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Definition of decay

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Decay (n.) Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay..

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Wastage :: Wastage (n.) Loss by use, decay, evaporation, leakage, or the like; waste..

Decayer :: Decayer (n.) A causer of decay.

Indefectible :: Indefectible (a.) Not defectible; unfailing; not liable to defect, failure, or decay..

Rot :: Rot (n.) Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.

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

Damp Off :: Damp off () To decay and perish through excessive moisture.

Sound :: Sound (superl.) Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship..

Touchwood :: Touchwood (n.) Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk..

Durable :: Durable (a.) Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; lasting; not perishable or changeable; not wearing out or decaying soon; enduring; as, durable cloth; durable happiness..

Incorruptive :: Incorruptive (a.) Incorruptible; not liable to decay.

Inoxidize :: Inoxidize (v. i.) To prevent or hinder oxidation, rust, or decay; as, inoxidizing oils or varnishes..

Nutritious :: Nutritious (a.) Nourishing; promoting growth, or preventing decay; alimental..

Putrefy :: Putrefy (v. i.) To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot.

Preservative :: Preservative (a.) Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc..

Premature :: Premature (a.) Happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper or usual time; adopted too soon; too early; untimely; as, a premature fall of snow; a premature birth; a premature opinion; premature decay..

Relic :: Relic (n.) That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant.

Senescence :: Senescence (n.) The state of growing old; decay by time.

Decline :: Decline (v. i.) A falling off; a tendency to a worse state; diminution or decay; deterioration; also, the period when a thing is tending toward extinction or a less perfect state; as, the decline of life; the decline of strength; the decline of virtue and religion..

Marcescent :: Marcescent (a.) Withering without/ falling off; fading; decaying.

Kyanize :: Kyanize (v. t.) To render (wood) proof against decay by saturating with a solution of corrosive sublimate in open tanks, or under pressure..