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Smoke

The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal, peat, or the like.

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Breathing 76% connected

of Breathe

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Cannabis 76% connected

A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricaceae; hemp.

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Delivery 76% connected

The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

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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…

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Evaporation 76% connected

The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camph…

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Ganja 76% connected

The dried hemp plant, used in India for smoking. It is extremely narcotic and intoxicating.

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Habituate 76% connected

To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.

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Indicant 76% connected

Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating.

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Indication 76% connected

Act of pointing out or indicating.

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Insubstantiality 76% connected

Unsubstantiality; unreality.

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Pitch 76% connected

A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas,…

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Respiration 76% connected

The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath.

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Tobacco 76% connected

An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emeti…

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Use 76% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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Vapor 76% connected

Any substance in the gaseous, or aeriform, state, the condition of which is ordinarily that of a liquid or solid.

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Vaporization 76% connected

The act or process of vaporizing, or the state of being converted into vapor; the artificial formation of vapor; specifically, the conversion of wate…

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Vapour 76% connected

the process of becoming a vapor

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Ventilation 76% connected

The act of ventilating, or the state of being ventilated; the art or process of replacing foul air by that which is pure, in any inclosed place, as a…

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Narrower term 8

Butt 76% connected

Alt. of But

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Cigar 76% connected

A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking.

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Cigarette 76% connected

A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking.

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Dabbing 76% connected

of Dab

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Fag 76% connected

A knot or coarse part in cloth.

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Puffing 76% connected

of Puff

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Slider 76% connected

See Slidder.

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Smother 76% connected

To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to…

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Manner of action 4

Dab 76% connected

A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert.

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Inhale 76% connected

To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale.

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Puff 76% connected

A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

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Whiff 76% connected

A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or slight gust, as of air or smoke.

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Derivationally related 8

Fume 74% connected

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

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Fume 74% connected

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

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Smoker 74% connected

One who dries or preserves by smoke.

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Smoker 74% connected

One who dries or preserves by smoke.

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Smoking 74% connected

of Smoke

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Smoking 74% connected

of Smoke

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Smoky 74% connected

Emitting smoke, esp. in large quantities or in an offensive manner; fumid; as, smoky fires.

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Smoky 74% connected

Emitting smoke, esp. in large quantities or in an offensive manner; fumid; as, smoky fires.

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Entails 4

Exhale 72% connected

To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.

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Expire 72% connected

To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.

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Inhale 72% connected

To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale.

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Inspire 72% connected

To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.

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Component part 3

Drag 70% connected

A confection; a comfit; a drug.

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Puff 70% connected

A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

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Pull 70% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

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Synonym 12

Bullet 92% connected

A small ball.

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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.

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Gage 92% connected

A pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperform…

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Grass 92% connected

Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the food of cattle and other beasts; pasture.

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Heater 92% connected

One who, or that which, heats.

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Hummer 92% connected

One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming.

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Pot 92% connected

A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc…

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Sens 92% connected

Since.

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Sess 92% connected

To lay a tax upon; to assess.

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Skunk 92% connected

Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an…

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Smoking 92% connected

of Smoke

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Weed 92% connected

A garment; clothing; especially, an upper or outer garment.

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