aperient
31cathartic — adj 1. purgative, purging, Med. lapac tic, cleansing, cleaning, detergent, abstergent, abstersive; purifying, purificatory, depurative, ablutionary, lustrate, lustral; laxative, Med. aperient, carminative, emetic, vomitory; expurgatory, censorial …
32purgative — adj 1. purging, cleansing, detergent, detersive, cleaning; laxative, diuretic, evacuant, aperient; purifying, depurative. n 2. purge, physic, laxative, cathartic, aperient, ipecac, castor oil, ricinus oil, salts, dose of salts; purgation, dose,… …
33cover — [13] Cover comes ultimately from Latin cooperīre, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com ‘completely’ and operīre ‘cover’ (a relative of aperīre ‘open’, from which English gets aperient). It passed into English via Old French cuvrir …
34a|per|i|tive — «uh PEHR uh tihv», adjective, noun. = aperient. (Cf. ↑aperient) …
35apocathartic — apocathartic, a. and n. Med. (ˌæpəʊkəˈθɑːtɪk) [ad. Gr. ἀποκαθαρτικ ός, f. ἀποκαθαίρ ειν to purge; see ic.] A. adj. Purging, aperient. B. n. An aperient medicine. in Hooper Med. Dict …
36Above the salt — Salt Salt, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout, G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. ?, Russ. sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf. {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.] 1. The… …
37Acid salt — Salt Salt, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout, G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. ?, Russ. sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf. {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.] 1. The… …
38AEgoceras leucophaeus — Blue Blue (bl[=u]), a. [Compar. {Bluer} (bl[=u] [ e]r); superl. {Bluest}.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, livid, black, fr. Icel.bl[=a]r livid; akin to Dan. blaa blue, Sw. bl[*a], D. blauw, OHG. bl[=a]o, G. blau; but influenced in form by F. bleu,… …
39Alkaline salt — Salt Salt, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout, G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. ?, Russ. sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf. {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.] 1. The… …
40Amphid salt — Salt Salt, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout, G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. ?, Russ. sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf. {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.] 1. The… …
