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121cacodyl — /kak euh dil/ adj. 1. containing the cacodyl group. n. 2. an oily, slightly water soluble, poisonous liquid compound composed of two cacodyl groups, (CH3)2As As(CH3)2, that has a vile, garliclike odor and that undergoes spontaneous combustion in… …
122frowsty — frowstily, adv. frowstiness, n. /frow stee/, adj., frowstier, frowstiest. Brit. Informal. musty; ill smelling. [1860 65; perh. dial. var. of FROWZY] * * * …
123frowzy — frowzily, adv. frowziness, n. /frow zee/, adj., frowzier, frowziest. 1. dirty and untidy; slovenly. 2. ill smelling; musty. Also, frouzy. [1675 85; orig. uncert.] * * * …
124fug — /fug/, n. stale air, esp. the humid, warm, ill smelling air of a crowded room, kitchen, etc. [1885 90; of obscure orig.; cf. earlier Brit. slang fogo stench] * * * …
125phosphine — /fos feen, fin/, n. Chem. 1. a colorless, poisonous, ill smelling, flammable gas, PH3. 2. any of certain organic derivatives of this compound. [1870 75; PHOSPH + INE1] * * * ▪ chemical compound (PH3),also called Hydrogen Phosphide, a… …
126skunk cabbage — 1. a low, fetid, broad leaved North American plant, Symplocarpus foetidus, of the arum family, having a brownish purple and green mottled spathe surrounding a stout spadix, growing in moist ground. 2. a related plant, Lysichiton americanum, of… …
127burro-fat — ▪ plant also called bladderbush (species Cleome isomeris), shrub or small tree of the Cleome genus (of the family Cleomaceae, which is closely related to the mustard family, Brassicaceae), native to southwestern North America, with showy… …
128Dilleniales — ▪ plant order order of dicotyledonous (dicotyledon) flowering plants, comprising one family (Dilleniaceae), with 10 genera and about 300 species of trees, shrubs, and woody vines (or rarely herbs) of the tropics and subtropics.… …
