dis-solvent

dis·sol·vent

[dih-zol-vuhnt]
adjective
1.
capable of dissolving another substance.
noun
2.
a solvent.

Origin:
1640–50; < Latin dissolvent- (stem of dissolvēns, present participle of dissolvere). See dis-1, solvent

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dissolvent (dɪˈzɒlvənt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a rare word for solvent
 
adj
2.  able to dissolve

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Dis-solvent is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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