Definitions for cresols

cresols cre·sol

Spelling: [kree-sawl, -sol]
IPA: /ˈkri sɔl, -sɒl/

Cresols is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 167 anagrams from letters in cresols (celorss).

Definitions for cresols

noun

  1. any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.

Origin of cresols

1860-65; cres- (irregular from creosote) + -ol2

Examples for cresols

They are arranged over cesspools 18 feet deep, disinfected every day with whitewash and cresol, and are quite odourless.

So instead of phenol, other coal tar products such as cresol, naphthol or benzene itself may be used.

cresol soap and water make a good disinfectant for incubators.

Lysol is a compound of cresol and linseed-oil soap, and is much less toxic than carbolic acid.

For this purpose a 0.5 per cent solution of the compound solution of cresol or of Lugol's solution has been found satisfactory.

The floor and the lower part of the chambers are treated with cresol; the upper part is whitewashed.

Compound solution of cresol is an excellent remedy at this stage.

Among the substances deserving mention under this head we have indol, skatol, cresol, and phenol.

Word Value for cresols
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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