The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SOILING which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1957.
Contaminating crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| SOILING | 100 % | 7 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Contaminating
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- corrupting
 - dirty
 - infectious
 - contaminant
 - contamination
 - impurity
 - infecting
 - infection
 - pollutant
 - polluting
 - contaminations
 - contaminants
 
Crossword Answer definitions
SOILING verb- To make dirty.
 - To become dirty or soiled.
 - To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
 - To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
 - To make invalid, to ruin.
 - To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
 
- To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food.
 
- An act of making dirty.
 
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