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solvent
noun
1 solvent
A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances:
— The solvent does not change its state in forming a solution.
synonyms: dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent.
Dutch: oplossend middel, medium, oplosmiddel
Polish: rozpuszczalnik
2 solvent
A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem.
synonyms: answer, resolution, result, solution.
Roget 335:
liquefaction;
liquescence†,
liquescency†;
melting
etc.
(heat)
384;
colliquation†,
colliquefaction†;
thaw;
liquation†,
deliquation†,
deliquescence;
lixiviation†,
dissolution.
solution,
apozem†,
lixivium†,
infusion,
flux.
solvent,
menstruum,
alkahest†.
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Dutch: oplossing
Polish: rozwiązanie
adjective
1 solvent
Capable of meeting financial obligations.
Roget 49:
decomposed
etc.
v.;
catalytic,
analytical;
resolvent,
separative,
solvent.
Roget 803:
wealthy,
rich,
affluent,
opulent,
moneyed,
monied,
worth much;
well to do,
well off;
warm;
comfortable,
well,
well provided for.
made of money;
rich as Croesus,
filthy rich,
rich as a Jew†;
rolling in riches,
rolling in wealth.
flush,
flush of cash,
flush of money,
flush of tin [Slang];
in funds,
in cash,
in full feather;
solvent,
pecunious†,
out of debt,
in the black,
all straight.
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Polish: wypłacalny
Moby thesaurus: ablative, able to pay, above water, abstergent, acetone, alcohol, all clear, all straight, anticoagulant, aqua regia, benzine, biodegradable, carbolic acid, carbon tet, carbon tetrachloride, cathartic, chloroform, cleaner, cleaning agent, cleaning solvent, cleanser, cleansing cream, clear, cold cream, corrosive, cream, cutting, decomposable, decomposing, degradable, dentifrice, depurant, detergent, dilapidated, diluent, dilutant, disintegrable, disintegrated, disintegrating, disintegrative, disjunctive, disruptive, dissolvent, dissolving agent, diuretic, emetic, enema, erosive, ether, flux, free and clear, gasoline, good, good for, holystone, liquefacient, liquefier, lotion, moldering, mouthwash, nauseant, out of debt, phenol, profitable, pumice stone, purgative, purge, purifier, ravaged, reliable, resolutive, resolvent, rinse, ruinous, separative, shampoo, soap, solid, sound, substantial, synthetic detergent, thinner, thinning, tooth powder, toothpaste, turpentine, unindebted, unowing, wash, water, worn ... show more.
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