Miasmatical

Miasmatical
Miasmatic Mi`as*mat"ic, Miasmatical Mi`as*mat"ic*al, a. [Cf. F. miasmatique.] Containing, or relating to, miasma; caused by miasma; as, miasmatic diseases. [1913 Webster]

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  • miasmatical — index insalubrious, malignant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Miasmatic — Mi as*mat ic, Miasmatical Mi as*mat ic*al, a. [Cf. F. miasmatique.] Containing, or relating to, miasma; caused by miasma; as, miasmatic diseases. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • miasma — miasmal, miasmatic /muy az mat ik/, miasmatical, miasmic, adj. /muy az meuh, mee /, n., pl. miasmas, miasmata / meuh teuh/. 1. noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere. 2. a… …   Universalium

  • insalubrious — I adjective baleful, baneful, calamitous, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, disadvantageous, disastrous, fraught with danger, gravis, harmful, hazardous, hurtful, injurious, insalubris, lethal, lethiferous, malefic,… …   Law dictionary

  • malignant — I adjective atrocious, baleful, baneful, barbarous, bitter, blackhearted, bloodthirsty, brutal, brutish, cancerous, caustic, cold blooded, coldhearted, consuming, corrosive, cruel, damaging, dangerous, deadly, death bringing, death dealing,… …   Law dictionary

  • catching — adj 1. contagious, communicable, trans mittable, transmissible, transferable, inoculable, infectious, spreadable, Obs. taking; epidemic, epidemical, miasmal, miasmatic, miasmatical, miasmic, pestilential. 2. fascinating, intriguing, interesting,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • communicable — adj 1. contagious, catching, trans mittable, transmissible, transferable, inoculable, infectious, zymotic; spreadable, Obs. taking, spreading, carrying, Vet. Med. epizootic; epidemic, epidemical, pandemic, miasmal, miasmatic, miasmatical, miasmic …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • contagious — adj catching, communicable, transmit table, transmissible, transferable, inoculable, infectious, zymotic; spreadable, Obs. taking, spreading, carrying, Vet. Med. epizootic; epidemic, epidemical, pandemic, miasmal, miasmatic, miasmatical, miasmic …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • malodorous — adj fetid, reeky, reeking, smelly, stinky, stinking, stenchful, foul smelling, ill smelling, strong smelling, odorous; noisome, mephitic, foul, rank, offensive, disgusting, nauseating, sickening, unpleasant, disagreeable; putrid, rancid, rank,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • mephitic — adj 1. noisome, smelly, stinking, stench ful, foul smelling, ill smelling, strong smelling, odorous, odoriferous, malodorous, fetid, reeky, reeking; putrid, rancid, rank, rotten, tainted, spoiled, strong, game, putrescent; foul, offensive,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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