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| Main Entry: |
cavity
[kav-i-tee]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sunken or decayed area |
| Synonyms: | armpit, atrium, basin, bursa, caries, chamber, crater, decay, dent, depression, gap, hole, hollow, pit, pocket, sinus, socket, vacuity, void |
| Main Entry: | tooth decay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay of a tooth |
| Synonyms: | caries, cariosity, cavity, dental caries, dental cavity |
| Main Entry: | putrefaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay |
| Synonyms: | adulteration, atrophy, blight, breakdown, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |
| Main Entry: | putrescence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay |
| Synonyms: | adulteration, atrophy, blight, breakdown, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putridity, putridness, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |
| Main Entry: | putridness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay |
| Synonyms: | adulteration, atrophy, blight, breakdown, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |
| Main Entry: | spoilage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay |
| Synonyms: | adulteration, atrophy, blight, breakdown, caries, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, gangrene, impairment, mortification, perishing, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, putridness, rot, rottenness, rotting, ruin, ruination, rust, senescence, spoilation, wasting, wasting away, withering |
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