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Declension :: Declension (n.) A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc..

Rot :: Rot (n.) A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See Bitter rot, Black rot, etc., below..

Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease..

Rot :: 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..

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

Exhalation :: Exhalation (n.) That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as, exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc..

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

Mould :: Mould (n.) A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter..

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

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..

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

Xylophagides :: Xylophagides (n. pl.) A tribe or family of dipterous flies whose larvae live in decayed wood. Some of the tropical species are very large.

Dottard :: Dottard (n.) An old, decayed tree..

Decompose :: Decompose (v. i.) To become resolved or returned from existing combinations; to undergo dissolution; to decay; to rot.

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

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

Senescent :: Senescent (a.) Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.

Preservatory :: Preservatory (n.) A room, or apparatus, in which perishable things, as fruit, vegetables, etc., can be preserved without decay..

Wear :: Wear (v. i.) To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used; to suffer injury, loss, or extinction by use or time; to decay, or be spent, gradually..

Corruptible :: Corruptible (n.) That which may decay and perish; the human body.

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