dissolvent
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The stomach has a dissolvent that causes hunger, and puts man in mind of his want of food.
From The Existence of God by Morley, Henry
It is very useful for those who suffer from evacuations and dysentery; it corrects those ailments and is good as a mild and dissolvent food.
Therefore love is a dissolvent: therefore it is a corruptive and a wounding passion.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
That science was Geology; a science destined, in its ultimate scope, to prove a far more powerful dissolvent of dogma than any of its compeers.
From Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement by Clodd, Edward
Very seldom a disease is met with, that is permitted to run its course without dissolvent or cathartic means.
From Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent by Wolf, C. W.