glycol

glycol has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• n.. A thick, colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin.
• n.. Any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type.
• n.. any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule
• n.. a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent