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dregs(noun, waste, refuse, rest, balance)
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earth(noun, death, human, ash, clod)
9
leftover(noun, reject, waste, slip, piece)
9
trace(noun, drop, touch, sign, waste)
7
odds and ends(noun, expression, idiom, waste, slip)
7
residuum(noun, remainder)
7
vestige(noun, drop, touch, taste, sign)
6
carrion(noun, body, stiff, garbage, flesh)
6
clod(noun, frame, shell, death, earth)
6
detritus(noun, waste, rest, balance, legacy)
6
leftovers(noun, refuse, piece, rest, trace)
6
remnants(noun, refuse, rest, variety, jumble)
6
ruin(noun, wreck, shell, debris, wreckage)
6
ruins(noun, waste, rest, balance, evidence)
6
stays
5
lasts(verb, abides)
5
lingers(verb, abides)
5
mummy(noun, corpse)
5
orts(noun, remainder, reject, waste, slip)
5
remain(noun, verb)
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