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English → English (gcide) Definition: cetyl alcohol ethal \eth"al\, n. [Ether + alcohol: cf. F. ['e]thal.] (Chem.) A white waxy solid, C16H33.OH; -- called also cetyl alcohol and cetylic alcohol. See Cetylic alcohol, under Cetylic. [1913 Webster] Cetylic \Ce*tyl"ic\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, spermaceti. [1913 Webster] Cetylic alcohol (Chem.), a white, waxy, crystalline solid, obtained from spermaceti, and regarded as homologous with ordinary, or ethyl, alcohol; ethal; -- called also cetyl alcohol . [1913 Webster]