antiseptic

antiseptic is a 10-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Alt. of Antiseptical. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Alt. of Antiseptical
2. noun. A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona.
3. noun. a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues
4. adjective. devoid of objectionable language

   "lyrics as antiseptic as Sunday School"

5. adjective. clean and honest

   "antiseptic financial practices"

6. adjective. thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms

   "doctors in antiseptic green coats"

   "the antiseptic effect of alcohol"

7. adjective. freeing from error or corruption

   "the antiseptic effect of sturdy criticism"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in antiseptic:

psittacine

Common word forms

antiseptics, antiseptical, antisepticise, antisepticize

Words from these letters

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