Word Finder - cleansing

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To free from dirt; to clean, to purify.

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To spiritually purify; to free from guilt or sin; to purge.

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The process of removing dirt, toxins etc.

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That cleanses.

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Apply the cleansing cream to your skin.

She grabbed the moisturizer and its cleansing counterpart and eye moisturizer.

It is more likely that the cleansing power of soap is due to the inherent property of its solution to emulsionize fats.

Each cleansing lick from the doe nearly knocked them off their feet, but they staggered close to her for more nourishment.

This property is usually obtained by mixing soft and hard soaps, or, more rarely, by adding gum tragacanth to a hard soap. In the textile trades the wool scourer employs a neutral olive-oil soap, or, on account of its cheapness, a neutral curd or curd mottled brand; the cotton cleanser, on the other hand, uses an alkaline soap, but for cleaning printed cottons a neutral olive-oil curd soap is used, for, in this case, free alkali and resin are objectionable; olive-oil soap, free from caustic alkali, but often with sodium carbonate, is also used in cleansing silk fibres, although hard soaps free from resin are frequently employed for their cheapness.

The periodical thorough cleansing of the vine stems and every part of the houses is of the utmost importance.

The ozone so prepared has numerous uses, as, for example, in bleaching oils, waxes, fabrics, &c., sterilizing drinking-water, maturing wines, cleansing foul beer-casks, oxidizing oil, and in the manufacture of vanillin.

In 33 he was chosen aedile and signalized his tenure of office by effecting great improvements in the city of Rome, restoring and building aqueducts, enlarging and cleansing the sewers, and constructing baths and porticos, and laying out gardens.

There he advised the Liberal party that "its slate must be cleaned," and, as he subsequently explained, this cleansing must involve the elimination of Home Rule for Ireland.

You can see that this is a much deeper effect than just cleansing the bowel.

The buildings should be constructed on the most modern hospital lines, with smooth walls and rounded corners, so that complete cleansing and disinfecting are possible.

This is due to (a) the dirty condition of the cows' udders, (b) the imperfect cleansing of the cans and of the hands of the milkers.

Accordingly many of them, while placing their hope for the future upon Messiah and His eagerly expected return in power, might seek assurance of present forgiveness of daily offences and cleansing of conscience in the old mediatorial system.

It should be noted that, according to Scottish usage, police " includes drainage, the suppression of nuisances, paving, lighting and cleansing, in addition to the provision of a constabulary force, and that in point of fact, paradoxical as it appears, the bulk of the police burghs do not manage their police.

The cleansing of externals and the tithing of garden-produce, He declares, have usurped the place of judgment and the love of God.

The banks of the great rivers such as the Ganga (Ganges), the Yamuna (Jumna), the Narbada, the Krishna (Kistna), are studded with them, and the water of these rivers is supposed to be imbued with the essence of sanctity capable of cleansing the pious bather of all sin and moral taint.

In 1833 an act was passed for paving, watching, cleansing and improving the streets; as well as for the regulation of police, and the establishment of a market.

Contributions towards setting the poor to work, erecting the Royal Exchange, cleansing the city ditch, discovering new countries, furnishing military and naval armaments, for men, arms and ammunition for the defence of the city, are among what Herbert calls the sponging expedients of the government.

The district council are not R bound to undertake the removal of house refuse from premises, or the cleansing of closets, privies, ashpits and .

An urban council and a rural council, if invested with the requisite power by the Local Government Board, may, and when required by order of that board must, provide for the proper cleansing of streets, and may also provide for the proper watering of streets.

If they do not undertake these duties, they may make by-laws imposing on the occupiers of premises the duty of cleansing footways and pavements, the removal of house refuse, and the cleansing of earth-closets, privies, ashpits and cesspools; and an urban council may also make by-laws for the prevention of nuisances arising from snow, filth, dust, ashes and rubbish, and for the prevention of the keeping of animals on any premises so as to be injurious to health.

Where any part of the country appears to be threatened with or is affected by any formidable epidemic, endemic or infectious disease, the Local Government Board may make regula tions for the speedy interment of the dead, house-tohouse visitation, the provision of medical aid and accommodation, the promotion of cleansing, ventilation and disinfection, and the guarding against the spread of disease.

Special expenses include the expenses of the construction and maintenance and cleansing of sewers, providing water-supply, and all other expenses incurred or payable in respect of a parish or contributory place within the district determined by order of the Local Government Board to be special expenses.

In this arrangement the whole of the materials may be readily removed for cleansing.

Io to be a cleansing medium, and Naaman's cure was held to pre-figure Christian baptism.

It is thus used not only of the putting on of clothing, but of the preparing and finishing of leather, the preparation of food for eating, the application of cleansing and healing substances or of bandages, &c., to a wound, the drawing up in a correct line of a body of troops, and, generally, adorning or decking out, as of a ship with flags.

When bees are wintered on thin, watery food not sealed over, and are unable for months to take cleansing flights, they become weak and involuntarily discharge their excrement over the combs and hive, a state of things never seen in a healthy colony under normal conditions.

These work deeply on the mental & emotional level & also in cleansing the aura.

The attempt to try to homogenize states must involve complicity in ethnic cleansing.

Cleansing extracts of Lemon, Eucalyptus and Tea Tree help to detangle and smooth the hair cuticle.

Being bombarded by English -- even the liquid soap dispenser screams at me Refreshing Lime Cleansing Tea-Tree Invigorating Mint Feel GOOD Fruits.

He also said his country would keep letting in all those fleeing what the West calls ethnic cleansing in the Serb region of Kosovo.

American presidents from George Washington to Benjamin Harrison practiced ethnic cleansing against the original inhabitants in America.

The Burmese military has been conducting ethnic cleansing against the Karen and other minorities in Burma.

Iraq can't be at peace without reversing ethnic cleansing.

Such units had previously been the strong arm of Serbian ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and Croatia.

This war ended, as far as such wars ever end, with a massive ethnic cleansing.

Eventually, faced with the evidence of brutal ethnic cleansing by the Serb Yugoslav security forces, NATO acted.

The Kurds are practicing reverse ethnic cleansing against the Arabs.

Conceived in order to stabilize the region, the Dayton peace agreement recognized and legitimized the results of mass ethnic cleansing and genocide.

Gary's poem is a powerful evocation of the cleansing of the spirit that is possible in the recovery from madness.

After this cleansing and rebalancing period, fat fish becomes more important, as it is the best source of omega-3 fats.

For gentle skin cleansing and purification Combines purifying micro-particles with the regulating effectiveness of the plant flavonoid complex.

Where this is not possible a supply of individually wrapped moist cleansing wipes which are not impregnated with alcohol should be available for use.

Nasal cleansing with Emcur The Emcur Nasal Cleansing System is a medical product for moistening and cleansing the nasal mucous membrane.

Just eating a sweet, juicy pear every day can go a long way to soothing Pitta dosha and cleansing the liver.

Nettles are useful in ridding the lungs of excess phlegm and cleansing the body of toxins and make an ideal herbal cuppa.

A cleansing treatment that gently " wakes up " skin radiance.

Cleansing is best carried out by irrigating with physiological saline or ordinary tap water.

The gentle cleanser Enriched with a soapwort extract, this cleansing cream-gel cleanses the skin in depth and eliminates excess sebum.

Everyone should go to a temple, or see a shaman at least once a year for cleansing of spirits.