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Adjective: propellent  pru'pe-lunt
  1. Tending to or capable of propelling
    "propellent fuel for submarines";
    - propellant, propulsive
Noun: propellent  pru'pe-lunt
  1. Any substance that propels
    - propellant

Derived forms: propellents

See also: dynamic, dynamical

Type of: substance

Encyclopedia: Propellent