sootiness
Dark particulate coating
Sootiness is the quality of being covered with or resembling soot—the black powdery residue from incomplete combustion.
The word describes both literal griminess the sootiness of the old chimney and darker coloration in general the sootiness of the bird's plumage.
Unclear dirty mark
- smearSpread or defame
- stainLasting surface discoloration
- filthFoul, accumulated matter
- streakUnbroken series
grime · tarnish · spot · mark · dinginess · griminess · blotch · discoloration
smudge
Unclear dirty mark
streak · grime · tarnish · spot · mark · dinginess · griminess · blotch · discoloration · fingerprint
chimney
Vertical smoke passage
- flueChimney's inner passage
- creosoteCoal-tar distillate for preservation
- ashCombustion's powdery remains
cinder · smoke · carbon · embers · fireplace · hearth · furnace · smolder · char · residue
blackness
Complete absence of light
murky · smoky · dingy · shadowy · coal-black · ashen · gray · smutty · begrimed · tarnished
sootinesscleanliness
Absence of dirt
spotlessness · purity · immaculateness · pristineness · freshness
sootinesswhiteness
State of being pale
brightness · luminosity · shininess · radiance · paleness