Thesaurus / residuum
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synonyms for residuum
- rest
- butt
- carry-over
- detritus
- dregs
- excess
- fragment
- garbage
- hangover
- heel
- junk
- leavings
- leftover
- obverse
- oddment
- overplus
- refuse
- relic
- remains
- remnant
- ruins
- salvage
- scrap
- stump
- surplus
- trace
- vestige
- waste
- wreck
- wreckage
- bottom of the barrel
- odds and ends
- bit
- fragment
- particle
- piece
- remains
- residue
- shred
- vestige
- balance
- dregs
- dross
- end
- excess
- hangover
- heel
- leavings
- lees
- leftovers
- part
- portion
- remainder
- residual
- rest
- rump
- scrap
- strip
- surplus
- survival
- end piece
- odds and ends
- orts
- debris
- silt
- slag
- balance
- dregs
- dross
- excess
- extra
- garbage
- heel
- junk
- leavings
- leftovers
- parings
- remainder
- remains
- remnant
- residual
- rest
- scourings
- scraps
- scum
- sewage
- shavings
- surplus
- trash
- orts
- debris
- powder
- silt
- trash
- waste
- deposit
- dregs
- dross
- gook
- grounds
- gunk
- lees
- matter
- precipitate
- precipitation
- settling
- slag
- solids
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How to use residuum in a sentence
In either case the blue colour of reddened litmus is permanently restored by the residuum.
COOLEY'S CYCLOPDIA OF PRACTICAL RECEIPTS AND COLLATERAL INFORMATION IN THE ARTS, MANUFACTURES, PROFESSIONS, AND TRADES..., SIXTH EDITION, VOLUME IARNOLD COOLEY"In poculi fundo residuum non relinque, admonisheth Pythagoras," said he, returning the empty cup to the sexton.
ROOKWOODWILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTHCustom and the folkways, like habit in the individual, may be regarded as a mere residuum of past practices.
INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENCE OF SOCIOLOGYROBERT E. PARKAfter agitation in water it loses this property, and the residuum is merely inflammable air, with no great diminution of its bulk.
HEADS OF LECTURES ON A COURSE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY: PARTICULARLY INCLUDING CHEMISTRYJOSEPH PRIESTLEYIt burns with smoke and soot, and leaves a residuum of a coaly substance.
HEADS OF LECTURES ON A COURSE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY: PARTICULARLY INCLUDING CHEMISTRYJOSEPH PRIESTLEYThe residuum consists of a violet-coloured powder, which, by sublimation, is converted into cinnabar.
HEADS OF LECTURES ON A COURSE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY: PARTICULARLY INCLUDING CHEMISTRYJOSEPH PRIESTLEYThe residuum consists of revived mercury, with some regulus and calx of antimony.
HEADS OF LECTURES ON A COURSE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY: PARTICULARLY INCLUDING CHEMISTRYJOSEPH PRIESTLEYThe bread thus retains its sweetness—no waste of its saccharine matter, and no residuum except muriate of soda or common salt.
VEGETABLE DIET: AS SANCTIONED BY MEDICAL MEN, AND BY EXPERIENCE IN ALL AGESWILLIAM ANDRUS ALCOTTThis is the reason why soups are deemed bad for weak stomachs; as this residuum is more difficult of digestion than ordinary food.
A TREATISE ON DOMESTIC ECONOMYCATHERINE ESTHER BEECHERThe vast majority of our acts, he argues, are determined, but there remains a residuum of free choices.
DAMN!HENRY LOUIS MENCKENWORDS RELATED TO RESIDUUM
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