Definition of fetid

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Fetid (a.) Having an offensive smell; stinking.

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Fetor :: Fetor (n.) A strong, offensive smell; stench; fetidness..
Bunt :: Bunt (n.) A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand..
Assaf/tida :: Assaf/tida (n.) Same as Asafetida.
Virose :: Virose (a.) Having a nauseous odor; fetid; poisonous.
Danewort :: Danewort (n.) A fetid European species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also Daneweed, Dane's weed, and Dane's-blood. [Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes.].
Olidous :: Olidous (a.) Having a strong, disagreeable smell; fetid..
Umbelliferone :: Umbelliferone (n.) A tasteless white crystalline substance, C9H6O3, found in the bark of a certain plant (Daphne Mezereum), and also obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the Umbelliferae, as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also hydroxy-coumarin..
Fetidness :: Fetidness (n.) The quality or state of being fetid.
Ferulic :: Ferulic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, asafetida (Ferula asafoetida); as, ferulic acid..
Necronite :: Necronite (n.) Fetid feldspar, a mineral which, when struck, exhales a fetid odor..
Asafetida :: Asafetida (n.) Alt. of Asafoetid.
Musty :: Musty (n.) Having the rank, pungent, offencive odor and taste which substances of organic origin acquire during warm, moist weather; foul or sour and fetid; moldy; as, musty corn; musty books..
Sagapenum :: Sagapenum (n.) A fetid gum resin obtained from a species of Ferula. It has been used in hysteria, etc., but is now seldom met with..
Resorcin :: Resorcin (n.) A colorless crystalline substance of the phenol series, obtained by melting certain resins, as galbanum, asafetida, etc., with caustic potash. It is also produced artificially and used in making certain dyestuffs, as phthalein, fluorescein, and eosin..
Stinkweed :: Stinkstone (n.) One of the varieties of calcite, barite, and feldspar, which emit a fetid odor on being struck; -- called also swinestone..
Skunk :: Skunk (n.) 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 extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense..
Noisome :: Noisome (a.) Offensive to the smell or other senses; disgusting; fetid.
Frush :: Frush (n.) A discharge of a fetid or ichorous matter from the frog of a horse's foot; -- also caled thrush.
Fetidity :: Fetidity (n.) Fetidness.
Dysodile :: Dysodile (n.) An impure earthy or coaly bitumen, which emits a highly fetid odor when burning..
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