decay.

Modest valuations often mean earnings are expected to decline, and some declines suggest long-term decay.

Single-Digit P/E Ratios 2009

The new nationalism smells of cosmopolitan elitism -- splendid separatist islands, eluding a world in decay.

Boing Boing 2008

The low of rainy days and slow melodies on trombone and falling leaves and gray sky and the earthy, musty smell of summer in decay.

Listening to silence | Her Bad Mother 2006

I believe this will be owned for the true beginning of their decay, if I must allow it to be called a decay.

A Tour through the Eastern Counties of England, 1722 2003

I believe this will be owned for the true beginning of their decay, if I must allow it to be called a decay.

A Tour through the Eastern Counties of England, 1722 2003

Fermi formulated the mathematical theory of neutrino emission in - decay.

Fusion 2000

It requires every few years a coat of paint, and is always associated with the idea of decay.

Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings Lewis Falley Allen 1845

I believe this will be owned for the true beginning of their decay, if I must allow it to be called a decay.

Tour through Eastern Counties of England, 1722 Daniel Defoe 1696

That means that my RSS aggregator gets a steady stream of photos tagged by their uploaders with the word "decay."

Boing Boing: August 22, 2004 - August 28, 2004 Archives 2004

An unsuitable soil occasions another kind of decay.

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. P. L. Simmonds