Crossword-Solution: RESIDUE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Residue | n. | That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder. |
| Residue | n. | That part of a testeator's estate wwhich is not disposed of in his will by particular and special legacies and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and legacies. |
| Residue | n. | That which remains of a molecule after the removal of a portion of its constituents; hence, an atom or group regarded as a portion of a molecule; -- used as nearly equivalent to radical, but in a more general sense. |
| Residue | n. | Any positive or negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a given modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given number, the numbers -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are residues. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETAER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with RESIDUE (5)
However, this operation left a fine residue that accelerated the accumulation of cruft, so the dousings became more and more frequent.
And whichever of these qualities we find in the State, the one which is not found will be the residue? Very good.
Edward was not entirely without hopes of some favourable change in his mother towards him; and on _that_ he rested for the residue of their income.
After standing a few moments, the mixture may be passed through bibulous paper, and the residue perfectly dried for use.
The age for Hymen's rites, Lucina's pangs, Ere ten years ended, after four begins; Their residue of days nor apt to teem, Nor strong for ploughing.
Quotes with RESIDUE (3)
In a way, the world−view of the Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it. They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening. By lack of understanding they remained sane. They simply swallowed everything, and what they swallowed did them no harm, because it left n…
One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one willl only in time come to hate. In this there is also a residue of belief that during the move the master will chance to come along the corridor, look at the prisoner and say: "This man is not to be locked up again, He is to come with me.
Modern man is drinking and drugging himself out of awarness, or he spends his time shopping, which is the same thing. As awarness calls for types of heroic dedication that his culture no longer provides for him, society contrives to help him forget. In the mysterious way in which life is given to us in evolution on this planet, it pushes in the direction of its own expansion. We don’t understand it simply because we don’t know the purpose of creation; we only feel life strain…
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Appears in: Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, S&S, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 51 times in crossword archives (1954–2024).