What is "undecomposed"

Usage examples of "undecomposed".

The abominable beast that I had slain four, years ago was where I had left it, undecomposed, silent in its pool of noxious ichor.

All clays contain more or less free silica in the form of sand, and usually a small percentage of undecomposed felspar.

In fact, it is probable, that the additional growth of straw and clover would be worth more to the next crop on the guanoed portion, than the undecomposed manure and lime would be in the other.

An excess of the chromate is required to complete the reaction, so that the point at which an indicator shows the presence of undecomposed chromate cannot be satisfactorily taken as the finish.

Fifty feet within a mine, and in the undisturbed rock which forms its roof, the doctor found fragments of dicotyledonous trees with the bark on, undecomposed, uncharred, and fibrous.

It often contains undecomposed carbonate of potassium, which may act as a corrosive poison and cause erosion of the mucous membranes of the lips, mouth, and stomach.

All clays contain more or less free silica in the form of sand, and usually a small percentage of undecomposed felspar.