| Resolvent 1. (a.) Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent. 2. (n.) That which has the power of resolving, or causing solution; a solvent. 3. (n.) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumors; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products. 4. (n.) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given problem depends. Thesaurus Entries ablative, anticoagulant, biodegradable, corrosive, cutting, decomposable, decomposing, degradable, dilapidated, diluent, dilutant, disintegrable, disintegrated, disintegrating, disintegrative, disjunctive, disruptive, dissolvent, dissolving agent, erosive, flux, liquefacient, liquefier, moldering, ravaged, resolutive, ruinous, separative, solvent, thinner, thinning, worn |