Crossword clues for mouthwash
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
mouthwash \mouthwash\ n. a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth.
Syn: gargle.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
alt. A liquid used to clean one's mouth. n. A liquid used to clean one's mouth.
WordNet
n. a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth [syn: gargle]
Wikipedia
Mouthwash, mouth rinse, oral rinse or mouth bath, is a liquid which is held in the mouth passively or swilled around the mouth by contraction of the perioral muscles and/or movement of the head, and may be gargled, where the head is tilted back and the liquid bubbled at the back of the mouth.
Usually mouthwashes are an antiseptic solution intended to reduce the microbial load in the oral cavity, although other mouthwashes might be given for other reasons such as for their analgesic, anti-inflammatory or anti-fungal action. Additionally, some rinses act as saliva substitutes to neutralize acid and keep the mouth moist in xerostomia (dry mouth). Cosmetic mouthrinses temporarily control or reduce bad breath and leave the mouth with a pleasant taste.
Mouthwash were a ska-punk band, originally formed in West Norwood, London, England, in 1995.
"Mouthwash" is a song by Kate Nash and is her third single, and the second to be lifted from her debut album Made of Bricks. It was released on 1 October 2007. The track was described by Kate as a protest song, but curiously the mixed up, dizzy crescendo has a distinct background recording of a lady in the throes of passion - an interesting juxtaposition.
Mouthwash is a liquid which is swilled around the mouth.
It may also refer to:
- "Mouthwash" (song), a Kate Nash song
- Mouthwash (band), a ska-punk band
Usage examples of "mouthwash".
Then, instead of expensive mouthwash, he had breathed on Hogg-Enderby bafflingly (for no banquet would serve, because of the known redolence of onions, onions) onions.
The fact that all mouthwashes have this cinnamaldehyde stuff is beside the point.
All of his shaving gear and half a dozen bottles of various spray colognes and mouthwashes were set out neatly atop the toilet tank, and there was an incongruous brocaded satin bathrobe hanging on the back of the door.
The Rosebud, the Dry Application, Anybody's, Clash of the Incisors, Repulsion, the Turning Diesel, Mouthwash, the Tonsillectomy, Lady Macbeth, the Readied Pussy, Youth, the Needer, the Gobbler, the Deliquescent Virgin.
There was a table elaborately set with colognes, mouthwashes, and a teak box filled with amyl nitrite poppers.
His body smelled of atrophied anti-perspirant, his mouth of toothpaste and the remains of a powerful, wide-spectrum mouthwash.
She should be pondering the next cell cycle for Faskin, not thinking about getting the mouthwash out of the bathroom and showing Dr.
He saw the plastic comb, the toothbrush, toothpaste, tiny bottle of mouthwash the hotel had provided along with soap, shampoo and hand cream.
Somebody hypoed more alkaloids into your toothpaste, and made an interesting addition to your mouthwash.
The food store coffee could very well be far less toxic than the wildest of mouthwashes, and still kill the contents of Calhoun's ditch-water zoo.
The same criticism could be leveled at mouthwashes and Christmas candy canes.
There's a tin of Sucrets in case Eddie's throat gets sore, and there's a quartet of mouthwashes: Chloraseptic, Cepacol, Cepestat in the spray bottle, and of course good old Listerine, often imitated but never duplicated.
In the medicine cabinet, you'll find thyme oil in many commercial preparations, such as mouthwashes and hemorrhoid salves.
For years Minnie has been bringing home all sorts of things for her family given to her by doctor O'Shaughnessy or appropriated from his office: samples from pharmaceutical companies of mouthwash, deodorants, muscle relaxants pills to aid digestion, pills to combat constipation, pills to combat diarrhea, headache pills, sleeping pills, stay awake pills.
Mildred emptied shelves of aspirins, rubbing alcohol, bandages, antiseptic mouthwash and iodine, filling her med kit.