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dross, impurity
worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
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exhaust, exhaust fumes, fumes
gases ejected from an engine as waste products
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body waste, excrement, excreta, excretion, excretory product
waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
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crud, filth, skank
any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
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sewage, sewerage
waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
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effluent, sewer water, wastewater
water mixed with waste matter
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food waste, garbage, refuse, scraps
food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
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pollutant
waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil
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rubbish, scrap, trash
worthless material that is to be disposed of
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slop
(usually plural) waste water from a kitchen or bathroom or chamber pot that has to be emptied by hand
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toxic industrial waste, toxic waste
poisonous waste materials; can cause injury (especially by chemical means)
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DDT, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972
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CFC, chlorofluorocarbon
a fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans
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halon
a compound in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon have been replaced by bromine and other halogen atoms; very stable; used in fire extinguishers although it is thought to release bromine that depletes the ozone layer
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nitrogen oxide
any of several oxides of nitrogen formed by the action of nitric acid on oxidizable materials; present in car exhausts
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BM, dejection, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, stool
solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
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fecula
excreta (especially of insects)
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wormcast
cylindrical mass of earth voided by a burrowing earthworm or lugworm
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human waste
the body wastes of human beings
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pee, piddle, piss, urine, water, weewee
liquid excretory product
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barf, puke, vomit, vomitus
the matter ejected in vomiting
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scrap metal
discarded metal suitable for reprocessing
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debris, detritus, dust, junk, rubble
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
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litter
rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)
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guano
the excrement of sea birds; used as fertilizer
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sulfur dioxide, sulphur dioxide
a colorless toxic gas (SO2) that occurs in the gases from volcanoes; used in many manufacturing processes and present in industrial emissions; causes acid rain
