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| bedaub |
to cover with daubs or smears, as of paint or mud. |
| bedraggled |
dirty, wet, or limp from having wandered or been dragged through mud and water. [1/2 definitions] |
| clay |
wet earth or ground; mud. [1/3 definitions] |
| daub |
to smear with mud, dirt, or the like. [1/7 definitions] |
| dirt |
any unclean substance such as mud, bits of dirt, dust, or excrement. [1/5 definitions] |
| draggle |
to soil or wet by dragging through mud. [2/3 definitions] |
| duckboard |
boarding placed over a wet floor or mud to provide a dry surface for walking. |
| geyser |
a spring that erupts periodically, spewing up a stream of hot water, steam, or mud. |
| gumbo |
a silty soil that becomes sticky when wet; mud. [1/3 definitions] |
| hut |
a small dwelling or shelter, often made of grass, mud, logs, and the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| jacal |
a hut made of closely set wooden stakes that is plastered with mud and roofed with straw or rushes, found in Mexico and the southwestern United States. |
| mire |
deep, heavy mud or soil. [4/7 definitions] |
| muck |
wet soil or mud with a high organic content. [1/7 definitions] |
| mud dauber |
any of various wasps that build cells of mud for their larvae. |
| muddy |
covered or smeared with, or having abundant, mud. [2/6 definitions] |
| mudfish |
any of various fishes, such as the bowfin, inhabiting mud or muddy water. |
| mudguard |
a shield or flap over the wheel of a vehicle to deflect mud and stones thrown by the wheel's motion. [2 definitions] |
| mud hut |
a simple dwelling made of mud. |
| mudslide |
a flow of mud and debris down a gradual slope. |
| ooze2 |
any particularly soft mud, or an area, such as a marsh, that is soft and muddy. [2 definitions] |
| oozy2 |
of, like, or having soft mud. |
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