sedimentary

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: sed=i=men=ta=ry

CIDE DICTIONARY

sedimentary, a. [Cf. F. sédimentaire.].

 Of or pertaining to sediment; formed by sediment; containing matter that has subsided.  [1913 Webster]

Sedimentary rocks. (Geol.) See Aqueous rocks, under Aqueous.

ROGET THESAURUS

sedimentary

Remainder

N remainder, residue, remains, remanent, remnant, rest, relic, leavings, heeltap, odds and ends, cheesepairings, candle ends, orts, residuum, dregs, refuse, stubble, result, educt, fag-end, ruins, wreck, skeleton, stump, alluvium, surplus, overplus, excess, balance, complement, superplus, surplusage, superfluity, survival, survivance, remaining, left, left behind left over, residual, residuary, over, odd, unconsumed, sedimentary, surviving, net, exceeding, over and above, outlying, outstanding, cast off, superfluous.