putrid

  • 51putrid — see PUS …

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  • 52putrid — adj. 1 decomposed, rotten. 2 foul, noxious. 3 corrupt. 4 sl. of poor quality; contemptible; very unpleasant. Derivatives: putridity n. putridly adv. putridness n. Etymology: L putridus f. putrere to rot f. puter putris rotten …

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  • 53putrid bronchitis — chronic bronchitis in which the sputum has an offensive smell; see also Dittrich plugs, under plug …

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  • 54putrid empyema — thoracic empyema in which the pus has become more or less decomposed …

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  • 55Putrid Sea — Sivash Sea (mineralized marshes along Crimea’s north coast) …

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  • 56make putrid — index taint (contaminate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 57render putrid — index decay Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 58putrank — Putrid and rank. Something that is awfully smelly and disgusting to look at, at the same time. As I walked closer to the creek and realised it was full of raw sewage, it became clear how putrank it was …

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  • 59putrank — Putrid and rank. Something that is awfully smelly and disgusting to look at, at the same time. As I walked closer to the creek and realised it was full of raw sewage, it became clear how putrank it was …

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  • 60rotten — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. decomposed, putrefied, putrid; unsound, treacherous; corrupt, dishonest; offensive, disgusting. See uncleanness, deterioration, badness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having rotted] Syn. bad, rotting,… …

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