Crossword-Solution: CETYL
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Cetyl | n. | A radical, C16H33, not yet isolated, but supposed to exist in a series of compounds homologous with the ethyl compounds, and derived from spermaceti. |
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| ___ alcohol (cosmetics emollient) | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RAETE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CETYL (3)
Thus the fat or oil of dozens of different nuts and plant-products and of lower animals and fishes, and of sheep, oxen, pigs, dogs, elephants, and men contain different and special chemical substances, corresponding to the "cetyl" which is present in the fat of the sperm whale's head.
Cetylic alcohol (Chem.), a white, waxy, crystalline solid, obtained from spermaceti, and regarded as homologous with ordinary, or ethyl, alcohol; ethal; - - called also cetyl alcohol.
Following is a formula given for the ointment: Cetyl alcohol, 35.1 percent; stearyl alcohol, 5.3; ceresin, 3.5; castor oil.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2001).