depilatory
adjective
capable of removing hair.
depilatories
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pluralof depilatory.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A curious account of hair-erasing, and why people have tried clamshell razors, lasers, lye depilatories, tweezers, waxes, threading and electrolysis to try and free themselves from hairiness.
From Economist ● Dec. 3, 2015
And whole categories of ads are barred from The New Yorker's pages, including ads for vitamin tablets, slimming devices and depilatories.
From Newsweek ● Feb. 20, 2015
No matter what expensive and complex weapons are used — razor blades, electric shavers, tweezers, waxing, depilatories, electrolysis — hair, like crab grass, always grows back and eventually wins.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2012
When properly approached, it is socially permissible to endorse foods, liquors, cosmetics and cars, but such intimate products as tooth paste, depilatories and underwear are obviously unsuitable.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shaving, extraction of the hairs and the use of depilatories.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
