moxie
Example Sentences
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If you pumped enough air through the limewater you would produce some milkiness in it, for there is always some carbon dioxid in the air.
From Common Science by Ritchie, John W. (John Woodside)
The function of respiration is to take in oxygen from the atmospheric air, which is essential for the maintenance of life, and to exhale the deleterious gas known as "carbon dioxid."
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
The carbon combines with the rest of the oxygen to make carbon dioxid, much of which dissolves in the water below.
From Common Science by Ritchie, John W. (John Woodside)
Carbon dioxid has oxygen in it, yet a burning match dropped into a bottle of it will go out.
From Common Science by Ritchie, John W. (John Woodside)
Although the carbon dioxid you breathe out is heavier than the rest of the air, part of it goes up and mixes with the air above.
From Common Science by Ritchie, John W. (John Woodside)
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