Effluent

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
effluent
    adj 1: that is flowing outward [syn: {effluent}, {outflowing}]
    n 1: water mixed with waste matter [syn: {effluent},
         {wastewater}, {sewer water}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Effluent \Ef"flu*ent\, a. [L. effluens, -entis, p. pr. of
   effluere to flow out; ex + fluere to flow: cf. F. effluent.
   See {Fluent}.]
   Flowing out; as, effluent beams. --Parnell.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Effluent \Ef"flu*ent\, n. (Geog.)
   A stream that flows out of another stream or lake.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "effluent":
      affluent, bayou, billabong, branch, confluent, confluent stream,
      dejecta, dejection, dejecture, dendritic drainage pattern,
      discharge, effused, effusive, egesta, ejecta, ejectamenta,
      ejection, excrement, excreta, excretes, extravasate, extravasated,
      extravasation, exudate, exudation, feeder, fork, outbound,
      outflowing, outgoing, outpouring, outward-bound, prong, transudate,
      transudation, tributary, waste, waste matter
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