fastball heater smoke hummer bullet | (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity, he swung late on the fastball, he showed batters nothing but smoke |
poisoning | the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill |
smoke smoking | the act of smoking tobacco or other substances, he went outside for a smoke, smoking stinks |
smoke screen smokescreen | an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure, requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures |
fire alarm smoke alarm | an alarm that is tripped off by fire or smoke |
pot grass green goddess dope weed gage sess sens smoke skunk locoweed Mary Jane | street names for marijuana |
roll of tobacco smoke | tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder |
smoke bomb smoke grenade | a bomb that gives off thick smoke when it explodes, used to make a smoke screen or to mark a position |
smoke hole | a vent (as in a roof) for smoke to escape |
smoke screen smokescreen | (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements |
smoke | something with no concrete substance, his dreams all turned to smoke, it was just smoke and mirrors |
smoke | an indication of some hidden activity, with all that smoke there must be a fire somewhere |
gun smoke | smoke created by the firing of guns |
smoke fume | a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas |
smoke bush | any of various shrubs of the genus Conospermum with panicles of mostly white woolly flowers |
smoke tree Dalea spinosa | greyish-green shrub of desert regions of southwestern United States and Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers, locally important as source of a lightolored honey of excellent flavor |
prairie smoke purple avens Geum triflorum | North American perennial with hairy basal pinnate leaves and purple flowers and plume-tipped fruits |
smoke tree smoke bush | any of several shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Cotinus |
smoke smoking | a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion, the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles |
food poisoning gastrointestinal disorder | illness caused by poisonous or contaminated food |
mushroom poisoning | toxic condition caused by eating certain species of mushrooms (especially Amanita species) |
ptomaine ptomaine poisoning | a term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use, food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines |
lead poisoning plumbism saturnism | toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive lead into the system |
blood poisoning septicemia septicaemia | invasion of the bloodstream by virulent microorganisms from a focus of infection |
poisoning toxic condition intoxication | the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance |
alkali poisoning | poisoning resulting from the ingestion of an alkali compound (as lye or ammonia) |
carbon monoxide poisoning | a toxic condition that results from inhaling and absorbing carbon monoxide gas, carbon monoxide combines with hemoglobin and displaces oxygen in the blood |
cyanide poisoning | poisoning due to ingesting or inhaling cyanide, common in smoke from fires and in industrial chemicals |
malathion poisoning | a toxic condition caused by inhaling or ingesting the insecticide Malathion |
mercury poisoning | a toxic condition caused by ingesting or inhaling mercury, acute mercury poisoning causes a metallic taste and vomiting and diarrhea and kidney problems that may lead to death |
naphthalene poisoning | toxic condition resulting from inhaling or ingesting naphthalene |
nicotine poisoning | toxic condition caused by the ingestion or inhalation of large amounts of nicotine |
paraquat poisoning | poisoning caused by ingestion of paraquat, characterized by progressive damage to the esophagus and liver and kidneys |
parathion poisoning | a toxic condition resulting from inhalation or ingestion of the insecticide parathion, characterized by nausea and abdominal pains and headache and convulsions and sweating |
pesticide poisoning | toxic condition resulting from ingesting or inhaling a pesticide |
salicylate poisoning | poisoning caused by the excessive ingestion of salicylates (usually aspirin) |
smoke | inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes, We never smoked marijuana, Do you smoke? |
chain-smoke | smoke one cigarette after another, light one cigarette from the preceding one |
smoke out | drive out with smoke, smoke out the bees |
fume smoke | emit a cloud of fine particles, The chimney was fuming |
smoked smoke-cured smoke-dried | (used especially of meats and fish) dried and cured by hanging in wood smoke |
smoke-filled | containing smoke, smoke-filled rooms |
smoke-free | free of smoke, smoke-free offices and restaurants |