Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

&c v.; purification, defecation &c v.; purgation, lustration†; detersion†, abstersion†; epuration†, mundation†; ablution, lavation†, colature†; disinfection &c v.; drainage, sewerage. lavatory, laundry, washhouse†; washerwoman, laundress, dhobi†, laundryman, washerman†; scavenger, dustman†, sweep; white wings brush [U.S.]; broom, besom†, mop, rake, shovel, sieve, riddle, screen, filter; blotter. napkin, cloth, maukin†, malkin†, handkerchief, towel, sudary†; doyley†, doily, duster, sponge, mop, swab. cover, drugget†. wash, lotion, detergent, cathartic, purgative; purifier &c v.; disinfectant; aperient†; benzene, benzine benzol, benolin†; bleaching powder, chloride of lime, dentifrice, deobstruent†, laxative. V. be clean, render clean &c adj.; clean, cleanse; mundify†, rinse, wring, flush, full, wipe, mop, sponge, scour, swab, scrub, brush up. wash, lave, launder, buck; absterge†, deterge†; decrassify†; clear, purify; depurate†, despumate†, defecate; purge, expurgate, elutriate [Chem], lixiviate†, edulcorate†, clarify, refine, rack; filter, filtrate; drain, strain. disinfect, fumigate, ventilate, deodorize; whitewash; castrate, emasculate. sift, winnow, pick, weed, comb, rake, brush, sweep. rout out, clear out, sweep out &c; make a clean sweep of. Adj. clean, cleanly; pure; immaculate; spotless, stainless, taintless; trig; without a stain, unstained, unspotted, unsoiled, unsullied, untainted, uninfected; sweet, sweet as a nut. neat, spruce, tidy, trim, gimp, clean as a new penny, like a cat in pattens; cleaned &c v.; kempt†. abstergent†, cathartic, cleansing, purifying. Adv. neatly &c adj.; clean as a whistle.