#waste_material__wastematerial__waste__waste_matter__wastematter__waste_product__wasteproduct any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"
supertype: material.substance__stuff the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
subtype: impurity__dross__dros worthless material that should be removed; "there were impurities in the water"
subtype: exhaust_fumes__exhaustfume__fumes gases ejected from an engine as waste products
subtype: body_waste__excretion__excrement__excretory_product__excretoryproduct waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
subtype: fecal_matter__fecalmatter__faecal_matter__feces__fece__faeces__BM__stool__ordure__dejection solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
subtype: dog_shit__dogshit__dog_do__dogdo__doggy_do__doggydo__dog_turd__dogturd fecal droppings from a dog
subtype: crap__dirt__shit__shite__turd obscene terms for feces
subtype: droppings__dropping__dung__muck fecal matter of animals
subtype: buffalo_chip__buffalochip__chip__cow_chip__cowchip__cow_dung__cowdung a piece of dried bovine dung
subtype: pigeon_droppings droppings of pigeons
subtype: cow_pie fecal matter of a cow
subtype: meconium thick dark green mucoid material that is the first feces of a newborn child
subtype: melena__melaena abnormally dark tarry feces containing blood (usually from gastrointestinal bleeding)
subtype: fecula excreta (especially of insects)
subtype: wormcast.body_waste cylindrical mass of earth voided by a burrowing earthworm or lugworm
subtype: human_waste the body wastes of human beings
subtype: urine__piss__pee__piddle__weewee liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water"
subtype: vomit__vomitus__puke the matter ejected in vomiting
subtype: guano the excrement of sea birds; used as fertilizer
subtype: sewage__sewerage waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
subtype: effluent__wastewater__sewer_water water mixed with waste matter
subtype: garbage__food_waste__scraps food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
subtype: pollutant waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil
subtype: dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane__ddt an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972
subtype: chlorofluorocarbon__CFC a fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans; "CFCs cause depletion of atmospheric ozone"
subtype: halon a compound in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon have been replaced by bromine and other halogen atoms; very stable; used in fire extinguishers although it is thought to release bromine that depletes the ozone layer
subtype: nitrogen_oxide any of several oxides of nitrogen formed by the action of nitric acid on oxidizable materials; present in car exhausts
subtype: sulfur_dioxide__sulphur_dioxide__sulphurdioxide a toxic gas (SO2) that occurs in the gases from volcanoes; used in many manufacturing processes and present in industrial emissions
subtype: rubbish__trash worthless material that is discarded
subtype: debris__dust__junk__rubble__detritus the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
subtype: litter.rubbish rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)
subtype: toxic_waste__toxicwaste__toxic_industrial_waste poisonous waste materials; can cause injury (especially by chemical means)
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