Word Meanings - MIASMAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Containing miasma; miasmatic.

Related words: (words related to MIASMAL)

• CONTAINMENT
  That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
• MIASMA
  Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.
• MIASMAL
  Containing miasma; miasmatic.
• CONTAINANT
  A container.
• CONTAINABLE
  Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.
• CONTAINER
  One who, or that which, contains.
• MIASMATIC; MIASMATICAL
  Containing, or relating to, miasma; caused by miasma; as, miasmatic diseases.
• MIASMATIST
  One who has made a special study of miasma.
• CONTAIN
  1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house! 2 Chron. vi. 18. When that this body did contain a spirit. Shak. What thy stores
• SELF-CONTAINED
  Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. Self-contained steam engine.