| gallium |
a silvery metal chemical element that has thirty-one protons in each nucleus, usu. forms a trivalent ion, and is often used in pure form in high-temperature thermometers because it melts at just above room temperature and remains liquid up to 1983 degrees Celsius. (symbol: Ga) |
| ghee |
the liquid butter that remains after the milk of cows or buffaloes has been boiled, used esp. in India. |
| greening |
any of various types of apple whose skin remains green when the fruit is ripe. |
| holdover |
someone or something that remains from an earlier period, such as a political appointee from a previous administration. [1/2 definitions] |
| limestone |
a sedimentary rock of calcium carbonate formed mostly from animal remains such as shells and used in building and in manufacturing cement, lime, and carbon dioxide. |
| 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. |
| pantheon |
a public building that commemorates, or contains the remains of, a nation's revered dead. [1/4 definitions] |
| Peking man |
a type of early human whose fossil remains were found near Beijing, China. |
| peter out |
to decrease very, very gradually until nothing remains; dwindle to nothing. |
| relic |
the remains of, or an article associated with, a saint or martyr, treated as an object of religious veneration. [1/3 definitions] |
| remainder |
something that remains after other things have been taken away. [1/3 definitions] |
| remains |
unpublished writings left by an author at his death; literary remains. [1/4 definitions] |
| remnant |
a quantity, piece, or part that is left over or remains. [2/4 definitions] |
| residual |
a substance or quantity that remains after a process has been completed. [1/3 definitions] |
| residue |
a substance or quantity that remains after a part has been removed or after a process has been completed. [2 definitions] |
| rest2 |
a piece or part that remains. [1/3 definitions] |
| Rhodesian man |
an extinct primitive man of the late Pleistocene Era, whose skeletal remains, found in southern Africa, are similar to modern man except for a large skull and low, massive brow ridges. |
| roadkill |
the remains of an animal killed by being struck by a car or other vehicle. [1/2 definitions] |
| ruin |
(often plural) the remains of a structure after it has been severely damaged or left to decay. [1/10 definitions] |
| scar |
the mark that remains on living tissue when a wound or burn has healed, or on a stem when a leaf, flower, or fruit has dropped from a plant. [1/5 definitions] |
| screen memory |
in psychoanalysis, a recollection of early childhood that seems significant but actually masks a more profound related memory that remains repressed. |