Relaxant (n.) A medicine that relaxes; a laxative.
Relaxation (n.) The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law.
Relaxation (n.) Remission from attention and effort; indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement.
Relaxative (a.) Having the quality of relaxing; laxative.
Relaxative (n.) A relaxant.
Relaid (imp. & p. p.) of Relay
Relaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relay
Relay (v. t.) To lay again; to lay a second time; as, to relay a pavement.
Relay (n.) A supply of anything arranged beforehand for affording relief from time to time, or at successive stages; provision for successive relief.
Relay (n.) A supply of horses placced at stations to be in readiness to relieve others, so that a trveler may proceed without delay.
Relay (n.) A supply of hunting dogs or horses kept in readiness at certain places to relive the tired dogs or horses, and to continue the pursuit of the game if it comes that way.
Relay (n.) A number of men who relieve others in carrying on some work.
Relay (n.) In various forms of telegraphic apparatus, a magnet which receives the circuit current, and is caused by it to bring into into action the power of a local battery for performing the work of making the record; also, a similar device by which the current in one circuit is made to open or close another circuit in which a current is passing.
Relbun (n.) The roots of the Chilian plant Calceolaria arachnoidea, -- used for dyeing crimson.
Releasable (a.) That may be released.
Release (v. t.) To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
Released (imp. & p. p.) of Release
Releasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Release
Release (n.) To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go.
Release (n.) To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty.
Release (n.) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.
Release (n.) To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance.
Release (n.) The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage.
Release (n.) Relief from care, pain, or any burden.
Release (n.) Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance.
Release (n.) A giving up or relinquishment of some right or claim; a conveyance of a man's right in lands or tenements to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim.
Release (n.) The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape.
Releasee (n.) One to whom a release is given.
Releasement (n.) The act of releasing, as from confinement or obligation.
Releaser (n.) One who releases, or sets free.
Releasor (n.) One by whom a release is given.
Relegated (imp. & p. p.) of Relegate
Relegating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relegate
Relegate (v. t.) To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.
Relegation (n.) The act of relegating, or the state of being relegated; removal; banishment; exile.
Relented (imp. & p. p.) of Relent
Relenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relent
Relent (v. i.) To become less rigid or hard; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce.
Relent (v. i.) To become less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, cruel, or the like; to soften in temper; to become more mild and tender; to feel compassion.
Relent (v. t.) To slacken; to abate.
Relent (v. t.) To soften; to dissolve.
Relent (v. t.) To mollify ; to cause to be less harsh or severe.
Relent (n.) Stay; stop; delay.
Relentless (a.) Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism.
Relentment (n.) The act or process of relenting; the state of having relented.
Relesse (v. t.) To release.
Relessee (n.) See Releasee.
Relessor (n.) See Releasor.
Re-let (v. t.) To let anew, as a house.
Relevance (n.) Alt. of Relevancy
Relevancy (n.) The quality or state of being relevant; pertinency; applicability.
Relevancy (n.) Sufficiency to infer the conclusion.
Relevant (a.) Relieving; lending aid or support.
Relevant (a.) Bearing upon, or properly applying to, the case in hand; pertinent; applicable.
Relevant (a.) Sufficient to support the cause.
Relevantly (adv.) In a relevant manner.
Relevation (n.) A raising or lifting up.
Reliability (n.) The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.
Reliable (a.) Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependance or reliance; trustworthy.
Reliance (n.) The act of relying, or the condition or quality of being reliant; dependence; confidence; trust; repose of mind upon what is deemed sufficient support or authority.
Reliance (n.) Anything on which to rely; dependence; ground of trust; as, the boat was a poor reliance.
Reliant (a.) Having, or characterized by, reliance; confident; trusting.
Relic (n.) That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant.
Relic (n.) The body from which the soul has departed; a corpse; especially, the body, or some part of the body, of a deceased saint or martyr; -- usually in the plural when referring to the whole body.
Relic (n.) Hence, a memorial; anything preserved in remembrance; as, relics of youthful days or friendships.
Relicly (adv.) In the manner of relics.
Relict (n.) A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.
Relicted (a.) Left uncovered, as land by recession of water.
Reliction (n.) A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession.
Relief (n.) The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress.
Relief (n.) Release from a post, or from the performance of duty, by the intervention of others, by discharge, or by relay; as, a relief of a sentry.
Relief (n.) That which removes or lessens evil, pain, discomfort, uneasiness, etc.; that which gives succor, aid, or comfort; also, the person who relieves from performance of duty by taking the place of another; a relay.
Relief (n.) A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant.
Relief (n.) The projection of a figure above the ground or plane on which it is formed.
Relief (n.) The appearance of projection given by shading, shadow, etc., to any figure.
Relief (n.) The height to which works are raised above the bottom of the ditch.
Relief (n.) The elevations and surface undulations of a country.
Reliefful (a.) Giving relief.
Reliefless (a.) Destitute of relief; also, remediless.
Relier (n.) One who relies.
Relievable (a.) Capable of being relieved; fitted to recieve relief.
Relieved (imp. & p. p.) of Relieve
Relieving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relieve
Relieve (v. t.) To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.
Relieve (v. t.) To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.
Relieve (v. t.) To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.
Relieve (v. t.) To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor.
Relieve (v. t.) To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town.
Relieve (v. t.) To release from a post, station, or duty; to put another in place of, or to take the place of, in the bearing of any burden, or discharge of any duty.
Relieve (v. t.) To ease of any imposition, burden, wrong, or oppression, by judicial or legislative interposition, as by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses, or the like; to right.
Relievement (n.) The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; relief; release.
Reliever (n.) One who, or that which, relieves.
Relieving (a.) Serving or tending to relieve.
Relievo (n.) See Relief, n., 5.
Relight (v. t.) To light or kindle anew.
Religieuse (n. m.) Alt. of Religieux
Religieux (n. m.) A person bound by monastic vows; a nun; a monk.
Religion (n.) The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedience, service, and honor are due; the feeling or expression of human love, fear, or awe of some superhuman and overruling power, whether by profession of belief, by observance of rites and ceremonies, or by the conduct of life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation of piety; as, ethical religions; monotheistic religions; natural religion; revealed religion; the religion of the Jews; the religion of idol worshipers.
Religion (n.) Specifically, conformity in faith and life to the precepts inculcated in the Bible, respecting the conduct of life and duty toward God and man; the Christian faith and practice.
Religion (n.) A monastic or religious order subject to a regulated mode of life; the religious state; as, to enter religion.