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MEPHITICAL
Adjective
mephitical (comparative more mephitical, superlative most mephitical)
Alternative form of mephitic
Anagrams
• amphitelic
Source: Wiktionary
Me*phit"ic, Me*phit"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. mephiticus, fr. mephitis mephitis: cf. F. méphitique.]
1. Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as, mephitic exhalations; mephitic regions.
2. Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors. Mephitic air (Chem.), carbon dioxide; -- so called because of its deadly suffocating power. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RAREFACTION
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