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Answer for the clue "Styptic pencil, e.g. ", 8 letters:
stancher

Word definitions for stancher in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stanch \Stanch\, a. [Compar. Stancher (-[~e]r); superl. Stanchest .] [From Stanch , v. t., and hence literally signifying, stopped or stayed; cf. Sp. estanco stopped, tight, not leaky, as a ship. See Stanch , v. t.] [Written also staunch .] Strong and tight; ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. One who, or that which, stanches or stops a flow.

Usage examples of stancher.

Through all of his hilarious experiences at Fardale, Frank had not a stancher adherent.