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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effluvium |
| Synonyms: | fetor, foul air, fumes, gas, mephitis, odor, pollution, reek, smell, smog, stench, stink, vapor |
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| Main Entry: | fog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heavy mist that reduces visibility |
| Synonyms: | London fog, brume, cloud, effluvium, film, gloom, grease, ground clouds, haze, miasma, murk, murkiness, nebula, obscurity, pea soup, smaze, smog, smoke, smother, soup, steam, vapor, visibility zero-zero, wisp |
| Notes: | haze is atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility while fog is droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground causing reduced visibility |
| Antonyms: | clearness |
| Main Entry: | fumes |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pollution, gas in air |
| Synonyms: | effluvium, exhalation, exhaust, haze, miasma, reek, smog, smoke, stench, vapor |
| Main Entry: | gas |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something not liquid or solid |
| Synonyms: | effluvium, fumes, miasma, smoke, stream, vapor, volatile substance |
| Notes: | fluids include liquids and gases; a liquid is a fluid with a fixed volume, and a gas is a fluid that can expand indefinitely |
| Antonyms: | liquid, solid |
| Main Entry: | haze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cloudy air |
| Synonyms: | brume, cloud, dimness, film, fog, fumes, ground clouds, haziness, indistinctness, miasma, mist, murk, obscurity, smog, smokiness, smother, soup, steam, vapor |
| Notes: | haze is atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility while fog is droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground causing reduced visibility |
| Antonyms: | clarity, clearness |
| Main Entry: | poison |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substance that causes harm, death |
| Synonyms: | adulteration, bacteria, bane, blight, cancer, contagion, contamination, corruption, germ, infection, malignancy, miasma, toxicant, toxin, toxoid, venin, venom, virus |
| Antonyms: | antidote |
| Main Entry: | vapor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fumes, mist |
| Synonyms: | breath, condensation, dampness, dew, effluvium, exhalation, fog, gas, haze, miasma, moisture, reek, smog, smoke, steam |
| Main Entry: | malaria |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sickness |
| Synonyms: | ague, fever and ague, jungle fever, miasm, miasma, paludism |
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| Main Entry: | gas |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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