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Ethyl Alcohol

Definitions: Ethyl Alcohol

Ethyl Alcohol

Noun

1. 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.

2. Nonflavored alcohol of 95 percent or 190 proof used for blending with straight whiskies and in making gin and liqueurs.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Specialty Definitions: Ethyl Alcohol

DomainDefinitions

Food & Agriculture

Product of the fermentation of sugar by yeasts and, next to water, quantitarively the most important liquid constituent of wine. Source: European Union. (references)
 Ethyl alcohol is the alcohol which occurs in beer, wine, cider and other spirituous liquors. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Ethyl Alcohol

Synonyms: ethanol (n), fermentation alcohol (n), grain alcohol (n), neutral spirits (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Ethyl Alcohol

English words defined with "ethyl alcohol": absolute alcoholChloraldenatured alcoholEtherification, Ethylate, Ethylic, Ethylsulphuric acidGlycerin fermentationHeterologyiodineMercaptan, methanol, methyl alcohol, methylated spiritsSpirit of nitrous ether, spirits of winetincture of iodinewood alcohol, wood spirit. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ethyl alcohol": acetic acid fermentation, acetic ether, Alcohol DeterrentsBoylston's reagentcaraway-flavoured spirit drink, Central Nervous System Depressants, congenericsegg liqueur / advocaat / avocat / Advokat, Ethanol - Ethyl alcohol, ethylacetate, ethylic alcoholHypophysectomy, Chemicaljuniper-flavoured spirit drinkosso malarepicralVillela's reagent. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Ethyl Alcohol

DomainTitle

References

  • The World Market for Ethyl Alcohol of an Alcoholic Strength by Volume of 80% or Higher: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Ethanol (Ethyl Alcohol) in Africa [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • The Influence of Ethyl Alcohol on the Development of the Chondrocranium of Gallus Gallus (Advances in Anatomy, Embryology, and Cell Biology, Vol 134) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Ethyl Alcohol

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Ukraine

According to a 1998 Presidential Decree, the State Committee of Ukraine for Monopoly on the Production and Turnover of Ethyl Alcohol, Alcoholic Beverages, and Tobacco Products was established. (references)

Political Economy

RUSSIA

Import licenses are required for the importation of various goods, including ethyl alcohol and vodka, color TVs, sugar, combat and sporting weapons, self-defense articles, explosives, military and ciphering equipment, encryption software and related equipment, radioactive materials and waste including uranium, strong poisons and narcotics, and precious metals, alloys and stones. (references)

Trade

Georgia

Imported goods are also subject to a VAT rate of 20 percent (a zero VAT rate applies to imports of grain), and excise tax from 5-100 percent for certain goods including alcoholic drinks, ethyl alcohol, jewelry, ethyl petrol for cars, cigarettes, tires for cars, and caviar. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Ethyl Alcohol

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

ethyl alcohol

70

ethyl alcohol denatured

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Ethyl Alcohol

Language Translations for "ethyl alcohol"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

alkool etilik. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

етилов алкохол. (various references)

   

Czech

  

etyl alkohol. (various references)

   

Danish

  

ethylalkohol (ethylic alcohol), ethanol (ethanol, ethylalcohol, ethylic alcohol, ordinary alcohol), vinsprit (ethanol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), sprit (methylated spirit, sprit), ætylalkohol, æthylalkohol (ethanol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), ætanol (ethanol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ethylalcohol (ethanol, ethylalcohol, ethylic alcohol, ordinary alcohol), ethanol (ethanol), wijngeest, spiritus (spirit). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

etyylialkoholi (ethanol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), etanoli (ethanol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), alkoholi (alcohol, ethanol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol, spirit). (various references)

   

French

  

esprit de vin (ethanol, ethylalcohol), méthylcarbinol (ethanol, ethylalcohol), alcool ordinaire (ethanol, ethylalcohol), alcool de vin (ethanol, ethylalcohol), alcool éthylique (ethanol, ethylalcohol, ethylic alcohol), alcool (ethylic alcohol), éthanol (ethanol, ethylalcohol). (various references)

   

German

  

Ethanolum, Weingeist (ethanol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), Spiritus concentratus, Spiritus (meths, methylated spirit, methylated spirits, spirit, spiritus), Methylcarbinolum, Alcohol aethylicus, Aethylium, Aethylalkohol (ethylic alcohol), Aethanol, Äthylalkohol (ethanol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), Äthanol (ethanol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αιθυλικό οινόπνευμα, αιθυλική αλκοόλη (ethanol, ethylalcohol, ethylic alcohol, ordinary alcohol), οινόπνευμα (alcohol, fire water, liquor, spirit). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

etilalkohol (ethanol, grain alcohol). (various references)

   

Italian

  

spirito di vino (ethanol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), alcool etilico rettificato, alcole ordinario,etanolo (ethanol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), alcole etilico (ethanol, ethylalcohol, ethylic alcohol, ordinary alcohol). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

エタクリン酸 (ethacrynic acid, ethanol, Ethiopia, ethylene, etiquette, etude). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

エチルアルコール (ethanol). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ethylay alcoholay

   

Portuguese

  

etilo, etanol (ethanol, ether, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), espírito de vinho (ethanol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), álcool ordinário (ethanol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), álcool etílico (ethanol, ethylalcohol, ethylbenzene, ordinary alcohol). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

винный спирт. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

etil alkohol. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

etanol (acetaldehyde, acetic aldehyde, ethanol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), alcohol ordinario (ethanol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), alcohol etílico,comunmente llamado alcohol (ethylic alcohol), alcohol etílico (ethanol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol), alcohol de etilo. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

etanol (ethanol, ethylalcohol, ordinary alcohol). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

etilalkol. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Ethyl Alcohol

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-h-l-l-l-o-o-t-y"

-4 letters: challoth, coalhole, lethally, oothecal.

-5 letters: acolyte, alcohol, challot, chaloth, chayote, cholate, collate, halloth, hatchel, healthy, hellcat, loathly, locally, ootheca, tallyho.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Ethyl Alcohol


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 74 68 79 6C      41 6C 63 6F 68 6F 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01110100 01101000 01111001 01101100 00100000 01000001 01101100 01100011 01101111 01101000 01101111 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#116 &#104 &#121 &#108 &#32 &#65 &#108 &#99 &#111 &#104 &#111 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0074 0068 0079 006C      0041 006C 0063 006F 0068 006F 006C

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3986749178235786981748178

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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