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Mend :: Mend (v. t.) To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine..

Xylophilan :: Xylophilan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles (Xylophili) whose larvae live on decayed wood.

Histolysis :: Histolysis (n.) The decay and dissolution of the organic tissues and of the blood.

Decrepitude :: Decrepitude (n.) The broken state produced by decay and the infirmities of age; infirm old age.

Preserver :: Preserver (n.) One who, or that which, preserves, saves, or defends, from destruction, injury, or decay; esp., one who saves the life or character of another..

Corruptless :: Corruptless (a.) Not susceptible of corruption or decay; incorruptible.

Punk :: Punk (n.) Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for tinder; touchwood..

Ashes :: Ashes (n. pl.) Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when returned to dust by natural decay..

Ruin :: Ruin (n.) To bring to ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to make to perish; to bring to destruction; to bring to poverty or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage essentially; to overthrow.

Rotten :: Rotten (a.) Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat..

Dotterel :: Dotterel (a.) Decayed.

Saprophagan :: Saprophagan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon decaying animal and vegetable substances; a carrion beetle.

Fog :: Fog (n.) Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the winter; -- called also foggage.

Amaurosis :: Amaurosis (n.) A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; -- called also gutta serena, the drop serene of Milton..

Failure :: Failure (n.) Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight..

Dilapidation :: Dilapidation (n.) The act of dilapidating, or the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined, or squandered..

Marcor :: Marcor (n.) A wasting away of flesh; decay.

Refit :: Refit (v. t.) To fit or prepare for use again; to repair; to restore after damage or decay; as, to refit a garment; to refit ships of war..

Perishableness :: Perishableness (n.) The quality or state of being perishable; liability to decay or destruction.

Putrefaction :: Putrefaction (n.) The act or the process of putrefying; the offensive decay of albuminous or other matter.

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