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fatty alcohol

fatty alcohol noun: any of a group of long-chain aliphatic alcohols, found in nature esterified with fatty acids in the form of waxes.

Noun

fatty alcohol (plural fatty alcohols)

  1. Any of a group of long-chain aliphatic alcohols, found in nature esterified with fatty acids in the form of waxes.

Forms of fatty alcohol

pluralfatty alcohols

Questions about fatty alcohol

What does fatty alcohol mean?
Fatty alcohol means any of a group of long-chain aliphatic alcohols, found in nature esterified with fatty acids in the form of waxes.
What part of speech is fatty alcohol?
Fatty alcohol is a noun.
What is the plural of fatty alcohol?
The plural of fatty alcohol is fatty alcohols.

Words near fatty alcohol in the dictionary

  1. fattrels
  2. FATTs
  3. fatty
  4. fatty acid
  5. fatty acids
  6. fatty alcohol
  7. fatty alcohols
  8. fatty bom bom
  9. fatty bom boms
  10. fatty boombalatties
  11. fatty boombalatty

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