Rum, vodka and wine are all ____.

noun

1. Ethanol especially when considered as the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors
2. Drink (such as whiskey or beer) containing ethanol
3. A mixture of ethanol and water that is usually 95 percent ethanol
4. Any of a class of organic see organic compounds that are analogous to ethanol and that are hydroxyl derivatives of hydrocarbons

noun

1. A measure of the concentration of alcohol in an alcoholic beverage

   "Last year, lawmakers passed a bill to allow those stores to start selling stronger beer, with up to 6 percent alcohol by volume, starting April 1, 2019."

noun

1. A medical condition characterized by a pattern of frequent and usually excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages, by strong cravings for alcohol often accompanied by episodes of depression, anxiety, or distress, by symptoms (such as restlessness or sweating) of alcohol withdrawal, and by the impaired ability to stop or control the intake of alcohol despite adverse effects on one's work, school, or family obligations

   "Over the long term, teen alcohol use can interfere with normal brain development and can increase the chance that the teens will develop an alcohol use disorder later in life."

noun

1. Any of eight isomeric alcohols C₅H₁₂O used especially as solvents and in making esters

adjective

1. Opposed to the consumption of alcohol

   "anti-alcohol campaigns/legislation"

noun

1. Any of four flammable alcohols C₄H₉OH (such as butanol) used in organic synthesis and as solvents

noun

1. A waxy crystalline alcohol C₁₆H₃₄O obtained by the saponification of spermaceti or the hydrogenation of palmitic acid and used especially in pharmaceutical and cosmetic preparations and in making detergents

noun

1. A colorless, volatile, flammable liquid C₂H₅OH that is the intoxicating agent in liquors and is also used as a solvent and in fuel ethanol

   "Denatured alcohol is simply ethyl alcohol that has been mixed with toxic or nauseating substances, called denaturants (these prevent the alcohol from being consumed)."

noun

1. A highly variable group of birth defects including intellectual disability, deficient growth, and malformations of the skull and face that tend to occur in the offspring of women who consume large amounts of alcohol during pregnancy

noun

1. Ethanol