caustic alcohol

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Origin of caustic alcohol

First recorded in 1785–95

Words nearby caustic alcohol

causeuse, causeway, causey, causist, caustic, caustic alcohol, caustic curve, caustic lime, caustic potash, caustic soda, caustic surface

How to use caustic alcohol in a sentence

Alcohol and sugar, even in moderate amounts, are not only sinful but poisonous.
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Their logic: the sea-creature would come alive and drink up any remaining alcohol.
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You spice it with blues and skiffle music, and pickle it in alcohol and tobacco smoke.
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They want to change bad behaviors—tobacco, alcohol, using a seat belt, anything.
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The metal is then removed, and washed successively with very dilute sodium hydroxid solution, alcohol, and ether.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Amorphous urates are readily soluble in caustic soda solutions.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Crystals of calcium oxalate are insoluble in acetic acid or caustic soda.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Those stains which are dissolved in methyl-alcohol combine fixation with the staining process.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
This I attribute to the potash being in a little more caustic condition than when recrystallised with iodine.
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