poisonous
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
poisonous/ˈpɔɪzənəs/
▶adjective
- 1 producing or of the nature of poison.
- 2 extremely unpleasant or malicious.
– derivatives
poisonously adverb.
poisonously adverb.
'poisonous' also found in these Oxford entries:
acaricide
- ackee
- aconite
- algicide
- arsenic
- arsine
- atropine
- baneberry
- biocide
- burrawang
- Calabar bean
- castor bean
- contaminate
- cowbane
- cyanic acid
- cyanogen
- deadly nightshade
- death cap
- destroying angel
- digoxin
- dogbane
- dropwort
- dumb cane
- fluorine
- fly agaric
- fool's parsley
- fugu
- gas chamber
- hellebore
- hemlock
- henbane
- hydrocyanic acid
- hydrogen cyanide
- hydrogen sulphide
- hyoscine
- hyoscyamine
- laburnum
- lucky bean
- manchineel
- meadow saffron
- mezereon
- muscarine
- nerve gas
- nightshade
- nitrogen dioxide
- non-toxic
- noxious
- oleander
- osmic acid
- oxalic acid
