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| snorkel |
a device on a submarine that permits it to remain submerged for long periods of time by taking in fresh air and expelling the foul air. [1/3 definitions] |
| sordid |
dirty, filthy, or foul, esp. from neglect or poverty; squalid; wretched. [1/3 definitions] |
| squalid |
dirty or foul, as from neglect. [1/2 definitions] |
| stagnant |
having a foul smell or unhealthful quality as the result of standing still. [1/3 definitions] |
| stench |
an unpleasant or foul odor; stink. |
| stramonium |
a coarse, foul-smelling weed with trumpet-shaped white or lavender flowers, prickly fruit, and poisonous leaves; jimson weed. [1/2 definitions] |
| technical foul |
in certain team sports, esp. basketball, a foul called on a participant for misconduct occurring outside active play. (Cf. personal foul.) |
| unclean |
dirty, soiled, or foul. [1/3 definitions] |
| ventilator |
something that ventilates, esp. a device that expels foul air and draws in clean, fresh air. |
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