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Foxiness :: Foxiness (n.) The state of being foxed or discolored, as books; decay; deterioration..

Xylindein :: Xylindein (n.) A green or blue pigment produced by Peziza in certain kinds of decayed wood, as the beech, oak, birch, etc., and extracted as an amorphous powder resembling indigo..

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

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..

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.

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

Medlar :: Medlar (n.) A tree of the genus Mespilus (M. Germanica); also, the fruit of the tree. The fruit is something like a small apple, but has a bony endocarp. When first gathered the flesh is hard and austere, and it is not eaten until it has begun to decay..

Mildew :: Mildew (n.) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various diseased or decaying substances..

Consumption :: Consumption (n.) The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay..

Saprophyte :: Saprophyte (n.) Any plant growing on decayed animal or vegetable matter, as most fungi and some flowering plants with no green color, as the Indian pipe..

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

Ulmin :: Ulmin (n.) A brown amorphous substance found in decaying vegetation. Cf. Humin.

Fenowed :: Fenowed (a.) Corrupted; decayed; moldy. See Vinnewed.

Waste :: Waste (v.) The act of wasting, or the state of being wasted; a squandering; needless destruction; useless consumption or expenditure; devastation; loss without equivalent gain; gradual loss or decrease, by use, wear, or decay; as, a waste of property, time, labor, words, etc..

Rot :: Rot (v. i.) Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt.

Catalysis :: Catalysis (n.) Dissolution; degeneration; decay.

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

Conservatory :: Conservatory (a.) Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury..

Putrid :: Putrid (a.) Indicating or proceeding from a decayed state of animal or vegetable matter; as, a putrid smell..

Spacelate :: Spacelate (v. i.) To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify..

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