odorous
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One of his recurring subjects was meat, from flayed rabbits to rayfish, with odorous side effects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Contaminated water has seeped out of Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Castaic, forming streams of odorous waste and fumes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
The incandescent bulb’s bright light replaced the dim and often odorous illumination of oil and gas lamps that brought the risk of fire and, in the case of gas, of suffocation and explosions.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
This oil contains odorous compounds— in the case of the dark-eyed junco, it smells like leaf litter and soil.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 24, 2022
The air temperature in the building had soared beyond ninety degrees, and the place had turned steamy, odorous, alive with monkey calls.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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