mephitic
         adj 1: of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution [syn:
                  {miasmic}, {mephitic}]

English Dictionary: Mephitis mephitis	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mephitis n a poisonous or foul smelling gas emitted from the earth a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant Synonym(s): malodor, malodour, stench, stink, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Mephitinae Synonym(s): Mephitis, genus Mephitis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mephitis macroura n of Mexico and southernmost parts of southwestern United States Synonym(s): hooded skunk, Mephitis macroura
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mephitis mephitis n most common and widespread North American skunk [syn: striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Mohave Desert n a desert area in southern California and western Arizona Synonym(s): Mojave, Mojave Desert, Mohave, Mohave Desert
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
myopathic adj of or relating to any disease of the muscles that is not caused by nerve dysfunction
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Mimosa \[d8]Mi*mo"sa\ (?; 277), n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] imitator.       Cf. {Mime}.] (Bot.)       A genus of leguminous plants, containing many species, and       including the sensitive plants ({Mimosa sensitiva}, and {M.       pudica}).          Note: The term mimosa is also applied in commerce to several                kinds bark imported from Australia, and used in                tanning; -- called also {wattle bark}. --Tomlinson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mephitic \Me*phit"ic\, Mephitical \Me*phit"ic*al\, a. [L.       mephiticus, fr. mephitis mephitis: cf. F. m[82]phitique.]       1. Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as, mephitic             exhalations; mephitic regions.          2. Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors.          {Mephitic air} (Chem.), carbon dioxide; -- so called because             of its deadly suffocating power. See {Carbonic acid},             under {Carbonic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mephitic \Me*phit"ic\, Mephitical \Me*phit"ic*al\, a. [L.       mephiticus, fr. mephitis mephitis: cf. F. m[82]phitique.]       1. Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as, mephitic             exhalations; mephitic regions.          2. Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors.          {Mephitic air} (Chem.), carbon dioxide; -- so called because             of its deadly suffocating power. See {Carbonic acid},             under {Carbonic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Carbonic \Car*bon"ic\, a. [Cf. F. carbonique. See {Carbon}.]       (Chem.)       Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, carbon; as, carbonic       oxide.          {Carbonic acid} (Chem.), an acid {H2CO3}, not existing             separately, which, combined with positive or basic atoms             or radicals, forms carbonates. In common language the term             is very generally applied to a compound of carbon and             oxygen, {CO2}, more correctly called {carbon dioxide}. It             is a colorless, heavy, irrespirable gas, extinguishing             flame, and when breathed destroys life. It can be reduced             to a liquid and solid form by intense pressure. It is             produced in the fermentation of liquors, and by the             combustion and decomposition of organic substances, or             other substances containing carbon. It is formed in the             explosion of fire damp in mines, and is hence called             {after damp}; it is also know as {choke damp}, and             {mephitic air}. Water will absorb its own volume of it,             and more than this under pressure, and in this state             becomes the common soda water of the shops, and the             carbonated water of natural springs. Combined with lime it             constitutes limestone, or common marble and chalk. Plants             imbibe it for their nutrition and growth, the carbon being             retained and the oxygen given out.          {Carbonic oxide} (Chem.), a colorless gas, {CO}, of a light             odor, called more correctly {carbon monoxide}. It is             almost the only definitely known compound in which carbon             seems to be divalent. It is a product of the incomplete             combustion of carbon, and is an abundant constituent of             water gas. It is fatal to animal life, extinguishes             combustion, and burns with a pale blue flame, forming             carbon dioxide.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mephitic \Me*phit"ic\, Mephitical \Me*phit"ic*al\, a. [L.       mephiticus, fr. mephitis mephitis: cf. F. m[82]phitique.]       1. Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as, mephitic             exhalations; mephitic regions.          2. Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors.          {Mephitic air} (Chem.), carbon dioxide; -- so called because             of its deadly suffocating power. See {Carbonic acid},             under {Carbonic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Carbonic \Car*bon"ic\, a. [Cf. F. carbonique. See {Carbon}.]       (Chem.)       Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, carbon; as, carbonic       oxide.          {Carbonic acid} (Chem.), an acid {H2CO3}, not existing             separately, which, combined with positive or basic atoms             or radicals, forms carbonates. In common language the term             is very generally applied to a compound of carbon and             oxygen, {CO2}, more correctly called {carbon dioxide}. It             is a colorless, heavy, irrespirable gas, extinguishing             flame, and when breathed destroys life. It can be reduced             to a liquid and solid form by intense pressure. It is             produced in the fermentation of liquors, and by the             combustion and decomposition of organic substances, or             other substances containing carbon. It is formed in the             explosion of fire damp in mines, and is hence called             {after damp}; it is also know as {choke damp}, and             {mephitic air}. Water will absorb its own volume of it,             and more than this under pressure, and in this state             becomes the common soda water of the shops, and the             carbonated water of natural springs. Combined with lime it             constitutes limestone, or common marble and chalk. Plants             imbibe it for their nutrition and growth, the carbon being             retained and the oxygen given out.          {Carbonic oxide} (Chem.), a colorless gas, {CO}, of a light             odor, called more correctly {carbon monoxide}. It is             almost the only definitely known compound in which carbon             seems to be divalent. It is a product of the incomplete             combustion of carbon, and is an abundant constituent of             water gas. It is fatal to animal life, extinguishes             combustion, and burns with a pale blue flame, forming             carbon dioxide.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mephitic \Me*phit"ic\, Mephitical \Me*phit"ic*al\, a. [L.       mephiticus, fr. mephitis mephitis: cf. F. m[82]phitique.]       1. Tending to destroy life; poisonous; noxious; as, mephitic             exhalations; mephitic regions.          2. Offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors.          {Mephitic air} (Chem.), carbon dioxide; -- so called because             of its deadly suffocating power. See {Carbonic acid},             under {Carbonic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Skunk \Skunk\, n. [Contr. from the Abenaki (American Indian)       seganku.] (Zo[94]l.)       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.          Note: The common species of the Eastern United States                ({Mephitis mephitica}) is black with more or less white                on the body and tail. The spotted skunk ({Spilogale                putorius}), native of the Southwestern United States                and Mexico, is smaller than the common skunk, and is                variously marked with black and white.          {Skunk bird}, {Skunk blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), the bobolink; --             so called because the male, in the breeding season, is             black and white, like a skunk.          {Skunk cabbage} (Bot.), an American aroid herb ({Symplocarpus             f[oe]tidus}>) having a reddish hornlike spathe in earliest             spring, followed by a cluster of large cabbagelike leaves.             It exhales a disagreeable odor. Also called {swamp             cabbage}.          {Skunk porpoise}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Porpoise}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mephitism \Meph"i*tism\, n.       Same as {Mephitis}, 1.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Moabite stone \Mo"ab*ite stone\ (Arch[91]ol.)       A block of black basalt, found at Dibon in Moab by Rev. F. A.       Klein, Aug. 19, 1868, which bears an inscription of       thirty-four lines, dating from the 9th century b. c., and       written in the Moabite alphabet, the oldest Ph[d2]nician type       of the Semitic alphabet. It records the victories of Mesha,       king of Moab, esp. those over Israel (--2 Kings iii. 4, 5,       27).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Moabitess \Mo"ab*i`tess\, n.       A female Moabite. --Ruth i. 22.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Moabitish \Mo"ab*i`tish\, a.       Moabite. --Ruth ii. 6.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mufti \Muf"ti\, n.; pl. {Muftis}. [Ar. mufti.]       An official expounder of Mohammedan law.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Myopathic \My`o*path"ic\, a. (Med.)       Of or pertaining to myopathia.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Moffat County, CO (county, FIPS 81)       Location: 40.60832 N, 108.20244 W       Population (1990): 11357 (5235 housing units)       Area: 12283.1 sq km (land), 22.5 sq km (water)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Moabite Stone       a basalt stone, bearing an inscription by King Mesha, which was       discovered at Dibon by Klein, a German missionary at Jerusalem,       in 1868. It was 3 1/2 feet high and 2 in breadth and in       thickness, rounded at the top. It consisted of thirty-four       lines, written in Hebrew-Phoenician characters. It was set up by       Mesha as a record and memorial of his victories. It records (1)       Mesha's wars with Omri, (2) his public buildings, and (3) his       wars against Horonaim. This inscription in a remarkable degree       supplements and corroborates the history of King Mesha recorded       in 2 Kings 3:4-27.                With the exception of a very few variations, the Moabite       language in which the inscription is written is identical with       the Hebrew. The form of the letters here used supplies very       important and interesting information regarding the history of       the formation of the alphabet, as well as, incidentally,       regarding the arts of civilized life of those times in the land       of Moab.                This ancient monument, recording the heroic struggles of King       Mesha with Omri and Ahab, was erected about B.C. 900. Here "we       have the identical slab on which the workmen of the old world       carved the history of their own times, and from which the eye of       their contemporaries read thousands of years ago the record of       events of which they themselves had been the witnesses." It is       the oldest inscription written in alphabetic characters, and       hence is, apart from its value in the domain of Hebrew       antiquities, of great linguistic importance.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Mahavites, declaring a message; marrow