relict

Speech parts

1. relict - Noun

2. relict - Adjective

Meaning

A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dowager few relic cuckold rare rarely legacy fossil heir widow seldom remnant antique orphan heirloom
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Antonyms

foundation new modern beginning cause source
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Hypernyms

being formation organism geological formation

Anagrams

elcrit

Examples

During the second half of the 12th century, the town walls were erected (the Nikolaitor is an important relict of this wall) and Eisenach got a planned grid of streets and alleys. Source: Internet

"Phylogeny and biogeography of Rhododendron subsection Pontica, a group with a Tertiary relict distribution". Source: Internet

Threatened species like the small, blue Northern Monkshood flowers and at least nine glacial relict snail species, including the Iowa Pleistocene snail, live there. Source: Internet

They are mostly mixed forests but in some areas one can also find broad-leaved (deciduous) trees, which are relict plant communities of former milder climatic periods. Source: Internet

Periodically, populations of horses in isolated areas are speculated to be relict populations of wild horses, but generally have been proven to be feral or domestic. Source: Internet

These mutagens harvested from the powerful relict monsters are hardly worth the effort to acquire. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

reliclike relicly relicmonger relicted reliction relictual