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MIASMA |
Noxious air |
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MIASMAL |
Noxious air |
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VICIOUS |
Wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious; as, vicious air,
water, etc. |
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SWEETEN |
To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter;
as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected; to sweeten
the air. |
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MALARIA |
Air infected with some noxious substance capable of
engendering disease; esp., an unhealthy exhalation from certain soils,
as marshy or wet lands, producing fevers; miasma. |
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NOXIOUS |
Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious;
destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air, food, or
climate; pernicious; corrup... |
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TAINT |
To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous,
especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to
corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air. |
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ATMOSPHERE |
The portion of air in any locality, or affected by a
special physical or sanitary condition; as, the atmosphere of the room;
a moist or noxious atmosphere. |
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INHALER |
A contrivance to filter, as air, in order to protect the
lungs from inhaling damp or cold air, noxious gases, dust, etc.; also,
the respiratory apparatus for divers. |
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PURIFY |
... admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter;
as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the
air... |
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RESPIRATOR |
A divice of gauze or wire, covering the mouth or nose,
to prevent the inhalation of noxious substances, as dust or smoke.
Being warmed by the b... |
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FOUL |
Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is
injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not
clean; polluted; nast... |