acridity , also: acridness

The smoke of that fuel filled the air around them with acridity.

"Well, gentlemen," said Henry with acridity, as he collected his things.

The acridity of his criticism is far more muted in his later works.

Beneath the dominant acridity of her fear there were exciting odors.

The acridity helps to naturally deter herbivores from eating it.

The common stench of Com-central carried an acridity which she identified as fear.

Despite the rain having fallen for so long, he could still smell the acridity of the scorched grass.

He smelled no animal spoor, only a faint acridity like sweat.

Despite ventilator grilles, the air kept a faint acridity, smells of what happened here.

There was an underlying smell of oil in the place and the biting acridity of hot metal.

The smell of smoke was more pronounced now, and the faint acridity made his nostrils twitch.

The scent, faint indeed, and overlaid with the acridity of ship ozone, is feminine.

The candles were almost burnt out but he thought he could detect the lingering acridity of smoke.

If there was any taint, it was only the usual sour acridity of a poisoned world.

I recognized the lethal acridity of oxygen.

A hint of acridity reached her.

For a moment the morning air was tainted with the harsh acridity of scorched flesh, then even that was gone.

"It's very important," Jordan said, and she could feel the tension running through his body, could smell the acridity of his sweat.

She squinted at its acridity.

In India, the oil is used for pickling, after aging to reduce the acridity, as a salad or cooking oil.

This acridity persists even in dried specimens.

He coughed, eyelids blinking against the acridity.

A sweet acridity and the musky oils of oasis shrubs, these dominated the odors.

She could smell the lubricants and the sickly acridity of the 'thopter's fuel.

Acridity seared her lungs, mouth, nostrils, eyes.