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1. carminātī̆f adj.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. Having the property of dispersing wind in the body. …

2. corrō̆sī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. & n.

Additional spellings: corrosive
24 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Chemically corrosive; water corrosif, an acid; also fig.; (b) a chemically corroding substance, as an acid. …

3. cotidiā̆n adj. & n.

27 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Daily; also, continual, unceasing; (b) usual, habitual; ordinary, everyday. …

4. decorātī̆f adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. & surg. Designed to remove or cover up blemishes, beautifying. …

5. dīǧestī̆f adj. & n.

9 quotations in 2 senses
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As adj.: (a) med. able to break down pathological matter, humors, etc.; medecin digestif, a digestive medicine, a drug that prepares pathological matter for evacuation; (b) physiol. having to do with……

6. emperīk adj.

4 quotations in 2 senses
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Med. Of a physician: belonging to the empirical school. …

7. epatī̆k adj.

11 quotations in 2 senses
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Med. and anat. (a) Affected with disease of the liver; (b) epatik veine the basilic vein; = epatica n., sense 1. …

8. expert ppl., adj. (and n.)

46 quotations in 4 senses
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Having (personal) experience (in or of something); experienced, wise through experience. …

9. fallāce adj.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Deceitful; fallacious, false; (b) med.?abnormal, improper. …

10. fervent adj.

90 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Hot, burning, fiery; fervent hete, burning heat; (b) fervent oil, hot oil; fervent water, scalding water; (c) fervent ground (lond). …

11. fistūlǒus, -ōse adj.

Additional spellings: fistulose
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Porous (stone); (b) med. like a fistula. …

12. fō̆rmāl adj.

25 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) In due or proper form; according to established procedure; orderly, correct, regular, conventional; formal argument, argument following the rules of logic; (b) ?beautiful, shapely. …

13. fraudūlent adj.

21 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Of persons: given to fraud or lying, dishonest, treacherous; (b) of speech, action, intention, etc.: characterized by deceit; accomplished by trickery; dishonest, deceitful; (c) of a quality……

14. innātūrāl adj.

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(a) Med. Of humors, heat: improperly compounded, unhealthy; also, excessive; of a protrusion: pathological; (b) lacking normal human feelings or attitudes; unrestrained, immoral, inhuman; (c)……

15. mī̆tigātī̆f adj. & n.

21 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. & surg. (a) Soothing, lenitive; (b) as noun: a soothing preparation, palliative. …

16. mordicātī̆ve adj.

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Med. (a) Irritating, smarting, stinging; (b) corrosive, caustic. …

17. passī̆f adj.

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(a) Of matter or a quality of matter: capable of being acted upon, passive as opposed to active; (b) of one's relation to an attitude or judgment: receptive, passive; passif cursing, the suffering of……

18. prī̆mitī̆f adj.

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In phrases: (a) primitif chirche, chirche primitif, the early Christian church; primitif chirche of engelond; (b) med. & surg. cause primitif, a non-corporeal cause of a disease. …

19. prō̆pre adj.

165 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Belonging or pertaining to oneself, a person, or a thing; privately owned; private, personal, individual; intrinsic; (b) propre in, inherent in (a position of honor); propre to, belonging to……

20. prǒud adj.

228 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) Guilty of the sin of Pride; haughty, arrogant; also, obstinate, rebellious; (b) proudest of pride, supremely proud; proud as lucifer; proud herte, proud heart; -- also as surname or epithet; maken……

21. pūr(e adj.

Additional spellings: pure
158 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Unadulterated, unmixed with anything, uncontaminated; pur of, cleansed of (dirt); (b) of metals: unalloyed, refined; of fur: all of one color; of wine: clear; also, undiluted; of medicines……

22. purgā̆tī̆f adj.

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(a) Med. Having the property of cleansing by expelling impure matter from the body; (b) as noun: a cathartic, a laxative. …

23. pū̆trid adj.

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(a) Med. Putrid, festering, gangrenous; of a fever: caused by the putrefaction of humors; (b) of dates:?overripe, spoiled. …

24. refrī̆ǧerātī̆f adj.

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Med. Of a medicine: cooling. …

25. replēte adj. & ppl.

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(a) Filled (with sth.), full; filled (with men); covered (with water, gems); (b) of persons: filled with food or drink, sated, satisfied; also, provided (with delicacies); also, spiritually satisfied……

26. rosāt(e adj.

Additional spellings: rosate
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Med. Containing a distillate of rose petals; mel rosat [see also mel n.(1)(b)]; oile rosat, oil of roses, a medicinal oil made by steeping rose petals in olive oil [cp. oile rose (rosete), s.v. oil(e……

27. saniǒus adj.

6 quotations in 1 sense
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Med. Purulent, containing pus. …

28. seint(e adj.

Additional spellings: seinte
246 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Holy, divinely inspired, worthy of worship; also in oaths; in personification: seint treuth; (b) in phrases: for (par, etc.) seint charite, for the sake of charity; -- common in entreaties and……

29. simple adj.

217 quotations in 12 senses
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(a) Blameless, innocent; upright; guileless, artless; (b) of the eyes:?innocent, not sinful; ?sound, healthy; -- used fig. …

30. stiptik adj.

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(a) Harsh to the taste, sharp, sourish; also, used of taste: sapoure stiptik; (b) med. of medicinal ingredients, medicines, etc.: astringent. …

31. substanciāl adj.

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Chiefly phil. or theol. (a) Pertaining to the very nature of a thing, essential; substancial forme, forme substancial, the principle of existence in a substance and the source of all that is essential……

32. superflū(e adj.

Additional spellings: superflue
36 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Exceeding what is necessary or normal; (b) useless, worthless, vain; also, immoderate, excessive; ?foolish [quot. a1450 St.Kath.(3)]; (c) of a person: extravagant; also, of a house: ?extravagantly……

33. suspeciǒus adj.

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(a) Inclined to believe ill, jealous; full of suspicions, mistrustful; ben suspecious to, to have suspicions of (sb.); (b) regarded with suspicion, distrusted; liable to excite suspicion, exciting……

34. suspect adj.

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(a) Open to suspicion of wrongdoing, liable to arouse suspicion; exciting suspicion; ben suspect of, to be open to suspicion of (sth.); refl. maken suspect of, lay oneself open to suspicion of (sth.)……

35. temperāt(e adj.

Additional spellings: temperate
98 quotations in 6 senses
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(a) Of a person, a person's disposition or nature, an attribute, etc.: mild, gentle; restrained, self-controlled, prudent; (b) of a person, a person's eating, physical activity, etc.: mod erate……

36. vomis adj.

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Med. (a) emetic; medicine vomis; medicine not vomis, an anti-nausea medication; nux vomita [see nux n.]; (b) ?Containing pus, purulent. …

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