smutting
Blackening with soot
Smutting is the process of becoming affected by smut—either the sooty fungal disease that blackens grain crops, or the accumulation of soot and grime on surfaces.
Farmers watch for smutting in wheat fields, while industrial settings may see smutting on equipment exposed to particulate matter.
The word also appears in metalworking, where smutting describes unwanted dark residue forming on metal surfaces during chemical treatment.
Carbon from incomplete burning
- ashCombustion's powdery remains
- grimeIngrained surface dirt
- filthFoul, accumulated matter
- dirtLoose dry earth
smudge · blackening · streaking · residue · coal dust · chimney · carbon · charring
Sexually explicit arousing material
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
- vulgarityOffensive coarseness in manner
- indecencyOffensive or vulgar behavior
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
ribaldry · bawdiness · crudeness · filth · blue humor · dirty talk · erotica · titillation
Visible impression or sign
- spotMark or location
- blotchIrregular colored mark
- flawImperfection in something
- marSpoil the appearance
defacement · disfigurement · scratch · nick · stain · imperfection · marring · spotting
Plant disease causing decay
- sporesAsexual reproductive bodies
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- infestationPest takeover situation
- buntedHit softly, deliberately
pathogen · ergot · fungicide · crop loss · contamination
soot
Carbon from incomplete burning
dirt · smudge · blackening · streaking · residue · coal dust · chimney · carbon · charring · tarnish
pornography
Sexually explicit arousing material
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
- vulgarityOffensive coarseness in manner
- indecencyOffensive or vulgar behavior
profanity · ribaldry · bawdiness · crudeness · filth · blue humor · dirty talk · erotica · titillation · suggestiveness
mark
Visible impression or sign
mar · defacement · disfigurement · scratch · nick · stain · imperfection · marring · spotting · speckling
blight
Plant disease causing decay
- sporesAsexual reproductive bodies
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- infestationPest takeover situation
bunted · pathogen · ergot · fungicide · crop loss · contamination
smuttingtreating
Dealing with medically
curing · protecting · disease prevention · inoculating · healing
smuttingpurifying
Removing unwanted substances
sanitizing · bowdlerizing · censoring · cleaning up · expurgating