| n. | 1. | (Chem.) One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid. |
| a. | 1. | Deadly; mortal; fatal. |
| Adj. | 1. | lethal - of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection" Synonyms: deadly |
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