Is “Leaches” a Scrabble word?
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Meaning of Leaches
1.A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
2.A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
3.A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century.
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1.To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.
“Heavy rainfall can leach out minerals important for plant growth from the soil.”
2.To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
1.An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
2.A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
3.A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.
Synonyms: bloodsucker, parasite, sponger, vampire
1.A physician.
2.(Heathenry) A healer.
Synonyms: healer, barber, doctor, physician