Word Meanings - MIASMAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Containing miasma; miasmatic.
Related words: (words related to MIASMAL)
- 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.