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A solid alcohol
Answer for the clue "A solid alcohol ", 6 letters:
sterol
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sterols , also known as steroid alcohols , are a subgroup of the steroids and an important class of organic molecules. They occur naturally in plants , animals , and fungi , with the most familiar type of animal sterol being cholesterol . Cholesterol is ...
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances [syn: steroid alcohol ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"white, crystalline substance discovered in gallstones," 1913, abstracted from cholesterol .
Usage examples of sterol.
For this reason, cholesterin came to be called cholesterol, and the family of compounds of which it was a member came to be called the sterols.
Your high and mighty Sterol would a squashed you like a ground lizard under his shiny white boots.
Sterol laughs, and the sound is colder than the wind that swirls across the winter skies above Fairhaven.
Why would you be his personal assistant, especially after Sterol used you against him?
A rather drastic change of sterol structure often occurs when one is exposed to ultraviolet light.