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Help :: Help (v. t.) Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it..

Zincography :: Zincography (n.) The art or process of engraving or etching on zinc, in which the design is left in relief in the style of a wood cut, the rest of the ground being eaten away by acid..

Boot :: Boot (n.) Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief..

Anaglyptic :: Anaglyptic (a.) Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief..

Panacea :: Panacea (n.) A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction..

Flat :: Flat (superl.) Wanting relief; destitute of variety; without points of prominence and striking interest.

Isocephalism :: Isocephalism (n.) A peculiarity in the design of bas-relief by which the heads of human figures are kept at the same height from the ground, whether the personages are seated, standing, or mounted on horseback; -- called also isokephaleia..

Release :: Release (n.) Relief from care, pain, or any burden..

Repousse :: Repousse (a.) Formed in relief, as a pattern on metal..

Neurotomy :: Neurotomy (n.) The division of a nerve, for the relief of neuralgia, or for other purposes..

Charity :: Charity (n.) Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions..

Urethrotomy :: Urethrotomy (n.) An incision of the urethra, esp. incision for relief of urethral stricture..

Nepenthe :: Nepenthe (n.) A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh. Hence, anything soothing and comforting..

Anaglyph :: Anaglyph (n.) Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo..

Mezzo-rilievo :: Mezzo-rilievo (n.) Sculpture in this kind of relief. See under Alto-rilievo.

Relievement :: Relievement (n.) The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; relief; release..

Patera :: Patera (n.) A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes, and the like..

Shagreen :: Shagreen (n.) A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used f

Redress :: Redress (v. t.) To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.

Relief :: 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..

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