Definition of Dissolvents

1. dissolvent [n] - See also: dissolvent

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissolvents

dissolute
dissolutely
dissoluteness
dissolutenesses
dissolution
dissolution of marriage
dissolutionism
dissolutions
dissolvability
dissolvable
dissolvableness
dissolve
dissolved
dissolved oxygen
dissolvents (current term)
dissolver
dissolvers
dissolves
dissolveth
dissolving
dissolving agent
dissonance
dissonances
dissonancies
dissonancy
dissonant
dissonantly
dissonate
dissonated

Literary usage of Dissolvents

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1917)
"BOOK VII THE dissolvents OF NEO-CLASSICISM " May there not be something in the Gothic Romance peculiarly suited to the viewi of a genius and to the endt of ..."

2. History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe: From the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1904)
"... BOOK VII THE dissolvents OF NEO-CLASSICISM " May there not be something in the Gothic Romance ..."

3. Annual Register (1800)
"On the virtues of lemon juice and coffré, as dissolvents of the stone. By Z. and Dr. Lobi. ... dissolvents ..."

4. Russia's Work in Turkey: A Revelation by Georges Giacometti (1877)
"... has had enough vitality to resist until now the powerful dissolvents which have been applied to its body politic with arts so insidious and satanic. VI. ..."

5. The Repertory of Patent Inventions: And Other Discoveries and Improvements (1806)
"... and further, to avoid this inconvenience, I make the additions of the dissolvents only, after having entirely separated the water and the acids from the ..."

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