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Definitions: VULNERARY |
VULNERARYAdjective1. Useful in healing wounds; adapted to the cure of external injuries; as, vulnerary plants or potions. Noun1. A vulnerary remedy. |
Date "VULNERARY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1902. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Botanical | A substance for healilng wounds and sores. Acacia, Acrostichum, Alternanthera, Argemone, Artocarpus, Baccharis, Basella, Bidens, Bocconia, Bryophyllum, Bursera, Caesalpinia, Cajanus, Calophyllum, Calotropis, Carica, Casearia, Cassia, Chaptalia, Chrysobalanus, Cissampelos, Cissus, Clitoria, Clusia, Cocos, Copaifera, Crescentia, Curatella, Datura, Desmodium, Dolichos, Eclipta, Euphorbia, Ficus, Guazuma, Hymenaea, Jatropha, Kallstroemia, Lens, Licania, Lippia, Mammea, Momordica, Moringa, Mucuna, Musa, Nerium, Ophioglossum, Piper, Polymnia, Pothomorphe, Prioria, Protium, Psidium, Pterocarpus, Punica, Rheedia, Rhizophora, Rivina, Sagittaria, Sapindus, Solanum, Spathodea, Spondias, Symphonia, Terminalila, Thespesia, Urera, Trixis, Zanthoxylum. (references) |
Health | A mixture of vinegar, alcohol, dilute sulphuric acid, honey, and water; at one time used in the treatment of wounds. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Remedy | Salve, ointment, cerate, oil, lenitive, lotion, cosmetic; plaster; epithem, embrocation, liniment, cataplasm, sinapism, arquebusade, traumatic, vulnerary, pepastic, poultice, collyrium, depilatory; emplastrum; eyewater, vesicant, vesicatory. |
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. | |
Crosswords: VULNERARY |
| English words defined with "VULNERARY": Arquebusade ♦ Balsam apple. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "VULNERARY": BIDENS PILOSA, BRYOPHYLLUM PINNATUM, BUDDLEIA AMERICANA ♦ CLUSIA MINOR, CURATELLA AMERICANA ♦ TRIXIS RADIALIS. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "VULNERARY": Arquebusade. (references) |
Expression using "VULNERARY": Theden vulnerary. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "VULNERARY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | средство за лекуване на рани, лекуващ рани. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | hojivý (curative, medicinal, sanative, sanatory, wholesome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Theden's sårvand (Theden vulnerary), sårhelingsmidler (vulnerary consolidants). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | eau vulnéraire de Theden (Theden vulnerary), cicatrisants (vulnerary consolidants). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Wundheilmittel (vulnerary consolidants), Theden Wundwasser (Theden vulnerary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gyógyító (balmy, healer, healing, medicative, medicinal, physical, remedial, sanative, sanatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menyembuhkan (allay, curative, heal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vulnerario di Theden (Theden vulnerary), acqua vulneraria di Theden (Theden vulnerary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ulneraryvay vulnerário. (various references) vindecãtor (healer, healing, physician), medicament care vindecã rãnile, care vindecã rãnile, alifie care vindecã rãnile. (various references) целительный (beneficial, curative, healing, salutary). (various references) za ranu. (various references) yaraya iyi gelen, yaraları iyileştiren, yara ilacı. (various references) thuốc chữa tương tích. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"VULNERARY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dunleary. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "VULNERARY" (pronounced 'Vul"ner*a*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almonry, Almry, Altimetry. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-n-r-r-u-v-y" | |
-2 letters: unravel, venular. | |
-3 letters: nearly, neural, rarely, unreal, uranyl, valuer, vernal, yarner. | |
-4 letters: early, laver, layer, learn, leary, leavy, lunar, lurer, navel, nervy, ravel, raven, raver, relay, renal, reran, rerun, ruler, rural, ulnae, ulnar, unary, unlay, urare, ureal, uveal, value, vealy, velar, venal, yarer, yearn, yulan. | |
-5 letters: aery, aryl, aver, earl, earn, elan, envy, eyra. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-n-r-r-u-v-y" | |
+3 letters: vernacularly. | |
+4 letters: revolutionary. | |
+5 letters: curvilinearity, remuneratively. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 55 4C 4E 45 52 41 52 59 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- ..- .-.. -. . .-. .- .-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01010101 01001100 01001110 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010010 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V U L N E R A R Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0055 004C 004E 0045 0052 0041 0052 0059 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)565546483952355259 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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