Reverse Dictionary: DUST

ADJECTIVES
► CABAGGED ► CABAGGLED covered with dust or mud, dirty → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► DUSTISH  somewhat dusty → 1647 obs.
► DUST-TEMPERED mingled or composed of dust → 1628 obs.
► FUFFY fraught with dust, like a fuzzball → 1824 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
► KEDDENED covered with dust or mud → Bk1901 Eng. dial.
► MULLY dusty, powdery → 1570 obs.
► OOSY dusty → 19C Sc.
► PULVERATRICIOUS dust-coloured → 1688
► PULVEREOUS consisting of dust; dusty → 1656 obs.
► PULVEROUS powdery, dusty → 1425
► RUSTY-FUSTY-DUSTY begrimed with dust and filth → 1630

ADVERBS
► ADUST in a dusty condition; affected by dust → 1863

NOUNS
► AMATHOPHOBIA fear of dust → Bk1991
► ANGEL a soft roll of dust that collects on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BED MOTH a soft roll of dust that collects on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BEGGAR’S VELVET dust found under beds and other furniture → 1847
► BIRDIE a soft roll of dust that collects on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BITCH WOOL ► BITCH’S WOOL soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BOOGER soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BUNNY ► BUNNY TAIL a soft roll of dust that collects on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CAT FEATHERS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CAT PAWS balls of dust → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CATS AND KITTENS a roll of dust under furniture, etc.; a dust bunny → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CAT’S TAILS ► CAT TAILS balls of dust → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CHICKEN a soft roll of dust that collects on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1950 Amer. dial.
► COLLEY the woolly dusty fluffy stuff that gathers under furniture and in remote corners of rooms → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► CRUMB a grain of dust → 1387 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► CRUMBLE a particle of dust, etc. → 1577 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► CURD a dust ball → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CURL a soft roll of dust → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CURLICUE a dust ball → 1969 Amer. dial.
► CURLY a dust ball → 1969 Amer. dial.
► CURLY DIRT dust balls → 1953 Amer. dial.
► CUSSYWOP ► CUZZYWOP soft rolls of dust on the floor under beds, etc. → 1967 Amer. dial.
► DEATH BALLS balls of dust under furniture, which were thought to be harbingers of a death in the family → 1979 Amer. dial.
► DUST BUNNY a ball of dust and fluff, of a type often found behind or under furniture → 1952 colloq.
► DUST-DEVIL a whirlwind; a dust storm → 1888
► DUST FEATHERS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DUST KITTEN a roll of dust under furniture, etc.; a dust bunny → 1950 Amer. dial.
► DUST KITTY a roll of dust under furniture, etc.; a dust bunny → 1949 Amer. dial.
► DUST MOUSE a roll of dust on the floor → 1941 Amer. dial.
► DUST PUSSY a roll of dust found under the furniture → 1949 Amer. dial.
► FEATHERS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1965 Amer. dial.
► FLAUS ► FLAWS soft rolls of dust that collect under beds, etc. → 1950 Amer. dial.
► FLOOR MOSS soft rolls of dust that collect under beds. etc. → 1967 Amer. dial.
► FLUG dust or lint that collects in pockets, under beds, etc. → 1934 Amer. dial.
► FUZZY MICE rolls of dust on the floor → 1965 Amer. dial.
► FUZZY-WUZZY a dust ball → 1947 US sl.
► GHOST FEATHERS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GHOST TURD a wad of lint or dust, as found under a bed → 2006 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GNIR ► GNYR  dust; a ball of dust → 1959 Amer. dial.
► GOLLYWOGS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1968 Amer. dial.
► GOOBER FEATHERS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GOOFER-FUZZ rolls of dust that gather under beds, furniture, etc. → 1970 Amer. dial.
► GOOSE FEATHERS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GRANDMOTHER’S CURL soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1968 Amer. dial.
► GRAY KITTENS ► GRAY KITTIES a roll of dust under furniture, etc.; a dust bunny → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GRAY MICE rolls of dust on the floor → 1965 Amer. dial.
► HERHER dust rolls under furniture → 1982 Amer. dial.
► HOUSE MOSS whorls of dust that accumulate under beds, tables, etc. → 1940 Amer. sl.
► KITTEN AND CURLS a roll of dust under furniture, etc.; a dust bunny → 1950 Amer. dial.
► KITTEN FUR a roll of dust under furniture, etc.; a dust bunny → 1950 Amer. dial.
► KITTEN a roll of dust under furniture, etc.; a dust bunny → 1932 Amer. dial.
► KITTIES a roll of dust under furniture, etc.; a dust bunny → 1954 Amer. dial.
► KITTY-FUZZES a roll of dust under furniture, etc.; a dust bunny → 1950 Amer. dial.
► LAMB ► LAMB FUZZ soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1950 Amer. dial.
► LAMB’S TAIL soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1966 Amer. dial.
► LAZY-MAN’S SHEEP soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1950 Amer. dial.
► LAZY RATS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1967 Amer. dial.
► LITTLE PUSSY a roll of dust found under the furniture → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MIDNIGHT FUZZ soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MOOT a soft roll of dust that collects on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MOOZIE a soft roll of dust that collects on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1980 Amer. dial.
► MOSS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1959 Amer. dial.
► MOTH DUST soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1970 Amer. dial.
► MOUSE a roll of dust on the floor → 1941 Amer. dial.
► MOUSE HAIR rolls of dust on the floor → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MOUSIE a roll of dust on the floor → 1965 Amer. dial.
► NANCY a soft roll of dust that collects on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1968 Amer. dial.
► NAP a soft roll of dust that collects on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1966 Amer. dial.
► NEGRO WOOL soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1966 Amer. dial.
► NICKIE a soft roll of dust that collects on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1968 Amer. dial.
► NIFF-NAFF dust under a bed → 1950 Amer. dial.
► OOSE dust, fluff → 19C Sc.
► PISS FUZZ balls or rolls of dust and lint that gather under beds and other furniture → 1967 Amer. dial.
► PITTUM a dust ball → 1980 Amer. dial.
► POSSUM HAIR soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1967 Amer. dial.
► PULVER powder, dust → 1425
► PULVERATION reduction to powder or dust → 1623
► PUSSY a roll of dust found under the furniture → 1932 Amer. dial.
► PUSSYCAT a roll of dust found under the furniture → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PUSSY WILLOW a roll of dust found under the furniture → 1954 Amer. dial.
► REEK dust → 1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCAUM ► SCAWM dust, litter, disturbance → Bk1904 Eng. dial.
► SCHAEFCHEN rolls of dust on the floor → 1950 Amer. dial.
► SCHMOOTZ dust, dirt, grease, or grime → 20C Brit. sl.
► SCHMUTZ dust, dirt, dirty material, grime, grease, filth → 1968 sl.
► SHEEPS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1967 Amer. dial.
► SHEEPWOOL soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1967 Amer. dial.
► SLUT’S FUZZ  a soft roll of dust found under furniture → 1968 Amer. dial.
► SLUT’S WOOL a soft roll of dust found under furniture → 1906 Amer. dial.
► SMOTHER dense or suffocating dust, fog, etc. filling the air → 1697
► SMUDDER ► SMUTTER a cloud of dust raised from sweeping a floor, etc. → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SOLDIERS’ FEATHERS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WHITE MICE rolls of dust on the floor → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WHORE’S WOOL a soft roll of dust, such as is found beneath beds or other pieces of furniture → 1955 Amer. dial.
► WILLIES rolls of dust that gather under beds, furniture, etc. → 1970 Amer. dial.
► WOOLLIES soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WOOLLY BEARS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WOOLLY BOOGERS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 2007 Amer. dial.
► WOOLLY BUGS soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1982 Amer. dial.
► WOOZIES soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture → 1968Amer. dial.

VERBS
► DIGHT to dust, to sweep; to put in order, to tidy, to clean  1678 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MAFT of dust, snow, etc.; to drift → 1876 Eng. dial. obs.
► PULVERIZATE to pulverize; to reduce to powder or dust; to grind, crush, break down → 1598 obs.
► WING OUT to cover a turkey wing with a cloth and use it to dust with → 1959 Amer. dial. obs.