Clues for the word "ALCOHOL"

We've had 46 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 104 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on May 01, 2026.

Definition of alcohol

n. - An impalpable powder.
n. - The fluid essence or pure spirit obtained by distillation.
n. - Pure spirit of wine; pure or highly rectified spirit (called also ethyl alcohol); the spirituous or intoxicating element of fermented or distilled liquors, or more loosely a liquid containing it in considerable quantity. It is extracted by simple distillation from various vegetable juices and infusions of a saccharine nature, which have undergone vinous fermentation.
n. - A class of compounds analogous to vinic alcohol in constitution. Chemically speaking, they are hydroxides of certain organic radicals; as, the radical ethyl forms common or ethyl alcohol (C2H5.OH); methyl forms methyl alcohol (CH3.OH) or wood spirit; amyl forms amyl alcohol (C5H11.OH) or fusel oil, etc.