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cetyl alcohol
ce·tyl al·co·hol [ st'l álkə hòl ]


noun 
Definition:
 
white solid: a white waxy solid. Use: manufacture of cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, detergents.
[< Latin cetus "whale"; because originally isolated from spermaceti]
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