excrementitious
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- excrementally adverb
- excrementitiously adverb
Etymology
Origin of excrementitious
Example Sentences
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Plumbing Fixtures The receptacles or fixtures within the house for receiving the waste and excrementitious matter and carrying it off through the pipes to the sewer are very important parts of house plumbing.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm
The excrementitious portion of the food also returns to the soil.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
The composition of the manure formed from the excrementitious matter of the cow is very much less constant than is the case in the horse-manure.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Aikman, Charles Morton
Peristalsis has, therefore, to overcome the sluggish movement of the excrementitious material, which usually does not contain as much liquid as would make its movement easy and normal.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
In connection with this, it must be remembered that during the night the soil emits excrementitious vapors which are taken into the animal system by the process of respiration.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
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