Crossword-Solution: ADEPS
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Adeps | n. | Animal fat; lard. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ADEPS | anagram | DEPAS, PASDE, SPADE, SPAED |
We have 4 clues for the answer “ADEPS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Animal fat: Lat. | 1 answer |
| Lard | 9 answers |
| Animal fat | 12 answers |
| Grease | 61 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EAERT
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ADEPS (5)
The good, it any be, is due _tanquam adeps sacrificii_, to be incensed to the honour, first of the Divine Majesty, and next of your Majesty, to whom on earth I am most bounden.
The following ointment may be applied, though the ice-bag is the better and more certain treatment: Ichthyol 25 per cent., Adeps Lanae one ounce.
The oil, commonly called "grease," or "yolk," is an important article of commerce; under the name of "lanolin" (_adeps lanæ_) it is used in medicine and pharmacy as a basis for ointments.
Verbs substantive, as sum, I am, forem, I might be, fio, I am made, existo, I am; verbs passive of calling, as nominor, I am named, appellor, I am called, dicor, I am said, vocor, I am called, nuncupor, I am named, and the like to them, as videor, I am seen, habeor, I am accounted, existimor, I am thought, have the same cases before and after them, as Adeps viridis est summum bonum: Green fat is the chief good.
Gum benzoin, which contains from 12 to 20% of benzoic acid, is used in medicine as the essential constituent of benzoated lard, _Adeps benzoatus_, which owes its antiseptic properties to benzoic acid; and in friar's balsam, _Tinctura benzoini composita_, which is an ancient and valuable medicament, still largely used for inhalation in cases of laryngitis, bronchitis and other inflammatory or actually septic conditions of the respiratory tract.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1950–1986).