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Detergent :: Detergent (a.) Cleansing; purging.

Detersive :: Detersive (n.) A cleansing agent; a detergent.

Fulling :: Fulling (n.) The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth by moisture, heat, and pressure..

Mundatory :: Mundatory (a.) Cleansing; having power to cleanse.

Cleanly :: Cleanly (superl.) Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc..

Burring Machine :: Burring machine () A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances..

Lavation :: Lavation (n.) A washing or cleansing.

Birdlime :: Birdlime (n.) An extremely adhesive viscid substance, usually made of the middle bark of the holly, by boiling, fermenting, and cleansing it. When a twig is smeared with this substance it will hold small birds which may light upon it. Hence: Anything which insnares..

Expurgatory :: Expurgatory (a.) Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying.

Scour :: Scour (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off; to carry away or remove, as by a current of water; -- often with off or away..

Purification :: Purification (n.) The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement..

Lavatory :: Lavatory (a.) Washing, or cleansing by washing..

Benzine :: Benzine (n.) A liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent and for cleansing soiled fabrics; -- called also petroleum spirit, petroleum benzine. Varieties or similar products are gasoline, naphtha, rhigolene, ligroin, etc..

Blower :: Blower (n.) A device for producing a current of air; as: (a) A metal plate temporarily placed before the upper part of a grate or open fire. (b) A machine for producing an artificial blast or current of air by pressure, as for increasing the draft of a furnace, ventilating a building or shaft, cleansing gram, etc..

Cleansing :: Cleansing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cleans.

Ablution :: Ablution (n.) The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite..

Soap :: Soap (n.) A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. Saponification. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not..

Purge :: Purge (v. t.) To remove in cleansing; to deterge; to wash away; -- often followed by away.

Detersive :: Detersive (a.) Cleansing; detergent.

Ablution :: Ablution (n.) The water used in cleansing.

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