Parasiticide

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An agent or preparation used to destroy parasites.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. any substance used to kill parasites
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Anything used to destroy parasites.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. That which destroys parasites; any agent or material means of killing parasites, as an insecticide, a vermifuge, etc.
  • Parasiticidal; destructive to parasites.
  • Word Usage
    "Peru balsam is used extensively as a local protectant, rubefacient, parasiticide in certain skin diseases, antiseptic, and applied externally as an ointment, or in alcoholic solutions."