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sootlike — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : resembling soot a black sootlike material … Useful english dictionary
comet — cometary /kom i ter ee/, cometic /keuh met ik/, cometical, adj. cometlike, adj. /kom it/, n. Astron. a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and… … Universalium
smut — /smut/, n., v., smutted, smutting. n. 1. a particle of soot; sooty matter. 2. a black or dirty mark; smudge. 3. indecent language or publications; obscenity. 4. Plant Pathol. a. a disease of plants, esp. cereal grasses, characterized by the… … Universalium
coal — coalless, adj. /kohl/, n. 1. a black or dark brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Cf. anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite. 2. a piece of glowing, charred, or burned wood or other… … Universalium
soot — sootless, adj. sootlike, adj. /soot, sooht/, n. 1. a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also … Universalium
sooty blotch — Plant Pathol. 1. a disease, esp. of apples and pears, characterized by sootlike spots or blotches on the fruit, caused by a fungus, Gloeodes pomigena. 2. a disease of clover, characterized by black, crusty blotches on the underside of the leaves … Universalium
powdery — adj 1. granulated, pulverulent, ground, fine; dusty, ashy, gritty, sandlike, sandy, arenose, arenaceous, sootlike, sooty; pulverized, crushed, mortared, comminuted, triturated, levigated, smashed, mashed, Sl. smushed; grated, stoned, milled,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
corn smut — noun a smut fungus attacking Indian corn • Syn: ↑cornsmut • Hypernyms: ↑smut, ↑smut fungus • Hyponyms: ↑boil smut, ↑Ustilago maydis • Member Holon … Useful english dictionary
sooty blotch — noun : a disease of apples and pears caused by an imperfect fungus (Gloeodes pomigena) and characterized by sooty blotches on the fruit * * * Plant Pathol. 1. a disease, esp. of apples and pears, characterized by sootlike spots or blotches on the … Useful english dictionary
