Clay

noun

1. United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1898-1978)
2. a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
3. United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
4. water soaked soil; soft wet earth
5. the dead body of a human being"the cadaver was intended for dissection"