ethyl : Idioms & Phrases

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ethyl acetate

  • noun a fragrant colorless flammable volatile liquid ester made from ethanol and acetic acid; used in flavorings and perfumes and as a solvent for plastics
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ethyl alcohol

  • noun 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
    grain alcohol; fermentation alcohol; ethanol.
  • noun nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs
    neutral spirits.
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Ethyl aldehyde

  • . (Chem.) See Aldehyde.
Webster 1913

ethyl aminobenzoate

  • noun a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic
    benzocaine.
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ethyl chloride

  • noun a colorless flammable gas used as a local surface anesthetic
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ethyl ether

  • noun a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic
    divinyl ether; diethyl ether; vinyl ether; ethoxyethane; ether.
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ethyl group

  • noun the univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom
    ethyl group; ethyl.
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ethyl radical

  • noun the univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom
    ethyl group; ethyl.
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methyl ethyl ketone

  • noun 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
    butanone.
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Zinc ethyl

  • (Chem.), a colorless, transparent, poisonous liquid, composed of zinc and ethyl, which takes fire spontaneously on exposure to the atmosphere.
Webster 1913