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styptic pencil

styptic pencil noun: a short medicated stick, typically containing alum, used to stop bleeding from small wounds (as in shaving).

Noun

styptic pencil (plural styptic pencils)

  1. A short medicated stick, typically containing alum, used to stop bleeding from small wounds (as in shaving).
    • I said, never clip a dog's nails without a styptic pencil handy.
    Synonyms:
    styptic stick

Synonyms of styptic pencil

  • styptic stick

Forms of styptic pencil

pluralstyptic pencils

Questions about styptic pencil

What does styptic pencil mean?
Styptic pencil means a short medicated stick, typically containing alum, used to stop bleeding from small wounds (as in shaving).
What part of speech is styptic pencil?
Styptic pencil is a noun.
What is the plural of styptic pencil?
The plural of styptic pencil is styptic pencils.

Words near styptic pencil in the dictionary

  1. styphnic
  2. styphnic acid
  3. styplopod
  4. stypsis
  5. styptic
  6. styptic pencil
  7. styptic pencils
  8. styptic tree
  9. styptic trees
  10. styptical
  11. stypticity

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