* DIRT, SOIL * see also: clay.txt and cleaning.txt PED a natural soil aggregate [n -S] DIRT earth or soil [n -S] GLEY a clay soil layer [n GLEYS] : GLEYED [adj] LOAM to cover with loam (a type of soil) [v -ED, -ING, -S] : LOAMY, LOAMLESS LOAMINESS MOOL soft soil [n -S] SMUT to {soil=v} [v SMUTTED, SMUTTING, SMUTS] SOIL to make {dirty=adj} [v -ED, -ING, -S] CROCK to stain or soil [v -ED, -ING, -S] DELTA an alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river [n -S] : DELTAIC, DELTIC [adj] DIRTY {unclean=adj} [adj DIRTIER, DIRTIEST] : DIRTILY [adv] / to make {dirty=adj} [v DIRTIED, DIRTYING, DIRTIES] EARTH to cover with earth (soil) [v -ED, -ING, -S] FILTH foul or dirty matter [n -S] GAULT a heavy, thick clay soil [n -S] GEEST old alluvial matter [n -S] GLEBE the soil or earth [n -S] : GLEBELESS GRIME to make {dirty=adj} [v GRIMED, GRIMING, GRIMES] GRIMY {dirty=adj} [adj GRIMIER, GRIMIEST] LOAMY resembling loam [adj LOAMIER, LOAMIEST], LOAMINESS LOESS a soil deposit [n -ES] : LOESSAL, LOESSIAL [adj] MESSY dirty or untidy [adj MESSIER, MESSIEST] MULCH to provide with a protective covering for the soil [v -ED, -ING, -ES] SOLUM a soil layer [n -LA or -LUMS] SULLY to {soil=v} [v -LIED, -LYING, -LIES] ASSOIL to {pardon=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] AZONAL pertaining to a type of a soil group [adj] BEMIRE to soil with mud [v -MIRED, -MIRING, -MIRES] ECHARD the water in the soil not available to plants [n -S] FILTHY offensively dirty [adj FILTHIER, FILTHIEST] : FILTHILY [adv] GRUBBY {dirty=adj} [adj -BIER, -BIEST] : GRUBBILY [adv] GRUNGE {dirt=n} [n -S] GRUNGY {dirty=adj} [adj -GIER, -GIEST] HARROW to break up and level soil [v -ED, -ING, -S] HOLARD the total quantity of water in the soil [n -S] HOTBED a bed of rich soil [n -S] PODSOL {podzol=n} [n -S] : PODSOLIC [adj] PODZOL an infertile soil [n -S] : PODZOLIC [adj], PODSOL RUNOFF rainfall that is not absorbed by the soil [n -S] SMIRCH to {soil=v} [v -ED, -ING, -ES] SMUDGE to smear or dirty [v SMUDGED, SMUDGING, SMUDGES] SMUDGY smudged [adj SMUDGIER, SMUDGIEST] : SMUDGILY [adv] ALLUVIA [n] BEDIRTY to make {dirty=adj} [v -DIRTIED, -DIRTYING, -DIRTIES] BEDROCK the rock under soil [n -S] BESMOKE to soil with smoke [v -SMOKED, -SMOKING, -SMOKES] BEGRIME to {dirty=v} [v -GRIMED, -GRIMING, -GRIMES] CHYTRID an aquatic or soil fungus [n -S] DIRTBAG a dirty or contemptible person [n -S] EDAPHIC pertaining to the soil [adj] : EDAPHICALLY ELUVIUM a soil deposit [n -VIA or -VIUMS] HARDPAN a layer of hard subsoil [n -S] LATOSOL a tropical soil [n -S] : LATOSOLIC OUTCROP to protrude above the soil [v -CROPPED, -CROPPING, -CROPS] PEDOCAL a type of soil [n -S] : PEDOCALIC REGOSOL a type of soil [n -S] SANDPIT a pit dug in sandy soil [n -S] SLUBBER to stain or dirty [v -ED, -ING, -S] SOILAGE green crops for feeding animals [n -S] SOILURE a stain or smudge [n -S] SUBSOIL to plow so as to turn up the subsoil (the layer of earth beneath the surface soil) [v -ED, -ING, -S] TOPSOIL to remove the surface layer of soil from [v -ED, -ING, -S] WETLAND land containing much soil moisture [n -S] AGROLOGY the science of soils in relation to crops [n -GIES] AGRONOMY the application of scientific principles to the cultivation of land [n -MIES] ALLUVIAL soil composed of alluvium [n -S] : ALLUVIAL ALLUVION ALLUVIUM ALLUVION {alluvium=n} [n -S] : ALLUVIAL ALLUVION ALLUVIUM ALLUVIUM detrital material deposited by running water [n -VIA or -VIUMS] : ALLUVIAL ALLUVION ALLUVIUM BEDABBLE to {soil=v} [v -BLED, -BLING, -BLES] BESMIRCH to {dirty=v} [v -ED, -ING, -ES] BRUNIZEM a prairie soil [n -S] CHRESARD the available water of the soil [n -S] ELUVIATE to undergo a transfer of materials in the soil [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES] ILLUVIUM a type of material accumulated in soil [n -VIA or -VIUMS] : ILLUVIAL [adj] LATERITE a type of soil [n -S] LATERIZE to convert to laterite [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] LITHOSOL a type of soil [n -S] LOAMLESS having no loam [adj] PALEOSOL a layer of ancient soil [n -S] PEDALFER a type of soil [n -S] PLANOSOL a type of soil [n -S] RENDZINA a type of soil [n -S] ROOTHOLD the embedding of a plant to soil through the growing of roots [n -S] ROTOTILL to till soil with a type of farming implement [v -ED, -ING, -S] SCABLAND rocky land with little soil cover [n -S] SIEROZEM a type of soil [n -S] SOILLESS carried on without soil (finely divided rock mixed with organic matter) [adj] SOLONETS {solonetz=n} [n -ES] SOLONETZ a type of soil [n -ES] : SOLONETZIC [adj], SOLONETS(es) SPODOSOL an acidic forest soil [n -S] UNSOILED [adj] CHERNOZEM [n -S] : CHERNOZEMIC DILTIAZEM [n -S] LOAMINESS [n -ES] PODZOLIZE [v -LIZED -LIZES -LIZING], PODZOLIZATION SOILBORNE [adj] SOLONCHAK a type of soil [n -S] SUBSOILER [n -S] UNDERSOIL [n -S] ASSOILMENT [n -S] PODSOLIZATION [n -S] : PODZOLIZATION PODZOLIZATION [n -S] : PODSOLIZATION MONTMORILLONITE * List compiled from OWL2 + Long List by Rebecca Slivka