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Solvent

Definition: Solvent

Solvent

Adjective

1. Capable of meeting financial obligations.

Noun

1. A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution".

2. A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "solvent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1822. (references)


Specialty Definition: Solvent

DomainDefinition

Archeological

A substance capable of dissolving another substance. Solvents are often liquids and tend to be volatile. Different solvents are needed for dissolving different substances, depending on chemical composition. A common solvent is acetone. (references)

Chemical Industry

Any substance for dissolving a foodstuff or any component thereof, including any contaminant present in or on that foodstuff. Source: European Union. (references)

Finance

Capable of fulfilling one's financial obligations. Source: European Union. (references)
 The state of being able to meet expenses and pay debts. (references)

Health

1. dissolving; effecting a solution. 2. a liquid that dissolves or that is capable of dissolving; the component of a solution that is present in greater amount. (references)
 A liquid capable of dissolving or dispersing another substance (for example, acetone or mineral spirits). (references)

Hydrologic

A substance that dissolves other substances, thus forming a solution. Water dissolves more substances than any other, and is known as the "universal solvent". (references)

Mining

A. A substance used to dissolve another substance b. That component of a solution that is present in excess; or the physicalstate of which is the same as that of the solution. (references)

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

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Synonyms: Solvent

Synonyms: answer (n), dissolvent (n), dissolver (n), dissolving agent (n), resolution (n), resolvent (n), result (n), solution (n). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: dissolver (mechanical engineering, physics).
Antonym: insolvent (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Solvent

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

Decomposition

Adjective: decomposed; Verb: catalytic, analytical; resolvent, separative, solvent.

Liquefaction

Solvent, menstruum, alkahest.

Wealth

Flush, flush of cash, flush of money, flush of tin; in funds, in cash, in full feather; solvent, pecunious, out of debt, in the black, all straight.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Solvent

English words defined with "solvent": acetamide, acetone, acetum, alcahest, alkahest, amyl alcoholbutanoneCamphine, carbon disulfide, carbon tet, carbon tetrachloride, concentratedimethyl ketone, Dissolvative, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, dry cleaning, Dry distillationelute, elution, Etching figures, ethanal trimer, ethanamide, ethanediol, ethanol, ethyl acetate, ethyl alcohol, ethylene glycolfermentation alcohol, ferrite, furfural, furfuraldehydegarnet lac, gastric digestion, glycol, grain alcoholheat of solution, heptane, hexaneisopropanol, isopropyl alcoholLaky, Ligroin, Lixiviationm, Menstruum, methanol, methyl alcohol, methyl ethyl ketone, methylbenzene, methylene chloride, molal, molar, molar concentration, molaritynitrobenzene, Nitrohydrochloric acid, Nonsolventoctane, oil of turpentine, osmotic pressureparaldehyde, perchloromethane, pervaporation, propanol, propanone, propyl alcoholremover, resolvent, rubber cementSalt of sorrel, solubility, soluble, Solvability, solvate, solvation, spirit of turpentinetetrachloromethane, toluene, turpentine, turpsuniversal solvent, unsuitablewood alcohol, wood spiritxylene, xylol. (references)
Specialty definitions using "solvent": Chlorinated SolventEXTRACTOR OPERATOR, SOLVENT PROCESSnonpolar solventOxygenated Solventpregnant solventsolvent extraction. (references)
Etymologies containing "solvent": Dissolvative. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Solvent" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (naphtha), German (solvent), Romanian (solvent), Swedish (solvent).

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Modern Usage: Solvent

DomainUsage

Screenplays

That's a great name for an industrial solvent. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

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

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Commercial Usage: Solvent

DomainTitle

Books

  • Breaking Up Solvent (reference)

  • SalonOvations' Guide to Becoming a Financially Solvent Salon (reference)

  • Sociocultural Perspectives on Volatile Solvent Use (Monograph Published Simultaneously As Drugs & Society , Vol 10, No 1-2) (reference)

  • Solvent Recovery Handbook (reference)

  • Solvent Waste Reduction (Pollution Technology Review, No 193) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

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

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Photo Album: Solvent

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Shown is a scientist performing drug synthesis in a laboratory setting. She is wearing a white lab coat and wearing protective eye covering. The woman scientist is removing a solvent from a rotary evaporator to concentrate a chemical solution, while performing an experiment to synthesize an anticancer drug. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

A schematic presentation of various models of protein interaction with solvent and different solutes (Picture courtesy V. Licata, UMN). Credit: NICHD.

Oil. Vital operations in the refining of lubricants for the war machines of democracy are performed here. These are the solvent storage and surge tanks of the McKean plant of the Quaker State Refining Company, Bradford, Pennsylvania. Credit: Library of Congress.

After the chopped olives have been pressed twice for removal of oil, the remaining cake goes through this drying machine; next, the "soap" oil is extracted by means of a solvent. Strathmore, California. Credit: Library of Congress.

The specific gravity of "soap" oil is determined. "Soap" oil is obtained by extraction with a solvent from the cake which remains after the first two pressings. One third of our total consumption of fats and oils is for non-food uses. Eighteen percent of. Credit: Library of Congress.

Handling the cake from which "soap" oil will be extracted by means of a solvent. Strathmore, California. Credit: Library of Congress.

Shoveling out pomace from tanks where the "soap" oil has been extracted by means of a solvent. This pomace has some value as a fertilizer. About five percent of the total oil content of olives is "soap" oil. Strathmore, California. Credit: Library of Congress.

The cake from which "soap" oil is extracted by means of a solvent. Strathmore, California. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: Solvent

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

A recent study indicates that toluene, a solvent found in many commonly abused inhalants including airplane glue, paint sprays, and paint and nail polish removers, activates the brain's dopamine system. (references)

Effective delivery and removal of solvent is facilitated by the use of an automatic peristaltic pump. Stones composed predominately of cholesterol can be cleared in hours to days. This technique is most often used in patients who are high surgical risks. (references)

These alternative approaches include oral bile acid dissolution therapy, contact solvent dissolution or mechanical extraction through a catheter placed into the gallbladder (either percutaneously or endoscopically), and fragmentation by shock-wave lithotripsy combined with bile acid dissolution therapy. (references)

Business

The company focus is on paint and varnish waste, oil waste and solvent waste. (references)

The Vega refinery used to be specializing in the solvent and catalyst production necessary for crude oil processing. (references)

The quality of calcium salts using ethanol as a solvent are of poor quality and in short supply in the domestic market. (references)

Economic History

Pakistan

The government and the solvent extraction industry currently are working to address this situation. (references)

Armenia

The private banking system is slowly developing into a structure that will allow only relatively strong and solvent banks to function. (references)

Pakistan

Comments: Pakistan imports 70 percent of its vegetable oil requirements even though its solvent extraction industry operates at less than 50 percent capacity. (references)

Trade

Ukraine

The project targets priority consumption phaseout activities in the refrigeration, aerosol, solvent, and halon sectors. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Solvent

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Rush Limbaugh

During the S&L scandal, many accounting firms got hit hard when they were the only solvent parties left to sue after the S&Ls went bankrupt.

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

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Usage Frequency: Solvent

"Solvent" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.26% of the time. "Solvent" is used about 403 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.26%40013,972
Adjective (general or positive)0.74%3202,518
                    Total100.00%403N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Solvent

Expressions using "solvent": nonpolar solvent scale solvent solvent abuse Stoddard solvent universal solvent. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "solvent": solvent-accessible, solvent-based, solvent-cleaned, solvent-cleaning, solvent-extracted, solvent-flattened, solvent-free, solvent-mediated, solvent-polymer, solvent-refined-coal, solvent-spun, solvent-transfer, solvent-weld, solvent-welded, solvent-welding.

Ending with "solvent": non-solvent, polymer-solvent, theta-solvent.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Solvent

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

solvent

206

citrus solvent

9

stoddard solvent

34

cleaning metal plant solvent water

9

recycler solvent

30

health monitoring safety solvent uk

8

solvent printer

26

non polar solvent

7

solvent recovery

26

green solvent

7

organic solvent

20

solvent distillation

7

solvent extraction

19

polar solvent

7

solvent recovery system

18

chlorinated solvent

6

solvent cleaning system

18

the universal solvent

6

dry cleaning solvent

18

solvent recovery equipment

6

solvent recycling

18

barton solvent

6

cleaning solvent

17

solvent recyclers

6

chemical solvent

16

polarity solvent

6

cleaning equipment solvent

15

accelerated solvent extraction

5

solvent industrial

14

solvent dye

5

solvent abuse

11

solvent based printer

5

part washer solvent

11

solvent inkjet printer

5

solvent ink

11

naptha solvent

5

paint solvent

11

hydrocarbon solvent

5

solvent purification

10

solvent tank

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Solvent

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

Albanian

  

tretës (dissolvent, remover, resolvent, thinner), me aftësi pagimi, gjë që zbut. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مسيل (dissolvent, washed), ‏مذيب (dissolvent), ‏قادر على السداد, ‏حل (acquit, become, clear up, crack, detach, disband, disengage, disentangle, disintegrate, dismissal, dispensation, dissolve, exonerate, fix, free, hash, loose, ravel out, releasing, resolution, resolve, settle, settlement, settling, solution, solve, unbend, unclasp, uncoil, undo, undoing, unfasten, unfastening, unhook, untangle, untie, untwine, untying, unwind), ‏حال (adverb, circumstance, condition, situation), ‏المذيب مادة مذيبة. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

смекчаващ (demulcent, extenuatory, lenitive, mitigatory), разтворител (dissolvent, menstruum, resolvent, vehicle), разтварящ (dissolvent, liquescent), облекчаващ (mitigatory), платежоспособен (afloat, sound). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

溶剂 (Dissolvent). (various references)

   

Czech

  

solventní, rozpustný (resoluble, soluble). (various references)

   

Danish

  

solvent, solvens (solvency), smeltemiddel (flux), oploesningsmiddel (co-solvent, coupling agent, dissolvent, dissolver, thinner), opløsningsmiddel (diluent, solubilizer, solubilizing agent), flusmiddel (flux, flux material, fluxing agent, fluxing material, slagging medium, welding flux), alkaliseringsmiddel (solubilizer, solubilizing agent). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

solvent, solvens, solvabel, solide (firm, solid), smeltmiddel (de-icing chemicals, de-icing salts, flux, fluxing material), oplosmiddel (co-solvent, coupling agent, dissolvent, dissolver, solubilizer, solubilizing agent, thinner), kredietwaardig, alkaliseermiddel (solubilizer, solubilizing agent). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مایع محلل , قادربه پرداخت قروض , حلال (Kosher, Lawful, Resolvent). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

liuotin (emulgator). (various references)

   

French

  

solvant, solvable, dissolvant. (various references)

   

German

  

Lösungsmittel (dissolver, vehicle), zahlungsfähig (able to pay), solvent. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

φερέγγυος (reliable). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ממוסס (dissolvent, lytic), ממס (dissolvent, lytic), מסיס (meltable, soluble), בעל כושר פרעון, זיל (fluid, liquid). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

oldható (soluble, solute, solvable), oldószer (diluent, dissolvent, resolvent), hitelképes (creditable, eligible, of good standing), oldóképes, oldó (solver), fizetőképes (sound), feloldó. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pencair. (various references)

   

Italian

  

solvente (dissolvent, dissolver, thinner), solvibile. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

溶' . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ようざい (flux, materials, solution), ようばい. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

용매. (various references)

   

Manx

  

lheihagh (digestible), follan (bracing, edible, fit to eat, genial, healthy, hearty, incorrupt, orthodox, sound, whole, wholesome). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

olventsay

   

Portuguese

  

solvente (responsible), dissolvente (dissolvent, menstruum). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

solvent, solvabil (responsible, sound), dizolvant (dissolvent, resolvent). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

растворяющее вещество, растворяющий (dissolvent), растворитель (dissolvent, menstruum, resolvent, vehicle), кредитоспособный (creditworthy). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

solventan, rastvarajući, rastvarač (diluent, dissolvent). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

solvente (afloat, sound, thinner). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

lösningsmedel (dissolvent), vederhäftig (responsible, unimpeachable). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

rahatlatıcı (anodyne, comfortable, comforting, composing, relaxing, soothing), gevşetici (relaxing, slackening), eritken, eritici (dissolvent, melting), ödeyebilir, ödeme gücü olan, çözgen, çözümleyici, çözümleyen (resolvent), çözücü (dissolvent, resolvent). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

розчинювальний (diluent, dissolvent), розчинник (diluent, dissolvent, menstruum, remover, resolvent), розчин (dilution, dip, solution, tincture), платоспроможна людина, платоспроможний (financial, responsible, solvable). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

yếu tố l m yếu đi, dung môi yếu tố l m tan. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Solvent

Derivations

Words beginning with "solvent": solventless, solvently, solvents. (additional references)

Words ending with "solvent": dissolvent, insolvent, resolvent. (additional references)

Words containing "solvent": dissolvents, insolvents, resolvents. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Solvent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: culvent, salven, salvent, slovens, solent, solvern, solvint, solyent, soven, subvent, sulvent, Tolven. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Solvent"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "solvent" (pronounced sÄ"lvunt)
7s Ä" l v u n tinsolvent.
4-v u n tconvent, fervent, irrelevant, observant, relevant, servant.
3-u n tabandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, 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, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, 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, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, 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, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, 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, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, obsolescent, 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, preadolescent, 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, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, 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.

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Anagrams: Solvent

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-l-n-o-s-t-v"

-1 letter: lentos, novels, sloven, stolen, telson, voltes.

-2 letters: enols, lenos, lento, loves, noels, notes, novel, onset, ovens, seton, solve, steno, stole, stone, stove, telos, toles, tones, vents, voles, volte, volts, votes.

-3 letters: enol, eons, leno, lens, lent, lest, lets, levo, lone, lose, lost, lots, love, nest, nets, noel, noes, nose, note, oles, ones, oven.

 Words containing the letters "e-l-n-o-s-t-v"
 

+1 letter: novelist, solvents.

 

+2 letters: insolvent, involutes, novelists, novelties, resolvent, solvently.

 

+3 letters: antinovels, consultive, convolutes, dissolvent, elevations, evolutions, insolvents, novelettes, novelistic, olivenites, overplants, resolvents, television, volunteers.

 

+4 letters: conventuals, devolutions, devotionals, dissolvents, eluviations, evaluations, evolvements, levigations, levitations, longevities, novaculites, novelettish, observantly, ostensively, overmantels, oversalting, revelations, revolutions, silverpoint, slovenliest, solventless, televisions, unloveliest, ventilators, venturously, voluntaries.

 

+5 letters: alleviations, antinovelist, coevolutions, consultative, convalescent, conventicles, convertibles, countervails, devaluations, developments, dorsiventral, dorsoventral, envelopments, evolutionism, evolutionist, involvements, malversation, nonelectives, nonrelatives, nonselective, overcontrols, overinflates, protensively, revaluations, silverpoints, twelvemonths, valedictions, ventilations, vesiculation, volatileness, volunteerism.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Solvent


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

53 6F 6C 76 65 6E 74

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)

01010011 01101111 01101100 01110110 01100101 01101110 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#111 &#108 &#118 &#101 &#110 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 006F 006C 0076 0065 006E 0074

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

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

53817888718086

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Quotations: Spoken
9. Usage Frequency
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Derivations
14. Rhymes
15. Anagrams
16. Orthography
17. Bibliography


  

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