methyl

About 4.83 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3-, formally derived from methane by the loss of a hydrogen atom; a compound or part of a compound formed by the attachment of such a radical.

Similar words

methyl group methyl radical dimethyl nitrosourea methanol methacrylate pyrrolidone glyoxal aspartate catechol

Often followed by

alcohol group methacrylate groups ester bromide orange chloride ethyl esters

Word family

methylic methyls