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121Environmental effects of pesticides — Use of pesticides can have unintended effects on the environment. Over 98% of sprayed insecticides and 95% of herbicides reach a destination other than their target species, including nontarget species, air, water, bottom sediments, and… …
122fumigation — See fumigate. * * * …
123reug- — To vomit, belch; smoke, cloud. 1. reek, from Old English rēocan, to smoke, reek, and rēcan, to fumigate, from Germanic *reukan. 2. Suffixed zero grade form *rug to . eruct, from Latin rūctāre, to belch. [In Pokorny reu b 871.] * * * …
124crib — /krib/, n., v., cribbed, cribbing. n. 1. a child s bed with enclosed sides. 2. a stall or pen for cattle. 3. a rack or manger for fodder, as in a stable or barn. 4. a bin for storing grain, salt, etc. 5. Informal. a. a translation, list of… …
125fumigant — /fyooh mi geuhnt/, n. any volatile or volatilizable chemical compound used as a disinfectant or pesticide. [1720 30; < L fumigant (s. of fumigans, prp. of fumigare), equiv. to fumig (see FUMIGATE) + ant ANT] * * * ▪ chemistry any volatile,… …
126fumigator — /fyooh mi gay teuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that fumigates. 2. a structure in which plants are fumigated to destroy insects. [1850 55, Amer.; FUMIGATE + OR2] * * * …
127funk — funk1 funker, n. /fungk/, n. 1. cowering fear; state of great fright or terror. 2. a dejected mood: He s been in a funk ever since she walked out on him. v.t. 3. to be afraid of. 4. to frighten. 5. to shrink from; try to shirk. v.i. 6. to shrink… …
128fustigate — fustigation, n. fustigator, n. fustigatory /fus ti geuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. /fus ti gayt /, v.t., fustigated, fustigating. 1. to cudgel; beat; punish severely. 2. to criticize harshly; castigate: a new satire that fustigates bureaucratic… …
