Object

• vegetation: Slowly decaying vegetation gradually builds up a series of layers in the open water, eventually forming solid ground.

• stump: Often the nest is built over a decaying tree stump which, along with other decaying organic matter, provides heat.

• corpse: There had been a resurrection - a recreation - not a mere resuscitation of an old decaying corpse.

• tooth: This may be due to poor tooth brushing or decayed teeth.

Preposition: into

• dentine: Table 4 Skewed distribution of decay ( decay defined as decay into dentine ).

Adjective modifier

• radioactive: The rate of radioactive decay is an example of 1st order kinetics.

• dentinal: All categories of dentinal decay ( C1, C2, C3 and C4 ) are included in this measure.

• exponential: Second, we use of the word " decreasing " for exponential decay.

• dental: Here are six facts: More people lose teeth due to gum disease than to dental decay.

• unrestorable: Table G2 gives the breakdown, by Health Board, for surfaces affected by unrestorable decay, total dentinal decay and fillings.

• untreated: More than half of all five year olds in the area have untreated dental decay.

Modifies a noun

• exponent: Figure 4 shows the effect of smoothing using quadratic generalization with a kernel of 1.25km and distance decay exponent of -1.0.

Noun used with modifier

• tooth: Plain water doesn't cause tooth decay or erosion.

• tau: The tau decays and quark hadronization are performed, respectively, with the help of the dedicated packages TAUOLA and JETSET.

• radon: The attraction of radon decay products to sources of power frequency electric fields has been demonstrated by Henshaw et al ( 1996 ).

• alpha: Also provided is an animated glossary of nuclear terms ranging from alpha decay to X-rays, many with clickable links to animated diagrams.

• timber: Dealing with timber decay in a Grade 1 listed building will be a somewhat different proposition from a modern town house.

• proton: If the proton had a mean life of years, how many proton decays would there be per day in the detector?

Preposition: of

• uranium: Radon gas concentrations, formed from the progressive decay of uranium 238, may be high enough to pose a serious health hazard.

• isotope: Similarly, the decay of radioactive isotopes could not provide the necessary heat, says Binzel: " It's a wonderful mystery.