excitant

Example Sentences

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“Et c’est quelque chose d’extraordinairement excitant pour moi.”

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023

But the search for the complex roach excitant was a needle-in-the-haystack challenge.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was a readiness and suggestibility to respond to rumor or to the least excitant.

From Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster by Prince, Samuel Henry

The last two results, apparently anomalous, are due to the fact, which will be demonstrated later,  that KHO in minute quantities is an excitant, while in large quantities it is a depressant.

From Response in the Living and Non-Living by Bose, Jagadis Chandra, Sir

The excitant is a dilute solution of sulphuric acid.

From Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications by Hawkins, Nehemiah