The toad has indeed no superior as a destroyer of noxious insects... treat him with utmost hospitality. From LearnThat.org. [Celia Thaxter (1835-1894) American writer on gardening, from An Island Garden, 1894.]
noxious chemical wastes. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I was sunk in noxious geekery with the switch to Shaw and GoDaddy, but I have not forgotten you. From Wordnik.com. [Rapid weaving] Reference
The only thing that makes me noxious is that this beautiful situation is so surreal we can only imagine it in an advert. From Wordnik.com. [Global Voices in English » Israel: Cellular firm ad stirs occupation debate] Reference
Still more noxious is the writer Eduard Limonov, who heads the National Bolshevik Party and holds up Slobodan Milosevic as a model leader. From Wordnik.com. [The Accidental Autocrat] Reference
They are classified as a noxious pest in Australia. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Carping] Reference
TRPV2 receptor has been known as noxious heat-sensor (activated by > 52°C). From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Why would Clinton tie herself to this kind of noxious legislation. From Wordnik.com. [THE NEWS BLOG] Reference
There is a kind of noxious view among some conservatives and Republicans. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 6, 2006] Reference
So they band together to celebrate their hatred, creating a kind of noxious synergy. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
At least they had some kind of noxious religious training to explain the hatred they spew. From Wordnik.com. [Why is McCain appearing with a raving anti-Catholic?] Reference
The other night, PC Sarah Carlisle was overcome by some kind of noxious fumes during a building search. From Wordnik.com. [A Plague Of Angels « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
About 30 businesses on an industrial estate in Braintree were evacuated after a "noxious" gas was detected in the car. From Wordnik.com. [Man and woman found dead in car after suspected chemical incident] Reference
He urged Whitman to speak out on Proposition 23, which he termed a "noxious" effort by oil companies to eliminate AB32. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry Brown Calls On Meg Whitman To State View On Prop. 23] Reference
Because far from being "noxious," sulfur is a necessary component of all living cells. From Wordnik.com. [Bouphonia] Reference
Police said the women - one in her 30s and the other in her 50s - were believed to have taken a mystery "noxious" powder. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Is the U.S. occupation so much more noxious to Iraqis?. From Wordnik.com. [MAIL CALL: MISSION OF A LIFETIME] Reference
The noxious Peter Guber/greed-is-good era officially ended. From Wordnik.com. [Sony's Mr. Fixit] Reference
It was a low-slung, Russian-built boat that spewed noxious fumes as it idled. From Wordnik.com. [China: A Torrent of Change] Reference
Tobias was a wayward, scrappy kid, ever tormented by his noxious stepfather, Dwight. From Wordnik.com. [He's In The Army Now] Reference
Two years ago residents of Kennewick, Wash., complained of noxious odors coming from a house. From Wordnik.com. [Forget The Pipe, Sherlock: Gear For Tomorrow's D] Reference
Under the right conditions, even a highly noxious notion can sweep the population like a flu bug. From Wordnik.com. [Viruses Of The Mind: How Odd Ideas Survive] Reference
But that was before scientists realized that margarine had an even more noxious ingredient: trans fat. From Wordnik.com. [Food News Blues] Reference
Eisenhower let the noxious Joe McCarthy slowly self-destruct and declined to rescue the French in Vietnam. From Wordnik.com. [The '50S] Reference
Refiners can reduce emissions of certain noxious gases, as the House bill also requires, however they like. From Wordnik.com. [Keep Holding Your Breath] Reference
Jen Jin-Liu and Melinda LiuSCIENCEWondrous WeedsMost weeds are noxious, unwanted plants awaiting a whacking. From Wordnik.com. [PERISCOPE] Reference
Londoners suffered horribly from bronchitis during the 1950s, when the city was blanketed by noxious industrial fog. From Wordnik.com. [Why Ebonie Can't Breathe] Reference
It may even drive colleagues away, much the way a bombardier beetle emits a noxious gas that scares away other bugs. From Wordnik.com. ['Nine Scorpions In A Bottle'] Reference
For those under 30, Nixon is just another figure from history, emitting a faintly noxious odor of no great consequence. From Wordnik.com. [Growing Up With Nixon] Reference
But you also get the government analyzing every fart joke, which, if you're a Stern fan, is about as noxious as it gets. From Wordnik.com. [True Blue Howard] Reference
Less than 50 meters outside the village, it spews heat and noxious fumes -- and occasional spills of crude -- 24 hours a day. From Wordnik.com. [Oil, Guns And Fury In The Delta] Reference
The Alps are enormous and inspiring, but also enormously fragile, and the effects of all this noxious air already are evident. From Wordnik.com. [For The Defense Of The Alps] Reference
Every noxious version of Wahhabism has had free rein in Saudi Arabia, and yet all liberal ideas and debates have always been closed down. From Wordnik.com. [THE SAUDI TRAP] Reference
In the section on contemporary cremation practices, for example, she doesn't so much as flinch when citing that noxious coinage "cremains.". From Wordnik.com. [Graveyard Shifting] Reference
Besides the noxious fumes coming from the river, health officials already are worried that the oil spill could have lasting health effects. From Wordnik.com. [Michigan Oil Spill Among Largest In Midwest History: Kalamazoo Spill SOAKS Wildlife (VIDEO)] Reference
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