effluent

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: ef=fluent

CIDE DICTIONARY

effluent, a. [L. effluens, -entis, p. pr. of effluere to flow out; ex + fluere to flow: cf. F. effluent. See Fluent.].

 Flowing out; as, effluent beams.  Parnell.  [1913 Webster]

effluent, n. 

 A stream that flows out of another stream or lake.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

effluent, adj. & n.
--adj. flowing forth or out.
--n.
1 sewage or industrial waste discharged into a river, the sea, etc.
2 a stream or lake flowing from a larger body of water.

THESAURUS

effluent

affluent, bayou, billabong, branch, confluent, confluent stream, dejecta, dejection, dejecture, dendritic drainage pattern, discharge, effused, effusive, egesta, ejecta, ejectamenta, ejection, excrement, excreta, excretes, extravasate, extravasated, extravasation, exudate, exudation, feeder, fork, outbound, outflowing, outgoing, outpouring, outward-bound, prong, transudate, transudation, tributary, waste, waste matter