alcohol 
al·co·hol (al′kə hôl′, -häl′)
noun
- a colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, CHOH: it can be burned as fuel (10-15% of gasohol), is used in industry and medicine, and is the intoxicating element of whiskey, wine, beer, and other fermented or distilled liquors: classed as a depressant drug
- any intoxicating liquor with this liquid in it
- the drinking of such liquors alcohol was his downfall
- a class of organic compounds, including ethyl or methyl (wood) alcohol, that contain one or more hydroxyl groups (OH) and form esters in reactions with acids
Etymology: ML, term used by Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus for fine powder, distilled spirit < Ar alkuḥl, antimony powder, collyrium < al, the + kuḥl, kohl
alcohol
n.
Converse of object
- consume: In fact you're probably MORE likely to get up the duff because of the amount of alcohol consumed!
- drink: In private premises, children are allowed to drink alcohol, provided they are aged 5 or above.
- confiscate: In some cases the police confiscated alcohol from the youths before moving them away from Metro property.
- sell: At present any landlord has of course to have a license to sell alcohol.
Adjective modifier
- excessive: While flying, a person should drink plenty of fluids and avoid smoking, caffeine, and excessive alcohol.
- excess: These include: Alcohol -- excess alcohol can trigger a seizure -- even in people without epilepsy.
Modifies a noun
- misuse: Alcohol misuse is the biggest single cause of chronic liver disease.
- consumption: The purpose of the course is to teach you about the effects of alcohol consumption.
- abuse: These may include drug or alcohol abuse, lack of a job or violent behavior.
- misuser: A drug and alcohol misuser may have continuing and evolving care needs requiring referral to different tiers of service over time.
- intake: My alcohol intake is now less that 8 units a week.
- dependence: Alcohol dependence When drunk frequently or in large quantities, alcohol is addictive.
Noun used with modifier
- drinking: The observable effects of drinking alcohol are directly related to the blood alcohol concentration.
- benzyl: It is sold by the Bayer Corporation as a topical solution containing benzyl alcohol and propylene carbonate under the trade name, Advantage.
- cetyl: Isopropyl myristate, cetyl alcohol and stearyl alcohol have moisturizing properties.
- methyl: Solutions of about 10 % ethyl or methyl alcohol added slowly to several drops of culture seem to work best.
- consuming: Never be tempted to cook with a chip pan after consuming alcohol.
- stearyl: Isopropyl myristate, cetyl alcohol and stearyl alcohol have moisturizing properties.
Preposition: in
- moderation: Drink all alcohol in moderation, avoiding binge drinking, and if possible take red wine in preference to other alcoholic drinks.
Preposition: per
- milliliter: The legal limit in the UK for driving is 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood.
All along the line, physically, mentally, morally, alcohol is a weakening and deadening force, and it is worth a great deal to save women and girls from its influence.
Alcohol is a very necessaryarticle It makes life bearable to millions of people who could not endure their existence if they were quite sober. It enables Parliament to do things at eleven at night that no sane person would do at eleven in the morning.
L'alcool est le monarque des liquides, et porte au dernier degre¤ l'exaltation palatale. Alcohol is the prince of liquids, and carries the palate to its highest pitch of exaltation.
The alcohol made the present enough, it held her in its golden hand, where past and future were comprehended, where nothing mattered, nothing was lost, where everything could be known and forgiven, where she herself could be whole at last.
In the meantime alcohol produces a delightful social atmosphere that nothing else can produce.
Do you know, Mr Menzies, that where I come from you could be gaoled for supplying alcohol to an Aborigine?
It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of medical thought.
There are those who prefer to get away inwardly, some with the help of a powerful imagination and an ability to abstract themselves from their surroundingssome with the help of opium or alcohol I prefer shifting my whole body to shifting my brain, and going round the world to letting my head go round.
I get no kick from champagne; Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all. So tell me why should it be true That I get a kick out of you?
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