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Putrefy

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taintnounA contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
muddyCovered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).
etiolatenounTo make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant.
reeknounA strong unpleasant smell.
sicklyFrequently ill or in poor health; weakly.
woodifyverbTo become wood, or woodlike.
liquesceverb(intransitive) To become a liquid; to liquefy.
stink on iceverb(idiomatic, colloquial) To be of very poor quality, even repulsive.
stink like a mackerelverb(simile) To reek; to smell terrible.
sloomnounA gentle sleep; slumber.
ride rustyverbSynonym of turn rusty (“become stubborn in opposition”).
slimenounSoft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.
moistCharacterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp.
hazenounVery fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)
stink like a polecatverb(simile, slang, derogatory) To have a bad smell, mostly referring to human body odor.
sicklifyverb(transitive, rare, dated, nonstandard) To make sickly or sickish
leak like a sieveverb(simile, informal) To be very leaky.
sausagenounA food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic casing.
look like one swallowed a bugverb(colloquial) To have a dismayed or shocked facial expression.
grizzlenounGrey hair.

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