A trail lined by putrescent carcasses. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Its scales were a lovely shade of putrescent gray-green. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Copper Tears]
I shoved open another door, and knew by the putrescent odor that we'd found dead bodies. From Wordnik.com. [Roses are Red]
You miserable, dissembling, putrescent wretch of a human being - YOU DON'T COUNT ANYMORE. From Wordnik.com. [seashell eyes, windy smile, calls me] Reference
The uncle's attempts at finding out information on those putrescent issues were only marginally successful. From Wordnik.com. [Corpus of a Siam Mosquito] Reference
Commercial repellents use animal products, such as putrescent egg solids, to make the plants unappealing to deer. From Wordnik.com. [The temperamental rose offers rewards in color, fragrance and luxuriance] Reference
Its infusion makes an excellent anti-putrescent gargle. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
It exposed his shortened leg in all its putrescent glory. From Wordnik.com. [The Mad Ship]
How is it that his putrescent words have made him wealthy?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Rep. Steve King and Glenn Beck agree: Voting for health reform on Sunday is ‘an affront to God.’] Reference
The genus is fleshy, soft, and putrescent, and has no veil. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners] Reference
They give off ozone, and thus exercise anti-putrescent effects. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
Waves of it rose from the festering snakes and the putrescent moat. From Wordnik.com. [A Spell For Chameleon]
It is anti-putrescent, so is alcohol, and they are both colourless. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
"A lung of London," I said; "nay, an abscess, a great putrescent sore.". From Wordnik.com. [FRYING-PAN ALLEY AND A GLIMPSE OF INFERNO] Reference
And, it sounds like fun chronicling BT idiocy and putrescent, anti-social opinions. From Wordnik.com. [GROUP PROJECT! FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!] Reference
Certainly not liberalism, postmodernism, or atheism in its various putrescent flavors. From Wordnik.com. [What Is Good?] Reference
They are anti-putrescent, and exert a laxative action corrective of bilious sluggishness. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
Plain and simple, some men are (adj.) effeminate, and some are just plain (adj.) putrescent. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of a Lost Girl] Reference
Zombies did take some getting used to, but they were, in their putrescent fashion, decent folk. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon on a Pedestal]
Ideas imprisoned, narrowed (beschränkt, as the Germans say), become putrescent through lack of free air. From Wordnik.com. [The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship] Reference
He recoiled at the carnage spread across the clearing below; the blend of putrescent odors was staggering. From Wordnik.com. [Genellan- Planetfall]
The presence of putrefiable or putrescent matter determines at once the germination of the always-present spore. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885] Reference
Ten hours more elapsed and, without change of circumstances, another drop was taken from the now palpably putrescent fluid. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885] Reference
An example: “The grey voice of the grey Seaforth glided greyly on to their ears, like a tide of putrescent grey molasses.”. From Wordnik.com. [More Odd Books : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits] Reference
This genus is fleshy, putrescent; at first the cap has the margin turned under (involute), then it unfolds gradually and dilates. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners] Reference
It covers Lettuce leaves with a fine white bloom, which decomposes the leaves, and makes them adhere together in one putrescent mass. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
The birches grew slowly, and after standing for five years on the unstable, putrescent soil, they dried up, fell down, and rotted away. From Wordnik.com. [Mother] Reference
The dustbins must cease being made the receptacle for putrescent and putrescible matter, the destruction of which by fire should be insisted upon. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881] Reference
As bad teeth, enlarged tonsils, and adenoids harbor germs and putrescent matter that vitiate every incoming and outgoing breath, these defects should be immediately corrected. From Wordnik.com. [Civics and Health] Reference
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