lut- (Latin: mud; clay; dirt; filth; mire).Latin 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. lutaceous:
1. Pertaining to, made of, or formed from mud.
2. Formed from or having the fine texture of mud. lutarious:
A reference to, living in, or looking like mud.
lute:
1. A substance, especially a cement of clay or the like, for packing a joint, coating a porous surface, etc., to produce imperviousness to gas or liquid.
2. A packing ring (as of rubber for a fruit jar). luteous:
Like mud or clay.
luter:
One who applies lute (mud, etc.).
luticolous, luticole:
Inhabiting or living in mud.
lutit:
Bedaubed or befouled with mud.
lutose:
Covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
lutulent:
Muddy, filthy, impure; turbid, thick.
pollutant:
Any substance, as certain chemicals or waste products, that renders the air, soil, water, or other natural resource harmful or unsuitable for a specific purpose.
pollute:
1. To make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty; to soil, befoul.
2. To make someone morally or spiritually impure. 3. To violate the sacred nature of a holy place. 4. From an Indo-European base meaning "dirt, to make dirty". polluted:
Made unclean or impure; contaminated; tainted.
pollution:
The introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment.
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