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Mild

not with distinctly marked odor, matches also with, 'absent', 'none', 'not distinctive', 'faint', and 'neutral'

Almond

with almond odor, matches also with 'marzipan' or 'cyanide'

Anise

with anise odor, matches also with 'licorice'

Apple

with odor of apple

Apricots

with odor of apricot fruit

Aromatic

with aromatic odor, matches only with that specific word

Bleach

with odor of bleach or chlorine, matches also with 'alkaline', 'chlorine', and 'nitrous', the last not being identical but being close

Bubble Gum

with odor of bubble gum

Burnt Sugar

with odor of burnt sugar candy, will match with 'sugar'

Cedar

with odor of cedar wood

Celery

with odor of celery

Chestnut Catkins

with odor of chestnut catkins

Citronella

with odor of citronella oil, citronella being a South American grass yielding a fragrant oil used in insect repellants and perfumes

Coal Tar

with odor of coal tar or coal gas

Coconuts

with odor of coconut flesh

Cucumbers

with odor of cucumber

Curry

with odor of curry spice

Earthy

with odor of freshly dug earth

Farinaceous

with odor of freshly ground meal from whole grain, especially wheat, will match with 'farinaceous', 'mealy', or 'flour'

Fenugreek

with odor of fenugreek spice

Fetid

with stinking odor, matches also with 'foetid'

Fishy

with odor of fish flesh

Flowers

with odor of flowers, matches also with 'blossom'

Fragrant

with fragrant odor, matches also with 'scented'

Fruity

with odor of fresh fruit or fruit candy, will match with 'fruit'

Funguslike

with fungoid odor, matches also with 'mushroomy'

Garlic

with odor of freshly cut garlic

Geranium

with odor of the flower geranium

Grapefruit

with odor of freshly cut grapefruit

Grass

with odor of grass or fresh-mown grass

Green Corn

with odor of green corn, matches also with 'corn silk' and 'spermatic'

Herbs

with odor suggesting some sort of herbs, will match with 'herbs'

Honey

with odor of honey

Hot Metal

with odor of hot metal, locomotive, or a hot plate, as in Cortinarius callisteus, will match with 'hot metal'

Ink

with odor of liquid ink

Iodine

with odor of iodine antiseptic or tincture of iodine, matches also with 'iodoform'

Linseed Oil

with odor of linseed oil, used in oil painting

Maraschino

with odor of maraschino cherries

Musty

with stale moldy odor, will match with 'musty'

Nauseating

with odor that makes one feel nauseated

Nitrous

with odor of nitric acid, matches also with 'alkaline', 'bleach' or 'chlorine' which are not identical but close

Nutty

with odor of nuts

Oily

with odor of some sort of oil

Onions

with odor of freshly cut onions

Oranges

with odor of freshly cut oranges or orange juice, will match with 'orange' or 'oranges'

Papayas

with odor of freshly cut papaya

Peaches

with odor of fresh peach

Pears

with odor of fresh pear

Pepper

with odor of black pepper

Phenolic

with odor of phenol as in several common inedible Agaricus species, especially when cooked

Pleasant

will match with 'pleasant' in odor description

Potatoes

with odor of freshly cut raw potato

Pungent

having a strong sharp odor, will match with 'pungent' in odor description

Radishes

with odor of freshly cut radish, matches also with 'raphanoid'

Rancid

with odor of stale fat or stale cooking oil, will match with 'rancid'

Resinous

with odor of some sort of tree resin, will match with 'resinous'

Rotten

smelling as if decomposed by bacteria or fungi, will match with 'rotten'

Sage

with odor of the herb sage

Skunk

with odor of skunk or skunk cabbage

Soapy

with odor of hand soap, will match with 'soap' or 'soapy'

Spermatic

with odor of human sperm, matches also with 'corn silk' and 'green corn'

Spicy

with nonspecific odor suggesting a strong spice, but not including garlic, basil, sage

Straw

with odor of straw

Strong

will match with 'strong' in odor description

Sweet

will match with 'sweet' in odor description

Toilet Cleaner

will match with 'toilet cleaner' in odor description

Turnips

with odor of freshly cut turnip

Unpleasant

will match with 'unpleasant', 'disagreeable', 'rank', 'foul' or 'disgusting' in odor description

Washrooms

with odor of stale washrooms, a combination of urine and deodorizer, will match with 'washrooms'

Watermelons

with odor of freshly cut watermelon

Unusual

with any unusual odor not mentioned above, such as antiseptic, artichoke, basil, bean, bedstraw, bouillon, buggy, burnt horn, butterscotch, candles, cheese, cherry pits, chicory, cinnamon, dirty, empty wine barrels, frozen orange juice, fruit candy, gingerbread, grainlike, grapelike, green pepper, Japanese oranges, jessamine, juniper wood, laundry room, leather, lemon, lily, linen, malt, mashed potato, maple sugar, medicinal, menthol, mink, mock orange, mothballs, mouse, mown grass, nutmeg, orange blossom, peach pits, plantlike, plum, potato leaves, puffball, pumpkin, roasted corn, root beer, rotten eggs, rotting cabbage, rubber, sesame, sewer gas, smelly sock, sour, sour dishrags, spun sugar, sweat, sweet clover, sweet pea, sweetbread, tomato leaf, vinegar, walnut, waxy, wet dog, wild licorice, wine, wood, yeast; find by entering, for example, odor = sewer gas in the text box "To Search for a word"