solvent
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Solvent \Sol"vent\ (s[o^]l"vent), a. [L. solvens, p. pr. of
solvere. See {Solvable}.]
1. Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent
fluid. "The solvent body." --Boyle.
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2. Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent
merchant; the estate is solvent.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Solvent \Sol"vent\, n. (Chem.)
A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in,
solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the
appropriate solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether
of fats, and mercury or acids of metals, etc.
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2. That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "solvent":
ablative, able to pay, above water, abstergent, acetone, alcohol,
all clear, all straight, anticoagulant, aqua regia, benzine,
biodegradable, carbolic acid, carbon tet, carbon tetrachloride,
cathartic, chloroform, cleaner, cleaning agent, cleaning solvent,
cleanser, cleansing cream, clear, cold cream, corrosive, cream,
cutting, decomposable, decomposing, degradable, dentifrice,
depurant, detergent, dilapidated, diluent, dilutant, disintegrable,
disintegrated, disintegrating, disintegrative, disjunctive,
disruptive, dissolvent, dissolving agent, diuretic, emetic, enema,
erosive, ether, flux, free and clear, gasoline, good, good for,
holystone, liquefacient, liquefier, lotion, moldering, mouthwash,
nauseant, out of debt, phenol, profitable, pumice stone, purgative,
purge, purifier, ravaged, reliable, resolutive, resolvent, rinse,
ruinous, separative, shampoo, soap, solid, sound, substantial,
synthetic detergent, thinner, thinning, tooth powder, toothpaste,
turpentine, unindebted, unowing, wash, water, worn
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