demulcent

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

demulcent
    adj 1: having a softening or soothing effect especially to the
           skin [syn: {demulcent}, {emollient}, {salving},
           {softening}]
    n 1: a medication (in the form of an oil or salve etc.) that
         soothes inflamed or injured skin

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Obtundent \Ob*tund"ent\, n. [L. obtundens, p. pr. of obtundere.]
   (Med.)
   A substance which sheathes a part, or blunts irritation,
   usually some bland, oily, or mucilaginous matter; -- nearly
   the same as {demulcent}. --Forsyth.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Demulcent \De*mul"cent\, a. [L. demulcens, p. pr. of demulcere.]
   Softening; mollifying; soothing; assuasive; as, oil is
   demulcent.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Demulcent \De*mul"cent\, n. (Med.)
   A substance, usually of a mucilaginous or oily nature,
   supposed to be capable of soothing an inflamed nervous
   membrane, or protecting it from irritation. Gum Arabic,
   glycerin, olive oil, etc., are demulcents.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

64 Moby Thesaurus words for "demulcent":
      alleviating, alleviative, analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne,
      assuasive, balm, balmy, balsam, balsamic, benumbing, brilliantine,
      calmant, calmative, cathartic, cerate, chrism, cleansing,
      cold cream, collyrium, cream, deadening, dulling, easing,
      embrocation, emollient, eye-lotion, eyewash, eyewater, face cream,
      hand lotion, inunction, inunctum, lanolin, lenitive, liniment,
      loosening, lotion, mitigating, mitigative, mollifying, nard,
      numbing, oil, ointment, pain-killing, palliative, pomade, pomatum,
      purgative, relaxing, relieving, remedial, salve, sedative,
      softening, soothing, soothing syrup, spikenard, subduing, unction,
      unguent, unguentum, vulnerary