Word Meanings - FOMENTATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors. The lotion applied to a diseased part. 2. Excitation; instigation; encouragement. Dishonest

Additional info about word: FOMENTATION

The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors. The lotion applied to a diseased part. 2. Excitation; instigation; encouragement. Dishonest fomentation of your pride. Young.

Related words: (words related to FOMENTATION)

• APPLICABLE
  Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.
• DISHONESTY
  1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. "The hidden things of dishonesty." 2 Cor. iv. 2. 2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.
• PURPOSELESS
  Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall. -- Pur"pose*less*ness, n.
• EASY
  Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to tight. Honors are easy , said when each side has an equal number of honors, in which case they are not counted as points. Syn. -- Quiet; comfortable; manageable; tranquil;
• RELAXANT
  A medicine that relaxes; a laxative.
• APPLICATIVE
  Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.
• EAST INDIAN
  Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies. -- n.
• APPLICANCY
  The quality or state of being applicable.
• EXCITATION
  The act of producing excitement ; also, the excitement produced. (more info) 1. The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening. Bacon.
• APPLICABILITY
  The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
• RELAXATIVE
  Having the quality of relaxing; laxative. -- n.
• EAST-INSULAR
  Relating to the Eastern Islands; East Indian. Ogilvie.
• INSTIGATION
  The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness. The baseness and villainy that . . . the instigation of the devil could bring the sons of men to. South.
• PURPOSE
  1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan. He will his firste purpos modify. Chaucer.
• DISEASEFUL
  1. Causing uneasiness. Disgraceful to the king and diseaseful to the people. Bacon. 2. Abounding with disease; producing diseases; as, a diseaseful climate.
• APPLICATORILY
  By way of application.
• FOMENT
  warm application or lotion, fr. fovere to warm or keep warm; perh. 1. To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid. 2. To cherish with heat; to foster. Which these soft fires . . . foment and
• EASTERN CHURCH
  That portion of the Christian church which prevails in the countries once comprised in the Eastern Roman Empire and the countries converted to Christianity by missionaries from them. Its full official title is The Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Eastern
• EASTER LILY
  which bloom about Easter; specif.: The common white lily , called also Annunciation lily. The larger white lily (Lilium longiflorum eximium, syn. L. Harrisii) called also Bermuda lily. The daffodil . The Atamasco lily.
• DISEASEFULNESS
  The quality of being diseaseful; trouble; trial. Sir P. Sidney.
• BEASTLIHEAD
  Beastliness. Spenser.
• HODGKIN'S DISEASE
  A morbid condition characterized by progressive anæmia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician.
• CHICKEN-BREASTED
  Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column.
• TEASER
  A jager gull. (more info) 1. One who teases or vexes.
• REINCREASE
  To increase again.
• JUMPING DISEASE
  A convulsive tic similar to or identical with miryachit, observed among the woodsmen of Maine.
• TEASPOONFUL
  As much as teaspoon will hold; enough to fill a teaspoon; -- usually reckoned at a fluid dram or one quarter of a tablespoonful.
• AMBERGREASE
  See AMBERGRIS
• RELEASE
  To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
• BEASTLIKE
  Like a beast.
• TEASPOON
  A small spoon used in stirring and sipping tea, coffee, etc., and for other purposes.
• PEASE
  1. A pea. "A peose." "Bread . . . of beans and of peses." Piers Plowman. 2. A plural form of Pea. See the Note under Pea.
• UNAPPLIABLE
  Inapplicable. Milton.
• ARCHTREASURER
  A chief treasurer. Specifically, the great treasurer of the German empire.
• SINGLE-BREASTED
  Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.
• BROKEN BREAST
  Abscess of the mammary gland.