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Definitions: Depressant |
DepressantAdjective1. Capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent. Noun1. A drug that reduces excitability and calms a person. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Botanical | A substance which retards any function. Phoebe. (references) |
Medicine | Chlorinated hydrocarbons. . . act. . . physiologically as diffuse stimulants or -- on the central nervous system. Source: European Union. (references) |
Metallurgy | Conditionning of gangue or mineral to a hydrophilic state for counterflotation may require addition of an organic or inorganic ion, molecule or colloid called a depressant. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | In the froth flotation process, a reagent that reacts with a particle surface to render it less prone to stay in the froth, thus causing it to wet down as a tailing product. Depressants act by complexing elements at surface lattices of minerals that might carry a charge attractive to conditioning agents; by destroying collector coating; by surface modification of particles. See also:bathotonic reagent;surface activity. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: DepressantSynonyms: downer (n), sedative (n), sedative drug (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: stimulative (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Depressant |
| Specialty definitions using "depressant": Aprindine ♦ Dichloroethylenes, Disopyramide ♦ foam depressant ♦ Myocardial Depressant Factor ♦ nonfreezing explosive, Norfenfluramine ♦ Phenmetrazine, preferential flotation ♦ Terfenadine. (references) |
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Health | GHB is a central nervous system depressant that can relax or sedate the body. At higher doses it can slow breathing and heart rate to dangerous levels. (references) | |
Therefore, someone who is thinking about discontinuing CNS depressant therapy or who is suffering withdrawal from a CNS depressant should speak with a physician or seek medical treatment. (references) | ||
During the first few days of taking a prescribed CNS depressant, a person usually feels sleepy and uncoordinated, but as the body becomes accustomed to the effects of the drug, these feelings begin to disappear. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Depressant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Depressant" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "depressant": foam depressant ♦ freezing point depressant ♦ Myocardial Depressant Factor. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "depressant": anti-depressant. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "depressant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | qetësues (anodyne, assuagement, balmy, bland, calming, comforting, demulcent, drug, easeful, lenitive, pacificatory, painkiller, palliative, paregoric, reposeful, restful, sedative, soother, soothing, tranquilizer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 抑制剂. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | sedativum (downer, tranquillizer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skumdaempningsmiddel (antifoam, antifoam agent, antifoaming, antifoaming agent, anti-froth agent, antifrothing agent, antiscumming agent, defoamer, defoaming agent, foam breaker, foam depressant, foam inhibitor), skumdaemper (antifoam, antifoam agent, antifoaming, antifoaming agent, anti-froth agent, antifrothing agent, antiscumming agent, defoamer, defoaming agent, foam breaker, foam depressant, foam inhibitor), skumdaempende middel (antifoam, antifoam agent, antifoaming, antifoaming agent, anti-froth agent, antifrothing agent, antiscumming agent, defoamer, defoaming agent, foam breaker, foam depressant, foam inhibitor), anxiolytikum (antianxiety agent, antianxiety drug, anxiolytic, anxiolytic agent, central nervous system depressant, CNS depressant, minor tranquillizer), antiskummiddel (antifoam, antifoam agent, antifoaming, antifoaming agent, anti-froth agent, antifrothing agent, antiscumming agent, defoamer, defoaming agent, foam breaker, foam depressant, foam inhibitor), antiskumadditiv (antifoam, antifoam agent, antifoaming, antifoaming agent, anti-froth agent, antifrothing agent, antiscumming agent, defoamer, defoaming agent, foam breaker, foam depressant, foam inhibitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | schuimwerend middel (antifoam, antifoam agent, antifoaming, antifoaming agent, anti-froth agent, antifrothing agent, antiscumming agent, defoamer, defoaming agent, foam breaker, foam depressant, foam inhibitor), neurodepressor (central nervous system depressant, CNS depressant), antischuimmiddel (antifoam, antifoam agent, antifoaming, antifoaming agent, anti-foaming agent, anti-froth agent, antifrothing agent, antiscumming agent, defoamer, defoaming agent, foam breaker, foam depressant, foam inhibitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sedatiivi (central nervous system depressant, CNS depressant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | déprimant (demoralizing, depressing), dépresseur, réactif dépresseur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Beruhigungsmittel (bromide, depressants, downer, placebos, sedation, sedative, sedatives, suppressant, suppressants, tranquilizer, tranquilizers, tranquillizer, tranquillizers). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νευροκατασταλτικός (central nervous system depressant, CNS depressant), αντιαφρώδες (antifoam, antifoam agent, antifoaming, antifoaming agent, anti-froth agent, antifrothing agent, antiscumming agent, defoamer, defoaming agent, f oam-preventing product, foam breaker, foam depressant, foam inhibitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szedatívum, idegnyugtató szer, idegnyugtató, enyhítő szer, csillapító szer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sedativo (anodyne, sedative, soothing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | epressantday sedativo (calmative, sedative, soothing), calmante (ataractic, ataraxic, calmative, composing, easeful, healing, mollifier, painless, paregoric, relaxing, salve, sedative, soothing, tranquilizer, tranquillizer). (various references) sedativ (assuasive, sedative, tranquillizer). (various references) depresivo. (various references) yatıştırıcı madde (downer), yatıştırıcı (anodyne, calmative, calming, composing, conciliatory, corrective, demulcent, low profile, nervine, pacificatory, palliative, paregoric, placatory, propitiatory, salve, sedative, soothing, trank, tranquilizer, tranquillizer). (various references) заспокійливий засіб (calmative, demulcent, nepenthes, obtundent, opiate, quieter, sedative). (various references) thuốc l m giảm đau (calmative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "depressant": depressants. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "depressant": antidepressant. (additional references) | |
Words containing "depressant": antidepressants. (additional references) | |
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"Depressant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: debrecan, degreasant, depressa, Deresan. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "depressant" (pronounced dupre"sunt) |
| 9 | d u p r e" s u n t | antidepressant. |
| 8 | -u p r e" s u n t | suppressant. |
| 6 | -r e" s u n t | Crescent, fluorescent. |
| 5 | -e" s u n t | adolescent, convalescent, effervescent, evanescent, incandescent, incessant, iridescent, luminescent, obsolescent, preadolescent, quiescent, tumescent. |
| 4 | -s u n t | absent, adjacent, complacent, complaisant, conversant, decent, dispersant, docent, indecent, innocent, lucent, magnificent, nascent, recent, reminiscent, reticent, translucent. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complainant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convenient, convent, convergent, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, luxuriant, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-n-p-r-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: adeptness, pantdress, pederasts. | |
-2 letters: aspersed, assented, assenter, asserted, dearness, earnests, parented, pasterns, pederast, pensters, pertness, predates, presents, pretends, raptness, repassed, repasted, respades, sarsenet, sensated, serpents, spenders, standees, standers, stapedes, trapesed, trapeses. | |
-3 letters: adepter, aptness, arpents, asperse, dearest, densest, departs, depress, derates, deserts, dessert, earnest, eastern, easters, endears, entases, entraps, nearest, nesters, panders, parents. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-n-p-r-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: depressants, pantdresses, pedestrians. | |
+2 letters: desperations. | |
+3 letters: desperateness, disparateness, endoparasites, pedestrianism, predesignates, predestinates, stipendiaries. | |
+4 letters: antidepressant, antidepression, disparagements, dispensatories, pedestrianisms, preadolescents, predestinators, subdepartments, superinsulated, understrappers. | |
+5 letters: antidepressants, antidepressions, desperatenesses, disparatenesses, openheartedness, predestinarians, predestinations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 70 72 65 73 73 61 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . .--. .-. . ... ... .- -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01110000 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110011 01100001 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e p r e s s a n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0070 0072 0065 0073 0073 0061 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38718284718585678086 |
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