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It might seem obvious, but it will clear out a lot of lingering odors.

They trained the mice so that the animals only licked a water spout when they “smelled” the artificial odor, generated by a light pattern and “unlikely to correspond to specific known chemical odorants” in nature, the team explained.

To make better sense of the data, the team then combined all their data into a mathematical model of our sense of odors.

The synthetic odor didn’t objectively exist, but the mice behaved as though they smelled it anyway, the researchers found.

After “smelling” the synthetic odor, mice reliably licked the correct spout.

They emit an odor that no human being should inhale, and yet you have.

And, typing that, it occurs to me how rarely we hear modern Americans use the word happy without an odor of irony.

When Sterling first bought the Ardmore, he remarked on its odor to Davenport.

The odor wrenched the stomach and made one hesitant to breathe.

I could forgive Christie for Bridgegate if he could just eliminate this odor.

The fire crackled around the Dutch ovens, and the odor of coffee came floating by.

The odor of Seton's cheroot announced itself above the oriental perfume with which the place was laden.

A sour odor is normal for nursing infants, and is noted in mild diarrheas of older children.

These cigars are usually pressed, and burn well, leaving a dark-colored ash, and emitting a fragrant odor.

The late roses and white lilies were in full bloom, the latter filling the air with a sweet odor and making a lovely background.

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On this page you'll find 39 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to odor, such as: aroma, flavor, perfume, smell, stench, and stink.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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