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alcohol - a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" |
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intoxicant,
inebriant |
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beverage,
drink,
drinkable,
potable any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"
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drug of abuse,
street drug a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction
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proof spirit a mixture containing half alcohol by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit
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homebrew,
home brew an alcoholic beverage (especially beer) made at home
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hooch,
hootch an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor
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kava,
kavakava an alcoholic drink made from the aromatic roots of the kava shrub
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aperitif alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer
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brew,
brewage drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling
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rice beer,
sake,
saki a reason for wanting something done; "for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest"
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nipa made from sap of the Australasian nipa palm
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vino,
wine a red as dark as red wine
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booze,
hard drink,
hard liquor,
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liquor,
spirits,
strong drink the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked
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ethyl alcohol,
neutral spirits 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; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline
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pulque fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey
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cordial,
liqueur strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal
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mixed drink made of two or more ingredients
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hard cider alcoholic drink from fermented cider; `cider' and `cyder' are European (especially British) usages for the fermented beverage
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perry a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider
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rotgut any alcoholic beverage of inferior quality
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slug any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
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koumiss,
kumis an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia
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alcohol - any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation |
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liquid a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r')
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methanol,
methyl alcohol,
wood alcohol,
wood spirit a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol
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ethanol,
ethyl alcohol,
fermentation alcohol,
grain alcohol 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; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline
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isopropanol,
isopropyl alcohol alcohol used as antifreeze or a solvent
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allyl alcohol,
propenyl alcohol an unsaturated primary alcohol present in wood spirit; use to make resins and plasticizers and pharmaceuticals
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amyl alcohol a mixture of 2 or more isomeric alcohols; used as a solvent and in organic synthesis
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butanol,
butyl alcohol a flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents
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cyclohexanol a colorless oily alcohol that smells like camphor
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dihydric alcohol,
diol,
glycol any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule
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glycerin,
glycerine,
glycerol a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils
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1-dodecanol,
lauryl alcohol a colorless insoluble solid alcohol used to make detergents and pharmaceuticals
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propanol,
propyl alcohol a clear colorless volatile liquid (alcohol) used as a solvent and antiseptic
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steroid alcohol,
sterol any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances
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