mi·as·ma 
(mī-ăzmə, mē-)
(mī-ăzmə, mē-)n. pl. mi·as·mas or mi·as·ma·ta (-mə-tə)
1. A noxious atmosphere or influence: "The family affection, the family expectations, seemed to permeate the atmosphere ... like a coiling miasma" (Louis Auchincloss).
2.
a. A foul-smelling vapor arising from rotting organic matter, formerly thought to cause disease.
b. A thick vaporous atmosphere or emanation: wreathed in a miasma of cigarette smoke.
[Greek, pollution, stain, from miainein, to pollute.]
mi·asmal, mi′as·matic (mī′əz-mătĭk), mi·asmic (-mĭk) adj.
- cleft palate
- Cleisthenes
- Cleisthenes
- cleistogamous
- cleistogamy
- cleistothecium
- clematis
- Clemenceau
- clemency
- Clemens
- Clemens
- clement
- Clement
- Clement Clarke
- Clemente
- Clement I
- clementine
- clemently
- Clement of Alexandria
- "Clement of Rome."
- stretch-out
- stretch receptor
- stretch reflex
- stretch runner
- stretchy