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-itol
Chemistry.
- a suffix used in names of alcohols containing more than one hydroxyl group:
inositol.
-itol
suffix forming nouns
- indicating that certain chemical compounds are polyhydric alcohols
sorbitol
inisitol
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Word History and Origins
Origin of -itol1
from -ite ² + -ol 1
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Example Sentences
But while his reputation is likely to grow on Cap itol Hill, he may find it difficult to achieve the public stature of O'Neill, who in the Reagan years became the nation's most visible Democrat.
In galloping haste, War Mobilizer James F. Byrnes hustled up Cap itol Hill last week to warn Congress that by the closing months of the year "many persons may be unemployed."
Other letters declared that $18,000,000 had been spent unnecessarily in rebuilding the Cuban Cap itol, that the whole Machado Cabinet had big graft in construction of Havana's waterworks.
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