antiseptic

antiseptic has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• a.. Alt. of Antiseptical
• n.. A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona.
• n.. a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues
• a.. devoid of objectionable language; "lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School"
• a.. clean and honest; "antiseptic financial practices"
• a.. thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms; "doctors in antiseptic green coats"; "the antiseptic effect of alcohol"; "it is said that marjoram has antiseptic qualities"
• a.. freeing from error or corruption; "the antiseptic effect of sturdy criticism"