sand

camel cream khaki off-white tan taupe

biscuit buff ecru fawn mushroom neutral oatmeal

café au lait

adhesive mud plaster

binder birdlime bond concrete epoxy glue grout gum gunk lime lute mortar mucilage paste putty sealant size solder tar

rubber cement stickum

dirt earth grime lint powder soil soot

ashes cinders filth flakes fragments granules grit ground loess refuse smut

dust bunnies gilings

clay coast dirt dust gravel land mud shore surface terrain turf

alluvium clod compost deposit fill glebe humus loam marl mold muck sod subsoil topsoil

dry land peat moss terra firma terrane

sky

shale

macadam rocks screenings stones tailings

crushed rock

dust gravel lumps pebbles powder

foreign matter

cowardice timidity weakness

dirt field landscape park soil terrain turf

arena dust loam sod

old sod real estate terra firma

heavens sky

bank beach border coast riverbank seaboard seashore waterfront

brim brink coastland embankment lakeshore lakeside littoral margin riverside sands seacoast shingle strand

center interior middle

inland

residue

deposit settlings

beige brownish drab khaki

biscuit bronze brown buff cream ecru gold olive saddle suntan umber

olive-brown

boldness courage derring-do determination fearlessness firmness fortitude gallantry grit heroism prowess tenacity

arete backbone dash defiance fight guts hardihood heart intrepidity invincibility mettle moxie nerve pluck resolution spirit spunk starch stomach valiance valiancy

indomitableness intestinal fortitude

cowardice fear irresolution meekness timidity weakness

amber bisque blond buff chrome cream gold ivory lemon saffron

tawny xanthous

audacity grit moxie spunk willpower

backbone courage daring dauntlessness effrontery forcefulness fortitude hardihood heart mettle pluck resolution spine spirit

intestinal fortitude

cowardice timidity

fear weakness

grate rub scrape

abrade file gnash grit polish smooth whet

give an edge to

dull roughen

abrade bray excoriate file grate irk irritate jar pound raze rub scour scrape scratch vex wear

aid assist delight help please soothe

abrade brush buff burnish cleanse flush furbish mop pumice purge rub scrub wash whiten

dirty

ignore overlook rust

flatten

burnish clear even flush glaze gloss grade iron lay level perfect plane polish press refine round sleek slick varnish

make uniform

roughen

coarsen wrinkle