New word of the day:

Feculent.

Meaning cloudy or murky. My dictionary tells me it is derived from the same root as "feces," which is not very appealing, considering it was used to apply to what happens when you soak cut-up squash in water as part of a recipe for acorn squash sauteed with garlic (which actually sounds rather good and I may start looking for acorn squash [I know, it's not really the season for it] at the market).

(The original source described the starch that comes off of grated squash when you soak it in water as "feculent." Maybe the person who wrote the recipe didn't like starch, or didn't like squash.)