Dissolvent

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  • adjective. Capable of dissolving a substance; solvent.
  • noun. A solvent.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having power to dissolve; solvent.
  • noun. A solvent.
  • noun. That which disintegrates, breaks up, or loosens.
  • noun. In medicine, a remedy supposed to be capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc.; a resolvent.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. That which has the power of dissolving or melting other substances, esp. by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent.
  • noun. A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc.
  • adjective. Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Capable of dissolution into a fluid.
  • noun. A substance which can (be) dissolve(d) into a liquid
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
  • Word Usage
    "Conversely, the kind of bipartisan cooperation voters are supposedly clamoring for today seemed to them, again correctly as the evidence shows, a deterrent to voter turnout and a dissolvent of internal party unity."
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