Thesaurus / impure
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If it had not been for the high, dome-shaped roof, the air would have grown heavy and impure.
ALILA, OUR LITTLE PHILIPPINE COUSINMARY HAZELTON WADENo, he will doubtless go to some friend who he thinks will tell him, and thus get his young mind tainted with impure thoughts.
THE VALUE OF A PRAYING MOTHERISABEL C. BYRUMAstonishment and curiosity calmed for a moment the impure ardor of the Crusaders.
THE PILGRIM'S SHELL OR FERGAN THE QUARRYMANEUGNE SUEIt gave a bluish-black color with impure ferrous sulphate and a dark color with ferric chloride.
SOME CONSTITUENTS OF THE POISON IVY PLANT: (RHUS TOXICODENDRON)WILLIAM ANDERSON SYMEAll appeared to be impure gallic acid which had become brown by absorption of oxygen.
SOME CONSTITUENTS OF THE POISON IVY PLANT: (RHUS TOXICODENDRON)WILLIAM ANDERSON SYMEAstonished at such a declaration, this worthy sufferer ably rejoined, "that his words were as impure, as they were profane."
FOX'S BOOK OF MARTYRSJOHN FOXELet it not be polluted with anything dead or impure, that your victuals, boiled in pure water, may be healthy.
ARCHAIC ENGLANDHAROLD BAYLEYAll we can tell is, that the colour does not suffer from impure air.
FIELD'S CHROMATOGRAPHYGEORGE FIELDThey are so small that several million are often found in a single drop of impure water or sour milk.
A CIVIC BIOLOGYGEORGE WILLIAM HUNTERThis is a compound, of which sweet spirit of nitre is an impure alcoholic solution.
COOLEY'S CYCLOPDIA OF PRACTICAL RECEIPTS AND COLLATERAL INFORMATION IN THE ARTS, MANUFACTURES, PROFESSIONS, AND TRADES..., SIXTH EDITION, VOLUME IARNOLD COOLEYWORDS RELATED TO IMPURE
- amateurish
- callow
- coarse
- green
- harsh
- homemade
- homespun
- immature
- impure
- in the rough
- inexpert
- makeshift
- outline
- prentice
- primitive
- raw
- rough
- rough-hewn
- rude
- rudimentary
- rustic
- simple
- sketchy
- thick
- undeveloped
- unfinished
- unformed
- ungraded
- unmatured
- unmilled
- unpolished
- unprepared
- unprocessed
- unproficient
- unsorted
- untaught
- untrained
- unworked
- unwrought
- amateurish
- callow
- coarse
- green
- harsh
- homemade
- homespun
- immature
- impure
- in the rough
- inexpert
- makeshift
- outline
- prentice
- primitive
- raw
- rough
- rough-hewn
- rude
- rudimentary
- rustic
- simple
- sketchy
- thick
- undeveloped
- unfinished
- unformed
- ungraded
- unmatured
- unmilled
- unpolished
- unprepared
- unprocessed
- unproficient
- unsorted
- untaught
- untrained
- unworked
- unwrought
- abhorrent
- abominable
- base
- contaminated
- despicable
- detestable
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- egregious
- fetid
- filthy
- gross
- hateful
- heinous
- horrid
- icky
- impure
- infamous
- iniquitous
- loathsome
- malodorous
- mucky
- nasty
- nauseating
- nefarious
- noisome
- notorious
- offensive
- polluted
- putrid
- rank
- raunchy
- repellent
- repulsive
- revolting
- rotten
- scandalous
- shameful
- squalid
- stinking
- sullied
- tainted
- unclean
- vicious
- vile
- wicked
- yecchy
- yucky
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