Feb 06, 2005 20:15
I LOVE ALCOHOL.
alcohol (n.)
1. A colorless volatile flammable liquid, C2H5OH, synthesized or obtained by fermentation of sugars and starches and widely used, either pure or denatured, as a solvent and in drugs, cleaning solutions, explosives, and intoxicating beverages. Also called ethanol, ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol. 2. Intoxicating liquor containing alcohol. 3. Any of a series of hydroxyl compounds, the simplest of which are derived from saturated hydrocarbons, have the general formula CnH2n+1OH, and include ethanol and methanol.
Etymology: Medieval Latin, fine metallic powder, especially of antimony, from Arabic al-ku*l : al-, the + ku*l, powder of antimony; see k*l in Semitic roots.
Fcukign geniuses those alcohlo makers. Danmn strait.