parking tickets |
square meter square metre centare | a centare is th of an are |
kiloliter kilolitre cubic meter cubic metre | a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to liters |
meter metre m | the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately . yards) |
kilogram-meter | a unit of work equal to the work done by a one kilogram force operating through a distance of one meter |
alcoholism alcohol addiction inebriation drunkenness | 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 |
fetal alcohol syndrome FAS | a congenital medical condition in which body deformation occurs or facial development or mental ability is impaired because the mother drinks alcohol during pregnancy |
alcoholic dementia alcohol amnestic disorder Korsakoff's psychosis Korsakoff's syndrome Korsakov's psychosis Korsakov's syndrome polyneuritic psychosis | dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism, involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact |
alcohol group alcohol radical | the chemical group -OH |
methanol methyl alcohol wood alcohol wood spirit | a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol, used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol |
alcohol | any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation |
ethyl alcohol ethanol fermentation alcohol grain alcohol | 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 |
absolute alcohol | pure ethyl alcohol (containing no more than % water) |
isopropyl alcohol isopropanol | alcohol used as antifreeze or a solvent |
denatured alcohol | ethyl alcohol that is unfit for drinking but is still useful for other purposes |
aldol aldehyde-alcohol | an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde, contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO) |
allyl alcohol propenyl alcohol | an unsaturated primary alcohol present in wood spirit, use to make resins and plasticizers and pharmaceuticals |
amyl alcohol | a mixture of or more isomeric alcohols, used as a solvent and in organic synthesis |
butyl alcohol butanol | a flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents |
diol glycol dihydric alcohol | any of a class of alcohols having hydroxyl groups in each molecule |
lauryl alcohol -dodecanol | a colorless insoluble solid alcohol used to make detergents and pharmaceuticals |
propanol propyl alcohol | a clear colorless volatile liquid (alcohol) used as a solvent and antiseptic |
sterol steroid alcohol | any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals, they are waxy insoluble substances |
meter | measure with a meter, meter the flow of water |
meter | stamp with a meter indicating the postage, meter the mail |
alcoholic alcohol-dependent | addicted to alcohol, alcoholic expatriates in Paris- Carl Van Doren |
alcohol-soluble | soluble in alcohol |