Word Meaning

Meaning of "phenol" and the crossword clue

- Carbolic acid
- Weak acid a disinfectant
- Weak acid, a disinfectant
- A white or pinkish crystalline substance, C6H5OH, produced by the destructive distillation of many organic bodies, as wood, coal, etc., and obtained from the heavy oil from coal tar.
- Any one of the series of hydroxyl derivatives of which phenol proper is the type.