" alcohol "

[Noun]  | "al*co*hol" | \ ˈal-kə-ˌhȯl \

1: ethanol especially when considered as the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors

2: drink (such as whiskey or beer) containing ethanol

3: a mixture of ethanol and water that is usually 95 percent ethanol

Origin: 1672 ;

 New Latin, from Medieval Latin, powdered antimony, from Old Spanish, from Arabic al-kuḥul the powdered antimony, from kuḥl kohl;

[Noun]  | "alcohol by volume" 

1: a measure of the concentration of alcohol in an alcoholic beverage —abbreviation ABV

Origin: 1839 ;

[Noun]  | "alcohol use disorder" 

1: a medical condition characterized by a pattern of frequent and usually excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages, by strong cravings for alcohol often accompanied by episodes of depression, anxiety, or distress, by symptoms (such as restlessness or sweating) of alcohol withdrawal, and by the impaired ability to stop or control the intake of alcohol despite adverse effects on one's work, school, or family obligations —abbreviation AUD

Origin: 1980 ;

[Noun]  | "amyl alcohol" 

1: any of eight isomeric alcohols C5H12O used especially as solvents and in making esters; also : a commercially produced mixture of amyl alcohols used especially as a solvent

Origin: 1849 ;

[Noun]  | "butyl alcohol" 

1: any of four flammable alcohols C4H9OH (such as butanol) used in organic synthesis and as solvents

Origin: circa 1868 ;

[Noun]  | "ce*tyl alcohol" | \ ˈsē-tᵊl- \

1: a waxy crystalline alcohol C16H34O obtained by the saponification of spermaceti or the hydrogenation of palmitic acid and used especially in pharmaceutical and cosmetic preparations and in making detergents

Origin: 1863 ;

 International Scientific Vocabulary cet- (from Latin cetus whale) + -yl; from its occurrence in spermaceti;

[Noun]  | "ethyl alcohol" 

1: a colorless, volatile, flammable liquid C2H5OH that is the intoxicating agent in liquors and is also used as a solvent and in fuel : ethanol

Origin: 1850 ;

[Noun]  | "fetal alcohol syndrome" 

1: a highly variable group of birth defects including intellectual disability, deficient growth, and malformations of the skull and face that tend to occur in the offspring of women who consume large amounts of alcohol during pregnancy

Origin: 1973 ;

[Noun]  | "grain alcohol" 

1: ethanol

Origin: 1883 ;

[Adjective]  | "an*ti-al*co*hol" | \ ˌan-tē-ˈal-kə-ˌhȯl \

1: opposed to the consumption of alcohol

Origin: 1835 ;

[Noun]  | "alcohol"