Germicide

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  germicide \ger"mi*cide\ (j[~e]r"m[i^]*s[imac]d), n.
     A germicidal agent. -- a. Germicidal.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  germicide
       n : an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys
           microorganisms that might carry disease [syn: {disinfectant},
            {antimicrobic}, {antimicrobial}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "germicide":
     aborticide, acaricide, anthelmintic, antibiotic, antiseptic,
     bactericide, bug bomb, carbamate insecticide, chemosterilant,
     chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide, contact poison, defoliant,
     disinfectant, eradicant, fratricide, fumigant, fumigator,
     fungicide, genocide, herbicide, homicide, infanticide,
     insect powder, insecticide, matricide, microbicide, miticide,
     organic chlorine, organic phosphate insecticide, parricide,
     patricide, pesticide, poison, rat poison, regicide, roach paste,
     roach powder, rodenticide, sororicide, stomach poison, suicide,
     systemic, systemic insecticide, toxic, toxicant, toxin, uxoricide,
     venin, venom, vermicide, virus, weed killer