residues
What remains behind
Residues is the plural of residue—what remains after a process removes the rest.
Chemical residues are traces left behind: pesticide residues on produce, drug residues in the bloodstream.
In biochemistry, residues are the individual amino acid units in a protein chain.
The word often implies something unwanted that persists: The scandal left residues of distrust.
Small remaining pieces
- remainsContinues in place
- dregsResidue at bottom
- leavingsWhat's abandoned behind
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
excess · unused · uneaten · discarded · waste · scrapings · remainder · crumbs
Friction ridge impression
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- traceMinute remnant or pursue
- imprintMark from applied pressure
mark · footprint · fibers · samples · detection · analysis · swab · smear
Decayed structural remains
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- vestigesRemaining traces of something
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- shardsBroken fragments of brittle material
rubble · ashes · detritus · foundations · fossils · pottery · middens · traces
Introduction of impurities
- toxinsHarmful biological substances
- effluentDischarged liquid waste
- hazardous wasteDangerous discards threatening health
- emissionsSubstances released into air
particulates · sewage · runoff · leachate · heavy metals · pesticides · sludge · ash
scraps
Small remaining pieces
surplus · excess · unused · uneaten · discarded · waste · scrapings · remainder · crumbs · remnants
fingerprint
Friction ridge impression
imprint · mark · footprint · fibers · samples · detection · analysis · swab · smear · stain
ruins
Decayed structural remains
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- vestigesRemaining traces of something
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
shards · rubble · ashes · detritus · foundations · fossils · pottery · middens · traces · layers
contamination
Introduction of impurities
- toxinsHarmful biological substances
- effluentDischarged liquid waste
- hazardous wasteDangerous discards threatening health
emissions · particulates · sewage · runoff · leachate · heavy metals · pesticides · sludge · ash · fallout
precipitate
Headlong and reckless
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- byproductSecondary outcome of production
- solventDissolving liquid or financially stable
reactant · compound · crystallization · insoluble · solute · concentration · organic · inorganic · alkaline · acidic
- food safetyfood safety, food hygiene, food handling, food poisoning, contamination
- complex analysiscomplex numbers, modulus, complex plane, analytic, singularity
- industrial wasteslag, tailings, sludge, effluent, overburden
- ancient metalworkingsmelting, forging, smithing, casting molds, crucibles
- Food Analysischemical analysis, nutrients, nutrition, food quality, ingredients
- industrial pollutionemissions, air pollution, pollutants, soot, smog
residuesbulk
Main mass or size
essence · extract · distillate · product · yield
residuesabsence
State of not being
void · cleanliness · blank slate · emptiness · nothing
- white residue
- sticky residueClinging material left behind
- oily residueSlippery lipid coating
- burnt residueScorched material left behind
- residual limbExtremity portion remaining post-amputation
- tape residueSticky film left behind