lut-
(Latin: mud; clay; dirt; filth; mire)
enlute,(verb), enlutes; enluted; enluting
Outdated, to coat with clay; to lute: Mary enluted or covered the earthenware vase with clay in order to seal the tiny cracks.
Latin lut- forms
1. luteus, lutea, lutum: of mud or clay; dirty, covered with dirt.
2. luto, lutare: to smear with mud or dirt.
3. lutulentus, lutulenta, lutulentum: muddy, dirty; morally filthy, dirty.
4. lutum, luti: mud, mire, dirt; scum.
2. luto, lutare: to smear with mud or dirt.
3. lutulentus, lutulenta, lutulentum: muddy, dirty; morally filthy, dirty.
4. lutum, luti: mud, mire, dirt; scum.
lutaceous (adjective), more lutaceous, most lutaceous
Pertaining to, made of, or formed from mud: The children used some fine-grained clay or mud to form some lutaceous bowls for their game in the garden.
lutarious (adjective), more lutarious, most lutarious
A reference to the fact of living in mud; like mud; pertaining to the color of mud: Some animals like dwelling in lutarious habitats, like worms, insects, and crustaceans.
1. A substance, especially a cement of clay or the like, used to close up a hole: Sam read that lute could be used for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to produce imperviousness to gas or liquid.
Lute is a soft, earthy packing mixture used for closing or sealing apertures, joints, or porous surfaces in order to make them resistant to liquids or gases.
2. A packing ring, as of rubber: A lute was necessary to seal the fruit jar.
lute (verb), lutes; luted; luting
To cover or to seal something: Jane luted the cracks and the porous surface in the plate
luteous (adjective)
Like mud or clay.
One who applies lute (mud, etc.).
luticole (verb), luticoles; luticoled; luticoling: mud
Inhabiting or living in mud.
luticolous (adjective), more luticolous, most luticolous
Relating to the existence and survival of organisms in mud.
lutit (adjective)
A reference to being dedaubed or befouled with mud.
Any fine-grained, consolidated sedimentary rock derived from or composed of mud and its associated materials.
lutose (adjective)
1. Covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
2. Covered with mud or clay.
2. Covered with mud or clay.
lutulent (adjective)
Muddy, filthy, impure; turbid, thick.
Any substance; such as, certain chemicals or waste products, that makes the air, soil, water, or other natural resources harmful or unsuitable to use: "More people are becoming more aware of how pollutants are harming their lives."
Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "land, ground, fields, soil, dirt, mud, clay, earth (world)": agra-; agrest-; agri-; agro-; argill-; choro-; chthon-; epeiro-; geo-; glob-; myso-; pedo-; pel-; rhyp-; soil-; sord-; terr-.
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