detersive
About 0.01 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Having cleansing abilities
The powdered roots of the Guayacan (lignum vitae) have detersive properties, and were once used as a household cleaning agent.
- noun A cleansing agent; a detergent.
Similar words
purifying detergent mundificative cleansing purificatory cleanly clysmic desinential clarifying detoxificative
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systems power action and properties
Word family
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