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Definitions of solvent
  1. noun
    a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
    "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution"
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  2. noun
    a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
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  3. capable of meeting financial obligations
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Definition that contains solvent
  • water binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
  • fail become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close
  • ga the first known nerve agent, synthesized by German chemists in 1936; a highly toxic combustible liquid that is soluble in organic solvents and is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare
  • bankruptcy a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent
  • remover a solvent that removes a substance (usually from a surface)
  • h2o binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
  • ethanol the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline
  • etch selectively dissolve the surface of (a semiconductor or printed circuit) with a solvent, laser, or stream of electrons
  • turpentine volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally
  • furfural a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent
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