osmic
/ˈɒzmɪk
/adjective
Relating to odours or the sense of smell.A predator doused by the skunk's osmic barrage is doubtless deterred.
Derivatives
osmically
- The fact is that the osmically specific properties of odorous substances have still not been securely identified.
Origin
Early 20th century: from Greek osmē 'smell, odour' + -ic.
- altar server
- altar service
- altar slab
- altar stair
- altarstead
- altar step
- altar stone
- altar table
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- parisis
- parisite
- Paris, Matthew
- parisology
- parison
- parisonic
- Paris plaster
- Paris, Treaty of
- parisyllabic
- parity
- parity bit
- parity-canton
- parity check
- parity checking
- parity digit
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