Reverse Dictionary: RELE – REMD

RELEASE, RELEASED – ADJECTIVES
– MANUMISABLE capable of being released from a burden or obligation …1773 obs. rare

RELEASE etc. – NOUNS
– LAXAMENT a release …1623 obs.
– QUITTANCE act of freeing or clearing; release …c1225

RELEASE etc. – VERBS
– BELEAVE to let go from one’s hold …a1225 obs.
– DIS(S) to release, to discharge, as from prison …1990 US sl.
– LEESE to set free, to release …a900 obs.
– PULL OUT OF to be released …1979 US sl.
– UNBIND to make free, to release from some legal restraint of obligation …1297 obs.
– WALK to be released from prison or arrest …1950s US prison & criminals’ sl.

RELENT – VERBS
– BE LIKE A DOG WITH A BONE to be tenacious, persistent, or obstinate; to be unwilling to yield, relent, or let go; to be unable to set aside a preoccupation or obsession …1887

RELENTLESS, RELENTLESSNESS – ADJECTIVES
– INEXORABLE unable to be moved or be persuaded to entreaty or request (esp. for mercy); rigidly severe, immovable, relentless …M16
– OBDURATE hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted …1586
– OBDURATIOUS hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted …1672 obs. rare
​- OBDURE hardened against persuasion, entreaty, the sentiment of pity, etc.; stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, inflexible, relentless, hard-hearted …1624 obs.
– TIGERANTIC of the nature of a tiger; cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless …a1704 obs.
– TIGERISH cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless …1573
– TIGERLY tigerish; cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless …1633 rare
– TIGEROCIOUS having the qualities of the tiger; cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless … 1874 nonce word
– TIGEROUS cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless …1532 obs. rare
– TIGERY cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless …1859 rare
– TIGRISH cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless …1573
– TIGROUS cruel, bloodthirsty, fierce, relentless …1532 obs. rare

RELENTLESS etc. – NOUNS
– OBDURACY stubbornness, obstinacy; obstinate hardness of heart, relentlessness; persistence in evil …1597
– OBDURATENESS stubbornness, obstinacy; obstinate hardness of heart, relentlessness; persistence in evil …1618

RELENTLESS etc. – VERBS
– OBDURATE to harden in wickedness, or against moral influence, etc.; to make stubborn or obstinate; to harden the heart of, to make relentless or pitiless …a1540
– OBDURE to harden in wickedness, or against moral influence, etc.; to make stubborn or obstinate; to harden the  heart of, to make relentless or pitiless …1598 rare or obs.

RELIABILITY, RELIABLE, RELIABLY, RELIANCE – ADJECTIVES
– ALL LEATHER genuine, reliable …1922 Amer. dial.
– ALL WOOL AND A YARD WIDE excellent; reliable …1882 US
– ALL WOOL AND NO SHODDY genuine; reliable; in the best condition …1946 Amer. dial.
– FAITHFUL of things: reliable …1611 obs.
– INFAILABLE infallible, unfailing, reliable …1561 obs.
– PAKKA certain, reliable; genuine; excellent …c1770 Anglo-Indian
– PUCKA genuine, reliable, or good …1690 Anglo-Indian
– PUCKAH;  PUCKER certain, reliable; genuine; excellent …c1770 Anglo-Indian
– PUKKA certain; reliable; genuine; hence, excellent, fashionable …1776 UK sl.
– QUIDS IN of a person: reliable …1950s UK prison & criminals’ sl.
– SICKER that may be depended on; in which one can put reliance, confidence, or trust; certain, sure …c1100 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– SOUND AS A POUND reliable; perfectly sound, good, or healthy …2001 UK sl.
– SOUND ON THE GOOSE reliable; dependable …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– STRAIGHT honest, reliable, on the level …1864 sl.
– STRAIGHT FROM THE FEED BOX of news, information: absolutely reliable, from inside sources …1900s
– STRAIGHT FROM THE NOSEBAG of news, information: absolutely reliable, from inside sources …1900s

RELIABILITY etc. – ADVERBS
– FAYFULLY in a faithful manner, loyally, reliably …a1400 obs.

RELIABILITY etc. – NOUNS
– PENENCE dependence; reliance …1899 Amer. dial.
– PUKKA GEN completely reliable information …Services’ sl., esp. WWII
– READSHIP;  REDESHIP confidence, trust; dependence, trustworthiness, reliability …1829 Eng. dial.

RELIABILITY etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– ADECASTIC;  ADECASTICKE one who can be relied upon to act justly or appropriately in any circumstance …1626 obs.
– BANKER a dependable person; one who can be relied on for something …1938
– BRICK a reliable person …1840 colloq.  
– CHARLIE-ON-THE-SPOT a reliable, prompt, or punctual person …1835 Amer. dial.
– THECLEAN TATTIE the right person, one who can be trusted or relied on …1895 Sc. 
– DIAMOND a stalwart or reliable person …1990 Brit. sl.
– GIMPER a highly competent airman; a special and most dependable buddy; a spirited, reliable fellow   … 1918 US sl. 
– NOB a completely reliable and dependable person …1989 Aust. sl.
– OLD CHAUNCEY a reliable person …1958 Amer. dial.
– PISTOL a reliable person …1984 US sl.
– SAFE someone who can be counted on …Bk1992 criminals’ sl. 
– SQUARE GUY an honest and reliable man …1908 US sl.
– STEADY EDDIE a reliable, dependable, trustworthy person …2003 US sl.
– THETATTIE the right person, one who can be trusted or relied on …1895 Sc.

RELIABILITY etc. – PHRASES
– I’LL TOW THAT ONE ALONGSIDE FOR A BIT BEFORE I BRING IT ABOARD among Nova Scotia fishermen: used for expressing doubt about the truth or reliability of an idea or project …1992 Can. sl.

RELIC – NOUNS
– OLD RESIDENTER an old animal or thing, esp. one that has acquired venerable or impressive qualities through age; an antique, a relic …1912 Amer. dial.
– REFFICS remains, relics …Bk1904 Eng. dial. obs.
– RESIDENTER an old animal or thing, esp. one that has acquired venerable or impressive qualities through age; an antique, a relic …1912 Amer. dial.
– REST a remnant; a relic …1700 Sc. obs.
– SANCTUARY a shrine or box containing relics …c1386 obs.

RELIC – NOUNS, PERSON
– CAPELLANE a keeper of relics …a1661 obs.

RELIEF – ADJECTIVES
– EASEFUL that gives ease, comfort, or relief; comfortable, soothing; quiet, peaceful, restful …1375
– UNCTIOUS giving consolation or relief …1645 obs.

RELIEF – INTERJECTIONS
– PHEW! used for expressing relief or suffering …1604 UK colloq.

RELIEF – NOUNS
– EASEDOM comfort, leisure, relief from anxiety, pain, etc. …1832 Sc.
– EASEMENT a giving or obtaining ease or relief from pain, discomfort, or anything annoying or burdensome; relief, alleviation …c1386 rare
– EASEMENT ease, relief of all kinds; relief of or alleviation from pain; a remedy which relieves pain …1679
– FRO comfort, relief …a1350 obs.
– LEGEANCE alleviation, relief …a1300 obs.
– LET-UP a pause; a cessation; a relief …1837 US
– SUBVENTION the provision of help, support, or relief; an instance of this …1535 obs.

RELIEF – NOUNS, PERSON
– EASER one who consoles, eases, or relieves …1599
– EASERESS a female who consoles, eases, or relieves …1631
– UNBENDER one who consoles or relieves …1637

RELIEF – VERBS
– SUBVENE to come as a relief or remedy …1756 obs. rare

RELIEVE, RELIEVED – ADJECTIVES
– HEART-EASED eased in mind, mentally relieved …Bk1902 Eng. dial.  
– SUCCOURABLE capable of being helped or relieved …1654 rare

RELIEVE etc. – VERBS
– ALLEVE to relieve, to alleviate …a1546 obs.
– BEET to relieve, to help, to aid, to assist a person in need or trouble; to supply the wants of …a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– BEET to relieve hunger, thirst, or any form of want …a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– BESTEAD to help, to assist, to relieve …1581
– BOOT to make better; to cure, to relieve, to heal; to remedy …c1330 obs.
– DAVE to assuage, to mitigate, to relieve; to soothe …1781 Eng. dial.
– EASY to make easy, to facilitate; to relieve, to assist …1567 obs.
– GET SOMETHING OFF ONE’S CHEST to relieve one’s mind by making a statement or confession …1902 sl.
– LEVIATE to relieve suffering …1545 obs. rare
– SUCCOUR to relieve or remedy a state of want, weakness, etc.; to relieve a diseased condition …1526 obs.

RELIGION, RELIGIOUS – ADJECTIVES
– BIBLE-SCANT neglected in a religious sense …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– DISSENTIOUS inclined to differ or dissent in religious or ecclesiastical matters …a1568 obs.
– GOD-BOTHERING deeply religious …sl., orig. military
– GOD-FEARING deeply religious; that fears God
– HAPPY overcome with religious enthusiasm …1851 Amer. dial.
– HARD-SHELL. rigid and uncompromising in religious orthodoxy …1857
– LATITUDINARIAN characterized by latitude in opinion or action, esp. in matters of religion; not insisting on strict adherence to or conformity with an established code …1672-1702
– LATITUDINARY characterized by latitude in opinion or action, esp. in matters of religion; not insisting on strict adherence to or conformity with an established code …1834
– PI pious, excessively religious …1981 sl.

RELIGION etc. – NOUNS
– ANGEL FOOD religious preaching; used disparagingly …1926 Amer. hobo sl.
– ASSOCIATION an annual religious gathering …1824 Amer. dial.
– BAD RELIGION reprehensible or hypocritical behaviour on the part of a person purporting to be religious …1953 Amer. dial.
– BLUE-DOMEISM the preference for worshipping outdoors rather than in a church …1944 rare
– CANT the peculiar phraseology of a religious sect or class …1681 obs.
– ERLIGION religion …1898 Amer. dial.
– FALLING DOWN a dropping to the ground in uncontrollable ecstasy during a religious experience or conversion …1850 Amer. dial.
– FALLING EXERCISE a dropping to the ground in uncontrollable ecstasy during a religious experience or conversion …1807 Amer. dial.
– FAY religious belief, faith …a1300 obs. or arch.
– GOD SQUAD a disparaging term for (the members of) a religious organization, esp. an evangelical Christian group …1965 sl., orig. US college sl.
– JERKS religious paroxysm …1874 Amer. sl.
– LAY law, esp. religious law;  hence, a religion, a faith …a1225 obs.
– MAGIC SHOW a religious service …1978 US Marine Corps usage
– MEETING a religious service; an assembly for worship …1687 Amer. dial.
– MUMMERY AND MILLINERY religious ritualism …20C sl.
– POLYPIETY the recognition or toleration of many religions or forms of belief …1647 obs.

RELIGION etc. – NOUNS, PERSON  (also see CLERGYMAN, PRIEST, etc.)
– ABBA a religious superior; father; the title of bishops, patriarchs, and heads of monasteries in some Eastern churches …1382
– AMEN-SNORTER a religious person, esp. a clergyman …L19 sl.
– AUTEM-DIPPER an Anabaptist …17C sl.
– BABA a spiritual leader or minister of religion of a Sufi order; spec., the head of a tekke; also, a title or form of address …1759
– BALAAM one who makes a profit from his own religion …Bk1922
– BALAAMITE one who follows religion for the sake of gain …1559
– BEAD-COUNTER a term of contempt for a clergyman or an overtly religious person; a recluse …1809 UK sl.
– BEAD-MASTER a religious officer who attends to the poor, a deacon …1579 obs.
– BENCH-JUMPER a holy roller …1969 Amer. dial.
– BIBLE-BACK a pious or sanctimonious person; one obsessed with religion …1840 sl., often derogatory
– BIBLE-BANGER a person who expounds or follows the Bible in an aggressive way, esp. a clergyman; a preacher; an enthusiastically religious person  …1853 colloq.
– BIBLE-BASHER a person who expounds or follows the Bible in an aggressive way, esp. a clergyman; a religious fanatic …1942 colloq. 
– BIBLE-BEATER a fanatical or zealous religious person or preacher …1965 Amer. dial.
– BIBLE-BUSTER a clergyman; a religious fanatic …1904 US sl.
– BIBLE-POUNDER a parson; a fanatical or zealous religious person or lay preacher …1868 colloq.
– BIBLE-PUNCHER one who expounds or follows the Bible in a vigorous and aggressive manner, esp. a clergyman; a religious person who thrusts their beliefs on any who will listen and many who would rather not …1897 colloq., often derogatory
– BIBLE-RANTER a clergyman, a preacher; a fanatical or zealous religious person …1876 US sl.
– BIBLE-SPOUTER a fanatical or zealous religious person or preacher …1955 Amer. dial.
– BIBLE-SWINGER a notably religious person who expounds or follows the Bible in a vigorous and aggressive manner, esp. a clergyman …1958 sl., often derogatory
– BIBLE-THRASHER a person who expounds or follows the Bible in an aggressive way, esp. a clergyman; a religious fanatic …1881 colloq. 
– BIBLE-THUMPER a notably religious person who expounds or follows the Bible in a vigorous and aggressive manner, esp. a clergyman …1866 sl., often derogatory 
– BIBLE-TOTER a fanatical or zealous religious person or preacher …1940 Amer. dial.
– BIGOT a hypocritical professor of religion; also, a superstitious adherent of religion …1598 obs.
– BLACKCOAT a minister of religion …Bk1911 Sc. 
– BLACKTRACKER a nickname for a religious person who is overly dependent on their spiritual adviser …1900-10 Aust. sl.
– BLUE-DOMEIST a person who does not go to church, preferring to worship outdoors beneath the ‘blue dome’ of heaven …1935 rare
– BLUE-DOMER a person who does not go to church, preferring to worship outdoors beneath the ‘blue dome’ of heaven …1899 colloq.
– BUSH BAPTIST a religious crackpot; one of dubious religious persuasion …1902 Aust. sl.
– BUSH BAPTIST a person of vague but strong religious beliefs …1967 Amer. dial.
– CALATHUMPIAN one who claims an imaginary religion …1910s sl.
– CANT  one who uses religious phrases unreally …1725
– DIPPER an Anabaptist …19C sl.
– FALLAWAY one who falls away from religion; an apostate …1682 obs.
– GOD-BOTHERER a deeply religious person …sl., orig. military
– HELL-ROBBER an overtly religious person …1930s US sl.
– HOLY JOE an enthusiastically religious person …1889 sl.
– HOLY WILLIE an enthusiastically religious person …1916 sl. 
– LAP-EAR a person of a religious character …1851 US college sl.
– LATITUDE-MAN one who practices or favours latitude in thought, action, or conduct, esp. in religious matters …1662 obs.
– LATITUDINARIAN one who practices or favours latitude in thought, action, or conduct, esp. in religious matters …1662
– LONG EAR a sober, religious student …M19 US students’ sl.
– MEETINGER one who takes part in a religious services …1858 Amer. dial.
– MOD a person who holds moderate views in politics, religion, etc. …1907 Sc. Church Hist.
– MOTHER any woman having religious authority …c1480 obs. rare
– MOTHER GENERAL in the Christian Church: a female head of a religious order …1865
– NARROW-NECK a devoutly religious person; a ‘holy roller’ …1968 Amer. dial.
– NEOPHYTE a new convert; one newly admitted to a church or religious body; also, a newly ordained priest, or a novice of a religious order …a1550
– OBLATE a person devoted to a monastery or to religious work …1864
– OMNIST one who believes in all religions …1839 nonce word obs.
– PRECISIAN a person who adheres punctiliously to the observance of rules or forms, esp. in matters of religion 
– SAINT a notably religious student …E19 US college sl.
– SIM a quiet, religious (esp. if evangelical) man …c1851 Cambridge usage
– TABLE-GOSPELLER one who makes table talk of the gospel; one whose religion is mere talk …1610 obs.
– TARTUFE;  TARTUFFE a hypocritical pretender to religion …1688
– VOTEEN a ‘devotee’; a very religious person …1843 Ireland
– WAITER AT THE ALTAR one in minor orders …1648 obs.
– WALKER a colporteur or tract-distributor; one employed by a religious society to distribute Bibles and other religious tracts …1846

RELIGION etc. – VERBS
– CANT to affect religious or pietistic phraseology; to talk unreally or hypocritically with an affectation of goodness or piety …1678
– COME THROUGH to be converted to a religious life; to get religion …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– DIG WITH THE SAME FOOT to belong to the same religious denomination …Bk1900 N. Ireland
– DIG WITH THE WRONG FOOT to belong to a different religious denomination to that of the speaker …1892 N. Ireland
– GET HAPPY to experience religious enthusiasm …1884 Amer. dial.

RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION – NOUNS, PERSON
– HOMEBOY an ex-inmate of a religious institution …1950s Irish sl.

RELINQUISH, RELINQUISHMENT – NOUNS
– DEMISSION the act of putting away or letting go from oneself, giving up, or laying down, especially a dignity or office; resignation, relinquishment, abdication …1577-87

RELINQUISH etc. – VERBS
– DERELINQUE to relinquish utterly, forsake, abandon …1623 obs. rare
– DERELINQUISH to relinquish utterly, forsake, abandon …a1631 obs. rare
– JACK to give up suddenly; to withdraw or back out of anything; to relinquish, to abandon, esp. to leave off or throw up work …1873 Eng. dial.
– JAG to give up suddenly; to withdraw or back out of anything; to relinquish, to abandon, esp. to leave off or throw up work …1873 Eng. dial.
– QUAT to leave, to depart from; to forsake; to relinquish, to give up, to let go …1714 Sc.
– QUATE to leave, to depart from; to forsake; to relinquish, to give up, to let go …1714 Sc.
– TO-LEAVE to relinquish, to abandon …1432-50 obs.
– WAIVE to cast aside, to relinquish, to forsake the truth, one’s faith or god, a state or condition, etc. …1303 obs.

RELISH – NOUNS
– RAGOO a sauce or relish …1741 obs.
– RAGOUT a sauce or relish …1741 obs.

RELUCTANCE, RELUCTANT, RELUCTANTLY – ADJECTIVES
– ARFISH unwilling, reluctant …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ARGH hesitating, reluctant, unwilling, disinclined …1813 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– AWVISH reluctant, undecided …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BACKWARD unwilling, reluctant; shy, bashful, diffident; slow …1889 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– BACKWARD IN COMING FORWARD reluctant, shy to do something; reticent …1899 Amer. colloq.
– BACKWARD IN GOING FORWARD reluctant, shy …1899 Amer. dial.
– BALLOCH slow, reluctant …Bk1898 Sc.
– GUN-SHY apprehensive; reluctant; fearful …1884 Amer. sl.
– HAUFISH reluctant, undecided …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ILL-WILLED sulky, ill-tempered; reluctant, averse …1808 Sc.
– ILL-WILLIE disinclined, reluctant, averse; unfriendly, hostile, morose …1806 Sc.
– ILL-WILLIED sulky, ill-tempered; reluctant …1898 Sc.
– ILL-WILLY disinclined, reluctant, averse; unfriendly, hostile, morose …1806 Sc.
– IMOST unwilling, reluctant, hindering …1887 Sc.
– LACKISH slow, backward, reluctant to act …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LAITH loath, unwilling, reluctant …1714 Sc.
– MARBEL slow, lazy, reluctant …Bk1905 Sc.
– SKYBY shy; reluctant …Bk1866 Eng. dial.
– THARF of heavy countenance; lumpish; reluctant, unwilling; hesitating; shy; slow; forbidding, cold, unsociable …1882 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– THARFISH of heavy countenance; lumpish; reluctant, unwilling, backward, timorous, shy; forbidding …Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– THRAW stiff, stubborn; cross; reluctant or unwilling to do anything …1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– THRAWART perverse, stubborn, ill-tempered, peevish; unwilling, reluctant …1796 Sc.
– THRAWART-LIKE having the appearance of ill-temper or reluctance …1768 Sc.
– THREFT reluctant, unwilling; perverse …Bk1905 Sc.
– THRY stiff, stubborn; cross; reluctant or unwilling to do anything …1768 Sc.
– UNFAIN reluctant; having a feeling of dislike; unfond …1818 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
– UNWISHFUL reluctant, undesirous …Bk1905 Eng. dial.

RELUCTANCE etc. – ADVERBS
– AGAINST THE PLUCK reluctantly, against the grain …L18 sl.
– BACKARTLY in a backward or reluctant manner …1885 Eng. dial.
– BACKWARDLY reluctantly, unwillingly, sluggishly …1580
– HANGEDLY reluctantly, unwillingly; despondently, as though being led to the gallows …1807 Eng. dial.
– LATELY slowly, tardily, sluggishly; reluctantly, sparingly …c1000 obs.
– TARROWINGLY reluctantly …c1375 Sc.
– THARFLY reluctantly, unwillingly, deliberately, slowly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– WANDSOMELY reluctantly, falteringly …a1400 obs. rare

RELUCTANCE etc. – NOUNS
– ARGHNESS reluctance, unwillingness …1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BACK-DRAWING reluctance, objection, hesitation …1934 Amer. dial.
– BACKWARDNESS reluctance, disinclination; slowness of conception or action, sluggishness; bashfulness …1597
– BALK reluctance, objection …1746 Eng. dial.
– SULLENNESS slowness, reluctance …1619 obs.
– TAWEN hesitation; reluctance …Bk1905 Sc. obs.

RELUCTANCE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– THARF-COMER one who comes slowly and reluctantly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.

RELUCTANCE etc. – VERBS
– ARGH to be timid or fearful; to feel reluctant from timidity, to hesitate …1725 Sc.
– HANG A LEG to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter …1883
– HANG AN ARSE to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter …1596
– HANG THE GROIN to hesitate or hold back; to be reluctant or tardy; to loiter  …1577-87
– NIGNAY to trifle, to fuss about, to work without result; to hum and haw, to be undecided, to vacillate; to do what is useless; to show reluctance …1880 Sc.
– TARROW to tarry, to delay, to linger, to hesitate, to show reluctance …c1375 Sc.
– TARROW AT to feel or display reluctance; to show disdain or hesitation, to be pettishly unwilling to accept, to spurn, to refuse …1768 Sc.
– YEARN to be reluctant to do something …1597 obs. rare

RELY – VERBS
– EAT THE CALF IN THE COW’S BELLY to rely on something that is uncertain …1748 sl.
– HEALD to rely on …1781 Eng. dial.
– LEAN ON ONE’S OWN BREAKFAST to rely or depend on oneself …1942 Amer. dial.
– TRIST to have confidence; to confide, rely on …a1250 obs.

REMAIN, REMAINING – ADJECTIVES
– LEDGER remaining in a place; resident; permanent; stationary …1547 obs.
– REMANENT remaining, other …1792 Sc.
– SUBSECIVE remaining over, spare; chiefly used in ‘subsecive hours’ …1613 now obs. or rare

REMAIN etc. – NOUNS
– ABODE a temporary remaining; a stay …c1384 obs.
– BELEAVING remaining, tarrying, abiding, abode …c1330 obs.
– MANSION the act of remaining, abiding, dwelling, or staying in a place …a1340 obs.
– SUPER a balance remaining over …1626 obs.

REMAIN etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– TARRIER one who tarries or delays; a lingerer, a procrastinator; one who stays or remains …1382 arch.

REMAIN etc. – VERBS
– ANCHOR to remain, to stay for a time …1906 Amer. sl.
– BELEAVE to let or cause to remain behind; to go away without taking with one, to abandon …c1175 obs.
– BELIVE to remain …c1000 obs.
– BILIVE to remain …c1000 obs.
– BLIVE to remain …c1000 obs.
– LEAVE to remain; to remain behind; to continue or stay in one place …c1000 obs.
– LEND to tarry, to remain, to stay; to dwell, to abide …a1300 obs.
– LENG to linger, to tarry, to remain, to abide, to dwell …a1300 obs.
– LET to allow to remain; to leave behind; to abstain from taking away, using, consuming, occupying, etc. …971 obs.
– OFSTAND to remain standing; to remain, to stay …c1000 obs. rare
– ONBIDE to abide, to remain, to stay on …c1440 obs.
– SIT to abide, to dwell, to remain in a place …c900
– SIT TIGHT to remain in one place …1890 sl.
– STAY PUT to remain in place, to stay where you are …1843 US sl.
– STICK AROUND to remain in one place …1912 sl., orig. Amer.
– STUT to stop, cease; to stay, remain …B1900 obs.
– TARRY to remain, to stay, to abide, to continue in some state or condition …c1450 obs.
– UPSTAND to remain; to remain alive; to continue in the same state and circumstances …Bk1905 Eng. dial.

REMAINDER – NOUNS
– AFTERINGS the surplus; the remainder …Bk1898 Sc.
– GARBLINGS the refuse or remainder of a staple commodity after selection of the best …1881
– JACK-END a fragment or small remainder …1894 Eng. dial.
– LAG-END the remainder, the latter end …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LAVE what is left, is over, or remains; the remainder; the rest …a1000 obs. exc. Sc.
– LEAVING what is left; remainder, residue, remains …a1340 obs.
– LEFTMENT a remainder …1928 Amer. dial.
– ODDLIN the last article of a set; a remainder …1870 Eng. dial.
– ODDLING the last article of a set; a remainder …1870 Eng. dial.
– REMANENT remainder …Bk1904 Sc.
– REMLANT remainder …a1375 obs.
– REMLET a remnant, a remainder …1825 Eng. dial.
– REST PART the rest, the remainder …1903 Amer. dial.
– SCANCLISHIN a small remainder …Bk1904 Sc.
– SCRAN a scrap, a morsel; remainder; refuse …1851 Eng. dial.
– SCRAPPLINGS scraps; odds and ends; remainders …1897 Eng. dial.
– SHANK the latter end or last part of something; the remainder …E19

REMAINS – NOUNS
– DEADS remnants or remains in general …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– HEEL the remains or end part of anything, as a crust of a loaf, the rind of a cheese, etc. …LME
– LEAVING what is left; remainder, residue, remains …a1340 obs.
– RAMES a skeleton, a carcass; the framework or ligaments of anything; remains, remnants …E19 Eng. dial.
– REFFICS remains, relics …Bk1904 Eng. dial. obs.
– REMISSALS that which is left over; remains; especially, the remains of a meal …c1460 obs. rare
– RID refuse, remains …Bk1904 Eng. dial.

REMAND, REMANDED – NOUNS
– LAY-DOWN a remand in custody …1938 Brit. sl.

REMAND etc. – VERBS
– JACK THE INTERIM to be remanded …Bk1896 thieves’ sl.

REMARK – NOUNS
– BY-THE-WAY an incidental remark …1896
– OBSERVE an observation, scientific or otherwise, a remark, a comment …1700 Sc.
– REMARKING a remark; criticism …1785 Sc.
– SAY a speech; a remark, a thing to say; conversation, discussion …1844 Sc. & Amer. dial.
– SCOUR a cutting remark, a rebuke …1934 Sc. 
– TOPPER a remark that caps the one before …1939 colloq.

REMARK – VERBS
– ADNOTE to note, to remark, to observe …1558 obs. rare

REMARKABLE, REMARKABLY – ADJECTIVES
– AND A HALF remarkable, exceptional …1832 sl.
– AWESOME prodigious, huge; remarkable, striking …1879
– AWFUL great or remarkable in degree, quality, duration, etc. …1818 colloq.
– BARDACIOUS thorough, marvellous, remarkable, excellent, first-rate …1926 Amer. dial.
– BAWDACIOUS thorough, remarkable …1896 Amer. dial.
– BEATEMEST most remarkable or unusual …1831 Amer. dial.
– BEATENEST most remarkable or unusual …1860 Amer. dial.
– BEATERMOST most remarkable or unusual …1843 Amer. dial. obs.
– BEATINGEST most remarkable or unusual …1903 Amer. dial.
– BEATOMEST most remarkable or unusual …1845 Amer. dial.
– BODACIOUS remarkable, exceptional, outstanding …1843 sl.
– BONZER excellent, extremely good, first-rate; great, impressive; remarkable …1901 Aust. sl.
– BOWDACIOUS thorough, remarkable …1845 Amer. dial.
– DAISY remarkable, extraordinary; excellent; first-rate; superior; fine …1757 sl.
– DIGGING remarkable, unusual …1820 Amer. dial. obs.
– EGREGIOUS remarkable in a bad sense; gross, flagrant, outrageous, extravagant, excessive …1573
– EYEFUL filling or attractive to the eye; visible; remarkable …1882 obs.
– HAND-WAILED remarkable, distinguished in whatever way; carefully selected …1786 Sc.
– HELLACIOUS remarkable, exceptional …1929 US sl.
– IN REMARK remarkable …1901 Sc.
– LINGIN great, remarkable …1895 Amer. dial.
– MAD remarkable, appealing, exciting; excellent, cool …1941 sl.
– MARKABLE worthy or capable of being marked or noted; remarkable …c1449 obs.
– MASTER chief, principal; great, best; remarkable …1750 Eng. dial.
– ODD singular in valour, worth, merit, or eminence; unique, remarkable; distinguished, famous, renowned; rare, choice …c1400 obs.
– ONE MORE being a remarkable or outstanding example of a person or thing …1913 Amer. dial.
– OUTDOINGEST most remarkable, most extraordinary …1909 Amer. dial.
– OUTINGEST most remarkable or extraordinary …1884 Amer. dial.
– PARLISH noteworthy, remarkable …1790 Eng. dial.
– PARTICULAR remarkable, worthy of note, unusual; odd, strange, peculiar …1712 Sc.
– SAD singular, remarkable, outstanding …1782 Sc.
– SKIRE noteworthy, remarkable …c1400 obs.
– STUNNING remarkable, exceptional, excellent, very good, stylish …1849 sl.
– UNACCOUNTABLE remarkable, unusual; excessive …1884 Eng. dial.
– UNCO remarkable, notable, extraordinary, great, large …1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– UNDEEMOUS unexampled, unparalleled, extraordinary, remarkable, incredible, esp. of size or amount, inconceivably large, immense, incalculable …a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– VENGIBLE remarkable, extraordinary …1594 obs.

REMARKABLE – ADVERBS
– EGREGIOUSLY remarkably; remarkably well, excellently …a1693
– MARKABLY remarkably …1650 obs.
– ODDLY singularly; remarkably; nobly, rarely, choicely …a1300 obs.
– UNCO extremely, remarkably, very …1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– UNCOLY very much, to a great or remarkable degree …1820 Sc.
– UNCOMMON in an unusual degree; unusually, remarkably …1867 Sc.

REMARKABLE etc. – INTERJECTIONS
– FAR OUT! amazing! remarkable! wonderful! …1954 sl.
– SHU-FLY! a mild expression of surprise or recognition of something remarkable or unusual …Bk1974 Amer. sl.

REMARKABLE – NOUNS
– BURSTER a remarkable person or thing …1831 Amer. sl.
– BUSTER a remarkable person; something remarkable, extraordinary, excellent, or big or large of its kind …1842 Amer. dial.
– CAUTION an unusual or remarkable person, action, or occurrence …1835 Amer. dial.
– DAISY a thing that is remarkable, wonderful, excellent, first-rate or superior …1757 Amer. sl.
– DANDY a thing that is admirable, remarkable, excellent, wonderful, first-rate, superior, etc. …1784 colloq.
– DARB a thing that is superior, remarkable, first-rate or attractive …1915 US sl.
– THEDARBS a thing that is superior, remarkable, or attractive …1922 US sl.
– DILLY an excellent or remarkable thing or person (usually used in a sarcastic sense) …1908 US sl.
– DINGER anything of a superlative character; something exceptional or striking; someone or something remarkable or superior; something splendid or stylish …1809
– DOOZER something that is extraordinary or outstanding of its kind; a remarkable or exceptional thing …1925 Amer. colloq.
– DOOZIE;  DOOZY something that is extraordinary or outstanding of its kind; a remarkable or exceptional thing; often used ironically …1916 sl., orig. & chiefly Amer.
– DYNAMITE a remarkable or exceptionable person or thing …1904 sl., orig. US
– FLAMER a man, woman, thing, or incident above the common …1840 sl.
– FLAMING END a remarkable and pleasing thing …1983 UK sl.
– GOSH-DINGER something or someone remarkable or superior; an unusual specimen of any kind …1912 Amer. dial.
– HOT STUFF a remarkable or exceptional person or thing …1900 sl., orig. US
– HUMDINGER a remarkable, excellent, or outstanding person or thing; something exciting or thrilling; something or someone very fine or splendid; a stylish person …1905 sl., orig. US
– JEEZER something remarkable …1980s US sl.
– KNOCK-DOWN something astounding, remarkable, or something that ‘knocks one down’ …M18 sl.
– LALAPALOOZA;  LALAPOLOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LALAPOOZER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LALLAPALOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LALLAPALOOTZA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LOLAPALOOSA;  LOLLAPALOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LOLLOPALOUSER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LOLLYPALOOZER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LULU a remarkable, excellent, or exceptional person or thing; often used ironically …1886 sl., orig. US
– LULU-KAPOODLER something remarkable …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– ONE-ER a person or thing of a unique or very remarkable kind; a person preeminently addicted to or expert at something …1840 colloq.
– ONE FOR THE BOOK anything noteworthy, remarkable, or incredible; something worthy of long-term record …1920s US sl.
– ONER a person or thing of a unique or very remarkable kind; a person preeminently addicted to or expert at something; an outstanding or excellent person or thing …1840 colloq.
– THEOUTDOINGEST the most remarkable, most extraordinary …1942 Amer. dial.
– PEALER;  PEELER something remarkable of its kind; a hard-working, energetic person …1823 Amer. dial.
– PISS-CUTTER something excellent or remarkable of its kind …1942 Amer. sl.
– QUITE SOMETHING a remarkable or exceptional thing …1958 sl.
– RASPER anything great, remarkable or extraordinary in its own way; an excellent thing …1844
– REALLY SOMETHING a remarkable or exceptional thing …1958 sl.
– REGULAR BURSTER a remarkable person or thing …1831 Amer. sl.
– RIPSNORTER a thing of exceptionally remarkable appearance, quality, strength, etc.  …1842 colloq. orig. US
– SNORTER a remarkable, excellent, or exceptional thing; applied esp. to something remarkable for its size, power, severity etc. …1859 sl.
– SOME SHUCKINS anybody or anything large, important, superior, or remarkable …c1939 Amer. dial.
– SOMETHING a remarkable or exceptional thing …1958 sl.
– SOMETHING ELSE a remarkable or exceptional thing …1909 sl., orig. Amer.
– STUNNER a remarkable or exceptional person or thing …1855 sl., chiefly Brit.
– VENTURE an adventure or remarkable feat, incident, etc. …1810 rare

REMARKABLE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– ASS-BUSTER a remarkable fellow; usually considered vulgar …1973 Amer. sl.
– BABE a man, a fellow, esp. one who is somehow remarkable; now only used in direct address …1898 US sl.
– BEAR a remarkable first-rate person …1916 jazz usage
– BEAT a remarkable or unexcelled person …1855 Amer. sl.
– BEAUTY an admirable, excellent, or remarkable person, whether attractive or not …1832 colloq.
– THEBERRIES a remarkable, attractive, or satisfying person …1925 Amer. sl. arch.
– BERRY an agreeable, attractive, or remarkable person …c1900 Amer. student sl.
– BIRD an exceptionally smart, remarkable, or accomplished person, often ironical …1839 US sl.
– BITCH a remarkable or extraordinary person …1943 US sl.
– BURSTER a remarkable person or thing …1831 Amer. sl.
– BUSTER a remarkable person; something remarkable, extraordinary, excellent, or big or large of its kind …1842 Amer. dial.
– CAUTION an unusual or remarkable person, action, or occurrence …1835 Amer. dial.
– DAISY a person that is remarkable, wonderful, excellent, first-rate or superior …1757 Amer. sl.
– DANDY a person that is admirable, remarkable, excellent, wonderful, first-rate, superior, etc.; a skilful person …1784 colloq.
– DARB a person that is superior, remarkable, first-rate or attractive …1915 US sl.
– THEDARBS a person that is superior, remarkable, or attractive …1922 US sl.
– DILLY an excellent or remarkable thing or person (usually used in a sarcastic sense) …1908 US sl.
– DINGER someone or something remarkable or superior; something splendid or stylish …1809
– DYNAMITE a remarkable or exceptionable person or thing …1904 sl., orig. US
– FLAMING END a remarkable and pleasing person …1983 UK sl.
– GASSER a remarkable person, specifically, a remarkably stupid, amusing, or eccentric person; a remarkably talented, intelligent, cool person …1944 Amer. sl.
– GEORGE a remarkable person …c1950 Amer. sl. 
– GOSH-DINGER something or someone remarkable or superior; an unusual specimen of any kind …1912 Amer. dial.
– HORSE a fine or remarkable specimen; one who exhibits extraordinary ability at something …1955 Amer. sl.
– HOSS a fine or remarkable specimen; one who exhibits extraordinary ability at something …1858 Amer. sl.
– HOT STUFF a remarkable or exceptional person or thing …1900 sl., orig. US
– HUMDINGER a remarkable, excellent, or outstanding person or thing; something exciting or thrilling; something or someone very fine or splendid; a stylish person …1905 sl., orig. US
– LALAPALOOZA;  LALAPOLOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LALAPOOZER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LALLAPALOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LALLAPALOOTZA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LOLAPALOOSA;  LOLLAPALOOSA an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LOLLOPALOUSER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LOLLYPALOOZER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person or thing …1896 Amer. dial.
– LULU a remarkable, excellent, or exceptional person or thing; often used ironically …1886 sl., orig. US
– MONSTER an extraordinarily good or remarkably successful person; an outstanding or remarkable person …1958 orig. US
– MOTHER an interesting or remarkable person …Bk1975 Amer. sl. 
– ONE-ER;  ONER a person or thing of a unique or very remarkable kind; a person preeminently addicted to or expert at something; an outstanding or excellent person or thing …1840 colloq.
​- ONE OF ‘EM a remarkable or admirable person …M19 sl.
– PHENOMENON a prodigy; a remarkable person, animal or thing …1803 UK sl.
– PISS-CUTTER a remarkable or capable person; a clever person; an expert …1975 Amer. dial.
– REGULAR BURSTER a remarkable person or thing …1831 Amer. sl.
– RIPSNORTER a person of exceptionally remarkable appearance, quality, strength, etc. …1842 colloq. orig. US
– SOME SHUCKINS anybody or anything large, important, superior, or remarkable …c1939 Amer. dial.
– STUNNER a remarkable or exceptional person or thing …1855 sl., chiefly Brit.
– UNACCOUNTABLE a remarkable or eccentric person …1854 Eng. dial.

REMARKABLE etc. – VERBS
– CONFISCATE THE MACAROON to ‘take the biscuit’; to be the most remarkable or foolish of its kind …c1918 Brit. sl.