### substance | earth:

Dirt
* Some dirt consists of urine.
* acts like glue, and catches mould spores.
* allows hookworm numbers to build up in the soil.
* can cause a mouse to behave erratically
  - damage ropes in a similar way it damages rugs
  - greatly reduce light output
  - keep animals warm
* causes a desire to bathes
  - cleans
* clinging to equipment holds moisture and promotes corrosion.
* collects on surfaces, reducing the amount of light reflected.
* common problem, especially with herbs harvested from plant roots.
* contains some of the bacteria hardest to kill
  - that are hardest to kill
  - hardest bacteria to kill
* eating, or geophagy, goes back thousands of years.
* four-letter word.
* good insulator for ants and worms
  - soft to firm surface that llamas can lay on regularly
* grinds down carpet fiber the way sandpaper wears down wood, and thus shortens carpet life.
* inhibits light reflection.
* is abrasive by nature and increases the wear on the various motor parts
  - easier to remove after paper has dried
  - harmful to fiber optic connectors
* is located in beds
  - carpets
  - cellars
  - closets
  - corners
  - desks
  - fields
  - fingernails
  - floors
  - forests
  - fraternity houses
  - gardens
  - moons
  - race tracks
  - streets
  - subways
  - trees
  - materials
  - pollution, the inevitable by-product of commerce
* is the giver of life
  - number one cause of premature belt failure
  - remains of what was once soil, or debris that never was soil to begin with
* is the stuff people track in houses
  - that stains clothing and carpets, clogs drains, and silts up water channels
  - where they live
  - words
* keeps equipment and clothing from retaining body heat and resisting moisture.
* kills trout eggs and fills up the lakes that produce hydroelectric power.
* major source of lead because of the high levels found in the soil.
* often clings to the roots when the birds bring it in.
* restricts air flow and increases fuel consumption.
* shortens rope life by causing internal as well as external abrasion.

### substance | earth | dirt:

Alluvial soil
* are present along major rivers.
* carried in the floodwaters add nutrients to the floodplains.
* comprise the terrain of Tibet.
* is dirt
+ Kakadu National Park, Landforms: Protected areas of the Northern Territory :: Ramsar sites :: Australian National Heritage List :: World Heritage Sites in Australia :: National parks in Australia
  * During the wet season, water carried down from the Arnhem Land plateau often overflows from creeks and rivers onto nearby floodplains. Alluvial soils carried in the floodwaters add nutrients to the floodplains. Nutrient-rich soils along with an abundance of water and sunlight make the floodplains an area of prolific plant and animal life. During the dry season the water drains into rivers, creeks and isolated waterholes or billabongs.

Bare dirt
* is either mud or dust.
* surrounding a crop leaves nothing for the pests to eat except the crop.

Bole
* are heavily buttressed, cylindrical, and clear for more than two-thirds of total height
  - pigment
* are straight and cylindrical, sometimes buttressed
  - of fairly good length
  - straight, cylindrical, without buttresses, and clear for long lengths
* come in different colors, including black, yellow and red.
* is and Irish name.