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Relax :: Relax (v. i.) To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study..

Knee :: Knee (n.) A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy..

Bow :: Bow (v. i.) To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; -- often with down..

Bight :: Bight (v.) The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop..

Flexure :: Flexure (n.) The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending..

Deflect :: Deflect (v. t.) To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected..

Introvert :: Introvert (v. t.) To turn or bend inward.

Disbend :: Disbend (v. t.) To unbend.

Debruised :: Debruised (a.) Surmounted by an ordinary; as, a lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut..

Overbend :: Overbend (v. i.) To bend over.

Bend :: Bend (n.) A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road..

Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail..

Crankle :: Crankle (n.) A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle.

Deflexure :: Deflexure (n.) A bending or turning aside; deflection.

Gunwale :: Gunwale (n.) The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the upper works of the hull..

Ramp :: Ramp (n.) A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction..

Flection :: Flection (n.) The act of bending, or state of being bent..

Cacoethes :: Cacoethes (n.) A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoethes scribendi, The itch for writing..

Bender :: Bender (n.) A drunken spree.

Geanticlinal :: Geanticlinal (n.) An upward bend or flexure of a considerable portion of the earth's crust, resulting in the formation of a class of mountain elevations called anticlinoria; -- opposed to geosynclinal..

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