Definitions for methyl

methyl meth·yl

Spelling: [meth-uh l]
IPA: /ˈmɛθ əl/

Methyl is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 78 anagrams from letters in methyl (ehlmty).

Definitions for methyl

adjective

  1. containing the methyl group.

Origin of methyl

First recorded in 1835-45; by back formation from methylene

Examples for methyl

There is the fact that methyl chloride could have produced the effect we felt.

The action of acid is equally characteristic for methyl violet.

This process, known as epigenetics, involves the addition of small chemical tags known as methyl groups to the DNA double helix.

This oil consists mainly of linalol, together with small quantities of methyl heptenone, geraniol, and d-terpineol.

This oil is methylo-salicylic ether, or salicylate of methyl.

With this source also the positions of chloroform and iodide of methyl are inverted.

The principal constituents of the oil are a terpene, asarol alcohol, another alcohol, and methyl eugenol.

After adding two drops of methyl orange solution, N/10 acid is run in until the solution acquires a faint pink tint.

Obtained by the action of zinc upon iodide of methyl, as zinc-ethyl.

The methyl alcohol must have a specific gravity of not more than ˙810 at 60 F.

Word Value for methyl
Scrable

14

Words with friends

14

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