cresol : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cresol	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cresol
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cresol n any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant Synonym(s): cresol, methyl phenol
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cresol \Cre"sol\ (kr[emac]"s[omac]l), n. [From {Creosote}.] (Chem.) Any one of three metameric substances, {CH3.C6H4.OH}, homologous with and resembling phenol. They are obtained from coal tar and wood tar, and are colorless, oily liquids or solids. Note: [Called also {cresylic acid}.]