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Methanol

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methyl alcoholnoun(organic chemistry) The compound methanol.
wood alcoholnoun(organic chemistry) The compound methyl alcohol or methanol.
wood spiritnoun(uncountable, often the wood spirit) Methanol, a type of alcohol.

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wood alcoholnoun(organic chemistry) The compound methyl alcohol or methanol.
methyl alcoholnoun(organic chemistry) The compound methanol.
wood spiritnoun(uncountable, often the wood spirit) Methanol, a type of alcohol.
dichloromethanenoun(organic chemistry) The partially halogenated hydrocarbon CH₂Cl₂ widely used as a solvent
methanenoun(organic chemistry, uncountable) The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a constituent of natural gas, and one of the most abundant greenhouse gases.
methylnoun(organic chemistry) The univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH₃-, formally derived from methane by the loss of a hydrogen atom; a compound or part of a compound formed by the attachment of such a radical.
benzenenoun(organic chemistry) An aromatic hydrocarbon of formula C₆H₆ whose structure consists of a ring of alternate single and double bonds.
chloroformnoun(organic chemistry) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl₃; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.
trifluoridenoun(chemistry) any chloride containing three fluorine atoms in each molecule
marknoun(heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
meohnoun
carbinolnoun(obsolete, organic chemistry, uncountable) The compound methanol.
wood naphtha
methyl hydratenoun(organic chemistry) Synonym of methanol.
wood spiritsnounMethanol, a type of alcohol.
pyroxylic spiritnounA mixture of acetone, methanol, methyl acetate, etc. obtained by the destructive distillation of wood in the manufacture of pyroligneous acid.
methanolaminenoun(organic chemistry) The simplest amino alcohol NH₂CH₂OH
metholnoun(organic chemistry) methyl alcohol; wood spirit
ethanolnounSpecifically, this form of alcohol as a fuel.
methylolnoun(organic chemistry) Synonym of methanol.

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