"Mephitis" is a word in ENGLISH
Noxious, pestilential, or foul exhalations from
decomposing substances, filth, or other source.
A genus of mammals, including the skunks.
I recently read in the book My Stroke of Insight by brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor that the natural life span of an emotion—the average time it takes for it to move through the nervous system and body—is only a minute and a half. After that we need thoughts to keep the emotion rolling. So if we wonder why we lock into painful emotional states like anxiety, depression, or rage, we need look no further than our own endless stream of inner dialogue.
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Why were the vets and pounds mad?It was raining cats and dogs
To taint with morbid matter or any pestilential or noxious substance or effluvium by which disease is produced; as, to …
Read the complete definitionPest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies.
Read the complete definitionPestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous.
Read the complete definitionHence: Mischievous; noxious; pernicious; morally destructive.
Read the complete definitionAny agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon …
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