Effluvia is valid Scrabble Word

Is effluvia a scrabble word?
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8 letters word
17 points in Scrabble
20 points in WWF

Definitions for EFFLUVIA in dictionary:

NOUN:

EFFLUVIUM, disagreeable vapours
an unpleasant or harmful odour or discharge

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

byproducts in the form of waste

Words related to EFFLUVIA

effluvium20

Words that contain EFFLUVIA

effluvial18

How to use EFFLUVIA in a sentence

For, according to this entertained notion, all bodies are continually emitting effluvia, more or less, around them, and some whether they are internal or external.
Fish are on sale in large numbers, and as they are kept until sold, regardless of their condition, the effluvia of some of the fish markets can be very easily imagined.
The air was hot, and foul with cigarette smoke, sickening fumes of sizzling opium, effluvia of beer and spirits, sour reek of sweating flesh.
Leonard remained by him for a short time, but, overpowered by the pestilential effluvia, and the sight of so many miserable objects, he was compelled to seek the open air.
But even this precaution could not counteract the horrible effluvia arising from it.
The state of the vessel was such as cannot be described, and the fetid effluvia, arising from it, offended the senses on approaching her within fifty yards.
The cottages in the open fields are comparatively pleasant to visit, the sweet fresh air carries away effluvia.
And he declared that neither animal nor bird could breathe the noxious effluvia from the tree without instant death.
These waters every day decrease, till at last they are quite exhaled, and then the effluvia that arises is almost insupportable.
These facts of observation support those who say that the odors, effluvia, and exhalations emitted from plants, earths, and ponds, are what give the initiative to such things.

The heat of the sun causes the effluvia to exhale quickly, so they are seldom offensive.
There it is exposed to the sickness and disease, the effluvia and vile exhalations of overcrowded and rotten life, and next day it is carted about again to be sold.
It was an universal notion that a divine energy proceeded from these effluvia, and that the persons who resided in their vicinity were gifted with a prophetic quality.
The hot streams, and poisonous effluvia near Puteoli and lake Avernus are well known.
The abundance and cheapness of fish render it the common food of the lower classes, and consequently its effluvia sometimes pervade the whole atmosphere.
One theory put forward for the supposed medical value of amulets was the Doctrine of Effluvia.
This theory supposes the amulets to give off vapours or effluvia which penetrate into the body and effect a cure.
Two of these theories have already been noted, but the doctrine of effluvia admittedly applied only to a certain class of amulets, and, I think, need not be seriously considered.
As the heated air and effluvia of crowded rooms pass upwards, it is common to leave apertures in or near the ceiling for their escape.
And it follows that there ought to be nothing in the room, excepting him, which can give off effluvia or moisture.
But though in these points they shew so little delicacy, they are not without emotions of disgust, when they meet with strong effluvia to which their organs are unaccustomed.

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