pus
noun
1 Pus
The tenth month of the Hindu calendar.
synonym: Pansa.
2 pus
A fluid product of inflammation.
synonyms: festering, ichor, purulence, sanies, suppuration.
Roget 653:
uncleanness
etc.
adj.;
impurity;
immundity†,
immundicity†;
impurity
etc.
961
[of mind].
defilement,
contamination
etc.
v.;
defoedation†;
soilure†,
soiliness†;
abomination;
leaven;
taint,
tainture†;
fetor
etc.
401†.
decay;
putrescence,
putrefaction;
corruption;
mold,
must,
mildew,
dry rot,
mucor,
rubigo†.
slovenry†;
slovenliness
etc.
adj.;
squalor.
dowdy,
drab,
slut,
malkin†,
slattern,
sloven,
slammerkin†,
slammock†,
slummock†,
scrub,
draggle-tail,
mudlark†,
dust-man,
sweep;
beast.
dirt,
filth,
soil,
slop;
dust,
cobweb,
flue;
smoke,
soot,
smudge,
smut,
grit,
grime,
raff†;
sossle†,
sozzle†.
sordes†,
dregs,
grounds,
lees;
argol†;
sediment,
settlement heeltap†;
dross,
drossiness†;
mother†,
precipitate,
scoriae,
ashes,
cinders.
recrement†,
slag;
scum,
froth.
hogwash;
ditchwater†,
dishwater,
bilgewater†;
rinsings,
cheeseparings;
sweepings
etc.
(useless refuse)
645;
offscourings†,
outscourings†;
off scum;
caput mortuum [Lat.],
residuum,
sprue,
fecula [Lat.],
clinker,
draff†;
scurf,
scurfiness†;
exuviae [Lat.],
morphea;
fur,
furfur†;
dandruff,
tartar.
riffraff;
vermin,
louse,
flea,
bug,
chinch†.
mud,
mire,
quagmire,
alluvium,
silt,
sludge,
slime,
slush,
slosh,
sposh [U.S.].
spawn,
offal,
gurry [U.S.];
lientery†;
garbage,
carrion;
excreta
etc.
299;
slough,
peccant humor,
pus,
matter,
suppuration,
lienteria†;
faeces,
feces,
excrement,
ordure,
dung,
crap [Vulg.],
shit [Vulg.];
sewage,
sewerage;
muck;
coprolite;
guano,
manure,
compost.
dunghill,
colluvies†,
mixen†,
midden,
bog,
laystall†,
sink,
privy,
jakes;
toilet,
john,
head;
cess†,
cesspool;
sump,
sough,
cloaca,
latrines,
drain,
sewer,
common sewer;
Cloacina;
dust hole.
sty,
pigsty,
lair,
den,
Augean stable†,
sink of corruption;
slum,
rookery.
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Dutch: etter, pus
Polish: ropa
Moby thesaurus: carrion, chyle, colostrum, corruption, dandruff, decay, discharge, excrement, festering, filth, foul matter, furfur, gangrene, gleet, humor, ichor, lachryma, lactation, leukorrhea, lymph, matter, mattering, mess, milk, muck, mucor, mucus, obscenity, ordure, peccant humor, phlegm, purulence, putrid matter, rankling, rheum, rot, running, saliva, sanies, scurf, scuz, serous fluid, serum, slime, smut, snot, sordes, suppuration, sweat, tear, teardrop, the whites, urine ... show more.
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