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Answer : ETHER
ether, ethoxyethane, divinyl ether, vinyl ether, diethyl ether, ethyl ether – n
a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic
ether , Any of a class of organic compounds whose molecular structure has an oxygen atom interposed between two carbon atoms that are part of hydrocarbon molecules. Ethers have the general chemical formula ROR′, in which R and R′ represent the hydrocarbons. They resemble alcohols but generally are less dense, less soluble in water, more volatile, and more inert. They are used in chemical processing, for extraction and separation of chemicals, and as solvents. Some are used as insecticides and soil fumigants. They are also used in medicine and pharmacology. Codeine is the methyl ether of morphine. The term ether often refers to ethyl ether (C2H5OC2H5), best known as an anesthetic but also used as a solvent, an extractant, and a reaction medium.
More Clues
- LOW Temperature extreme
- HIGH Temperature extreme
- HIGHS Temperature extremes
- LOWS Temperature extremes
- WESTERN Breaking news about temperature extremes leading round high noon, perhaps
- OUT Away in Corsica, where temperature’s highest
- C E E Ef counterpart, in temperatures
- ETHER Anaesthetic hitch – temperature’s dropped
- ILLICIT Bad company: temperature’s hot
- ART HOUSE Cinema fire – temperature’s hot inside
- ULTIMA THULE Extreme northern location; an uttermost point or degree
- ARCTIC CIRCLE Temperature’s reduced ice in curve round the far north
- RAINING Working out — temperature’s boosted — showering
- DARING Going out once temperature’s dropped for run is foolhardy
- FLUCTUATE Illness, horribly acute, in which temperature’s seen to go up and down
- CORNUCOPIA Trouble afoot – temperature’s cold in the Land of More Plenty
- LESSEE After temperature’s dropped, let’s consider tenant
- ENABLE Allow shelter and medication, dropping extreme temperatures
- TWEEDY Temperature’s weak of the upper crust
- FIERIEST Cooks around fire evenly before temperature’s hottest
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