Usually means: Organic compound, three hydroxyl groups.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. glycerol: Merriam-Webster
  2. glycerol: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. glycerol: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. glycerol: Collins English Dictionary
  5. glycerol: Vocabulary.com
  6. glycerol: Wordnik
  7. glycerol: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. glycerol: Wiktionary
  9. glycerol: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. glycerol: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. glycerol: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. glycerol: Dictionary.com
  13. Glycerol (data page), Glycerol: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Glycerol: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. glycerol: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. glycerol: Rhymezone
  17. Glycerol: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. glycerol: FreeDictionary.org
  19. glycerol: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. glycerol: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. Glycerol: Wordnik

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Wine Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. glycerol: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. glycerol: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  5. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  7. glycerol: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glycerol: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry
  2. General Chemistry Online (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See glycerols as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (glycerol)

noun:  (organic chemistry) 1,2,3-trihydroxy-propane or propan-1,2,3-triol; a trihydric alcohol
noun:  A syrupy sweet liquid obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of soap from animal or vegetable oils and fats; it is used as an antifreeze, a plasticizer, and a food sweetener and in the manufacture of dynamite, cosmetics etc.

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