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Putrid

Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction.

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Corrupt 84% connected

Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.

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Corrupt 84% connected

Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.

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Stale 84% connected

The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake.

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Stale 84% connected

The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake.

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Putrescence 74% connected

The state of being putrescent; putrescent matter.

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Putrescence 74% connected

The state of being putrescent; putrescent matter.

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Putridity 74% connected

The quality of being putrid; putrefaction; rottenness.

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Putridity 74% connected

The quality of being putrid; putrefaction; rottenness.

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Putrefaction 66% connected

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

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Amylobacter noun · 78% connection

A microorganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction.

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Carnivora n. pl. · 78% connection

An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh, though…

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Carnivorous adjective · 78% connection

Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to p…

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Carrion noun · 78% connection

The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food.

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Casein noun · 78% connection

A proteid substance present in both the animal and the vegetable kingdom. In the animal kingdom it is chiefly found in milk, and const…

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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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Decay noun · 78% connection

Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution…

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Decayed adjective · 78% connection

Fallen, as to physical or social condition; affected with decay; rotten; as, decayed vegetation or vegetables; a decayed fortune or ge…

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Decomposition noun · 78% connection

The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into const…

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Disinfect verb · 78% connection

To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.

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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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Embalm verb · 78% connection

To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impreg…

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Empyreuma noun · 78% connection

The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.

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Emulsin noun · 78% connection

An unorganized ferment (contained in this extract and in other vegetable juices), which effects the decomposition of certain glucoside…

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Eutrophication noun · 78% connection

excessive nutrients in a lake or other body of water, usually caused by runoff of nutrients (animal waste, fertilizers, sewage) from t…

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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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Flesh verb · 78% connection

To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion; to initiate; -- from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them…

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Garbage noun · 78% connection

Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless, disgusting, or…

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