Lydgate was much worried, and conscious of new elements in his life as noxious to him as an inlet of mud to a creature that has been used to breathe and bathe and dart after its illuminated prey in the clearest of waters.
" Nitrogen dioxide, a noxious gas emitted by cars, power plants and factories, is blamed for some respiratory and heart conditions.
The inconsolable baby in front of you, the dude with noxious breath sleeping on your shoulder, the business man across the aisle who thinks the rules about cell phones don't apply to him… these are just a few of the characters who are hell-bent on ruining your day.
Hardly the sort of stuff that we would associate with life, ; and yet from this noxious stew life formed.
Using an instrument called the Near-Infrared Integral Field Spectrometer (NIFS) at the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii, researchers determined that Uranus' cloud cover is composed of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas, which is what gives rotten eggs their distinctive, noxious scent.
After six months of work, he came up with the SkunkLock, a hollow steel U-lock system which houses presurized noxious chemical deterrent that's even detectable through some of the most advanced gas masks.
"Steve Jobs," with Michael Fassbender as the sometimes noxious Apple executive, bombed; "Burnt," with Bradley Cooper as a manic celebrity chef, also found few takers.
The smoke contains CO and other noxious and irritating compounds.
However, if you bathe regularly, several other smelly factors–including what you most recently ate (or didn't eat), the medications you pop, and what products you use to mask the noxious smells emanating from under your arm pits can actually answer the question, "What's that smell?
The inconsolable baby in front of you, the dude with noxious breath sleeping on your shoulder, the business man across the aisle who thinks the rules about cell phones don't apply to him.
Although some use noxious sprays or prickly spines to deter their predators, generally the bugs assume the shape of sticks and leaves to avoid drawing attention.
