nitrogenous wastes

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Animal wastes (particularly urine) that contain materials high in nitrogen content.

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notes for nitrogenous wastes

Nitrogenous waste can be valuable as fertilizer.

Words nearby nitrogenous wastes

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How to use nitrogenous wastes in a sentence

Moreover, she wastes no time in striking Will where it hurts by using his bribery scandal against him.
In The Good Wife’s Explosive ‘Hitting the Fan,’ That’s Exactly What Happens|Chancellor Agard|October 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Only in recent years have ice walls been used to contain hazardous wastes.
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This is a common mistake, and Diamond wastes little of his very long book trying to support it.
Savaging Primitives: Why Jared Diamond’s ‘The World Until Yesterday’ Is Completely Wrong|Stephen Corry|January 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Department of Homeland Security wastes money, and ABC News is on it.
Tom Coburn Questions Whether We Need to Prepare for the Zombie Apocalypse|David Frum|December 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST

He and his wife, Sophie, are off to tour the frozen wastes of Arctic Canada, and no-one's paying any attention.
Prince Edward's Lonely Trip To Canada|Tom Sykes|September 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The child who has got languages from its governess, therefore, marks time—that is to say, wastes time in these subjects at school.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Deppe gives me the most beautiful music, and never wastes time over things which will be of no use to me afterward.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
Its chemical composition is unknown, but it is nitrogenous, and is believed to be produced by the decomposition of gluten.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
What is true of the nitrogenous matters applies with still greater force to the mineral constituents of the manure.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
When the food is rich in nitrogenous compounds, the value of the manure is considerably increased.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson