A pungent-smelling colourless crystalline compound, C10H14O; m.p. 51°C. It occurs in various essential oils, particularly oil of thyme, and can be made by using iron(III) chloride to oxidize piperitone (itself extracted from eucalyptus oil). Its antiseptic properties are exploited in gargles and mouthwashes.
Thymol
- Anderson, Philip Warren (1923–2020)
- Anderson, Theodore Wilbur (1918–2016)
- Andersonville Prison
- Anderson–Darling test
- Anders, William Alison (1933– )
- andesine
- andesite
- AND gate
- andhis
- andic horizon
- Andino-type margin
- andisols
- AND operation
- AND/OR graph
- Andorra
- andosols
- Andover scandal
- Andrada e Silva, José Bonifacio (1763–1838)
- andradite
- Andrassy, Julius, Count (1823–90)
- Andreessen, Marc (1971–)
- Andreev reflection
- andreia
- Andrewes, Lancelot (1555–1626)
- Andrews plot