noxious influence
1noxious — adjective Etymology: Middle English noxius, from Latin, from noxa harm; akin to Latin nocēre to harm, nec , nex violent death, Greek nekros dead body Date: 15th century 1. a. physically harmful or destructive to living beings < noxious waste > b …
2Samuel of Nehardea — or Samuel bar Abba (Hebrew: שמואל) was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an amora of the first generation; son of Abba bar Abba and head of the Yeshiva at Nehardea. He was a teacher of halakha, judge, physician, and astronomer.… …
3star-blasting — noun obsolete : a baleful influence supposed to be exerted by stars * * * starˈ blasting noun The noxious influence of the stars • • • Main Entry: ↑star …
4Neil De Marchi — is an Australian economist and historian of economic thought. During the 2007 08 academic year, Neil De Marchi has convened the Recycle Seminar at the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute with Mark Anthony Neal and Annabel J. Wharton. Selected …
5poison — I. n. Venom, virus, bane, pest, taint, noxious influence. II. v. a. Infect, taint, contaminate, corrupt, canker, mar, impair, vitiate, envenom, pollute …
6hate — I UK [heɪt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms hate : present tense I/you/we/they hate he/she/it hates present participle hating past tense hated past participle hated *** Metaphor: Hate, jealousy, and other negative feelings are like poisons or… …
7maelstrom — A violent whirlpool. A state of agitation, literal or figurative. Any destructive or wide reaching noxious influence. Wisner v Nichols, 165 Iowa 15, 143 NW 1020 …
8nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… …
9evolution — evolutional, adj. evolutionally, adv. /ev euh looh sheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /ee veuh /, n. 1. any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane. 2. a product of such development; something… …
10animal behaviour — Introduction any activity of an intact organism. A living animal behaves constantly in order to survive, and all animals must solve the same basic problems. They must, for instance, periodically replace their energy source (consume… …
