Definition of rot

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Rot (v. i.) To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to decay..

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Vinery :: Vinery (n.) A structure, usually inclosed with glass, for rearing and protecting vines; a grapery..
Carotic :: Carotic (a.) Carotid; as, the carotic arteries..
Protozoon :: Protozoon (n.) One of the Protozoa.
Antimask :: Antimask (n.) A secondary mask, or grotesque interlude, between the parts of a serious mask..
Defilement :: Defilement (n.) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side..
Plate :: Plate (v. t.) To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping..
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Necrotic :: Necrotic (a.) Affected with necrosis; as, necrotic tissue; characterized by, or producing, necrosis; as, a necrotic process..
Hunch :: Hunch (v. t.) To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back..
Tiglic :: Tiglic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7CO2H (called also methyl crotonic acid), homologous with crotonic acid, and obtained from croton oil (from Croton Tiglium) as a white crystalline substance..
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Proembryo :: Proembryo (n.) The primary growth from the spore in certain cryptogamous plants; as, the proembryo, or protonema, of mosses..
Cross-stone :: Cross-stone (n.) See Harmotome, and Staurotide..
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Teated :: Teated (a.) Having protuberances resembling the teat of an animal.
Heterotropous :: Heterotropous (a.) Having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous.
Circumrotatory :: Circumrotatory (a.) turning, rolling, or whirling round..
Scutibranchiate :: Scutibranchiate (a.) Having the gills protected by a shieldlike shell; of or pertaining to the Scutibranchiata.
Sued :: Suds (n. pl.) Water impregnated with soap, esp. when worked up into bubbles and froth..
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