Pestilential
21pestilential — pes·ti·len·tial …
22pestilential — UK [ˌpestɪˈlenʃ(ə)l] / US adjective 1) literary very annoying 2) formal relating to or causing a pestilence …
23pestilential — pes•ti•len•tial [[t]ˌpɛs tlˈɛn ʃəl[/t]] adj. 1) pat producing or tending to produce pestilence 2) pat pertaining to or of the nature of pestilence, esp. bubonic plague 3) harmful or pernicious 4) annoying or troublesome …
24pestilential — /pɛstəˈlɛnʃəl/ (say pestuh lenshuhl) adjective 1. producing or tending to produce pestilence. 2. relating to or of the nature of pestilence, especially bubonic plague. 3. pernicious; harmful. {Middle English, from Medieval Latin pestilentiālis} …
25pestilential — adj. 1 of or relating to pestilence. 2 dangerous; troublesome; pestilent. Derivatives: pestilentially adv. Etymology: ME f. med.L pestilentialis f. L pestilentia (as PESTILENT) …
26poisonous — poisonous, venomous, virulent, toxic, mephitic, pestilent, pestilential, miasmic, miasmatic, miasmal are comparable when they mean having the properties or the effects of poison (see POISON) Basically poisonous implies that the thing so described …
27pestiferous — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin pestifer pestilential, noxious, from pestis + fer ferous Date: 15th century 1. dangerous to society ; pernicious 2. a. carrying or propagating infection ; pestilential b. infected with a… …
28pestiferous — SYN: pestilential. * * * pes·tif·er·ous pes tif (ə )rəs adj 1) carrying or propagating infection: PESTILENTIAL <a pestiferous insect> 2) infected with a pestilential disease * * * pes·tif·er·ous (pes tifґər əs) [pestis + ferous]… …
29Charles Caldwell (physician) — This article is about the American physician. For other uses, see Charles Caldwell. Charles Caldwell, from his 1855 autobiography Charles Caldwell (May 14, 1772 – July 9, 1853, Nashville, Tennessee) was a noted 19th century U.S. physician who is… …
30pestilent — PESTILÉNT, Ă, pestilenţi, te, adj. (Rar) Care ţine de pestă, privitor la pestă; provocat de pestă; care are caracteristicile pestei; p. ext. contagios, pestilenţial (1). – Din fr. pestilent. Trimis de oprocopiuc, 13.03.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 … …
