| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| dirtiest | Causing a person or environment to become unclean |
| mesmeric | Causing a person to become completely transfixed and unaware of anything else around them |
| miserable | (of a situation or environment) Causing someone to feel wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable |
| noninfectious | (of a disease or disease-causing organism) Not liable to be transmitted through the environment |
| infectious | (of a disease or disease-causing organism) Likely to be transmitted to people, organisms, etc., through the environment |
| lenitions | The process or result of weakened articulation of a consonant, causing the consonant to become voiced, spirantized, or lost |
