waste+matter

  • 111Ryukyuan religion — is the indigenous belief system of the Ryukyu Islands. While specific legends and traditions may vary slightly from place to place and island to island, the Ryukyuan religion is generally characterized by ancestor worship and the respecting of… …

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  • 112LGBT rights in Jamaica — LGBT (Lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender) rights in Jamaica are dominated by the prohibition of sexual acts between men. Sexual acts between women are legal, by virtue of the absence of any reference to it in law. Sex between men is punishable with …

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  • 113flushlesstoilet — flush·less toilet (flŭshʹlĭs) n. A toilet that disposes of waste without using water, especially one using bacteria to break down waste matter. * * * …

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  • 114dross — /draws, dros/, n. 1. waste matter; refuse. 2. Metall. a waste product taken off molten metal during smelting, essentially metallic in character. 3. Brit. coal of little value. [bef. 1050; ME dros(se), OE dros; c. MD droes dregs; cf. ME drosen, OE …

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  • 115excrement — noun /ˈɛkskɹəmənt/ a) Any waste matter excreted from the human or animal body, or discharged by bodily organs. A French Gentleman was ever wont to blow his nose in his hand [...]. He asked me on a time, what privilege this filthie excrement had,… …

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  • 116transpire — verb /tɹænˈspaɪə,tɹænˈspaɪɚ/ a) To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.). Although I was prevented from attending the 1952 annual conference, I was immediately informed as to what had transpired. b) Of plants, to give… …

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  • 117mullock — noun a) Rubbish, waste matter. On certain days, when hot currents shimmered off Oysters Reef, we would detect the chalk dust of the mullock heaps, acrid; or, from the opal mines themselves, the ghastly fug of the tunnels and shafts. b) Waste rock …

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  • 118excreta — SYN: excretion (2). [L. neut. pl. of excretus, pp. of ex cerno, to separate] * * * ex·cre·ta ik skrēt ə n pl waste matter eliminated or separated from an organism compare EXCRETION (2) ex·cre·tal skrēt əl adj * * * n. any waste material… …

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  • 119sewage — sew·age sü ij n refuse liquids or waste matter carried off by sewers * * * sew·age (sooґəj) the used water supply of a community, consisting of an aqueous suspension of feces and other waste materials; the contents of sewers …

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  • 120sewage, sewerage — Sewage is the waste matter that passes through sewers. Sewerage means a system of sewers, the apparatus for removing waste water and refuse : How much sewage will this sewerage system accommodate in an hour? …

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