Related Words for rot

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putrefaction
/x/x
Noun, Noun
waste
/
Noun, Noun, Verb, Adjective
decompose
xx/
Adjective, Verb
crap
/
Verb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
bull
/
Adjective, Noun, Adjective, Verb
bunk
/
Verb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
decay
x/
Noun
rotten
/x
Adjective, Adverb
fester
/x
Noun
eat away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
wilt
/
Noun
blight
/
Noun
cambium
/xx
Noun
atrophy
/xx
Noun
moldy
/x
Adjective
degeneration
xxx/x
Noun
rust
/
Noun, Verb
sprout
/
Noun
dry rot
//
Phrase, Noun
corroding
x/x
Noun
putrid
/x
Adjective
chlorosis
/xx
Noun
compost heap
/x/
Phrase, Noun
leaf mold
//
Phrase, Noun
wear away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
droop
/
Noun
ripening
/xx
Noun
disrepair
xx/
Noun
ferment
x/
Noun
dampness
/x
Noun
blossom
/x
Noun
deterioration
x/xxxx
Noun
desiccation
xx/x
Noun
sink
/
Noun
weeds
/
Noun
fungus
/x
Noun, Verb
cotyledons
/xxx
Noun
deadwood
/x
Noun
termites
/x
Noun
disgrace
x/
Noun
browning
/x
Noun
yellowing
/xx
Noun
fruiting
/x
Noun
mess
/
Noun
ruination
/x/x
Noun
sloughing
/x
Noun
shrivel
/x
Verb
mouldy
/x
Adjective
wallow
/x
Noun
mealy
/x
Noun
flowering
/xx
Noun
shambles
/x
Noun
mismanagement
x/xx
Noun
root
/
Noun
prune
/
Noun
wither
/x
Verb, Noun, Adverb
wickedness
/xx
Noun
bleeding
/x
Noun
vine
/
Noun
creep
/
Noun
stench
/
Noun, Verb
drying
/x
Noun
infest
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
petioles
/xx
Noun
stalk
/
Noun
overgrowth
/xx
Noun
corpse
/
Noun, Verb
musty
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
decrepit
x/x
Adjective
fusarium
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
clover
/x
Verb
bud
/
Adjective
collar
/x
Verb
shoestring
/x
Verb
charcoal
/x
Adjective
fin
/
Adjective
pod
/
Adjective
scab
/
Noun
guava
/x
Noun
biocontrol
xx/x
Noun
sheath
/
Adjective
fleece
/
Verb
tommy
/x
Adjective
acquired
x/x
Adjective
apple
/x
Noun, Verb
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
blast
/
Noun, Verb
blues
/
Noun
bullet
/x
Noun, Verb
burglar
/x
Noun, Verb
burn
/
Verb, Noun
caliber
/xx
Noun
calibre
/xx
Noun
cancer
/x
Noun, Adjective
cavity
/xx
Noun
cellar
/x
Noun, Verb
corrosion
x/x
Noun
corruption
x/x
Noun
darkness
/x
Noun
degenerate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
destroy
x/
Verb
deteriorate
x/xxx
Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
doth
/
Verb, Noun
downy
/x
Adjective, Noun
earth
/
Noun, Verb
erode
x/
Verb
flame
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
flesh
/
Noun, Verb
foolishness
/xx
Noun
fry
/
Noun, Verb
funk
/
Noun, Verb
gall
/
Noun, Verb
gangrene
/x
Noun, Verb
goo
/
Noun, Verb
grill
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hang
/
Verb, Noun
impair
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
leak
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
melt
/
Verb, Noun
moss
/
Noun, Verb
mould
/
Noun, Verb
muck
/
Noun, Verb
mush
/
Noun, Verb
nonsense
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
old
/
Adjective, Noun
outside
//
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
perish
/x
Verb
pest
/
Noun
powdery
/xx
Adjective
puncture
/x
Noun, Verb
red
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
roast
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
ruin
/x
Noun, Verb
sapwood
xx
Noun
shock
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
sit
/
Verb, Noun
slop
/
Noun, Verb
smell
/
Noun, Verb
sour
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
spoil
/
Verb, Noun
stain
/
Noun, Verb
stink
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
taint
/
Noun, Verb
tree
/
Noun, Verb
wood
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
pidgin
/x
Noun