ABSTERSIVE

  

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ABSTERSIVE

Definitions: ABSTERSIVE

ABSTERSIVE

Adjective

1. Cleansing; purging.

Noun

1. Something cleansing.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Synonyms within Context: ABSTERSIVE

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Remedy

Adjective: remedial; restorative; corrective, palliative, healing; sanatory, sanative; prophylactic, preventative, immunizing; salutiferous; (salutary); medical, medicinal; therapeutic, chirurgical, epulotic, paregoric, tonic, corroborant, analeptic, balsamic, anodyne, hypnotic, neurotic, narcotic, sedative, lenitive, demulcent, emollient; depuratory; detersive, detergent; abstersive, disinfectant, febrifugal, alterative; traumatic, vulnerary.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: ABSTERSIVE

English words defined with "ABSTERSIVE": Abstersiveness. (references)

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Modern Translations: ABSTERSIVE

Language Translations for "abstersive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

abstersiveay.(various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tẩy (abstergent), là m sạch (abstergent, purgatory, purificatory). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: ABSTERSIVE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-i-r-s-s-t-v"

-1 letter: assertive.

-2 letters: beasties, seriates, vestries, vibrates.

-3 letters: aeriest, baiters, barites, basters, beastie, beaters, beavers, berates, bestirs, betises, bisters, bistres, braises, brassie, bravest, breasts, brevets, easiest, easters, rebaits, rebates, reseats, resites, restive, revests, revises, satires, searest, seaters, seriate, starves, stivers, strives, teasers, terbias, tessera, vastier, veriest, verists, veritas, verites, versets, verstes, vibrate, vitesse.

-4 letters: aeries, airest, aivers, aretes, arises, assert, asters, averse, averts, baiter, barest, barite, basest, basset, baster, bastes, beasts, beater, beaver, berate, berets, besets, bestir, betise, bevies, biases, birses, bister, bistre, biters, braise, braves, breast, breves, brevet, easier, easies, easter, eaters, erases, esters, everts, evites, rabies, raises, reaves, rebait, rebate, reests, reives, reseat, resets, resist, resite, reties, revest, revets, revise, rivets, sabers, sabirs, sabres, sarees, satire, savers, seater, seiser, serais, serest, series, serves, severs, siesta, sieves, sirees, sister, sistra, sitars, sivers, stairs, stares, starve, staves, steers, steres, stiver, striae, strive, tabers, tassie, teaser, teases, terais, terbia, traves, tribes, varies, vaster, verist, verite, verses, verset, verste, versts, vestas, vistas.

-5 letters: abets, abris, aerie, airts, aiver, arete, arise, arses, arsis, asset, aster, astir, avers, avert, baits, bares, baser, bases, basis, bassi, baste, basts, bates, bears, beast, beats, beers, beets, beret, beset, bests, betas, biers, birse, bises, biter, bites, braes, brass, brats, brave, bravi, brees, breve, bries, brits, eases, easts, eater, eaves, erase, erses, ester, evert, evite, irate, isbas, raise, rases, rates, raves, reave, reest, reive, reset, rests, retia, retie, revet, ribes, rises, rites, rives, rivet, saber, sabes, sabir, sabre, saree, saris, sates, satis, saver, saves, sears, seats, seers, seise, serai, seres, serve, setae, sever, sieve, siree, sires, sitar, sites, siver, stabs, stair, stare, stars, stave, steer, stere, sties, stirs, stria, taber, tabes, tares, tarsi, tasse, tears, tease, terai, terse, tiers, tires, trass, trave, trees, tress, tribe, tries, tsars, vairs, vases, vasts, veers, verbs, verse, verst, verts, vesta, vests, vibes, viers, vires, visas, vises, vista, vitae.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-i-r-s-s-t-v"
 

+2 letters: abortiveness, subvarieties.

 

+3 letters: observatories, veritableness.

 

+4 letters: abortivenesses, antisubversive, severabilities.

 

+5 letters: antisubversives, observabilities, overstabilities, veritablenesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ABSTERSIVE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 42 53 54 45 52 53 49 56 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    -...    ...    -    .    .-.    ...    ..    ...-    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01000010 01010011 01010100 01000101 01010010 01010011 01001001 01010110 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#66 &#83 &#84 &#69 &#82 &#83 &#73 &#86 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0042 0053 0054 0045 0052 0053 0049 0056 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35365354395253435639

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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