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Sense Of Smell

Definition: Sense Of Smell

Sense Of Smell

Noun

1. The faculty of smell.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Sense Of Smell

Synonyms: olfaction (n), olfactory modality (n), smell (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Sense Of Smell

English words defined with "sense of smell": anosmatic, anosmia, anosmicbetraydysomia, dysosmiafailNasute, noseofactory impairment, olfactory brainparosamia, possibility, possiblenessrhinencephalonscented, scentless, Smeller, smelling bottle. (references)
Specialty definitions using "sense of smell": Attractantcounselor, orientation and mobilityinstructor of blindNoseORIENTATION AND MOBILITY THERAPIST FOR THE BLIND, orientation therapist for blind, orientortherapist for blin. (references)

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Modern Usage: Sense Of Smell

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Well spiders have a highly developed sense of smell the perfume might confuse them. (Eight Legged Freaks; writing credit: Ellory Elkayem; Randy Kornfield)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Sense Of Smell

AuthorQuotation

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Sense Of Smell

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Flavors are recognized mainly through the sense of smell. (references)

The most common chemosensory complaints are a loss of the sense of smell and the sense of taste. (references)

Scientists have developed an easily administered "scratch and sniff" test to evaluate the sense of smell. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

NOSE, n. The extreme outpost of the face. From the circumstance that great conquerors have great noses, Getius, whose writings antedate the age of humor, calls the nose the organ of quell. It has been observed that one's nose is never so happy as when thrust into the affairs of others, from which some physiologists have drawn the inference that the nose is devoid of the sense of smell. There's a man with a Nose, And wherever he goes The people run from him and shout: "No cotton have we For our ears if so be He blow that interminous snout!" So the lawyers applied For injunction. "Denied," Said the Judge: "the defendant prefixion, Whate'er it portend, Appears to transcend The bounds of this court's jurisdiction." Arpad Singiny

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: Sense Of Smell

Expression using "sense of smell": have a sense of smell. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sense Of Smell

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

sense of smell

61
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Sense Of Smell

Language Translations for "sense of smell"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏حاسة الشم (nose, scent, smell). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(smell bad, smelly, stench, stink, to smell), . (various references)

   

Dutch

  

reukzintuig (olfactory sense, organ of smell), reukzin (smell). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hajuaisti (olfaction). (various references)

   

French

  

odorat (olfactory sense). (various references)

   

German

  

Geruchssinn (scent). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αισθητήριο όσφρησης (olfactory sense). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

חוש "ריח (scent, smell). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szimat (flair, nose, scent, vent), szaglóérzék, szaglás (nose, scent, smell, smelling, vent), szagérzék. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

penciuman (kissing, sniffing). (various references)

   

Italian

  

olfatto (olfaction, smell). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

臭覚 (the sense of smell), 嗅覚 (the sense of smell). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しゅうかく (crop, game, harvest, ingathering, result, the sense of smell), きゅうかく (the sense of smell). (various references)

   

Manx

  

soaral (odorous, pong, scent, scented, smell, smelling, whiff), soar (aroma, bouquet, breath, odour, pong, scent, smell, sniff), keeall soaral. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ensesay ofay ellsmay

   

Portuguese

  

sentido do olfacto (olfactory sense), olfacto (olfaction, olfactory sense). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

f ileadh (savour; sense of smell, smell). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sentido olfativo (olfactory sense), olfato (flair, nose, scent, smell). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

luktsinne (olfaction). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

koklama duyusu (olfaction). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

arogliad (smelling), arogledd (fragrance, odor). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Sense Of Smell

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-e-f-l-l-m-n-o-s-s-s"

-2 letters: fellnesses.

-3 letters: menseless.

-4 letters: fellness, lensless, noseless, selfless, selfness, soleless, soleness.

-5 letters: feeless, felloes, flenses, flosses, lessees, lessens, lessons, loesses, nemeses, oneself, sonless.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-e-f-l-l-m-n-o-s-s-s"
 

+5 letters: mellifluousnesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Quotations: Familiar
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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