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  • 91harmless — adjective 1) a harmless substance Syn: safe, innocuous, benign, gentle, mild, wholesome, nontoxic, nonpoisonous, nonirritant, nonirritating, hypoallergenic; nonaddictive Ant: dangerous, toxic …

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  • 92inoffensive — adj harmless, innocuous, innocent; unoffending, nonprovocative, quiet, unobjectionable. See innocuous(defs.1,2) …

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  • 93harmless — adjective 1) a harmless substance Syn: safe, innocuous, gentle, mild, non toxic 2) he seems harmless enough Syn: inoffensive, innocuous, gentle • Ant …

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  • 94noxious — [17] Noxious was adapted from Latin noxius ‘harmful’, a derivative of noxa ‘damage, injury’. (An earlier borrowing was obnoxious [16], from Latin obnoxius, which contains the prefix ob ‘to’.) Related to noxa were Latin nex ‘destruction, death,… …

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  • 95innocuity — ˌiˌnäˈkyüəd.ē noun ( es) Etymology: probably from French innocuité, from Latin innocuus + French ité ity : the quality or state of being innocuous; also : something that is innocuous conversation will lag and digress politely to innocuities Plain …

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  • 96in|noc´u|ous|ness — in|noc|u|ous «ih NOK yu uhs», adjective. not hurtful or injurious; harmless: »She took my innocuous remark as an insult. ... wit…like summer lightning, lambent but innocuous (Edward M. Goulburn). SYNONYM(S): inoffensive. ╂[< Latin innocuus… …

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  • 97in|noc´u|ous|ly — in|noc|u|ous «ih NOK yu uhs», adjective. not hurtful or injurious; harmless: »She took my innocuous remark as an insult. ... wit…like summer lightning, lambent but innocuous (Edward M. Goulburn). SYNONYM(S): inoffensive. ╂[< Latin innocuus… …

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  • 98in|noc|u|ous — «ih NOK yu uhs», adjective. not hurtful or injurious; harmless: »She took my innocuous remark as an insult. ... wit…like summer lightning, lambent but innocuous (Edward M. Goulburn). SYNONYM(S): inoffensive. ╂[< Latin innocuus (with English… …

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  • 99A Bonhami — Sand Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent …

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  • 100A Heeji — Sand Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent …

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