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PRONUNCIATION OF EXSICCANT

exsiccant  [ɛkˈsɪkənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXSICCANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Exsiccant is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EXSICCANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of exsiccant in the English dictionary

The definition of exsiccant in the dictionary is a medicine which causes drying or desiccation.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXSICCANT


abdicant
ˈæbdɪkənt
antidesiccant
ˌæntɪˈdɛsɪkənt
applicant
ˈæplɪkənt
communicant
kəˈmjuːnɪkənt
dedicant
ˈdɛdɪkənt
desiccant
ˈdɛsɪkənt
detoxicant
diːˈtɒksɪkənt
fabricant
ˈfæbrɪkənt
indicant
ˈɪndɪkənt
insignificant
ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt
intoxicant
ɪnˈtɒksɪkənt
lubricant
ˈluːbrɪkənt
mendicant
ˈmɛndɪkənt
nonsignificant
ˌnɒnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt
significant
sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt
supplicant
ˈsʌplɪkənt
toxicant
ˈtɒksɪkənt
urticant
ˈɜːtɪkənt
vacant
ˈveɪkənt
vesicant
ˈvɛsɪkənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXSICCANT

exsanguinity
exsanguinous
exscind
exsecant
exsect
exsection
exsert
exserted
exsertile
exsertion
exsiccate
exsiccation
exsiccative
exsiccator
exsolution
exstipulate
exstrophy
exsuccous
exsufflate
exsufflation

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXSICCANT

Alacant
alicant
cant
coruscant
cosecant
decant
descant
discant
impeccant
incant
job applicant
medicant
peccant
predicant
prejudicant
provocant
recant
scant
secant
Tradescant

Synonyms and antonyms of exsiccant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «exsiccant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXSICCANT

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The translations of exsiccant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «exsiccant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

exsiccant
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

exsiccant
570 millions of speakers

English

exsiccant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

exsiccant
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

exsiccant
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

exsiccant
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

exsiccant
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

exsiccant
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

exsiccant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Exsiccant
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

exsiccant
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

exsiccant
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

exsiccant
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Exsiccant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

exsiccant
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

exsiccant
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Exsiccant
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

exsiccant
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

exsiccant
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

exsiccant
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

exsiccant
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

exsiccant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

exsiccant
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

exsiccant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

exsiccant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

exsiccant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of exsiccant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXSICCANT»

The term «exsiccant» is barely ever used and occupies the 207.286 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXSICCANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «exsiccant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «exsiccant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about exsiccant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXSICCANT»

Discover the use of exsiccant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to exsiccant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and ...
experimental. exsiccant. ble of an experiment, as opposed to the control group. ex-per-i-men-tal med-i-cine (eks'per-i-men' tal med'i-sin) The scientific investigation of medical problems by experimentation on animals or by clinical research.
Thomas Lathrop Stedman, 2005
2
The Dispensatory of the United States of America
Oxide of zinc has tonic properties, and has been used with advantage in chorea, epilepsy, hooping cough, spasms of the stomach dependent on dyspepsia, and other similar afl'ections. Externally it is employed as an exsiccant to excoriated ...
Franklin Bache, Charles Herbert La Wall, George E. Farrar, 1833
3
A New Universal Etymological, Technological and Pronouncing ...
Embracing All Terms Used in Art, Science, and Literature John Craig ( lexicographer.) I EXPUNCTION— EXSICCANT. EXSICCATE— EXTEMPOUAKY. the pains which occur in the second stage of parturition, and during which the child is born.
John Craig (lexicographer.), 1849
4
Dictionary of English Language Exhibiting Orthography, ...
That may be protruded or Exsiccant, eks-slk'-int, a. Drying; hav. power ^*a dry up. II., (an) exsiccant, s. (med.) 91. EXT Etaicctate, -5te, vt. To deprive of moisture ; to dry or dry up. H., exsicSating, p., a. ; er- sicd&ted, pp., a. ; exsicca'tion (also ...
Arnold James Cooley, 1861
5
Philosophical Transactions, Giving Some Account of the ...
neus. Jam, lanamss puram albam in alio aheno cum fimili liquore kwas, et mediocri aluminis quantitate decoquunt, et salibus his bene imbutam exsiccant. Tandem lanam ita przparatam, in liquorem illum sanguineum immittunt, et per aliquot ...
6
Philosophical Transactions, Giving Some Accompt of the ...
Bacillos tc alii amant recentes, atque illico insinuare fpadici- " bus, si qui jam lucem nadU funt ; alii eos prius u exsiccant, et in Martium usque mensem custodiunt, " quo hiantibus uteris ad unum omnibus insitionem " uno actu et opera instituant.
John Martyn ((Londres)), James Allestry ((Londres)), Henry Oldenburg, 1753
7
Philosophical Transactions: Giving Some Account of the ...
Jam, lanam puram albam in alio aheno cum iimili liquore kwas, et mediocri aluminis quantitate decoquunt, et salibus his bene imbutam exsiccant. Tandem lanam ita præparatam, in liquorem ilium sanguineum immittunt, et per aliquot minuta ...
Royal Society (Great Britain), 1765
8
A treatise on the principal diseases of children
In both cases, an oleaginous substance rather exsiccant, will answer the purpose admirably., as far as regards the local disease. Oil easily combines with the sebaceous substance secreted from the ulceration of the skin, which in this case  ...
J. Gervino, 1829
9
Philosophical Transactions, Giving Some Accompt of the ...
ncus. Jam, lanam puram albam in alio aheno cum simili liquore kwas, et mediocri aluminis quantitate decoquunt, et salibus his bene imbutam exsiccant. Tandem lanam ita præparatam, in liquorem ilium sanguineum immittunt, et per aliquot ...
10
Neuman, Baretti and Seoane's Dictionary of the Spanish and ...
Drying,drier; desiccant , exsiccant. Desecar , va. To dry , to draw the mois ture from any thing, to desiccate, exsiccate.3 To stop , to detain. Desecatlvo,a , a. Desiccalive , exsic cative, exsiccant. [bly Descchadamiutefii. Vilely, despica- Deseihddo ...
Henry Neuman, 1859

REFERENCE
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