alcohol abuse
alcoholic abuse
alcoholism abuse | excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic drinks |
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 |
methyldopa
alpha methyl dopa
Aldomet | antihypertensive drug (trade name Aldomet) used in the treatment of high blood pressure |
| rubbing alcohol | lotion consisting of a poisonous solution of isopropyl alcohol or denatured ethanol alcohol for external use |
tribromoethanol
tribromoethyl alcohol | an intravenous anesthetic |
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 |
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 |
| methyl orange | an azo dye used as an acid-base indicator, used for titrations involving weak bases |
butanone
methyl ethyl ketone | colorless soluble flammable liquid ketone used as a solvent for resins and as a paint remover and in lacquers and cements and adhesives and cleaning fluids and celluloid |
butyl alcohol
butanol | a flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents |
cresol
methyl phenol | any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols, derived from coal or wood tar, used as a disinfectant |
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 |
| methyl bromide | a poisonous gas or liquid (CHBr) used to fumigate rodents, worms, etc. |
methyl
methyl group
methyl radical | the univalent radical CH- derived from methane |
methyl salicylate
birch oil
sweet-birch oil | a liquid ester with a strong odor of wintergreen, applied externally for minor muscle and joint pain |
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 |
alcoholic
alcohol-dependent | addicted to alcohol, alcoholic expatriates in Paris- Carl Van Doren |
| alcohol-soluble | soluble in alcohol |