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Mud

Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.

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Begrime 76% connected

To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in.

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Bemire 76% connected

To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt.

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Colly 76% connected

The black grime or soot of coal.

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Daub 76% connected

To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.

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Dirt 76% 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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Dirty 76% connected

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

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Grime 76% connected

Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply ingrained.

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Plaster 76% connected

An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adh…

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Slander 76% connected

A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemina…

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Soil 76% connected

To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence…

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Mire 76% connected

An ant.

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Slop 76% connected

Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.

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Clay 74% connected

A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down an…

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Clay 74% connected

A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down an…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Clay 92% connected

A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down an…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mire 92% connected

An ant.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Muck 92% connected

abbreviation of Amuck.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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