MENSTRUUMS Antonyms

• a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling

• a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste

• hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold

• a substance believed to cure all ills

• a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

• a passage selected from a larger work

• remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

• get despite difficulties or obstacles

• deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

• extract by the process of distillation

• separate (a metal) from an ore

• obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

• take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

• calculate the root of a number

• a component of a mixture or compound

• an abstract part of something

• food that is a component of a mixture in cooking

• an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented

• a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process

• the liquid in which vegetables or meat have been cooked

• a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after settling or filtering

• done with very great haste and without due deliberation

• bring about abruptly

• separate as a fine suspension of solid particles

• fall from clouds

• fall vertically, sharply, or headlong

• hurl or throw violently

• an apparatus for removing impurities

• capable of meeting financial obligations

• a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances

• a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

• a substance that colors or dyes

• an indication that something has been present

• a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

• (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution

• fill, as with a certain quality

• stain or tinge with a slight amount of a color