cresol

cresol is a 6-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. [Called also cresylic acid.]. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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. [Called also cresylic acid.]
2. noun. any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in cresol:

ceorls, closer, escrol

Common word forms

cresols

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