Crossword-Solution: LAXATIVE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Laxative | a. | Having a tendency to loosen or relax. |
| Laxative | a. | Having the effect of loosening or opening the intestines, and relieving from constipation; -- opposed to astringent. |
| Laxative | n. | A laxative medicine. See the Note under Cathartic. |
We have 15 clues for the answer “LAXATIVE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Constipation remedy | 1 answer |
| Feen-a-mint was one | 1 answer |
| Senna, for one | 1 answer |
| milk of magnesia | 1 answer |
| Enema | 7 answers |
| Going concern? | 11 answers |
| APERIENT | 13 answers |
| Purifier | 15 answers |
| physic | 16 answers |
| Emulsion | 18 answers |
| purgative | 19 answers |
| Cleanser. | 23 answers |
| aperitif | 24 answers |
| MEDICINAL herb, classification of | 38 answers |
| Medicine ____ | 52 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with LAXATIVE (5)
Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; Ð opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.
She had taken a laxative, and when returning to bed from stool was surprised to find herself attached to the stool by a band.
There was a partial absence of the peritoneal sac, and the obstruction readily yielded to a clyster and laxative.
Speak big words, and stamp and stare, and he look in at Key-hold! why, the very thought of that would make me laugh out-right, and spoil all: nay, I’ll tell thee, George, when I apprehend a thing once, I am of such a laxative laughter, that if the Devil him-self stood by, I should laugh in his face.
Likewise, the flushing of the colon with water, the use of laxative herb teas and decoctions or forced sweating by means of Turkish or Russian baths, though not as dangerous as inorganic minerals and poisonous drugs, cannot be classed among the natural means of cure.
Quotes with LAXATIVE (3)
Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
Refuting anything in this worldly life is tantamount to refuting God. Even refuting stealing is tantamount to refuting God. This Stealing is a kind of laxative. It cleanses us and leaves.
All the explanations proposed seem to beonly partly satisfactory. They range from massive climatic change to mammalian predation to the extinction of a plant with apparent laxative properties, in which case the dinosaurs died of constipation.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2010).