loam 
(lōm)
(lōm)n.
1. Soil composed of a mixture of sand, clay, silt, and organic matter.
2. A mixture of moist clay and sand, and often straw, used especially in making bricks and foundry molds.
tr.v. loamed, loam·ing, loams
To fill, cover, or coat with loam.
[Middle English lam, lom, clay, from Old English lām; see lei- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
loamy adj.
- Indo-European root: yewes-
- Indo-European root: yewo-
- Indo-European root: yu-
- Indo-European root: yē-
- Indo-European root: yēr-
- Indo-European root: yē̆kwr̥
- Indo-European root: āter-
- Indo-European root: ōku-
- Indo-European root: ōs-
- Indo-Germanic
- Indo-Hittite
- Indo-Iranian
- indole
- indoleacetic acid
- indoleamine
- indolebutyric acid
- indolence
- indolent
- indolently
- Indomalayan
- indometacin
- indomethacin
- indomitability
- indomitable
- indomitableness