phenol
fee nol
- n any of a class of weakly acidic organic compounds; molecule contains one or more hydroxyl groups
- n a toxic white soluble crystalline acidic derivative of benzene; used in manufacturing and as a disinfectant and antiseptic; poisonous if taken internally
- Parts of the city's water are infected with dioxins and phenol at levels that are reportedly 17 million times the safe limit.
- And just such delays have probably encouraged other phenol-formula peddlers to grab for a fast buck elsewhere.
- With it, he was able to control the formaldehyde-phenol reaction with more finesse than had anyone before him.