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Definition: Smelling Salts |
Smelling SaltsNoun1. A pungent preparation of ammonium carbonate and perfume; sniffed as a stimulant to relieve faintness. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Pungency | Mustard, cayenne, caviare; seasoning. (condiment); niter, saltpeter, brine (saltiness) a; carbonate of ammonia; sal ammoniac, sal volatile, smelling salts; hartshorn (acridity) a. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Smelling Salts |
| English words defined with "smelling salts": ammonium carbonate ♦ smelling bottle. (references) |
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Screenplays | Better have smelling salts handy and a nip of brandy. (Witness for the Prosecution; writing credit: Agatha Christie; Larry Marcus) I never faint because I am not sure that I will fall gracefully and I never use smelling salts because they puff up the eyes. (Witness for the Prosecution; writing credit: Agatha Christie; Larry Marcus) Smell the smelling salts! (The Cable Guy; writing credit: Lou Holtz Jr.) | |
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| Language | Translations for "smelling salts"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | krië amoniaku. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نشادر (ammonia, ammonium), أملاح الشم. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | амонячна сол за вдишване. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | èichací sùl. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sels. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αμμωνία χρησιμοποιουμένη εισ λιποθυμίασ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | repülõsó. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sali (salts). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sollan soar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ellingsmay altssay sais para cheirar. (various references) нюхательная соль (hartshorn, sal volatile, salts, smelling-salts). (various references) mirišljave soli. (various references) sales aromáticas. (various references) luktsalt (sal volatile, salvolatile). (various references) ยาแก้เวียนศีรษะ. (various references) ruh (astral body, aura, esprit, essence, essential oil, genius, ghost, heartbeat, inner man, manes, pith, pith and marrow, psyche, shade, soul, spirit), amonyak ruhu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-l-l-l-m-n-s-s-s-t" | |
-3 letters: tasselling. | |
-4 letters: allelisms, glassiest, glassines, legalisms, legalists, ligaments, melanists, metalling, misagents, saltiness, slangiest, smallness, smaltines, staginess, stainless, stealings, stillness, stingless, tasseling. | |
-5 letters: ailments, ainsells, aliments, allelism, eastings, elastins, gainless, galleins, gaminess, gassiest, gastness, gelatins, gellants, genitals, giantess, gillnets, glassies, glassine, glassmen, glistens, illegals, installs, lastings, leasings, legalism, legalist, ligament, lintless, listless, mailless, mangiest. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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