Definitions for carminative

carminative car·min·a·tive

Spelling: [kahr-min-uh-tiv, kahr-muh-ney-tiv]
IPA: /kɑrˈmɪn ə tɪv, ˈkɑr məˌneɪ tɪv/

Carminative is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 882 anagrams from letters in carminative (aaceiimnrtv).

Definitions for carminative

noun

  1. a drug causing expulsion of gas from the stomach or bowel.

adjective

  1. expelling gas from the body; relieving flatulence.

Origin of carminative

1645-55; Late Latin carmināt(us), past participle of carmināre to purify (Latin: to card (wool), verbal derivative of carmen (attested only in Late Latin) comb for carding wool) + Examples for carminative

It is aromatic, carminative, and stimulant; and more effectually covers the taste of senna than any other substance.

When the pain is extreme, warm fomentations to the belly, or a carminative clyster, will generally give relief.

Like all volatile oils the drug is a stomachic and carminative.

carminative—the warmth, the glow, the interior ripeness were all in the word.

Dalby's carminative was merely misbranded, but that was bad enough.

If I recollect right, you threw the carminative mixture in my face.

carminative had grown up with me from the days of the cinnamon bottle.

"carminative," Denis repeated, and they were silent for a time.

Stomachic, carminative, and slightly tonic; one to two ounces.

It is a very useful stimulant, tonic, stomachic and carminative.

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