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[syn: solvent, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dissolver \Dis*solv"er\, n.
   One who, or that which, has power to dissolve or dissipate.
   [1913 Webster]
         Thou kind dissolver of encroaching care. --Otway.
   [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dissolver
    n 1: a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances;
         "the solvent does not change its state in forming a
         solution" [syn: solvent, dissolvent, dissolver,
         dissolving agent, resolvent]