poisonous substance

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• poisonous substance — noun any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a living organism • Syn: ↑poison, ↑toxicant • Derivationally related forms: ↑poisonous (for: ↑poison), ↑poison (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• poisonous — poisonously, adv. poisonousness, n. /poy zeuh neuhs/, adj. 1. full of or containing poison: poisonous air; a poisonous substance. 2. harmful; destructive: poisonous to animals; poisonous rumors. 3. deeply malicious; malevolent: poisonous efforts …   Universalium

• substance — noun 1 material ADJECTIVE ▪ addictive, cancer causing (esp. AmE), carcinogenic, dangerous, harmful, hazardous, noxious, poisonous, radioactive, toxic …   Collocations dictionary

• substance — sub|stance W3 [ˈsʌbstəns] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(material)¦ 2¦(truth)¦ 3¦(ideas)¦ 4¦(importance)¦ 5 man/woman of substance ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin substantia, from substare to stand under ] 1.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• substance — 01. Ben Johnson lost his gold medal at the Seoul Olympics after an illegal [substance] was found in his urine sample. 02. Cigarettes contain a lot of poisonous [substances] that people aren t aware of, in addition to the nicotine and tar. 03. The …   Grammatical examples in English

• substance — [[t]sʌ̱bstəns[/t]] ♦♦♦ substances 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A substance is a solid, powder, liquid, or gas with particular properties. There s absolutely no regulation of cigarettes to make sure that they don t include poisonous substances... The …   English dictionary

• poisonous — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ADVERB ▪ deadly, extremely, highly, very PREPOSITION …   Collocations dictionary

• poisonous — poison [n] substance that causes harm, death adulteration, bacteria, bane, blight, cancer, contagion, contamination, corruption, germ, infection, malignancy, miasma, toxicant, toxin, toxoid, venin, venom, virus; concepts 307,475,674,675 Ant.… …   New thesaurus

• Representative animals poisonous when eaten — ▪ Table Representative animals poisonous when eaten name and distribution toxic principle toxic effects and comments Protozoans one celled animals dinoflagellate (Gymnodinium breve); Gulf of Mexico, Florida unknown irritation of mucous membranes… …   Universalium

• Representative poisonous plants — ▪ Table Representative poisonous plants name and distribution toxic principle toxic effects and comments Plants poisonous to eat rosary pea, or jequirity bean (Abrus precatorius); tropical regions abrin (N methyltryptophan) and abric acid onset… …   Universalium

• noxious substance — A substance which, when administered, is capable of destroying life, but which is not necessarily poisonous. Pulverized glass, when administered in sufficient quantities, destroys life, but is not poisonous. People v Van Deleer, 53 Cal 147 …   Ballentine's law dictionary