Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Pentyl.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Starch; fine flour.
- noun A hypothetical radical (C5H11) believed to exist in many compounds, as amylic alcohol, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A univalent hydrocarbon radical, C5H11, of the paraffine series found in amyl alcohol or fusel oil, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated, organic chemistry
pentyl - adjective Of or pertaining to
starch
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a hydrocarbon radical that occurs in many organic compounds
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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However, esters formed from other pentanol isomers amyl alcohols, or mixtures of pentanols, are often referred to as amyl acetate.
A Special Message Just for You vuboq 2006
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Because Nitrates are found in recreational drugs such as amyl nitrate or nitrite “poppers”taking Viagra with the sexually-oriented party favor can cause a serious decrease in blood pressure which may lead to fainting, a stroke, or heart attack.
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The alcohols must either be mixed with relatively expensive substances (such as amyl nitrate) to promote combustion or aspirated into the diesel fuel through a special device in the air intake.
Chapter 4 1983
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Ask your doctor if you are not sure if any of your medications contain nitrates or you use street drugs containing nitrates such as amyl nitrate and butyl nitrate ( 'poppers') while taking vardenafil.
Blogpulse Top Links 2010
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Some recreational drugs also contain nitrates, such as amyl nitrite and butyl nitrite.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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Some recreational drugs also contain nitrates, such as amyl nitrite and butyl nitrite.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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Deponit, Transderm-Nitro, others), isosorbide dinitrate (Dilatrate-SR, Isordil, Sorbitrate), isosorbide mononitrate (Imdur, ISMO, Monoket), and others; nitrates are also found in some recreational drugs such as amyl nitrate or nitrite
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Deponit, Transderm-Nitro, others), isosorbide dinitrate (Dilatrate-SR, Isordil, Sorbitrate), isosorbide mononitrate (Imdur, ISMO, Monoket), and others; nitrates are also found in some recreational drugs such as amyl nitrate or nitrite
Blogpulse Top Links 2010
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Deponit, Transderm-Nitro, others), isosorbide dinitrate (Dilatrate-SR, Isordil, Sorbitrate), isosorbide mononitrate (Imdur, ISMO, Monoket), and others; nitrates are also found in some recreational drugs such as amyl nitrate or nitrite
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The result plays up a unique note of amyl alcohol found in good grappas, pisco and rhum agricole.
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