| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| PHENOL | Carbolic acid | |
| CARBOLIZE | To apply carbolic acid to; to wash or treat with carbolic acid. | |
| CREOSOL | A colorless liquid resembling phenol or carbolic acid, homologous with pyrocatechin, and obtained from beechwood tar and gum guaiacum. | |
| ANTISEPTIC | A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona. | |
| CARBOLIC | Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources; as, carbolic acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol). See Phenol. | |
| SPRAY | To throw spray upon; to treat with a liquid in the form of spray; as, to spray a wound, or a surgical instrument, with carbolic acid. | |
| SALICYLIC | ...cid formerly obtained by fusing salicin with potassium hydroxide, and now made in large quantities from phenol (carbolic acid) by the action of ... | |