The Clue
Vitamin C for colds, e.g. (10 letter answer)
The Answer
PREVENTIVE
Tags
Notes
The answer PREVENTIVE is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
PREVENTIVE as a noun:
1. (preventive, preventative, prophylactic) = remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives"
2. (hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference) = any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
3. (contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device) = an agent or device intended to prevent conception
PREVENTIVE as an adjective:
1. (preventive, preventative, prophylactic) = preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug"
2. (preventive, preventative) = tending to prevent or hinder
3. (cautionary, preventive, prophylactic) = tending to ward off; "the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze