Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure.
A soft deposit covering large areas of the ocean bottom, composed largely or mainly of the shells or other hard parts of minute organisms, as Foraminifera, Radiolaria, and diatoms. The radiolarian ooze occurring in many places in very deep water is composed mainly of the siliceous skeletons of radiolarians, calcareous matter being dissolved by the lage percentage of carbon dioxide in the water at these depths.
Fine-grained deep-sea sediments of biological origin, composed (in part) of the remains of small marine organisms.
Marine sediment consisting of more than 30% shell fragments of microscopic organisms.
soft deposits of the ocean bottom.
a fine-grained pelagic sediment made up of at least 30% decaying microscopic organisms (foraminifera, diatoms, radiolarians, etc), with the remaining percentage consisting of clay.
an amorphous or mutable creature
A soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water.
a soft mud or slime, especially at the bottom of a pond or river or on the ocean bottom. [AHDOS
In the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, Ooze is a type of creature, or "creature type". This category includes such monsters as slimes, jellies, deadly puddings, and similar mindless, amorphous blobs.