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Contaminating

of Contaminate

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Infectious 84% connected

Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectio…

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Infectious 84% connected

Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectio…

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Dirt 74% connected

Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of di…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dirt 74% connected

Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of di…

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Dirtiness 74% connected

The state of being dirty; filthiness; foulness; nastiness; baseness; sordidness.

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Dirtiness 74% connected

The state of being dirty; filthiness; foulness; nastiness; baseness; sordidness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Corrupting 92% connected

of Corrupt

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Dirty 92% connected

Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Clean 94% connected

Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Clean 94% connected

Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

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