sludge

Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.

Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.[…]Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.

A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.

A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.

A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a water body.

Ellipsis of sludge metal.

To slump or slouch.

To slop or drip slowly.

An acronym used to help remember the common symptoms of certain affections of a cholinergic toxidrome: salivation, lacrimation, urination, defecation, gastrointestinal upset, emesis.