rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combin…
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Contaminant
a substance that contaminates
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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.pollution of the atmosphere; "air pollution reduced the visibility"
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.undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities
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.air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Environmental health.a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Environmental health.pollution of the water in rivers and lakes
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Environmental health.unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources; "the miasma of the marshes"; "a miasma of cigar smoke"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Environmental health.unhealthy vapors rising from the ground or other sources; "the miasma of the marshes"; "a miasma of cigar smoke"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Environmental health.sparkling mineral water from springs at Vichy, France or water similar to it
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Environmental health.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.the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution.concerned with the ecological effects of altering the environment; "environmental pollution"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Environmental health.excessive nutrients in a lake or other body of water, usually caused by runoff of nutrients (animal waste, fertilizers, sewage) from t…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution.the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate; "he used the wrong exposure"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Environmental health.a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
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Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., io…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, contaminates.A powdered solid extract of a vegetable substance mixed with sugar of milk in such proportion that one part of the abstract represents…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, contaminates.A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, contaminates.Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, contaminates.hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substan…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, contaminates.A name given by Prof. Huxley to a gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved in alcohol. He supposed th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, contaminates.An extremely adhesive viscid substance, usually made of the middle bark of the holly, by boiling, fermenting, and cleansing it. When a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, contaminates.A substance contained in both Brazil wood and Sapan wood, from which it is extracted as a yellow crystalline substance which is white…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, contaminates.A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, contaminates.A white substance extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetraria Islandica). It consists of several ingredients, among which is cet…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, contaminates.(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, contaminates.A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta). It is of clear…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: substance, contaminates.To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute.
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