Carrion
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

PUS
A fluid product of inflammation

ROT
Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

4 letters

BODY
The external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted"

CLAY
The dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"

DEAD
People who are no longer living; "they buried the dead"

DUST
Remove the dust from; "dust the cabinets"

GONE
Destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese"

LATE
At or toward an end or late period or stage of development; "the late phase of feudalism"; "a later symptom of the disease"; "later medical science could have saved the child"

MESS
A (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax

MUCK
Soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"

SCUM
A film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid

SCUZ

SLOP
Writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental

SMUT
Creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire

SNOT
A person regarded as arrogant and annoying

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ASHES

BILGE
Water accumulated in the bilge of a ship

BONES
A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

DECAY
Fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"

EARTH
A connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)

FILTH
An offensive or indecent word or phrase

MUCUS
Protective secretion of the mucus membranes; in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells; in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium

MUMMY
A body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)

OFFAL
Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans

SCURF
A thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin

SLIME
Cover or stain with slime; "The snake slimed his victim"

SLOPS
Cheap clothing (as formerly issued to sailors in Britain)

STIFF
The dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"

STILL
(poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night"

SWILL
Wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk

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ASLEEP
In a state of sleep; "were all asleep when the phone rang"; "fell asleep at the wheel"

ATREST
Dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend"

CARIES
Soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth

CORPSE
The dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"

DRYROT
A crumbling and drying of timber or bulbs or potatoes or fruit caused by a fungus

FALLEN
Having fallen in or collapsed; "a fallen building"

FURFUR

NOMORE
Not now; "she is no more"

ORDURE
Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels

REFUSE
Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

RELICS

SEWAGE
Waste matter carried away in sewers or drains

SLOUGH
Any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)

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CADAVER
The dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"

CARCASE
The dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food

CARCASS
The dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food

CARRION
The dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food

DEADMAN

DEFUNCT
No longer in force or use; inactive; "a defunct law"; "a defunct organization"

DEMISED

DONEFOR
Destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese"

GARBAGE
A worthless message

REMAINS
The dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"

SAINTED
Marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint; "angelic beneficence"; "a beatific smile"; "a saintly concern for his fellow men"; "my sainted mother"

THEDEAD

8 letters

CROWBAIT
An emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows

SKELETON
The hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal

SEWERAGE
Waste matter carried away in sewers or drains

RIFFRAFF
Disparaging terms for the common people

REPOSING

RELEASED

RANKNESS
The property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness"

NECROSIS
The localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)

MARTYRED

SLEEPING
Quiet and inactive restfulness

LIFELESS
Lacking animation or excitement or activity; "the party being dead we left early"; "it was a lifeless party until she arrived"

FOULNESS
(of weather) the badness of the weather; "they were wearied with the foulness of the weather"

FINISHED
(of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected; "a dazzling and finished piece of writing"; "a finished violinist"

DRYBONES

DEPARTED
Someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done"

DECEDENT
Someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done"

DECEASED
Someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done"

DEADBODY
A natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; "they found the body in the lake"

DANDRUFF
A condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp

GANGRENE
The localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)

SPOILAGE
The act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"

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DISHWATER
Water in which dishes and cooking utensils are washed

EXCREMENT
Waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body

INANIMATE
Not endowed with life; "the inorganic world is inanimate"; "inanimate objects"

OBSCENITY
The trait of behaving in an obscene manner

PUTRIDITY
The state of being putrid

RANCIDITY
The state of being rancid; having a rancid scent or flavor (as of old cooking oil)

RELIQUIAE

SPHACELUS
The localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)

STILLBORN
(of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn; "a stillborn baby"

10 letters

BILGEWATER
Pretentious or silly talk or writing

BREATHLESS
Not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty; "breathless at thought of what I had done"; "breathless from running"; "followed the match with breathless interest"

CORRUPTION
Inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony); "he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering"

DEADPERSON
Someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done"

DITCHWATER

FOULMATTER

PUTRIDNESS
In a state of progressive putrefaction

RANCIDNESS
The property of being rancid

ROTTENNESS
The quality of rotting and becoming putrid

THEDEFUNCT

TOOTHDECAY
Soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth

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PUTRESCENCE
The quality of rotting and becoming putrid

THEDECEASED

THEDEPARTED

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