Preposition: of

• wheat: Left and Center: Loose smut of wheat caused by Ustilago nuda.

Converse of object

• pump: Niall hmm, a ' penetration testing ' firm has worked out a way of pumping smut into every room.

• cover: Covered Smut - Redigo Deter controls covered smut caused by Ustilago hordei ( covered smut is rare in the UK ).

Adjective modifier

• loose: Left and Center: Loose smut of wheat caused by Ustilago nuda.

Modifies a noun

• fungus: Claire Sansford never seems to be able to escape from the smut fungi!

• disease: False smut disease is now affecting individual date palm trees in the north, central and south areas of Qatar.

• campaigner: According to Mediawatch-UK's news snippets, smut campaigners Mediamarch handed at 121,000 signature petition to 10 Downing street yesterday.

Noun used with modifier

• wheat: An economic weapon, wheat smut, designed to attack crops, was also being experimented with.