The act of polluting, or the state of being polluted (in any sense of the verb); defilement; uncleanness; impurity.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Conservation and biodiversity, Environmental health.Air pollution
pollution of the atmosphere; "air pollution reduced the visibility"
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pollution of the water in rivers and lakes
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Conservation and biodiversity, Environmental health.rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combin…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Environmental health.rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combin…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Environmental health.a substance that contaminates
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Environmental health.The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Environmental health.The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity, Environmental health.air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Environmental health.air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Environmental health.The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Environmental health.Miasma.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Environmental health.Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; mala…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Environmental health.A mineral water found at Vichy, France. It is essentially an effervescent solution of sodium, calcium, and magnetism carbonates, with…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Environmental health.The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.medium for radio and television broadcasting; "the program was on the air from 9 til midnight"; "the president used the airwaves to ta…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Environmental health.of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Conservation and biodiversity.Words connected by meaning
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The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pollution, atmosphere, reduced, visibility.The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pollution, atmosphere, reduced, visibility.The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pollution, atmosphere, reduced, visibility.The whole mass of aeriform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pollution, atmosphere, reduced, visibility.the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pollution, atmosphere, reduced, visibility.the weather or climate at some place; "the atmosphere was thick with fog"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pollution, atmosphere, reduced, visibility.Of or pertaining to the atmosphere; of the nature of, or resembling, the atmosphere; as, atmospheric air; the atmospheric envelope of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pollution, atmosphere, reduced, visibility.Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pollution, atmosphere, reduced, visibility.To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pollution, atmosphere, reduced, visibility.The act of defiling; defilement; pollution.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pollution, atmosphere, reduced, visibility.The act of making foul; pollution.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pollution, atmosphere, reduced, visibility.The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the expo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pollution, atmosphere, reduced, visibility.Explore Academic Dictionary
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