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Answer for the clue "Stimulating ", 8 letters:
excitant

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Word definitions for excitant in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate [syn: excitative , excitatory ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. exciting; stimulating n. Something that excites or stimulates; a stimulant

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Excitant \Ex*cit"ant\, a. [L. excitans, -antis, p. pr. of excitare: cf. F. excitant.] Tending to excite; exciting.

Usage examples of excitant.

It is very likely, as Sir Hubert says, that most modern composers have used the pianoforte a good deal--not so much to help them to find out their ideas, as to test the details and intensify their musical sensibility by the excitant sounds, the actual sensual impression of which is, of course, an essential element in all music.

After only two hours sleep in the last thirty-six he was having to use both chemical and software excitants to keep his edge.