Index of English words, starting with "ev"

(1) - Evacuant (n.) A purgative or cathartic.
(2) - Evacuant (a.) Emptying; evacuative; purgative; cathartic.

(1) - Evacuate (v. i.) To let blood
(2) - Evacuate (v. t.) To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage.
(3) - Evacuate (v. t.) To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.
(4) - Evacuate (v. t.) To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
(5) - Evacuate (v. t.) Fig.: To make empty; to deprive.
(6) - Evacuate (v. t.) To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.

(1) - Evacuation (n.) Abolition; nullification.
(2) - Evacuation (n.) That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means.
(3) - Evacuation (n.) Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means.
(4) - Evacuation (n.) Withdrawal of troops from a town, fortress, etc.
(5) - Evacuation (n.) The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging.

(1) - Evacuative (a.) Serving of tending to evacuate; cathartic; purgative.

(1) - Evacuator (n.) One who evacuates; a nullifier.