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Est. 1828
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'detritus'
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Words to Describe detritus

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Things detritus often describes ("detritus ________")

  • limits
  • energy
  • chain
  • distribution
  • based
  • processing
  • eaters
  • substrates
  • dynamics
  • production
  • feeder
  • tanks
  • webs
  • formation
  • mixtures
  • chains
  • gyttja
  • ecosystems
  • tank
  • feeding
  • suspension
  • feeders
  • particles

How detritus often is described ("________ detritus")

  • alluvial
  • nuclear
  • molecular
  • top
  • organic
  • continental
  • grained
  • coarser
  • glacial
  • volcanic
  • particulate
  • granular
  • loose
  • superficial
  • much
  • woody
  • cultural
  • abundant
  • necrotic
  • flat
  • allochthonous
  • franciscan
  • fresh
  • derived
  • angular
  • auriferous
  • terrestrial
  • yellow
  • borne
  • finest
  • inorganic
  • skeletal
  • assorted
  • mechanical
  • biological
  • granitic
  • mangrove
  • usual
  • flint
  • bearing
  • erosional
  • marine
  • finer
  • rafted
  • dry
  • brown
  • mere
  • sandy
  • gravelly
  • vascular
  • calcareous
  • sized
  • cellular
  • epithelial
  • diluvial
  • bottom
  • terrigenous
  • like
  • fine
  • immense
  • clastic
  • coral
  • basaltic
  • rich
  • urban
  • rocky
  • benthic
  • coarse
  • lithic
  • carbonaceous
  • metamorphic
  • other
  • cell
  • human
  • amorphous
  • industrial

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  • oddities
  • glop
  • miscellanea
  • garbage
  • dross
  • onanism
  • gimcrack
  • sediment
  • alluvium
  • nectar
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