All English words - page 174

Meanings of Alcogel:

noun

A gel in which the liquid constituent is an alcohol; a gelatinous suspension dispersed in an alcohol.

Meanings of Alcohol:

noun

A colourless volatile flammable liquid which is produced by the natural fermentation of sugars and is the intoxicating constituent of wine, beer, spirits, and other drinks, and is also used as an industrial solvent and as fuel.

Usage examples:

It is an offence to drive if you have more than 80 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood

Meanings of Alcoholate:

noun

A compound of alcohol with another compound, analogous to a hydrate; especially a crystalline substance in which alcohol plays a role analogous to that of water of crystallization.

Meanings of Alcoholature:

noun

Any medicinal preparation made by macerating fresh plant material in strong alcohol.

Meanings of Alcoholic:

adjective

Containing or relating to alcohol.

Usage examples:

Alcoholic liquor

noun

Suffering from alcoholism.

Usage examples:

His alcoholic daughter was the cause of his anxiety

Meanings of Alcoholically:

adverb

By means of or using alcohol (ethanol); as regards alcohol.

Meanings of Alcoholicity:

noun

Alcoholic quality; especially the alcoholic strength of wine.

Meanings of Alcoholics:

noun

A person suffering from alcoholism.

adjective

Containing or relating to alcohol.

Usage examples:

Beer is their favourite alcoholic drink

Meanings of Alcoholimeter:

noun

Any of various instruments for measuring the concentration of alcohol; especially (a) a hydrometer calibrated to show the proportion of alcohol in an alcoholic drink; (b) = alcometer .

Meanings of Alcoholise:

verb

To subject to the (harmful) influence of alcohol; to give alcoholic drink to.

Meanings of Alcoholised:

adjective

Containing (added) alcohol; (of a drink) alcoholic.

Meanings of Alcoholism:

noun

Addiction to the consumption of alcoholic drink; alcohol dependency.

Usage examples:

He had a long history of depression, drug abuse, and alcoholism

Meanings of Alcoholist:

noun

Originally: an advocate of the freedom to drink alcoholic drinks, a person who is against prohibition (now historical). in later use also: a person addicted to alcoholic drink.

Meanings of Alcoholization:

noun

The action or process of mixing or becoming saturated with alcohol; the formation of alcohol (ethanol) by fermentation.

Meanings of Alcoholize:

verb

To subject to the (harmful) influence of alcohol; to give alcoholic drink to.

Meanings of Alcoholized:

adjective

Containing (added) alcohol; (of a drink) alcoholic.

Meanings of Alcoholizing:

noun

The action or process of alcoholization.

Meanings of Alcoholmeter:

noun

= alcoholometer .

Meanings of Alcoholometer:

noun

Any of various instruments for measuring the concentration of alcohol; especially (a) a hydrometer calibrated to show the proportion of alcohol in an alcoholic drink; (b) = alcometer .

Meanings of Alcoholometric:

adjective

Of or relating to alcoholometry; determined by means of an alcoholometer.

Meanings of Alcoholometry:

noun

The process of measuring or testing the concentration of alcohol, especially in alcoholic drink.

Meanings of Alcohols:

noun

A colourless volatile flammable liquid which is produced by the natural fermentation of sugars and is the intoxicating constituent of wine, beer, spirits, and other drinks, and is also used as an industrial solvent and as fuel.

Usage examples:

It is an offence to drive if you have more than 80 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood

Meanings of Alcoholysis:

noun

Decomposition of a compound by reaction with an alcohol, especially ethanol.

Meanings of Alcoran:

noun

The sacred book of islam; = "qur'an". usually with the. now chiefly historical.

Meanings of Alcornoco:

noun

Any of various tropical american shrubs or trees yielding a medicinal bark; especially bowdichia virgilioides (family fabaceae (leguminosae)), used also for timber. also: the bark of these trees or a medicinal preparation made from it (and other parts of the tree), supposed to act as an anti-inflammatory, or the timber itself.