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Reek

A rick.

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Broader term 11

Emit 76% connected

To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits s…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Evince 76% connected

To conquer; to subdue.

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Express 76% connected

Exactly representing; exact.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Exudate 76% connected

To exude.

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Exude 76% connected

To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Odor 76% connected

Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume.

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Odour 76% connected

the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses"

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ooze 76% connected

Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Show 76% connected

To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…

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Smell 76% connected

To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate ma…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Transude 76% connected

To pass, as perspirable matter does, through the pores or interstices of textures; as, liquor may transude through leather or wood.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fetor 74% connected

A strong, offensive smell; stench; fetidness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fetor 74% connected

A strong, offensive smell; stench; fetidness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 9

Fetor 92% connected

A strong, offensive smell; stench; fetidness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Foetor 92% connected

Same as Fetor.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fume 92% connected

Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Malodor 92% connected

An Offensive to the sense of smell; ill-smelling.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mephitis 92% connected

Noxious, pestilential, or foul exhalations from decomposing substances, filth, or other source.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Smack 92% connected

A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Smell 92% connected

To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate ma…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stench 92% connected

To stanch.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stink 92% connected

To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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