laughing gas
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How to use laughing gas in a sentence
Nitrous oxide, otherwise known as laughing gas, gives one an exhilarating feeling while operating as an anesthetic.
Gina Gershon’s Trip to Heaven in the Dentist’s Chair | Gina Gershon | October 23, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIt felt like laughing gas or dopamine had been pumped into the car.
He had a bouyant sensation like a person taking laughing gas.
Airship Andy | Frank V. WebsterYou give 'em some sort of laughing-gas; but me, I'm of a retiring disposition, and I never could force myself on nobody.
Just Around the Corner | Fannie HurstAfter our summer at Monomoy in the sea air, we need an atmosphere of ozone, not of laughing gas.
The Dominant Strain | Anna Chapin Ray
Johnnie felt as if she had taken a dose of laughing-gas, at the sight of twenty boys and girls all at once, real boys, real girls!
Nine Little Goslings | Susan CoolidgeThe oxide of nitrogen so formed is called nitrous oxide or laughing gas.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry | William McPherson
British Dictionary definitions for laughing gas
another name for nitrous oxide
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Scientific definitions for laughing gas
[ lăf′ĭng ]
Nitrous oxide used as a mild anesthetic.
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