Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having the capability to remove hair.
- n. A preparation in the form of liquid or cream that is used to remove unwanted hair from the body.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having the property of removing hair from the skin.
- n. An application used to remove hair without injuring the texture of the skin; specifically, a cosmetic employed to remove superfluous hairs from the human skin, as calx sulphurata.
Wiktionary
- adj. That removes hair
- n. A preparation that removes hair from the body.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Having the quality or power of removing hair.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. able to remove hair or render hairless
- n. a chemical (usually a sulfide) used to remove hair or wool or bristles from hides
- n. a cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair
Etymologies
- depilate + -ory (Wiktionary)
Examples
“A good depilatory is still a desideratum, the best perfumers of London and Paris have none which they can recommend.”
“{Pring Street U#lum More than anything, with stupendous size, in butch-looking Tilly Endurables for Women, and tough-girl goatee, proof certainly against any over-the-counter depilatory, that is what she was A bully, a thug ....”
Internet Archive: Pioneers of Alienation and 50s Sci-Fi at Thing Street Asylum
“The film takes its title from a sticky mixture used in Lebanon as a depilatory.”
The Wall Street Journal: 'Incendies' Burns With Mystery, Truth
“The hair depilatory he was using gave him a strong reaction.”
Sacha Baron Cohen on “Brüno”: “I won’t do it again.” Here’s why: » Scene-Stealers
“Over the ages, Jewish men have used depilatory creams and powders made from nasty stuff that took off the beard.”
The Huffington Post: Rabbi Yonah Bookstein: Matisyahu's Beard Goes Missing, Jewish World In A Panic
“Voldepussy had also had an accident with her facial depilatory.”
The Huffington Post: Tallulah Morehead: Survivor: Heroes vs Villains: Russell in Failureland.
“Ornidyl can no longer be bought for love or money but Aventis, and later, Bristol-Myers Squibb, began to market eflornithine to the West as Vaniqa, a prescription-only facial depilatory.”
The Huffington Post: Harriet A. Washington: Gene Patenting Produces Profits, Not Cures
“I think Lubna forgot to remove her depilatory cream from her upper lips...”
“Okay, I was actually thinking about this last night while doing some grooming (yes, a lot of things can go through one's mind while waiting for depilatory creams to do their work).”
“From shaving, depilatory and waxing to electrolysis and lasers, women (and more than a few men) go to great lengths in pursuit of smooth and hairless skin.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘depilatory’.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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wallace
Remington, Windsor, prorector, wen, aver, mottle, seltzer, tepee, lapidary, effete, sotto, presbyopia and 355 more...
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Keeping Secrets
Words of 10 letters, all different, can be used for encrypting, pretty securely, such things as PINs and passwords. The fly in the ointment, for me, in keeping track of them is I've got to write '...
lumberjack, birthplace, whiskeybar, vanquished, metaphysic, precaution, quizmaster, dumbwaiter, thumbscrew, blacksmith, wholegrain, wanderlust and 105 more...
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wickedwitch's list
lll
alit, plinth, eclat, diaphanous, portico, nival, daedal, apse, fossa, pellet, avail, midge and 143 more...
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words
diplopic, dolorous, farrago, surety, scuttlebutt, Arabesque, infarct, neurasthenia, lambent, expurge, univocal, simper and 395 more...
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the physical experience
wank, snog, tendon, sinew, sauce shelf, pet, arse, astigmatism, bisexual, brassiere, breast, climax and 186 more...
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TAAKC
Chabon words
contrivance, fokker, selvage, indolence, prestidigitated, omniveillant, penury, misapprehension, lachrymose, redoubt, acromegaly, divan and 84 more...
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Story of a Missing "S"
Words that end in -tory. This list is now in retirement and nothing you say will make me add to it. You owe many thanks to sionnach, reesetee, and oroboros for its untimely demise. It was fun while...
obligatory, purgatory, mandatory, moratory, crematory, sanatory, perfunctory, factory, liberatory, laboratory, inventory, nugatory and 46 more...
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Word List One
Lubricity, saxonism, oblation, Quince, Decolletage, steatopygous, alarums, hoary, gaffers, sally, sedition, eyrie and 39 more...
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