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Word Meanings - MIASMAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Containing miasma; miasmatic.

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  • CONTAINMENT
    That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
  • MIASMA
    Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.
  • MIASMAL
    Containing miasma; miasmatic.
  • CONTAINANT
    A container.
  • CONTAINABLE
    Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.
  • CONTAINER
    One who, or that which, contains.
  • MIASMATIC; MIASMATICAL
    Containing, or relating to, miasma; caused by miasma; as, miasmatic diseases.
  • MIASMATIST
    One who has made a special study of miasma.
  • CONTAIN
    1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house! 2 Chron. vi. 18. When that this body did contain a spirit. Shak. What thy stores
  • SELF-CONTAINED
    Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. Self-contained steam engine.

 

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