Lethal
WordNet
adjective
(1) Of an instrument of certain death
"Deadly poisons"
"Lethal weapon"
"A lethal injection"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
< , improperly written < , improperly written as , as associated with Greek .
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of “lauric acid ethereal salt”, so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.
Noun
- One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid.