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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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Dodder :: Dodder (n.) A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical vine with yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to some other plant, as to flax, goldenrod, etc., and decaying at the root, is nourished by the plant that supports it..

Powder :: Powder (n.) The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust..

Durability :: Durability (n.) The state or quality of being durable; the power of uninterrupted or long continuance in any condition; the power of resisting agents or influences which tend to cause changes, decay, or dissolution; lastingness..

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

Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as, the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines..

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

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

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

Incorrupt :: Incorrupt (a.) Not affected with corruption or decay; unimpaired; not marred or spoiled.

Carcass :: Carcass (n.) The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing..

Snag :: Snag (n.) A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth..

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

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

Corruptible :: Corruptible (a.) Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay.

Decay :: 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..

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

Saprophytic :: Saprophytic (a.) Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.

Waste :: Waste (a.) To damage, impair, or injure, as an estate, voluntarily, or by suffering the buildings, fences, etc., to go to decay..

Decadency :: Decadency (n.) A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. The old castle, where the family lived in their decadence..

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