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Smut

Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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C 76% connected

The keynote of the normal or "natural" scale, which has neither flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note of the relative minor scale o…

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Carbon 76% connected

An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and…

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Creation 76% connected

The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence.

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Fungus 76% connected

Any one of the Fungi, a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization, -- the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools,…

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Infect 76% connected

Infected. Cf. Enfect.

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Mildew 76% connected

A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances.

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Mold 76% connected

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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Mould 76% connected

Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

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Profanity 76% connected

The quality or state of being profane; profaneness; irreverence; esp., the use of profane language; blasphemy.

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Stain 76% connected

To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.

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Taint 76% connected

A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.

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Bawdry 76% connected

The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.

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Bawdy 76% connected

Dirty; foul; -- said of clothes.

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Bunt 76% connected

A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand.

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Derivationally related 4

Filthy 74% connected

Defiled with filth, whether material or moral; nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure; obscene.

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Filthy 74% connected

Defiled with filth, whether material or moral; nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure; obscene.

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Smutty 74% connected

Soiled with smut; smutted.

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Smutty 74% connected

Soiled with smut; smutted.

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Synonym 7

Crock 92% connected

The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter which rubs off from c…

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Filth 92% connected

Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness.

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Lampblack 92% connected

The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a smoking lamp. It…

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Obscenity 92% connected

That quality in words or things which presents what is offensive to chasity or purity of mind; obscene or impure lanquage or acts; moral impurity; le…

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Pornography 92% connected

Licentious painting or literature; especially, the painting anciently employed to decorate the walls of rooms devoted to bacchanalian orgies.

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Soot 92% connected

A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and adheres to the sides…

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Vulgarism 92% connected

Grossness; rudeness; vulgarity.

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