Search for crossword answers and clues
A drug that suppresses appetite
Answer for the clue "A drug that suppresses appetite ", 11 letters:
suppressant
Alternative clues for the word suppressant
Word definitions for suppressant in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN appetite ▪ It was designed for use as an appetite suppressant , to be taken along with a certain pill. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It is treated with an odour suppressant at the mill and is best spread straight from the bag ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a drug that suppresses appetite [syn: appetite suppressant ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A substance that suppresses.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"that which suppresses," 1922, from suppress + -ant .
Usage examples of suppressant.
In addition, she had dextromethorphan on board, which is an antitussive found in numerous over-the-counter cough suppressants.
In most instances, it never would have been detected - providing a cough suppressant containing dextromethorphan was found inside her house.
By the time a sufficiency of nonreactive chemical retardants and suppressants could be brought from Aurora City, much of the glorious but debauched fair should be reduced to wind-blown cinders among which would drift the carbonized components of as many baked bugs as possible.
They are not suppressants but vital cell nutrients and are cumulative in their action.
The pain suppressants in his system were doing a good job of keeping him from noticing the progress of the bloodborne malignancy that was attacking his heart muscle, consuming him layer by layer from the inside.
Most had been too distracted to eat during the day, and the drug appeared to be a mild appetite suppressant.
Susan has considered posting this passage on her refrigerator as an appetite suppressant.
I had that feeling I used to get before the first day of school, a low-level dread that acted as an appetite suppressant.
This was still a hostile environment--it grew nothing edible to humans, and even if it did, Quirn would still need the food containing the descolada suppressants.
This was still a hostile environment-- it grew nothing edible to humans, and even if it did, Quirn would still need the food containing the descolada suppressants.
Neither d-tubocurarine, pavulon, succinylcholine nor ketamine are reticular formation suppressants, though they'll knock you out.
Decibel alarms were legally required in every meeting hall, in-chiding churches, but clever agitators could and had sabotaged them so that the suppressant gases were not released when the "noise" level reached the sharp pitch of incipient riot.
I commend your choice, but make certain everyone takes the proper coupling suppressants prior to departure.
We have with us an ample supply of suppressants which we have been hoarding since we oversubscribed more than a year ago.
I directly understood this, since my own mild attraction to the dazzling Valery Korstad had coalesced into a knotted desire that suppressants could numb but not destroy.