mephitic
1Mephitic — 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; as,… …
2mephitic — index deadly, harmful, insalubrious, malignant, pernicious, pestilent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3mephitic — (adj.) 1620s, of poisonous smell, from L.L. mephiticus, from L. mephitis, mefitis noxious vapor (also personified as a goddess believed to have the power to avert it) …
4mephitic — toxic, *poisonous, venomous, virulent, pestilent, pestilential, miasmic, miasmatic, miasmal Analogous words: *offensive, loathsome, revolting, repulsive, repugnant: fetid, noisome, putrid, *malodorous: noxious, *pernicious, baneful …
5mephitic — [mə fit′ik] adj. [LL mephiticus] 1. of or caused by mephitis 2. a) bad smelling b) poisonous; noxious …
6mephitic — adjective Date: circa 1623 of, relating to, or resembling mephitis ; foul smelling < mephitic vapors > …
7mephitic — adjective a) foul smelling. It is impossible to convey, in words, any idea of the hideous phantasmagoria of shifting limbs and faces which moved through the evil smelling twilight of this terrible prison house. Callot might have drawn it, Dante… …
8Mephitic air — 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;… …
9mephitic air — Carbonic Car*bon ic, a. [Cf. F. carbonique. See {Carbon}.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, carbon; as, carbonic oxide. [1913 Webster] {Carbonic acid} (Chem.), an acid {HO.CO.OH}, not existing separately, which, combined with positive …
10mephitic air — noun or mephitic gas 1. archaic : carbon dioxide 2. archaic : air exhausted of oxygen and containing chiefly nitrogen …
