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Main Yard :: Main yard () The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast..

Scallion :: Scallion (n.) Any onion which does not bottom out, but remains with a thick stem like a leek..

Mastodon :: Mastodon (n.) An extinct genus of mammals closely allied to the elephant, but having less complex molar teeth, and often a pair of lower, as well as upper, tusks, which are incisor teeth. The species were mostly larger than elephants, and their romains occur in nearly all parts of the world in deposits ranging from Miocene to late Quaternary time..

Residue :: 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..

Ornitholite :: Ornitholite (n.) The fossil remains of a bird.

Fusee :: Fusee (n.) The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel which contains the spring wind in a spiral groove on the surface of the cone in such a manner that the diameter of the cone at the point where the chain acts may correspond with the degree of tension of the spring..

Paleolithic :: Paleolithic (a.) Of or pertaining to an era marked by early stone implements. The Paleolithic era (as proposed by Lubbock) includes the earlier half of the Stone Age; the remains belonging to it are for the most part of extinct animals, with relics of human beings..

Paleontology :: Paleontology (n.) The science which treats of the ancient life of the earth, or of fossils which are the remains of such life..

Leger :: Leger (n.) Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place..

Tore :: Tore (n.) The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.

Keeper :: Keeper (n.) One who remains or keeps in a place or position.

Sow :: Sow (n.) The bar of metal which remains in such a runner.

Agnus Dei :: Agnus Dei () A cake of wax stamped with such a figure. It is made from the remains of the paschal candles and blessed by the Pope.

Stub :: Stub (n.) The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub..

Ruin :: Ruin (n.) That which is fallen down and become worthless from injury or decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the plural, the remains of a destroyed, dilapidated, or desolate house, fortress, city, or the like..

Knot :: Knot (n.) A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth.

Dinichthys :: Dinichthys (n.) A genus of large extinct Devonian ganoid fishes. In some parts of Ohio remains of the Dinichthys are abundant, indicating animals twenty feet in length..

Overplus :: Overplus (n.) That which remains after a supply, or beyond a quantity proposed; surplus..

Fossil :: Fossil (n.) The remains of an animal or plant found in stratified rocks. Most fossils belong to extinct species, but many of the later ones belong to species still living..

Dust :: Dust (n.) The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.

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