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Meanings of alcohols in English

Russian
спирты
Portuguese
álcool
Spanish
alcohol
Catalan
alcohol
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Any organic compound in which the hydroxyl functional group (–OH) is bound to a saturated carbon atom.

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спирты
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Examples for "alcohol"
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All political parties accept there is a serious problem with alcohol abuse.
The Irish Times
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However, it remains a separate issue to the Good Friday alcohol ban.
The Irish Times
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If the alcohol abuse stops, then the physical health problems will stop.
The Guardian
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Anthropometric data, past history including alcohol consumption, and associated diseases were registered.
Pubmed
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Conclusions: Sleep disturbances because of worry may increase risk for alcohol-related problems.
Pubmed
Usage of alcohols in English
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This effect of lipids and long-chain alcohols has so far remained unnoticed.
Pubmed
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The boiling points of the normal alcohols increase regularly about 10 deg.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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Bad tasting alcohols, containing the majority of the ethers and impure alcohols.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 299, September 24, 1881
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Sake is also fermented at significantly lower temperatures than Chinese rice alcohols.
On food and cooking: the science and lore of the kitchen
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Distilled alcohols are some of the most intensely flavorful foods we have.
On food and cooking: the science and lore of the kitchen
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Of the tested aryl-alcohols, the highest oxidation rate was obtained with 4-anisyl alcohol.
Pubmed
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BIOENERGY Lignocellulose conversion to synthetic natural gas, synfuels or ethanol and higher alcohols.
Reuters
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In enzymatic transesterification reaction, the enzyme activity is decreased in presence of alcohols.
Pubmed
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A catalytic activity based on alcohols as substrates was not detected.
Pubmed
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Ketones, secondary alcohols and tertiary alcohols yield a mixture of acids on oxidation.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
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This in vitro system was used to examine the effect of alcohols on import.
Pubmed
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But the end result is still a nice mix of funky-tasting acids and alcohols.
BBC
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The effects of concentration of various aliphatic alcohols in the mobile phase were studied.
Pubmed
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All distilled alcohols are made in basically the same way.
On food and cooking: the science and lore of the kitchen
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Chiral alcohols and ketones were successfully included within the pore.
Pubmed
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Furthermore, these variants confer improved tolerance to isobutanol and straight-chain alcohols up to n-heptanol.
Pubmed
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álcool
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