m 3 e 1 t 1 h 4 a 1 n 1 o 1 l 1
8 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol
originFrom methane + -ol. French chemists Jean-Baptiste Dumas and Eugene Peligot, after determining methanol's chemical structure, introduced "methylene" from the Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu, “wine”) + ὕλη (húlē, “wood, material”) with the intention of highlighting its origins, "alcohol made from wood (substance)".
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Also spells
Words from these letters
- manhole 12
- menthol 12
- anthem 11
- hamlet 11
- hetman 11
- anethol 10
- ethanol 10
- almeh 10
- hemal 10
- holme 10
- mahoe 10
- maneh 10