Rhymes for VIOSTEROLS

• a bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects are tachycardia and shakiness

• A little banner, flag, or streamer.

• A flat band with an inscription, common in Renaissance buildings.

• a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

• an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues

• a plant sterol that is converted into vitamin D by ultraviolet radiation

• ornamental objects of no great value

• nonsensical talk or writing

• a gasoline substitute consisting of 90% gasoline and 10% grain alcohol from corn

• a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils

• an optically inactive alcohol that is a component of the vitamin B complex

• the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

• a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation; an organic mat over a grey leached layer

• a type of soil consisting of unconsolidated material from freshly deposited alluvium or sand

• (Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios

• a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid

• the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization

• any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances

• a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body

• a drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid

• Holidays (time off work or time spent travelling).

• a cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas

• a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)

• a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent

• any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation

• an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO)

• an oral beta blocker (trade name Tenormin) used in treating hypertension and angina; has adverse side effects (depression and exacerbation of congestive heart failure etc.)

• one who is away or absent without leave

• absent without permission

• a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds