excrementitious
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The colouring matter usually exists as an intercellular excrementitious substance.
From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)
It then became their custom to take a large dose of epsom salts on Saturday night and spend most of the day on Sunday getting rid of the accumulated excrementitious material of the whole week.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
Sub-soiling is similar to under-draining in continuing the tillering of grasses, and in getting rid of the poisonous excrementitious matter of plants.
From The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by Waring, George E. (George Edwin)
The composition of the manure formed from the excrementitious matter of the cow is very much less constant than is the case in the horse-manure.
From Manures and the principles of manuring by Aikman, Charles Morton
Mention must also be made of serum, and of “those excrementitious humours of the third concoction, sweat and tears.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
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