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The answer SMOG has 628 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of smog in various dictionaries:
noun - air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
Fog that has become mixed and polluted with smoke.
A form of air pollution produced when sunlight causes hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides from automotive emissions to combine in a photochemical reaction.
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| Effect of auto exhaust |
| Urban haze |
| Kind of alert |
| Urban blight |
| Visibility reducer |
| Some urban air |
| Alert subject |
| Air apparent? |
| Air pollution |
| E.P.A. concern |
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| In 1905 Dr. H.A. des Voeux coined this word for the air pollution created by the Industrial Revolution |
| (Kelly of the Clue Crew blows out a match and sticks it in a bottle.) The moisture in the air combines with particles of dust from the smoke to form this; Los Angeles is known for it |
| Nitrogen oxides combined with hydrocarbons in sunlight cause ground-level ozone, AKA this urban pollution |
| It's a polluted haze found over a city |
| A scientist came up with this blended word after reading a paper on "'fog and smoke" |
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Smog is a type of air pollutant. The word "smog" was coined in the early 20th century as a blend of the words smoke and fog to refer to smoky fog, its opacity, and odour. The word was then intended to refer to what was sometimes known as pea soup fog, a familiar and serious problem in London from the 19th century to the mid-20th century. This kind of visible air pollution is composed of nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides, ozone, smoke or dirt particles and also less visible particles such as CFC's. Human-made smog is derived from coal emissions, vehicular emissions, industrial emissions, forest and agricultural fires and photochemical reactions of these emissions. * Modern smog, as found for example in Los Angeles, is a type of air pollution derived from vehicular emission from internal combustion engines and industrial fumes that react in the atmosphere with sunlight to form secondary pollutants that also combine with the primary emissions to form photochemical smog. In certain other citi |