Definition of pulsive

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Pulsive (a.) Tending to compel; compulsory.

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Conine :: Conine (n.) A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc. See Conium, 2..
Impulsiveness :: Impulsiveness (n.) The quality of being impulsive.
Repulsive :: Repulsive (a.) Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force..
Appulsive :: Appulsive (a.) Striking against; impinging; as, the appulsive influence of the planets..
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under Drag, v. i., 3..
Otheoscope :: Otheoscope (n.) An instrument for exhibiting the repulsive action produced by light or heat in an exhausted vessel; a modification of the radoimeter.
Unamiable :: Unamiable (a.) Not amiable; morose; ill-natured; repulsive.
Enforcive :: Enforcive (a.) Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive.
Alkarsin :: Alkarsin (n.) A spontaneously inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor, and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; -- called also Cadel's fuming liquid..
Impulsive :: Impulsive (a.) Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
Repulsive :: Repulsive (a.) Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners..
Repulsory :: Repulsory (a.) Repulsive; driving back.
Odious :: Odious (a.) Causing or provoking hatred, repugnance, or disgust; offensive; disagreeable; repulsive; as, an odious sight; an odious smell..
Propulsive :: Propulsive (a.) Tending, or having power, to propel; driving on; urging..
Mercaptan :: Mercaptan (n.) Any one of series of compounds, hydrosulphides of alcohol radicals, in composition resembling the alcohols, but containing sulphur in place of oxygen, and hence called also the sulphur alcohols. In general, they are colorless liquids having a strong, repulsive, garlic odor. The name is specifically applied to ethyl mercaptan, C2H5SH. So called from its avidity for mercury, and other metals..
Forbidding :: Forbidding (a.) Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air..
Distasteful :: Distasteful (a.) Manifesting distaste or dislike; repulsive.
Fitful :: Fitful (a.) Full of fits; irregularly variable; impulsive and unstable.
Idiorepulsive :: Idiorepulsive (a.) Repulsive by itself; as, the idiorepulsive power of heat..
Compulsively :: Compulsively (adv.) By compulsion; by force.
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