Word Meanings - DEFECATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act or process of voiding excrement. (more info) 1. The act of separating from impurities, as lees or dregs; purification.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DEFECATION)

• Ablution
• Washing
• purification
• cleansing
• abstersion
• defecation
• Purgation
• Clearing
• lustration
• clarification
• determine

Related words: (words related to DEFECATION)

• CLEANSABLE
  Capable of being cleansed. Sherwood.
• CLEARLY
  In a clear manner.
• CLEARER
  A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, clears. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding. Addison.
• WASHHOUSE
  An outbuilding for washing, esp. one for washing clothes; a laundry.
• WASHBOARD
  A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard. Mar. Di (more info) 1. A fluted, or ribbed, board on which
• CLEAR-HEADED
  Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent. "He was laborious and clear-headed." Macaulay. -- Clear"-head`ed*ness, n.
• WASHSTAND
  A piece of furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin, and other requisites for washing the person.
• CLEAR-SIGHTEDNESS
  Acute discernment.
• WASHY
  1. Watery; damp; soft. "Washy ooze." Milton. 2. Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble; as, washy tea; washy resolutions. A polish . . . not over thin and washy. Sir H. Wotton. 3. Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely
• WASHOUT
  The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad, where the earth has been washed away.
• WASHED SALE
  See SALE
• CLEAR-SEEING
  Having a clear physical or mental vision; having a clear understanding.
• WASHINESS
  The quality or state of being washy, watery, or weak.
• WASHING
  1. The act of one who washes; the act of cleansing with water; ablution. 2. The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash. Washing bear , the raccoon. -- Washing bottle , a bottle fitted with glass tubes passing through the cork, so that on blowing
• CLEARCOLE
  A priming of size mixed with whiting or white lead, used in house painting, etc.; also, a size upon which gold leaf is applied in gilding.
• DETERMINER
  One who, or that which, determines or decides.
• CLEAR-CUT
  1. Having a sharp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo. She has . . . a cold and clear-cut face. Tennyson. 2. Concisely and distinctly expressed.
• CLEARSTARCH
  To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin.
• WASHER
  A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, washes. 2. A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various
• WASHOE PROCESS
  The process of treating silver ores by grinding in pans or tubs with the addition of mercury, and sometimes of chemicals such as blue vitriol and salt.
• SWASHY
  Soft, like fruit that is too ripe; quashy; swash.
• AWASH
  Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.
• POLYNUCLEAR
  Containing many nuclei.
• SWASHING
  1. Swaggering; hectoring. "A swashing and martial outside." Shak. 2. Resounding; crushing. "Swashing blow." Shak.
• COMPURGATION
  The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man's veracity by the oath of others; -- called also wager of law. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager. 2. Exculpation by testimony to one's veracity or innocence. He was privileged from
• SUPERPURGATION
  Excessive purgation. Wiseman.
• FLUSTRATION
  The act of flustrating; confusion; flurry. Richardson.
• INDETERMINED
  Undetermined.