refrigerant

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
refrigerant
    adj 1: causing cooling or freezing; "a refrigerant substance
           such as ice or solid carbon dioxide" [syn: {refrigerant},
           {refrigerating}]
    n 1: any substance used to provide cooling (as in a
         refrigerator)
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Refrigerant \Re*frig"er*ant\ (r?*fr?j"?r-ant), a. [L.
   refrigerans, p. pr. of refrigerare: cf. F. r['e]frig['e]rant.
   See {Refrigerate}.]
   Cooling; allaying heat or fever. --Bacon.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Refrigerant \Re*frig"er*ant\, n.
   That which makes to be cool or cold; specifically, a medicine
   or an application for allaying fever, or the symptoms of
   fever; -- used also figuratively. --Holland. "A refrigerant
   to passion." --Blair.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "refrigerant":
      Dry Ice, Freon, algific, ammonia, blast-freezing, carbon dioxide,
      chilling, congealing, coolant, cooling, ether, ethyl chloride,
      freezable, freezing, freezing mixture, frigorific, glaciable, ice,
      ice cubes, liquid air, liquid helium, liquid oxygen,
      quick-freezing, refrigerative, refrigeratory, sharp-freezing
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