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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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Decay 76% connected

To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail;…

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Putrefaction 74% connected

The act or the process of putrefying; the offensive decay of albuminous or other matter.

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Putrefaction 74% connected

The act or the process of putrefying; the offensive decay of albuminous or other matter.

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Putrefactive 74% connected

Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive smell or process.

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Putrefactive 74% connected

Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive smell or process.

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Smell 72% connected

To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate ma…

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Antipeptone noun · 78% connection

A product of gastric and pancreatic digestion, differing from hemipeptone in not being decomposed by the continued action of pancreati…

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Biodegradable adjective · 78% connection

capable of being decomposed by e.g. bacteria; "a biodegradable detergent"

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Bog moss noun · 78% connection

any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat

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Compost noun · 78% connection

A mixture for fertilizing land; esp., a composition of various substances (as muck, mold, lime, and stable manure) thoroughly mingled…

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Corrupt verb · 78% connection

To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy.

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Corruption noun · 78% connection

The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putre…

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Decomposition noun · 78% connection

in a decomposed state

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Disagreeably adverb · 78% connection

In a disagreeable manner; unsuitably; offensively.

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Dissolve verb · 78% connection

To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.

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Electrolyzable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being electrolyzed, or decomposed by electricity.

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Element noun · 78% connection

One of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically: (Chem.) A substance which cannot be decomposed i…

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Failure noun · 78% connection

Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight.

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Fetor noun · 78% connection

a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

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Flare verb · 78% connection

To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy.

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Foetor noun · 78% connection

a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

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Gossan noun · 78% connection

Decomposed rock, usually reddish or ferruginous (owing to oxidized pyrites), forming the upper part of a metallic vein.

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Gowan noun · 78% connection

Decomposed granite.

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Growan noun · 78% connection

A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall.

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