1. plural of feculent; sediment, dregs, or foul matter that settles at the bottom of a liquid
Usage: formal or technical; often used in scientific or medical contexts
2. plural of feculent; the quality or state of being foul, turbid, or muddy
Usage: archaic or rare

Examples

• The wine was filtered to remove all feculences before bottling.
• The river's feculences made the water unsafe to drink.
• Laboratory analysis revealed feculences in the water sample.
• The feculences settled to the bottom of the barrel over time.
• Distillation helps separate feculences from the pure liquid.