putrescent

  • 41pu|tres|cine — «pyoo TREHS een, ihn», noun. a colorless, evil smelling ptomaine, formed during the decay of animal tissue. Formula: C4H12N2 ╂[< Latin pūtrēscere (see etym. under putrescent (Cf. ↑putrescent)) + English ine2] …

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  • 42pu´trid|ness — pu|trid «PYOO trihd», adjective. 1. decaying; rotten: »The meat became putrid in the hot sun. 2. characteristic of putrefying matter; foul: »a putrid odor. 3. Figurative. thoroughly corrupt or depraved; extremely bad. 4. gangrenous: » …

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  • 43pu´trid|ly — pu|trid «PYOO trihd», adjective. 1. decaying; rotten: »The meat became putrid in the hot sun. 2. characteristic of putrefying matter; foul: »a putrid odor. 3. Figurative. thoroughly corrupt or depraved; extremely bad. 4. gangrenous: » …

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  • 44pu|trid — «PYOO trihd», adjective. 1. decaying; rotten: »The meat became putrid in the hot sun. 2. characteristic of putrefying matter; foul: »a putrid odor. 3. Figurative. thoroughly corrupt or depraved; extremely bad. 4. gangrenous: » …

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  • 45Achillea Ageratum — Sweet Sweet, a. [Compar. {Sweeter}; superl. {Sweetest}.] [OE. swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[=e]te; akin to OFries. sw[=e]te, OS. sw[=o]ti, D. zoet, G. s[ u]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[ae]tr, s[oe]tr, Sw. s[ o]t, Dan. s[ o]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for… …

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  • 46Acorus Calamus — Sweet Sweet, a. [Compar. {Sweeter}; superl. {Sweetest}.] [OE. swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[=e]te; akin to OFries. sw[=e]te, OS. sw[=o]ti, D. zoet, G. s[ u]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[ae]tr, s[oe]tr, Sw. s[ o]t, Dan. s[ o]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for… …

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  • 47Antiseptic — An ti*sep tic, Antiseptical An ti*sep tic*al, a. Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive. [1913 Webster] {Antiseptic surgery}, that system of surgical practice which insists upon a… …

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  • 48Antiseptic surgery — Antiseptic An ti*sep tic, Antiseptical An ti*sep tic*al, a. Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive. [1913 Webster] {Antiseptic surgery}, that system of surgical practice which insists… …

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  • 49Antiseptical — Antiseptic An ti*sep tic, Antiseptical An ti*sep tic*al, a. Counteracting or preventing putrefaction, or a putrescent tendency in the system; antiputrefactive. [1913 Webster] {Antiseptic surgery}, that system of surgical practice which insists… …

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  • 50C odorata — Sweet Sweet, a. [Compar. {Sweeter}; superl. {Sweetest}.] [OE. swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[=e]te; akin to OFries. sw[=e]te, OS. sw[=o]ti, D. zoet, G. s[ u]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[ae]tr, s[oe]tr, Sw. s[ o]t, Dan. s[ o]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for… …

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