Definitions for wood-spirit

wood-spirit wood spirit

Wood-Spirit is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 386 anagrams from letters in wood-spirit (-diiooprstw).

Definitions for wood-spirit

noun

  1. methyl alcohol.
  2. (especially in folklore) a supernatural, incorporeal being believed to inhabit the forest.

Origin of wood-spirit

First recorded in 1835-45

Examples for wood-spirit

A modification of this test is applied to the detection of wood spirit in common alcohol.

As a similar result is obtained with wood spirit, this must be proved to be absent before applying this test.

This may be done whether they have been varnished or not, by means of a tuft of cotton wool dipped in wood spirit.

The precipitate is soluble in acetone, which is always present in wood spirit.

They are mostly solid, glassy-looking substances insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol and wood spirit.

In northern Europe the wood spirit, Ljesche, is believed to have a goat's horns, ears and legs.

What comes over in the form of vapour is a mixture of water, acetone and wood spirit.

Chloroform made from wood spirit is said to be more impure than that from alcohol.

Word Value for wood-spirit
Scrable

8

Words with friends

8

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