putrescence
101putrescent — /pjuˈtrɛsənt/ (say pyooh tresuhnt) adjective becoming putrid; in process of putrefaction. {Latin putrescens, present participle, growing rotten} –putrescence, noun …
102corruption — [n1] dishonesty breach of trust, bribery, bribing, crime, crookedness, demoralization, exploitation, extortion, fiddling, fraud, fraudulency, graft, jobbery, malfeasance, misrepresentation, nepotism, on the take*, payoff, payola*, profiteering,… …
103decay — [n] breaking down, collapse adulteration, atrophy, blight, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration,… …
104decomposition — [n] rot, breakdown atomization, corruption, decay, disintegration, dissipation, dissolution, division, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity; concepts 230,674 Ant. combination, development, growth, improvement …
105filth — [n] dirt, pollution carrion, contamination, corruption, crud*, defilement, dregs, dung, excrement, feces, feculence, filthiness, foul matter, foulness, garbage, grime, impurity, manure, mire, muck, mud, nastiness, ordure, putrefaction,… …
106rot — [n1] corrosion, disintegration blight, canker, decay, decomposition, deterioration, mold, putrefaction, putrescence; concepts 469,698 Ant. building, development, growth rot [n2] garbage, nonsense balderdash, bilge, bunk, claptrap, drivel,… …
107putrefy — v.i.,v.t. rot; decay; fester. ♦ putrefacient, putrefactive, a. pertaining to or causing putrefaction; n. such thing. ♦ putrefaction, n. ♦ putresce, v.i. & t. ♦ putrescent, a. decaying; tending to decay. ♦ putrescence, n. ♦… …
108putrescent — [pyo͞o tres′ənt] adj. [L putrescens, prp. of putrescere, to become putrid, inchoative of putrere < puter, putris, rotten: see PUS] 1. becoming putrid; putrefying; rotting 2. of or connected with putrefaction putrescence n …
109morbidity — noun 1. the relative incidence of a particular disease • Hypernyms: ↑incidence, ↑relative incidence 2. an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind his fear of being alone verges on morbidity • Syn: ↑morbidness • …
110morbidness — noun 1. an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind his fear of being alone verges on morbidity • Syn: ↑morbidity • Derivationally related forms: ↑morbid (for: ↑morbidity) • Hypernyms …