#642. Importance -- N. importance, consequence, moment, prominence, consideration, mark, materialness. import, significance, concern; emphasis, interest. greatness &c. 31 ; superiority &c. 33 ; notability &c. (repute) 873 ; weight &c. (influence) 175 ; value &c. (goodness) 648 ; usefulness &c. 644 . gravity, seriousness, solemnity; no joke, no laughing matter; pressure, urgency, stress; matter of life and death. memorabilia, notabilia , great doings; red-letter day. great thing, great point; main chance, the be all and the end all" [Macbeth]; cardinal point; substance, gist &c. (essence) 5 ; sum and substance, gravamen, head and front; important part, principal part, prominent part, essential part; half the battle; sine qua non; breath of one's nostrils &c. (life) 359 ; cream, salt, core, kernel, heart, nucleus; keynote, keystone; corner stone; trump card &c. (device) 626 ; salient points. top sawyer, first fiddle, prima donna [Sp.] , chief; triton among the minnows; 'it' [U.S.] ."
V. be important &c. adj., be somebody, be something; import, signify, matter, boot, be an object; carry weight &c. (influence) 175 ; make a figure &c. (repute) 873 ; be in the ascendant, come to the front, lead the way, take the lead, play first fiddle, throw all else into the shade; lie at the root of; deserve notice, merit notice, be worthy of notice, be worthy of regard, be worthy of consideration. attach importance to, ascribe importance to, give importance to &c. n.; value, care for, set store upon, set store by; mark &c. 550 ; mark with a white stone, underline; write in italics, put in italics, print in italics, print in capitals, print in large letters, put in large type, put in letters. of gold; accentuate, emphasize, lay stress on. make a fuss about, make a fuss over, make a stir about, make a piece of work about [Fr.] , make much ado about; make much ado of, make much of.
Adj. important; of importance &c. n.; momentous, material; to the point; not to be overlooked, not to be despised, not to be sneezed at; egregious; weighty &c. (influential) 175 ; of note &c. (repute) 873 ; notable, prominent, salient, signal; memorable, remarkable; unforgettable; worthy of remark, worthy of notice; never to be forgotten; stirring, eventful. grave, serious, earnest, noble, grand, solemn, impressive, commanding, imposing. urgent, pressing, critical, instant. paramount, essential, vital, all-absorbing, radical, cardinal, chief, main, prime, primary, principal, leading, capital, foremost, overruling; of vital importance &c.. in the front rank, first-rate; superior &c. 33 ; considerable &c. (great) 31 ; marked &c. v.; rare &c. 137 . significant, telling, trenchant, emphatic, pregnant; tanti [Lat.] .
Adv. materially &c. adj.; in the main; above all, kat' exochin [Gr.] , par excellence, to crown all, to beat all.
Phr. expende Hannibalem! [Lat.] [Juvenal].
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#643. Unimportance -- N. unimportance, insignificance, nothingness, immateriality. triviality, levity, frivolity; paltriness &c. adj.; poverty; smallness &c. 32 ; vanity &c. (uselessness) 645 ; matter of indifference &c. 866 ; no object. nothing, nothing to signify, nothing worth speaking of, nothing particular, nothing to boast of, nothing to speak of; small matter, no great matter, trifling matter &c. adj.; mere joke, mere nothing; hardly anything; scarcely anything; nonentity, small beer, cipher; no great shakes, peu de chose [Fr.] ; child's play, kinderspiel. toy, plaything, popgun, paper pellet, gimcrack, gewgaw, bauble, trinket, bagatelle, Rickshaw, knickknack, whim-wham, trifle, trifles light as air;" yankee notions [U.S.] . trumpery, trash, rubbish, stuff, fatras , frippery; leather or prunello;" chaff, drug, froth bubble smoke, cobweb; weed; refuse &c. (inutility) 645 ; scum &c. (dirt) 653 . joke, jest, snap of the fingers; fudge &c. (unmeaning) 517 ; fiddlestick , fiddlestick end ; pack of nonsense, mere farce. straw, pin, fig, button, rush; bulrush, feather, halfpenny, farthing, brass farthing, doit , peppercorn, jot, rap, pinch of snuff, old son; cent, mill, picayune, pistareen , red cent [U.S.] . minutiae, details, minor details, small fry; dust in the balance, feather in the scale, drop in the ocean, flea-bite, molehill. nine days' wonder, ridiculus mus [Lat.] ; flash in the pan &c. (impotence) 158 ; much ado about nothing &c. (overestimation) 482 .
V. be unimportant &c. adj.; not matter &c. 642 ; go for nothing, matter nothing, signify nothing, matter little, matter little or nothing; not matter a straw &c. n.. make light of &c. (underestimate) 483 ; catch at straws &c. (overestimate) 482 .
Adj. unimportant; of little account, of small account, of no account, of little importance, of no importance &c. 642 ; immaterial; unessential, nonessential; indifferent. subordinate &c. (inferior) 34 ; mediocre &c. (average) 29 ; passable, fair, respectable, tolerable, commonplace; uneventful, mere, common; ordinary &c. (habitual) 613 ; inconsiderable, so-so, insignificant, inappreciable. trifling, trivial; slight, slender, light, flimsy, frothy, idle; puerile &c. (foolish) 499 ; airy, shallow; weak &c. 160 ; powerless &c. 158 ; frivolous, petty, niggling; piddling, peddling; fribble , inane, ridiculous, farcical; finical, finikin ; fiddle-faddle, fingle-fangle , namby-pamby, wishy-washy, milk and water. poor, paltry, pitiful; contemptible &c. (contempt) 930 ; sorry, mean, meager, shabby, miserable, wretched, vile, scrubby, scrannel , weedy, niggardly, scurvy, putid , beggarly, worthless, twopennyhalfpenny, cheap, trashy, catchpenny, gimcrack, trumpery; one-horse [U.S.] . not worth the pains, not worth while, not worth mentioning, not worth speaking of, not worth a thought, not worth a curse, not worth a straw &c. n.; beneath notice, unworthy of notice, beneath regard, unworthy of regard, beneath consideration, unworthy of consideration; de lana caprina [It] ; vain &c. (useless) 645 .
Adv. slightly &c. adj.; rather, somewhat, pretty well, tolerably. for aught one cares.
Int. no matter!, pish!, tush!, tut!, pshaw! , pugh!, pooh, pooh-pooh!, fudge!, bosh!, humbug!, fiddlestick , fiddlestick end! , fiddlededee!, never mind!, n'importe! [Fr.] , what signifies it, what boots it, what of it, what of that, what matter, what's the odds, a fig for', stuff!, nonsense!, stuff and nonsense,
Phr. magno conatu magnas nugas [Lat.] ; le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle [Fr.] ; it matters not, it does not signify; it is of no consequence, it is of no importance; elephantus non capit murem [Lat.] ; tempete dans un verre d'eau [Fr.] .
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#644. Utility -- N. utility; usefulness &c. adj.; efficacy, efficiency, adequacy; service, use, stead, avail; help &c. (aid) 707 ; applicability &c. adj.; subservience &c. (instrumentality) 631 ; function &c. (business) 625 ; value; worth &c. (goodness) 648 ; money's worth; productiveness &c. 168 ; cui bono [Lat.] &c. (intention) 620 ; utilization &c. (use) 677 ; step in the right direction. common weal; commonwealth public good, public interest; utilitarianism &c. (philanthropy) 910 .
V. be useful &c. adj.; avail, serve; subserve &c. (be instrumental to) 631 ; conduce &c. (tend) 176 ; answer, serve one's turn, answer a purpose, serve a purpose. act a part &c. (action) 680 ; perform a function, discharge a function &c.; render a service, render good service, render yeoman's service; bestead , stand one in good stead be the making of; help &c. 707 . bear fruit &c. (produce) 161 ; bring grist to the mill; profit, remunerate; benefit &c. (do good) 648 . find one's account in, find one's advantage in; reap the benefit of &c. (be better for) 658 . render useful &c. (use) 677 .
Adj. useful; of use &c. n.; serviceable, proficuous , good for; subservient &c. (instrumental) 631 ; conducive &c. (tending) 176 ; subsidiary &c. (helping) 707 . advantageous &c. (beneficial) 648 ; profitable, gainful, remunerative, worth one's salt; valuable; prolific &c. (productive) 168 . adequate; efficient, efficacious; effective, effectual; expedient &c. 646 . applicable, available, ready, handy, at hand, tangible; commodious, adaptable; of all work.
Adv. usefully &c. adj.; pro bono publico [Lat.] .
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#645. Inutility -- N. inutility; uselessness &c. adj.; inefficacy , futility; ineptitude, inaptitude; unsubservience ; inadequacy &c. (insufficiency) 640 ; inefficiency, &c. (incompetence) 158 ; unskillfulness &c. 699 ; disservice; unfruitfulness &c. (unproductiveness).. 169 ; labor in vain, labor lost, labor of Sisyphus; lost trouble, lost labor; work of Penelope; sleeveless errand, wild goose chase, mere farce. tautology &c. (repetition) 104 ; supererogation &c. (redundancy) 641 . vanitas vanitatum [Lat.] , vanity, inanity, worthlessness, nugacity ; triviality &c. (unimportance) 643 . caput mortuum [Lat.] , waste paper, dead letter; blunt tool. litter, rubbish, junk, lumber, odds and ends, cast-off clothes; button top; shoddy; rags, orts , trash, refuse, sweepings, scourings, offscourings , waste, rubble, debris, detritus; stubble, leavings; broken meat; dregs &c. (dirt) 653 ; weeds, tares; rubbish heap, dust hole; rudera , deads . fruges consumere natus [Lat.] [Horace]. &c. (drone) 683
V. be useless &c. adj.; go a begging &c. (redundant) 641 ; fail &c. 732 . seek after impossibilities, strive after impossibilities; use vain efforts, labor in vain, roll the stone of Sisyphus, beat the air, lash the waves, battre l'eau avec un baton [Fr.] , donner un coup d'epee dans l'eau [Fr.] , fish in the air, milk the ram, drop a bucket into an empty well, sow the sand; bay the moon; preach to the winds, speak to the winds; whistle jigs to a milestone; kick against the pricks, se battre contre des moulins [Fr.] ; lock the stable door when the steed is stolen, lock the barn door after the horse is stolen &c. (too late) 135 ; hold a farthing candle to the sun; cast pearls before swine &c. (waste) 638 ; carry coals to Newcastle &c. (redundancy) 641 ; wash a blackamoor white &c. (impossible) 471 . render useless &c. adj.; dismantle, dismast, dismount, disqualify, disable; unrig; cripple, lame &c. (injure) 659 ; spike guns, clip the wings; put out of gear.
Adj. useless, inutile, inefficacious, futile, unavailing, bootless; inoperative &c. 158 ; inadequate &c. (insufficient) 640 ; inservient , unsubservient; inept, inefficient &c. (impotent) 158 ; of no avail &c. (use) 644 ; ineffectual &c. (failure) 732 ; incompetent &c. (unskillful) 699 ; stale, flat and unprofitable;" superfluous &c. (redundant) 641 ; dispensable; thrown away &c. (wasted) 638 ; abortive &c. (immature) 674 . worthless, valueless, priceless; unsalable; not worth a straw &c. (trifling) 643 , dear at any price. vain, empty, inane; gainless , profitless, fruitless; unserviceable, unprofitable; ill-spent; unproductive &c. 169 ; hors de combat [Fr.] ; effete, past work &c. (impaired) 659 ; obsolete &c. (old) 124 ; fit for the dust hole; good for nothing; of no earthly use; not worth having, not worth powder and shot; leading to no end, uncalled for; unnecessary, unneeded.
Adv. uselessly &c. adj.; to little purpose, to no purpose, to little or no purpose.
Int. cui bono [Lat.] ;? what's the good!,
Phr. actum ne agas [Lat.] ; chercher une aiguille dans une botte de chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin [Fr.] ; tanto buon che val niente [It] .
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#646. [Specific subservience.] Expedience -- N. expedience, expediency; desirableness, desirability &c. adj.; fitness &c. (agreement) 23 ; utility &c. 644 ; propriety; opportunism; advantage. high time &c. (occasion) 134 .
V. be expedient &c. adj.; suit &c. (agree) 23 ; befit; suit the time, befit the time, suit the season, befit the season, suit the occasion, befit the occasion. conform &c. 82 .
Adj. expedient; desirable, advisable, acceptable; convenient; worth while, meet; fit, fitting; due, proper, eligible, seemly, becoming; befitting &c. v.; opportune &c. (in season) 134 ; in loco; suitable &c. (accordant) 23 ; applicable &c. (useful) 644 .
Adv. in the right place; conveniently &c. adj..
Phr. operae pretium est [Lat.] .
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#647. Inexpedience -- N. inexpedience, inexpediency; undesirableness, undesirability &c. adj.; discommodity , impropriety; unfitness &c. (disagreement) 24 ; inutility &c. 645 ; disadvantage.
V. be inexpedient &c. adj.; come amiss &c. (disagree) 24 ; embarrass &c. (hinder) 706 ; put to inconvenience; pay too dear for one's whistle.
Adj. inexpedient, undesirable; unadvisable, inadvisable; objectionable; inapt, ineligible, inadmissible, inconvenient; incommodious, discommodious ; disadvantageous; inappropriate, unfit &c. (inconsonant) 24 . ill-contrived, ill-advised; unsatisfactory; unprofitable &c.; unsubservient &c. (useless) 645 ; inopportune &c. (unseasonable) 135 ; out of place, in the wrong place; improper, unseemly. clumsy, awkward; cumbrous, cumbersome; lumbering, unwieldy, hulky ; unmanageable &c. (impracticable) 704 ; impedient &c. (in the way) 706 . unnecessary &c. (redundant) 641 .
Phr. it will never do.
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#648. [Capability of producing good. Good qualities.] Goodness -- N. goodness &c. adj.; excellence, merit; virtue &c. 944 ; value, worth, price. super-excellence, supereminence; superiority &c. 33 ; perfection &c. 650 ; coup de maitre [Fr.] ; masterpiece, chef d'ouvre [Fr.] , prime, flower, cream, elite, pick, A 1, nonesuch, nonpareil, creme de la creme, flower of the flock, cock of the roost, salt of the earth; champion; prodigy. tidbit; gem, gem of the first water; bijou, precious stone, jewel, pearl, diamond, ruby, brilliant, treasure; good thing; rara avis [Lat.] , one in a thousand. beneficence &c. 906 ; good man &c. 948 .
V. be beneficial &c. adj.; produce good, do good &c. 618 ; profit &c. (be of use) 644 ; benefit; confer a benefit &c. 618 . be the making of, do a world of good, make a man of. produce a good effect; do a good turn, confer an obligation; improve &c. 658 . do no harm, break no bones. be good &c. adj.; excel, transcend &c. (be superior) 33 ; bear away the bell. stand the proof, stand the test; pass muster, pass an examination. challenge comparison, vie, emulate, rival.
Adj. harmless, hurtless ; unobnoxious , innocuous, innocent, inoffensive. beneficial, valuable, of value; serviceable &c. (useful) 644 ; advantageous, edifying, profitable; salutary &c. (healthful) 656 . favorable; propitious &c. (hope-giving) 858 ; fair. good, good as gold; excellent; better; superior &c. 33 ; above par; nice, fine; genuine &c. (true) 494 . best, choice, select, picked, elect, recherche, rare, priceless; unparagoned , unparalleled &c. (supreme) 33 ; superlatively &c. 33 ; good; bully [Slang] , crackajack [Slang] , giltedged; superfine, superexcellent ; of the first water; first-rate, first-class; high-wrought, exquisite, very best, crack, prime, tiptop, capital, cardinal; standard &c. (perfect) 650 ; inimitable. admirable, estimable; praiseworthy &c. (approve) 931 ; pleasing &c. 829 ; couleur de rose [Fr.] , precious, of great price; costly &c. (dear) 814 ; worth its weight in gold, worth a Jew's eye; priceless, invaluable, inestimable, precious as the apple of the eye. tolerable &c. (not very good) 651 ; up to the mark, unexceptionable, unobjectionable; satisfactory, tidy. in good condition, in fair condition; fresh; sound &c. (perfect) 650 .
Adv. beneficially &c. adj.; well &c. 618 .
Phr. Jewels five words long" [Tennyson]; long may such goodness live! " [Rogers]; the luxury of doing good" [Goldsmith].
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#649. [Capability of producing evil. Bad qualities.] Badness -- N. hurtfulness &c. adj.; virulence. evil doer &c. 913 ; bane &c. 663 ; plague spot &c. (insalubrity) 657 ; evil star, ill wind; hoodoo; Jonah; snake in the grass, skeleton in the closet; amari aliquid [Lat.] , thorn in the side. malignity; malevolence &c. 907 ; tender mercies [Iron.] . ill-treatment, annoyance, molestation, abuse, oppression, persecution, outrage; misusage &c. 679 ; injury &c. (damage) 659 ; knockout drops [U.S.] . badness &c. adj.; peccancy , abomination; painfulness &c. 830 ; pestilence &c. (disease) 655 ; guilt &c. 947 ; depravity &c. 945 .
V. be hurtful &c. adj.; cause evil, produce evil, inflict evil, work evil, do evil &c. 619 ; damnify , endamage , hurt, harm; injure &c. (damage) 659 ; pain &c. 830 . wrong, aggrieve, oppress, persecute; trample upon, tread upon, bear hard upon, put upon; overburden; weigh down, weigh heavy on; victimize; run down; molest &c. 830 . maltreat, abuse; ill-use, ill-treat; buffet, bruise, scratch, maul; smite &c. (scourge) 972 ; do violence, do harm, do a mischief; stab, pierce, outrage. do mischief, make mischief; bring into trouble. destroy &c. 162 .
Adj. hurtful, harmful, scathful , baneful, baleful; injurious, deleterious, detrimental, noxious, pernicious, mischievous, full of mischief, mischief-making, malefic, malignant, nocuous, noisome; prejudicial; disserviceable , disadvantageous; wide-wasting. unlucky, sinister; obnoxious; untoward, disastrous. oppressive, burdensome, onerous; malign &c. (malevolent) 907 . corrupting &c. (corrupt) &c. 659 ; virulent, venomous, envenomed, corrosive; poisonous &c. (morbific) 657 ; deadly &c. (killing) 361 ; destructive &c. (destroying) 162 ; inauspicious &c. 859 . bad, ill, arrant, as bad as bad can be, dreadful; horrid, horrible; dire; rank, peccant, foul, fulsome; rotten, rotten at the core. vile, base, villainous; mean &c. (paltry) 643 ; injured &c.; deteriorated &c. 659 ; unsatisfactory, exceptionable indifferent; below par &c. (imperfect) 651 ; illcontrived, ill-conditioned; wretched, sad, grievous, deplorable, lamentable; pitiful, pitiable, woeful &c. (painful) 830 . evil, wrong; depraved &c. 945 ; shocking; reprehensible &c. (disapprove) 932 . hateful, hateful as a toad; abominable, detestable, execrable, cursed, accursed, confounded; damned, damnable; infernal; diabolic &c. (malevolent) 907 . unadvisable &c. (inexpedient) 647 ; unprofitable &c. (useless) 645 ; incompetent &c. (unskillful) 699 ; irremediable &c. (hopeless) 859 .
Adv. badly &c. adj.; wrong, ill; to one's cost; where the shoe pinches.
Phr. bad is the best: the worst come to the worst; herba mala presto cresco [Lat.] ; wrongs unredressed or insults unavenged" [Wordsworth].
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#650. Perfection -- N. perfection; perfectness &c. adj.; indefectibility ; impeccancy , impeccability. pink, beau ideal, phenix, paragon; pink of perfection, acme of perfection; ne plus ultra [Lat.] ; summit &c. 210 . cygne noir [Fr.] ; philosopher's stone; chrysolite, Koh-i-noor. model, standard, pattern, mirror, admirable Crichton; trump, very prince of. masterpiece, superexcellence &c. (goodness) 648 ; transcendence &c. (superiority) 33 .
V. be perfect &c. adj.; transcend &c. (be supreme) 33 . bring to perfection, perfect, ripen, mature; complete &c. 729 ; put in trim &c. (prepare) 673 ; maturate.
Adj. perfect, faultless; indefective , indeficient , indefectible; immaculate, spotless, impeccable; free from imperfection &c. 651 ; unblemished, uninjured &c. 659 ; sound, sound as a roach; in perfect condition; scathless , intact, harmless; seaworthy &c. (safe) 644 ; right as a trivet; in seipso totus teres atque rotundus [Lat.] [Horace]; consummate &c. (complete) 52 ; finished &c. 729 . best &c. (good) 648 ; model, standard; inimitable, unparagoned , unparalleled &c. (supreme) 33 ; superhuman, divine; beyond all praise &c. (approbation) 931 ; sans peur et sans reproche [Fr.] .
Adv. to perfection; perfectly &c. adj.; ad unguem [Lat.] ; clean, clean as a whistle.
Phr. let us go on unto perfection" [Hebrews vi, 1]; the perfection of art is to conceal art" [Quintilian].
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#651. Imperfection -- N. imperfection; imperfectness &c. adj.; deficiency; inadequacy &c. (insufficiency) 640 ; peccancy &c. (badness) 649 ; immaturity &c. 674 . fault, defect, weak point; screw loose; flaw &c. (break) 70 ; gap &c. 198 ; twist &c. 243 ; taint, attainder; bar sinister, hole in one's coat; blemish &c. 848 ; weakness &c. 160 ; half blood; shortcoming &c. 304 ; drawback; seamy side. mediocrity; no great shakes, no great catch; not much to boast of; one-horse shay.
V. be imperfect &c. adj.; have a defect &c. n.; lie under a disadvantage; spring a leak. not pass muster, barely pass muster; fall short &c. 304 .
Adj. imperfect; not perfect &c. 650 ; deficient, defective; faulty, unsound, tainted; out of order, out of tune; cracked, leaky; sprung; warped &c. (distort) 243 ; lame; injured &c. (deteriorated) 659 ; peccant &c. (bad) 649 ; frail &c. (weak) 160 ; inadequate &c. (insufficient) 640 ; crude &c. (unprepared) 674 ; incomplete &c. 53 ; found wanting; below par; short-handed; below its full strength, under its full strength, below its full complement. indifferent, middling, ordinary, mediocre; average &c. 29 ; so-so; coucicouci, milk and water; tolerable, fair, passable; pretty well, pretty good; rather good, moderately good; good; good enough, well enough, adequate; decent; not bad, not amiss; inobjectionable , unobjectionable, admissible, bearable, only better than nothing. secondary, inferior; second-rate, second-best; one-horse [U.S.] .
Adv. almost &c.; to a limited extent, rather &c. 32 ; pretty, moderately, passing; only, considering, all things considered, enough.
Phr. surgit amari aliquid [Lat.] .
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#652. Cleanness -- N. cleanness, cleanliness &c. adj.; purity; cleaning &c. v.; purification, defecation &c. v.; purgation, lustration ; detersion , abstersion ; epuration , mundation ; ablution, lavation , colature ; disinfection &c. v.; drainage, sewerage. lavatory, laundry, washhouse ; washerwoman, laundress, dhobi , laundryman, washerman ; scavenger, dustman , sweep; white wings brush [U.S.] ; broom, besom , mop, rake, shovel, sieve, riddle, screen, filter; blotter. napkin, cloth, maukin , malkin , handkerchief, towel, sudary ; doyley , doily, duster, sponge, mop, swab. cover, drugget . wash, lotion, detergent, cathartic, purgative; purifier &c. v.; disinfectant; aperient ; benzene, benzine benzol, benolin ; bleaching powder, chloride of lime, dentifrice, deobstruent , laxative.
V. be clean, render clean &c. adj.; clean, cleanse; mundify , rinse, wring, flush, full, wipe, mop, sponge, scour, swab, scrub, brush up. wash, lave, launder, buck; absterge , deterge ; decrassify ; clear, purify; depurate , despumate , defecate; purge, expurgate, elutriate [Chem] , lixiviate , edulcorate , clarify, refine, rack; filter, filtrate; drain, strain. disinfect, fumigate, ventilate, deodorize; whitewash; castrate, emasculate. sift, winnow, pick, weed, comb, rake, brush, sweep. rout out, clear out, sweep out &c.; make a clean sweep of.
Adj. clean, cleanly; pure; immaculate; spotless, stainless, taintless; trig; without a stain, unstained, unspotted, unsoiled, unsullied, untainted, uninfected; sweet, sweet as a nut. neat, spruce, tidy, trim, gimp, clean as a new penny, like a cat in pattens; cleaned &c. v.; kempt . abstergent , cathartic, cleansing, purifying.
Adv. neatly &c. adj.; clean as a whistle.
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#653. Uncleanness -- N. uncleanness &c. adj.; impurity; immundity , immundicity ; impurity &c. 961 [of mind]. defilement, contamination &c. v.; defoedation ; soilure , soiliness ; abomination; leaven; taint, tainture ; fetor &c. 401 . decay; putrescence, putrefaction; corruption; mold, must, mildew, dry rot, mucor, rubigo . slovenry ; slovenliness &c. adj.; squalor. dowdy, drab, slut, malkin , slattern, sloven, slammerkin , slammock , slummock , scrub, draggle-tail, mudlark , dust-man, sweep; beast. dirt, filth, soil, slop; dust, cobweb, flue; smoke, soot, smudge, smut, grit, grime, raff ; sossle , sozzle . sordes , dregs, grounds, lees; argol ; sediment, settlement heeltap ; dross, drossiness ; mother , precipitate, scoriae, ashes, cinders. recrement , slag; scum, froth. hogwash; ditchwater , dishwater, bilgewater ; rinsings, cheeseparings; sweepings &c. (useless refuse) 645 ; offscourings , outscourings ; off scum; caput mortuum [Lat.] , residuum, sprue, fecula [Lat.] , clinker, draff ; scurf, scurfiness ; exuviae [Lat.] , morphea; fur, furfur ; dandruff, tartar. riffraff; vermin, louse, flea, bug, chinch . mud, mire, quagmire, alluvium, silt, sludge, slime, slush, slosh, sposh [U.S.] . spawn, offal, gurry [U.S.] ; lientery ; garbage, carrion; excreta &c. 299 ; slough, peccant humor, pus, matter, suppuration, lienteria ; faeces, feces, excrement, ordure, dung, crap [Vulg.] , shit [Vulg.] ; sewage, sewerage; muck; coprolite; guano, manure, compost. dunghill, colluvies , mixen , midden, bog, laystall , sink, privy, jakes; toilet, john, head; cess , cesspool; sump, sough, cloaca, latrines, drain, sewer, common sewer; Cloacina; dust hole. sty, pigsty, lair, den, Augean stable , sink of corruption; slum, rookery.
V. be unclean, become unclean &c. adj.; rot, putrefy, ferment, fester, rankle, reek; stink &c. 401 ; mold, molder; go bad &c. adj.. render unclean &c. adj.; dirt, dirty; daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch , soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear; smirch; begrease ; dabble, drabble , draggle, daggle ; spatter, slubber; besmear &c., bemire, beslime , begrime, befoul; splash, stain, distain , maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven; corrupt &c. (injure) 659 ; cover with dust &c. n.; drabble in the mud ; roil. wallow in the mire; slobber, slabber .
Adj. dirty, filthy, grimy; unclean, impure; soiled &c. v.; not to be handled with kid gloves; dusty, snuffy , smutty, sooty, smoky; thick, turbid, dreggy; slimy; mussy [U.S.] . slovenly, untidy, messy, uncleanly. [of people] unkempt, sluttish, dowdy, draggle-tailed; uncombed. unscoured , unswept , unwiped , unwashed, unstrained, unpurified ; squalid; lutose , slammocky , slummocky , sozzly . nasty, coarse, foul, offensive, abominable, beastly, reeky, reechy ; fetid &c. 401 . [of rotting living matter] decayed, moldy, musty, mildewed, rusty, moth-eaten, mucid , rancid, weak, bad, gone bad, etercoral , lentiginous , touched, fusty, effete, reasty , rotten, corrupt, tainted, high, flyblown, maggoty; putrid, putrefactive, putrescent, putrefied; saprogenic, saprogenous ; purulent, carious, peccant; fecal, feculent; stercoraceous , excrementitious ; scurfy, scurvy, impetiginous ; gory, bloody; rotting &c. v.; rotten as a pear, rotten as cheese. crapulous &c. (intemperate) 954 ; gross &c. (impure in mind) 961 ; fimetarious , fimicolous .
Phr. they that touch pitch will be defiled" [Much Ado About Nothing].
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#654. Health -- N. health, sanity; soundness &c. adj.; vigor; good health, perfect health, excellent health, rude health, robust health; bloom. mens sana in corpore sano [Lat.] ; Hygeia ; incorruption, incorruptibility; good state of health, clean bill of health; eupepsia ; euphoria, euphory ; St. Anthony's fire .
V. be in health &c. adj.. bloom, flourish. keep body and soul together, keep on one's legs; enjoy good health, enjoy a good state of health; have a clean bill of health. return to health; recover &c. 660 ; get better &c. (improve) 658 ; take a new lease of life, fresh lease of life; recruit; restore to health; cure &c. (restore) 660 ; tinker.
Adj. healthy, healthful; in health &c. n.; well, sound, hearty, hale, fresh, green, whole; florid, flush, hardy, stanch, staunch, brave, robust, vigorous, weatherproof. unscathed, uninjured, unmaimed , unmarred, untainted; sound of wind and limb, safe and sound. on one's legs; sound as a roach, sound as a bell; fresh as a daisy, fresh as a rose, fresh as April ; hearty as a buck; in fine feather, in high feather; in good case, in full bloom; pretty bobbish , tolerably well, as well as can be expected. sanitary &c. (health-giving) 656 ; sanatory &c. (remedial) 662 .
Phr. health that snuffs the morning air" [Grainger]; non est vivere sed valere vita [Lat.] [Martial].
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#655. Disease -- N. disease; illness, sickness &c. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity ; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; complaint, disorder, malady; distemper, distemperature . visitation, attack, seizure, stroke, fit. delicacy, loss of health, invalidation, cachexy ; cachexia [Med.] , atrophy, marasmus ; indigestion, dyspepsia; decay &c. (deterioration) 659 ; decline, consumption, palsy, paralysis, prostration. taint, pollution, infection, sepsis, septicity , infestation; epidemic, pandemic, endemic, epizootic; murrain, plague, pestilence, pox. sore, ulcer, abscess, fester, boil; pimple, wen &c. (swelling) 250 ; carbuncle, gathering, imposthume , peccant humor, issue; rot, canker, cold sore, fever sore; cancer, carcinoma, leukemia, neoplastic disease, malignancy, tumor; caries, mortification, corruption, gangrene, sphacelus , sphacelation , leprosy; eruption, rash, breaking out. fever, temperature, calenture ; inflammation. ague, angina pectoris [Lat.] , appendicitis; Asiatic cholera , spasmodic cholera; biliary calculus, kidney stone, black death, bubonic plague, pneumonic plague; blennorrhagia , blennorrhoea ; blood poisoning, bloodstroke , bloody flux, brash; breakbone fever , dengue fever, malarial fever, Q-fever; heart attack, cardiac arrest, cardiomyopathy [Med.] ; hardening of the arteries, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis; bronchocele [Med.] , canker rash, cardialgia [Med.] , carditis [Med.] , endocarditis [Med.] ; cholera, asphyxia; chlorosis, chorea, cynanche , dartre [Fr.] ; enanthem , enanthema ; erysipelas; exanthem , exanthema; gallstone, goiter, gonorrhea, green sickness; grip, grippe, influenza, flu; hay fever, heartburn, heaves, rupture, hernia, hemorrhoids, piles, herpes, itch, king's evil, lockjaw; measles, mumps , polio; necrosis, pertussis, phthisis , pneumonia, psora , pyaemia , pyrosis [Med.] , quinsy, rachitis , ringworm, rubeola, St. Vitus's dance, scabies, scarlatina, scarlet fever, scrofula, seasickness, struma , syntexis , tetanus, tetter , tonsillitis, tonsilitis , tracheocele [Med.] , trachoma, trismus [Med.] , varicella [Med.] , varicosis [Med.] , variola [Med.] , water qualm, whooping cough; yellow fever, yellow jack. fatal disease &c. (hopeless) 859 ; dangerous illness, galloping consumption, churchyard cough; general breaking up, break up of the system. [Disease of mind] idiocy &c. 499 ; insanity &c. 503 . martyr to disease; cripple; the halt the lame and the blind;" valetudinary , valetudinarian; invalid, patient, case; sickroom, sick-chamber. [Science of disease] pathology, etiology, nosology . [Veterinary] anthrax, bighead; blackleg, blackquarter ; cattle plague, glanders , mange, scrapie, milk sickness; heartworm, feline leukemia, roundworms; quarter-evil, quarter-ill; rinderpest. [disease-causing agents] virus, bacterium, bacteria. [types of viruses] DNA virus; RNA virus. [RNA viruses] rhinovirus; rhabdovirus; picornavirus. [DNA viruses] herpesvirus; cytomegalovirus, CMV; human immunodefficiency virus, HIV.
V. be ill &c. adj.; ail, suffer, labor under, be affected with, complain of, have; droop, flag, languish, halt; sicken, peak, pine; gasp. keep one's bed; feign sickness &c. (falsehood) 544 . lay by, lay up; take a disease, catch a disease &c. n., catch an infection; break out.
Adj. diseased; ailing &c. v.; ill, ill of; taken ill, seized with; indisposed, unwell, sick, squeamish, poorly, seedy; affected with illness, afflicted with illness; laid up, confined, bedridden, invalided, in hospital, on the sick list; out of health, out of sorts; under the weather [U.S.] ; valetudinary . unsound, unhealthy; sickly, morbid, morbose , healthless , infirm, chlorotic [Med.] , unbraced . drooping, flagging, lame, crippled, halting. morbid, tainted, vitiated, peccant, contaminated, poisoned, tabid , mangy, leprous, cankered; rotten, rotten to the core, rotten at the core; withered, palsied, paralytic; dyspeptic; luetic , pneumonic, pulmonic [Med.] , phthisic , rachitic; syntectic , syntectical ; tabetic , varicose. touched in the wind, broken-winded, spavined, gasping; hors de combat &c. (useless) 645 [Fr.] . weakly, weakened &c. (weak) 160 ; decrepit; decayed &c. (deteriorated) 659 ; incurable &c. (hopeless) 859 ; in declining health; cranky; in a bad way, in danger, prostrate; moribund &c. (death) 360 . morbific &c. 657 ; epidemic, endemic; zymotic .
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#656. Salubrity -- N. salubrity; healthiness &c. adj.. fine air, fine climate; eudiometer . [Preservation of health] hygiene; valetudinarian, valetudinarianism; sanitarian; sanitarium, sanitOrium.
V. be salubrious &c. adj.; agree with; assimilate &c. 23 .
Adj. salubrious, salutary, salutiferous ; wholesome; healthy, healthful; sanitary, prophYlactic, benign, bracing, tonic, invigorating, good for, nutritious; hygeian , hygienic. innoxious , innocuous, innocent; harmless, uninjurious, uninfectious. sanative &c. (remedial) 662 ; restorative &c. (reinstate) 660 ; useful &c. 644 .
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#657. Insalubrity -- N. insalubrity; unhealthiness &c. adj.; nonnaturals ; plague spot; malaria &c. (poison) 663 ; death in the pot, contagion; toxicity.
Adj. insalubrious; unhealthy, unwholesome; noxious, noisome; morbific , morbiferous ; mephitic, septic, azotic , deleterious; pestilent, pestiferous, pestilential; virulent, venomous, envenomed; poisonous, toxic, toxiferous , teratogenic; narcotic. contagious, infectious, catching, taking, epidemic, zymotic ; epizootic. innutritious , indigestible, ungenial; uncongenial &c. (disagreeing) 24 . deadly &c. (killing) 361 .
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#658. Improvement -- N. improvement; amelioration, melioration; betterment; mend, amendment, emendation; mending &c. v.; advancement; advance &c. (progress) 282 ; ascent &c. 305 ; promotion, preferment; elevation &c. 307 ; increase &c. 35 ; cultivation, civilization; culture, march of intellect; menticulture ; race-culture, eugenics. reform, reformation; revision, radical reform; second thoughts, correction, limoe labor [Lat.] , refinement, elaboration; purification &c. 652 ; oxidation; repair &c. (restoration) 660 ; recovery &c. 660 . revise, new edition. reformer, radical.
V. improve; be better, become better, get better; mend, amend. advance &c. (progress) 282 ; ascend &c. 305 ; increase &c. 35 ; fructify, ripen, mature; pick up, come about, rally, take a favorable turn; turn over a new leaf, turn the corner; raise one's head, sow one's wild oats; recover &c. 660 . be better &c. adj., be improved by; turn to right account, turn to good account, turn to best account; profit by, reap the benefit of; make good use of, make capital out of; place to good account. render better, improve, mend, amend, better; ameliorate, meliorate; correct; decrassify . improve upon, refine upon; rectify; enrich, mellow, elaborate, fatten. promote, cultivate, advance, forward, enhance; bring forward, bring on; foster &c. 707 ; invigorate &c. (strengthen) 159 . touch up, rub up, brush up, furbish up, bolster up, vamp up, brighten up, warm up; polish, cook, make the most of, set off to advantage; prune; repair &c. (restore) 660 ; put in order &c. (arrange) 60 . review, revise; make corrections, make improvements &c. n.; doctor &c. (remedy) 662 ; purify, &c. 652 . relieve, refresh, infuse new blood into, recruit. reform, remodel, reorganize; new model. view in a new light, think better of, appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober. palliate, mitigate; lessen an evil &c. 36 .
Adj. improving &c. v.; progressive, improved &c. v.; better, better off, better for; all the better for; better advised. reformatory, emendatory ; reparatory &c. (restorative) 660 ; remedial &c. 662 . corrigible, improvable; accultural .
Adv. on consideration, on reconsideration, on second thoughts, on better advice; ad melius inquirendum [Lat.] .
Phr. urbent latericiam invenit marmoream reliquit [Lat.] .
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#659. Deterioration -- N. deterioration, debasement; wane, ebb; recession &c. 287 ; retrogradation &c. 283 ; decrease &c. 36 . degeneracy, degeneration, degenerateness; degradation; depravation, depravement; devolution; depravity &c. 945 ; demoralization, retrogression; masochism. impairment, inquination , injury, damage, loss, detriment, delaceration , outrage, havoc, inroad, ravage, scath ; perversion, prostitution, vitiation, discoloration, oxidation, pollution, defoedation , poisoning, venenation , leaven, contamination, canker, corruption, adulteration, alloy. decline, declension, declination; decadence, decadency ; falling off &c. v.; caducity , decrepitude. decay, dilapidation, ravages of time, wear and tear; corrosion, erosion; moldiness, rottenness; moth and rust, dry rot, blight, marasmus , atrophy, collapse; disorganization; delabrement &c. (destruction). 162 ; aphid, Aphis, plant louse, puceron ; vinefretter , vinegrub . wreck, mere wreck, honeycomb, magni nominis umbra [Lat.] ; jade, plug, rackabones [U.S.] , skate [U.S.] ; tackey , tacky [U.S.] .
V. be worse, be deteriorated, become worse, become deteriorated &c. Adj.; have seen better days, deteriorate, degenerate, fall off; wane &c. (decrease) 36 ; ebb; retrograde &c. 283 , decline, droop; go down &c. (sink) 306 ; go downhill, go from bad to worse, go farther and fare worse; jump out of the frying pan into the fire. run to seed, go to seed, run to waste swale , sweal ; lapse, be the worse for; sphacelate: break , break down; spring a leak, crack, start; shrivel &c. (contract) 195 ; fade, go off, wither, molder, rot, rankle, decay, go bad; go to decay, fall into decay; fall into the sear and yellow leaf," rust, crumble, shake; totter, totter to its fall; perish &c. 162 ; die &c. 360 . [Render less good] deteriorate; weaken &c. 160 ; put back, set back; taint, infect, contaminate, poison, empoison , envenom, canker, corrupt, exulcerate , pollute, vitiate, inquinate ; debase, embase ; denaturalize, denature, leaven; deflower, debauch, defile, deprave, degrade; ulcerate; stain &c. (dirt) 653 ; discolor; alloy, adulterate, sophisticate, tamper with, prejudice. pervert, prostitute, demoralize, brutalize; render vicious &c. 945 . embitter, acerbate, exacerbate, aggravate. injure, impair, labefy , damage, harm, hurt, shend , scath , scathe, spoil, mar, despoil, dilapidate, waste; overrun; ravage; pillage &c. 791 . wound, stab, pierce, maim, lame, surbate , cripple, hough , hamstring, hit between wind and water, scotch, mangle, mutilate, disfigure, blemish, deface, warp. blight, rot; corrode, erode; wear away, wear out; gnaw, gnaw at the root of; sap, mine, undermine, shake, sap the foundations of, break up; disorganize, dismantle, dismast; destroy &c. 162 . damnify &c. (aggrieve) 649 ; do one's worst; knock down; deal a blow to; play havoc with, play sad havoc with, play the mischief with, play the deuce with, play the very devil with, play havoc among, play sad havoc among, play the mischief among, play the deuce among, play the very devil among; decimate.
Adj. unimproved &c. (improve) &c. 658 ; deteriorated &c. v.; altered, altered for the worse; injured &c. v.; sprung; withering, spoiling &c. v.; on the wane, on the decline; tabid ; degenerate; marescent ; worse; the worse for, all the worse for; out of repair, out of tune; imperfect &c. 651 ; the worse for wear; battered; weathered, weather-beaten; stale, passe, shaken, dilapidated, frayed, faded, wilted, shabby, secondhand, threadbare; worn, worn to a thread, worn to a shadow, worn to the stump, worn to rags; reduced, reduced to a skeleton; far gone; tacky [U.S.] . decayed &c. v.; moth-eaten, worm-eaten; mildewed, rusty, moldy, spotted, seedy, time-worn, moss-grown; discolored; effete, wasted, crumbling, moldering, rotten, cankered, blighted, tainted; depraved &c. (vicious) 945 ; decrepid , decrepit; broke, busted, broken, out of commission, hors de combat [Fr.] , out of action, broken down; done, done for, done up; worn out, used up, finished; beyond saving, fit for the dust hole, fit for the wastepaper basket, past work &c. (useless) 645 . at a low ebb, in a bad way, on one's last legs; undermined, deciduous; nodding to its fall &c. (destruction) 162 ; tottering &c. (dangerous) 665 ; past cure &c. (hopeless) 859 ; fatigued &c. 688 ; retrograde &c. (retrogressive) 283 ; deleterious &c. 649 .
Phr. out of the frying pan into the fire; agrescit medendo [Lat.] ; what a falling off was there! " [Hamlet].
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#660. Restoration -- N. restoration, restoral; reinstatement, replacement, rehabilitation, reestablishment, reconstitution, reconstruction; reproduction &c. 163 ; renovation, renewal; revival, revivessence , reviviscence ; refreshment &c. 689 ; resuscitation, reanimation, revivification, reviction ; Phenix; reorganization. renaissance, second youth, rejuvenescence , new birth; regeneration, regeneracy , regenerateness ; palingenesis , reconversion. redress, retrieval, reclamation, recovery; convalescence; resumption, resumption; sanativeness . recurrence &c. (repetition) 104 ; rechauffe [Fr.] , rifacimento [It] . cure, recure , sanation ; healing &c. v.; redintegration ; rectification; instauration . repair, reparation, remanufacture; recruiting &c. v.; cicatrization; disinfection; tinkering. reaction; redemption &c. (deliverance) 672 ; restitution &c. 790 ; relief &c. 834 . tinker, cobbler; vis medicatrix &c. (remedy) 662 . curableness.
V. return to the original state; recover, rally, revive; come come to, come round, come to oneself; pull through, weather the storm, be oneself again; get well, get round, get the better of, get over, get about; rise from one's ashes, rise from the grave; survive &c. (outlive) 110 ; resume, reappear; come to, come to life again; live again, rise again. heal, skin over, cicatrize; right itself. restore, put back, place in statu quo [Lat.] ; reinstate, replace, reseat, rehabilitate, reestablish, reestate , reinstall. reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute; reconvert; renew, renovate; regenerate; rejuvenate. redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve; rescue &c. (deliver) 672 . redress, recure ; cure, heal, remedy, doctor, physic, medicate; break of; bring round, set on one's legs. resuscitate, revive, reanimate, revivify, recall to life; reproduce &c. 163 ; warm up; reinvigorate, refresh &c. 689 . make whole, redintegrate ; recoup &c. 790 ; make good, make all square; rectify, correct; put right, put to rights, set right, set to rights, set straight; set up; put in order &c. (arrange) 60 ; refit, recruit; fill up, fill up the ranks; reinforce. repair; put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair; retouch, refashion, botch , vamp, tinker, cobble; do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up; darn, finedraw , heelpiece ; stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen, splice, bind up wounds.
Adj. restored &c. v.; redivivus [Lat.] , convalescent; in a fair way; none the worse; rejuvenated. restoring &c. v.; restorative, recuperative; sanative, reparative, sanatory , reparatory ; curative, remedial. restorable, recoverable, sanable , remediable, retrievable, curable.
Adv. in statu quo [Lat.] ; as you were. phr.. revenons a nos moutons [Fr.] ; medecin [Fr.] , gueris-toi toi-meme [Fr.] ; vestigia nulla retrorsum [Lat.] [Horace].
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#661. Relapse -- N. relapse, lapse; falling back &c. v.; retrogradation &c. (retrogression) 283 ; deterioration &c. 659 . [Return to, or recurrence of a bad state] backsliding, recidivation ; recidivism, recidivity ; recrudescence.
V. relapse, lapse; fall back, slide back, sink back; return; retrograde &c. 283 ; recidivate; fall off again &c. 659 .
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#662. Remedy -- N. remedy, help, cure, redress; medicine, medicament; diagnosis, medical examination; medical treatment; surgery; preventive medicine. [medical devices] clinical thermometer, stethoscope, X-ray machine. anthelmintic [Med.] ; antidote, antifebrile [Med.] , antipoison , counterpoison , antitoxin, antispasmodic; bracer, faith cure, placebo; helminthagogue , lithagogue , pick-meup, stimulant, tonic; vermifuge, prophylactic, corrective, restorative; sedative &c. 174 ; palliative; febrifuge; alterant , alterative; specific; antiseptic, emetic, analgesic, pain-killer, antitussive [Med.] , antiinflammatory [Med.] , antibiotic, antiviral [Med.] , antifungal [Med.] , carminative; Nepenthe, Mithridate. cure, treatment, regimen; radical cure, perfect cure, certain cure; sovereign remedy. examination, diagnosis, diagnostics; analysis, urinalysis, biopsy, radiology. medicine, physic, Galenicals , simples, drug, pharmaceutical, prescription, potion, draught, dose, pill, bolus, injection, infusion, drip, suppository, electuary ; linctus , lincture ; medicament; pharmacon . nostrum, receipt, recipe, prescription; catholicon , panacea, elixir, elixir vitae, philosopher's stone; balm, balsam, cordial, theriac , ptisan . agueweed , arnica, benzoin, bitartrate of potash, boneset , calomel, catnip, cinchona, cream of tartar, Epsom salts [Chem] ; feverroot , feverwort; friar's balsam, Indian sage; ipecac, ipecacuanha; jonquil, mercurous chloride, Peruvian bark; quinine, quinquina ; sassafras, yarrow. salve, ointment, cerate, oil, lenitive, lotion, cosmetic; plaster; epithem , embrocation , liniment, cataplasm , sinapism , arquebusade , traumatic, vulnerary, pepastic , poultice, collyrium , depilatory; emplastrum ; eyewater , vesicant, vesicatory [Med.] . compress, pledget ; bandage &c. (support) 215 . treatment, medical treatment, regimen; dietary, dietetics; vis medicatrix , vis medicatrix naturae [Lat.] ; medecine expectante [Fr.] ; bloodletting, bleeding, venesection [Med.] , phlebotomy, cupping, sanguisae, leeches; operation, surgical operation; transfusion, infusion, intravenous infusion, catheter, feeding tube; prevention, preventative medicine, immunization, inoculation, vaccination, vaccine, shot, booster, gamma globulin. pharmacy, pharmacology, pharmaceutics; pharmacopoeia, formulary; acology , Materia Medica [Lat.] , therapeutics, posology ; homeopathy, allopathy , heteropathy [Med.] , osteopathy, hydropathy [Med.] ; cold water cure; dietetics; surgery, chirurgery [Med.] , chirurgy ; healing art, leechcraft ; orthopedics, orthopedy , orthopraxy ; pediatrics; dentistry, midwifery, obstetrics, gynecology; tocology ; sarcology . hospital, infirmary; pesthouse , lazarhouse ; lazaretto; lock hospital; maison de sante [Fr.] ; ambulance. dispensary; dispensatory , drug store, pharmacy, apothecary, druggist, chemist. Hotel des Invalides; sanatorium, spa, pump room, well; hospice; Red Cross. doctor, physician, surgeon; medical practitioner, general practitioner, specialist; medical attendant, apothecary, druggist; leech; osteopath, osteopathist ; optometrist, ophthalmologist; internist, oncologist, gastroenterologist; epidemiologist [Med.] , public health specialist; dermatologist; podiatrist; witch doctor, shaman, faith healer, quack, exorcist; Aesculapius , Hippocrates, Galen; accoucheur [Fr.] , accoucheuse [Fr.] , midwife, oculist, aurist ; operator; nurse, registered nurse, practical nurse, monthly nurse, sister; nurse's aide, candystriper; dresser; bonesetter; pharmaceutist , pharmacist, druggist, chemist, pharmacopolist .
V. apply a remedy &c. n.; doctor, dose, physic, nurse, minister to, attend, dress the wounds, plaster; drain; prevent &c. 706 ; relieve &c. 834 ; palliate &c. 658 ; restore &c. 660 ; drench with physic; bleed, cup, let blood; manicure. operate, excise, cut out; incise.
Adj. remedial; restorative &c. 660 ; corrective, palliative, healing; sanatory , sanative; prophylactic, preventative, immunizing; salutiferous &c. (salutary) 656 ; medical, medicinal; therapeutic, chirurgical [Med.] , epulotic , paregoric, tonic, corroborant, analeptic , balsamic, anodyne, hypnotic, neurotic, narcotic, sedative, lenitive, demulcent , emollient; depuratory ; detersive , detergent; abstersive , disinfectant, febrifugal , alterative; traumatic, vulnerary. allopathic , heteropathic , homeopathic, hydropathic [Med.] ; anthelmintic [Med.] ; antifebrile [Med.] , antiluetic ; aperient , chalybeate , deobstruent , depurative , laxative, roborant . dietetic, alimentary; nutritious, nutritive; peptic; alexipharmic , alexiteric ; remediable, curable.
Phr. . aux grands maux les grands remedes [Fr.] ; Dios que da la llaga da la medicina [Sp.] ; para todo hay remedio sino para la muerte [Sp.] ; temporis ars medicina fere est [Lat.] [Ovid]; the remedy is worse than the disease" [Dryden]; throw physic to the dogs, I'll none of it" [Macbeth].
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#663. Bane -- N. bane, curse; evil &c. 619 ; hurtfulness &c. (badness) 649 ; painfulness &c. (cause of pain) 830 ; scourge &c. (punishment) 975 ; damnosa hereditas [Lat.] ; white elephant. sting, fang, thorn, tang, bramble, brier, nettle. poison, toxin; teratogen; leaven, virus venom; arsenic; antimony, tartar emetic; strychnine, nicotine; miasma, miasm , mephitis , malaria, azote , sewer gas; pest. [poisonous substances, examples] Albany hemp , arsenious oxide, arsenious acid; bichloride of mercury; carbonic acid, carbonic gas; choke damp, corrosive sublimate, fire damp; hydrocyanic acid, cyanide, Prussic acid, hydrogen cyanide; marsh gas, nux vomica [Lat.] , ratsbane . [poisonous plants] hemlock, hellebore, nightshade, belladonna, henbane, aconite; banewort , bhang, ganja , hashish; Upas tree. [list of poisonous substances] Toxline (online). rust, worm, helminth [Med.] , moth, moth and rust, fungus, mildew; dry rot; canker, cankerworm; cancer; torpedo; viper &c. (evil doer) 913 ; demon &c. 980 . [Science of poisons] toxicology.
Adj. baneful &c. (bad) 649 ; poisonous &c. (unwholesome) 657 . phr.. bibere venenum in auro [Lat.] .
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