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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread silastic #86345 11/09/2002 3:27 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Silastic 5SIL(ICONE RUBBER) + (EL)ASTIC6 trademark for a soft, flexible, inert silicone rubber, used esp. in prosthetic medicine Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: inert #86346 11/15/2002 12:33 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... What is opposite inert? And don't tell me ert. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: inert #86347 11/15/2002 1:18 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Being inert means that the material can be used for such things as replacing the common bile duct. Ordinary rubber would cause trouble, and wouldn't last, either. So opposite of inert would be irritating. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: inert #86348 11/15/2002 1:22 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Seriously, again, wwh, what is the opposite of inert? I'm really going to bed now. Your list is a good one. It would be very nice to wake up tomorrow and to find here what the opposite of inert is. Is there a dictionary site that provides opposites of words? Good night! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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