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| aconite |
a plant of the buttercup family, that has poisonous and medicinal properties; monkshood. [1/2 definitions] |
| acrylonitrile |
a poisonous and carcinogenic liquid that is made into polymers for use as raw material in acrylic fibers. |
| adder2 |
a small poisonous snake found in Europe and Asia; viper. [2 definitions] |
| amanita |
any of various, mostly poisonous mushrooms having blade-shaped gills on the underside. |
| aniline |
an oily, colorless, poisonous liquid used in producing rubber, drugs, and dyes. [1/2 definitions] |
| arsenic |
a poisonous chemical element that has thirty-three protons in each nucleus and occurs in brittle, grayish white crystalline masses or in yellow or black allotropes. (symbol: As) [2 definitions] |
| arsenic acid |
a poisonous, water-soluble white powder that is used in the making of arsenates, medicines, and insecticides. |
| asp |
any of several small, poisonous snakes found in Africa and Asia Minor, such as the cobra or horned viper. |
| baneberry |
a plant of the buttercup family that bears white flowers and fleshy poisonous red or white berries. [1/2 definitions] |
| belladonna |
a poisonous plant bearing purplish red flowers and black berries; deadly nightshade. [1/2 definitions] |
| bittersweet |
a climbing vine found in Eurasia, bearing purple flowers and poisonous reddish orange berries. [1/5 definitions] |
| black widow |
a small spider, widespread in the United States, of which the female has a shiny, black body with an hourglass-shaped red mark on its underside, a poisonous but usu. not fatal bite, and a reputation for sometimes devouring its mate. |
| bromic acid |
a poisonous acid that is stable only in very dilute form and is used as an oxidizing agent. |
| brown recluse spider |
a highly poisonous, medium-sized brown spider that has a dark, violin-shaped mark on its body. |
| bufotenine |
a hallucinogenic drug made either synthetically or from the poisonous secretions of toads. |
| bushmaster |
a large, poisonous, tropical American snake. |
| carbon monoxide |
a colorless, odorless, combustible, and very poisonous gas, produced by the incomplete combustion of material containing carbon, such as gasoline, because of insufficient air. |
| carbon tetrachloride |
a colorless, nonflammable, vaporous, poisonous liquid used as a fire extinguisher, cleaning fluid, and solvent, and in making refrigerants. |
| chemical warfare |
the use of chemicals such as poisonous gases, fire bombs, and irritants in warfare. |
| colchicine |
a poisonous alkaloid used to cause chromosome doubling in experiments and as medicine for gout. |
| cone shell |
any of several tropical marine snails, most of which have a poisonous bite. |
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