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Sewage

The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers

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Waste 76% connected

Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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Substance part 1

Effluent 70% connected

Flowing out; as, effluent beams.

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Sewerage 92% connected

The construction of a sewer or sewers.

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Acid noun · 78% connection

any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt

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Acid precipitation noun · 78% connection

rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combin…

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Acid rain noun · 78% connection

rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combin…

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Air noun · 78% connection

a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of; "air pollution"; "a smell of chemi…

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Alloy noun · 78% connection

a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each…

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Clayey adjective · 78% connection

(used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"

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Cloggy adjective · 78% connection

(used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"

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Contaminant noun · 78% connection

a substance that contaminates

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Contamination noun · 78% connection

a substance that contaminates

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Emission noun · 78% connection

the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)

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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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Ground noun · 78% connection

material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the…

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Heavy adjective · 78% connection

(used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"

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Heavy metal noun · 78% connection

loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat; lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery

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Heavy metal music noun · 78% connection

loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat; lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery

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Land noun · 78% connection

material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the…

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Metal noun · 78% connection

a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each…

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Particulate noun · 78% connection

a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to…

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Arm noun · 78% connection

any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contents, sewer, drain, refuse, liquids.
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Backwater noun · 78% connection

Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contents, sewer, drain, refuse, liquids.
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Branch noun · 78% connection

any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"

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Catch-basin noun · 78% connection

A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matters which would not pass readily thr…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contents, sewer, drain, refuse, liquids.
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Cesspool noun · 78% connection

A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptacle o…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contents, sewer, drain, refuse, liquids.
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Cloaca noun · 78% connection

A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contents, sewer, drain, refuse, liquids.
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Content noun · 78% connection

Area or quantity of space or matter contained within certain limits; as, solid contents; superficial contents.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contents, sewer, drain, refuse, liquids.
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Coom noun · 78% connection

Soot; coal dust; refuse matter, as the dirty grease which comes from axle boxes, or the refuse at the mouth of an oven.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contents, sewer, drain, refuse, liquids.
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Deny verb · 78% connection

To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contents, sewer, drain, refuse, liquids.
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Drain noun · 78% connection

a gradual depletion of energy or resources; "a drain on resources"; "a drain of young talent by emigration"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contents, sewer, drain, refuse, liquids.
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Dross noun · 78% connection

Waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the better part; leavings; dregs; refuse.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contents, sewer, drain, refuse, liquids.
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Dumpage noun · 78% connection

The act of dumping loads from carts, especially loads of refuse matter; also, a heap of dumped matter.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contents, sewer, drain, refuse, liquids.
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Empty superl. · 78% connection

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosu…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contents, sewer, drain, refuse, liquids.
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Expenitor noun · 78% connection

A disburser; especially, one of the disbursers of taxes for the repair of sewers.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contents, sewer, drain, refuse, liquids.
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