Definitions for chloral

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chloral chlo·ral

Spelling: [klawr-uh l, klohr-]

IPA: /ˈklɔr əl, ˈkloʊr-/

Chloral is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 127 anagrams from letters in chloral (achllor).

Definitions for chloral

noun

1. Also called trichloroacetaldehyde, trichloroacetic acid aldehyde. a colorless, oily liquid, C 2 Cl 3 HO, having a pungent odor, usually derived by the chlorination of ethyl alcohol or of acetaldehyde and combining with water to form chloral hydrate.
2. Also called chloral hydrate. Pharmacology. a white, crystalline solid, C 2 H 3 Cl 3 O 2 , formed by combining liquid chloral with water: used as a hypnotic.

Origin of chloral

First recorded in 1825-35; chlor-² + -al³

Examples for chloral

Bromide of potassium in combination with chloral has been recommended.

For this purpose it may be given in a solution like that of chloral hydrate.

On the table where she had placed the lamp was a tiny bottle marked "chloral."

But when the chloral was stoutly met at last, it was too late.

Bleaching is dangerous owing to the inhalation of chloral fumes.

He did not speak of the past; he made no allusion to the chloral.

Give ether or chloroform by inhalation, and chloral internally.

Recently, paraldehyde has been employed as a substitute for chloral.

Overwork, chloral, and despair at the "conspiracy of silence" caused his brain to crumble.

He said the chloral he had taken daring the journey was upon him, and he could not see.