TAILINGS Synonyms

• harmful to living things

• the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

• loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks

• a small amount of residue

• sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid

• worthless or dangerous material that should be removed

• the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals

• food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

• a worthless message

• a receptacle where waste can be discarded

• the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

• any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails

• dispose of (something useless or old)

• food remaining from a previous meal

• viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans

• food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

• show unwillingness towards

• not accept as true

• elude, especially in a baffling way

• refuse to let have

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse entrance or membership

• any object that is left unused or still extant

• a relic that has been excavated from the soil

• the dead body of a human being

• a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists

• a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

• matter that remains after something has been removed

• something left after other parts have been taken away

• a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

• worthless material that is to be disposed of

• a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used

• the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

• dispose of (something useless or old)

• have a disagreement over something

• make into scrap or refuse

• food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

• matter that has been deposited by some natural process

• deposit as a sediment

• settle as sediment

• the precipitate produced by sewage treatment

• any thick, viscous matter

• a suspension of insoluble particles (as plaster of Paris or lime or clay etc.) usually in water

• any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

• useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

• the trait of wasting resources

• an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

• (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

• located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

• spend thoughtlessly; throw away

• use inefficiently or inappropriately

• dispose of

• run off as waste

• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

• spend extravagantly

• lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

• cause to grow thin or weak

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

• become physically weaker