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.
- what's what is it with
- what's/what is/what is it with
- what what is it with
- what with
- wheal
- wheat
- wheat beer
- wheat bread
- wheatear
- wheaten
- wheaten terrier
- wheat germ
- wheatgrass
- Wheatley
- wheat rust
- Wheatstone bridge
- Wheatstone's bridge
- whee
- wheedle
- wheedler
- wheedlingly
- wheel
- wheel and axle
- wheel and deal
- wheelbarrow