Alcohol is powerful dilutant sp? that dissolves other substances than water or fat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fisking Repovich and Peterson | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference

Rather, it appears that the fluid Fe outer core contains a dilutant, probably S or H, that lowers its density.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christopher Monckton: Apocalypse Cancelled « Climate Audit] Reference

Of course, also, the nitrogen associated with the oxygen in the air admitted to the gas generator passes on with the carbonic oxide gas, this nitrogen acting as a dilutant and being of course absolutely useless as a generator of heat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883] Reference

Some cellular tissue, but not an excess, is desirable in a ration, as it exerts a favorable mechanical action upon the organs of digestion, encourages peristalsis, and is an absorbent and dilutant of the waste products formed during digestion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference

When Krenek, who had made his name in Europe as the composer of Johnny Spielt Auf, denounced the American requirement of "comprehensibility" as an automatic dilutant, he was really saying that that there was nobody to pay him for incomprehensibility.    From Wordnik.com.  [O MacGuffin] Reference