Crossword clues for excitant
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Excitant \Ex*cit"ant\, n. (Physiol.) An agent or influence which arouses vital activity, or produces increased action, in a living organism or in any of its tissues or parts; a stimulant.
Excitant \Ex*cit"ant\, a. [L. excitans, -antis, p. pr. of excitare: cf. F. excitant.] Tending to excite; exciting.
Wiktionary
a. exciting; stimulating n. Something that excites or stimulates; a stimulant
WordNet
adj. (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate [syn: excitative, excitatory]
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.