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DECAYED |
Decomposed |
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ROTTEN |
Decomposed, corrupt |
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GOWAN |
Decomposed granite. |
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HUMUS |
Decomposed leaves, etc |
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PUTRID |
Pop up toaster rotten initially – decomposed! |
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ELECTROLYZABLE |
Capable of being electrolyzed, or decomposed by
electricity. |
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UNFORMED |
Decomposed, or resolved into parts; having the form
destroyed. |
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DISSOLVE |
To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or
broken up. |
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GROWAN |
A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin
lodes in Cornwall. |
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MECONIDINE |
An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a yellow
amorphous substance which is easily decomposed. |
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PUTREFY |
To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to
cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot. |
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SELVEDGE |
A layer of clay or decomposed rock along the wall of a
vein. See Gouge, n., 4. |
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GOSSAN |
Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to
oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein. |
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ROT |
To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially
decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber. |
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INOGEN |
A complex nitrogenous substance, which, by Hermann's
hypothesis, is continually decomposed and reproduced in the muscles,
during their life. |
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PYROGEN |
A poison separable from decomposed meat infusions, and
supposed to be formed from albuminous matter through the agency of
bacteria. |
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ANTIPEPTONE |
A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion,
differing from hemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued
action of pancreatic juice. |
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RUBBLE |
Rough stone as it comes from the quarry; also, a
quarryman's term for the upper fragmentary and decomposed portion of a
mass of stone; brash. |
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INCOMBUSTIBLE |
Not combustible; not capable of being burned,
decomposed, or consumed by fire; uninflammable; as, asbestus is an
incombustible substance; carbon dioxide is an incombustible gas. |
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COMPOST |
A mixture for fertilizing land; esp., a composition of
various substances (as muck, mold, lime, and stable manure) thoroughly
mingled and decomposed, as in a compost heap. |
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SIMPLE |
Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple
or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are
regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a. |
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TRASS |
A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed
trachytic cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort
of plaster or mortar... |
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ELEMENT |
...of any
kind of matter. Specifically: (Chem.) A substance which cannot be
decomposed into different kinds of matter by any means at present
em... |