Crossword-Solution: HUMUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Humus | n. | That portion of the soil formed by the decomposition of animal or vegetable matter. It is a valuable constituent of soils. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| HUMUS | anagram | MUSHU |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
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Sentences with HUMUS (5)
Not a blade of grass appears; not a grain of humus, save when a sack or two has been imported to make the semblance of a garden; such gardens as bloom in cities on the window-sill.
The land is impoverished by the use of commercial fertilizers, unbalanced by humus.” “Well, I guess You know, Hiram,” admitted Mrs.
And this sort of _humus_, mingling with the mud we brought in from the playing-yard, produced a suffocatingly pestilent muck-heap.
Our familiar English word 'humility' comes down to us from the Latin root _humus_, which means the earth or the ground.
Evidence of the amount of denudation which the land has 209–236 undergone—Sub-aerial denudation—The deposition of dust—Vegetable mould, its dark colour and fine texture largely due to the action of worms—The disintegration of rocks by the humus-acids—Similar acids apparently generated within the bodies of worms—The action of these acids facilitated by the continued movement of the particles of earth—A thick bed of mould checks the disintegration of the underlying soil and rocks.
Quotes with HUMUS (3)
Her concern with landscapes and living creatures was passionate. This concern, feebly called, "the love of nature" seemed to Shevek to be something much broader than love. There are souls, he thought, whose umbilicus has never been cut. They never got weaned from the universe. They do not understand death as an enemy; they look forward to rotting and turning into humus. It was strange to see Takver take a leaf into her hand, or even a rock. She became an extension of it, it of her.
There are souls, he thought, whose umbilicus has never been cut. They never got weaned from the universe. They do not understand death as an enemy; they look forward to rotting and turning into humus.
This concern, feebly called 'love of nature', seemed to Shevek to be something much broader than love. There are souls, he thought, whose umbilicus has never been cut. They never got weaned from the universe. They do not understand death as an enemy; they look forward to rotting and turning into humus.
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Used 34 times in crossword archives (1961–2024).