Idje, here '', and he nodded at the man, `` is said to have great odor.

The morning air was filled with the sweetish odor of new-spilled blood, the acrid stench of frightened horses, and the bitterness of burned powder.

It was also subtly familiar, for it was the odor of the human body, but multiplied innumerable times because of the fact that the aborigines never bathed.

Young Mrs. Arthur had opened the oven and there was a drifting odor of hot biscuits.

If amber is heated under the right conditions, oil of amber is produced, and in past times this was combined carefully with nitric acid to create " artificial musk " – a resin with a peculiar musky odor.

Who can tell the sensations which I experienced when I found myself rocking, as it were, upon my horse, and with him moving to and fro like a child in a cradle, with the most imminent danger around me .” He noted that as the earthquake retreated, " the air was filled with an extremely disagreeable sulphurous odor.

A 1993 double-blind study suggested that MCS subjects could not discriminate between their chemical triggers and clean air when an olfactory masker was introduced that eliminated the ability to discriminate on the basis of odor.

When he treated the pyrolusite with hydrochloric acid over a warm sand bath, a yellow-green gas with a strong odor was produced.

It was also hunted for its valuable subcutaneous fat, which was not only used for food ( usually as a butter substitute ), but also for oil lamps because it did not give off any smoke or odor and could be kept for a long time in warm weather without spoiling.

In order for the splints to catch fire, they were often treated with sulfur and the odor was improved by the addition of camphor.

* Very early in Nine Princes in Amber Corwin thinks to himself, " In the state of Denmark there was an odor of decay.

In Australian Aboriginal mythology ( specifically: Murngin ), Yurlungur is a copper snake who was awakened from a deep sleep by the odor of a woman's menstrual blood.

Food was not manna's only use ; one classical rabbinical source states that the fragrant odor of manna was used in an Israelite perfume.

In an experiment by Hummer and McClintock, androstandienone or a control odor was put on the upper lips of fifty males and females and they were tested for four different effects of the pheromone: 1 ) automatic attention towards positive and negative facial expressions, 2 ) the strength of cognitive and emotional information as distracters in a simple reaction time task, 3 ) relative attention to social and nonsocial stimuli ( i. e. neutral faces ), and 4 ) mood and attentiveness in the absence of social interaction.

It was most commonly used for outdoor lighting, due to its strong odor.

Most town gas was also odorized, if it did not have its ' own odor.

On the morning of September 11, the firehouse, under the direction of Battalion Chief Joseph Pfeifer, was called out on a reported " odor of gas " at Church and Lispenard Streets.

The precise reason for the early end of the mission was the subject of much speculation, but was reported to be an emergency evacuation after the Salyut atmosphere developed an acrid odor.

The reason for the sudden termination of the mission was reported at the time to have been an acrid odor that developed in the environmental control system.

The squares were shaded with tapestried canopies, the churches adorned with white curtains, the baptistery set in order, the aroma of incense spread, candles of fragrant odor burned brightly, and the whole shrine of the baptistery was filled with a divine fragrance: and the Lord gave such grace to those who stood by that they thought they were placed amid the odors of paradise.

Musk was a name originally given to a substance with a penetrating odor obtained from a gland of the male musk deer.

Pei's architectural team added more fill to cover the pipe and developed an elaborate ventilation system to conquer the odor.

Her voice is little more than a whisper, and she has no odor, but her shadow smells musky and pungent, like the skin of a snake.

As a result, perspiration is more likely to remain in contact with the feet, legs and genital area, thereby encouraging bacterial growth and associated odor.

Some hosiery products contain silver to help to prevent odor and sweating of the feet, thus making the wearing of hosiery a more pleasant experience.

Some species have a fruity odor, others a more woody, earthy fragrance, and others still can even be considered spicy.

The Turkish tobacco that is used in Camel cigarettes has a much more distinctive odor when burned as compared to other cigarettes.

The esophagus is a closed and collapsed tube, and continuous flow ( as opposed to a simple burp ) of gas or putrid substances from the stomach indicates a health problem — such as reflux serious enough to be bringing up stomach contents or a fistula between the stomach and the esophagus — which will demonstrate more serious manifestations than just foul odor.

Dominant individuals of P. dominulus have differing cuticular profiles to workers, and the frequent observations of the dominant female stroking its gaster across the nest surface, combined with its staying on the nest for longer times than subordinates, suggests the dominant individual may contribute more to the nest odor.

Ketosis may also smell, but the odor is usually more subtle due to lower concentrations of acetone.

Anaerobic digestion can minimize odor, generate biogas, and allow more effective nutrient use by crops.

The term " kybo " may have originated at the Farm and Wilderness Camps in Vermont where it came from the coffee cans ( Kybo brand coffee ) that held the lye or more often lime used to keep odor to a minimum.

Furthermore most odors activate more than one type of odor receptor.

* Detractors believe that blowing into the hose increases the amount of oral bacteria inside the bladder, and requires more frequent scrubbing to keep the flavor and odor of the contents acceptable.

In humans the armpit regions seem more important than the genital region for body odor which may be related to human bipedalism.

According to his suggestion, body odor lost its survival value after humans developed more advanced means of safety ( controlled fire, shelters, effective weapons ), and therefore started disappearing, gradually becoming an unwanted legacy of our evolutionary past.

The Chin's coat requires nothing more than brushing or combing once every week to maintain its appearance, with special attention being given to the area under the ears and legs and to the skirt ; they have no coat odor and do not require frequent bathing.

After a thorough investigation which lasted for three years and consisted of more than fifty tests, Müller determined the specific gravity of the mineral and noted the radish-like odor of the white smoke which passed off when the new metal was heated, the red color which the metal imparts to sulfuric acid, and the black precipitate which this solution gives when diluted with water.

( S )-(+)- Linalool is perceived as sweet, floral, petitgrain-like ( odor threshold 7. 4 ppb ) and the ( R )- form as more woody and lavender-like ( odor threshold 0. 8 ppb ).

Documented methods used by Chinese street vendors to artificially enhance the odor of their stinky tofu include human feces and rotten pork juice in the brine and encouraging flies to lay live maggots in the liquid so that their digestive juices will help ferment the tofu more quickly.

" Breathable " visco-elastic foam will have a more open cell structure, allowing higher airflow, better recovery, and lower odor retention at packaging.

Flowers in large, loose, compound racemes ; corolla half an inch or more in length, yellow tinged with green, the lower lip elongated and fringed, exhaling a lemon odor.

The more individuals present in an area, the stronger the odor of the chemicals released when the bugs are threatened.

Even though these compounds exist in less than 1 % quantity of rose oil, they make up for slightly more than 90 % of the odor content due to their low odor detection thresholds.