ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

652. Cleanness -- N. cleanness, cleanliness &c adj.; purity; cleaning &c v.; purification,
defecation &c v.; purgation, lustration † ; detersion † , abstersion † ; epuration † , mundation † ;
ablution, lavation † , colature † ; disinfection &c v.; drainage, sewerage.
lavatory, laundry, washhouse † ; washerwoman, laundress, dhobi † , laundryman,
washerman † ; scavenger, dustman † , sweep; white wings brush [U.S.]; broom, besom † ,
mop, rake, shovel, sieve, riddle, screen, filter; blotter.
napkin, cloth, maukin † , malkin † , handkerchief, towel, sudary † ; doyley † , doily, duster,
sponge, mop, swab.
cover, drugget † .
wash, lotion, detergent, cathartic, purgative; purifier &c v.; disinfectant; aperient † ;
benzene, benzine benzol, benolin † ; bleaching powder, chloride of lime, dentifrice,
deobstruent † , laxative.
V. be clean, render clean &c adj.; clean, cleanse; mundify † , rinse, wring, flush, full, wipe,
mop, sponge, scour, swab, scrub, brush up.
wash, lave, launder, buck; absterge † , deterge † ; decrassify † ; clear, purify; depurate † ,
despumate † , defecate; purge, expurgate, elutriate [Chem], lixiviate † , edulcorate † , clarify,
refine, rack; filter, filtrate; drain, strain.
disinfect, fumigate, ventilate, deodorize; whitewash; castrate, emasculate.
sift, winnow, pick, weed, comb, rake, brush, sweep.
rout out, clear out, sweep out &c; make a clean sweep of.
Adj. clean, cleanly; pure; immaculate; spotless, stainless, taintless; trig; without a stain,
unstained, unspotted, unsoiled, unsullied, untainted, uninfected; sweet, sweet as a nut.
neat, spruce, tidy, trim, gimp, clean as a new penny, like a cat in pattens; cleaned &c
v.; kempt † .
abstergent † , cathartic, cleansing, purifying.
Adv. neatly &c adj.; clean as a whistle.
653. Uncleanness -- N. uncleanness &c adj.; impurity; immundity † , immundicity † ;
impurity &c 961 [of mind]. defilement, contamination &c v.; defoedation † ; soilure † ,
soiliness † ; abomination; leaven; taint, tainture † ; fetor &c 401 [Obs.].
decay; putrescence, putrefaction; corruption; mold, must, mildew, dry rot, mucor,
rubigo † .
slovenry † ; slovenliness &c adj.; squalor.
dowdy, drab, slut, malkin † , slattern, sloven, slammerkin † , slammock † , slummock † ,
scrub, draggle-tail, mudlark † , dust-man, sweep; beast.
dirt, filth, soil, slop; dust, cobweb, flue; smoke, soot, smudge, smut, grit, grime, raff † ;
sossle † , sozzle † .
sordes † , dregs, grounds, lees; argol † ; sediment, settlement heeltap † ; dross, drossiness † ;
mother † , precipitate, scoriae, ashes, cinders.
recrement † , slag; scum, froth.
hogwash; ditchwater † , dishwater, bilgewater † ; rinsings, cheeseparings; sweepings &c
(useless refuse) 645; offscourings † , outscourings † ; off scum; caput mortuum [Lat.],
residuum, sprue, fecula [Lat.], clinker, draff † ; scurf, scurfiness † ; exuviae [Lat.], morphea;
fur, furfur † ; dandruff, tartar.
riffraff; vermin, louse, flea, bug, chinch † .
mud, mire, quagmire, alluvium, silt, sludge, slime, slush, slosh, sposh [U.S.].