pestilential smell
1poisonous — poisonous, venomous, virulent, toxic, mephitic, pestilent, pestilential, miasmic, miasmatic, miasmal are comparable when they mean having the properties or the effects of poison (see POISON) Basically poisonous implies that the thing so described …
2Incense — Burning incense Incense (from Latin: incendere, to burn )[1] is composed of aromatic biotic materials, which release fragrant smoke when burned. The term incense refers to the substance itself, rather than to the odor that it produces. It is used …
3Dictamnus — albus in flower Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …
4mephitic — /məˈfɪtɪk/ (say muh fitik) adjective 1. offensive to the smell. 2. noxious; pestilential; poisonous. {Late Latin mephīticus pestilential} –mephitically, adverb …
5The Three Mothers — Le Tre madri Zum Walfisch ( The Whale in German), a famous building in Freiburg, served as one of the witches homes in Suspiria. Directed by …
6Traditional Chinese medicine — Alternative medical systems Traditional Chinese medicin …
7Gibbet — See also Halifax gibbet, a kind of guillotine. The reconstructed gallows style gibbet at Caxton Gibbet, in Cambridgeshire, England. A gibbet (pronounced /ˈdʒɪbɪt/) is a gallows type structure from which the dead bodies of exec …
8mephitic — mephitically, adv. /meuh fit ik/, adj. 1. offensive to the smell. 2. noxious; pestilential; poisonous. [1615 25; < LL mephiticus. See MEPHITIS, IC] * * * …
9Roman Catacombs — • The subject is covered under the headings: I. Position; II. History; III. Inscriptions; IV. Paintings; V. Sarcophagi; VI. Small Objects Found in the Catacombs; and VII. Catacombs outside Rome Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Roman… …
10mephitic — me•phit•ic [[t]məˈfɪt ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) offensive to the smell 2) noxious; pestilential • Etymology: 1615–25; < LL me•phit′i•cal•ly, adv …
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