amyl
containing an amyl group; pentyl.
an amyl group.
Origin of amyl
1Words Nearby amyl
Other definitions for amyl- (2 of 2)
variant of amylo-, especially before a vowel.
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How to use amyl in a sentence
With the president surrounded by “a fast Hollywood crowd,” someone offered him amyl nitrite, or “poppers.”
Intern's Memoir Details Affair With President Kennedy | Matthew DeLuca | February 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe clear distillate had a peculiar odor suggesting both tea and amyl formate.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson SymeThe distillate, in every case, had an ethereal odor suggesting amyl formate in very dilute solution, but was more fragrant.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson Symeamyl, am′il, n. the fifth in the series of the alcohol radicals, a natural product of the distillation of coal.
In such patients I should be disinclined to allow the use of amyl.
Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it | Francis E. Anstie
Caffein aids the action of nitrates, acetanilid, ethyl alcohol and amyl alcohol, and increases the toxicity of barium chloride.
All About Coffee | William H. Ukers
British Dictionary definitions for amyl
/ (ˈæmɪl) /
(modifier, no longer in technical usage) of, consisting of, or containing any of eight isomeric forms of the monovalent group C 5 H 11 -: amyl group or radical See also pentyl
Origin of amyl
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Scientific definitions for amyl
[ ăm′əl ]
The radical C5H11, derived from pentane. Amyl occurs in eight isomeric forms. Also called pentyl
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