Alcohol Terms

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
d p r e s s n
A drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
2.
o x n
3.
h a z n g a t i t
4.
i g e r n k i n g
5.
c i r h s s
A chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver
6.
b a k o u
Darkness resulting from the extinction of lights
7.
l c o l i s m
An intense persistent desire to drink ___ beverages to excess
8.
d n i l
The act of refusing to comply
9.
d l i m t e m e n s
10.
f r m e n t a t
A process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances
11.
b e r
A general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal flavored with hops
12.
w n e
Drink made from grapes
13.
l q u o
An alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
14.
r a i
That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers
15.
d t i a t i o n
The process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors
16.
p r f
Any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
17.
b o d y w e i
18.
o d y f t
19.
a d d c i o
Being unable to stop using something harmful
20.
h i p c a u s
21.
b s t e n c e
The trait of abstaining
22.
p r h i b t n
A law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
23.
l o h o o n t n t