Aldol

Definition: Aldol

Aldol

Noun

1. An oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO).

Note: Aldol \Al"dol\, noun. [Aldehyde -ol as in alcohol.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Aldol

Synonym: aldehyde-alcohol (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Aldol

English words defined with "aldol": acetaldol, aldol reaction. (references)

Specialty definitions using "aldol": Aldehyde-Lyases. (references)

Expressions using "aldol": aldol condensation ♦ aldol reaction. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "aldol"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		丁醛醇. (various references)

German		Aldol. (various references)

Greek		αλδόλη. (various references)

Pig Latin		aldolay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "aldol": aldolase, aldolases, aldolization, aldolizations, aldols. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "aldol" (pronounced 'Al"dol'): Cardol, Dioxindol, IDOL, Indol, Oxindol. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: allod.
	Words within the letters "a-d-l-l-o"
	-1 letter: doll, load, olla.
	-2 letters: ado, all, dal, dol, lad, old.
	-3 letters: ad, al, do, la, lo, od.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-l-l-o"
	+1 letter: aldols, allods, dollar.
	+2 letters: allodia, allowed, alloyed, alodial, bollard, collard, dollars, halloed, holdall, hollaed, holland, lowland, modally, nodally, oddball, pollard, wadmoll.
	+3 letters: aldolase, alkaloid, allodial, allodium, allotted, anodally, arillode, arilloid, balloted, beadroll, bollards, carolled, caudillo, collaged, collards, collared, collated, disallow, disloyal, dorsally, downfall, falderol, fallowed, foldable, galloped, gladiola, gladioli, halloaed, hallooed, hallowed, hilloaed, holdable, holdalls, hollands, holloaed, hulloaed, keloidal, ladylove, landlord, lipoidal, lowlands, moldable, nailfold, oddballs, oeillade, plowland, pollards, roadkill, sallowed, slalomed, tallowed, thalloid, totalled, villadom, wadmolls, walloped, wallowed.
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