| melanise | (verb) make or become black | Synonyms: black, blacken, melanize |
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| (verb) convert into, or infiltrate with melanin | Synonyms: melanize |
| melanism | (noun) a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin) | Synonyms: melanosis |
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| melanize | (verb) make or become black | Synonyms: black, blacken, melanise |
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| (verb) convert into, or infiltrate with melanin | Synonyms: melanise |
| melanoblast | (noun) an epidermal cell that is a precursor of a melanocyte | - |
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| melanocyte | (noun) a cell in the basal layer of the epidermis that produces melanin under the control of the melanocyte-stimulating hormone | - |
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| melanoderma | (noun) abnormally dark skin caused by increased deposits of melatonin | - |
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| melanoma | (noun) any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes | Synonyms: malignant melanoma |
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| melanosis | (noun) a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin) | Synonyms: melanism |
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| melasma | (noun) a tan discoloration of a woman's face that is associated with pregnancy or with the use of oral contraceptives | Synonyms: chloasma, mask of pregnancy |
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| melatonin | (noun) hormone secreted by the pineal gland | - |
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| minelayer | (noun) ship equipped for laying marine mines | - |
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| minelaying | (noun) laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment | Synonyms: mining |
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| misrelated | (adjective) mistakenly related | - |
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| myelatelia | (noun) any developmental defect of the spinal cord | - |
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| panatela | (noun) a long slender cigar | Synonyms: panetela, panetella |
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| panetela | (noun) a long slender cigar | Synonyms: panatela, panetella |
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| pastureland | (noun) a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock | Synonyms: grazing land, lea, ley, pasture, pasture land |
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| pelage | (noun) growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal | Synonyms: coat |
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| pelagic | (adjective) relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean | Synonyms: oceanic |
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| platelayer | (noun) a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks | Synonyms: tracklayer |
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| porcelain | (noun) ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic | - |
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| porcelainize | (verb) coat with porcelain or a porcelain-like surface | - |
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| prelacy | (noun) the office or station of a prelate | Synonyms: prelature |
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| (noun) prelates collectively | Synonyms: prelature |
| prelapsarian | (adjective) of or relating to the time before the Fall of Adam and Eve | - |
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| prelate | (noun) a senior clergyman and dignitary | Synonyms: archpriest, hierarch, high priest, primate |
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| prelature | (noun) the office or station of a prelate | Synonyms: prelacy |
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| (noun) prelates collectively | Synonyms: prelacy |
| psilomelane | (noun) a mineral consisting of hydrated basic oxide of manganese and barium; a source of manganese | - |
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| rangeland | (noun) land suitable for grazing livestock | - |
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| relace | (verb) lace again | - |
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| relapse | (noun) a failure to maintain a higher state | Synonyms: backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapsing, reversion, reverting |
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| (verb) go back to bad behavior | Synonyms: fall back, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress |
| (verb) deteriorate in health | Synonyms: get worse |
| relapsing | (noun) a failure to maintain a higher state | Synonyms: backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, reversion, reverting |
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| relatable | (adjective) having a manner or nature that is easy to relate to | - |
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| relate | (verb) make a logical or causal connection | Synonyms: associate, colligate, connect, link, link up, tie in |
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| (verb) give an account of; narrate | - |
| (verb) have or establish a relationship to | - |
| (verb) be relevant to | Synonyms: bear on, come to, concern, have to do with, pertain, refer, touch, touch on |
| (verb) be in a relationship with | Synonyms: interrelate |
| related | (adjective) connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage | - |
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| (adjective) being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics | Synonyms: related to |
| relatedness | (noun) a particular manner of connectedness | - |
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| relation | (noun) an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together | - |
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| (noun) (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups | - |
| (noun) sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur | Synonyms: carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, copulation, intercourse, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation |
| (noun) (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time | Synonyms: relation back |
| (noun) an act of narration | Synonyms: recounting, telling |
| (noun) a person related by blood or marriage | Synonyms: relative |
| relational | (adjective) having a relation or being related | - |
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| relations | (noun) mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups | Synonyms: dealings |
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| relationship | (noun) a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness) | Synonyms: human relationship |
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| (noun) (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption | Synonyms: family relationship, kinship |
| (noun) a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection) | - |
| (noun) a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries | - |
| relative | (adjective) estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete | Synonyms: comparative |
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| (adjective) properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to' | Synonyms: proportional |
| (noun) an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) | Synonyms: congenator, congener, congeneric |
| (noun) a person related by blood or marriage | Synonyms: relation |
| relatively | (adverb) in a relative manner; by comparison to something else | Synonyms: comparatively |
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| relativisation | (noun) the act or result of making relative or regarding as relative rather than absolute. | Synonyms: relativization |
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| relativise | (verb) consider or treat as relative | Synonyms: relativize |
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| relativism | (noun) (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that all criteria of judgment are relative to the individuals and situations involved | - |
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| relativistic | (adjective) relating or subject to the special or the general theory of relativity | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of relativism | - |
| relativistically | (adverb) by the theory of relativity | - |
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| relativity | (noun) the quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else | - |
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| (noun) (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts | Synonyms: Einstein's theory of relativity, relativity theory, theory of relativity |
| relativization | (noun) the act or result of making relative or regarding as relative rather than absolute. | Synonyms: relativisation |
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| relativize | (verb) consider or treat as relative | Synonyms: relativise |
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| relatum | (noun) a term in a proposition that is related to the referent of the proposition | - |
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| relax | (verb) become less tense, rest, or take one's ease | Synonyms: decompress, loosen up, slow down, unbend, unwind |
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| (verb) cause to feel relaxed | Synonyms: loosen up, make relaxed, unlax, unstrain, unwind |
| (verb) make less taut | Synonyms: unbend |
| (verb) become loose or looser or less tight | Synonyms: loose, loosen |
| (verb) make less active or fast | Synonyms: slack, slack up, slacken |
| (verb) become less severe or strict | Synonyms: loosen |
| (verb) make less severe or strict | Synonyms: loosen |
| (verb) become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner | Synonyms: loosen up |
| relaxant | (adjective) tending to relax or relieve muscular or nervous tension | - |
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| (noun) a drug that relaxes and relieves tension | - |
| relaxation | (noun) freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) | Synonyms: ease, repose, rest |
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| (noun) the act of making less strict | Synonyms: liberalisation, liberalization |
| (noun) a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount | Synonyms: relaxation method |
| (noun) an occurrence of control or strength weakening | Synonyms: loosening, slackening |
| (noun) a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry | Synonyms: easiness |
| (noun) (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance | Synonyms: relaxation behavior |
| (noun) (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers | - |
| relaxed | (adjective) without strain or anxiety | - |
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| relaxedness | (noun) The quality of being eased or loosened, or of having an easy-going mood or temperament. | - |
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| relaxer | (noun) any agent that produces relaxation | - |
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| relaxin | (noun) hormone secreted by the corpus luteum during the last days of pregnancy; relaxes the pelvic ligaments and prepares the uterus for labor | - |
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| relaxing | (adjective) affording physical or mental rest | Synonyms: reposeful, restful |
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| relay | (noun) the act of passing something along from one person or group to another | - |
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| (noun) electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit | Synonyms: electrical relay |
| (noun) a race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance | Synonyms: relay race |
| (noun) a crew of workers who relieve another crew | - |
| (noun) a fresh team to relieve weary draft animals | - |
| (verb) pass along | - |
| (verb) control or operate by relay | - |
| rensselaerite | (noun) a kind of soft talc; sometimes used as wood filler | - |
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| revelation | (noun) an enlightening or astonishing disclosure | - |
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| (noun) communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency | Synonyms: divine revelation |
| (noun) the speech act of making something evident | Synonyms: disclosure, revealing |
| revelatory | (adjective) prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom | Synonyms: apocalyptic, apocalyptical |
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| (adjective) (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly | Synonyms: indicative, indicatory, significative, suggestive |
| roundelay | (noun) a song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain | - |
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| rugelach | (noun) pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves) | Synonyms: ruggelach, rugulah |
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| ruggelach | (noun) pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves) | Synonyms: rugelach, rugulah |
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| selachian | (noun) any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks, rays, skates | Synonyms: elasmobranch |
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| sequela | (noun) any abnormality following or resulting from a disease or injury or treatment | - |
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| shillelagh | (noun) a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn) | Synonyms: shillalah |
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| shoelace | (noun) a lace used for fastening shoes | Synonyms: shoe lace, shoe string, shoestring |
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| spelaeologist | (noun) a person who explores caves | Synonyms: potholer, speleologist, spelunker |
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| spelaeology | (noun) the pastime of exploring caves | Synonyms: speleology |
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| (noun) the scientific study of caves | Synonyms: speleology |
| sphacelate | (verb) undergo necrosis | Synonyms: gangrene, mortify, necrose |
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| stela | (noun) an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings | Synonyms: stele |
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| steprelationship | (noun) a family relationship by virtue of remarriage | - |
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| tableland | (noun) a relatively flat highland | Synonyms: plateau |
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| telamon | (noun) a figure of a man used as a supporting column | Synonyms: atlas |
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| thelarche | (noun) the start of breast development in a woman at the beginning of puberty | - |
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| tideland | (noun) land near the sea that is overflowed by the tide | - |
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| travelable | (adjective) capable of being traversed | Synonyms: traversable |
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| tutelage | (noun) teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately) | Synonyms: tuition, tutorship |
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| (noun) attention and management implying responsibility for safety | Synonyms: care, charge, guardianship |
| tutelar | (adjective) providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding | Synonyms: custodial, tutelary |
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| tutelary | (adjective) providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding | Synonyms: custodial, tutelar |
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| uncorrelated | (adjective) not varying together | - |
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| unelaborate | (adjective) not elaborate; lacking rich or complex detail | Synonyms: inelaborate |
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| unelaborated | (adjective) giving only major points; lacking completeness | Synonyms: sketchy |
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| unrelated | (adjective) not connected by kinship | - |
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| (adjective) lacking a logical or causal relation | - |
| unrelatedness | (noun) the lack of any particular manner of connectedness | - |
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| unrelaxed | (adjective) nor relaxed | - |
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| velar | (adjective) of or relating to the velum | - |
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| (adjective) produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (as `k' in `cat' and `g' in `gun' and `ng' in `sing') | - |
| (noun) a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate | Synonyms: velar consonant |
| viscoelastic | (adjective) having viscous as well as elastic properties | - |
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| wasteland | (noun) an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation | Synonyms: barren, waste |
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| weigela | (noun) deciduous shrub widely cultivated for its white or pink or red flowers | Synonyms: Weigela florida |
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| whitelash | (noun) backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances | Synonyms: white backlash |
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| xanthelasma | (noun) xanthoma of the eyelids; occurs chiefly in the elderly | - |
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