Reverse Dictionary: REMEDY

ADJECTIVES
► HEALABLE curable, remediable → 1570
► PANCRASTICAL good for all diseases, of the nature of a panacea → 1698 obs.
► PANPHARMACAL pert. to a universal medicine → 1657 obs.
► QUICK-AND-DIRTY used of any kind of instant remedy. possibly not the best one for long term dependence → 1970s sl.
► SINGULAR of remedies, medicines, etc.: excellent; highly efficacious or beneficial → a1340 obs.

NOUNS
► A CUPPA TEA, A BEX, AND A GOOD LIE DOWN the Australian remedy for most problems → 1950s Aust.
► BOTE help, remedy, salvation → a1300 obs.
► BOTE OF BEAM remedy, improvement, restoration → 1330 obs.
► EASEMENT ease, relief of all kinds; relief of or alleviation from pain; a remedy which relieves pain → 1679
► GAIN advantage, use, avail, benefit; remedy, help → c1200 obs.
► HALE health, well-being, welfare; cure, remedy → a1200 obs.
► JUGULATION the sudden arrest of a disease by a powerful remedy → 1887
► LEECHCRAFT remedy, medicine → c888 arch.
► LEECHDOM a medicine, remedy → a900 arch.
► LITH help, remedy → c1275 obs.
► NOSTRUMMONGERSHIP ability to provide expedients or remedies → 1748 obs.
► PAMPHARMACON a remedy against all diseases and poisons; a universal remedy; a medicine for all diseases→ 1731
► PANACY panacea, a remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases → a1690 obs.
► PANCHREST a remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases → 1727 obs.
► PANCHRESTON a remedy, cure, or medicine reputed to heal all diseases → 1632 obs.
► PANPHARMACON a remedy against all diseases and poisons; a universal remedy; a medicine for all diseases→ 1661
► PRESIDY relief, succour; remedy, aid → a1475 obs.
► PUNK a liquid or salve sold as a household remedy; patent medicine → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► QUICK FIX any kind of instant remedy, possibly not the best one for long term dependence → 1960s sl.
► REMETIC an emetic; a remedy → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SANATIVE a remedy → c1440 obs.
► SNAKE OIL a fraudulent remedy → 1927 Amer. sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► QUACKSALVER an ignorant person who pretends to a knowledge of medicine or of wonderful remedies → 1579

VERBS
► BOOT to make better; to cure, to relieve, to heal; to remedy → c1330 obs.
► JUGULATE to stop the course of a disease by a powerful remedy → 1876
► SALVE to heal or remedy a disease; also, to heal sin, sorrow, etc. → 1411 obs.
► SUBVENE to come as a relief or remedy → 1756 obs.