Related Words for detritus

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dust
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Noun, Noun
rubble
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Noun, Noun
debris
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Noun, Noun
junk
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Noun, Noun
flotsam
/x
Noun
muck
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Noun
remnants
/x
Noun
trash
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Noun
accumulates
x/xx
Verb
excreta
x/x
Noun
dross
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Noun
dregs
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Noun
jumble
/x
Noun
garbage
/x
Noun
piles
/
Noun
undigested
xx/x
Adjective
wreckage
/x
Noun
discarded
x/x
Verb
rubbish
/x
Noun
midden
/x
Noun
droppings
/x
Noun
sediments
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Noun
ephemera
x/xx
Noun
crud
/
Noun
filth
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Noun
morass
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Noun
uneaten
x/x
Adjective
clutter
/x
Noun
miscellany
/xxx
Noun
strewn
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Adjective
crap
/
Noun
accumulations
xxx/x
Noun
assemblages
x/xx
Noun
morsels
/x
Noun
soot
/
Noun
windblown
//
Adjective
wasteland
/x
Noun
desiccated
/xxx
Adjective
unwashed
x/
Noun
silts
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Noun
grime
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Noun
driftwood
/x
Noun
contaminants
x/xx
Noun
heap
/
Noun
carcasses
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Noun
fragments
/x
Noun
dirt
/
Noun
invertebrates
x/xx
Noun
decaying
x/x
Verb
assorted
x/x
Adjective
wastes
/
Noun
murk
/
Noun
mire
/
Noun
miscellaneous
xx/xx
Name
undergrowth
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Noun
scrapings
/x
Noun
byproducts
/xx
Noun
scattered
/x
Adjective
spillage
/x
Noun
mounds
/
Noun
scavenged
/x
Verb
corpses
/x
Noun
dispersal
x/x
Noun
abrasive
x/x
Noun
ejecta
x/x
Noun
clastic
/x
Noun, Adjective
rock
/
Noun
lithic
/x
Noun
cinders
/x
Noun
brash
/
Noun
volcanic ash
x/x/
Phrase, Noun
earth
/
Noun
sedimentary rock
xx/xx/
Phrase, Noun
shard
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Noun
chert
/
Noun
sand
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Noun
melt
/
Noun
crystal
/x
Noun
stone
/
Noun
grit
/
Noun
breccia
/x
Noun
tephra
/x
Noun
lithology
x/xx
Noun
mudstone
/x
Noun
conglomerate
x/xx
Noun
slate
/
Noun
pebbles
/x
Noun
pyroclastic
/x/x
Noun
agglomerate
x/xx
Noun
gravels
/x
Noun
trap
/
Noun
tripoli
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Name
unit
/x
Noun
granule
/x
Noun
eruptive
x/x
Adjective
mush
/
Noun
andesite
/xx
Noun
plankton
/x
Noun
diatoms
/xx
Noun
phytoplankton
xx/x
Noun
particulate
x/xx
Adjective
algae
/x
Noun
chipping
/x
Verb
zooplankton
x//x
Noun
feeders
/x
Noun
littered
/x
Verb
feeds
/
Verb
granitic
x/x
Adjective
mangrove
/x
Adjective
decomposing
xx/x
Verb
carbonaceous
/x/x
Adjective
coarser
/x
Adjective
woody
/x
Adjective
volcanic
x/x
Adjective
organic
x/x
Adjective
alluvial
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
alluvium
x/xx
Noun
antigen
/xx
Noun
ash
/
Noun, Verb
benthic
/x
Adjective, Noun
condensate
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
deposits
x/x
Noun
estuarine
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Adjective
food
/
Noun
humus
/x
Noun
leftover
/xx
Noun, Adjective
macromolecular
xxx/xx
Adjective
monodisperse
/xx/
Adjective, Verb
muds
/
Noun
nectar
/x
Noun, Verb
oligosaccharide
xxx/xx
Noun
peptide
/x
Noun
piece
/
Noun, Verb
pollutant
x/x
Noun
polymer
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Noun
polysaccharide
xx/xx
Noun
refuse
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
scrap
/
Noun, Verb
sewage
/x
Noun
sludge
/
Noun, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
grape
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
collocation
xx/x
Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
dialect
/xx
Noun
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
aisle
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Noun
headlines
/x
Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb