1) ABHORRENT 2) Arousing aversion or disgust 3) Bug spray 4) Debugging device 5) Highly offensive 6) Rebarbative 7) Repellant 8) Serving or tending to repel 9) The power to repel 10) Unpleasant
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1) Deet 2) Disgustful 3) Disgusting 4) Foul 5) Hateful 6) Insectifuge 7) Loathly 8) Loathsome 9) Nonabsorbent 10) Nonabsorptive 11) Odious 12) Rebarbative 13) Repellant 14) Repelling 15) Revolting 16) Sickening 17) Skanky 18) Unappealing 19) Unpleasant 20) Vile 21) Yucky
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Substance used mainly to repel blood sucking insects in order to protect man and animals. Note: This term may also be used for substances used to repel mammals, birds, rodents, mites, plant pests, etc.
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• (n.) A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid. • (n.) A kind of waterproof cloth. • (n.) That which repels. • (a.) Driving back; able or tending to repel.
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(from the article `chemoreception`) At least four classes of chemicals are recognized that affect feeding behaviour: (1) attractants: odours eliciting movement toward the source; (2) ... ...fish and swim toward it. In the hope that some chemicals besides those naturally occurring could repel sharks from swimmers, considerable effort ......
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(re-pel´әnt) able to repel or drive off. an agent that so acts.
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A chemical or biological agent that makes unattractive to pests a habit, food source or other site ordinarily sought and frequented.
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A chemical which has the property of inducing avoidance by a particular pest due to unpleasant odour, colour, taste or mechanical effect e.g. substances used to repel ticks, chiggers, gnats, flies, mosquitoes and fleas.
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Re·pel'lent (-l
e nt)
adjective [ Latin
repellens ,
-entis , present participle ] Driving back; able or tending to repel.
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Re·pel'lent noun 1. That which repels.
2. (Medicine) A remedy to repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid.
Dunglison. 3. A kind of waterproof cloth.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: rē-pel′ĕnt Definitions: 1. Capable of driving off or repelling; repulsive. 2. An agent that drives away or prevents annoyance or irritation by insect pests. 3. An astringent or other agent that reduces swelling.
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Compound applied to sheep that prevents coyotes from killing them. Deterrents include smell, taste, and sound.
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[
adj] - incapable of absorbing or mixing with 2. [n] - a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water 3. [n] - a chemical substance that repels animals 4. [n] - the power to repel
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resistant adjective incapable of absorbing or mixing with; `a water-repellent fabric`; `plastic highly resistant to steam and water`
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Anything whose smell, taste, or other properties discourages nearby creatures. Insect repellent is usually a chemical substance that keeps, for example, mosquitoes at bay; natural substances include citronella, lavender oil, and eucalyptus oils. A device that emits ultrasound waves is also claimed to repel insects and small mammals
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anything that repels an animal because it is distasteful or disagreeable
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a chemical substance that keeps animals away
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