antimicrobial, antimicrobic
(adjective) capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms
disinfectant, germicide, antimicrobic, antimicrobial
(noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
Source: WordNet® 3.1
antimicrobial (not comparable)
(pharmaceutical effect) tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes
(pharmaceutical effect) inhibiting the growth of microbes
(pharmaceutical effect) preventing or counteracting the pathogenic action of microbes
• antimicrobic
antimicrobial (plural antimicrobials)
an agent that destroys microbes, inhibits their growth, or prevents or counteracts their pathogenic action
Source: Wiktionary
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
