mephitic
21mephitic — /məˈfɪtɪk/ (say muh fitik) adjective 1. offensive to the smell. 2. noxious; pestilential; poisonous. {Late Latin mephīticus pestilential} –mephitically, adverb …
22mephitic — Neither more nor less than what common folks refer to as stinking …
23mephitic — adjective of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution • Syn: ↑miasmic • Similar to: ↑malodorous, ↑malodourous, ↑unpleasant smelling, ↑ill smelling, ↑stinky • Derivationally rela …
24mephitic air — Carbonic acid, carbonic acid gas, foul air, choke damp …
25Mephitical — Mephitic Me*phit ic, Mephitical Me*phit ic*al, a. [L. mephiticus, fr. mephitis mephitis: cf. F. m[ e]phitique.] 1. Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as, mephitic exhalations; mephitic regions. [1913 Webster] 2. Offensive to the smell;… …
26poisonous — poisonous, venomous, virulent, toxic, mephitic, pestilent, pestilential, miasmic, miasmatic, miasmal are comparable when they mean having the properties or the effects of poison (see POISON) Basically poisonous implies that the thing so described …
27Thomas Henry — (* 26. Oktober 1734 in Wrexham; † 18. Juni 1816 in Manchester) war ein englischer Apotheker und Chemiker. Thomas Henry Inhaltsverzeich …
28Antimephitic — An ti*me*phit ic, a. (Med.) Good against mephitic or deleterious gases. n. A remedy against mephitic gases. Dunglison. [1913 Webster] …
29Nitrogen — carbon ← nitrogen → oxygen ↑ N ↓ P …
30Avernus — For the lake, see Lake Avernus. Ruined temple to Apollo, Avernus. Avernus was an ancient name for a crater near Cumae (Cuma), Italy, in the Region of Campania west of Naples. It is approximately 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) in circumference.… …
