Scrabble?! RELICTIONS

Definitions of RELICTIONS in various dictionaries:

A relict is a surviving remnant of a natural phenomenon. In biology a relict (or relic) is an organism that at an earlier time was abundant in a large area but now occurs at only one or a few small areas. In ecology, an ecosystem which originally ranged over a large expanse, but is now narrowly confined, may be termed a relict. In geology, a relict is a structure or mineral from a parent rock that did not undergo metamorphosis when the surrounding rock did, or a rock that survived a destructive geologic process. In geomorphology, a relict landform is a landform formed by either erosive or constructive surficial processes that are no longer active as they were in the past. In agronomy, a relict crop is a crop which was previously grown extensively, but is now only used in one limited region, or a small number of isolated regions. In history (as revealed in DNA testing), a relict population refers to an ancient people in an area who have been largely supplanted by a later group of migrants and their descendants. In real estate law, reliction is the gradual recession of water from its usual high-water mark so that the newly uncovered land becomes the property of the adjoining riparian property owner.Other uses: In addition, relict was an ancient term still used in colonial (British) America and England of that era, now archaic, for a widow. It came to be a generic or collective term for widows and widowers. In historical linguistics, a relict is a word that is a survivor of a form or forms that are otherwise archaic.