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195 words match “FUM”

FUMETERE n.
Fumitory. [Obs.]
FUMID a.
Smoky; vaporous. Sir T. Broune.
FUMIDITY; FUMIDNESS n.
The state of being fumid; smokiness.
FUMIFEROUS a.
Producing smoke.
FUMIFUGIST n.
One who, or that which, drives away smoke or fumes.
FUMIFY v.
To subject to the action of smoke. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
FUMIGANT a.
Fuming. [R.]
FUMIGATE v. 2 definitions
To smoke; to perfume. Dryden.
FUMIGATION n. 2 definitions
The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.
FUMIGATOR n.
One who, or that which, fumigates; an apparattus for fumigating.
FUMIGATORY a.
Having the quality of purifying by smoke. [R.]
FUMILY adv.
Smokily; with fume.
FUMING a.
Producing fumes, or vapors. Cadet's fuming liquid (Chem.), alkarsin. -- Fuming liquor of Libsvius (Old Chem.), stannic chloride; the chloride of tin, SnCl4, forming a colorless, mobile liquid which fumes in the air. Mixed with water it solidifies to the so-called butter of tin. -- Fuming sulphuric acid. (Chem.) Same…
FUMINGLY adv.
In a fuming manner; angrily. "They answer fumingly." Hooker.
FUMISH a. 2 definitions
Smoky; hot; choleric.
FUMISHNESS n.
Choler; fretfulness; passion.
FUMITER n.
Fumitory. [Obs.]
FUMITORY n.
The common uame of several species of the genus Fumaria, annual herbs of the Old World, with finely dissected leaves and small flowers in dense racemes or spikes. F. officinalis is a common species, and was formerly used as an antiscorbutic. Climbing fumitory (Bot.), the Alleghany vine (Adlumia cirrhosa); a biennial cl…
FUMMEL n.
A hinny.
FUMOSITY n.
The fumes of drink. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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