6
find(verb, activity, action, sense, perceive)
6
hint(noun, drop, mark, touch, taste)
6
incense(noun, extract, essence, perception, sensation)
6
note(noun, mood, atmosphere, flavor, aroma)
6
scintilla(noun, drop, mark, touch, taste)
6
shadow(noun, drop, mark, touch, taste)
6
smell out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, activity, act)
6
touch(noun, drop, mark, taste, strain)
5
catch a whiff of(verb, expression, idiom, activity, action)
5
mephitis(noun, fetor)
5
sprinkling(noun, drop, mark, touch, taste)
5
stink to high heaven(verb, expression, idiom, state, act)
5
strain(noun, drop, mark, touch, taste)
4
look(noun, mood, atmosphere, flavor, aroma)
4
ambience(noun, mood, atmosphere, flavor, aroma)
4
breathe in(expression, activity, puff, breathe, gasp)
4
climate(noun, mood, atmosphere, flavor, aroma)
4
distinguish
4
halo(noun, mood, atmosphere, flavor, aroma)
4
have an odor(verb, expression, idiom, state, act)
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