| ash1 |
the soft residue that remains after combustion. [1/3 definitions] |
| blackdamp |
a suffocating gas composed of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, found as a residue of fires and explosions of combustible gases in mines; chokedamp. |
| boneblack |
the carbonized residue of heat-treated bones, used as a blacking pigment or decoloring agent. |
| buttermilk |
a sour liquid residue of butter-making, used as a drink or in cooking. [1/2 definitions] |
| carbon-date |
to determine the approximate age of (materials containing carbon, such as fossils) according to the residue of carbon 14 that is present. |
| carry-over |
that which is carried over or retained; residue; remainder. [1/2 definitions] |
| coke |
a residue consisting primarily of carbon that is left after coal has been heated in the absence of air, used as an industrial fuel and reducing agent. [1/2 definitions] |
| dottle |
the residue of partially burnt tobacco or ash left in a pipe bowl after smoking. |
| dregs |
a solid or murky residue that sinks to the bottom of some beverages, such as wine and coffee. [1/2 definitions] |
| grappa |
an Italian brandy distilled from the pulpy residue of grapes that have been pressed to make wine. |
| greaves |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) the remaining residue when animal fat is melted down for tallow or the like; cracklings. |
| leavings |
leftovers; remnants; residue. |
| marc |
the residue of a plant or other substance from which a drug or essence has been extracted. [1/3 definitions] |
| no-till farming |
a method of farming that prepares the soil for planting without plowing or otherwise breaking into and turning over the soil forcefully with machinery. In no-till farming, residue of the previous crop remains on top of the soil, and the soil is cut into only slightly for seeding. |
| pipe cleaner |
a short length of wire, twisted to secure small tufts of yarn along its length, that is used to clean tobacco residue from the stems of pipes. |
| residual |
remaining behind as a residue; left over. [1/3 definitions] |
| residuary |
of or having the nature of a residue or remainder; residual. [2 definitions] |
| residuum |
the remainder of something after a part is removed; residue. [2 definitions] |
| rosin |
a translucent, yellow-brown, brittle residue of the distillation of turpentine from pine sap, used as a friction-increasing agent, as on the bows of certain stringed instruments, and in manufacturing varnish, inks, and soap. [1/3 definitions] |
| slag |
the fused residue of ore from which the metal has been separated by smelting. [1/3 definitions] |