Word: methylketols
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: me
thyl
ke
tols
Definition: Plural of methylketol; 2-methylindole, a mildly toxic and slightly flammable organic compound which occurs as a white solid and turns brown over time.
Morphemes:
Affix: methyl
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: 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.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: μέθυ
Language: grc
Decoded: methu
Meaning: wine
Affix: ὕλη
Language: grc
Decoded: ule
Meaning: wood, material
Affix: ketone
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A homologous series of organic molecules whose functional group is an oxygen atom joined to a carbon atom—by a double bond—in a carbon-hydrogen based molecule.
Affix: indol
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An organic compound, C8H7N, found in coal tar, and produced in the gut by the bacterial decomposition of tryptophan; it is an aromatic bicyclic heterocycle having a benzene ring fused with a pyrrole ring; indole and its derivatives occur widely in nature and have many industrial applications.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form regular plurals of nouns.