Regal (n.) A small portable organ, played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, -- used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Regale (n.) A prerogative of royalty.
Regaled (imp. & p. p.) of Regale
Regaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Regale
Regale (v. t.) To enerta/n in a regal or sumptuous manner; to enrtertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh; as, to regale the taste, the eye, or the ear.
Regale (v. i.) To feast; t/ fare sumtuously.
Regale (v. t.) A sumptuous repast; a banquet.
Regalement (n.) The act of regaling; anything which regales; refreshment; entertainment.
Regaler (n.) One who regales.
Regalia (n. pl.) That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: (a) The rights and prerogatives of a king. (b) Royal estates and revenues. (c) Ensings, symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty.
Regalia (n. pl.) Hence, decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of Freemasons, Odd Fellows,etc.
Regalia (n. pl.) Sumptuous food; delicacies.
Regalia (n.) A kind of cigar of large size and superior quality; also, the size in which such cigars are classed.
Regalian (a.) Pertaining to regalia; pertaining to the royal insignia or prerogatives.
Regalism (n.) The doctrine of royal prerogative or supremacy.
Regality (n.) Royalty; sovereignty; sovereign jurisdiction.
Regality (n.) An ensign or badge of royalty.
Regally (adv.) In a regal or royal manner.
Regarded (imp. & p. p.) of Regard
Regarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Regard
Regard (v. t.) To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.
Regard (v. t.) Hence, to look or front toward; to face.
Regard (v. t.) To look closely at; to observe attentively; to pay attention to; to notice or remark particularly.
Regard (v. t.) To look upon, as in a certain relation; to hold as an popinion; to consider; as, to regard abstinence from wine as a duty; to regard another as a friend or enemy.
Regard (v. t.) To consider and treat; to have a certain feeling toward; as, to regard one with favor or dislike.
Regard (v. t.) To pay respect to; to treat as something of peculiar value, sanctity, or the like; to care for; to esteem.
Regard (v. t.) To take into consideration; to take account of, as a fact or condition.
Regard (v. t.) To have relation to, as bearing upon; to respect; to relate to; to touch; as, an argument does not regard the question; -- often used impersonally; as, I agree with you as regards this or that.
Regard (v. i.) To look attentively; to consider; to notice.
Regard (v. t.) A look; aspect directed to another; view; gaze.
Regard (v. t.) Attention of the mind with a feeling of interest; observation; heed; notice.
Regard (v. t.) That view of the mind which springs from perception of value, estimable qualities, or anything that excites admiration; respect; esteem; reverence; affection; as, to have a high regard for a person; -- often in the plural.
Regard (v. t.) State of being regarded, whether favorably or otherwise; estimation; repute; note; account.
Regard (v. t.) Consideration; thought; reflection; heed.
Regard (v. t.) Matter for consideration; account; condition.
Regard (v. t.) Respect; relation; reference.
Regard (v. t.) Object of sight; scene; view; aspect.
Regard (v. t.) Supervision; inspection.
Regardable (a.) Worthy of regard or notice; to be regarded; observable.
Regardant (v. t.) Looking behind; looking backward watchfully.
Regardant (v. t.) Looking behind or backward; as, a lion regardant.
Regardant (v. t.) Annexed to the land or manor; as, a villain regardant.
Regarder (n.) One who regards.
Regarder (n.) An officer appointed to supervise the forest.
Regardful (a.) Heedful; attentive; observant.
Regarding (prep.) Concerning; respecting.
Regardless (a.) Having no regard; heedless; careless; as, regardless of life, consequences, dignity.
Regardless (a.) Not regarded; slighted.
Regather (v. t.) To gather again.
Regattas (pl. ) of Regatta
Regatta (n.) Originally, a gondola race in Venice; now, a rowing or sailing race, or a series of such races.
Regel (n.) See Rigel.
Regelate (v. i.) To freeze together again; to undergo regelation, as ice.
Regelation (n.) The act or process of freezing anew, or together,as two pieces of ice.
Regence (n.) Rule.
Regencies (pl. ) of Regency
Regency (a.) The office of ruler; rule; authority; government.
Regency (a.) Especially, the office, jurisdiction, or dominion of a regent or vicarious ruler, or of a body of regents; deputed or vicarious government.
Regency (a.) A body of men intrusted with vicarious government; as, a regency constituted during a king's minority, absence from the kingdom, or other disability.
Regeneracy (n.) The state of being regenerated.
Regenerate (a.) Reproduced.
Regenerate (a.) Born anew; become Christian; renovated in heart; changed from a natural to a spiritual state.
Regenerate (v. t.) To generate or produce anew; to reproduce; to give new life, strength, or vigor to.
Regenerate (v. t.) To cause to be spiritually born anew; to cause to become a Christian; to convert from sin to holiness; to implant holy affections in the heart of.
Regenerate (v. t.) Hence, to make a radical change for the better in the character or condition of; as, to regenerate society.
Regenerateness (n.) The quality or state of being rgenerate.
Regeneration (n.) The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated.
Regeneration (n.) The entering into a new spiritual life; the act of becoming, or of being made, Christian; that change by which holy affectations and purposes are substituted for the opposite motives in the heart.
Regeneration (n.) The reproduction of a part which has been removed or destroyed; re-formation; -- a process especially characteristic of a many of the lower animals; as, the regeneration of lost feelers, limbs, and claws by spiders and crabs.
Regeneration (n.) The reproduction or renewal of tissues, cells, etc., which have been used up and destroyed by the ordinary processes of life; as, the continual regeneration of the epithelial cells of the body, or the regeneration of the contractile substance of muscle.
Regeneration (n.) The union of parts which have been severed, so that they become anatomically perfect; as, the regeneration of a nerve.
Regenerative (a.) Of or pertaining to regeneration; tending to regenerate; as, regenerative influences.
Regeneratively (adv.) So as to regenerate.
Regenerator (n.) One who, or that which, regenerates.
Regenerator (n.) A device used in connection with hot-air engines, gas-burning furnaces, etc., in which the incoming air or gas is heated by being brought into contact with masses of iron, brick, etc., which have been previously heated by the outgoing, or escaping, hot air or gas.
Regeneratory (a.) Having power to renew; tending to reproduce; regenerating.
Regenesis (n.) New birth; renewal.
Regent (a.) Ruling; governing; regnant.
Regent (a.) Exercising vicarious authority.
Regent (a.) One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.
Regent (a.) Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
Regent (a.) One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
Regent (a.) A resident master of arts of less than five years' standing, or a doctor of less than twwo. They were formerly privileged to lecture in the schools.
Regentess (n.) A female regent.
Regentship (n.) The office of a regent; regency.
Regerminate (v. i.) To germinate again.
Regermination (n.) A germinating again or anew.
Regest (n.) A register.
Reget (v. t.) To get again.
Regian (n.) An upholder of kingly authority; a royalist.
Regible (a.) Governable; tractable.
Regicidal (a.) Pertaining to regicide, or to one committing it; having the nature of, or resembling, regicide.
Regicide (n.) One who kills or who murders a king; specifically (Eng.Hist.), one of the judges who condemned Charles I. to death.
Regicide (n.) The killing or the murder of a king.
Regild (v. t.) To gild anew.
Regime (n.) Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system.
Regime (n.) The condition of a river with respect to the rate of its flow, as measured by the volume of water passing different cross sections in a given time, uniform regime being the condition when the flow is equal and uniform at all the cross sections.
Regimen (n.) Orderly government; system of order; adminisration.
Regimen (n.) Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation
Regimen (n.) a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes used synonymously with hygiene.