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R   The length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere R   The 18th letter of the Roman alphabet R   (physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole R   A unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air R-2   Street names for flunitrazepan R.c.   Of or relating to or supporting Romanism; "the Roman Catholic Church" R._B._Cattell   American psychologist (born in England) who developed a broad theory of human behavior based on multivariate research (1905-1998) R._Buckminster_Fuller   United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983) R._J._Mitchell   English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937) Ra   Ancient hawk-headed Egyptian sun god; a universal creator RA   (astronomy) the angular distance eastward along the celestial equator from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that passes through the body; expressed in hours and minutes and second; used with declination to specify positions on the Ra   An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores Rabat   The capital of Morocco; located in the northwestern on the Atlantic coast Rabato   A wired or starched collar of intricate lace; worn in 17th century Rabbet   A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together Rabbet   Cut a rectangualr groove into Rabbet   Join with a rabbet joint Rabbet_joint   A joint formed by fitting together two rabbeted boards Rabbet_plane   A woodworking plane designed to cut rabbets Rabbi   A Hebrew title of respect for a Jewish scholar or teacher Back to top Rabbi   Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply Jewish law Rabbinate   Rabbis collectively Rabbinic   Of or relating to rabbis or their teachings; "rabbinical school" Rabbinical   Of or relating to rabbis or their teachings; "rabbinical school" Rabbit   Any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food Rabbit   Flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food Rabbit   The fur of a rabbit Rabbit   Hunt rabbits Rabbit's-foot_fern   Tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polypodium Rabbit-eared_bandicoot   Bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit Rabbit-eye_blueberry   Shrub of southeastern United States grown commercially especially for canning industry Rabbit-weed   Low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads Rabbiteye   Shrub of southeastern United States grown commercially especially for canning industry Rabbiteye_blueberry   Shrub of southeastern United States grown commercially especially for canning industry Rabbitfish   Large European chimaera Rabbitweed   Low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads Rabbitwood   Shrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes Rabbit_bandicoot   Bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit Rabbit_brush   Pleasantly aromatic shrub having erect slender flexible hairy branches and dense clusters of small yellow flowers covering vast areas of western alkali plains and affording a retreat for jackrabbits; source of a yellow dye used by the Navajo Rabbit_burrow   A hole in the ground as a nest made by wild rabbits Back to top Rabbit_bush   Pleasantly aromatic shrub having erect slender flexible hairy branches and dense clusters of small yellow flowers covering vast areas of western alkali plains and affording a retreat for jackrabbits; source of a yellow dye used by the Navajo Rabbit_ears   An indoor tv antenna; 2 extendible rods forming a V Rabbit_fever   A highly infectious disease of rodents (especially rabbits and squirrels) and sometimes transmitted to humans by ticks or flies or by handling infected animals Rabbit_food   An uncooked vegetable Rabbit_hole   A hole in the ground as a nest made by wild rabbits Rabbit_hutch   A hutch for rabbits Rabbit_on   Talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner Rabbit_punch   A short chopping blow to the back of the neck Rabbit_test   Pregnancy test that involves injecting some of the woman''s urine into an unmated female rabbit and later examining the ovaries of the rabbit; presence of corpora lutea indicates that the woman is pregnant Rabbit_warren   An overcrowded residential area Rabbit_warren   A series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits Rabbi_Moses_Ben_Maimon   Spanish philosopher considered the greatest Jewish scholar of the Middle Ages who codified Jewish law in the Talmud (1135-1204) Rabble   A disorderly crowd of people Rabble   Disparaging terms for the common people Rabble-rouser   An orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of his audience Rabble-rousing   Arousing to action or rebellion Rabelais   Author of satirical attacks on medieval scholasticism (1494-1553) Rabelaisian   Of or relating to or characteristic of Francois Rabelais or his works; "Rabelaisian characters" Rabid   Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist" Rabies   An acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain Back to top Rabi_I   The third month of the Islamic calendar Rabi_II   The fourth month of the Islamic calendar Raccoon   An omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America Raccoon   The fur of the North American racoon Raccoon_dog   Small wild dog of eastern Asia having facial markings like those of a raccoon Raccoon_fox   Raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings Race   A canal for a current of water Race   A contest of speed; "the race is to the swift" Race   Any competition; "the race for the presidency" Race   People who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings" Race   (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species Race   The flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller Race   Compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let''s race and see who gets there first" Race   Step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" Race   Cause to move fast or to rush or race; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze" Race   To work as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others; "We are racing to find a cure for AIDS" Raceabout   A small sloop having the keep of a knockabout but with finer lines and carrying more sail Racecard   A program for a race meeting; lists the races and the names of the horses Racecourse   A course over which races are run Racehorse   A horse bred for racing Back to top Raceme   Usually elongate cluster of flowers along the main stem in which the flowers at the base open first Racemic_acid   The optically inactive form of tartaric acid that is often found in grape juice Racemose   Having stalked flowers along an elongated stem that continue to open in succession from below as the stem continues to grow; "lilies of the valley are racemose" Racer   Slender fast-moving North American snakes Racer   An animal that races Racer   A fast car that competes in races Racer   Someone who drives racing cars at high speeds Racerunner   Very swift lizard of eastern and central United States Racetrack   A course over which races are run Racetrack_tout   Someone who offers advice about betting on horses (either to influence the odds or in the hope of sharing some of the winnings) Raceway   A course over which races are run Raceway   A canal for a current of water Race_car   A fast car that competes in races Race_driver   Someone who drives racing cars at high speeds Race_horse   A horse bred for racing Race_meeting   A regular occasion on which a number of horse races are held on the same track; "the Epsom race meeting was an important social event" Race_murder   Systematic killing of a racial or cultural group Race_problem   A social and political problem caused by conflict between races occupying the same or adjacent regions Race_riot   A riot caused by hatred for one another of members of different races in the same community Race_runner   Very swift lizard of eastern and central United States Back to top Rachel   (Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin Rachel_Carson   United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964) Rachel_Louise_Carson   United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964) Rachet   Mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction Rachet_up   Move by degrees in one direction only; "a ratcheting lopping tool" Rachis   The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" Rachis   Axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence Rachischisis   A not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis Rachitic   Of or relating to or resulting from rickets Rachitis   Childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus Rachitis   Inflammation of the vertebral column Rachmaninoff   Composer and piano virtuoso born in Russia (1873-1943) Rachmaninov   Composer and piano virtuoso born in Russia (1873-1943) Rachycentridae   Family of pelagic fishes containing solely the cobia Rachycentron   Genus and family are coextensive and comprise only the cobia Rachycentron_canadum   Large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras; found worldwide in coastal to open waters Racial   Of or characteristic of race or races or arising from differences among groups; "racial differences"; "racial discrimination" Racial   Of or related to genetically distinguished groups of people; "racial groups" Racialism   Discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race Racialist   A person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others Back to top Racially   With respect to race; "racially integrated" Racial_discrimination   Discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race Racial_extermination   Systematic killing of a racial or cultural group Racial_immunity   Natural immunity shared by all members of a particular race Racial_profiling   A form of racism consisting of the (alleged) policy of policemen who stop and search vehicles driven by persons belonging to particular racial groups Racial_segregation   Segregation by race Racily   In a racy manner; "racily vernacular language" Racine   A city in southeastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan south of Milwaukee Racine   French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699) Raciness   Behavior or language bordering on indelicacy Racing   The sport of engaging in contests of speed Racing_boat   A boat propelled by oarsmen and designed for racing Racing_car   A fast car that competes in races Racing_circuit   A racetrack for automobile races Racing_gig   A light narrow racing boat for two or more oarsmen Racing_shell   A very light narrow racing boat Racing_skate   An ice skate with a long blade; worn for racing Racing_skiff   A shell for a single oarsman Racing_start   The start of a race Racing_yacht   An expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing Back to top Racism   Discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race Racism   The prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races Racist   A person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others Racist   Discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion Racist   Based on racial intolerance; "racist remarks" Rack   A rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately Rack   A support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack" Rack   Framework for holding objects Rack   An instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims Rack   The destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin" Rack   Rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton Rack   Torture on the rack Rack   Seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block Rack   Work on a rack; "rack leather" Rack   Stretch to the limits; "rack one''s brains" Rack   Torment emotionally or mentally Rack   Draw off from the lees; "rack wine" Rack   Fly in high wind Rack   Run before a gale Rack   Go at a rack; "the horses single-footed" Back to top Rack   Obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" Rack   Put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera" Racker   An attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rack Racket   An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit Racket   A sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games Racket   The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me" Racket   A loud and disturbing noise Racket   Hit (a ball) with a racket Racket   Make loud and annoying noises Racket   Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let''s whoop it up--the boss is gone!" Racketeer   Some who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion) Racketeer   Carry on illegal business activities involving crime Racketeering   Engaging in a racket Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizations_Act   Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions Racketiness   Characterized by loud and constant noise Rackety   Uncontrollably noisy Racket_club   Club for players of racket sports Racking   Causing great physical or mental suffering; "a wrenching pain" Rack_and_pinion   A wheel gear (the pinion) meshes with a toothed rack; converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa) Rack_of_lamb   A roast of the rib section of lamb Back to top Rack_railway   Railway for steep mountains; a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction Rack_rent   An extortionate rent Rack_up   Supply a rack with feed for (horses or other animals) Rack_up   Defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents" Rack_up   Gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" Rack_up   Place in a rack; "rack pool balls" Racon   A device that, on receiving radar signals, transmits coded signals in response to help navigators determine their position Raconteur   A person skilled in telling anecdotes Racoon   An omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America Racquet   A sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games Racquetball   A game played on a handball court with short-handled rackets Racquetball   The ball used in playing the game of racquetball Racy   Suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip" Racy   Full of zest or vigor; "a racy literary style" Rad   The unit of plane angle adopted under the Systeme International d''Unites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees) Rad   A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material Radar   Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects Radar_beacon   A device that, on receiving radar signals, transmits coded signals in response to help navigators determine their position Radar_dome   A housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves Radar_echo   An electronic signal that has been reflected back to the radar antenna; contains information about the location and distance of the reflecting object Back to top Radar_fire   Gunfire aimed a target that is being tracked by radar Radar_target   A radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface Radclyffe_Hall   English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943) Raddle   A red iron ore used in dyeing and marking Raddle   Mark or paint with raddle Raddle   Twist or braid together, interlace Raddled   Showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young fa Raddled   Worn until no longer useful; "battered trumpets and raddled radios"; "worn-out shoes with flapping soles" Radhakrishnan   Indian philosopher and statesman who introduced Indian philosophy to the West (1888-1975) Radial   Pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing Radial   Arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center; "radial symmetry"; "a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals"; "many cities show a radial pattern of main highways" Radial   Issuing in rays from a common centerXs; relating to rays of light; "radial heat" Radial   Relating to or moving along or having the direction of a radius; "radial velocity" Radial   Relating to or near the radius; "the radial aspect of the forearm" Radial-ply   Of or relating to automobile tires that have a strip under the tread and relatively little stiffening in the sidewalls; "radial-ply tires" Radial-ply_tire   Pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing Radially   In a radial manner; "an imaginative dispersal of the pews radially from the central focus of the pulpit" Radially_symmetrical   Having a symmetrical arrangement of radiating parts about a central point Radial_artery   Branch of the brachial artery beginning below the elbow and extending down the forearm around the wrist and into the palm Radial_asymmetry   The absence of symmetry about an axis Back to top Radial_engine   An internal-combustion engine having cylinders arranged radially around a central crankcase Radial_keratotomy   Radial pattern of incisions in the cornea that cause the cornea to bulge; performed to correct myopia Radial_nerve   Largest branch of the brachial plexus; extends down the humerus to the lateral epicondyle where it divides into one branch that goes to the skin on the back of the hand and another that goes to the underlying extensor muscles Radial_pulse   Pulse of the radial artery (felt in the wrist) Radial_symmetry   The property of symmetry about an axis; "the starfish illustrates radial symmetry" Radial_tire   Pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing Radial_vein   Superficial veins ascending the radial side of the forearm; combines with the ulnar veins to form the brachial vein Radial_velocity   Velocity along the line of sight toward or away from the observer Radian   The unit of plane angle adopted under the Systeme International d''Unites; equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius (approximately 57.295 degrees) Radiance   The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light Radiance   The amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface Radiance   An attractive combination of good health and happiness; "the radiance of her countenance" Radiancy   The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light Radiant   Radiating or as if radiating light; "the beaming sun"; "the effulgent daffodils"; "a radiant sunrise"; "a refulgent sunset" Radiantly   In a radiant manner; "the bride smiled radiantly" Radiant_energy   Energy that is transmitted in the form of (electromagnetic) radiation; energy that exists in the absence of matter Radiant_flux   The rate of flow of radiant energy (electromagnetic waves) Radiant_heating   Heating a building by radiation from panels containing hot water or electrical heaters Radiate   Send out real or metaphoric rays; "She radiates happiness" Radiate   Spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate; "The plants on this island diversified" Back to top Radiate   Issue or emerge in rays or waves; "Heat radiated from the metal box" Radiate   Experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness" Radiate   Cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays; "The sun is radiating" Radiate   Especially of the complexion: show a strong bright color, such as red or pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna" Radiate   Extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiates spines in all directions" Radiate   Send out rays or waves; "The sun radiates heat" Radiating(a)   Diverging from a common point Radiation   (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to radiation from a radioactive substance Radiation   The act of spreading outward from a central source Radiation   A radial arrangement of nerve fibers connecting different parts of the brain Radiation   The spread of a group of organisms into new habitats Radiation   Energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles Radiation   The spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay Radiation   Syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and Radiation_diagram   Graphical representation (in polar or cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle Radiation_field   A field that represents the energy lost from the radiator to space Radiation_pattern   Graphical representation (in polar or cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle Radiation_pressure   The minute pressure exerted on a surface normal to the direction of propagation of a wave Radiation_pyrometer   A pyrometer for estimating the temperature of distant sources of heat; radiation is focussed on a thermojunction connected in circuit with a galvanometer Radiation_sickness   Syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and Back to top Radiation_syndrome   Syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and Radiation_therapy   (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to radiation from a radioactive substance Radiator   A mechanism consisting of a metal honeycomb through which hot fluids circulate; heat is transferred from the fluid through the honeycomb to the airstream that is created either by the motion of the vehicle or by a fan Radiator   Heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings Radiator   Any object that radiates energy Radiator_cap   Cap on the opening in the top of a radiator through which a coolant liquid can be added Radiator_grille   Grating that admits cooling air to car''s radiator Radiator_hose   A flexible hose between the radiator and the engine block Radical   (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" Radical   A sign placed in front of an expression to denote that a root is to be extracted Radical   A character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram Radical   A person who has radical ideas or opinions Radical   (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule Radical   An atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule than has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule; "in the body free radicals are high-energy part Radical   Especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem; "basal placentation"; "radical leaves" Radical   (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; "extremist political views"; "radical opinions on education"; "an ultra conservative" Radical   Markedly new or introducing radical change; "a revolutionary discovery"; "radical political views" Radical   Arising from or going to the root; "a radical flaw in the plan" Radical   Of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root; "a radical verb form" Radicalism   The political orientation of those who favor revolutionary change in government and society Back to top Radically   In a radical manner; "she took a radically different approach" Radical_cell   A cell of terrorists (usually 3 to 5 members); "to insure operational security the members of adjacent terrorist cells usually don''t know each other or the identity of their leadership" Radical_chic   An affectation of radical left-wing views and the fasionable dress and lifestyle that goes with them Radical_hysterectomy   Surgical removal of the uterus and the ovaries and oviducts and cervix and related lymph nodes Radical_mastectomy   Removal of a breast and the underlying muscles (pectoralis major and pectoralis minor) and lymph nodes in the adjacent armpit Radical_sign   A sign placed in front of an expression to denote that a root is to be extracted Radicchio   Prized variety of chicory having globose heads of red leaves Radicle   (anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve) Radiculitis   Inflammation of the radicle of a nerve Radiigera   A genus of fungus belonging to the family Geastraceae Radiigera_fuscogleba   A fungus similar to an earthstar except that it does not open up; the spore mass is brown at maturity with a column of sterile tissue extending up into it Radio   A communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves Radio   An electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals Radio   Medium for communication Radio   Transmit messages via radio waves; "he radioed for help" Radio   Indicating radiation or radioactivity; "radiochemistry" Radio-controlled   Operated and guided by radio; "a radio-controlled airplane" Radio-controlled_aircraft   An aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control Radio-frequency_spectrum   The entire spectrum of electromagnetic frequencies used for communications; includes frequencies used for radio and radar and television Radio-gramophone   Electronic equipment consisting of a combination of a radio receiver and a record player Back to top Radio-opacity   Opacity to X-rays or other radiation Radio-opaque   Not transparent to X-rays or other forms of radiation; "barium sulfate is radiopaque" Radio-phonograph   Electronic equipment consisting of a combination of a radio receiver and a record player Radioactive   Exhibiting or caused by radioactivity; "radioactive isotope"; "radioactive decay"; "radioactive fallout" Radioactively   In a radioactive manner; "radioactively labeled" Radioactive_dating   Measurement of the amount of radioactive material (usually carbon 14) that an object contains; can be used to estimate the age of the object Radioactive_decay   The spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation Radioactive_dust   The radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion Radioactive_iodine_excretion_test   Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine excreted in the urine Radioactive_iodine_test   Test of thyroid function in which the patient is give an oral does of radioactive iodine-131 Radioactive_iodine_uptake_test   Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland Radioactive_material   Material that is radioactive Radioactive_waste   Useless radioactive materials that are left after some laboratory or commercial process is completed Radioactivity   The spontaneous emission of a stream of particles or electromagnetic rays in nuclear decay Radioactivity_unit   A measure of radioactivity Radiobiology   The branch of biology that studies the effects of radiation on living organisms Radiocarbon   A radioactive isotope of carbon Radiocarbon_dating   A chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-14; believed to be reliable up to 40,000 years Radiocarpal_joint   A joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones Radiochemist   A chemist who specializes in nuclear chemistry Back to top Radiochemistry   The chemistry of radioactive substances Radiochlorine   A radioactive isotope of chlorine Radiocommunication   Medium for communication Radiogram   A photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays) Radiogram   A message transmitted by wireless telegraphy Radiograph   A photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays) Radiographer   A person who makes radiographs Radiographic   Relating to or produced by radiography Radiography   Photography that uses other kinds of radiation than visible light Radiography   The process of making a radiograph; producing an image on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light Radioimmunoassay   Immunoassay of a substance that has been radioactively labeled Radioisotope   A radioactive isotope of an element; produced either naturally or artificially Radiolaria   Marine protozoa Radiolarian   Protozoa with amoeba-like bodies and radiating filamentous pseudopods Radiolocate   Locate by means of radar; "The pilot managed to radiolocate the lost aircraft" Radiolocation   Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects Radiological   Of or relating to radiology Radiologic_technologist   A scientist trained in radiological technology Radiologist   A medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease Radiology   (radiology) examination of the inner structure of opaque objects using X rays or other penetrating radiation Back to top Radiology   The branch of medical science dealing with the medical use of X-rays or other penetrating radiation Radiolucent   Almost complete transparent to X-rays or other forms of radiation; "radiolucent tissues" Radiolysis   Molecular disintegration resulting from radiation Radiometer   Meter to detect and measure radiant energy (electromagnetic or acoustic) Radiomicrometer   Radiometer that is extremely sensitive Radiopacity   Opacity to X-rays or other radiation Radiopaque   Not transparent to X-rays or other forms of radiation; "barium sulfate is radiopaque" Radiopaque_dye   Dye that does not allow the passage of X rays or other radiation; used to outline certain organs during X-ray examination Radiopharmaceutical   Pharmaceutical consisting of a radioactive compound used in radiation therapy Radiophone   A telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables Radiophonic   Relating to or by means of radiotelephony Radiophoto   A photograph transmitted by radio waves Radiophotograph   A photograph transmitted by radio waves Radiophotography   Transmission of photographs by radio waves Radioprotection   Protection against harmful effects of radiation Radioscopy   (radiology) examination of the inner structure of opaque objects using X rays or other penetrating radiation Radiosensitive   Sensitive to radiation; "radiosensitive cancer cells can be treated with radiotherapy" Radiosensitivity   Sensitivity to the action of radiant energy Radiotelegraph   The use of radio to send telegraphic messages (usually by Morse code) Radiotelegraph   Telegraphy that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire Back to top Radiotelegraphic_signal   A signal transmitted by telegraphy Radiotelegraphy   The use of radio to send telegraphic messages (usually by Morse code) Radiotelegraphy   Telegraphy that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire Radiotelephone   A telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables Radiotelephone   Telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire Radiotelephonic   Relating to or by means of radiotelephony Radiotelephony   Telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire Radiotherapist   A medical specialist who uses radioactive substances and X-rays in the treatment of disease Radiotherapy   (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to radiation from a radioactive substance Radiotherapy_equipment   Equipment used to treat diseases with x-rays or radioactivity Radiothorium   Radioactive isotope of thorium with mass number 228 Radio_aerial   Omnidirectional antenna comprising the part of a radio receiver by means of which radio signals are received Radio_announcer   An announcer whose voice is broadcast on radio Radio_antenna   Omnidirectional antenna comprising the part of a radio receiver by means of which radio signals are received Radio_astronomy   The branch of astronomy that detects and studies the radio waves emitted by celestial bodies Radio_beacon   A radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes Radio_beacon   A characteristic signal emitted by a transmitter used for navigation Radio_beam   A signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides pilots in darkness or bad weather Radio_brightness   The strength of a radio wave picked up by a radio telescope Radio_broadcast   A broadcast via radio Back to top Radio_chassis   A chassis for a radio receiver Radio_compass   A direction finder that gives a bearing by determining the direction of incoming radio signals Radio_detection_and_ranging   Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects Radio_emission   An electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between 0.5 cm to 30,000 m Radio_frequency   An electromagnetic wave frequency between audio and infrared Radio_interferometer   Radio telescope that uses interference patterns from two antennas instead of a parabolic antenna Radio_link   A two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network Radio_news   A radio broadcast of news Radio_noise   Static at radio wavelengths Radio_observation   An observation made with a radio telescope Radio_operator   Someone who operates a radio transmitter Radio_radiation   An electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between 0.5 cm to 30,000 m Radio_receiver   An electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals Radio_reflector   Astronomical telescope that picks up electromagnetic radiations in the radio-frequency range from extra-terrestrial sources Radio_set   An electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals Radio_signal   A radio wave used to transmit and receive messages Radio_source   An object that radiates radio waves Radio_spectrum   The entire spectrum of electromagnetic frequencies used for communications; includes frequencies used for radio and radar and television Radio_station   Station for the production and transmission of radio broadcasts Radio_telescope   Astronomical telescope that picks up electromagnetic radiations in the radio-frequency range from extra-terrestrial sources Back to top Radio_transmitter   Transmitter that is the part of a radio system that transmits signals Radio_wave   An electromagnetic wave with a wavelength between 0.5 cm to 30,000 m Radish   Pungent fleshy edible root Radish   Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root usually eaten raw Radish   Pungent edible root of any of various cultivated radish plants Radish_plant   A cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root Radium   An intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores Radium_therapy   The use of radium in radiation therapy Radius   Support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim Radius   The length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere Radius   The outer and slightly shorter of the two bones of the human forearm Radius   A circular region whose area is indicated by the length of its radius; "they located it within a radius of 2 miles" Radius   A straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle (or from the center to the surface of a sphere) Radius_of_curvature   The radius of the circle of curvature; the absolute value of the reciprocal of the curvature of a curve at a given point Radius_vector   A line connecting a point in space to the origin of a polar coordinate system Radius_vector   A line connecting a satellite to the center of the body around which it is rotating Radix   (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system" Radome   A housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves Radon   A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium; the heaviest of the inert gasses; occurs naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is considered a hazard to health Radyera   Very small species of shrubs of southern hemisphere: bush hibiscus Back to top Radyera_farragei   Southern and western Australian shrub with unlobed or shallowly lobed toothed leaves and purple flowers; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus Raetam   Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista RAF   A Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of the class struggle; a successor to the Baader-Meinhof Gang; became one of Europe''s most feared terrorist groups; d RAF   The airforce of Great Britain Raffaello_Santi   Italian painter whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance (1483-1520) Raffaello_Sanzio   Italian painter whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance (1483-1520) Raffia   Feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes Raffia   Fiber of a raffia palm used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets Raffia   Leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc. Raffia_farinifera   A large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks Raffia_palm   A large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks Raffia_ruffia   A large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks Raffia_taedigera   A tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes Raffia_vinifera   A palm of the genus Raffia Raffinose   A trisaccharide that occurs in sugar beets and cotton seeds and certain cereals Raffish   Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary Moore Raffish   Marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" Raffishly   In a rakish manner; "she wore her hat rakishly at an angle" Raffle   A lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money Raffle   Dispose of in a lottery; "We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas" Back to top Raffles   British colonial administrator who founded Singapore (1781-1826) Rafflesiaceae   A family of parasitic plants of the order Aristolochiales Raffle_off   Dispose of in a lottery; "We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas" Raft   A flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers Raft   (often followed by `of'') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty" Raft   Make into a raft; "raft these logs" Raft   Travel by raft in water; "Raft the Colorado River" Raft   Transport on a raft; "raft wood down a river" Rafter   One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof Rafter   Someone who travels by raft Rafter   Provide (a ceiling) with rafters Raftered   Having the rafters especially having them visible; "a raftered ceiling" Raftman   Someone who travels by raft Rafts   A large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed a mountain of newspapers" Raftsman   Someone who travels by raft Raft_foundation   A foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete Rag   A boisterous practical joke (especially by college students) Rag   A small piece of cloth or paper Rag   Newspaper with half-size pages Rag   Music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano) Back to top Rag   A week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities Rag   Break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore" Rag   Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger''s car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" Rag   Harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don''t ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" Rag   Play in ragtime; "rag that old tune" Rag   Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" Rag   Treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" Ragamuffin   A dirty shabbily clothed urchin Ragbag   A bag in which rags are kept Ragbag   A motley assortment of things Rage   An interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season" Rage   A feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage" Rage   Violent state of the elements; "the sea hurled itself in thundering rage against the rocks" Rage   A state of extreme anger; "she fell into a rage and refused to answer" Rage   Something that is desired intensely; "his rage for fame destroyed him" Rage   Feel intense anger; "Rage against the dying of the light!" Rage   Be violent; as of fires and storms Rage   Behave violently, as if in state of a great anger Ragee   East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient Ragged   Having an irregular outline; "text set with ragged right margins"; "herded the class into a ragged line" Back to top Ragged   Worn out from stress or strain; "run ragged" Ragged   Being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn; "clothes as ragged as a scarecrow''s"; "a ragged tramp" Ragged-fringed_orchid   Fringed orchid of the eastern United States having a greenish flower with the lip deeply lacerate Raggedly   With a ragged and uneven appearance; "a long beard, raggedly cut" Raggedly   In a ragged irregular manner; "a stone wall trails raggedly through the woods" Raggedly   In a ragged uneven manner; "I took the cigarette he offered, drawing at it raggedly" Raggedness   Shabbiness by virtue of being in rags Ragged_orchid   Fringed orchid of the eastern United States having a greenish flower with the lip deeply lacerate Ragged_orchis   Fringed orchid of the eastern United States having a greenish flower with the lip deeply lacerate Ragged_robin   Common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals Ragi   East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient Raging   (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea" Raging   Very severe; "a raging thirst"; "a raging toothache" Raging   Characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense; "the fighting became hot and heavy"; "a hot engagement"; "a raging battle"; "the river became a raging torrent" Raglan   A garment (coat or sweater) that has raglan sleeves Raglan_sleeve   A sleeve that extends in one piece to the neckline of a coat or sweater with seams from the armhole to the neck Ragnarok   Myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil Ragnar_Anton_Kittil_Frisch   Norwegian economist noted for his work in econometrics (1895-1973) Ragnar_Frisch   Norwegian economist noted for his work in econometrics (1895-1973) Ragout   Well-seasoned stew of meat and vegetables Back to top Ragpicker   An unskilled person who picks up rags from trash cans and public dumps as a means of livelihood Ragpicker's_disease   A form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse Ragsorter   A worker who sorts rags and old clothing for new uses (as in papermaking) Ragsorter's_disease   A form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse Ragtag   Disparaging terms for the common people Ragtag_and_bobtail   Disparaging terms for the common people Ragtime   Music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano) Ragusa   A port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic; a popular tourist center Ragweed   Any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma Ragweed   Widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity Ragweed_pollen   Pollen of the ragweed plant is a common allergen Ragwort   American ragwort with yellow flowers Ragwort   Widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity Rag_day   A day on which university students hold a rag Rag_doll   A cloth doll that is stuffed and (usually) painted Rag_gourd   Any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits; grown commercially for the mature fruit''s dried fibrous interior that is used as a sponge Rag_paper   Paper made partly or wholly from rags Rag_trade   Makers and sellers of fashionable clothing Rag_week   A week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities Rahu   A demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses Back to top Raid   An attempt by speculators to defraud investors Raid   A sudden short attack Raid   Search for something needed or desired; "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator" Raid   Enter someone else''s territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly" Raid   Take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies" Raid   Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house" Raider   A corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management Raider   Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) Raiding   Characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party" Rail   Any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud Rail   A horizontal bar (usually of wood) Rail   Short for railway; "he traveled by rail"; "he was concerned with rail safety" Rail   A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports Rail   A bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll Rail   Criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans'' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies" Rail   Spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews" Rail   Complain bitterly Rail   Fish with a hand-line over the rails of a boat; "They are railing for fresh fish" Rail   Lay with rails; "hundreds of miles were railed out here" Rail   Travel by rail or train; "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg" Back to top Rail   Convey (goods etc.) by rails; "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium" Rail   Separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace" Rail   Provide with rails; "The yard was railed" Rail   Enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves" Rail-splitter   A laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences Railbird   A fan of racing who watches races from the outer rail of the track Railcar   A wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails" Railhead   A railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution Railhead   The end of the completed track on an unfinished railway Railing   A barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports Railing   Material for making rails or rails collectively Raillery   Light teasing repartee Railroad   A line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked along the railroad track" Railroad   Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system Railroad   Transport by railroad Railroad   Supply with railroad lines; "railroad the West" Railroad   Compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone" Railroader   An employee of a railroad Railroading   The activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads Railroad_bed   A bed on which railroad track is laid Back to top Railroad_car   A wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails" Railroad_engineer   The operator of a railway locomotive Railroad_flat   An apartment whose rooms are all in a line with doors between them Railroad_line   Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system Railroad_man   An employee of a railroad Railroad_siding   A short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass Railroad_station   Terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods Railroad_terminal   Terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods Railroad_ticket   A ticket good for a ride on a railroad train Railroad_tie   One of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" Railroad_track   A line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked along the railroad track" Railroad_train   Public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive; "express trains don''t stop at Princeton Junction" Railroad_tunnel   A tunnel through which the railroad track runs Railroad_vine   Prostrate perennial of coastal sand dunes Florida to Texas Railroad_worm   Larvae bore into and feed on apples Rails   A bar or bars of rolled steel making a track along which vehicles can roll Railway   A line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked along the railroad track" Railway   Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system Railwayman   An employee of a railroad Railway_car   A wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails" Back to top Railway_junction   A junction where two or more railway lines meet or cross Railway_line   The road consisting of railroad track and roadbed Railway_line   Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system Railway_locomotive   A wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks Railway_man   An employee of a railroad Railway_station   Terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods Railway_system   Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system Railway_yard   An area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines Rail_fence   A fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle) Rail_in   Enclose with rails; "rail in the old graves" Rail_line   The road consisting of railroad track and roadbed Rail_off   Separate with a railing; "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace" Rail_technology   The activity of designing and constructing and operating railroads Raiment   Especially fine or decorative clothing Raiment   Provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child" Raimentless   Possessing no clothing Rain   Anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults" Rain   Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere Rain   Drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds Rain   Precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding" Back to top Rain-giver   An epithet for Jupiter Rain-in-the-Face   A chief of the Sioux; he was with Sitting Bull and others at the battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when General Custer''s troops were massacred (1835-1905) Rain-wash   The washing away of soil or other loose material by rain Rainbow   An illusory hope; "chasing rainbows" Rainbow   An arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun''s rays by rain Rainbow_cactus   A stout cylindrical cactus of the southwest United States and adjacent Mexico Rainbow_fish   Small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums Rainbow_lorikeet   A kind of lorikeet Rainbow_perch   Pacific coast fish Rainbow_pink   Chinese pink with deeply toothed rose-lilac flowers with a purplish eye; usually raised as an annual Rainbow_runner   Streamlined cigar-shaped jack; good game fish Rainbow_seaperch   Pacific coast fish Rainbow_shower   Deciduous ornamental hybrid of southeastern Asia and Hawaii having racemes of flowers ranging in color from cream to orange and red Rainbow_smelt   Important marine and landlocked food fish of eastern North America and Alaska Rainbow_smelt   Common smelt of eastern North America and Alaska Rainbow_trout   Found in Pacific coastal waters and streams from lower California to Alaska Rainbow_trout   Flesh of pacific trout that migrate from salt to fresh water Raincoat   A water-resistant coat Raindrop   A drop of rain Rainer_Maria_Rilke   German poet (born in Austria) whose imagery and mystic lyricism influenced 20-th century German literature (1875-1926) Back to top Rainfall   Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere Rainfly   Flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent Rainforest   A forest with heavy annual rainfall Raining   Falling in drops or as if falling like rain; "watched the raining apple blossoms" Rainless   Lacking rain; "a rainless month"; "rainless skies" Rainmaker   American indian medicine man who attempt to make it rain Rainmaker   Executive who is very successful in bringing in business to his company or firm Rainmaking   Activity intended to produce rain Rainproof   Not permitting the passage of water Rainstorm   A storm with rain Rainwater   Drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds Rainy   Marked by rain; "their vacation turned out to be a series of rainy days" Rainy   (of weather) wet by periods of rain; "showery weather"; "rainy days" Rainy_day   A (future) time of financial need; "I am saving for a rainy day" Rainy_season   One of the two seasons in tropical climates Rain_barrel   A barrel used as a cistern to hold rainwater Rain_buckets   Rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it''s pouring outside!" Rain_cats_and_dogs   Rain heavily; "Put on your rain coat-- it''s pouring outside!" Rain_check   A ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain Rain_check   A promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future Back to top Rain_cloud   A dark gray cloud bearing rain Rain_dance   A ritual dance intended to bring rain Rain_date   An alternative date set for some outdoor event in case it rains on the appointed date; "the rain date for the picnic will be the following Sunday" Rain_down   Precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding" Rain_forest   A forest with heavy annual rainfall Rain_gage   Gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation Rain_gauge   Gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation Rain_out   Prevent or interrupt due to rain; "The storm had washed out the game" Rain_shadow   An area that has little precipitation because some barrier causes the winds to lose their moisture before reaching it Rain_shower   A brief period of precipitation; "the game was interrupted by a brief shower" Rain_stick   A percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends; makes the sound of falling rain when tilted; origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rai Rain_tree   Large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle Raisable   Capable of being raised; "the roadster had a raisable sunroof" Raise   The act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up" Raise   Increasing the size of a bet (as in poker); "I''ll see your raise and double it" Raise   The amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike" Raise   An upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn''t make it up the rise" Raise   Cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts" Raise   Raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread" Raise   Increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension" Back to top Raise   Put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege" Raise   Raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty" Raise   Invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego" Raise   Bring (a surface, a design, etc.) into relief and cause to project; "raised edges" Raise   Multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3 Raise   Establish radio communications with; "They managed to raise Hanoi last night" Raise   Activate or stir up; "raise a mutiny" Raise   Cause to be heard or known; express or utter; "raise a shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry" Raise   Pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth; "raise your `o''" Raise   Put forward for consideration or discussion; "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic" Raise   Cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers" Raise   Bet more than the previous player Raise   In bridge: bid (one''s partner''s suit) at a higher level Raise   Evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" Raise   Construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" Raise   Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" Raise   Create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise; "raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise Cain" Raise   Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" Raise   Move upwards; "lift one''s eyes" Raise   Raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" Back to top Raise   Cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread" Raise   Collect funds for a specific purpose; "The President raised several million dollars for his college" Raise   Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" Raise   Bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" Raiseable   Capable of being raised; "the roadster had a raisable sunroof" Raised   Embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery; "brocaded silk"; "an embossed satin"; "embossed leather"; "raised needlework"; "raised metalwork" Raised   Above the surround or above the normal position; "a raised design"; "raised eyebrows" Raised   Leavened usually with yeast; "raised bread" Raised(a)   Increased especially to abnormal levels; "the raised prices frightened away customers"; "inflated wages"; "an inflated economy" Raised_doughnut   A doughnut made light with yeast rather than baking powder Raiser   Someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil Raiser   A bridge partner who increases the partner''s bid Raise_hell   Object strongly; make a stink Raise_the_roof   Get very angry; "He will raise the roof when he hears this" Raise_up   Change the arrangement or position of Raisin   Dried grape Raisin-nut_cookie   Cookie filled with a paste of raisins and nuts Raising   Raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" Raising   The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child Raising   The event of something being raised upward; "an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon"; "a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity" Back to top Raising   Increasing in quantity or value; "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate" Raising_hell   Making trouble just for the fun of it Raisin_bran   Bran flakes with raisins Raisin_bread   Bread containing raisins Raisin_cookie   Cookie containing raisins Raisin_moth   Moth whose larvae attack dried fruits and cereal products Raison_d'etre   The purpose that justifies a thing''s existence Raison_d'etre   Reason for being Raita   An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices RAIU   Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland Raj   British dominion over India (1757-1947) Raja   Type genus of the family Rajidae Raja   A Hindu prince or king in India Rajab   The seventh month of the Islamic calendar Rajah   A Hindu prince or king in India Rajanya   The second highest of the four varnas: the noble or warrior category Raja_batis   Common European skate used as food Raja_erinacea   Most plentiful skate in North American inshore waters in summer; to 21 inches Raja_laevis   One of the largest skates (to 5 feet); an active skate easy to hook Raja_radiata   Cold-water bottom fish with spines on the back; to 40 inches Back to top Rajidae   Bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates Rajiformes   Fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes Rajpoot   A member of the dominant Hindu military caste in northern India Rajput   A member of the dominant Hindu military caste in northern India Rakaposhi   A mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir (25,560 feet high) Rake   A long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil Rake   Degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch" Rake   A dissolute man in fashionable society Rake   Scrape gently; "graze the skin" Rake   Gather with a rake; "rake leaves" Rake   Level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel" Rake   Move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her fingers through her hair" Rake   Examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi" Rake   Sweep the length of; "The gunfire raked the coast" Rake-off   A percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster Rake_handle   The handle of a rake Rake_in   Earn large sums of money; "Since she accepted the new position, she has been raking it in" Rake_off   Take money from an illegal transaction Rake_up   Bring to light; "He raked up the misdeeds of his predecessor" Rakish   Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary Moore Back to top Rakish   Marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" Rakishly   In a rakish manner; "she wore her hat rakishly at an angle" Rakishness   Stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance Rakishness   The quality of a rake Rale   A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle" Ralegh   English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618) Raleigh   Capital of the state of North Carolina; located in the east central part of the North Carolina Raleigh   English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618) Rallentando   Gradually decreasing in tempo Rallentando   Slowing down; "this passage should be played rallentando" Rallidae   Rails; crakes; gallinules; coots Rally   The feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort; "he singled to start a rally in the 9th inning"; "he feared the rallying of their troops for a counterattack" Rally   (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes; "after a short rally Connors won the point" Rally   An automobile race run over public roads Rally   A large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm Rally   A marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness Rally   Return to a former condition; "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied" Rally   Harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don''t ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" Rally   Call to arms; of military personnel Rally   Gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage" Back to top Rally   Gather; "drum up support" Rallying   The feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort; "he singled to start a rally in the 9th inning"; "he feared the rallying of their troops for a counterattack" Rallying   The act of mobilizing for a common purpose; "the bell was a signal for the rallying of the whole neighborhood" Rallying   Rousing or recalling to unity and renewed effort; "a rallying cry" Rallying_cry   A yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle Rallying_cry   A slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms"; "our watchword will be `democracy''" Rallying_point   A point or principle on which scattered or opposing groups can come together Ralph_Barton_Perry   United States philosopher (1876-1957) Ralph_Bunche   United States diplomat and United Nations official (1904-1971) Ralph_Ellison   United States novelist who wrote about a young Black man and his struggles in American society (1914-1994) Ralph_Johnson_Bunche   United States diplomat and United Nations official (1904-1971) Ralph_Richardson   British stage and screen actor noted for playing classic roles (1902-1983) Ralph_Vaughan_Williams   English composer influenced by folk tunes and music of the Tudor period (1872-1958) Ralph_Waldo_Ellison   United States novelist who wrote about a young Black man and his struggles in American society (1914-1994) Ralph_Waldo_Emerson   United States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882) Ram   Uncastrated adult male sheep; "a British term is `tup''" Ram   A tool for driving or forcing something by impact RAM   The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible Ram   The first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19 Ram   (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries Back to top Ram   Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad" Ram   Crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked" Ram   Undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post" Ram   Strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door" Ram's-head   Orchid of northern North America having a brownish-green flower and red-and-white lip suggestive of a ram''s head Ram's-head_lady's_slipper   Orchid of northern North America having a brownish-green flower and red-and-white lip suggestive of a ram''s head Ram's_horn   Annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak Rama   Avatar of Vishnu whose name is synonymous with God; any of three incarnations: Ramachandra or Parashurama or Balarama; "in Hindu folklore Rama is the epitome of chivalry and courage and obedience to sacred law" Ramachandra   A hero in Hindu mythology; an incarnation of Vishnu Ramadan   (Islam) a fast (held from sunrise to sunset) that is carried out during the Islamic month of Ramadan Ramadan   The ninth month of the Islamic calendar; the month of fasting; the holiest period for the Islamic faith Ramalina   Shrubby lichens of the family Usneaceae having a flattened thallus Ramanavami   Hindu lunar holiday (on the 9th day of Caitra) to celebrate the birth of Rama Ramate   Having branches Ramayana   One of two classical Hindu epics telling of the banishment of Rama from his kingdom and the abduction of his wife by a demon and Rama''s restoration to the throne Ramble   A leisurely walk (usually in some public place) Ramble   Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They ro Ramble   Continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This novel rambles on and jogs" Rambler   A person whose speech or writing is not well organized Rambler   A person who takes long walks in the country Back to top Ramble_on   Continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This novel rambles on and jogs" Rambling   Of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road" Rambling   (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women''s fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling Ramblingly   In a rambling manner Rambotan   Pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines Rambotan   Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit Rambouillet   Hardy sheep developed from the Merino producing both good mutton and fine wool Rambunctious   Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of or Rambutan   Pleasantly acid bright red oval Malayan fruit covered with soft spines Rambutan   Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit Rambutan_tree   Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit Rameau   French composer of operas whose writings laid the foundation for the modern theory of harmony (1683-1764) Ramee   Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax Ramekin   A small fireproof dish used for baking and serving individual portions Ramekin   A cheese dish made with bread and egg crumbs that is baked and served in individual fireproof dishes Ramequin   A small fireproof dish used for baking and serving individual portions Ramequin   A cheese dish made with bread and egg crumbs that is baked and served in individual fireproof dishes Rameses   Any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC Rameses_II   King of Egypt between 1304 and 1237 BC who built many monuments Rameses_the_Great   King of Egypt between 1304 and 1237 BC who built many monuments Back to top Ramesses   Any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC Ramesses_II   King of Egypt between 1304 and 1237 BC who built many monuments Ramesses_the_Great   King of Egypt between 1304 and 1237 BC who built many monuments Ramie   Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax Ramification   The act of branching out or dividing into branches Ramification   An arrangement of branching parts Ramification   A development that complicates a situation; "the court''s decision had many unforeseen ramifications" Ramification   A part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"; "they took the south fork" Ramify   Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks" Ramify   Grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large" Ramify   Have or develop complicating consequences; "These actions will ramify" Ramjet   A simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed Ramjet_engine   A simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed Ramman   God of storms and wind; corresponds to Babylonian Adad Rammer   A tool for driving something with force Ramona   Shrubby plant with aromatic grayish-green leaves used as a cooking herb Ramontchi   Small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums Ramon_Lully   Spanish philosopher (1235-1315) Ramon_y_Cajal   Spanish histologist noted for his work on the structure of the nervous system (1852-1934) Ramose   Having branches Back to top Ramous   Having branches Ramp   An inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another Ramp   A movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft Ramp   North American perennial having a slender bulb and whitish flowers Ramp   Stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing Ramp   Creep up -- used especially of plants; "The roses ramped over the wall" Ramp   Be rampant; "the lion is rampant in this heraldic depiction" Ramp   Furnish with a ramp; "The ramped auditorium" Ramp   Behave violently, as if in state of a great anger Rampage   Violently angry and destructive behavior Rampage   Act violently, recklessly, or destructively Rampageous   Displaying raging violence; often destructive; "the hot rampageous horses of my will"- W.H.Auden Rampant   Unrestrained and violent; "rampant aggression" Rampant(ip)   Rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile; "a lion rampant" Rampantly   In an uncontrolled and rampant manner; "weeds grew rampantly around here" Rampant_arch   An arch whose support is higher on one side than on the other Rampart   An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down" Ramphastidae   Toucans Ramphomicron   Thornbills Rampion   Bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad Back to top Rampion_bellflower   Bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad Ramp_up   Bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports" Ramrod   A rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firearm Ramrod   A rod used to clean the barrel of a firearm Ramrod   A harshly demanding overseer Ramsay_Hunt_syndrome   Syndrome resulting from infection by the herpes varicella zoster virus; characterized by vertigo and pain in the ears and facial nerve paralysis and sometimes hearing loss Ramses   Any of 12 kings of ancient Egypt between 1315 and 1090 BC Ramses_II   King of Egypt between 1304 and 1237 BC who built many monuments Ramses_the_Great   King of Egypt between 1304 and 1237 BC who built many monuments Ramshackle   In deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack" Ramsons   Pungent Old World weedy plant Ramus   The posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical RAM_disk   (computer science) a virtual drive that is created by setting aside part of the random-access memory to use as if it were a group of sectors; "access to a RAM disk is very fast but the data it contains is lost when the system is turned off" Ram_down   Teach by drills and repetition Ram_down   Strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door" Ram_home   Make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something; "drive home a point or an argument"; "I''m trying to drive home these basic ideas" Rana   Type genus of the Ranidae Ranales   Herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae Ranalian_complex   A group of families or trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants; contains 36 families including Magnoliaceae and Ranunculaceae; sometimes classif Ranatra   Elongate very slender water scorpions Back to top Rana_cascadae   Mountain frog found near water; of United States northwest to California Rana_catesbeiana   Largest North American frog; highly aquatic with a deep-pitched voice Rana_clamitans   Similar to bullfrog; found in or near marshes and ponds; of United States and Canada Rana_goliath   Largest living frog; up to a foot and weighing up to 10 lbs; Africa Rana_palustris   A meadow frog of eastern North America Rana_pipiens   Common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots Rana_sylvatica   Wide-ranging light-brown frog of moist North American woodlands especially spruce Rana_tarahumarae   Mexican frog found within a jump of two or water Rana_temporaria   A common semiterrestrial European frog Ranch   Farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle) Ranch   Manage or run a ranch; "Her husband is ranching in Arizona" Rancher   A person who owns or operates a ranch Ranching   Farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle) Ranch_hand   A hired had on a ranch Ranch_house   A one story house with a low pitched roof Rancid   Smelling of fermentation or staleness Rancid   Used of decomposing oils or fats; "rancid butter"; "rancid bacon" Rancor   A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will Rancorous   Showing deep-seated resentment; "preserve...from rancourous envy of the rich"- Aldous Huxley Rancour   A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will Back to top Rand   A rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese Rand   United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982) Rand   The basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents Randall_Jarrell   United States poet (1914-1965) Random   Lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance; "a random choice"; "bombs fell at random"; "random movements" Random   Taken haphazardly; "a random choice" Random-access_memory   The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible Randomisation   A deliberately haphazard arrangement of observations so as to simulate chance Randomise   Arrange in random order; "Randomize the order of the numbers" Randomised   Set up or distributed in a deliberately random way Randomization   A deliberately haphazard arrangement of observations so as to simulate chance Randomize   Arrange in random order; "Randomize the order of the numbers" Randomized   Set up or distributed in a deliberately random way Randomly   In a random manner; "the houses were randomly scattered"; "bullets were fired into the crowd at random" Randomness   The quality of lacking any predictable order or plan Randomness   (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work; "entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity" Random_access_memory   The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible Random_memory   The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible Random_number_generator   A routine designed to yield a random number Random_sample   A sample grabbed at random Back to top Random_sample   A sample in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected Random_sampling   The selection of a random sample; each element of the population has an equal chance of been selected Random_variable   A variable quantity that is random Random_walk   A stochastic process consisting of a sequence of changes each of whose characteristics (as magnitude or direction) is determined by chance Randy   Feeling great sexual desire; "feeling horny" Ranee   (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja Range   A place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds; "the army maintains a missile range in the desert"; "any good golf club will have a range where you can practice" Range   A kitchen appliance used for cooking food; "dinner was already on the stove" Range   An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in t Range   The limit of capability; "within the compass of education" Range   A variety of different things or activities; "he answered a range of questions"; "he was impressed by the range and diversity of the collection" Range   The limits within which something can be effective; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire" Range   A large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze; "they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring"; "he dreamed of a home on the range" Range   A series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range" Range   The limits of the values a function can take; "the range of this function is the interval from 0 to 1" Range   Assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" Range   Let eat; "range the animals in the prairie" Range   Lay out in a line Range   Feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing" Range   Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They ro Back to top Range   Range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants straddle the entire state" Range   Change or be different within limits; "Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"; "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"; "The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals"; "My students range from very bright to dull" Range   Have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun; "This gun ranges over two miles" Rangefinder   A measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object Rangeland   Lan suitable for grazing livestock Ranger   A member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids Ranger   An official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest Ranger   A member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier Range_animal   Any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep) Range_finder   A measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object Range_hood   Exhaust hood over a kitchen range Range_in   Direct onto a point or target, especially by automatic navigational aids Range_of_mountains   A series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range" Range_pole   Surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors Rangifer   Reindeer or caribou Rangifer_arcticus   Of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus Rangifer_caribou   Any of several large caribou living in coniferous forests of southern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus Rangifer_tarandus   Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called reindeer in Eurasia and caribou in North America Ranging   Wandering freely; "at night in bed...his slowly ranging thoughts...encountered her" Ranging_pole   Surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors Back to top Rangoon   The capital and largest city of Myanmar; located in the south near the Irrawaddy river delta Rangpur   Hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel Rangpur_lime   Hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel Rangy   Allowing ample room for ranging Rangy   Adapted to wandering or roaming Rangy   Tall and thin and having long slender limbs; "a gangling teenager"; "a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man" Rani   (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja Ranid   Insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs Ranidae   A family nearly cosmopolitan in distribution: true frogs Ranier   A mountain peak in central Washington; highest peak in the Cascade Range; (14,410 feet high) Ranitidine   A histamine blocker and antacid (trade name Zantac) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux Rank   The ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army); "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel" Rank   The body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed" Rank   A row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another; "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen" Rank   Position in a social hierarchy; "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are" Rank   Relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority" Rank   Assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" Rank   Take or have a position relative to others; "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World" Rank   Take precedence or surpass others in rank Rank   Growing profusely; "rank jungle vegetation" Back to top Rank   Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery" Rank   Very fertile; producing profuse growth; "rank earth" Rank   Very offensive in smell or taste; "a rank cigar" Rank(a)   Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job Rank-difference_correlation   The most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables Rank-difference_correlation_coefficient   The most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables Rank-order_correlation   The most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables Rank-order_correlation_coefficient   The most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables Ranked   Arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks; "stratified areas of the distribution" Ranker   An enlisted soldier who serves in the ranks of the armed forces Ranker   A commissioned officer who has been promoted from enlisted status Rankin   Leader in the women''s suffrage movement in Montana; the first woman to serve in the United States House of Representatives (1880-1973) Rankine   A unit of temperature on the Rankine scale Rankine_scale   A scale of absolute temperature in Fahrenheit degrees; the freezing point of water is 491.69 degrees and the boiling point of water is 671.69 degrees Ranking   Position on a scale in relation to others in a sport Ranking   Of the highest rank; used of persons; "the commanding officer" Ranking(a)   Having a higher rank; "superior officer" Rankle   Gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The unjustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered" Rankness   The attribute of having a strong offensive smell Rankous   Rankous or Rankus: is a Syrian village and summer resort in the province's Damascus countryside (Rif Dimashq) located in Mount Qalamoun (anti-Lebanon) in Syria , 45 km from Damascus, with a total area of 22.277 km ², extends between 1650 and 2150 m. The climate of the village is cool in summer and cold in winter. The rate of rain and snow usually varies between 350 and 650 mm. The mountains surrounding the village are covered with snow in winter. The population is 19,900 inhabitants. The village is famous for the cultivation of fruit trees: apples, pears, cherries, almonds, apricots, and vegetables: potatoes, peas, many types of vegetables. There are many types of livestock Rankous, such as sheep, goats, cows, poultry. There are Rankous historical monuments in the vicinity of the village, caves, old cemeteries and tombs carved and engraved in stone. Back to top Rank_and_file   The ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army); "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel" Rank_and_file   People who constitute the main body of any group Rank_order   An arrangement according to rank Ransack   Search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child" Ransack   Steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" Ransacked   Wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; "the robbers left the looted train"; "people returned to the plundered village" Ransacking   A thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion); "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn''t find his skis" Ransom   The act of freeing from captivity or punishment Ransom   Payment for the release of someone Ransom   Money demanded for the return of a captured person Ransom   Exchange or buy back for money; under threat Ransomed   Reclaimed by payment of a ransom Ransomed   Saved from the bondage of sin Ransom_money   Money demanded for the return of a captured person Rant   Pompous or pretentious talk or writing Rant   A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion Rant   Talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner Ranter   Someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner Ranting   A loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion Ranula   A cyst on the underside of the tongue Back to top Ranunculaceae   A family of Ranunculaceae Ranunculales   Herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae Ranunculus   Annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot Ranunculus_acris   Perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America Ranunculus_aquatilis   Plant of ponds and slow streams having submerged and floating leaves and white flowers; Europe and North America Ranunculus_bulbosus   Perennial Old World buttercup with golden to sulphur yellow flowers in late spring to early summer; naturalized in North America Ranunculus_ficaria   Perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles Ranunculus_flammula   Semi-aquatic Eurasian perennial crowfoot with spear-shaped leaves; naturalized in New Zealand Ranunculus_glaberrimus   Small early-flowering buttercup with shiny yellow flowers of western North America Ranunculus_lingua   Semi-aquatic European crowfoot with spear-shaped leaves Ranunculus_lyalii   Showy white-flowered perennial of New Zealand Ranunculus_occidentalis   Perennial of western North America Ranunculus_repens   Perennial European herb with long creeping stolons Ranunculus_sceleratus   Annual herb growing in marshy places Ranvier's_nodes   Small gaps in the myelin sheath of medullated axons Ran_into   Come together; "I''ll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" Raoulia   Genus of low-growing mat-forming New Zealand plants; in some classifications includes species placed in genus Haastia Raoulia_australis   Perennial prostrate mat-forming herb with hoary woolly foliage Raoulia_lutescens   Perennial prostrate mat-forming herb with hoary woolly foliage Raoul_Dufy   French painter noted for brightly colored scenes (1877-1953) Back to top Rap   The act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack" Rap   A reproach for some lapse or misdeed; "he took the blame for it"; "it was a bum rap" Rap   Genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged Rap   Voluble conversation Rap   The sound made by a gentle blow Rap   A gentle blow Rap   Talk volubly Rap   Strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles" Rap   Perform rap music Rap   Make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently" Rapacious   Devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks" Rapacious   Excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments" Rapacious   Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal" Rapaciously   In a rapacious manner Rapaciousness   Extreme gluttony Rapacity   Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) Rapacity   Extreme gluttony Rapateaceae   South American herbs somewhat resembling members of the Juncaceae Rape   The crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will Rape   The act of despoiling a country in warfare Back to top Rape   Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop Rape   Destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" Rape   Force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night" Raped   Sexually abused Raped   Having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence; "the raped countryside" Raper   Someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse Rapeseed   Seed of rape plants; source of an edible oil Rapeseed_oil   Edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant Rape_conviction   Conviction for rape Rape_oil   Edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant Rape_suspect   Someone who is suspected of committing rape Raphael   An archangel of the Hebrew tradition Raphael   Italian painter whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance (1483-1520) Raphanus   Radish Raphanus_raphanistrum   Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits Raphanus_sativus   Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root usually eaten raw Raphanus_sativus_longipinnatus   Radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked Raphe   A ridge that forms a seam between two parts Raphia   Feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes Raphia   Leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc. Back to top Raphicerus   African antelopes: steenboks Raphicerus_campestris   Small plains antelope of southeastern Africa Raphidae   Extinct dodos and solitaires Raphidiidae   A family of arthropods of the suborder Megaloptera, including snakeflies Raphus   Type genus of the Raphidae: dodos Raphus_cucullatus   Extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons Rapid   A part of a river where the current is very fast Rapid   Done or occurring in a brief period of time; "a rapid rise through the ranks" Rapid   Characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed; "a rapid movment"; "a speedy car"; "a speedy errand boy" Rapidity   A rate that is rapid Rapidly   With rapid movements; "he works quickly" Rapid_City   A town in southwestern South Dakota in the eastern part of the Black Hills Rapid_climb   A rapid rise Rapid_eye_movement   A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of Rapid Eye Movements during sleep Rapid_eye_movement_sleep   A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of Rapid Eye Movements during sleep Rapid_growth   A rapid rise Rapid_transit   An urban public transit system using underground or elevated trains Rapier   A straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges Rapine   The act of despoiling a country in warfare Rapist   Someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse Back to top Rappee   Strong snuff made from dark coarse tobacco Rappel   Lower oneself with a double rope coiled around the body from a mountainside; "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous"; "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing" Rapper   A device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door Rapper   Someone who performs rap music Rapport   Sympathetic compatibility Rapport   A feeling of sympathetic understanding Rapport   Relation of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people Rapporteur   A recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings Rapprochement   The reestablishing of cordial relations Rapscallion   One who is playfully mischievous Rapscallion   A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel Rapt   Wholly absorbed as in thought; "deep in thought"; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "the book had her totally engrossed"; "enwrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; Rapt   Deeply moved; "sat completely still, enraptured by the music"; "listened with rapt admiration"; "rapt in reverie" Raptor   Any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals Raptores   Term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped together birds of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes Raptorial   Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal" Raptorial   Relating to or characteristic of birds of prey; "raptorial claws and bill for seizing prey" Raptorial_bird   Any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals Rapture   A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens Rapture   A state of elated bliss Back to top Rapturous   Feeling great rapture or delight Rapturously   In an ecstatic manner; "he reacted ecstatically to my plan to travel to Africa" Raptus   A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens Raptus   A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure" Raptus_hemorrhagicus   Seizure caused by a sudden profuse hemorrhage Rap_group   A gathering of people holding a rap session Rap_music   Genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged Rap_session   Conversation in a situation where feelings can be expressed and criticized or supported Rap_sheet   The daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station Rara_avis   A rare or unique person Rare   Not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of gree in the desert" Rare   Not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books" Rare   (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast beef" Rare   Recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events" Rare   Marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree" Rare   Having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air" Rare-earth_element   Any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71) Rarebit   Cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast Raree-show   A street show Raree-show   An exhibition of pictures or objects viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass Back to top Rarefaction   A decrease in the density of something; "a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium" Rarefied   Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept" Rarefied   Reserved for an elite group Rarefied   Having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air" Rarefy   Weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) Rarefy   Make more subtle or refined Rarefy   Lessen the density or solidity of; "The bones are rarefied" Rarely   Not often; "we rarely met" Rareness   Noteworthy scarcity Rare_bird   A rare or unique person Rare_earth   Any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71) Rarified   Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept" Rarified   Reserved for an elite group Rarified   Having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air" Rarify   Make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern" Raring(p)   (usually followed by `to'') full of eagerness; "impatient to begin"; "raring to go" Rariora   (plural) rare collector''s items Rarity   Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting Rarity   A rarified quality; "the tenuity of the upper atmosphere" Rarity   Noteworthy scarcity Back to top RAS   The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function Rascal   One who is playfully mischievous Rascal   A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel Rascality   Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others Rascality   The quality of being a slippery rascal Rascality   The trait of indulging in disreputable pranks Rascally   Lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble"; "the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray; "the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew" Rascally   Playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin" Rase   Tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled" Rash   A series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences; "a rash of bank robberies"; "a blizzard of lawsuits" Rash   Any red eruption of the skin Rash   Marked by unthinking boldness; with defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb th Rash   Imprudently incurring risk; "do something rash that he will forever repent"- George Meredith Rasher   A commercially important fish of the Pacific coast of North America Rashly   In a hasty and foolhardy manner; "he fell headlong in love with his cousin" Rashness   The trait of giving little thought to danger Rashness   The trait of acting rashly and without prudence Rasht   City in northwestern Iran near the Caspian Sea Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh   A secret all-male organization begun in 1925 to foster nationalism in India''s Hindus Rask   Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832) Back to top Raskolnikov   A fictional character in Dostoevsky''s novel `Crime and Punishment''; he kills old women because he believes he is beyond the bounds of good or evil Rasmussen   Danish ethnologist and arctic explorer; led expeditions into the Arctic to find support for his theory that Eskimos and North American Indians originally migrated from Asia (1879-1933) Rasmus_Christian_Rask   Danish philologist whose work on Old Norse pioneered in the field of comparative linguistics (1787-1832) Rasp   A coarse file with sharp pointed projections Rasp   Uttering in an irritated tone Rasp   Utter in a grating voice Rasp   Scrape with a rasp Raspberry   A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt Raspberry   Red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries Raspberry   Woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries Raspberry_bush   Woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries Rasping   Uttering in an irritated tone Rasping   Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" Raspingly   In a harsh and grating manner; "her voice fell gratingly on our ears" Rasputin   Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916) Raspy   Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" Rasp_fern   Any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae Rassling   The sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down Rasta   Follower of Rastafarianism Rastafari   A Black youth subculture and religious movement that arose in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1950s; Rastafarians regard Ras Tafari as divine; males grow hair in long dreadlocks and wear woolen caps; use marijuana and listen to reggae music Back to top Rastafarian   Follower of Rastafarianism Rastafarian   Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Rastafarianism or Rastafarians Rastafarianism   Belief in Ras Tafari (Haile Selassie) as the Messiah and that Africa (especially Ethiopia) is the promised land Rastas   A Black youth subculture and religious movement that arose in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1950s; Rastafarians regard Ras Tafari as divine; males grow hair in long dreadlocks and wear woolen caps; use marijuana and listen to reggae music Raster   Formation consisting of the set of horizontal lines composed of pixels that is used to form an image on a CRT Raster_font   The font that is displayed on a computer screen; "when the screen font resembles a printed font a document may look approximately the same on the screen as it will when printed" Ras_Tafari   Emperor of Ethiopia; worshipped by Rastafarians (1892-1975) Ras_Tafari_Makonnen   Emperor of Ethiopia; worshipped by Rastafarians (1892-1975) Rat   Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse Rat   A pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman''s coiffure Rat   One who reveals confidential information in return for money Rat   A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git''" Rat   Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike Rat   Give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" Rat   Catch rats, especially with dogs Rat   Give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat Rat   Take the place of work of someone on strike Rat   Employ scabs or strike breakers in Rat   Desert one''s party or group of friends, for example, for one''s personal advantage Rat's-tail_cactus   Commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several days Back to top Rat-a-tat   A series of short sharp taps (as made by strokes on a drum or knocks on a door) Rat-a-tat-tat   A series of short sharp taps (as made by strokes on a drum or knocks on a door) Rat-catcher   A workman employed to destroy or drive away vermin Rat-tail_file   A thin round file shaped like the tail of a rat Rat-tat   A series of short sharp taps (as made by strokes on a drum or knocks on a door) Ratability   The quality of being capable of being rated or estimated Ratability   The state of being liable to assessment or taxation Ratable   Liable to payment of rates or taxes; "the ratable value of property" Ratables   Property that provides tax income for local governments Ratafee   Sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds Ratafia   Macaroon flavored with ratafia liqueur Ratafia   Sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds Ratafia_biscuit   Macaroon flavored with ratafia liqueur Ratan   A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms Rataplan   The sound made by beating a drum Ratbite_fever   Either of two infectious diseases transmitted to humans by the bite of a rat or mouse; characterized by fever and headache and nausea and skin eruptions Ratbite_fever_bacterium   A bacterium causing rat-bite fever Ratch   Mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction Ratchet   Mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction Ratchet   Move by degrees in one direction only; "a ratcheting lopping tool" Back to top Ratchet_down   Move by degrees in one direction only; "a ratcheting lopping tool" Ratchet_screwdriver   A screwdriver with a ratchet (so the blade turns in only one direction) and a spiral in the handle (so the blade rotates) with downward pressure on the handle Ratchet_wheel   Toothed wheel held in place by a pawl or detent and turned by a lever Rate   The relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" Rate   Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5" Rate   A magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected" Rate   Assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" Rate   Estimate the value of; "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans" Rate   Be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This bond rates highly" Rateability   The state of being liable to assessment or taxation Rateable   Liable to payment of rates or taxes; "the ratable value of property" Rateables   Property that provides tax income for local governments Ratel   Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia Ratepayer   A person who pays local rates (especially a householder) Rates   A local tax on property (usually used in the plural) Rate_of_acceleration   (mechanics) the rate of change of velocity Rate_of_attrition   The rate of shrinkage in size or number Rate_of_depreciation   The rate at which the value of property is reduced; used to calculate tax deduction Rate_of_exchange   The charge for exchanging currency of one country for currency of another Rate_of_flow   The amount of fluid that flows in a given time Back to top Rate_of_growth   The rate of increase in size per unit time Rate_of_inflation   The rate of change of prices (as indicated by a price index) calculated on a monthly or annual basis Rate_of_interest   The percentage of a sum of money charged for its use Rate_of_pay   Amount of money received per unit time; "women''s pay rate is lower than men''s" Rate_of_payment   The amount of money paid out per unit time Rate_of_respiration   The rate at which a person inhales and exhales; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person''s health Rather   To some (great or small) extent; "it was rather cold"; "the party was rather nice"; "the knife is rather dull"; "I rather regret that I cannot attend"; "He''s rather good at playing the cello"; "he is kind of shy" Rather   To a degree (not used with a negative); "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich" Rather   On the contrary; "rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left"; "he didn''t call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"; "used English terms instead of Latin ones" Rather   More readily or willingly; "clean it well, preferably with warm water"; "I''d rather be in Philadelphia"; "I''d sooner die than give up" Rathole   A small dirty uncomfortable room Rathole   A hole (as in the wall of a building) made by rats Rathskeller   A tavern below street level featuring beer; originally a German restaurant in the basement of city hall Ratibida   Genus of perennial wildflowers of North American plains and prairies; often cultivated for their showy flower heads Ratibida_columnaris   Coneflower with flower heads resembling a Mexican hat with a tall red-brown disk and drooping yellow or yellow and red-brown rays; great plains along base of Rocky Mountains Ratibida_columnifera   Plant similar to the Mexican hat coneflower; from British Columbia to New Mexico Ratibida_tagetes   Coneflower of central to southwestern United States Ratification   Making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it; "the ratification of the treaty"; "confirmation of the appointment" Ratified   Formally approved and invested with legal authority Ratifier   Someone who expresses strong approval Back to top Ratify   Approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation; "All parties ratified the peace treaty"; "Have you signed your contract yet?" Rating   Act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of Rating   An appraisal of the value of something; "he set a high valuation on friendship" Rating   Standing or position on a scale Rating   Rank in a military organization Rating_system   A system of classifying according to quality or merit or amount Ratio   The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) Ratiocinate   Reason methodologically and logically Ratiocination   Logical and methodical reasoning Ratiocination   The proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism) Ratiocinative   Based on exact thinking; "one''s ratiocinative powers" Ratiocinator   Someone who reasons logically Ration   The food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel); "the rations should be nutritionally balanced" Ration   A fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity) Ration   Distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are rationed" Ration   Restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war; "Bread was rationed during the siege of the city" Rational   Having its source in or being guided by the intellect (distinguished from experience or emotion); "a rational analysis" Rational   Of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind; "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man" Rational   Consistent with or based on or using reason; "rational behavior"; "a process of rational inference"; "rational thought" Rational   Capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers; "rational numbers" Back to top Rationale   (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature); "the rationale for capital punishment"; "the principles of internal-combustion engines" Rationalisation   Systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale Rationalisation   The organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency Rationalisation   (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation Rationalisation   The cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason Rationalisation   (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening Rationalise   Weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" Rationalise   Remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized" Rationalise   Think rationally; employ logic or reason; "When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize" Rationalise   Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child''s seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success" Rationalise   Structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results; "We rationalized the factory''s production and raised profits" Rationalise_away   Substitute a natural for a supernatural explanation of; "you can rationalize away all the strange noises you hear--there is no poltergeist in the house!" Rationalism   The doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct Rationalism   (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience Rationalism   The theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth Rationalist   Someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes Rationalist   Of or relating to or characteristic of rationalism; "rationalist philosophy" Rationalistic   Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of rationalism Rationality   The quality of being consistent with or based on logic Rationality   The state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions" Back to top Rationalization   Systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale Rationalization   The organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency Rationalization   (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation Rationalization   The cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason Rationalization   (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening Rationalize   Weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" Rationalize   Remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized" Rationalize   Think rationally; employ logic or reason; "When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize" Rationalize   Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child''s seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success" Rationalize   Structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results; "We rationalized the factory''s production and raised profits" Rationalize_away   Substitute a natural for a supernatural explanation of; "you can rationalize away all the strange noises you hear--there is no poltergeist in the house!" Rationally   In a rational manner; "we must act rationally" Rationalness   The quality of being consistent with or based on logic Rational_motive   A motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument Rational_number   An integer or a fraction Rationed   Distributed equitably in limited individual portions; "got along as best we could on rationed meat and sugar" Rationing   The act of rationing; "during the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline" Ration_card   A card certifying the bearer''s right to purchase rationed goods Ration_out   Distribute in rations, as in the army; "Cigarettes are rationed" Ratitae   Used in former classifications to include all ratite bird orders Back to top Ratite   Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds Ratite_bird   Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds Ratlike   Resembling or characteristic of a rat Ratlin   (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft Ratline   (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft Rattail   Deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail Rattail_cactus   Commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several days Rattail_fish   Deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail Rattan   A switch made from the stems of the rattan palms Rattan   The stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes Rattan   Climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for Malacca canes Rattan_cane   The stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes Rattan_palm   Climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for Malacca canes Ratter   Any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats Ratter   A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. Rattigan   British playwright (1911-1977) Ratting   To furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors) Rattle   Loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake''s tail Rattle   A baby''s toy that makes percussive noises when shaken Rattle   A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle" Back to top Rattle   Shake and cause to make a rattling noise Rattle   Make short successive sounds Rattle-top   North American bugbane found from Main and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia Rattlebox   Any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops Rattlebrained   Lacking sense or discretion; "his rattlebrained crackpot ideas"; "how rattlepated I am! I''ve forgotten what I came for"- Glenway Westcott Rattled   Thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled'' is an informal term) Rattlepated   Lacking sense or discretion; "his rattlebrained crackpot ideas"; "how rattlepated I am! I''ve forgotten what I came for"- Glenway Westcott Rattler   Pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken Rattler   A railroad train consisting of freight cars Rattlesnake   Pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken Rattlesnake's_master   Coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite Rattlesnake_fern   American fern whose clustered sporangia resemble a snake''s rattle Rattlesnake_master   Coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite Rattlesnake_orchid   Any of various orchids of the genus Pholidota having numerous white to brown flowers in spiraling racemes clothed in slightly inflated bracts and resembling a rattlesnake''s tail Rattlesnake_plantain   Any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme Rattlesnake_root   A plant of the genus Nabalus Rattlesnake_root   Herb of central and southern Europe having purple florets Rattlesnake_weed   A hawkweed with a rosette of purple-veined basal leaves; Canada to northern Georgia and Kentucky Rattle_down   Recite volubly or extravagantly; "He could recite the names of all the chemical elements" Rattle_off   Recite volubly or extravagantly; "He could recite the names of all the chemical elements" Back to top Rattle_on   Talk incessantly and tiresomely Rattle_weed   Much-branched erect herb with bright yellow flowers; distributed from Massachusetts to Florida Rattling   A rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the death rattle" Rattling   Quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" Rattling   Used as intensifiers; `real'' is sometimes used informally for `really''; `rattling'' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I''m real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn" Rattling(a)   Extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" Rattrap   A trap for catching rats Rattrap   Filthy run-down dilapidated housing Rattrap   A difficult entangling situation Rattus   Common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge Rattus_norvegicus   Common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide Rattus_rattus   Common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide Ratty   Showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains" Rat_chinchilla   Ratlike rodent with soft fur and large ears of the Andes Rat_kangaroo   Any of several rabbit-sized rat-like Australian kangaroos Rat_race   An exhausting routine that leaves no time for relaxation Rat_snake   Any of various nonvenomous rodent-eating snakes of North America and Asia Rat_terrier   Any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats Rat_typhus   Acute infection caused by rickettsia and transmitted by the bite of an infected flea; characterized by fever and chills and muscle aches and a rash Rau-Sed   Antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil) Back to top Raucous   Unpleasantly loud and harsh Raucous   Disturbing the public peace; loud and rough; "a raucous party"; "rowdy teenagers" Raucously   With a raucous sound; "his voice rang raucously" Raucously   In a rowdy manner; "the crowd got drunk and started to behave rowdily" Raudixin   Antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil) Rauli_beech   Large Chilean timber tree yielding coarse lumber Raunch   The quality of lacking taste and refinement Raunchy   Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner''s begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen" Raunchy   Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" Raunchy   Earthy and sexually explicit; "a raunchy novel" Rauvolfia   Any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers; yield substances used medicinally especially as emetics or purgatives or antihypertensives Rauwolfia   Any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers; yield substances used medicinally especially as emetics or purgatives or antihypertensives Rauwolfia   Any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina Rauwolfia_serpentina   East Indian climbing shrub with twisted limbs and roots resembling serpents Ravage   (usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depradations of age and disease" Ravage   Devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" Ravage   Make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes Ravaged   Made uninhabitable; "upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare; "a wasted landscape" Ravaged   Having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence; "the raped countryside" Ravaging   Plundering with excessive damage and destruction Back to top Ravaging   Ruinously destructive and wasting; "a ravaging illness" Rave   An extravagantly enthusiastic review; "he gave it a rave" Rave   A dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played; "raves are very popular in Berlin" Rave   Praise enthusiastically; "She raved about that new restaurant" Rave   Talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner Rave   Participate in an all-night techno dance party Rave-up   A raucous gathering Ravehook   A hooked hand tool used to prepare the seams of a boat for oakum Ravel   A row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking" Ravel   French composer and exponent of Impressionsim (1875-1937) Ravel   Tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" Ravel   Disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?"; "unravel the ball or yarn" Raveling   A bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric Ravelling   A bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric Ravel_out   Disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?"; "unravel the ball or yarn" Raven   Large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail Raven   Feed greedily; "The lions ravened the bodies" Raven   Eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches" Raven   Prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs" Raven   Obtain or seize by violence Back to top Ravenala   Giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap; reputedly an emergency source of water for travelers Ravenala_madagascariensis   Giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap; reputedly an emergency source of water for travelers Ravening   Devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks" Ravening   Excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments" Ravening   Living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal" Ravenna   A battle between the French and an alliance of Spaniards and Swiss and Venetians in 1512 Ravenna_grass   Grass often cultivated for its long white-ribbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grass Ravenous   Devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves"; "voracious sharks" Ravenous   Extremely hungry; "they were tired and famished for food and sleep"; "a ravenous boy"; "the family was starved and ragged"; "fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy" Ravenously   In the manner of someone who is very hungry; "he pounced on the food hungrily" Ravenousness   Excessive desire to eat Raver   Someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner Raver   A participant in a rave dancing party Ravigote   Veloute sauce seasoned with herbs and shallots and capers Ravine   A deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water) Raving   Declaiming wildly; "the raving of maniacs" Raving   Talking or behaving irrationally; "a raving lunatic" Raving   In a raving manner; "raving mad" Ravingly   In a raving manner; "raving mad" Raving_mad   Talking or behaving irrationally; "a raving lunatic" Back to top Ravioli   Small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings Ravish   Hold spellbound Ravish   Force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night" Ravisher   A very attractive or seductive looking woman Ravisher   Someone who assaults others sexually Ravishing   Stunningly beautiful; "a ravishing blonde" Ravishingly   In a ravishing manner or to a ravishing degree; "she was ravishingly beautiful" Ravishment   The crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will Ravishment   A feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment Ravi_Shankar   Indian sitar player who popularized classical Indian music in the West (born in 1920) Raw   Informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the altogether"; "in his birthday suit" Raw   Not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" Raw   (used informally) completely unclothed Raw   Not treated with heat to prepare it for eating Raw   Lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to fight"; "raw recruits"; "he was still wet behind the ears when he shipped as a hand on a merchant vessel" Raw   Brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his friends"; "a raw deal" Raw   Inflamed and painful; "his throat was raw"; "had a sore throat" Raw   Unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic" Raw   Having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound" Raw   Devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone someday with your raw power" Back to top Raw   Untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty" Raw   Not processed or refined; "raw sewage" Raw(a)   Used of wood and furniture; "raw wood" Raw(a)   (used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" Rawalpindi   An ancient city in northeastern Pakistan; served as capitol of Pakistan while Islamabad was being built Rawboned   Having a lean and bony physique; "a rawboned cow hand" Rawhide   Untanned hide especially of cattle; cut in strips it is used for whips and ropes Raw_beauty   Beauty that is stark and powerfully impressive Raw_data   Unanalyzed data; data not yet subjected to analysis Raw_deal   Unfair treatment Raw_material   Material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing Raw_meat   Uncooked meat Raw_milk   Unpasteurized milk Raw_recruit   An inexperienced and untrained recruit Raw_sienna   A medium to dark tan color Raw_sienna   A yellowish-brown pigment made from untreated sienna Raw_talent   Powerfully impressive talent Raw_throat   Inflammation of the fauces and pharynx Raw_umber   Greenish brown pigment Raw_vegetable   An uncooked vegetable Back to top Raw_weather   Unpleasantly cold and damp weather Raw_wood   Wood that is not finished or painted Raw_wool   Wool in its natural condition; not refined or processed Raw_wound   A wound that exposes subcutaneous tissue Ray   Cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins Ray   Any of the stiff bony rods in the fin of a fish Ray   The syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization Ray   A column of light (as from a beacon) Ray   A group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation Ray   A branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence Ray   (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point Ray   Expose to radiation; "irradiate food" Ray   Extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiates spines in all directions" Ray   Emit as rays; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky" Rayleigh   English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon; made important contributions to acoustic theory (1842-1919) Rayleigh_disk   An acoustic radiometer consisting of a light disk suspended from a quartz thread; when exposed to a progressive sound wave its torque can measure velocity Rayless   Having no parts resembling rays; not having ray flowers Rayless_chamomile   Annual aromatic weed of Pacific coastal areas (United States and northeastern Asia) having bristle-pointed leaves and rayless yellow flowers Raymond_B._Cattell   American psychologist (born in England) who developed a broad theory of human behavior based on multivariate research (1905-1998) Raymond_Bernard_Cattell   American psychologist (born in England) who developed a broad theory of human behavior based on multivariate research (1905-1998) Back to top Raymond_Chandler   United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959) Raymond_Lully   Spanish philosopher (1235-1315) Raymond_Thornton_Chandler   United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959) Raynaud's_sign   Cyanosis of the extremities; can occur when a spasm of the blood vessels is caused by exposure to cold or by strong emotion Rayon   A synthetic silklike fabric Rayons   Women''s stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk) Rayon_stocking   Women''s stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk) Ray_Bradbury   United States writer of science fiction (born 1920) Ray_Cattell   American psychologist (born in England) who developed a broad theory of human behavior based on multivariate research (1905-1998) Ray_Douglas_Bradbury   United States writer of science fiction (born 1920) Ray_floret   Small flower with a flat strap-shaped corolla usually occupying the peripheral rings of a composite flower Ray_flower   Small flower with a flat strap-shaped corolla usually occupying the peripheral rings of a composite flower Ray_M._Dolby   United States electrical engineer who devised the Dolby system used to reduce background noise in tape recording Ray_of_light   A column of light (as from a beacon) Ray_Robinson   United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight championship five times and the world welterweight championship once (1921-1989) Raze   Tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled" Razed   Torn down and broken up Razing   Complete destruction of a building Razing   The event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled Razmataz   Any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent Back to top Razor   Edge tool used in shaving Razor   Shave with a razor Razor-backed   Having a sharp narrow back; "a razor-backed horse"; "razorback hogs" Razor-billed_auk   Black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill Razor-fish   Any of several small wrasses with compressed sharp-edged heads of the West Indies and Mediterranean Razor-sharp   Very clearly delineated; "razor-sharp definition" Razor-sharp   As sharp as a razor Razorback   Any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin Razorback   A mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States Razorback   Having a sharp narrow back; "a razor-backed horse"; "razorback hogs" Razorbacked_hog   A mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States Razorback_hog   A mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States Razorbill   Black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill Razorblade   A blade that has very sharp edge Razor_clam   Marine clam having a long narrow curved thin shell Razor_edge   An edge that is as sharp as the cutting side of a razor Razor_fish   Any of several small wrasses with compressed sharp-edged heads of the West Indies and Mediterranean Razz   Harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don''t ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" Razzing   A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt Razzle   Any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent Back to top Razzle-dazzle   Any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent Razzmatazz   Any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle) the opponent Rb   A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group; burns in air and reacts violently in water; occurs in carnallite and lepidolite and pollucite RBC   A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus Rbi   A run that is the result of the batter''s performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" RCMP   The federal police force of Canada Re   The syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization Re   Ancient hawk-headed Egyptian sun god; a universal creator Re   A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum Re-address   Put a new address on (an envelope), as for forwarding Re-afforest   Re-establish a forest after clear-cutting or fire, etc.; "re-afforest the area that was burned during the fighting" Re-afforestation   The restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting Re-argue   Argue again; "This politician will be forced into re-arguing an old national campaign" Re-arm   Arm anew; "After the war, the defeated country was not allowed to rearm" Re-assume   Take on again, as after a time lapse; "He re-assumed his old behavior" Re-create   Form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind; "His mind re-creates the entire world" Re-create   Create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale" Re-create   Make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt" Re-created   Created anew; "this re-created literalness" Re-creation   The act of creating again Back to top Re-echo   The echo of an echo Re-emerge   Appear again; "The sores reappeared on her body"; "Her husband reappeared after having left her years ago" Re-emphasise   Emphasize anew; "The director re-emphasized the need for greater productivity" Re-emphasize   Emphasize anew; "The director re-emphasized the need for greater productivity" Re-enter   Enter again; "You cannot re-enter the country with this visa" Re-entrant   (of angles) pointing inward; "a polygon with re-entrant angles" Re-equip   Re-equip a factory or plant Re-establishment   Restoration to a previous state; "regular exercise resulted in the re-establishment of his endurance" Re-examine   Question after cross-examiniation by opposing counsel; "re-examine one''s witness" Re-experiencing   A recurrence of a prior experience; "the reliving of a strong emotion can be therapeutic" Re-explain   Interpret from a different viewpoint Re-explore   Explore anew; "We need to re-explore Colonialism" Re-formation   Forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); renewing and reconstituting Re-formed   Formed again or anew; "the re-formed scout troop has been very active" Re-incorporate   Incorporate again or anew Re-introduce   Introduce anew; "We haven''t met in a long time, so let me reintroduce myself" Re-introduction   A proposal of something previously rejected; "they avoided a re-introduction of the old terminology" Re-sentencing   (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law Re-uptake   A process of using up or consuming again; "psychopharmacologists discovered that amine reuptake is a process that inactivates monoamine neurotransmitters" Reabsorb   Undergo resorption Back to top Reabsorption   The organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation Reach   The act of physically reaching or thrusting out Reach   An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in t Reach   The limit of capability; "within the compass of education" Reach   The limits within which something can be effective; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire" Reach   Be in or establish communication with; "Our advertisements reach millions"; "He never contacted his children after he emigrated to Australia" Reach   To exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear" Reach   Move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense; "Government reaches out to the people" Reach   Reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour" Reach   Reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" Reach   Reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade" Reach   Place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" Reach   To gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks" Reach   To extend as far as; "The sunlight reached the wall"; "Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall" Reachable   Easily approached; "a site approachable from a branch of the Niger" Reaching   Accomplishment of an objective Reaching   The act of physically reaching or thrusting out Reach_into   Run into or up to Reach_one's_nostrils   Be smelled; have a strong odor Reach_out   Attempt to communicate; "I try to reach out to my daughter but she doesn''t want to have anything to do with me" Back to top Reach_out   Move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense; "Government reaches out to the people" Reach_out   Reach outward in space; "The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk" Reacquaint   Acquaint anew; "We reacquainted ourselves with this technique" Reacquired_stock   Stock that has been bought back by the issuing corporation and is available for retirement or resale; it is issued but not outstanding; it cannot vote and pays no dividends React   Undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions; "The hydrogen and the oxygen react" React   Show a response or a reaction to something React   Act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to everything I say" Reactance   Opposition to the flow of electric current resulting from inductance and capacitance (rather than resistance) Reactant   A chemical substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction Reaction   Doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don''t like; "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism" Reaction   A bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age" Reaction   An idea evoked by some experience; "his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do" Reaction   Extreme conservatism in political or social matters; "the forces of reaction carried the election" Reaction   A response that reveals a person''s feelings or attitude; "he was pleased by the audience''s reaction to his performance"; "John feared his mother''s reaction when she saw the broken lamp" Reaction   (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body; "every action has an equal and opposite reaction" Reaction   (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water" Reaction-propulsion_engine   A jet or rocket engine based on a form of aerodynamic propulsion in which the vehicle emits a high-speed stream Reactionary   An extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism Reactionary   Extremely conservative Reactionism   The political orientation of reactionaries Back to top Reactionist   Extremely conservative Reaction_engine   A jet or rocket engine based on a form of aerodynamic propulsion in which the vehicle emits a high-speed stream Reaction_formation   (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously develops attitudes and behavior that are the opposite of unacceptable repressed desires and impulses and serve to conceal them; "his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his Reaction_propulsion   Propulsion that results from the ejection at high velocity of a mass of gas to which the vehicle reacts with an equal and opposite momentum Reaction_time   The time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it Reaction_turbine   A turbine with blades arranged to develop torque from gradual decrease of steam pressure from inlet to exhaust Reactivate   Activate (an old file) anew Reactive   Participating readily in reactions; "sodium is a reactive metal"; "free radicals are very reactive" Reactive   Tending to react to a stimulus; "the skin of the geriatric is less reactive than that of younger persons"- Louis Tuft Reactive_depression   An inappropriate state of depression that is precipitated by events in the person''s life (to be distinguished from normal grief) Reactive_schizophrenia   Schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months) Reactivity   Responsive to stimulation Reactivity   Ready susceptibility to chemical change Reactor   (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements Reactor   An electrical device used to introduce reactance into a circuit Read   Something that is read; "the article was a very good read" Read   Make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" Read   Be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam" Read   To hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!" Read   Interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can''t take credit for this!" Back to top Read   Interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?" Read   Look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at noon" Read   Interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky, etc.; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can''t read his strange behavior"; "The gypsy read his fate in the crystal ball" Read   Obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer" Read   Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty''" Read   Audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is auditioning for `Julius Cesar'' at Stratford this year" Read   Have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?" Read-only_file   (computer science) a file that you can read but cannot change Read-only_memory   (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed Read-only_memory_chip   A memory chip providing read-only memory Read-only_storage   (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed Read/write_head   (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk Read/write_memory   The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible Readability   Writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily read Readability   The quality of written language that makes it easy to read and understand Readable   Easily deciphered Readably   In a legible manner; "you must write legibly" Readapt   Adjust anew; "After moving back to America, he had to readjust" Readapt   Adapt anew; "He readapted himself" Reader   One of a series of texts for students learning to read Back to top Reader   A public lecturer at certain universities Reader   Someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church Reader   Someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections Reader   A person who enjoys reading Reader   A person who can read; a literate person Reader   Someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication Reader   Someone who contracts to receive and pay for a certain number of issues of a publication Readership   The audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.) Readily   In a punctual manner; "he did his homework promptly" Readily   Without much difficulty; "these snakes can be identified readily" Readiness   Prompt willingness; "readiness to continue discussions" Readiness   A natural effortlessness; "they conversed with great facility"; "a happy readiness of conversation"--Jane Austen Readiness   (psychology) a temporary readiness to respond in a particular way; "the subjects'' set led them to solve problems the familiar way and to overlook the simpler solution"; "his instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set" Readiness   The state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action); "putting them in readiness"; "their preparation was more than adequate" Reading   The act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he has a job meter reading for the gas company" Reading   The cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "he enjoys reading books" Reading   A datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm" Reading   A mental representation of the meaning or significance of something Reading   Written material intended to be read; "the teacher assigned new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the airport" Reading   A particular interpretation or performance; "on that reading it was an insult"; "he was famous for his reading of Mozart" Back to top Reading   A public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems" Reading   A city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England Reading_assignment   The reading of a passage assigned by the teacher Reading_clinic   A clinic for people with reading disabilities Reading_desk   Desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer Reading_lamp   A lamp that provides light for reading Reading_material   Written material intended to be read; "the teacher assigned new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the airport" Reading_program   A program designed to teach literacy skills Reading_room   A room set aside for reading Reading_teacher   Someone who teaches students to read Readjust   Adjust anew; "After moving back to America, he had to readjust" Readjust   Adjust again after an initial failure Readjustment   The act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances) Readjustment   The act of adjusting something to match a standard Readmission   The act of admitting someone again; "the surgery was performed on his readmission to the clinic" Readmit   Admit again or anew; "After paying a penalty, the player was readmitted" Readmit   Admit anew; "The refugee was readmitted into his home country" Ready   Poised for action; "their guns were at the ready" Ready   Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" Ready   Prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" Back to top Ready   Apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; "a quick mind"; "a ready wit" Ready   Brought into readiness; "dinner is ready" Ready   Completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress; "get ready"; "she is ready to resign"; "the bridge is ready to collapse"; "I am ready to work"; "ready for action"; "ready for use"; "the soup will be ready in a minute"; "ready Ready   Mentally disposed; "he was ready to believe her" Ready(a)   (of especially money) immediately available; "he seems to have ample ready money"; "a ready source of cash" Ready-made   Made for purchase and immediate use Ready-made   Commercially produced; not homemade; "ready-made clothes" Ready-made   Repeated regularly without thought or originality; "ready-made phrases" Ready-mix   A commercial preparation containing most of the ingredients for a dish Ready-to-wear   (especially of clothing) made in standard sizes and available from merchandise in stock; "a ready-made jacket"; "ready-to-wear clothes" Readying   The activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose; "preparations for the ceremony had begun" Ready_and_waiting(p)   Being and remaining ready and available for use; "waiting cars and limousines lined the curb"; "found her mother waiting for them"; "an impressive array of food ready and waiting for the guests"; "military forces ready and waiting" Ready_cash   Money in the form of cash that is readily available; "his wife was always a good source of ready cash"; "he paid cold cash for the TV set" Ready_money   Money in the form of cash that is readily available; "his wife was always a good source of ready cash"; "he paid cold cash for the TV set" Ready_reckoner   A handbook of tables used to facilitate computation Ready_to_hand(p)   Easy to reach; "found a handy spot for the can opener" Read_between_the_lines   Read what is implied but not expressed on the surface Read_method   A method of natural childbirth that assumes it is a normal process and that the pain is largely psychological; involves education and breathing exercises to foster relaxation and other exercises Read_method_of_childbirth   A method of natural childbirth that assumes it is a normal process and that the pain is largely psychological; involves education and breathing exercises to foster relaxation and other exercises Reaffiliation   Affiliation anew Back to top Reaffirm   Affirm once again; "He reaffirmed his faith in the church" Reaffirmation   Renewed affirmation Reagan   40th President of the United States (1911-) Reagan_administration   The executive under President Reagan Reagent   A chemical agent for use in chemical reactions Reagin   An immunoglobulin E that is formed as an antibody against allergens (such as pollen); attaches to cell membranes causing the release of histamine and other substances responsible for the local inflammation characteristic of an allergy Real   An old small silver Spanish coin Real   Any rational or irrational number Real   Possible to be treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor" Real   Having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare Real   Not synthetic or spurious; of real or natural origin; "real mink"; "true gold" Real   Being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow Real   Being value measured in terms of purchasing power; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages" Real   Founded on practical matters; "a recent graduate experiencing the real world for the first time" Real   Coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson Real   Not to be taken lightly; "statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real" Real   (of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of land and buildings; real estate" Real   Being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" Real   Used as intensifiers; `real'' is sometimes used informally for `really''; `rattling'' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I''m real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn" Real(a)   No less than what is stated; worthy of the name; "the real reason"; "real war"; "a real friend"; "a real woman"; "meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal"; "it''s time he had a real job"; "it''s no penny-ante job--he''s making real money" Back to top Real-estate_business   The business of selling real estate Real-time   Of or relating to computer systems that update information at the same rate they receive information Real-time_operation   Data processing fast enough to keep up with an outside process Real-time_processing   Data processing fast enough to keep up with an outside process Realgar   A rare soft orange mineral consisting of arsenic sulphide; an important ore of arsenic Realign   Align anew or better; "The surgeon realigned my jaw after the accident" Realine   Align anew or better; "The surgeon realigned my jaw after the accident" Realisation   Something that is made real or concrete; "the victory was the realization of a whole year''s work" Realisation   Making real or giving the appearance of reality Realisation   The completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer Realisation   A sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained Realisation   Coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases" Realisation   A musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer Realise   Perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can''t see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don''t understand the idea" Realise   Be fully aware or cognizant of Realise   Make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions" Realise   Expand or complete (a thorough-based part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass Realise   Convert into cash; of goods and property Realise   Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" Realised   Successfully completed or brought to an end; "his mission accomplished he took a vacation"; "the completed project"; "the joy of a realized ambition overcame him" Back to top Realism   The attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth Realism   (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names Realism   (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical object continue to exist when not perceived Realism   An artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description Realism   The state of being actual or real; "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him" Realist   A philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them Realist   A painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style Realist   A person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly Realistic   Aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are; "a realistic description"; "a realistic view of the possibilities"; "a realistic appraisal of our chances"; "the actors tried to create a realistic portrayal of the Africans" Realistic   Representing what is real; not abstract or ideal; "realistic portraiture"; "a realistic novel"; "in naturalistic colors"; "the school of naturalistic writers" Realistic   Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of realism; "a realistic system of thought" Realistically   In a realistic manner; "the figure was realistically painted" Realistically   In a realistic manner; "let''s look at the situation realistically" Reality   The quality possessed by something that is real Reality   All of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were" Reality   The state of being actual or real; "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him" Reality   The state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be; "businessmen have to face harsh realities" Reality_principle   (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the ego; the principle that as a child grows it becomes aware of the real environment and the need to accommodate to it Realizable   Capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do Realizable   Capable of being realized; "realizable benefits of the plan" Back to top Realization   Something that is made real or concrete; "the victory was the realization of a whole year''s work" Realization   Making real or giving the appearance of reality Realization   The completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer Realization   A sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained Realization   Coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases" Realization   A musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer Realize   Perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can''t see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don''t understand the idea" Realize   Be fully aware or cognizant of Realize   Make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions" Realize   Expand or complete (a thorough-based part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass Realize   Convert into cash; of goods and property Realize   Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" Realized   Successfully completed or brought to an end; "his mission accomplished he took a vacation"; "the completed project"; "the joy of a realized ambition overcame him" Reallocate   Allocate, distribute, or apportion anew; "Congressional seats are reapportioned on the basis of census data" Reallocation   A new apportionment (especially a reallotment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results) Reallocation   A share that has been allocated again Reallot   Alot again; "They were realloted additional farm land" Reallotment   A new apportionment (especially a reallotment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results) Really   Used as intensifiers; `real'' is sometimes used informally for `really''; `rattling'' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I''m real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn" Really   In accordance with truth or fact or reality; "she was now truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they don''t really listen to us" Back to top Really   In fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers); "in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire"; "really, you shouldn''t have done it"; "a truly awful book" Really   In actual fact; "to be nominally but not actually independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt" Realm   A knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited domain of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult" Realm   The domain ruled by a king or queen Realm   A domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south" Realness   The state of being actual or real; "the reality of his situation slowly dawned on him" Realpolitik   Politics based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations Realtor   A person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land; "in England they call a realtor a land agent" Realty   Property consisting of houses and land Real_estate   Property consisting of houses and land Real_estate_agent   A person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land; "in England they call a realtor a land agent" Real_estate_broker   A person who is authorized to act as an agent for the sale of land; "in England they call a realtor a land agent" Real_Estate_Investment_Trust   An investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate asssets; shares can be bought and sold in the stock market Real_estate_loan   A loan on real estate that is usually secured by a mortgage Real_GNP   A version of the GNP that has been adjusted for the effects of inflation Real_gross_national_product   A version of the GNP that has been adjusted for the effects of inflation Real_IRA   A radical terrorist group that broke away in 1997 when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire; has continued terrorist activities in opposition to any peace agreement Real_Irish_Republican_Army   A radical terrorist group that broke away in 1997 when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire; has continued terrorist activities in opposition to any peace agreement Real_life   The practical world as opposed to the academic world; "a good consultant must have a lot of experience in the real world" Real_matrix   A matrix whose elements are all real numbers Back to top Real_McCoy   Informal usage attributing authenticity Real_number   Any rational or irrational number Real_presence   (Christianity) the Christian doctrine that the body of Christ is actually present in the Eucharist Real_property   Property consisting of houses and land Real_storage   The main memory in a virtual memory system Real_stuff   Informal usage attributing authenticity Real_tennis   An ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled court Real_thing   Informal usage attributing authenticity Real_time   (computer science) the time it takes for a process under computer control to occur Real_time   The actual time that it takes a process to occur; "information is updated in real time" Real_world   The practical world as opposed to the academic world; "a good consultant must have a lot of experience in the real world" Ream   A quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires Ream   A large quantity of written matter; "he wrote reams and reams" Ream   Enlarge with a reamer; "ream a hole" Ream   Remove by making a hole with a reamer; "ream paper" Ream   Squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer; "ream oranges" Reamer   A drill that is used to shape or enlarge holes Reamer   A squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit Reanimate   Give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" Reanimated   Given fresh life or vigor or spirit; "stirred by revived hopes" Back to top Reap   Gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes" Reap   Get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association" Reaper   Farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields Reaper   Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe Reaper   Someone who helps to gather the harvest Reaper_binder   A machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves Reaping_hook   An edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle Reappear   Appear again; "The sores reappeared on her body"; "Her husband reappeared after having left her years ago" Reappearance   The act of someone appearing again; "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited" Reappearance   The event of something appearing again; "the reappearance of Halley''s comet" Reapportion   Allocate, distribute, or apportion anew; "Congressional seats are reapportioned on the basis of census data" Reapportionment   A new apportionment (especially a reallotment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results) Reappraisal   A new appraisal or evaluation Reappraise   Appraise anew; "Homes in our town are reappraised every five years and taxes are increased accordingly" Reap_hook   An edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle Rear   The side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" Rear   The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" Rear   The back of a military formation or procession; "infantrymen were in the rear" Rear   The part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store" Rear   The side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel" Back to top Rear   Construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" Rear   Stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror" Rear   Cause to rise up Rear   Bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" Rear   Rise up; "The building rose before them" Rear(a)   Located in or toward the back or rear; "the chair''s rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side" Rear-end   Collide with the rear end of; "The car rear-ended me" Rearguard   A detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body Rearing   Raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" Rearing   The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child Rearing   Rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile; "a lion rampant" Rearm   Arm anew; "After the war, the defeated country was not allowed to rearm" Rearm   Arm again; "After the war, the defeated country was not rearmed by the victors" Rearmament   The act of arming again; "he opposed the rearmament of Japan after World War II" Rearmost   Located farthest to the rear Rearrange   Put into a new order or arrangement; "Please rearrange these files"; "rearrange the furniture in my room" Rearrangement   Changing an arrangement Rearview_mirror   Car mirror that reflects the view out of the rear window Rearward   Direction toward the rear; "his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions" Rearward   Directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement" Back to top Rearward   At or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car" Rearward(a)   Located in or toward the back or rear; "the chair''s rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side" Rearwards   At or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car" Rear_admiral   An admiral junior to a vice admiral Rear_back   Rear backwards on its hindlegs; "the frightened horse reared back" Rear_back   Start with anger or resentment or in protest Rear_end   The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" Rear_lamp   Lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle Rear_light   Lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle Rear_of_barrel   Opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded Rear_of_tube   Opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded Rear_window   Car window that allows vision out of the back of the car Reason   The capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil" Reason   A fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion; "there is reason to believe he is lying" Reason   An explanation of the cause of some phenomenon; "the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly" Reason   A justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice" Reason   A rational motive for a belief or action; "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration" Reason   The state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions" Reason   Think logically; "The children must learn to reason" Reason   Decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house" Back to top Reason   Present reasons and arguments Reasonable   Not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices" Reasonable   Marked by sound judgment; "sane nuclear policy" Reasonable   Showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person" Reasonableness   The quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person; "he questioned the tenability of my claims" Reasonableness   Moderation in expectations; "without greater reasonableness by both parties we will never settle this matter!" Reasonableness   The property of being moderate in price; "the store is famous for the reasonableness of its prices" Reasonableness   Goodness of reason and judgment; "the judiciary is built on the reasonableness of judges" Reasonableness   The state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions" Reasonable_care   The care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances; the standard for determining legal duty Reasonably   To a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"; "they lived comfortably within reason" Reasonably   With good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner; "he acted sensibly in the crisis"; "speak more sanely about these affairs"; "acted quite reasonably" Reasoned   Resulting from careful thought; "the paper was well thought out" Reasoned   Reflects weight of sound argument or evidence; "a sound argument" Reasoner   Someone who reasons logically Reasoning   Thinking that is coherent and logical Reasoning(a)   Endowed with the capacity to reason Reasoning_backward   The reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence Reasoning_by_elimination   Analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic elimination of unacceptable alternatives Reasonless   Having no justifying cause or reason; "a senseless, causeless murder"; "a causeless war that never had an aim"; "an apparently arbitrary and reasonless change" Back to top Reasonless   Not endowed with the capacity to reason; "a reasonless brute" Reasonless   Not marked by the use of reason; "mindless violence"; "reasonless hostility"; "a senseless act" Reason_out   Decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house" Reassail   Assail again; "Her old fears reassailed her" Reassemble   Assemble once again, after taking something apart Reassembly   Assembling again Reassert   Strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim''s account" Reassertion   Renewed affirmation Reassess   Revise or renew one''s assessment Reassessment   A new appraisal or evaluation Reassign   Transfer somebody to a different position or location of work Reassignment   Assignment to a different duty Reassurance   The act of reassuring; restoring someone''s confidence Reassure   Give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain; "I reassured him that we were safe" Reassure   Cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe" Reassured   Having confidence restored; freed from anxiety; "reassured by her praise he pressed on" Reassuring   Restoring confidence and relieving anxiety; "a very reassuring remark" Reassuringly   In a reassuring manner; "the prime minister pointed reassuringly to the silence of the British press" Reata   A long noosed rope used to catch animals Reattribute   Attribute to another source Back to top Reaumur   French physicist who invented the alcohol thermometer (1683-1757) Reaumur_scale   A temperature scale on which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 80 degrees Reaumur_thermometer   An alcohol thermometer calibrated in degrees Reaumur Reave   Steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" Reawaken   Awaken once again Rea_Silvia   (Roman mythology) a vestal virgin who became the mother by Mars of the twins Romulus and Remus Reb   `johnny'' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `grayback'' derived from their gray Confederate uniforms Rebarbative   Serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent" Rebate   A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces together Rebate   A refund of some fraction of the amount paid Rebate   Join with a rebate; "rebate the pieces of timber and stone" Rebate   Cut a rebate in (timber or stone) Rebate   Give a reduction in the price during a sale; "The store is rebating refrigerators this week" Rebato   A wired or starched collar of intricate lace; worn in 17th century Rebecca   (Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau Rebecca_Rolfe   A Powhatan woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith''s life (1595-1617) Rebecca_West   British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983) Rebekah   (Old Testament) wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau Rebel   A person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) Rebel   Someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action Back to top Rebel   `johnny'' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `grayback'' derived from their gray Confederate uniforms Rebel   Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance Rebel   Break with established customs Rebel   Used by northerners of Confederate soldiers; "the rebel yell" Rebel(a)   Participating in organized resistance to a constituted government; "the rebelling confederacy" Rebelling(a)   Participating in organized resistance to a constituted government; "the rebelling confederacy" Rebellion   Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another Rebellion   Refusal to accept some authority or code or convention; "each generation must have its own rebellion"; "his body was in rebellion against fatigue" Rebellious   Discontented as toward authority Rebellious   Participating in organized resistance to a constituted government; "the rebelling confederacy" Rebellious   Resisting control or authority; "temperamentally rebellious"; "a rebellious crew" Rebelliously   In a rebellious manner; "he rejected her words rebelliously" Rebelliousness   An insubordinate act Rebelliousness   Intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude Rebind   Provide with a new binding; "The tattered old book is valuable and we need to rebind it" Rebirth   A spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life Rebirth   The revival of learning and culture Rebirth   A second or new birth Rebirth   After death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body Reboot   Cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer" Back to top Reborn   Spiritually reborn or converted; "a born-again Christian"; "a converted sinner" Rebound   The act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot Rebound   A reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration; "he is still on the rebound from his wife''s death" Rebound   A movement back from an impact Rebound   Return to a former condition; "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied" Rebound   Spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" Rebound_tenderness   Pain felt when a hand pressing on the abdomen is suddenly released; a symptom of peritoneal inflammation Reboxetine   An antidepressant drug that blocks the reuptake of norepinephrine Rebozo   A long woolen or linen scarf covering the head and shoulders (also used a sling for holding a baby); traditionally worn by Latin-American women Rebroadcast   Broadcast again, as of a film Rebuff   A deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) Rebuff   An instance of driving away or warding off Rebuff   Reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal" Rebuff   Force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack" Rebuild   Build again; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb" Rebuilding   Building again Rebuilt   Made over usually with changes; "the rebuilt pier spoiled our view"; "our remodeled house seems like new" Rebuke   An act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face" Rebuke   Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger''s car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" Rebuked   Punished especially by reproof or reprimand Back to top Rebuker   Someone who finds fault or imputes blame Rebukingly   In the manner of someone delivering a rebuke Reburial   The act of burying again Rebury   Bury again; "After the king''s body had been exhumed and tested to traces of poison, it was reburied in the same spot" Reburying   The act of burying again Rebus   A puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words Rebut   Prove to be false or incorrect Rebut   Overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent''s arguments" Rebuttal   (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff''s surrejoinder Rebuttal   The speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument Rebutter   (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff''s surrejoinder Rebutter   A debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument Recalcitrance   The trait of being unmanageable Recalcitrancy   The trait of being unmanageable Recalcitrant   Marked by stubborn resistance to authority; "the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators" Recalcitrant   Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiant of authority or guidance; "a recalcitrant teenager"; "everything revolves around a refractory individual genius" Recalcitrate   Show strong objection or repugnance; manifest vigorous opposition or resistance; be obstinately disobedient; "The Democratic senators recalcitrated against every proposal from the Republican side" Recalculate   Calculate anew; "The costs had to be recalculated" Recalculation   The act of calculating again (usually to eliminate errors or to include additional data); "recalculation yielded a much larger value" Recall   The act of removing an official by petition Back to top Recall   The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode" Recall   A bugle call that signals troops to return Recall   A call to return; "the recall of our ambassador" Recall   A request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) Recall   Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can''t remember saying any such thing"; "I can''t think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" Recall   Cause one''s (or someone else''s) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a loud laugh" Recall   Summon to return; "The ambassador was recalled to his country"; "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession" Recall   Go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his" Recall   Cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" Recall   Make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty" Recall   Call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy" Recall_dose   An additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective Recant   Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" Recantation   A disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion Recap   A used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads Recap   A summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion Recap   Summarize briefly; "Let''s recapitulate the main ideas" Recapitualtion   (music) the repitition of themes introduced earlier (especially when you are composing the final part of a movement) Recapitulate   Summarize briefly; "Let''s recapitulate the main ideas" Recapitulate   Repeat an earlier theme of a composition Back to top Recapitulate   Repeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life Recapitulation   A summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion Recapitulation   A section of a musical composition or movement in which themes introduced earlier are repeated Recapitulation   Emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species Recapture   The act of taking something back Recapture   A legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount Recapture   Capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner" Recapture   Take up anew; "The author recaptures an old idea here" Recapture   Experience anew; "She could not recapture that feeling of happiness" Recapture   Take back by force, as after a battle; "The military forces managed to recapture the fort" Recast   Cast or model anew; "She had to recast her image to please the electorate in her home state" Recast   Cast again; "The bell cracked and had to be recast" Recast   Cast again, in a different role; "He was recast as Iago" Recasting   Changing a particular word or phrase Recce   Reconnaissance (by shortening) Recco   Reconnaissance (by shortening) Reccy   Reconnaissance (by shortening) Recede   Become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older" Recede   Retreat Recede   Move back and away from; "The enemy fell back" Back to top Recede   Pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" Receding   The act of becoming more distant Receding   A slow or gradual disappearance Receding   Moving toward a position farther from the front; "the receding glaciers of the last ice age"; "retiring fogs revealed the rocky coastline" Receding(a)   (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back Receipt   The act of receiving Receipt   An acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made Receipt   Mark or stamp as paid Receipt   Report the receipt of; "The program committee acknowledged the submission of the authors of the paper" Receipts   The entire amount of income before any deductions are made Receivable   Awaiting payment; "accounts receivable" Receivables   Money that you currently expect to receive from notes or accounts Receive   Convert into sounds or pictures; "receive the incoming radio signals" Receive   Receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" Receive   Regard favorably or with disapproval; "Her new collection of poems was not well received" Receive   Accept as true or valid; "He received Christ" Receive   Bid welcome to; greet upon arrival Receive   Partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament Receive   Express willingness to have in one''s home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees" Receive   Recieve (perceptual input); "pick up a signal" Back to top Receive   Of mental or physical states or experiences; "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" Receive   Receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison" Receive   Get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" Receive   Have or give a reception; "The lady is receiving Sunday morning" Receive   Experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition" Received   Widely accepted as true or worthy; "the accepted wisdom about old age"; "a received moral idea"; "Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise"- Economist Received   Conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers; "standard English" (American); "received standard English is sometimes called the King''s English" (British) Receiver   Set that receives radio or tv signals Receiver   Earphone that converts electrical signals into sounds Receiver   A person who gets something Receiver   (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties Receiver   A football player who catches (or is supposed to catch) a forward pass Receiver-creditor_relation   The responsibility of receiver or trustee in bankruptcy to act in the best interests of the creditor Receivership   The office of a receiver Receivership   A court action that places property under the control of a receiver during litigation so that it can be preserved for the benefit of all Receivership   The state of property that is in the hands of a receiver; "the business is in receivership" Receiving_set   An electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals Receiving_system   Set that receives radio or tv signals Recency   The property of having happened or appeared not long ago Recency   A time immediately before the present Back to top Recent   Near to or not long before the present; "recent times"; "of recent origin" Recent   Being new in a time not long past; "recent graduates"; "a recent addition to the house"; "recent buds on the apple trees" Recent   Of the immediate past or just previous to the present time; "a late development"; "their late quarrel"; "his recent trip to Africa"; "in recent months"; "a recent issue of the journal" Recently   In the recent past; "he was in Paris recently"; "lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also" Recently   Very recently; "they are newly married"; "newly raised objections"; "a newly arranged hairdo"; "grass new washed by the rain"; "a freshly cleaned floor"; "we are fresh out of tomatoes" Recentness   The property of having happened or appeared not long ago Recentness   A time immediately before the present Recent_epoch   Approximately the last 10,000 years Receptacle   A container that is used to put or keep things in Receptacle   An electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert Receptacle   Enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts Reception   The act of receiving Reception   (American football) the act of catching a pass in football; "the tight end made a great reception on the 20 yard line" Reception   Quality or fidelity of a received broadcast Reception   The manner in which something is greeted; "she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors" Reception   A formal party of people; as after a wedding Receptionist   A secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors Reception_desk   A counter (as in a hotel) where guests are received Reception_line   A line of people (hosts and guests of honor) who welcome the guests at a reception party Reception_room   A room for receiving and entertaining visitors (as in a private house or hotel) Back to top Receptive   Of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory neurons" Receptive   Open to arguments, ideas, or change; "receptive to reason and the logic of facts" Receptive   Ready or willing to receive favorably; "receptive to the proposals" Receptively   In a receptive manner Receptiveness   Willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas); "he was testing the government''s receptiveness to reform"; "this receptiveness is the key feature is oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur"; "their receptivity to the pro Receptive_aphasia   Aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words Receptivity   Willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas); "he was testing the government''s receptiveness to reform"; "this receptiveness is the key feature is oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur"; "their receptivity to the pro Receptor   An organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation Receptor   A cellular structure that is postulated to exist in order to mediate between a chemical agent that acts on nervous tissue and the physiological response Recess   A pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" Recess   An enclosure that is set back or indented Recess   An arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) Recess   A small concavity Recess   A state of abeyance or suspended business Recess   Close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" Recess   Make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood" Recess   Put into a recess; "recess lights" Recessed   Resembling an alcove Recessed   Having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken look" Recession   The act of becoming more distant Back to top Recession   The act of ceding back Recession   The withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service Recession   A small concavity Recession   The state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year Recessional   A hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw Recessional   The withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service Recessional   Of or relating to receding Recessional_march   A march to be played for processions Recessionary   Of or pertaining to a recession Recessive   Of genes; producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical Recessive   Of or pertaining to a recession Recessive_gene   Gene that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical; "the recessive gene for blue eyes" Recharge   Charge anew; "recharge a battery" Recharge   Load anew with ammunition, "She reloaded the gun carefully" Rechargeable   Capable of being recharged; "a rechargeable battery" Rechauffe   Warmed leftovers Recherche   Lavishly elegant and refined Rechewed_food   Food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again Recidivate   Go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals" Recidivism   Habitual relapse into crime Back to top Recidivist   Someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior Recidivist   Someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) Recife   A port city of northeastern Brazil on the Atlantic Recipe   Directions for making something Recipient   The semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause Recipient   A person who gets something Recipient_role   The semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause Reciprocal   Hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype Reciprocal   (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7 Reciprocal   Something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else; "risk is the reciprocal of safety" Reciprocal   Of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function; "the reciprocal ratio of a:b is b:a" Reciprocal   Concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return; "reciprocal aid"; "reciprocal trade"; "mutual respect"; "reciprocal privileges at other clubs" Reciprocal   Of or relating to or suggestive of complementation; "interchangeable electric outlets" Reciprocal-inhibition_therapy   A method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with it; a relaxation response might be conditioned to a stimulus that previously evoked anxiety Reciprocality   A relation of mutual dependence or action or influence Reciprocally   In an inverse or contrary manner; "inversely related"; "wavelength and frequency are, of course, related reciprocally"- F.A.Geldard Reciprocally   In a mutual or shared manner; "the agreement was mutually satisfactory"; "the goals of the negotiators were not reciprocally exclusive" Reciprocally   (often followed by `for'') in exchange or in reciprocation; "gave up our seats on the plane and in return received several hundred dollars and seats on the next plane out"; "we get many benefits in return for our taxes" Reciprocal_cross   Hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype Reciprocal_inhibition   A method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with it; a relaxation response might be conditioned to a stimulus that previously evoked anxiety Back to top Reciprocal_ohm   A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm Reciprocal_pronoun   A pronoun or pronominal phrase (as `each other'') that expresses a mutual action or relationship between the individuals indicated in the plural subject; "The sentence `They cared for each other'' contains a reciprocal pronoun" Reciprocate   Alternate the direction of motion of; "the engine reciprocates the propeller" Reciprocate   Act, feel, or give mutually or in return; "We always invite the neighbors and they never reciprocate!" Reciprocating   Moving alternately backward and forward Reciprocating_engine   An internal-combustion engine in which the crankshaft is turned by pistons moving up and down in cylinders Reciprocating_saw   A portable power saw with a reciprocating blade; can be used with a variety of blades depending on the application and kind of cut; generally have a plate that rides on the surface that is being cut Reciprocation   Mutual interaction; the activity of interchanging or reciprocating Reciprocation   Alternating back-and-forth movement Reciprocation   The act of making and return or doing something in return Reciprocative   Given or done or owed to each other Reciprocatory   Moving alternately backward and forward Reciprocity   Mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges Reciprocity   A relation of mutual dependence or action or influence Recission   (law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made; recission may be brought about by decree or by mutual consent Recital   Performance of music or dance especially by soloists Recital   The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant" Recital   A detailed account or description of something; "he was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings" Recital   A detailed statement giving facts and figures; "his wife gave a recital of his infidelities" Recital   A public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems" Back to top Recitalist   A musician who gives recitals Recitation   Systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect" Recitation   A regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study Recitation   A public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems" Recitation   Written matter that is recited from memory Recitative   A vocal passage of narrative text that a singer delivers with natural rhythms of speech Recite   Repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day" Recite   Specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug" Recite   Narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" Recite   Recite in elocution Recite   Render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story" Reciter   Someone who recites from memory Reckless   Marked by unthinking boldness; with defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb th Reckless   Characterized by careless unconcerned; "the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton; "reckless squandering of public funds" Recklessly   In a reckless manner Recklessness   The trait of giving little thought to danger Reckon   Expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn''t think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up" Reckon   Make a mathematical calculation or computation Reckon   Deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don''t see the situation quite as negatively as you do" Reckon   Judge to be probable Back to top Reckon   Take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents"; "Count on the monsoon" Reckon   Have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis" Reckoner   A handbook of tables used to facilitate computation Reckoner   An expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines) Reckoning   The act of counting; "the counting continued for several hours" Reckoning   Problem solving that involves numbers or quantities Reckoning   A bill for an amount due Reclaim   Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" Reclaim   Make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state; "The people reclaimed the marshes" Reclaim   Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct" Reclaim   Of materials from waste products Reclaim   Claim back Reclaimable   Possible to use again Reclaimed   Delivered from danger Reclamation   The recovery of useful substances from waste products Reclamation   Rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course; "the reclamation of delinquent children" Reclamation   The conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation Reclassification   Classifying something again (usually in a new category) Reclassify   Classify anew, change the previous classification; "The zoologists had to reclassify the mollusks after they found new species" Recline   Lean in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on the couch" Back to top Recline   Cause to recline; "She reclined her head on the pillow" Recline   Move the upper body backwards and down Recliner   An armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it Reclining   The act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position Reclining   Lying down; in a position of comfort or rest Reclining_chair   An armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it Recluse   One who lives in solitude Recluse   Withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life" Reclusive   Providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot" Reclusive   Withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life" Reclusiveness   Preference for seclusion or isolation Recode   Put into a different code; rearrange mentally; "People recode and restructure information in order to remember it" Recoding   Converting from one code to another Recognisable   Possible to recognize Recognisance   (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited Recognise   Accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods" Recognise   Perceive to be the same Recognise   Be fully aware or cognizant of Recognise   Express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for; "We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us" Recognise   Express greetings upon meeting someone Back to top Recognise   Detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can''t make out the faces in this photograph" Recognise   Grant credentials to; "The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution"; "recognize an academic degree" Recognise   Show approval or appreciation of; "My work is not recognized by anybody!"; "The best student was recognized by the Dean" Recognised   Generally approved or compelling recognition; "several accepted techniques for treating the condition"; "his recognized superiority in this kind of work" Recognised   Provided with a secure reputation; "a recognized authority" Recognition   Designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body; "he was unable to make his motion because he couldn''t get recognition by the chairman" Recognition   The process of recognizing something or someone by remembering; "a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by t Recognition   Coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases" Recognition   An acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid; "the recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States" Recognition   Approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying"; "the credits were given at the end of the film" Recognition   The explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country; "territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala''s recognition of Belize in 1991" Recognition   (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape; "molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into lar Recognition   The state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged; "the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work"; "she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own" Recognizable   Possible to recognize Recognizable   Easily perceived; easy to become aware of; "this situation produces recognizable stress symptoms" Recognizably   To a recognizable degree; "he was recognizably slimmer now" Recognizance   (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited Recognize   Accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods" Recognize   Perceive to be the same Recognize   Be fully aware or cognizant of Back to top Recognize   Express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for; "We must acknowledge the kindness she showed towards us" Recognize   Express greetings upon meeting someone Recognize   Detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can''t make out the faces in this photograph" Recognize   Grant credentials to; "The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution"; "recognize an academic degree" Recognize   Show approval or appreciation of; "My work is not recognized by anybody!"; "The best student was recognized by the Dean" Recognize   Exhibit recognition for (an antigen or a substrate) Recognized   Generally approved or compelling recognition; "several accepted techniques for treating the condition"; "his recognized superiority in this kind of work" Recognized   Provided with a secure reputation; "a recognized authority" Recoil   A movement back from an impact Recoil   The backward jerk of a gun when it is fired Recoil   Spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder" Recoil   Spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" Recoil   Draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" Recoilless   Of or being a weapon that is designed to minimize recoil Recollect   Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can''t remember saying any such thing"; "I can''t think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" Recollection   The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode" Recollection   The ability to recall past occurrences Recollection   Something recalled to the mind Recollective   Tending to acquire and retain ideas or information; "an acquisitive mind" Recombinant_deoxyribonucleic_acid   Genetically engineered DNA made by recombining fragments of DNA from different organisms Back to top Recombinant_DNA   Genetically engineered DNA made by recombining fragments of DNA from different organisms Recombinant_DNA_technology   The technology of preparing recombinant DNA in vitro by cutting up DNA molecules and splicing together fragments from more than one organism Recombinant_human_insulin   A form of insulin (trade name Humulin) made from recombinant DNA that is identical to human insulin; used to treat diabetics who are allergic to preparations made from beef or pork insulin Recombination   (genetics) a combining of genes or characters different from what they were in the parents Recombination   (physics) a combinng of charges or transfer of electrons in a gas that results in the neutralization of ions; important for ions arising from the passage of high-energy particles Recombine   To combine or put together again Recombine   Cause genetic recombination; "should scientists recombine DNA?" Recombine   Undergo genetic recombination; "The DNA can recombine" Recommence   Beging again; "we recommenced his reading after a short nap" Recommence   Cause to start anew; "The Taliban recommenced hostilities after a few days of quiet" Recommencement   Beginning again Recommend   Make attractive or acceptable; "Honesty recommends any person" Recommend   Push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day" Recommend   Express a good opinion of Recommendation   Any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission; "her pleasant personality is already a recommendation"; "his wealth was not a passport into the exclusive circles of society" Recommendation   Something (as a course of action) that is recommeended as advisable Recommendation   Something that recommends (or expresses commendation) of a person or thing as worthy or desirable Recommended   Mentioned as worthy of acceptance; "the recommended medicine"; "the suggested course of study" Recommit   Send back to a committee; "The bill was recommitted three times in the House" Recommit   Commit again; "It was recommitted into her custody" Back to top Recommit   Commit once again, as of a crime Recompense   The act of compensating for service or loss or injury Recompense   Payment or reward (as for service rendered) Recompense   Make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated" Recompense   Make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident" Reconcilable   Capable of being reconciled; "her way of thinking is reconcilable with mine" Reconcile   Bring into consonance or accord; "harmonize one''s goals with one''s abilities" Reconcile   Make compatible with; "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories" Reconcile   Accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate" Reconcile   Come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up" Reconciled   Made compatible or consistent Reconciled   (followed by `to'') no longer opposed; "after a time she became reconciled even to diplomatic receptions" Reconciler   Someone who tries to bring peace Reconciliation   Getting two things to correspond; "the reconciliation of his checkbook and the bank statement" Reconciliation   The reestablishing of cordial relations Reconciling   Tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony Recondite   Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor''s lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography" Reconditeness   The quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand Reconditeness   Wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound; "the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs" Recondition   Bring into an improved condition; "He reconditioned the old appliances" Back to top Reconditioned   Mended or put in working order; "a reconditioned sewing machine"; "a repaired vacuum cleaner"; "the broken lock is now fixed" Reconfirm   Confirm again; "You must reconfirm your flight reservations" Reconnaissance   The act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy); "an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission" Reconnaissance_by_fire   A method of reconnaissance in which fire is placed on a suspected enemy position in order to cause the enemy to disclose his presence by moving or returning fire Reconnaissance_in_force   An offensive operation designed to discover or test the enemy''s strength (or to obtain other information) Reconnaissance_mission   The act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy); "an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission" Reconnaissance_plane   A military airplane used to gain information about an enemy Reconnaissance_vehicle   Fast armored military vehicle with four-wheel drive and open top Reconnoiter   Explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody Reconnoitering   Exploring in order to gain information; "scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous" Reconnoitre   Explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody Reconnoitring   Exploring in order to gain information; "scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous" Reconquer   Conquer anew; "The country reconquered the territory lost in the previous war" Reconsecrate   Consecrate anew, as after a desecration Reconsider   Consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing; "Won''t you reconsider your decision?" Reconsider   Consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, in legislation Reconsideration   Thinking again about a choice previously made; "he had second thoughts about his purchase" Reconsideration   A consideration of a topic (as in a meeting) with a view to changing an earlier decision Reconstitute   Construct or form anew or provide with a new structure; "After his accident, he had to restructure his life"; "The governing board was reconstituted" Reconstruct   Cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically Back to top Reconstruct   Do over, as of (part of) a house; "We are remodeling these rooms" Reconstruct   Reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago" Reconstruct   Build again; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb" Reconstruct   Return to its original or usable and functioning condition; "restore the forest to its original pristine condition" Reconstructed   Adapted to social or economic change; "a reconstructed feminist" Reconstruction   The activity of constructing something again Reconstruction   Recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall Reconstruction   An interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence Reconstruction   The period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877 Reconstruction_Period   The period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877 Reconstructive   Helping to restore to good condition; "reconstructive surgery"; "rehabilitative exercises" Reconstructive_memory   Recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall Reconstructive_surgery   Surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue Reconvene   Meet again; "The bill will be considered when the Legislature reconvenes next Fall" Reconvert   Convert back; "Hollywood is reconverting old films" Reconvict   Convict anew Recopy   Copy again; "The child had to recopy the homework" Record   The sum of recognized accomplishments; "the lawyer has a good record"; "the track record shows that he will be a good president" Record   An extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport); "he tied the Olympic record"; "coffee production last year broke all previous records"; "Chicago set the homicide record" Record   Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves Back to top Record   A list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted; "he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court"; "the prostitute had a record a mile long" Record   A compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let''s look at the record''"; "his name is in all the recordbooks" Record   Anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques" Record   A document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase" Record   The number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had; "at 9-0 they have the best record in their league" Record   Be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead" Record   Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty''" Record   Register electronically; "They recorded her singing" Record   Make a record of; set down in permanent form Record   Be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?" Record-breaker   Someone who breaks a record Record-breaking   Surpassing any previously established record; "a record-breaking high jump"; "record-breaking crowds" Record-holder   Someone who breaks a record Record-keeper   Someone responsible for keeping records Recorded   Recorded or listed in a directory; "a recorded number" Recorded   Set down or registered in a permanent form especially on film or tape for reproduction; "recorded music" Recorded   (of securities) having the owner''s name entered in a register; "recorded holders of a stock" Recorded   Made a matter of official record; "a properly recorded deed to the property" Recorder   A woodwind with a vertical pipe and 8 finger holes and a whistle mouthpiece Recorder   Equipment for making records Back to top Recorder   A barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs Recorder   Someone responsible for keeping records Recorder_player   Someone who plays the recorder Recording   The act of making a record (especially an audio record); "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth" Recording   Signal encoding something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded Recording   A storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded Recording_equipment   Equipment for making records Recording_label   Trade name of a company that produces musical recordings; "the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent" Recording_machine   Equipment for making records Recording_studio   Studio where tapes and records are recorded Recording_system   Audio system for recoding sound Record_album   An album for holding phonograph records Record_album   One or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audio tape and compact disc Record_book   A compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let''s look at the record''"; "his name is in all the recordbooks" Record_changer   An automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention Record_company   A company that makes and sells musical recordings Record_cover   A sleeve for storing a phonograph record Record_hop   An informal dance where popular music is played Record_jacket   The jacket for a phonograph record Record_player   Machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically Back to top Record_sleeve   A sleeve for storing a phonograph record Recount   An additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election Recount   Count again; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made" Recount   Narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" Recounting   An act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable" Recoup   Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes" Recoup   Regain or make up for; "recuperate one''s losses" Recoup   Reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss Recourse   Act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort" Recourse   Something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying" Recover   Get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating" Recover   Regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate" Recover   Cover anew; "recover a chair" Recover   Of materials from waste products Recover   Get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" Recover   Regain or make up for; "recuperate one''s losses" Recoverable   Capable of being recovered or regained; "recoverable truth of a past event" Recovered   Freed from illness or injury; "the patient appears cured"; "the incision is healed"; "appears to be entirely recovered"; "when the recovered patient tries to remember what occurred during his delirium"- Normon Cameron Recovered(p)   Found after being lost Recoverer   Someone who saves something from danger or violence Back to top Recovering   Returning to health after illness or debility; "convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed" Recovery   The act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) Recovery   Return to an original state; "the recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid" Recovery   Gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury Recovery_room   A hospital room for the care of patients immediately after surgery Recreant   A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. Recreant   An abject coward Recreant   Lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; "the craven fellow turned and ran"; "a craven proposal to raise the white flag"; "this recreant knight"- Spenser Recreant   Having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper" Recreate   Give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" Recreate   Create anew; "she recreated the feeling of the 1920''s with her stage setting" Recreate   Give encouragement to Recreate   Engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion; "On weekends I play"; "The students all recreate alike" Recreation   Activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation; "time for rest and refreshment by the pool"; "days of joyous recreation with his friends" Recreation   An activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" Recreational   Engaged in as a pastime; "an amateur painter"; "gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals"; "recreational golfers"; "reading matter that is both recreational and mentally stimulating"; "unpaid extras in the documentary" Recreational   Of or relating to recreation; "a recreational area with a pool and ball fields" Recreational_drug   A narcotic drug that is used only occasionally and is claimed to be nonaddictive Recreational_facility   A public facility for recreation Recreational_vehicle   A motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities Back to top Recreation_facility   A public facility for recreation Recreation_room   A room equipped for informal entertaining Recriminate   Return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return Recrimination   Mutual accusations Recriminative   Countering one charge with another; "recriminatory arguments" Recriminatory   Countering one charge with another; "recriminatory arguments" Recrudesce   Become raw or open; "He broke out in hives"; "My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries"; "Such boils tend to recrudesce" Recrudesce   Happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time" Recrudescence   A return of something after a period of abatement; "a recrudescence of racism"; "a recrudescence of the symptoms" Recruit   Any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces) Recruit   A recently enlisted soldier Recruit   Cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers" Recruit   Seek to employ; "The lab director recruited an able crew of assistants" Recruit   Register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members" Recruiter   An official who enlists personnel for military service Recruiter   Someone who supplies members or employees Recruiting-sergeant   A sergeant deputized to enlist recruits Recruitment   The act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.) Rectal   Of or involving the rectum; "rectal cancer" Rectal_artery   One of the arteries supplying the rectal area Back to top Rectal_reflex   Normal response to the presence of feces in the rectum Rectal_vein   Any of several veins draining the walls of the anal canal and rectum Rectangle   A parallelogram with four right angles Rectangular   Having a set of mutually perpendicular axes; meeting at right angles; "wind and sea may displace the ship''s center of gravity along three orthogonal axes"; "a rectangular Cartesian coordinate system" Rectangular   Having four right angles; "a rectangular figure twice as long as it is wide" Rectangularity   The property of being shaped like a rectangle Rectifiable   Capable of being repaired or rectified; "reparable damage to the car"; "rectifiable wrongs" Rectification   Determination of the length of a curve; finding a straight line equal in length to a given curve Rectification   The act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right Rectification   The conversion of alternating current to direct current Rectification   (chemistry) the process of refinement or purification of a substance by distillation Rectified   Having been put right Rectifier   Electrical device that transforms alternating into direct current Rectifier   A person who corrects or sets right; "a rectifier of prejudices" Rectify   Convert into direct current; "rectify alternating current" Rectify   Make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" Rectify   Set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" Rectify   Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct" Rectify   Reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; "refine sugar" Rectify   Math: determine the length of; "rectify a curve" Back to top Rectifying_tube   A thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier Rectifying_valve   A thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier Rectilineal   Characterized by a straight line or lines; "rectilinear patterns in wallpaper"; "the rectilinear propagation of light" Rectilinear   Characterized by a straight line or lines; "rectilinear patterns in wallpaper"; "the rectilinear propagation of light" Rectilinear_regression   The relation between variables when the regression equation is linear: e.g., y = ax + b Rectitude   Uprightness as a consequence of being honorable and honest Recto   Right-hand page Rectocele   Protrusion or herniation of the rectum into the vagina; can occur if pelvic muscles are weakened by childbirth Rectoplasty   Reconstructive surgery of the anus or rectum Rector   A person authorized to conduct religious worship Rectory   An official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector Rectosigmoid   Of or related to or near the sigmoid colon and the upper part of the rectum Rectum   The terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus Rectus   Any of various straight muscles Rectus_inferior   The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball down and medially Rectus_lateralis   The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward Rectus_medialis   The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball medially Rectus_superior   The ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball upward and medially Recumb   Lean in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on the couch" Recumbent   Lying down; in a position of comfort or rest Back to top Recuperate   Get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating" Recuperate   Restore to good health or strength Recuperate   Regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate" Recuperate   Regain or make up for; "recuperate one''s losses" Recuperation   Gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury Recuperative   Promoting recuperation; "recuperative powers"; "strongly recuperative remedies"; "restorative effects of exercise" Recur   Happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story" Recur   Return in thought or speech to something Recur   Have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat" Recurrence   Happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring" Recurrent   Recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements" Recurrently   In a recurrent manner Recurrent_event   An event that recurs at intervals Recurrent_fever   Marked by recurring high fever and transmitted by the bite of infected lice or ticks; characterized by episodes of high fever and chills and headache and muscle pain and nausea that recur every week or ten days for several months Recurring   Coming back; "a revenant ghost" Recurring_decimal   A decimal with a sequence of digits that repeats itself indefinitely Recursion   (mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation Recursive   Of or relating to a recursion Recursive_definition   (mathematics) a definition of a function from which values of the function can be calculated in a finite number of steps Recursive_routine   A routine that can call itself Back to top Recurvate   Curved backward or inward Recurve   Curve or bend (something) back or down Recurved   Curved backward or inward Recurvirostra   Type genus of the Recurvirostridae: avocets Recurvirostridae   Long-legged shorebirds Recusal   (law) the disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest; a judge can be recused by objections of either party or judges can disqualify themselves Recusancy   Refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England Recusant   Someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct Recusant   Refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary W.Williams Recusant   (of Catholics formerly) refusing to attend services of the Church of England Recusation   (law) an objection grounded on the judge''s relationship to one of the parties Recusation   (law) the disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest; a judge can be recused by objections of either party or judges can disqualify themselves Recuse   Challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law Recuse   Disqualify oneself (as a judge, for example) in a particular case Recyclable   Possible to use again Recycle   Use again after processing; "We must recycle the cardboard boxes" Recycle   Cause to repeat a cycle Recycling   The act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products Recycling_bin   A bin for depositing things to be recycled Recycling_plant   A plant for reprocessing used or abandoned materials Back to top Rec_room   A room equipped for informal entertaining Red   The quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood Red   A tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana Red   Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries Red   The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year" Red   Characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann''d by Conquest''s crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode Red   Red with or characterized by blood; "waving our red weapons o''er our heads"- Shakespeare; "The Red Badge of Courage"; "the red rules of tooth and claw"- P.B.Sears Red   Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies Red   (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment" Red-backed_lemming   Old World lemming Red-backed_mouse   Any of several voles of mountainous regions of Eurasia and America Red-backed_sandpiper   Small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions Red-bellied_snake   Harmless woodland snake of southeastern United States Red-bellied_terrapin   Freshwater turtle of Chesapeake bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell Red-bellied_turtle   Freshwater turtle of Chesapeake bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell Red-berried_elder   Common North American shrub or small tree Red-berried_elder   Eurasian shrub Red-berry   North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries Red-berry   Small spiny evergreen shrub of western United States and Mexico with minute flowers and bright red berries Red-blind   Inability to see the color red or to distinguish red and bluish-green Back to top Red-blindness   Dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blue Red-blooded   Endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health; "a hearty glow of health" Red-breasted_merganser   Widely distributed merganser of America and Europe Red-breasted_nuthatch   Bluish-gray nuthatch with reddish breast; of northern coniferous forests Red-breasted_sapsucker   Western North American sapsucker Red-breasted_snipe   A dowitcher with a red breast Red-brick   Of or relating to British universities founded in the late 19th century or the 20th century Red-carpet(a)   Special treatment or hospitality; "the maitre d'' gave them the red-carpet treatment" Red-coated   Used of British soldiers during the Revolutionary War because of their red coats Red-eye   Travel on an overnight flight; "The candidate red-eyed from California to the East Coast the night before the election to give a last stump speech" Red-eyed_vireo   Of northern North America having red irises and a olive-gray body with white underparts Red-faced   (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment" Red-faced   Having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset; "the blushing boy was brought before the Principal"; "her blushful beau"; "was red-faced with anger" Red-flowered_silky_oak   Tall shrub with cylindrical racemes of red flowers and pinnatifid leaves silky-gray beneath; eastern Australia Red-green_color_blindness   Confusion of red and green Red-green_colour_blindness   Confusion of red and green Red-green_dichromacy   Confusion of red and green Red-handed   In the act of committing a crime or other reprehensible act; "caught red-handed" Red-handed   Doing something reprehensible or showing clear evidence of having done something reprehensible; "he was caught red-handed" Red-header   Someone who has red hair Back to top Red-hot   Very fast; "a blistering pace"; "got off to a hot start"; "in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line drive" Red-hot   Glowing red with heat Red-hot   Characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement; "a red-hot speech"; "sizzling political issues" Red-hot   Newest or most recent; "news hot off the press"; "red-hot information" Red-hot   Having strong sexual appeal; "juicy barmaids"; "a red-hot mama"; "a voluptuous woman" Red-hot_poker   Widely cultivated hybrid poker plant Red-ink   Mark with red ink; "red-ink the area that is restricted" Red-lead_putty   A cement resembling putty; made by mixing white and red lead in boiled linseed oil; used as luting on pipe fittings Red-legged_partridge   Common western European partridge with red legs Red-letter_day   A memorably happy or noteworthy day Red-light_district   A district with many brothels Red-necked_grebe   Large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck Red-rimmed   Rimmed with red; "your red-rimmed eyes reveal that you have been crying" Red-shafted_flicker   Western United States bird with red undersurface to wings and tail Red-shouldered_hawk   North American hawk with reddish brown shoulders Red-skinned_onion   Onion with white to deep red tunic; California Red-spotted_purple   Similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces Red-tailed_hawk   Dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail Red-veined_pie_plant   Asian herb (Himalayas) Red-winged_blackbird   North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings Back to top Redact   Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication Redact   Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages" Redact   Formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn''t put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language" Redaction   The act of putting something in writing Redaction   Putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form Redactor   Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication Redback_vole   Any of several voles of mountainous regions of Eurasia and America Redbelly   Freshwater turtle of Chesapeake bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell Redberry   North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries Redberry   Small spiny evergreen shrub of western United States and Mexico with minute flowers and bright red berries Redbird   Crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male Redbird   The male is bright red with black wings and tail Redbird_cactus   Low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties Redbird_flower   Low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties Redbone   A speedy red or red-and-tan American hound Redbreast   Small Old World songbird with a reddish breast Redbrick   Of or relating to British universities founded in the late 19th century or the 20th century Redbrick_university   (British informal) a provincial British university of relatively recent founding; distinguished from Oxford University and Cambridge University Redbrush   Common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers Redbud   Small shrubby tree of eastern North America similar to the Judas tree having usually pink flowers; found in damp sheltered underwood Back to top Redbug   Larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation Redcap   A porter who helps passengers with their baggage at a railroad station Redcap   A member of the military police in Britain Redcoat   British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution) Redden   Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" Redden   Turn red or redder; "The sky reddened" Redden   Make red; "The setting sun reddened the sky" Reddened   Lighted with red light as if with flames; "streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire" Reddened   (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment" Redding   A town in north central California on the Sacramento River Reddish   Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies Reddish-brown   (of hair) colored a moderate brown; "auburn hair" Reddish_blue   A variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum Reddish_brown   A shade of brown with a tinge of red Reddish_orange   An orange color closer to red than to yellow Reddish_purple   A shade of purple tinged with red Reddle   A red iron ore used in dyeing and marking Redecorate   Redo the decoration of an apartment or house Rededicate   Dedicate anew; "They were asked to rededicate themselves to their country" Rededication   A new dedication; "the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem" Back to top Redeem   Convert into cash; of commercial papers Redeem   Pay off (loans or promissory notes) Redeem   Exchange or buy back for money; under threat Redeem   Save from sins Redeemable   Susceptible to improvement or reform; "a redeemable sinner" Redeemable   Able to be converted into ready money; "a cashable check"; "cashable gambling chips"; "redeemable stocks and bonds" Redeemable   Recoverable upon payment or fulfilling a condition; "redeemable goods in a pawnshop" Redeemed   Saved from the bondage of sin Redeemer   Someone who redeems or buys back (promissory notes or merchandise or commercial paper etc.) Redeemer   A teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29) Redeeming(a)   Compensating for some fault or defect; "the redeeming feature of the plan is its simplicity"; "his saving grace was his sense of humor" Redeeming(a)   Bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love" Redefine   Give a new or different definition of (a word) Redefine   Give a new or different definition to; "She redefined his duties" Redefinition   The act of giving a new definition; "words like `conservative'' require periodic redefinition"; "she provided a redefinition of his duties" Redemption   The act of purchasing back something previously sold Redemption   (Christianity) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil Redemption   Repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock) Redemptional   Of or relating to or resulting in redemption; "a redemptive theory about life"- E.K.Brown Redemptive   Bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love" Back to top Redemptive   Of or relating to or resulting in redemption; "a redemptive theory about life"- E.K.Brown Redemptory   Of or relating to or resulting in redemption; "a redemptive theory about life"- E.K.Brown Redeploy   Deploy anew; "The U.S. must redeploy their troops in the Middle East" Redeployment   The withdrawal and redistribution of forces in an attempt to use them more effectively Redeposit   Deposit anew; "The water had redeposited minerals on the rocks" Redeposit   Deposit anew Redeposition   Deposition from one deposit to another Redesign   Design anew, make a new design for Redetermination   Determining again Redetermine   Fix, find, or establish again; "the physicists redetermined Planck''s constant" Redevelop   Change the plans for the use of (land) Redevelop   Formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis Redevelop   Develop for a second time, in order to improve the contrast, colour, etc., of a negative or print Redevelopment   The act of improving by renewing and restoring Redevelopment_authority   A public administrative unit given responsibility for the renovation of blighted urban areas Redeye   A night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep; "he took the redeye in order to get home the next morning" Redeye_flight   A night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep; "he took the redeye in order to get home the next morning" Redfin_pickerel   Small but gamy pickerel of Atlantic coastal states Redfish   Male salmon that has recently spawned Redfish   Large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico Back to top Redfish   North Atlantic rockfish Redford   United States actor and filmmaker who starred with Paul Newman in several films (born in 1936) Redhead   Black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck Redhead   North American diving duck with a gray-and-black body and reddish-brown head Redhead   Someone who has red hair Redheaded   Having red hair and usually fair skin Redheaded_woodpecker   Black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck Redheader   Someone who has red hair Redhorse   North American sucker with reddish fins Redhorse_sucker   North American sucker with reddish fins Rediffusion   A system for distributing radio or tv programs Redirect   Channel into a new direction; "redirect your attention to the danger from the fundamentalists" Redirect_examination   (law) questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness after that witness has been subject to cross-examination Rediscover   Discover again; "I rediscovered the books that I enjoyed as a child" Rediscovery   The act of discovering again Redispose   Dispose anew; "The goods were redisposed at a great loss" Redisposition   The withdrawal and redistribution of forces in an attempt to use them more effectively Redistribute   Distribute anew; "redistribute the troops more strategically" Redistributed   Having population and industries relocated from urban to outlying areas; "redistributed industries" Redistribution   Distributing again; "the revolution resulted in a redistribution of wealth" Back to top Redline   Discriminate in selling or renting housing in certain areas of a neighborhood Redly   Displaying a red color; "the forge belched redly at the sky"-Adria Langley Redmaids   Succulent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers; southwestern United States Redneck   A poor white person in the southern United States Redness   The quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood Redness   A response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat Redo   Do over, as of (part of) a house; "We are remodeling these rooms" Redo   Make new; "She is remaking her image" Redolence   A pleasingly sweet olfactory property Redolent   Having a strong distinctive fragrance; "the pine woods were more redolent"- Jean Stafford Redolent   Serving to bring to mind; "cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson; "a campaign redolent of machine politics" Redolent(p)   (used with `of'' or `with'') noticeably odorous; "the hall was redolent of floor wax"; "air redolent with the fumes of beer and whiskey" Redolent_of(p)   Serving to bring to mind; "cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson; "a campaign redolent of machine politics" Redonda   An island in Antigua and Barbuda Redouble   Make twice as great or intense; "The screaming redoubled" Redouble   Double again; "The noise doubled and redoubled" Redouble   Double in magnitude, extent, or intensity; "The enemy redoubled their screaming on the radio" Redoubled   Become much greater in intensity or size or amount; "we faced redoubled attacks from the enemy"; "despite our redoubled efforts" Redoubt   A forbidding stronghold Redoubtable   Inspiring fear; "the formidable prospect of major surgery"; "a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic"- G.H.Johnston; "something unnerving and prisonlike about high gray wall" Back to top Redoubtable   Having or worthy of pride; "redoubtable scholar of the Renaissance"; "born of a redoubtable family" Redound   Have an effect for good or ill; "Her efforts will redound to the general good" Redound   Be added; "Everything he does redounds to himself" Redound   Be deflected; "His actions redound on his parents" Redound   Be excessive in quantity Redox   A reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an oxidation and the reverse is a reduction Redpoll   Small siskin-like finch with a red crown Redpoll   Small siskin-like finch with a red crown Redraft   A draft for the amount of a dishonored draft plus the costs and charges of drafting again Redress   Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil Redress   A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury Redress   Make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" Redroot   Perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leave and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant Redshank   A common Old World wading bird with long red legs Redskin   Offensive terms for Native Americans Redstart   European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins Redstart   Flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail Redstem_storksbill   European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage Redtail   European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins Redtail   Dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail Back to top Reduce   Take off weight Reduce   Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon" Reduce   Narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners" Reduce   Cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" Reduce   Be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" Reduce   Be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise" Reduce   To remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons Reduce   Make smaller; "reduce an image" Reduce   Reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" Reduce   Make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question" Reduce   Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" Reduce   Cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" Reduce   Reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site Reduce   Undergo meiosis; "The cells reduce" Reduce   Lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; "She reduced her niece to a servant" Reduce   Simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another Reduce   Lessen and make more modest; "reduce one''s standard of living" Reduce   Bring to humbler or weaker state or condition; "He reduced the population to slavery" Reduce   Put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land" Reduced   Made less in size or amount or degree Back to top Reduced   Well below normal (especially in price) Reduced_instruction_set_computer   (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform Reduced_instruction_set_computing   (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform Reducer   Pipefitting that joins two pipes of different diameter Reducer   A substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the slackened silver Reducible   Capable of being reduced; "reducible to a set of principles of human nature"- Edmund Wilson Reducing   Loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer; "a doctor supervised her reducing" Reducing   Any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent Reducing_agent   A substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the slackened silver Reducing_diet   A diet designed to help you lose weight (especially fat) Reductant   A substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the slackened silver Reductase   An enzyme that catalyses the biochemical reduction of some specified substance Reductio   (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proff of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction Reduction   The act of reducing complexity Reduction   The act of decreasing or reducing something Reduction   Any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent Reductionism   The analysis of complex things into simpler constituents Reductionism   A theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components Reductionist   Of or relating to the theory of reductionism; "reductionist arguments" Reduction_division   (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants) Back to top Reduction_gear   Gearing that reduces an input speed to a slower output speed Reductio_ad_absurdum   (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proff of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction Reductive   Characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment; "their views of life were reductive and depreciabory" - R.H.Rovere Reductivism   An art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color Redundance   The attribute of being superfluous and unneeded; "the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers" Redundancy   Repetition of an act needlessly Redundancy   The attribute of being superfluous and unneeded; "the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers" Redundancy   (electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails Redundancy   Repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission Redundant   Repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact'' and `a free gift'' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started'' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant Redundant   Use of more words than required to express an idea; "a wordy gossipy account of a simple incident"; "a redundant text crammed with amplifications of the obvious" Redundant   More than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare Redundant_check   A system of checking for errors in computer functioning Reduplicate   Make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" Reduplicate   Form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word" Reduplication   The act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof) Reduplication   A word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word) Reduplication   The syllable added in a reduplicated word form Reduplication   Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next Reduviid   A true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals Back to top Reduviidae   Assassin bugs Redux(ip)   Brought back; "the Victorian era redux"; "`Rabbit Redux'' by John Updike" Redwing   Small European thrush having reddish flanks Redwing   North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings Redwood   Either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae Redwood   The soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees Redwood_family   Coniferous trees; traditionally considered an independent family though recently included in Cupressaceae in some classification systems Redwood_National_Park   A national park in California featuring a redwood forest and Pacific Ocean coastline Redwood_penstemon   Low branching dark green shrub with bunches of brick-red flowers at ends of branches; coastal ranges and foothills of northern California Red_admiral   Of temperate Europe and Asia; having black wings with red and white markings Red_alder   Large tree of Pacific coast of North America having hard red wood much used for furniture Red_alert   The highest level of alert when an attack by the enemy seems immanent (or more generally a state of alert resulting from immanent danger) Red_algae   Marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment; source of agar and carrageenan Red_amaranth   Tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal Red_angel's_trumpet   Arborescent South American shrub having very large orange-red flowers Red_Army_Faction   A Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of the class struggle; a successor to the Baader-Meinhof Gang; became one of Europe''s most feared terrorist groups; d Red_ash   Smallish American tree with velvety branchlets and lower leaf surfaces Red_baneberry   North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries Red_bat   North American brick or rusty red bat with hairs tipped with white Red_bay   Small tree of southern United States having dark red heartwood Back to top Red_bearberry   Evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn Red_beech   Large tree of Australasia Red_beech   North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts Red_birch   Birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark Red_bird's_eye   Biennial European catchfly having red or pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis Red_blood_cell   A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus Red_bone_marrow   Bone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cells Red_Bordeaux   Dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine Red_brass   Brass with enough copper to give it a reddish tint; used for plumbing pipe and other brass hardware and in cheap jewelry Red_Brigades   A Marxist-Leninist terrorist organizaiton that arose out of a student protest movement in the late 1960s; wants to separate Italy from NATO and advocates violence in the service of class warfare and revolution; mostly inactive since 1989 Red_bryony   Bryony having fleshy roots pale green flowers and very small red berries; Europe; North Africa; western Asia Red_buckeye   A shrub buckeye of southern United States Red_cabbage   Compact head of purplish-red leaves Red_cabbage   Cabbage plant with a compact head of reddish purple leaves Red_campion   Biennial European catchfly having red or pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis Red_carpet   A strip of red carpeting laid down for dignitaries to walk on Red_carpet(a)   Special treatment or hospitality; "the maitre d'' gave them the red-carpet treatment" Red_cedar   Fragrant reddish wood of any of various red cedar trees Red_cedar   Tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark Red_cedar   Small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles Back to top Red_cedar   Large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States Red_cent   Something of little value; "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks" Red_China   A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world Red_clay   Clay whose redness results from iron oxide Red_Clintonia   Plant with nearly leafless stalk topped by an umbellike cluster of red or reddish lavender flowers; California to Oregon Red_Cloud   Leader of the Oglala who resisted the development of a trail through Wyoming and Montana by the United States government (1822-1909) Red_clover   Erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers; the most commonly grown forage clover Red_cole   Coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root Red_coral   Corals of especially the Mediterranean having pink or red color used for ornaments and jewelry Red_coral   The hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry Red_Cross   An international organization that cares for the sick or wounded or homeless in wartime Red_currant   Small red berries used primarily in jams and jellies Red_currant   Cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries Red_cypress_pine   Australian tree with small flattened scales as leaves and numerous dark brown seed; valued for its timber and resin Red_dagga   Relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco Red_deer   Common deer of temperate Europe and Asia Red_Delicious   A sweet eating apple with bright red skin; most widely grown apple worldwide Red_devil   Barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions Red_dogwood   Common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers Red_dogwood   European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers Back to top Red_drum   Large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico Red_dwarf   A small cool star; approximately 100 times the mass of Jupiter Red_dwarf_star   A small cool star; approximately 100 times the mass of Jupiter Red_eft   Red terrestrial form of a common North American newt Red_elm   North American elm having rough leaves that are red when opening; yields a hard wood Red_elm   Autumn-flowering elm of southeastern United States Red_false_mallow   False mallow of western United States having racemose red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Malvastrum Red_fire   Combustible material (usually salts of lithium or strontium) that burns bright red; used in flares and fireworks Red_flag   Something that irritates or demands immediate action; "doing that is like waving a red flag in front of a bull" Red_flag   The emblem of socialist revolution Red_flag   A flag that serves as a warning signal; "we didn''t swim at the beach because the red flag was up" Red_fox   The common Old World fox; having reddish-brown fur; commonly considered a single circumpolar species Red_fox   New World fox; often considered the same species las the Old World fox Red_fox   Weedy annual with spikes of silver-white flowers Red_giant   A large cool star; has a relatively low surface temperature and a diameter large relative to the sun Red_giant_star   A large cool star; has a relatively low surface temperature and a diameter large relative to the sun Red_ginger   An ornamental ginger native to Pacific islands Red_goatfish   Body bright scarlet with 2 yellow to reddish strips on side Red_goosefoot   Herb considered fatal to swine Red_goosefoot   Common Eurasian weed; naturalized in United States Back to top Red_gram   Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics Red_grouse   Reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain Red_Guard   A radical political movement by Chinese youths who espoused Maoist principles Red_gum   A North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap Red_gum   Reddish-brown wood and lumber from heartwood of the sweet gum tree used to make furniture Red_gum   Red gum tree of Tasmania Red_gum   Very large red gum tree Red_gum   Reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis Red_Hand_Defenders   A paramilitary group of Protestants in Northern Ireland that tries to prevent any political settlement with the Irish Free State; attacks interests of Catholic civilians in Northern Ireland; responsible for arson and bombing and murder Red_haw   American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs Red_haw   American red-fruited hawthorn with dense corymbs of pink-red flowers Red_heat   The heat of fire Red_helleborine   Orchid of Mediterranean and Asia having a lax spike of bright rose-pink flowers Red_herring   Any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue Red_herring   A first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus; "because some portions of the cover page are printed in red ink a preliminary prospectus is sometimes called a red herring" Red_herring   A dried and smoked herring having a reddish color Red_hot   A frankfurter served hot on a bun Red_Indian   A member of the race of people living in North America when Europeans arrived Red_ink   The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year" Red_jungle_fowl   A jungle fowl of southeastern Asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowl Back to top Red_juniper   Small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles Red_kauri   New Zealand tree with glossy leaves and scaly reddish-brown bark Red_lauan   Valuable Philippine timber tree Red_lauan   Hard heavy red wood of the red lauan tree; often sold as Philippine mahogany Red_lauan_tree   Valuable Philippine timber tree Red_laver   Edible red seaweeds Red_lead   A reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics Red_light   The signal to stop Red_light   A cautionary sign of danger Red_line   A line that is colored red and that bisects an ice hockey rink Red_maids   Succulent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers; southwestern United States Red_man   Offensive terms for Native Americans Red_maple   Maple of eastern and central America; 5-lobed leaves scarlet and yellow in autumn Red_marrow   Bone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cells Red_meat   Meat that is dark in color before cooking (as beef, venison, lamb, mutton) Red_morning-glory   Annual herb having scarlet flowers; the eastern United States Red_mulberry   North American mulberry having dark purple edible fruit Red_mullet   Brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels Red_Notice   An Interpol notice describing a wanted person and asking that he or she be arrested with a view to extradition; a wanted notice that is issued by Interpol at the request of an Interpol member country and distributed to all member countries; "an Interpol R Red_oak   Any of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristles Back to top Red_onion   Flat mild onion having purplish tunics; used as garnish on hamburgers and salads Red_osier   Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin Red_osier   Common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers Red_osier_dogwood   Common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers Red_panda   Reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas Red_pepper   Very hot red peppers; usually long and thin; some very small Red_pepper   Ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum Red_periwinkle   Commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers Red_phalarope   Phalarope of northern oceans and lakes Red_pimpernel   Herb with scarlet or white or purple blossoms that close at approach of rainy weather Red_pine   Pine of eastern North America having long needles in bunches of two and reddish bark Red_pine   Tall New Zealand timber tree Red_Planet   The 4th planet from the sun Red_poll   Hornless short-haired breed of beef and dairy cattle Red_porgy   Food fish of the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Europe and America Red_raspberry   Any of several raspberries bearing red fruit Red_rat_snake   Large harmless snake of southeastern United States; often on farms Red_region   A place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned Red_River   A tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana Red_rockfish   A large fish of the Pacific coast of North America Back to top Red_rockfish   Red flesh of large food fish of Pacific coast Red_salmon   Small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning Red_salmon   Fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers Red_sandalwood   East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental Red_sandalwood   Tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood Red_sandalwood   Hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork Red_sanders   Tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood Red_sanderswood   Tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood Red_saunders   Tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood Red_scare   A period of general fear of communists Red_Sea   A long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia; linked to the Mediterranean at the north end by the Suez Canal Red_setter   An Irish breed with a chestnut-brown or mahogany-red coat Red_shift   (astronomy) a shift in the spectra of distant galaxies toward longer wavelengths; generally interpreted as the Doppler effect resulting from the velocity at which they recede as the universe expands Red_shrubby_penstemon   Low branching dark green shrub with bunches of brick-red flowers at ends of branches; coastal ranges and foothills of northern California Red_silk-cotton_tree   East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok Red_silk_cotton   From the red silk-cotton tree of eastern India; inferior to kapok Red_silver_fir   Medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed Red_siskin   South American species of scarlet finch with black head and wings and tail Red_snapper   An esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North American and the Gulf of Mexico Red_snapper   Highly esteemed reddish lean flesh of snapper from Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico Back to top Red_sorrel   East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber Red_spider   Small web-spinning mite; a serious orchard pest Red_spider_mite   Small web-spinning mite; a serious orchard pest Red_sprites   Atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves) Red_spruce   Medium-sized spruce of eastern North America; chief lumber spruce of the area; source of pulpwood Red_squirrel   Common reddish-brown squirrel of Europe and parts of Asia Red_squirrel   Of northern United States and Canada Red_Sun   A small but violent terrorist organization formed in Ecuador in the early 1990s; responsible for bombing several government buildings Red_Tai   A branch of the Tai languages Red_tape   Needlessly time-consuming procedure Red_tide   Seawater that is discolored by large numbers of certain dinoflagellates that produce saxitoxin Red_trillium   Trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in fold medicine especially to ease childbirth Red_trillium   Trillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor Red_underwing   Moth having dull forewings and red-marked hind wings Red_valerian   European herb with small fragrant crimson or white spurred flowers Red_water   A disease of cattle; characterized by hematuria Red_willow   Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin Red_wine   Wine having a red color derived from skins of dark-colored grapes Red_wolf   Reddish-gray wolf of southwestern North America Red_worm   Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers Back to top Reecho   Repeat back like an echo Reecho   Repeat or return an echo again or repeatedly; send (an echo) back Reecho   Echo repeatedly, echo again and again Reechoing   (of sounds) repeating by reflection; "a hotel with echoing halls" Reed   A musical instrument that sounds by means of a reed Reed   A vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it; "the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece" Reed   United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902) Reed   United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920) Reed   Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites Reedbird   Small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa Reedbird   Migratory American songbird Reedlike   Resembling a reed in being upright and slender Reedmace   Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa Reedy   Resembling a reed in being upright and slender Reedy   Having a tone of a reed instrument Reed_bunting   European bunting inhabiting marshy areas Reed_canary_grass   Perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America Reed_grass   Any of various tall perennial grasses of the genus Calamagrostis having feathery plumes; natives of marshland fens and wet woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere Reed_mace   Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa Reed_meadow_grass   A pasture grass of moist places throughout North America Back to top Reed_organ   A free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows Reed_pipe   Organ pipe with a vibrating reed Reed_rhapis   Chinese lady palm with more slender stems and finer sheath fibers than Rhapis excelsa Reed_section   The section of a band or orchestra that plays reed instruments Reed_stop   An organ stop with the tone of a reed instrument Reef   A rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese Reef   A submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water Reef   Reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef Reef   Roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area Reef   Lower and bring partially inboard; "reef the sailboat''s mast" Reefer   Marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking Reefy   Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals; "reefy shallows"; "shoaly waters" Reef_knot   A square knot used in a reef line Reef_squirrelfish   On reefs from Bermuda and Florida to northern South America Reef_whitetip_shark   Smooth dogfish of Pacific and Indian oceans and Red Sea having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins Reek   A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant Reek   Be wet with sweat or blood, as of one''s face Reek   Smell badly and offensively; "The building reeks of smoke" Reek   Have an element suggestive (of something); "his speeches smacked of racism" Reek   Give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.; "Marshes reeking in the sun" Back to top Reeking   Giving off a strong unpleasant smell Reeking   Wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or blood or tears; "wiped his reeking neck" Reel   An American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines Reel   A lively dance of Scottish highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps Reel   A winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound Reel   Winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod Reel   A roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector Reel   Music composed for dancing a reel Reel   Wind onto or off a reel Reel   Walk as if unable to control one''s movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" Reel   Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one''s own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" Reelect   Elect again Reelection   Election again; "he did not run for reelection" Reeler   A dancer of reels Reeler   Someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall Reel_off   Recite volubly or extravagantly; "He could recite the names of all the chemical elements" Reel_off   Unwind from or as if from a reel; "unreel the tape" Reenact   Act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day" Reenact   Enact or perform again; "They reenacted the battle of Princeton" Reenact   Enact again; "Congress reenacted the law" Back to top Reenforce   Make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete" Reenforcement   A military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission; "they called for artillery support" Reenforcement   Information that makes more forcible or convincing; "his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints" Reentering_angle   An interior angle of a polygon that is greater than 180 degrees Reentering_polygon   A polygon with one or more reentrant angles Reentrant   (of angles) pointing inward; "a polygon with re-entrant angles" Reentrant_angle   An interior angle of a polygon that is greater than 180 degrees Reentrant_polygon   A polygon with one or more reentrant angles Reentry   The act of entering again Reestablish   Bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in the region"; "restore the emperor to the throne" Reevaluate   Revise or renew one''s assessment Reevaluation   The evaluation of something a second time (or more) Reeve   Female ruff Reeve   Fasten by passing through a hole or around something Reeve   Pass through a hole or opening; "reeve a rope" Reeve   Pass a rope through; "reeve an opening" Reexamination   A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment Reexamination   (law) questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness after that witness has been subject to cross-examination Reexamine   Look at again; examine again; "let''s review your situation" Ref   (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play Back to top Refabrication   Assembling again Reface   Provide with a new facing; "The building was refaced with beautiful stones" Reface   Put a new facing on (a garment) Refashion   Make new; "She is remaking her image" Refection   A light meal or repast Refectory   A communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery) Refectory_table   A long narrow dining table supported by a stretcher between two trestles Refer   Think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another; "This plant can be referred to a known species" Refer   Seek information from; "You should consult the dictionary"; "refer to your notes" Refer   Have as a meaning; "`multi-'' denotes `many'' " Refer   Make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" Refer   Send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision; "refer a patient to a specialist"; "refer a bill to a committee" Refer   Have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" Referable(p)   (usually followed by `to'') able to be assigned or credited to; "punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading"; "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"; "the oversight was not imputable to him"; "decide to which of these motives su Referee   (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play Referee   An attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case Referee   Someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication Referee   Evaluate professionally a colleague''s work Referee   Be a referee or umpire in a sports competition Refereeing   The act of umpiring; "the officiating was excellent" Back to top Reference   The act of referring or consulting; "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer" Reference   The most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to; "the extension of `satellite of Mars'' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos" Reference   The relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to; "he argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes" Reference   A book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic" Reference   A formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person''s qualifications and dependability; "requests for character references are all to often answered evasively" Reference   A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student''s essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical Reference   A remark that calls attention to something or someone; "she made frequent mention of her promotion"; "there was no mention of it"; "the speaker made several references to his wife" Reference   An indicator that orients you generally; "it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved" Reference   A publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to; "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"; "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation" Reference   Refer to; "he referenced his colleagues'' work" Referenced   Supported with written references or citations; "a carefully referenced biography" Reference_book   A book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic" Reference_frame   A system that uses coordinates to establish position Reference_grid   A network of horizontal and vertical lines that provide coordinates for locating points on an image Reference_manual   A manual containing information organized in a summary manner Reference_point   An indicator that orients you generally; "it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved" Reference_system   A system that uses coordinates to establish position Reference_to   (usually preceded by `with'') relation of delimitation; "he inquired with respect to the address" Reference_work   A book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic" Referendum   A legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate Back to top Referent   Something that refers; a term that refers to another term Referent   The first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate Referent   Something referred to; the object of a reference Referential   Referring or pointing to something; "symbols are inherently referential" Referral   The act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency) Referral   A recommendation to consult the (professional) person referred to; "this patient is a referral from Dr. Bones" Referred_pain   Pain that is felt at a place in the body different from the injured or diseased part where the pain would be expected; "angina pectoris can cause referred pain in the left shoulder"; "pain in the right shoulder can be referred pain from gallbladder diseas Refill   A commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents; "he got a refill for his ball-point pen"; "he got a refill for his notebook" Refill   A prescription drug that is provided again; "he got a refill of his prescription"; "the prescription specified only one refill" Refill   Fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please" Refilling   Filling again by supplying what has been used up Refinance   Renew the financing of Refine   Make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern" Refine   Make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of; "refine a method of analysis"; "refine the constant in the equation" Refine   Attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or validity by polishing or purifying; "many valuable nutrients are refined out of the foods in our modern diet" Refine   Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one''s style of writing" Refine   Reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities; "refine sugar" Refine   Treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition; "refine paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil" Refined   Free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset" Refined   Suggesting taste, ease, and wealth Back to top Refined   Made pure Refined   Used of persons and their behavior; cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste" Refined   Freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare Refined   Showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters" Refined_sugar   A white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative Refinement   The quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization" Refinement   A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can''t enjoy the humor"; "don''t argue about shades of meaning" Refinement   The result of improving something; "he described a refinement of this technique" Refinement   The process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.) Refinement   A highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Refiner   One whose work is to refine a specific thing; "he was a sugar refiner" Refinery   An industrial plant for purifying a crude substance Refining   The process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.) Refining_industry   An industry that produces and delivers oil and oil products Refinish   Give a new surface; "refinish the dining room furniture" Refinisher   A skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture Refit   Outfitting a ship again (by repairing or replacing parts) Refit   Fit out again Reflate   Become inflated again Reflate   Inflate again; "reflate the balloon" Back to top Reflate   Economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation; "These measures reflated the economy" Reflate   Economics: experience reflation; "The economy reflated after the Fed took extreme measures" Reflation   Inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state Reflect   Reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" Reflect   Give evidence of the quality of; "The mess in his dorm room reflects on the student" Reflect   Give evidence of a certain behavior; "His lack of interest in the project reflects badly on him" Reflect   To throw or bend back or reflect (from a surface); "A mirror in the sun can reflect light into a person''s eyes"; "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium" Reflect   Manifest or bring back; "This action reflects his true beliefs" Reflect   Be bright by reflecting or casting light; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects" Reflectance   The fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface Reflected   (especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back; "reflected light"; "reflected heat"; "reflected glory" Reflecting   Causing reflection or having a device that reflects; "a reflecting microscope" Reflecting_telescope   Optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece; "Isaac Newton invented the reflecting telescope in 1668" Reflection   The image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material); "he studied his reflection in the mirror" Reflection   A likeness in which left and right are reversed Reflection   The ability to reflect beams or rays Reflection   A calm lengthy intent consideration Reflection   A remark expressing careful consideration Reflection   Expression without words; "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart''s condition" Reflection   The phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface Back to top Reflection   (mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed Reflection_factor   The fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface Reflective   Devoted to matters of the mind; "the reflective type" Reflective   Capable of physically reflecting light or sound; "a reflective surface" Reflective   Persistently or morbidly thoughtful Reflectively   In a reflective manner; "he watched her reflectively" Reflective_power   The ratio of reflected to incident light Reflectivity   The ability to reflect beams or rays Reflectivity   The fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface Reflectometer   A meter that measures the reflectance of a surface Reflector   Optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece; "Isaac Newton invented the reflecting telescope in 1668" Reflector   Device that reflects radiation Reflectorise   Provide with reflectors, such as chemicals; "the driveway was reflectorized for safety reasons" Reflectorize   Provide with reflectors, such as chemicals; "the driveway was reflectorized for safety reasons" Reflex   An automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus Reflex(a)   Without volition or conscious control; "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive" Reflexed   (of leaves) bent downward and outward more than 90 degrees Reflexion   The image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material); "he studied his reflection in the mirror" Reflexion   A likeness in which left and right are reversed Reflexion   The ability to reflect beams or rays Back to top Reflexion   A calm lengthy intent consideration Reflexion   A remark expressing careful consideration Reflexion   Expression without words; "tears are an expression of grief"; "the pulse is a reflection of the heart''s condition" Reflexion   The phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface Reflexive   A personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent''s action affects the agent Reflexive   Referring back to itself Reflexive   Without volition or conscious control; "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive" Reflexiveness   The coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent Reflexive_pronoun   A personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent''s action affects the agent Reflexive_verb   A verb whose agent performs an action that is directed at the agent; "the sentence `he washed'' has a reflexive verb"; "`perjure'' is a reflexive verb because you cannot perjure anyone but yourself" Reflexivity   (logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself Reflexivity   The coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent Reflexly   In a reflex manner; "such effects can be induced reflexly" Reflex_angle   An angle greater than 180 degrees (but less than 360) Reflex_arc   The neural path of a reflex Reflex_camera   Camera that allows the photographer to view and focus the exact scene being photographed Reflex_epilepsy   A form of epilepsy in which attacks are induced by peripheral stimulation Refloat   Set afloat again; "refloat a grounded boat" Reflux   The outward flow of the tide Reflux   An abnormal backward flow of body fluids Back to top Reflux_condenser   Condenser such that vapor over a boiling liquid is condensed and flows back into the vessel to prevent its contents from boiling dry Refocus   Put again into focus or focus more sharply; "refocus the image until it is very sharp" Refocus   Focus anew; "The group needs to refocus its goals" Refocus   Focus anew Refocusing   Focusing again Reforest   Forest anew; "After the fire, they reforested the mountain" Reforestation   The restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting Reforge   Cast or model anew; "She had to recast her image to please the electorate in her home state" Reform   A change for the better as a result of correcting abuses; "justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts" Reform   Self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice; "the family rejoiced in the drunkard''s reform" Reform   A campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians" Reform   Change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light" Reform   Make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices; "reform a political system" Reform   Improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition; "reform the health system in this country" Reform   Break up the molecules of; "reform oil" Reform   Produce by cracking; "reform gas" Reform   Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct" Reform-minded   Favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) Reformable   Susceptible to improvement or reform; "a redeemable sinner" Reformation   Rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course; "the reclamation of delinquent children" Back to top Reformation   A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches Reformation   Improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs Reformative   Tending to reform; "reformative and rehabilitative agencies"; "reformatory punishment" Reformatory   Correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders Reformatory   Tending to reform; "reformative and rehabilitative agencies"; "reformatory punishment" Reformed   Of or relating to the body of Protestant Christianity arising during the Reformation; used of some Protestant churches especially Calvinist as distinct from Lutheran; "Dutch Reformed theology" Reformed   Caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one; "a reformed drunkard" Reformer   An apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel; "a catalytic reformer" Reformer   A disputant who advocates reform Reformism   A doctrine of reform Reformist   A disputant who advocates reform Reformist   Favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) Reformulate   Formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis Reform_Jew   Liberal Jew who tries to adapt all aspects of Judaism to modern circumstances Reform_Judaism   Beliefs and practices of Reform Jews Reform_Judaism   The most liberal Jews; Jews who do not follow the Talmud strictly but try to adapt all of the historical forms of Judaism to the modern world Reform_movement   A movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms Reform_school   Correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders Refract   Determine the refracting power of (a lens) Refract   Subject to refraction; "refract a light beam" Back to top Refractile   Of or relating to or capable of refraction; "the refractive characteristics of the eye" Refracting_telescope   Optical telescope that has a large convex lens that produces an image that is viewed through the eyepiece Refraction   The amount by which a propagating wave is bent Refraction   The change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another Refractive   Capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave) Refractive   Of or relating to or capable of refraction; "the refractive characteristics of the eye" Refractiveness   The physical property of a medium as determined by its index of refraction Refractive_index   The ratio of the velocity of light in a vacuum to that in a medium Refractivity   The physical property of a medium as determined by its index of refraction Refractometer   Measuring instrument for measuring the refractive index of a substance Refractoriness   The trait of being unmanageable Refractory   Lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace Refractory   Resistant to authority or control; "as refractory as a mule" Refractory   Stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child" Refractory   Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiant of authority or guidance; "a recalcitrant teenager"; "everything revolves around a refractory individual genius" Refractory   Not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne" Refractory-lined   (of furnaces) lined with material that has a high melting point Refractory_anaemia   Any of various anemic conditions that are not successfully treated by any means other than blood transfusions (and that are not associated with another primary disease) Refractory_anemia   Any of various anemic conditions that are not successfully treated by any means other than blood transfusions (and that are not associated with another primary disease) Refractory_period   (neurology) the time after a neuron fires or a muscle fiber contracts during which a stimulus will not evoke a response Back to top Refractory_pot   Small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead Refracture   Break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way; "The surgeon had to refracture her wrist" Refrain   The part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers Refrain   Choose no to consume; "I abstain from alcohol" Refrain   Not do something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping" Refresh   Make fresh again Refresh   Become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game" Refresh   Make (to feel) fresh; "The cool water refreshed us" Refresh   Refresh one''s memory; "I reviewed the material before the test" Refreshed   With restored energy Refreshen   Make fresh again Refreshen   Become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game" Refresher   A course that reviews and updates a topic for those who have not kept abreast of developments Refresher   A drink that refreshes; "he stopped at the bar for a quick refresher" Refresher   A fee (in addition to that marked on the brief) paid to counsel in a case that lasts more than one day Refresher_course   A course that reviews and updates a topic for those who have not kept abreast of developments Refreshful   Imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air" Refreshfully   In a manner that relieves fatigue and restores vitality; "the air was refreshingly cool" Refreshing   Imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air" Refreshing   Pleasantly novel or different; "common sense of a most refreshing sort" Back to top Refreshingly   In a pleasantly novel manner; "she was refreshingly free from shyness" Refreshingly   In a manner that relieves fatigue and restores vitality; "the air was refreshingly cool" Refreshment   Activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation; "time for rest and refreshment by the pool"; "days of joyous recreation with his friends" Refreshment   Snacks and drinks served as a light meal Refried_beans   Dried beans cooked and mashed and then fried in lard with various seasonings Refrigerant   A substance used to provide cooling (as in a refrigerator) Refrigerant   Causing cooling or freezing; "a refrigerant substance such as ice or solid carbon dioxide" Refrigerate   Cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator; "refrigerate this medicine" Refrigerate   Preserve by chilling; "many foods must be refrigerated or else they will spoil" Refrigerated   Made or kept cold by refrigeration; "keep the milk refrigerated"; "a refrigerated truck" Refrigerating   Causing cooling or freezing; "a refrigerant substance such as ice or solid carbon dioxide" Refrigeration   Deliberately lowering the body''s temperature for therapeutic purposes; "refrigeration by immersing the patient''s body in a cold bath" Refrigeration   The process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes Refrigeration_system   A cooling system for chilling or freezing (usually for preservative purposes) Refrigerator   White goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures Refrigerator_car   A freight car that is equipped with refrigeration system Refrigerator_cookie   Dough formed into a roll and chilled in the refrigerator then sliced and baked Refuel   Take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car Refuel   Provide with additional fuel, as of aircraft, ships, and cars Refueling   The activity of supplying or taking on fuel Back to top Refuge   Act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort" Refuge   A shelter from danger or hardship Refuge   Something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying" Refuge   A safe place; "He ran to safety" Refugee   An exile who flees for safety Refugee_camp   Shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs Refulgence   The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light Refulgency   The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light Refulgent   Radiating or as if radiating light; "the beaming sun"; "the effulgent daffodils"; "a radiant sunrise"; "a refulgent sunset" Refund   The act of returning money received previously Refund   Money returned to a payer Refund   Pay back; "Please refund me my money" Refurbish   Make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate" Refurbishment   The state of being restored to its former good condition; "the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house" Refurnish   Furnish with new or different furniture; "We refurnished the living room" Refusal   A message refusing to accept something that is offered Refusal   The act of refusing Refuse   Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) Refuse   Show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike" Refuse   Refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance" Back to top Refuse   Refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" Refuse   Refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" Refuse   Elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation" Refuse   Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor" Refuse_collector   Someone employed to collect and dispose of refuse Refuse_heap   An accumulation of refuse and discarded matter Refutable   Able to be refuted Refutation   The act of determining that something is false Refutation   Any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something Refutation   The speech act of answering an attack on your assertions; "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"; "in defense he said the other man started it" Refute   Prove to be false or incorrect Refute   Overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent''s arguments" Refuter   A debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument Regain   Get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" Regain   Come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!" Regaining   Getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing" Regal   Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag''s head" Regale   Provide with choice or abundant food or drink; "Don''t worry about the expensive wine--I''m treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night" Regalecidae   Ribbonfishes Regalecus_glesne   Thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin Back to top Regalia   Especially fine or decorative clothing Regalia   Paraphernalia indicative of royalty (or other high office) Regally   In a regal manner; "a regally appropriate representative" Regard   A long fixed look; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me" Regard   Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences" Regard   (usually preceded by `in'') a detail or point; "it differs in that respect" Regard   An attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him" Regard   (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone''s welfare; "give him my kind regards"; "my best wishes" Regard   A feeling of friendship and esteem; "she mistook his manly regard for love"; "he inspires respect" Regard   The condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard" Regard   Deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don''t see the situation quite as negatively as you do" Regard   Look at attentively Regard   Connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business" Regardant(ip)   Looking backward Regardful   Showing deference Regardless   (usually followed by `of'') without due thought or consideration; "careless of the consequences"; "the proverbial grasshopper--thoughtless of tomorrow"; "crushing the blooms with regardless tread" Regardless   In spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks; "he carried on regardless of the difficulties" Regard_as   Look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent" Regard_to   (usually preceded by `with'') relation of delimitation; "he inquired with respect to the address" Regatta   A meeting for boat races Back to top Regency   The office of a regent Regency   The period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III''s periods of insanity Regency   The period of time during which a regent governs Regency   Of or relating to or characteristic of the style (especially the style of furniture) favored during the Regency (1811-1820) Regency   Of or relating to a regency Regenerate   Restore strength; "This food revitalized the patient" Regenerate   Undergo regeneration Regenerate   Form or produce anew; "regenerate hatred" Regenerate   Be formed or shaped anew Regenerate   Replace (tissue or a body part) through the formation of new tissue; "The snake regenerated its tail" Regenerate   Return to life; get or give new life or energy; "The week at the spa restored me" Regenerate   Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct" Regenerate   Amplify (an electron current) by causing part of the power in the output circuit to act upon the input circuit Regenerate   Re-establish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership" Regenerate   Reformed spiritually or morally; "a regenerate sinner"; "regenerate by redemption from error or decay" Regenerating   That are generating anew; "regenerating fibers" Regeneration   Forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); renewing and reconstituting Regeneration   The activity of spiritual or physical renewal Regeneration   Feedback in phase with (augmenting) the input Regeneration   (biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or organs Back to top Regent   Someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country''s monarch Regent   Members of a governing board Regent(ip)   Acting or functioning as a regent or ruler; "prince-regent" Reggae   Popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar Reggane   A town in central Algeria Regicide   The act of killing a king Regicide   Someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king Regime   (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet) Regime   The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities" Regimen   (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet) Regiment   Army unit smaller than a division Regiment   Assign to a regiment; "regiment soldiers" Regiment   Subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization; "regiment one''s children" Regiment   Form (military personnel) into a regiment Regimental   Belonging to or concerning a regiment; "regimental units" Regimentally   In a regimental manner or by regiments Regimentals   The military uniform and insignia of a regiment Regimentation   The imposition of order or discipline Regimented   Strictly controlled Regina   The provincial capital and largest city of Saskatchewan Back to top Reginald_Carey_Harrison   English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990) Reginald_Joseph_Mitchell   English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937) Reginald_Marsh   United States painter (1898-1954) Regiomontanus   German mathematician and astronomer (1436-1476) Region   A part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region" Region   A knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited domain of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult" Region   The extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space" Region   A large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions" Region   The approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of''); "it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job"; "the price is in the neighborhood of $100" Regional   Related or limited to a particular region; "a regional dialect" Regional   Characteristic of a region; "regional flora" Regionalism   Loyalty to the interests of a particular region Regionalism   A foreign policy that defines the international interests of a country in terms of particular geographic areas Regionalism   A feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region Regionally   In a regional manner; "regionally governed" Regional_anaesthesia   Loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as when an epidural anesthetic is administered to the pelvic region during childbirth) Regional_anatomy   The study of anatomy based on regions or divisions of the body and emphasizing the relations between various structures (muscles and nerves and arteries etc.) in that region Regional_anesthesia   Loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as when an epidural anesthetic is administered to the pelvic region during childbirth) Regional_enteritis   A serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fever and weight loss Regional_ileitis   A serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fever and weight loss Back to top Register   A cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill Register   A regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device Register   An air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room Register   (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind Register   (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments Register   An official written record of names or events or transactions Register   A book in which names and transactions are listed Register   Enter into someone''s consciousness; "Did this event register in your parents'' minds?" Register   Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty''" Register   Record in a public office or in a court of law; "file for divorce"; "file a complaint" Register   Send by registered mail; "I''d like to register this letter" Register   Manipulate the registers of an organ Register   Be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?" Register   Show in one''s face; "Her surprise did not register" Register   Enroll to vote; "register for an election" Register   Record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions Register   Have one''s name listed as a candidate for several parties Registered   (of a boat or vessel) furnished with necessary official documents specifying ownership etc Registered   Listed or recorded officially; "record is made of `registered mail'' at each point on its route to assure safe delivery"; "registered bonds" Registered   (of animals) officially recorded with or certified by a recognized breed association; especially in a stud book; "a registered Percheron" Back to top Registered_bond   A bond whose owner is recorded on the books of the issuer; can be transferred to another owner only when endorsed by the registered owner Registered_mail   Mail that is registered by the post office when sent in order to assure safe delivery Registered_nurse   A graduate nurse who has passed examinations for registration Registered_post   Mail that is registered by the post office when sent in order to assure safe delivery Registered_representative   Someone in charge of a client''s account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business Registered_security   A security whose owner''s name is recorded on the books of the issuer (or issuer''s agent) Register_language   A tone language that uses different voice registers Registrant   A person who is formally entered (along with others) in a register (and who obtains certain rights thereby) Registrar   Someone responsible for keeping records Registrar   The administrator responsible for student records Registrar   A person employed to keep a record of the owners of stocks and bonds issued by the company Registration   The act of enrolling Registration   The act of adjusting something to match a standard Registration   (music) the sound property resulting from a combination of organ stops used to perform a particular piece of music; the technique of selecting and adjusting organ stops Registration   A document certifying an act of registering Registration   The body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time Registration_fire   Fire delivered to obtain accurate data for subsequent effective engagement of targets Registration_number   The number on the license plate that identifies the car that bears it Registry   An official written record of names or events or transactions Regius_professor   Holder of a British professorship created by a royal patron Back to top Reglaecus   Type genus of the Regalecidae Regnant   Exercising power or authority Regnellidium   Small latex-containing aquatic fern of southern Brazil Regnellidium_diphyllum   Small latex-containing aquatic fern of southern Brazil Regorge   Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" Regosol   A type of soil consisting of unconsolidated material from freshly deposited alluvium or sand Regress   Returning to a former state Regress   The reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence Regress   Go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals" Regress   Get worse; fall back to a previous or worse condition Regress   Go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules" Regress   Go back to a statistical means Regression   Returning to a former state Regression   The relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x) Regression   (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state Regression   An abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely Regression_analysis   The use of regression to make quantitative predictions of one variable from the values of another Regression_coefficient   When the regression line is linear (y = ax + b) the regression coefficient is the constant (a) that represents the rate of change of one variable (y) as a function of changes in the other (x); it is the slope of the regression line Regression_curve   A smooth curve fitted to the set of paired data in regression analysis; for linear regression the curve is a straight line Regression_equation   The equation representing the relation between selected values of one variable (x) and observed values of the other (y); it permits the prediction of the most probable values of y Back to top Regression_line   A smooth curve fitted to the set of paired data in regression analysis; for linear regression the curve is a straight line Regression_of_y_on_x   The equation representing the relation between selected values of one variable (x) and observed values of the other (y); it permits the prediction of the most probable values of y Regression_toward_the_mean   The relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x) Regressive   Opposing progress Regressive   (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount increases Regret   Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game" Regret   Be sorry; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard" Regret   Decline formally or politely; "I regret I can''t come to the party" Regret   Feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about Regret   Feel sad about the loss or absence of Regretful   Having regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made" Regretfully   With regret (used in polite formulas); "I must regretfully decline your kind invitation" Regrets   A polite refusal of an invitation Regrettable   Deserving regret; "regrettable remarks"; "it''s regrettable that she didn''t go to college"; "it''s too bad he had no feeling himself for church" Regrettably   By bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay" Regroup   Reorganize into new groups Regroup   Organize anew, as after a setback Regrow   Grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption; "parts of the trunk of this tree can regrow"; "some invertebrates can regrow limbs or their tail after they lost it due to an injury" Regular   A garment size for persons of average height and weight Regular   A regular patron; "an habitue of the racetrack"; "a bum who is a Central Park fixture" Back to top Regular   A dependable follower (especially in party politics); "he is one of the party regulars" Regular   A soldier in the regular army Regular   In accord with regular practice or procedure; "took his regular morning walk"; "her regular bedtime" Regular   Not constipated Regular   Relating to a person who does something regularly; "a regular customer"; "a steady drinker" Regular   Officially full-time; "regular students" Regular   Not deviating from what is normal; "her regular bedtime" Regular   In accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle; "his regular calls on his customers"; "regular meals"; "regular duties" Regular   (of solids) having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume can be determined with a suitable geometric formula Regular   (used of the military) belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces; "the regular army" Regular   Conforming to a standard or pattern; "following the regular procedure of the legislature"; "a regular electrical outlet" Regular   Occurring at fixed intervals; "a regular beat"; "the even rhythm of his breathing" Regular   Regularly scheduled for fixed times; "at a regular meeting of the PTA"; "regular bus departures" Regular   Symmetrically arranged; "even features"; "regular features"; "a regular polygon" Regular(a)   Often used as intensifiers; "a regular morass of details"; "a regular nincompoop"; "he''s a veritable swine" Regularisation   The act of bringing to uniformity; making regular Regularisation   The condition of having been made regular (or more regular) Regularise   Make regular or more regular; "regularize the heart beat with a pace maker" Regularise   Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate" Regularised   Made regular Back to top Regularity   The quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate; "he was famous for the regularity of his habits" Regularity   A property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles Regularization   The act of bringing to uniformity; making regular Regularization   The condition of having been made regular (or more regular) Regularize   Make regular or more regular; "regularize the heart beat with a pace maker" Regularize   Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate" Regularized   Made regular Regularly   In a regular manner; "letters arrived regularly from his children" Regularly   In a regular way without variation; "try to breathe evenly" Regularly   Having a regular form; "regularly shaped objects" Regular_army   A permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state Regular_convex_polyhedron   Any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent Regular_convex_solid   Any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent Regular_dodecahedron   A dodecahedron with twelve regular pentagons as faces Regular_hexagon   A hexagon with six sides of equal length Regular_hexahedron   A hexahedron with six equal squares as faces Regular_icosahedron   An icosahedron with twenty equilateral triangles as faces Regular_octahedron   An octahedron with eight equilateral triangles as faces Regular_payment   A payment made at regular times Regular_polygon   A polygon with all sides and all angles equal Back to top Regular_polyhedron   Any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent Regular_recurrence   Recurring at regular intervals Regular_tetrahedron   A tetrahedron with four equilateral triangular faces Regulate   Check the emission of (sound) Regulate   Fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of; "regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" Regulate   Shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion" Regulate   Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate" Regulated   Marked by system or regularity or discipline; "a quiet ordered house"; "an orderly universe"; "a well regulated life" Regulated   Controlled or governed according to rule or principle or law; "well regulated industries"; "houses with regulated temperature" Regulating   The act of controlling or directing according to rule; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians" Regulation   The act of controlling or directing according to rule; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians" Regulation   The act of bringing to uniformity; making regular Regulation   A principle or condition that customarily governs behavior; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation" Regulation   An authoritative rule Regulation   (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered Regulation   The state of being controlled or governed Regulation   Prescribed by or according to regulation; "regulation army equipment" Regulation_time   (sports) the normal prescribed duration of a game; "the game was finished in regulation time" Regulative   Restricting according to rules or principles; "a regulatory gene" Regulator   A control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel) Back to top Regulator   Any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc. Regulator   A official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest Regulatory   Restricting according to rules or principles; "a regulatory gene" Regulatory_agency   A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest Regulatory_authority   A governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest Regulatory_gene   A gene that produces a repressor substance that inhibits an operator gene Regulatory_offence   Crimes created by statutes and not by common law Regulatory_offense   Crimes created by statutes and not by common law Regulator_gene   A gene that produces a repressor substance that inhibits an operator gene Regulus   A genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kinglets Regulus   The brightest star in Leo Regulus_calendula   American kinglet with a notable song and in the male a red crown patch Regulus_regulus   European kinglet with a black-bordered yellow crown patch Regulus_satrata   American golden-crested kinglet Regur   A rich black loam of India Regurgitate   Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" Regurgitate   Repeat after memorization; "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information" Regurgitate   Feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food; "many birds feed their young by regurgiating what they have swallowed and carried to the nest" Regurgitate   Pour or rush back; "The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle" Regurgitation   The reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth Back to top Regurgitation   Recall after rote memorization; "he complained that school was just memorization and regurgitation" Regurgitation   Backflow of blood through a defective heart valve Regur_soil   A rich black loam of India Rehabilitate   Help to re-adapt, as to a former state of health or good repute; "The prisoner was successfully rehabilitated"; "After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated" Rehabilitate   Restore to a state of good condition or operation Rehabilitate   Reinstall politically; "Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime" Rehabilitated   (of persons) restored to health or useful life; "rehabilitated prisoners" Rehabilitation   The conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation Rehabilitation   The restoration of someone to a useful place in society Rehabilitation   The treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises Rehabilitation   Vindication of a person''s character and the re-establishment of that person''s reputation Rehabilitation_program   A program for restoring someone to good health Rehabilitative   Helping to restore to good condition; "reconstructive surgery"; "rehabilitative exercises" Rehabilitative   Designed to accomplish rehabilitation; "from a penal to a rehabilitative philosophy"- J.B.Costello; "rehabilitative treatment" Reharmonisation   A piece of music whose original harmony has been revised Reharmonise   Provide with a different harmony; "reharmonize the melody" Reharmonization   A piece of music whose original harmony has been revised Reharmonize   Provide with a different harmony; "reharmonize the melody" Rehash   Old material that is slightly reworked and used again; "merely a dull rehash of his first novel" Rehash   Go back over; "retrograde arguments" Back to top Rehash   Present or use over, with no or few changes Rehear   Hear or try a court case anew Rehearing   The act of hearing again Rehearsal   (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory Rehearsal   A practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert); "he missed too many rehearsals"; "a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding" Rehearse   Engage in a rehearsal (of) Reheat   Heat again; "Please reheat the food from last night" Reheated   Uneaten and saved for eating later; "leftover food served at a later meal"; "yesterday''s reheated soup" Reheel   Put a new heel on; "heel shoes" Rehnquist   United States jurist who served as an associate justice on the United States Supreme Court from 1972 until 1986, when he was appointed chief justice (born in 1924) Rehouse   Put up in a new or different housing Reich   The German state Reich   United States composer (born in 1936) Reich   Austrian born psychoanalyst who lived in the United States; advocated sexual freedom and believed that cosmic energy could be concentrated in a human being (1897-1957) Reichstein   A Swiss chemist born in Poland; studied the hormones of the adrenal cortex Reid   Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796) Reification   Representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality; "according to Marx, treating labor as a commodity exemplified the reification of the individual" Reification   Regarding something abstract as a material thing Reify   Consider an abstract concept to be real Reign   Royal authority; the dominion of a monarch Back to top Reign   The period during which a monarch is sovereign; "during the reign of Henry VIII" Reign   A period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful; "he was helpless under the reign of his egotism" Reign   Have sovereign power; "Henry VIII reigned for a long time" Reign   Be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood" Reigning   Exercising power or authority Reignite   Ignite anew, as of something burning; "The strong winds reignited the cooling embers" Reign_of_Terror   The historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed; "the Reign of the Bourbons ended and the Reign of Terror began" Reign_of_terror   Any period of brutal suppression thought to resemble the Reign of Terror in France Reimburse   Reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss Reimburse   Pay back for some expense incurred; "Can the company reimburse me for my professional travel?" Reimbursement   Compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.; "he received reimbursement for his travel expenses" Reimpose   Impose anew; "The fine was reimposed" Reimposition   Imposition again Reims   A city in northeastern France east of Paris; scene of the coronation of most French kings; site of the unconditional German surrender in 1945 at the end of World War II Rein   One of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse Rein   Any means of control; "he took up the reins of government" Rein   Keep in check; "rule one''s temper" Rein   Stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins; "He reined in his horses in front of the post office" Rein   Stop or slow up one''s horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins; "They reined in in front of the post office" Rein   Control and direct with or as if by reins; "rein a horse" Back to top Reincarnate   Cause to appear in a new form; "the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market" Reincarnate   Be born anew in another body after death; "Hindus believe that we transmigrate" Reincarnate   Having a new body Reincarnation   The Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of hell) depending on the person''s own actions Reincarnation   A second or new birth Reincarnation   Embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form); "his reincarnation as a lion" Reincarnationism   A doctrine that on the death of the body the soul migrates to or is born again in another body Reindeer   Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called reindeer in Eurasia and caribou in North America Reindeer_lichen   An erect grayish branching lichen of Arctic and even some north temperate regions constituting the chief food for reindeer and caribou and sometimes being eaten by humans Reindeer_moss   An erect grayish branching lichen of Arctic and even some north temperate regions constituting the chief food for reindeer and caribou and sometimes being eaten by humans Reinforce   Make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete" Reinforce   Strengthen and support with rewards; "Let''s reinforce good behavior" Reinforced   (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness; "the built liquid detergents" Reinforced   Given added strength or support; "reinforced concrete contains steel bars or metal netting" Reinforced_concrete   Concrete with metal and/or mesh added to provide extra support against stresses Reinforcement   A military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission; "they called for artillery support" Reinforcement   An act performed to strengthen approved behavior Reinforcement   A device designed to provide additional strength; "the cardboard backing was just a strengthener"; "he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook" Reinforcement   (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it Reinforcement   Information that makes more forcible or convincing; "his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints" Back to top Reinforcer   (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it Reinforcing_stimulus   (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it Reinhold_Niebuhr   United States Protestant theologian (1892-1971) Reins   Power to control; "the reins of government" Reinstall   Install again; "She reinstalled the the washer after it had been repaired" Reinstate   Bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in the region"; "restore the emperor to the throne" Reinstate   Restore to the previous state or rank Reinstatement   The act of restoring someone to a previous position; "we insisted on the reinstatement of the colonel" Reinstatement   The condition of being reinstated; "her reinstatement to her former office followed quickly" Reinsurance   Sharing the risk by insurance companies; part or all of the insurer''s risk is assumed by other companies in return for part of the premium paid by the insured; "reinsurance enables a client to get coverage that would be too great for any one company to a Reinsure   Insure again by assuming all or a part of the liability of an insurance company already covering a risk Reinsure   Insure again by transferring to another insurance company all or a part of a liability assumed Reinsure   Provide additional insurance for Reintegrate   Integrate again; "Russia must be reintegrated into Europe" Reinterpret   Assign a new or different meaning to Reinterpret   Interpret from a different viewpoint Reinterpretation   A new or different interpretation Reinterpretation   A new or different meaning Reintroduce   Introduce anew; "We haven''t met in a long time, so let me reintroduce myself" Reintroduction   An act of renewed introduction Back to top Reinvent   Create anew and make over; "He reinvented African music for American listeners" Reinvent   Bring back into existence; "The candidate reinvented the concept of national health care so that he would get elected" Reinvigorate   Impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; "Exercise is invigorating" Reinvigorated   With restored energy Rein_in   Stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins; "He reined in his horses in front of the post office" Rein_in   Stop or slow up one''s horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins; "They reined in in front of the post office" Rein_in   Control and direct with or as if by reins; "rein a horse" Rein_orchid   Any of several American wildflowers with a kidney-shaped lip Rein_orchis   Any of several American wildflowers with a kidney-shaped lip Reissue   A publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale Reissue   Print anew; "They never reprinted the famous treatise" Reissue   Issue (a new version of); "if you forget your password, it can be changed and reissued" REIT   An investment trust that owns and manages a pool of commercial properties and mortgages and other real estate asssets; shares can be bought and sold in the stock market Reiter   German bacteriologist who described a disease now known as Reiter''s syndrome and who identified the spirochete that causes syphilis in humans (1881-1969) Reiter's_disease   An inflammatory syndrome (etiology unknown) predominantly in males; characterized by arthritis and conjunctivitis and urethritis Reiter's_syndrome   An inflammatory syndrome (etiology unknown) predominantly in males; characterized by arthritis and conjunctivitis and urethritis Reiterate   To say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" Reiteration   The act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof) Reiterative   Marked by tedious repetition Reithrodontomys   New World harvest mice Back to top Reject   The person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in quality Reject   Dismiss from consideration; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration" Reject   Refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student''s paper" Reject   Reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" Reject   Deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods" Reject   Refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" Reject   Refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" Reject   Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor" Rejected   Something or someone judged unacceptable; "rejected merchandise" Rejected   Cast off as valueless Rejected   Rebuffed (by a lover) without warning; "jilted at the altar" Rejection   The act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with rejection" Rejection   The speech act of rejecting Rejection   (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign; "rejection of the transplanted liver" Rejection   The state of being rejected Rejective   Rejecting or tending to reject; "rejective or overcritical attitudes of disappointed parents" Rejig   Re-equip a factory or plant Rejoice   To express great joy; "Who cannot exult in Spring?" Rejoice   Feel happiness or joy Rejoice   Be ecstatic with joy Back to top Rejoicing   The utterance of sounds expressing great joy Rejoicing   A feeling of great happiness Rejoicing   Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout" Rejoicing_in_the_Law   (Judaism) a Jewish holy day celebrated on the 22nd or 23rd of Tishri to celebrate the completion of the annual cycle of readings of the Torah Rejoicing_of_the_Law   (Judaism) a Jewish holy day celebrated on the 22nd or 23rd of Tishri to celebrate the completion of the annual cycle of readings of the Torah Rejoicing_over_the_Law   (Judaism) a Jewish holy day celebrated on the 22nd or 23rd of Tishri to celebrate the completion of the annual cycle of readings of the Torah Rejoin   Answer back Rejoin   Join again Rejoinder   (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff''s replication Rejoinder   A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" Rejuvenate   Become young again; "The old man rejuvenated when he became a grandfather" Rejuvenate   Return to life; get or give new life or energy; "The week at the spa restored me" Rejuvenate   Make younger or more youthful; "The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him" Rejuvenate   Develop youthful topographical features; "the land rejuvenated" Rejuvenate   Cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land Rejuvenation   The act of restoring to a more youthful condition Rejuvenation   The phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored; "the annual rejuvenation of the landscape" Rekindle   Arouse again; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love" Rekindle   Kindle anew, as of a fire Relace   Lace again; "She relaced her boots" Back to top Relafen   A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Relafen) Relapse   A failure to maintain a higher state Relapse   Go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals" Relapse   Deteriorate in health; "he relapsed" Relapsing   A failure to maintain a higher state Relapsing_fever   Marked by recurring high fever and transmitted by the bite of infected lice or ticks; characterized by episodes of high fever and chills and headache and muscle pain and nausea that recur every week or ten days for several months Relate   Make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" Relate   Give an account of; "The witness related the events" Relate   Have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers" Relate   Have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" Relate   Be in a relationship with; "How are these two observations related?" Related   Connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage Related   Being connected or associated; "painting and the related arts"; "school-related activities"; "related to micelle formation is the...ability of detergent actives to congregate at oil-water interfaces" Related   Having close kinship and appropriateness; "he asks questions that are germane and central to the issue" Related   Similar or related in quality or character; "a feeling akin to terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related to the collector" Relatedness   A particular manner of connectedness; "the relatedness of all living things" Related_to   Being connected or associated; "painting and the related arts"; "school-related activities"; "related to micelle formation is the...ability of detergent actives to congregate at oil-water interfaces" Relatiative   Of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye" Relation   An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together Relation   (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups; "international relations" Back to top Relation   The act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man''s penis is inserted into the woman''s vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur Relation   (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time; "his attorney argued for the relation back of the ammended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed" Relation   An act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable" Relation   A person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey" Relational   Having a relation or being related Relational_adjective   An adjective that classifies its noun (e.g., `a nervous disease'' or `a musical instrument'') Relational_database   A database in which relations between information items are explicitly specified as accessible attributes; "in a relational database the data are organized as a number of differently sized tables" Relational_database_management_system   A database management system designed to manage a relational database Relations   Mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups Relationship   A relation between people; (`relationship'' is often used where `relation'' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment'', but the preferred usage of `relationship'' is for human relations or states of relatedness); "the relati Relationship   State of relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption Relationship   A state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); "he didn''t want his wife to know of the relationship" Relationship   A state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries Relation_back   (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time; "his attorney argued for the relation back of the ammended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed" Relation_to   (usually preceded by `with'') relation of delimitation; "he inquired with respect to the address" Relative   An animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) Relative   A person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey" Relative   Not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger" Relative   Properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to''; "punishment oughtt to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to production" Relative-in-law   A relative by marriage Back to top Relatively   In a relative manner; by comparison to something else; "the situation is relatively calm now" Relative_atomic_mass   (chemistry) the ratio of the atomic mass of an element to half the atomic mass of carbon-12 Relative_clause   A clause introduced by a relative pronoun; "`who visits frequently'' is a relative clause in the sentence `John, who visits frequently, is ill''" Relative_density   The ratio of the density of something to the density of a standard Relative_frequency   The ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations Relative_humidity   The ratio of the amount of water in the air at a give temperature to the maximum amount it could hold at that temperature; expressed as a percentage Relative_incidence   The relative frequency of occurrence of something Relative_majority   (in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes) Relative_molecular_mass   (chemistry) the sum of the relative atomic masses of the constituent atoms of a molecule Relative_pronoun   A pronoun (as `that'' or `which'' or `who'') that introduces a relative clause referring to some antecedent Relative_quantity   A quantity relative to some purpose Relativise   Consider or treat as relative Relativism   (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that all criteria of judgment are relative to the individuals and situations involved Relativistic   Relating or subject to the special or the general theory of relativity; "relativistic quantum mechanics"; "relativistic increase in mass"; "radiation from relativistic particles" Relativistic   Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of relativism Relativistically   By the theory of relativity; "this is relativistically impossible" Relativistic_mass   (physics) the mass of a body in motion relative to the observer: it is equal to the rest mass multiplied by a factor that is greater than 1 and that increases as the magnitude of the velocity increases Relativity   (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts Relativity_theory   (physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts Relativize   Consider or treat as relative Back to top Relatum   A term in a proposition that is related to the referent of the proposition Relax   Cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me" Relax   Become less tense, rest, or take one''s ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let''s all relax after a hard day''s work" Relax   Become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed" Relax   Make less tight; "relax the tension on the rope" Relax   Make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don''t relax your efforts now" Relax   Become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived" Relax   Make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught" Relax   Become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner; "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group" Relaxant   A drug or treatment that relaxes and relieves tension Relaxant   Tending to relax or relieve muscular or nervous tension; "a relaxant drug" Relaxation   The act of making less strict Relaxation   A method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount Relaxation   Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" Relaxation   An occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind" Relaxation   A state of refreshing tranquility Relaxation   (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance Relaxation   (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers Relaxation_behavior   (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance Relaxation_method   A method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount Back to top Relaxation_time   The time constant of an exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance Relaxed   Made less tense or rigid; "his relaxed muscles" Relaxed   Without strain or anxiety; "gave the impression of being quite relaxed"; "a relaxed and informal discussion" Relaxer   Any agent that produces relaxation; "music is a good relaxer" Relaxin   Hormone secreted by the corpus luteum during the last days of pregnancy; relaxes the pelvic ligaments and prepares the uterus for labor Relaxing   Affording or marked by rest or repose; "the time spent was pleasant and relaxing"; "a restful night"; "a cool and reposeful glen" Relay   The act of relaying something Relay   Electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit Relay   Pass along; "Please relay the news to the villagers" Relay   Control or operate by relay Relays   A race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance Relay_links   An amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal Relay_race   A race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance Relay_stations   An amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal Relay_transmitters   An amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal Relearn   Learn something again, as after having forgotten or neglected it; "After the accident, he could not walk for months and had to relearn how to walk down stairs" Release   The act of liberating someone or something Release   (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone Release   A formal written statement of relinquishment Release   The termination of someone''s employment (leaving them free to depart) Back to top Release   The act of allowing a fluid to escape Release   Activity that releases or expresses creative energy or emotion; "she had no other outlet for her feelings"; "he gave vent to his anger" Release   Merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film); "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra" Release   A legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation Release   An announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation Release   Euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing" Release   A process that liberates or discharges something; "there was a sudden release of oxygen"; "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland" Release   Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream" Release   Eliminate (substances) from the body Release   Make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator''s bank account" Release   Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper" Release   Let (something) fall or spill a container; "turn the flour onto a plate" Release   Release, as from one''s grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won''t fall" Release   Part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" Release   Grant freedom to; free from confinement Release   Make (information) available publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners" Released   Set free as from prison or duty Releasing   Emotionally purging (of e.g. art) Releasing_factor   Any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones; each releasing hormone causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone Releasing_factor   A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland Back to top Releasing_hormone   Any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones; each releasing hormone causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone Releasing_hormone   A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland Relegate   Assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms" Relegate   Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sargeant" Relegate   Expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country" Relegate   Refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues" Relegating   Authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions Relegation   Mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position; "he has been relegated to a post in Siberia" Relegation   The act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category Relegation   Authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions Relent   Give in, as to influence or pressure Relentless   Never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums" Relentless   Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia''s final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood" Relentlessly   In a relentless manner; "he worked relentlessly" Relentlessness   Mercilessness characterized by an unwillingness to relent or let up; "the relentlessness or their pursuit" Relevance   The relation of something to the matter at hand Relevancy   The relation of something to the matter at hand Relevant   Having crucial relevance; "crucial to the case"; "relevant testimony" Relevant   Having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue; "the scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research" Relevantly   With relevance Back to top Reliability   The trait of being dependable or reliable Reliable   Worthy of reliance or trust; "a reliable source of information"; "a dependable worker" Reliable   Conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief; "an authentic account by an eyewitness"; "reliable information" Reliable   Worthy of being depended on; "a dependable worker"; "an honest working stiff"; "a reliable source of information"; "he was true to his word"; "I would be true for there are those who trust me" Reliableness   The trait of being dependable or reliable Reliably   In a faithful manner; "it always came on, faithfully, like the radio" Reliance   Certainty based on past experience; "he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists"; "he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun" Reliance   The state of relying on something Reliant   Relying on another for support; "dependent on Middle Eastern oil" Relic   Something of sentimental value Relic   An antiquity that has survived from the distant past Relict   Geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared Relict   An organism or species surviving as a remnant of an otherwise extinct flora or fauna in an environment much changed from that in which it originated Relief   The act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance); "he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain" Relief   The act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged; "he asked for troops for the relief of Atlanta" Relief   Aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped; "he has been on relief for many years" Relief   Assistance in time of difficulty; "the contributions provided some relief for the victims" Relief   Sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background Relief   A change for the better Relief   The feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief" Back to top Relief   Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins" Relief   (law) redress awarded by a court; "was the relief supposed to be protection from future harm or compensation for past injury?" Relief   The condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress); "he enjoyed his relief from responsibility"; "getting it off his conscience gave him some ease" Relief   A pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests" Relief_map   A map having contour lines through points of equal elevation Relief_pitcher   A pitcher who does not start the game Relief_printing   Printing from a plate with raised characters Relief_valve   A valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level Relieve   Provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches" Relieve   Provide relief for; "remedy his illness" Relieve   Alleviate or remove; "relieve the pressure and the stress" Relieve   Grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class" Relieve   Relieve oneself of troubling information Relieve   Lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears" Relieve   Take by stealing; "The thief relieved me of $100" Relieve   Free from a burden, evil, or distress Relieve   Free someone temporarily from his or her obligations Relieve   Save from ruin, destruction, or harm Relieve   Grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam" Relieved   (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear Back to top Reliever   A pitcher who does not start the game Reliever   A person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies; "a reliever of anxiety"; "an allayer of fears" Reliever   Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins" Relieve_oneself   Eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" Relievo   Sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background Religion   A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality" Religion   Institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him" Religionist   A person who manifests devotion to a deity Religiosity   Exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal Religious   A member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience Religious   Having or showing belief in and reverence for a deity; "a religious man"; "religious attitude" Religious   Concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church; "religious texts"; "a nenber if a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs" Religious   Extremely scrupulous and conscientious; "religious in observing the rules of health" Religiousism   Exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal Religiously   By religion; "religiously inspired art" Religiously   With extreme conscientiousness; "he came religiously every morning at 8 o''clock" Religiousness   Piety by virtue of being devout Religious_belief   A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality" Religious_ceremony   A ceremony having religious meaning Religious_cult   A system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin" Back to top Religious_doctrine   The doctrine of a religious group Religious_doctrine   The written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group Religious_festival   A festival having religious significance Religious_holiday   A day specified for religious observance Religious_leader   Leader of a religious order Religious_movement   A movement intended to bring about religious reforms Religious_music   Genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies Religious_mystic   Someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension Religious_mysticism   A religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality Religious_offering   The act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist Religious_order   A subdivision of a larger religious group Religious_orientation   An attitude toward religion or religious practices Religious_outcast   A person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church Religious_person   A person who manifests devotion to a deity Religious_residence   Residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) Religious_right   United States political faction that advocates social and political conservativism, school prayer, and federal aid for religious groups and schools Religious_rite   An established ceremony prescribed by a religion; "the rite of baptism" Religious_ritual   A ceremony having religious meaning Religious_school   A school run by a religious body Religious_sect   A subdivision of a larger religious group Back to top Religious_service   The act of public worship following prescribed rules; "the Sunday service" Religious_Society_of_Friends   A Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers Religious_song   Religious music for singing Religious_text   Writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity Religious_trance   A trance induced by intense religious devotion; does not show reduced bodily functions that are typical of other trances Religious_writing   Writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity Reline   Put new lines on; "reline the paper" Reline   Provide with a new lining; "the old fur coat must be relined" Relinquish   Relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another Relinquish   Release, as from one''s grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won''t fall" Relinquish   Turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever" Relinquish   Part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" Relinquish   Do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas" Relinquished   Given up often unwillingly; "a relinquishment is a piece of relinquished or abandoned land" Relinquished   That has been withdrawn or retreated from Relinquishing   The act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc. Relinquishing   A verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc. Relinquishment   The act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc. Relinquishment   A verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc. Reliquary   A container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints) Back to top Relish   The taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth Relish   Vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment Relish   Spicy or savory condiment Relish   Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory" Relishing   Taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality; "cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most" Relistening   The act of hearing again Relive   Experience again, often in the imagination; "He relived the horrors of war" Reliving   A recurrence of a prior experience; "the reliving of a strong emotion can be therapeutic" Reload   Load anew with ammunition, "She reloaded the gun carefully" Reload   Place a new load on; "The movers reloaded the truck" Relocatable_program   A program that can be located in different parts of memory at different times Relocate   Move or establish in a new location; "We had to relocate the office because the rent was too high" Relocate   Become established in a new location; "Our company relocated to the Midwest" Relocated   Settled in a new location Relocation   The act of changing your residence or place of business; "they say that three moves equal one fire" Relocation   The transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) Reluctance   A certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "after some hesitation he agreed" Reluctance   (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance) Reluctant   Not eager; "foreigners stubbornly uneager to accept our ways"; "fresh from college and uneager for the moment to marry him"; "reluctant to help" Reluctant   Unwilling to become involved; "they were usually reluctant to socialize"; "reluctant to help" Back to top Reluctant   Unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; "a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake"; "unwilling to face facts" Reluctantly   With reluctance Reluctivity   (physics) the resistance of a material to the establishment of a magnetic field in it Rely   Have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother''s recipes" Relyric   Write new lyrics for (a song) REM   (Roentgen Equivalent Man) the dosage of ionizing radiation that will cause the same amount of injury to human tissue as 1 roentgen of X-rays REM   A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of Rapid Eye Movements during sleep Remain   Stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week" Remain   Be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war" Remain   Continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year" Remain   Stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up" Remainder   A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold Remainder   The number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend Remainder   The part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor Remainder   Something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance" Remainder   Sell cheaply as remainders; "The publisher remaindered the books" Remaining   Not used up; "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions" Remaining   Being the remaining one or ones of several; "tried to sell the remaining books" Remains   The dead body of a human being Remains   Any object that is left unused or still extant; "I threw out the remains of my dinner" Back to top Remain_down   Be counted out; remain down while the referee counts to ten Remain_firm   Hold one''s ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; "I am standing my ground and won''t give in!" Remake   Creation that is created again or anew; "it is a remake of an old film" Remake   Make new; "She is remaking her image" Remaking   Creation that is created again or anew; "it is a remake of an old film" Remand   The act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial) Remand   Refer (a matter or legal case) to another committe or authority or court for decision Remand   Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life" Remark   Explicit notice; "it passed without remark" Remark   A statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account" Remark   Make mention of; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing" Remark   Make or write a comment on; "he commented the paper of his colleague" Remarkable   Unusual or striking; "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is singular in one so young" Remarkable   Worthy of notice; "a noteworthy fact is that her students rarely complain"; "a remarkable achievement" Remarkably   To a remarkably degree or extent; "she was unusually tall" Remarkably   In a signal manner; "signally inappropriate methods" Remarriage   The act of marrying again Remarry   Marry, not for the first time; "After her divorce, she remarried her high school sweetheart" Rematch   Something (especially a game) that is played again Rembrandt   Influential Dutch artist (1606-1669) Back to top Rembrandtesque   In the manner of Rembrandt Rembrandt_Harmensz_van_Rijn   Influential Dutch artist (1606-1669) Rembrandt_van_Rijn   Influential Dutch artist (1606-1669) Rembrandt_van_Ryn   Influential Dutch artist (1606-1669) Remediable   Possible to remedy; "remediable problems"; "a remediable setback"; "not a crime but only a remediable blunder" Remedial   Tending or intended to rectify or improve; "a remedial reading course"; "remedial education" Remedial   Tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets" Remediate   Set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" Remediation   Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil Remedy   Act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil Remedy   A medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain Remedy   Provide relief for; "remedy his illness" Remedy   Set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" Remember   Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can''t remember saying any such thing"; "I can''t think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" Remember   Keep in mind for attention or consideration; "Remember the Alamo"; "Remember to call your mother every day!"; "Think of the starving children in India!" Remember   Recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers" Remember   Call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony; "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"; "Remember the dead of the First World War" Remember   Exercise, or have the power of, memory; "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember better than others" Remember   Mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship; "Remember me to your wife" Remember   Mention favourably, as in prayer; "remember me in your prayers" Back to top Remember   Show appreciation to; "He remembered her in his will" Remembered   That is recalled; "the remembered sensations" Remembering   The cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father" Remember_oneself   Recover one''s good manners after a lapse or stop behaving badly; "Please remember yourself, Charles!" Remembrance   The ability to recall past occurrences Remembrance   A recognition of meritorious service Remembrance_Day   The Sunday nearest to November 11 when those who died in World War I and World War II are commemorated Remembrance_Sunday   The Sunday nearest to November 11 when those who died in World War I and World War II are commemorated Remicade   An anti-TNF compound (trade name Remicade) consisting of an antibody directed against TNF; it is given intravenously at one- to three-month intervals; used in treatment of regional enteritis and rheumatoid arthritis Remilegia   A genus of Echeneididae Remilegia_australis   Large blue Pacific remora that attaches to whales and dolphins Remilitarisation   The act of militarizing again Remilitarise   Militarize anew; "Should Japan be remilitarized?" Remilitarization   The act of militarizing again Remilitarize   Militarize anew; "Should Japan be remilitarized?" Remind   Put in the mind of someone; "Remind me to call Mother" Remind   Assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned Reminder   An experience that causes you to remember something Reminder   A message that helps you remember something; "he ignored his wife''s reminders" Reminder   Someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided Back to top Remindful   Serving to bring to mind; "cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson; "a campaign redolent of machine politics" Reminisce   Recall the past; "The grandparents sat there, reminiscing all afternoon" Reminiscence   The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode" Reminiscence   A mental impression retained and recalled from the past Reminiscent   Serving to bring to mind; "cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson; "a campaign redolent of machine politics" Reminiscently   In a reminiscent manner; "she spoke reminiscently of her days in college" Reminiscent_of(p)   Serving to bring to mind; "cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson; "a campaign redolent of machine politics" Remiss   Failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills" Remission   The act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance Remission   (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) Remission   An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission" Remission   A payment of money sent to a person in another place Remission_of_sin   The act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance Remissness   The quality of being lax and neglectful Remit   (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) Remit   Diminish or abate; "The pain finally remitted" Remit   Make slack as by lessening tension or firmness Remit   Forgive; "God will remit their sins" Remit   Refer (a matter or legal case) to another committe or authority or court for decision Remit   Release from (claims, debts, or taxes); "The texes were remitted" Back to top Remit   Send (money) in payment; "remit $25" Remit   Hold back to a later time; "let''s postpone the exam" Remitment   (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) Remitment   A payment of money sent to a person in another place Remittal   The act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance Remittal   An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission" Remittal   A payment of money sent to a person in another place Remittance   A payment of money sent to a person in another place Remittance_man   An exile living on money sent from home Remittent   (of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished severity; "a remittent fever" Remnant   A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold Remnant   A small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists Remodel   Do over, as of (part of) a house; "We are remodeling these rooms" Remodel   Cast or model anew; "She had to recast her image to please the electorate in her home state" Remodeled   Made over usually with changes; "the rebuilt pier spoiled our view"; "our remodeled house seems like new" Remold   Give new treads to (a tire) Remold   Shape again or shape differently Remold   Cast again; "The bell cracked and had to be recast" Remonstrance   The act of expressing earnest opposition or protest Remonstrate   Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger''s car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" Back to top Remonstrate   Argue in protest or opposition Remonstrate   Present and urge reasons in opposition Remora   Marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects Remorse   A feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) Remorseful   Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses Remorsefully   In a rueful manner; "`I made a big mistake,'' he said ruefully" Remorseless   Without mercy or pity; "an act of ruthless ferocity"; "a monster of remorseless cruelty" Remorselessly   Without pity; in a merciless manner; "he was mercilessly trounced by his opponent in the House" Remote   A device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance; "he lost the remote for his TV" Remote   Inaccessible and sparsely populated Remote   Far distant in space; "distant lands"; "remote stars"; "a remote outpost of civilization"; "a hideaway far removed from towns and cities" Remote   Far distant in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"; "a civilization ten centuries removed from modern times" Remote   Far apart in nature; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics" Remote   Very unlikely; "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility"; "a remote contingency" Remote-access_data_processing   Data processing in which some of the functions are performed in different places and connected by transmission facilities Remote-controlled   Lacking a crew; "an unmanned satellite to Mars" Remote-control_bomb   A bomb that can be detonated by remote control Remotely   To a remote degree; "it is remotely possible" Remotely   In a remote manner; "when the measured speech of the chorus passes over into song the tones are, remotely but unmistakably, those taught by the orthodox liturgy" Remoteness   A disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner Back to top Remoteness   The property of being remote Remote_control   A device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance; "he lost the remote for his TV" Remote_station   A terminal connected to a computer by a data link Remote_terminal   A terminal connected to a computer by a data link Remotion   The act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy" Remoulade_sauce   A mayonnaise sauce flavored with herbs and mustard and capers; served with e.g. salad and cold meat Remould   Give new treads to (a tire) Remould   Cast again; "The bell cracked and had to be recast" Remount   A fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle Remount   Provide with fresh horses; "remount a regiment" Remount   Mount again, as after dissembling something Remount   Mount again; "he remounted his horse" Removable   Able to be obliterated completely Removable   Capable of being removed or taken away or dismissed; "a removable cord"; "removable partitions" Removable_disk   A hard disk that can be removed from the disk drive; removal prevents unauthorized use Removal   Dismissal from office Removal   The act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy" Removal_company   A company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another Removal_firm   A company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another Remove   Degree of figurative distance or separation; "just one remove from madness" or "it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy"; Back to top Remove   Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the envir Remove   Go away or leave; "He absented himself" Remove   Get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins" Remove   Shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court" Remove   Dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood" Remove   Remove from a position or an office Remove   Cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom" Remove   Kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" Removed   Far distant in space; "distant lands"; "remote stars"; "a remote outpost of civilization"; "a hideaway far removed from towns and cities" Removed   Far distant in time; "distant events"; "the remote past or future"; "a civilization ten centuries removed from modern times" Removed   Taken out of or separated from; "possibility is...achievability, abstracted from achievement"- A.N.Whitehead Removed(p)   Far apart in nature; "considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics" Removed(p)   Separated in relationship by a given degree of descent; "a cousin once removed" Remover   Someone who works for a moving company Remover   A solvent that removes a substance (usually from a surface); "paint remover"; "rust remover"; "hair remover" Remuda   The herd of horses from which those to be used the next day are chosen Remunerate   Make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated" Remunerated   Receiving or eligible for compensation; "salaried workers"; "a stipendiary magistrate" Remuneration   The act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses; "adequate remuneration for his work" Remuneration   Something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all their earnings" Back to top Remunerative   For which money is paid; "a paying job"; "remunerative work"; "salaried employment"; "stipendiary services" Remunerative   Producing a good profit; "a remunerative business" Remunerator   A person who pays money for something Remus   (Roman mythology) the twin brother of Romulus REM_sleep   A recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of Rapid Eye Movements during sleep Renaissance   The revival of learning and culture Renaissance   The period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries Renaissance_man   A scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics Renaissance_man   A modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests; "a statistician has to be something of a generalist" Renal   Of or relating to the kidneys Renal_artery   An artery originating from the abdominal aorta and supplying the kidneys and adrenal glands and ureters Renal_calculus   A calculus formed in the kidney Renal_colic   Sharp pain in the lower back that radiates into the groin; associated with the passage of a renal calculus through the ureter Renal_corpuscle   The capsule that contains Bowman''s capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron Renal_cortex   The cortex of the kidney containing the glomeruli and the convoluted tubules Renal_disorder   A disease affecting the kidneys Renal_failure   Inability of the kidneys to excrete wastes and to help maintain the electrolyte balance Renal_insufficiency   Insufficient excretion of wastes by the kidneys Renal_lithiasis   The presence of kidney stones (calculi) in the kidney Renal_pelvis   A structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter Back to top Renal_vein   Veins that accompany renal arteries; open into the vena cava at the level of the 2nd lumbar vertebra Rename   Assign a new name to; "Many streets in the former East Germany were renamed in 1990" Rename   Name again or anew; "He was renamed Minister of the Interior" Renascence   The revival of learning and culture Renascent   Surging or sweeping back again Renata_Tebaldi   Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922) Rend   Tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" Render   A substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls Render   Cause to become; "The shot rendered her immobile" Render   Melt (fat, lard, etc.) in order to separate out impurities; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole" Render   Restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U. Render   Bestow; "give hommage"; "render thanks" Render   Pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" Render   Coat with plastic or cement; "render the brick walls in the den" Render   Give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year''s crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" Render   Show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting" Render   Give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully" Render   To surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money" Render   Give back; "render money" Render   Make over as a return; "They had to render the estate" Back to top Render   Provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" Render-set   Cover with two coats of plaster; "render-set the walls so they''ll look nice and smooth" Rendering   The act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance; "her rendition of Milton''s verse was extraordinarily moving" Rendering   Giving in acknowledgment of obligation Rendering   Perspective drawing of an architect''s design Rendering   A coat of stucco applied to a masonry wall Rendering   An explanation of something that is not immediately obvious; "the edict was subject to many interpretations"; "he annoyed us with his interpreting of parables"; "often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child''s intended m Rendering   A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language Rendering   A performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.; "they heard a live rendition of three pieces by Schubert" Rendezvous   A meeting planned at a certain time and place Rendezvous   A date; usually with a member of the opposite sex Rendezvous   A place where people meet; "he was waiting for them at the rendezvous" Rendezvous   Meet at a rendezvous Rending   Resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward" Rendition   The act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance; "her rendition of Milton''s verse was extraordinarily moving" Rendition   An explanation of something that is not immediately obvious; "the edict was subject to many interpretations"; "he annoyed us with his interpreting of parables"; "often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child''s intended m Rendition   A performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.; "they heard a live rendition of three pieces by Schubert" Rene-Robert_Cavelier   French explorer who claimed Louisiana for France (1643-1687) Renegade   A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. Renegade   Someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw Back to top Renegade   Break with established customs Renegade   Having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper" Renegade_state   A Third World state that possesses weapons of mass destruction and sponsors terrorism Renege   The mistake of not following suit when able to do so Renege   Fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of her promise" Renege_on   Fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of her promise" Renegociate   Revise the terms of in order to limit or regain excess profits gained by the contractor; "We renegociated our old mortgage now that the interest rates have come down" Renegociate   Negociate anew; "The two warring parties will have to renegociate" Renegotiate   Revise the terms of in order to limit or regain excess profits gained by the contractor; "We renegociated our old mortgage now that the interest rates have come down" Renegotiate   Negociate anew; "The two warring parties will have to renegociate" Renegue_on   Fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of her promise" Renew   Cause to appear in a new form; "the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market" Renew   Re-establish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new; "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership" Renewable   Capable of being renewed; replaceable; "renewable energy such as solar energy is theoretically inexhaustible" Renewable   That can be renewed or extended; "a renewable lease"; "renewable subscriptions" Renewable_resource   Any natural resource (as wood or solar energy) that can be replenished naturally with the passage of time Renewal   The conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation Renewal   The act of renewing Renewal   Filling again by supplying what has been used up Renewed   Restored to a new condition; "felt renewed strength" Back to top Renewing   Tending to impart new life and vigor to; "the renewing warmth of the sunshine" Rene_Antoine_Ferchault_de_Reaumur   French physicist who invented the alcohol thermometer (1683-1757) Rene_Descartes   French philosopher and mathematician; developed dualistic theory of mind and matter; introduced the use of coordinates to locate a point in two or three dimensions (1596-1650) Rene_Magritte   Belgian surrealist painter (1898-1967) Reniform   Of a leaf or bean shape resembling the shape of kidney Reniform_leaf   Kidney-shaped Renin   A proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys; catalyzes the formation of angiotensin and thus affects blood pressure Rennet   A substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket Rennin   An enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate Reno   A city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains; known for gambling casinos and easy divorce and remarriage Renoir   French impressionist painter (1841-1919) Renormalise   Make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard; "normalize relations with China"; "normalize the temperature"; "normalize the spelling" Renormalize   Make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard; "normalize relations with China"; "normalize the temperature"; "normalize the spelling" Renounce   Cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" Renounce   Turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever" Renounce   Leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" Renounce   Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee" Renouncement   An act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned Renovate   Give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" Renovate   Make brighter and prettier; "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate" Back to top Renovate   Restore to a previous or better condition; "They renovated the ceiling of the Sixtine Chapel" Renovated   Repaired and improved; "some renovated apartment buildings in the rundown neighborhood" Renovation   The act of improving by renewing and restoring Renovation   The state of being restored to its former good condition; "the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house" Renovator   A skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture Renown   The state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed Renowned   Widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter" Rensselaerite   A kind of soft talc; sometimes used as wood filler Rent   The act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" Rent   An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" Rent   A regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property Rent   The return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions Rent   Engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let''s rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" Rent   Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners" Rent   Let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad" Rent   Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services Rent-a-car   A rented car; "she picked up a hire car at the airport and drove to her hotel" Rent-free   Complimentary; without payment of rent; "with the job came a rent-free apartment" Rent-free   Without paying rent; "I can live here rent-free" Rent-rebate   A rebate on rent given by a local government authority Back to top Rent-roll   A register of rents; includes the names of tenants and the amount of rent they pay Rentable   That is able or fit be rented Rental   The act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car) Rental   Property that is leased or rented out or let Rental   Of or relating to rent; "rental agreement"; "rental charges" Rental   Available to rent or lease; "a rental car" Rental_collection   A collection of books that can be rented by readers in return for a small daily fee Rental_income   Income received from rental properties Rente   Income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments; "his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity" Renter   An owner who receives payment for the use of their property by another Renter   Someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else; "the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn''t pay the rent" Rentier   Someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments Renting   The act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car) Rent_collector   A person who goes from house to house collecting rents for the owner Rent_out   Grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee; "We rent out our apartment to tourists every year"; "He hired himself out as a cook" Renunciant   Used especially of behavior Renunciation   The act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) Renunciation   Rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated" Renunciation   An act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned Renunciation   The state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) Back to top Renunciative   Used especially of behavior Reopen   Open again or anew; "They reopened the theater" Reorder   Assign a new order to Reorder   Make a new request to be supplied with; "The store had to reorder the popular CD several times" Reordering   A rearrangement in a different order Reorganisation   The act of imposing a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes); "a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum"; "top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup" Reorganise   Organize anew; "We must reorganize the company if we don''t want to go under" Reorganise   Organize anew, as after a setback Reorganised   Organized again; "a reorganized business" Reorganization   An extensive alteration of the structure of a corporation or government; "after the takeover there was a thorough reorganization"; "the reorganization was prescribed by federal bankruptcy laws" Reorganization   The act of imposing a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes); "a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum"; "top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup" Reorganize   Organize anew; "We must reorganize the company if we don''t want to go under" Reorganize   Organize anew, as after a setback Reorganized   Organized again; "a reorganized business" Reorient   Set or arrange in a new or different determinate position; "Orient the house towards the South" Reorient   Cause to turn Reorient   Orient once again, after a disorientation Reorientate   Orient once again, after a disorientation Reorientation   The act of changing the direction in which something is oriented Reorientation   A fresh orientation; a changed set of attitudes and beliefs Back to top Reoviridae   A family of arboviruses carried by arthropods Reovirus   Any of a group of nonarboviruses including the rotavirus causing infant enteritis Rep   A fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs Rep   Informal abbreviation of `representative'' Repaint   Paint again; "He repainted the wall after the child smeared it with tomato sauce" Repaint   Paint again or anew; "We had to repaint the gutters with linseed oil" Repaint   Paint again; "He repainted the same scenery many times during his life" Repair   The act of putting something in working order again Repair   A frequently visited place Repair   A formal way of referring to the condition of something; "the building was in good repair" Repair   Give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" Repair   Set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight" Repair   Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" Repair   Move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods" Repair   Make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident" Repairable   Capable of being made ready for service Repaired   Mended or put in working order; "a reconditioned sewing machine"; "a repaired vacuum cleaner"; "the broken lock is now fixed" Repaired   Made ready for service Repairer   A skilled worker whose job is to repair things Repairman   A skilled worker whose job is to repair things Back to top Repair_shed   A large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained Repair_shop   A shop specializing in repairs and maintenance Repand   Having a slightly undulating margin Reparable   Capable of being repaired or rectified; "reparable damage to the car"; "rectifiable wrongs" Reparation   Something done or paid in expiation of a wrong; "how can I make amends" Reparation   The act of putting something in working order again Reparation   (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors; "Germany was unable to pay the reparations demanded after Wordl War I" Reparation   Compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury; "an act for which there is no reparation" Repartee   Adroitness and cleverness in reply Repast   The food served and eaten at one time Repatriate   A person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored Repatriate   Admit back into the country Repatriate   Send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees Repatriation   The act of returning to the country of origin Repay   Answer back Repay   Pay back; "Please refund me my money" Repay   Make repayment for or return something Repay   Act or give recompensation in recognition of someone''s behavior or actions Repayable   Subject to repayment; "business loans are usually repayable in regular installments" Repayment   The act of returning money received previously Back to top Repayment   Payment of a debt or obligation Repayment_rate   The amount of money paid out per unit time Repeal   The act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation Repeal   Annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" Repeat   An event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday''s" Repeat   Happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story" Repeat   To say again or imitate; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders" Repeat   To say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" Repeat   Repeat an earlier theme of a composition Repeat   Make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" Repeat   Do over; "They would like to take it over again" Repeatable   Able or fit to be repeated or quoted; "what he said was not repeatable in polite company"; "he comes up with so many quotable phrases" Repeated   Recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements" Repeatedly   Several time; "it must be washed repeatedly" Repeater   (electronics) electronic device that amplifies a signal before transmitting it again; "repeaters can be used in computer networks to extend cabling distances" Repeater   A firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading Repeater   Someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) Repeater   A person who repeats; "the audience consisted largely of repeaters who had seen the movie many times" Repeating   The act of doing or performing again Repeating_decimal   A decimal with a sequence of digits that repeats itself indefinitely Back to top Repeating_firearm   A firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading Repechage   A race (especially in rowing) in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final race Repel   Reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal" Repel   Force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack" Repel   Cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders" Repel   Be repellent to; cause aversion in Repel   Fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me" Repellant   The power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances" Repellant   A chemical substance that repels animals Repellant   A compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water Repellant   Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench" Repellant   Serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent" Repellent   The power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances" Repellent   A chemical substance that repels animals Repellent   A compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water Repellent   Incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water" Repellent   Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench" Repellent   Serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent" Repellently   In a repellent manner; "repellently fat" Repelling   Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench" Back to top Repellingly   In a repellent manner; "repellently fat" Repent   Feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about Repent   Turn away from sin or do penitence Repentance   Remorse for your past conduct Repentant   Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds Repentantly   Showing remorse Repercuss   Cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect Repercussion   A movement back from an impact Repercussion   A remote or indirect consequence of some action; "his declaration had unforeseen repercussions"; "reverberations of the market crash were felt years later" Repertoire   A collection of works that an artist or company can perform Repertoire   The entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation; "the repertory of the supposed feats of mesmerism"; "has a large repertory of dialects and characters" Repertory   A storehouse where a stock of things is kept Repertory   The entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation; "the repertory of the supposed feats of mesmerism"; "has a large repertory of dialects and characters" Repertory_company   A theatrical company that performs plays from a repertoire Repetition   The act of doing or performing again Repetition   The repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device Repetition   An event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday''s" Repetitious   Marked by tedious repetition Repetitiousness   Verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions Repetitive   Persistently continual; "the bluejay''s insistent cry" Back to top Repetitive   Marked by tedious repetition Repetitively   In a repetitive manner; "this type of border display is used repetitively in advertising" Repetitiveness   Verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions Rephrase   Express the same message in different words Rephrasing   Changing a particular word or phrase Repine   Express discontent Repining   Wishing discontentedly Replace   Substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected); "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace th Replace   Put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them" Replace   Put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk" Replace   Take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team''s captain and the highest-ranked player in the school" Replaceability   Exchangeability by virtue of being replaceable Replaceable   Capable of being replaced Replacement   The act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; "replacing the star will not be easy" Replacement   A person or thing that takes or can take the place of another Replacement   An event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood" Replacement   A person who follows next in order; "he was President Lincoln''s successor" Replacement   Someone who takes the place of another person Replacement   Filling again by supplying what has been used up Replacement_cost   Current cost of replacing a fixed asset with a new one of equal effectiveness Back to top Replacing   The act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; "replacing the star will not be easy" Replant   Plant again or anew; "They replanted the land"; "He replanted the seedlings" Replay   (television) showing again some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on video tape Replay   Something (especially a game) that is played again Replay   Play again; "We replayed the game"; "replay a point" Replay   Repeat a game against the same opponent; "Princeton replayed Harvard" Replay   Play (a melody) again Replay   Reproduce (a recording) on a recorder; "The lawyers played back the conversation to show that their client was innocent" Replenish   Fill something that had previously been emptied; "refill my glass, please" Replenishment   Filling again by supplying what has been used up Replete   Fill to satisfaction; "I am sated" Replete(p)   (followed by `with'')deeply filled or permeated; "imbued with the spirit of the Reformation"; "words instinct with love"; "it is replete with misery" Replete(p)   Filled to satisfaction with food or drink; "a full stomach" Repletion   Eating until excessively full Repletion   The state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more Replica   Copy that is not the original; something that has been copied Replicate   Make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick" Replicate   Biology: reproduce or make an exact copy of; "replicate the cell"; "copy the genetic information" Replicate   Bend or turn backward Replication   The act of making copies; "Gutenberg''s reproduction of holy texts was far more efficient" Back to top Replication   The repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion; "scientists will not believe an experimental result until they have seen at least one replication" Replication   Copy that is not the original; something that has been copied Replication   The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped Replication   (law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant''s plea or answer Replication   A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" Replication   (genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division Reply   A statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics" Reply   The speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his reply" Reply   Reply or respond to; "She didn''t want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation" Reply-paid   With cost of reply prepaid by sender; "reply-paid postcard"; "reply-paid envelope" Repoint   Repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney" Report   The general estimation that the public has for a person; "he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing"; "he was a person of bad report" Report   An essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition" Report   A short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o''clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious" Report   The act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple" Report   A written document describing the findings of some individual or group; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale" Report   A written evaluation of a student''s scholarship and deportment; "his father signed his report card" Report   A sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing); "they heard a violent report followed by silence" Report   To give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental" Report   Make known to the authorities; "One student reported the other to the principal" Back to top Report   Complain about; make a charge against; "I reported her to the superviser" Report   Announce one''s presence; "I report to work every day at 9 o''clock" Report   Announce as the result of an investigation, or announce something to the proper authorities; "Dozens of incidents of wife beatings are reported daily in this city"; "The team reported significant advances in their research" Report   Be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism; "Snow reported on China in the 1950''s"; "The cub reporter covered New York City" Reportable   Meriting report; "years of research produced no reportable results" Reportable   (of income) required by law to be reported; "reportable income" Reportage   The news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television; "they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations" Reported   Made known or told about; especially presented in a formal account; "his reported opinion"; "the reported findings" Reportedly   According to reports or other information; "she was reportedly his mistress for many years" Reporter   A person who investigates and reports or edits news stories Reporting   The news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television; "they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations" Reporting_weight   A person''s body weight (as an athlete''s) at the beginning of the season (when first reporting for practice) Report_card   A written evaluation of a student''s scholarship and deportment; "his father signed his report card" Report_out   Return a bill after consideration and revision to a legislative body Repose   Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" Repose   A disposition free from stress or emotion Repose   The absence of mental stress or anxiety Repose   Put or confide something in a person or thing; "These philosophers reposed the law in the people" Repose   To put something (eg trust) in something; "The nation reposed its confidence in the King" Repose   Put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" Back to top Repose   Lean in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on the couch" Repose   Lie when dead; "Mao reposes in his mausoleum" Repose   Be inherent or innate in; Reposeful   Affording or marked by rest or repose; "the time spent was pleasant and relaxing"; "a restful night"; "a cool and reposeful glen" Repose_on   Be based on; of theories and claims, for example; "What''s this new evidence based on?" Reposit   Put (something) in a place for storage; "the treasure found int he ancient tomb was reposited in the museum" Repositing   Depositing in a warehouse Reposition   Depositing in a warehouse Reposition   Place into another position Reposition   Change place or direction; "Shift one''s position" Repositioning   The act of placing in a new position Repository   A facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping Repository   A burial vault (usually for some famous person) Repository   A person to whom a secret is entrusted Repossess   Regain possession of something Repossess   Claim back Repossession   The action of regaining possession (especially the seizure of collateral securing a loan that is in default) Repot   Put in a new, usually larger, pot; "The plant had grown and had to be repotted" Repp   A fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs Reprehend   Express strong disapproval of Back to top Reprehensibility   Being reprehensible; worthy of and deserving reprehension or reproof Reprehensible   Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife" Reprehensibly   In a manner or to a degree deserving blame or censure Reprehension   An act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face" Reprehensively   In a shameful manner; "the garden was criminally neglected" Represent   To establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets) Represent   Bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason" Represent   Point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance; "our parents represented to us the need for more caution" Represent   Express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" Represent   Describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel" Represent   Serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl" Represent   Create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl" Represent   Perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello''" Represent   Play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband''s master" Represent   Be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody''s interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute; "I represent the silen Represent   Be representative or typical for; "This period is represented by Beethoven" Represent   Be the defense counsel for someone in a trial; "Ms. Smith will represent the defendant" Represent   Form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise h Represent   Take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to; "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an ''h'' in Greek stands for an ''s'' in Latin" Represent   Be characteristic of; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue" Back to top Representable   Expressible in symbolic form; "uniquely representable in the form..." Representation   An activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent Representation   The act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf Representation   A creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something Representation   The right of being representated by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body Representation   A presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image Representation   A statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting; "certain representations were made concerning police brutality" Representation   A performance of play Representation   A factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract; "the sales contract contains several representations by the vendor" Representation   A body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency; "a Congressional vacancy occurred in the representation from California" Representation   The state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent Representational   Used especially of art; "representational art"; "representational images" Representational_process   Any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something else Representative   An item of information that is representative of a type; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10" Representative   A member of the United States House of Representatives Representative   A person who represents others Representative   An advocate who represents someone else''s policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government" Representative   Being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives; "representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people" Representative   Standing for something else; "the bald eagle is representative of the United States" Representative   Serving to represent or typify; "representative moviegoers"; "a representative modern play" Back to top Representative_sample   The population is divided into strata and a random sample is taken from each stratum Representative_sampling   The population is divided into subpopulations (strata) and random samples are taken of each stratum Represented   Represented accurately or precisely Repress   Put out of one''s consciousness Repress   Conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one''s anger"; "strangle a yawn" Repress   Put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land" Repressed   Characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions; "her severe upbringing had left her inhibited"; "a very inhibited young man, anxious and ill at ease"; "their reactions were partly the product of pent-up emotions"; "repressed rage turn Represser   An agent that represses Repressing   Restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline" Repression   The act of repressing; control by holding down; "his goal was the repression of insolence" Repression   (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious Repression   A state of forcible subjugation; "the long repression of Christian sects" Repressive   Restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline" Repressor   An agent that represses Repressor_gene   Gene that prevents a nonallele from being transcribed Reprieve   The act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment Reprieve   A warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence) Reprieve   An interruption in the intensity or amount of something Reprieve   A (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort Reprieve   Relieve temporarily Back to top Reprieve   Postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution Reprimand   An act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face" Reprimand   Rebuke formally Reprimand   Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger''s car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" Reprimanded   Punished especially by reproof or reprimand Reprint   A separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication Reprint   A publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale Reprint   Print anew; "They never reprinted the famous treatise" Reprinting   A publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale Reprisal   A retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime Reprise   Repeat an earlier theme of a composition Reprize   Repeat an earlier theme of a composition Reproach   A mild rebuke or criticism; "words of reproach" Reproach   Disgrace or shame; "he brought reproach upon his family" Reproach   Express criticism towards; "The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior" Reproacher   Someone who finds fault or imputes blame Reproachful   Expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective Reproachfully   In a reproving or reproachful manner; "she spoke to him reprovingly" Reprobate   A person without moral scruples Reprobate   Reject (documents) as invalid Back to top Reprobate   Express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" Reprobate   Abandon to eternal damnation; "God reprobated the unrepenting sinner" Reprobate   Marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat" Reprobation   Severe disapproval Reprobation   Rejection by God; the state of being condemned to eternal misery in hell Reprocess   Use again after processing; "We must recycle the cardboard boxes" Reproduce   Have offspring or young; "The deer in our neighborhood reproduce madly"; "The Catholic Church tells people to procreate, no matter what their economic situation may be" Reproduce   Repeat after memorization; "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information" Reproduce   Make a copy or equivalent of; "reproduce the painting" Reproduce   Recreate an idea, mood, atmosphere, etc. as by artistic means; "He reproduced the feeling of sadness in the portrait" Reproducer   An audio system that can reproduce and amplify signals to produce sound Reproducibility   The quality of being reproducible Reproducible   Capable of being reproduced; "astonishingly reproducible results can be obtained" Reproducibly   In a manner that is reproducible Reproduction   The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring Reproduction   The act of making copies; "Gutenberg''s reproduction of holy texts was far more efficient" Reproduction   Copy that is not the original; something that has been copied Reproduction   Recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall Reproduction   The process of generating offspring Reproduction_cost   Cost of reproducing physical property minus various allowances (especially depreciation) Back to top Reproductive   Producing new life or offspring; "tXsXwhe reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions"; "the reproductive or generative organs" Reproductive_cell   A spermatozoon or an ovum Reproductive_cloning   Making a full living copy of an organism; requires a surrogate mother Reproductive_memory   Recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall Reproductive_organ   Any organ involved in sexual reproduction Reproductive_structure   The parts of a plant involved in its reproduction Reproductive_system   Organs and tissues involved in the production and maturation of gametes and in their union and subsequent development as offspring Reproof   An act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face" Reproof   Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger''s car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" Reproval   An act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face" Reprove   Take to task; "He admonished the child for his bad behavior" Reproved   Punished especially by reproof or reprimand Reprover   Someone who finds fault or imputes blame Reproving   Expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective Reprovingly   In a reproving or reproachful manner; "she spoke to him reprovingly" Reptantia   Lobsters; crabs Reptile   Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles and extinct forms Reptile_family   A family of reptiles Reptile_genus   A genus of reptiles Reptilia   Class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals Back to top Reptilian   Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles and extinct forms Reptilian   Of or relating to the class Reptilia Republic   A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them Republic   A form of government whose head of state is not a monarch; "the head of state in a republic is usually a president" Republican   A tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas Republican   An advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy) Republican   A member of the Republican Party Republican   Having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government; "the United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of governm Republican   Relating to or belonging to the Republican Party; "a Republican senator"; "Republican party politics" Republicanism   The political orientation of those who hold that a republic is the best form of government Republican_Guard   Iraq''s elite military unit whose primary role is to protect the government in Baghdad Republican_Party   The younger of two major political parties in the United States; GOP is an acronym for grand old party Republican_River   A tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas Republication   The act of publishing again Republication   Something that has been published again; a fresh publication (as of a literary work) Republic_of_Albania   A republic in southeastern Europe on the Adriatic coast of the Balkan Peninsula Republic_of_Angola   A republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 and was the scene of civil war until 1990 Republic_of_Armenia   A landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet; modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world''s oldest civilizations; throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by thei Republic_of_Austria   A mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century Republic_of_Belarus   A landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet Back to top Republic_of_Benin   A country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control Republic_of_Bolivia   A landlocked Republic in central South America; Simon Bolivar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spain Republic_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina   A mountainous republic of south-central Europe; formerly part of the Ottoman Empire and then a part of Yugoslavia; voted for independence in 1992 but the mostly Serbian army of Yugoslavia refused to accept the vote and began ethnic cleansing in order to r Republic_of_Botswana   A landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s Republic_of_Bulgaria   A republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe Republic_of_Burundi   A landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika Republic_of_Cameroon   A republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960 Republic_of_Cape_Verde   An island country in the Atlantic off the coast of Senegal Republic_of_Chad   A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960 Republic_of_Chile   A republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast Republic_of_China   A government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the communists led by Mao Zedong Republic_of_Colombia   A republic in northwestern South America; the major legal crop is coffee but cocaine is also a major export Republic_of_Costa_Rica   A republic in Central America; one of the most politically stable countries in Latin America Republic_of_Cote_d'Ivoire   A republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the most prosperous and politically stable countries in Africa Republic_of_Croatia   A republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991 Republic_of_Cuba   A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba; involved in state-sponsored terrorism Republic_of_Cyprus   A country on the island of Cyprus; 80% of the people are of Greek origin and 20% or Turkish origin Republic_of_Djibouti   A country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; formerly under French control but became independent in 1997 Republic_of_Ecuador   A republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes Republic_of_El_Salvador   A republic on the Pacific coast of Central America Back to top Republic_of_Equitorial_Guinea   A country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea); became independent from Spain in 1968 Republic_of_Estonia   A republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea Republic_of_Fiji   An independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands Republic_of_Finland   Republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917 Republic_of_Ghana   A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; "Ghana was colonized as the Gold Coast by the British" Republic_of_Guatemala   A republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; noted for low per capita income and illiteracy; politically unstable Republic_of_Guinea   A republic in eastern Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958 Republic_of_Guinea-Bissau   A republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974 Republic_of_Haiti   A republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the Western Hemisphere Republic_of_Honduras   A republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; an early center of Mayan culture Republic_of_Hungary   A republic in central Europe Republic_of_Iceland   An island republic on the island of Iceland; became independent of Denmark in 1944 Republic_of_India   A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 Republic_of_Indonesia   A republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions Republic_of_Iraq   A republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq; modern government is involved in state-sponsored terrorism Republic_of_Kazakhstan   A landlocked republic south of Russia and northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991 Republic_of_Kenya   A republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya Republic_of_Kiribati   An island republic in the west central Pacific just south of the equator Republic_of_Korea   A republic in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948 Republic_of_Latvia   A republic in northeastern Europe on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea Back to top Republic_of_Liberia   A republic in West Africa; established in 1822 by Americans as a way to free negro slaves Republic_of_Lithuania   A republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea Republic_of_Madagascar   A republic on the island of Madagascar; achieved independence from France in 1960 Republic_of_Malawi   A landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964 Republic_of_Maldives   A republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965 Republic_of_Mali   A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years Republic_of_Malta   A republic on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964 Republic_of_Mauritius   A parliamentary state on the island of Mauritius Republic_of_Moldova   A landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet but achieved independence in 1991 Republic_of_Mozambique   A republic on the eastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975 Republic_of_Namibia   A republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia form part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa Republic_of_Nauru   An island republic on Nauru Island; phosphate exports support the economy Republic_of_Nicaragua   A republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821 Republic_of_Niger   A landlocked republic in West Africa; gained independence from France in 1960; most of the country is dominated by the Sahara Desert Republic_of_Palau   A republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States Republic_of_Panama   A republic on the Isthmus of Panama; achieved independence from Colombia in 1903 Republic_of_Paraguay   A landlocked republic in south central South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1811 Republic_of_Peru   A republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries Republic_of_Poland   A republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II Republic_of_San_Marino   The smallest republic in the world; the oldest independent country in Europe (achieved independence in 301); located in the Apennines and completely surrounded by Italy Back to top Republic_of_Senegal   A republic in northwestern Africa on the coast of the Atlantic; formerly a French colony but achieved independence in 1960 Republic_of_Seychelles   A republic on the Seychelles islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1976 Republic_of_Sierra_Leone   A republic in West Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1961 Republic_of_Singapore   A country in southeastern Asia on the island of Singapore; achieved independence from Malaysia in 1965 Republic_of_Slovenia   A mountainous republic in central Europe; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; achieved independence in 1991 Republic_of_South_Africa   A republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers) Republic_of_Suriname   A republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1975 Republic_of_Tajikistan   A landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet Republic_of_the_Congo   A republic in west-central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960 Republic_of_The_Gambia   A narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa Republic_of_the_Marshall_Islands   A republic (under United States protection) on the Marshall Islands Republic_of_the_Philippines   A republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946 Republic_of_the_Sudan   A republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956; involved in state-sponsored terrorism Republic_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago   An island republic in the West Indies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962 Republic_of_Tunisia   A republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast; achieved independence from France in 1956; "southern Tunisia is mostly desert" Republic_of_Turkey   A Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923 Republic_of_Uganda   A landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962 Republic_of_Uzbekistan   A landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an Asian soviet Republic_of_Vanuatu   A volcanic island republic in Melanesia; independent since 1980 Republic_of_Venezuela   A republic in northern South America on the Caribbean; achieved independence from Spain in 1811; rich in oil Back to top Republic_of_Yemen   A republic on the southwestern shores of the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean; formed in 1990 Republic_of_Zambia   A republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the Commonwealth in 1964 Republic_of_Zimbabwe   A landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980 Republish   Revive (a cancelled will or a libel) Republish   Publish again; "The scientist republished his results after he made some corrections" Republishing   The act of publishing again Repudiate   Refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement" Repudiate   Cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" Repudiate   Reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations" Repudiate   Refuse to recognize or pay; "repudiate a debt" Repudiated   Any connection is denied Repudiation   The exposure of falseness or pretensions; "the debunking of religion has been too successful" Repudiation   Refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities); "the repudiation of the debt by the city" Repudiation   Rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated" Repudiative   Rejecting emphatically; e.g. refusing to pay or disowning; "a veto is a repudiative act" Repugn   To make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race" Repugnance   Intense aversion Repugnance   The relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time Repugnant   Offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels" Repulse   An instance of driving away or warding off Back to top Repulse   Force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack" Repulse   Cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders" Repulse   Be repellent to; cause aversion in Repulsion   The act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand Repulsion   Intense aversion Repulsion   The force by which bodies repel one another Repulsive   So extremely ugly as to be terrifying; "a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask" Repulsive   Offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels" Repulsive(a)   Possessing the ability to repel; "a repulsive force" Repulsively   In an offensive and hateful manner; "I don''t know anyone who could have behaved so abominably" Repulsiveness   The quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions Repulsive_force   The force by which bodies repel one another Repurchase   The act of purchasing back something previously sold Repurchase   Buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away; "He bought back the house that his father sold years ago" Reputability   Honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation Reputable   Having a good reputation; "a reputable business"; "a reputable scientist"; "a reputable wine" Reputably   In a reputable manner Reputation   The general estimation that the public has for a person; "he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing"; "he was a person of bad report" Reputation   The state of being held in high esteem and honor Reputation   Notoriety for some particular characteristic; "his reputation for promiscuity" Back to top Repute   The state of being held in high esteem and honor Repute   Look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent" Reputed(a)   Commonly put forth or accepted as true on inconclusive grounds; "the foundling''s putative father"; "the reputed (or purported) author of the book"; "the supposed date of birth" Reputedly   By repute; according to general belief; "fish with reputedly poisonous flesh" Request   A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority Request   The verbal act of requesting Request   Express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" Request   Ask (a person) to do something; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript" Request   Inquire for (information); "I requested information from the secretary" Requested   Asked for; "the requested aid is forthcoming" Requiem   A Mass celebrated for the dead Requiem   A musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead Requiem   A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person Requiem_shark   Any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species Requiescat   A prayer for the repose of the soul of a dead person Require   Make someone do something Require   Consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren''t we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons" Require   Have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner" Require   Require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; Required   Required by rule; "in most schools physical education are compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading" Back to top Required   Necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful" Requirement   Something that is required in advance; "Latin was a prerequisite for admission" Requirement   Required activity; "the requirements of his work affected his health"; "there were many demands on his time" Requirement   Anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained" Requirements_contract   A contract in which you agree to purchase all your requirements of a particular sort from one party Requisite   Anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained" Requisite   Necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful" Requisiteness   The state of being absolutely required Requisition   Seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized Requisition   An official form on which a request in made; "first you have to fill out the requisition" Requisition   The act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use Requisition   Make a formal request for official services Requisition   Demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service Requisition_form   An official form on which a request in made; "first you have to fill out the requisition" Requital   An act of requiting; returning in kind Requital   A justly deserved penalty Requite   Make repayment for or return something Reread   Read anew; read again; "He re-read her letters to him" Rerebrace   Cannon that provides plate armor for the upper arm Reredos   A painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table Back to top Rerun   A program that is broadcast again; "she likes to watch `I love Lucy'' reruns" Rerun   Cause to perform again; "We have to rerun the subjects--they misunderstood the instructions" Rerun   Broadcast again, as of a film Rerun   Run again for office; "Bush wants to rerun in 1996" Rerun   Rerun a performance of a play, for example RES   A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells Resale   The selling of something purchased Rescale   Establish on a new scale Reschedule   Assign a new time and place for an event; "We had to reschedule the doctor''s appointment" Rescind   Annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" Rescindable   Capable of being rescinded or voided; "the judgment was rescindable"; "voidable contracts" Rescission   (law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made; recission may be brought about by decree or by mutual consent Rescript   Something that has been written again; "the rewrite was much better" Rescript   The act of rewriting something Rescript   A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there" Rescript   A reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality Rescriptor   A non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (trade name Rescriptor) used to treat AIDS and HIV Rescue   Recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon''s job is the saving of lives" Rescue   Take forcibly from legal custody; "rescue prisoners" Rescue   Free from harm or evil Back to top Rescued   Delivered from danger Rescuer   Someone who saves something from danger or violence Rescuer   A person who rescues you from harm or danger Rescue_equipment   Equipment used to rescue passengers in case of emergency Rescue_operation   An operation organized to free from danger or confinement Rescue_party   A party of rescuers Reseal   Seal again; "reseal the bottle after using the medicine" Research   Systematic investigation to establish facts Research   A search for knowledge; "their pottery deserves more research than it has received" Research   Inquire into Research   Attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner; "The student researched the history of that word" Researchable   Capable of being studied carefully and thoroughly and in detail Researcher   A scientist who devotes himself to doing research Research_center   A center where research is done Research_colloquium   A colloquium at which the results of (scientific) research are reported Research_director   A supervisor in a research center Research_effort   An attempt to solve some problem through research Research_facility   A center where research is done Research_lab   A workplace for the conduct of scientific research Research_laboratory   A workplace for the conduct of scientific research Back to top Research_project   Research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypotheses Research_rocket   A rocket fired for test purposes Research_staff   A group of associated research workers in a university or library or laboratory Research_worker   A scientist who devotes himself to doing research Reseat   Show to a different seat; "The usher insisted on reseating us" Reseat   Provide with new seats; "reseat Carnegie Hall" Reseat   Provide with a new seat; "reseat the old broken chair" Reseau   A network of fine lines used by astronomers as a reference for measurements on star photographs Reseau   A net or mesh foundation for lace Resect   Surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ Resection   Surgical removal of part of a structure or organ Reseda   Any plant of the genus Reseda Resedaceae   Mainly Mediterranean herbs: mignonette Reseda_luteola   European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America Reseda_odorata   Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance Reseed   Maintain by self-seeding; "Some plants reseed themselves indefinitely" Reseed   Seed again or anew Resell   Sell (something) again after having bought it Resemblance   Similarity in appearance or external or superficial details Resemble   Appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work" Back to top Resent   Feel bitter or indignant about; "She resents being paid less than her co-workers" Resent   Wish ill or allow unwillingly Resentful   Full of or marked by resentment or indignant ill will; "resentful at the way he was treated"; "a sullen resentful attitude" Resentfully   With resentment; in a resentful manner; "the best doctors would stay resentfully out of the national service, refusing to become the minions of a Minister" Resentment   A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will Reserpine   Antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil) Reservation   The act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion Reservation   The act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group); "wondered who had made the booking" Reservation   An unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly Reservation   Something reserved in advance (as a hotel accommodation or a seat on a plane etc.) Reservation   A statement that limits or restricts some claim; "he recommended her without any reservations" Reservation   The written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance Reservation   A district that is reserved for particular purpose Reserve   The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary Reserve   Formality and propriety of manner Reserve   Armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency Reserve   A district that is reserved for particular purpose Reserve   An athlete who plays only when another member of the team drops out Reserve   Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose Reserve   (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions Back to top Reserve   Give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research" Reserve   Obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance; "We managed to reserve a table at Maxim''s" Reserve   Hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency; "they held back their applause in anticipation" Reserve   Arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim''s" Reserve(a)   Kept in reserve especially for emergency use; "a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts" Reserve(a)   Not engaged in military action Reserved   Cool and formal in manner Reserved   Marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West Reserved   Set aside for the use of a particular person or party Reservedly   With reserve; in a reserved manner Reserves   Civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army Reserve_account   Funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments Reserve_assets   Capital held back from investment in order to meet probable or possible demands Reserve_bank   One of 12 regional banks that monitor and act as depositories for banks in their region Reserve_clause   A clause that used to be part of the contract with a professional athlete extending the contract for a year beyond its expiration; "the reserve clause was used to bind players to a particular ball club" Reserve_fund   Funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments Reserve_Officers_Training_Corps   A training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers Reservist   A member of a military reserve Reservoir   Tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil) Reservoir   Lake used to store water for community use Back to top Reservoir   Anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies; "an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival" Reservoir   A large or extra supply of something; "a reservoir of talent" Reset   Device for resetting instruments or controls Reset   Adjust again after an initial failure Reset   Set to zero; "reset instruments and dials" Reset   Set anew; "They re-set the date on the clock" Resettle   Settle in a new place; "The immigrants had to resettle" Resettled   Settled in a new location Resettlement   The transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) Reset_button   A push button that you press to activate the reset mechanism Resew   Sew again; "The cuff of the coat had been resewn" Resh   The 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet Reshape   Shape anew or differently; "The new foreign minister reshaped the foreign policy of his country" Reshape   Shape again or shape differently Reship   Place on a ship again or transfer to another ship; "reship the cargo" Reshipment   The act of shipping again (especially by transferring to another ship) Reshoot   Shoot again; "We had to reshoot that scene 24 times" Resht   City in northwestern Iran near the Caspian Sea Reshuffle   Shuffling again; "the gambler demanded a reshuffle" Reshuffle   A redistribution of something; "there was a reshuffle of cabinet officers" Back to top Reshuffle   Reorganize and assign posts to different people; "The new Prime Minister reshuffled his cabinet" Reshuffle   Shuffle again; "So as to prevent cheating, he was asked to reshuffle the cards" Reshuffling   Shuffling again; "the gambler demanded a reshuffle" Resid   Oil products that remain after petroleum has been distilled Reside   Live (in a certain place) Reside   Make one''s home or live in; "She resides officially in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The plains are sparsely populated" Reside   Be inherent or innate in; Residence   The act of dwelling in a place Residence   A large and imposing house Residence   The official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president); "he refused to live in the governor''s residence" Residence   Any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences" Residence_hall   A college or university building containing living quarters for students Residence_time   The period of time spent in a particular place Residency   The position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship) Residency   The act of dwelling in a place Resident   A physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital; "the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital" Resident   Someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there Resident   Living in a particular place; "resident aliens" Resident   Used of animals that do not migrate Residential   Used or designed for residence or limited to residences; "a residential hotel"; "a residential quarter"; "a residential college"; "residential zoning" Back to top Residential   Of or relating to or connected with residence; "a residential requirement for the doctorate" Residentially   Used as a residence Residential_area   A district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences Residential_district   A district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences Resident_commissioner   The representative of Puerto Rico in the United States House of Representatives Resident_physician   A physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital; "the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital" Residual   (often plural) a payment that is made to a performer or writer or director of a television show or commercial that is paid for every repeat showing; "he could retire on his residuals" Residual   Something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance" Residual   Relating to or indicating a remainder; "residual quantity" Residual_clay   The soil that is remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolved Residual_oil   Oil products that remain after petroleum has been distilled Residual_soil   The soil that is remaining after the soluble elements have been dissolved Residuary   Relating to or indicating a remainder; "residual quantity" Residuary   Entitled to the residue of an estate (after payment of debts and specific gifts); "the residuary part of the estate"; "the residuary beneficiary" Residue   Something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance" Residue   Matter that remains after something has been removed Residuum   Something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance" Resift   Sift anew Resign   Accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate" Resign   Part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" Back to top Resign   Leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" Resign   Give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary fo the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" Resignation   A formal document giving notice of your intention to resign; "he submitted his resignation as of next month" Resignation   The act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.) Resignation   Acceptance of despair Resigned   Showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject surrender" Resigned(p)   (followed by `to'') having come to accept; "resigned to his fate" Resignedly   In a hopeless resigned manner; "she shrugged her shoulders abjectly" Resignedly   With resignation and acceptance; in a resigned manner; "resignedly, I telegraphed back that it was all right with me if he insisted" Resile   Return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed; "The rubber tubes resile" Resile   Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" Resile   Spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" Resile   Draw back from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.; "The landlord cannot resile from the lease" Resilience   The physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit Resilience   An occurrence of rebounding or springing back Resiliency   The physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit Resiliency   An occurrence of rebounding or springing back Resilient   Rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resiliant as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf" Resilient   Recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like Resin   Any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules Back to top Resinate   Impregnate with resin to give a special flavor to; "Greek wines are often resinated" Resinated   Impregnated or flavored with resin; "resinated wine" Resinlike   Resembling resin in properties or texture Resinoid   A plastic containing resins Resinous   Having the characteristics of pitch or tar Resiny   Having the characteristics of pitch or tar Resist   Withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow" Resist   Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something Resist   Express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country" Resist   Refuse to comply Resist   Elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation" Resist   Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor" Resistance   The action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead" Resistance   The military action of resisting the enemy''s advance; "the enemy offered little resistance" Resistance   Group action in opposition to those in power Resistance   An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current Resistance   (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness Resistance   The degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) Resistance   A secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force Resistance   Any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion Back to top Resistance   A material''s opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms Resistance   (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease Resistance_pyrometer   Pyrometer that measures high temperatures by the resistance in a heated wire Resistance_thermometer   Thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the resistance of a spiral of platinum wire Resistance_unit   The reciprocal of conductance Resistant   Incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water" Resistant   Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority Resistant   Incapable of being affected; "resistant to persuasion" Resistant   Relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection) Resister   Someone who offers opposition Resister   Someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take Resistible   Capable of being resisted or withstood or frustrated; "a resistible attack"; "such resistible temptations" Resisting_arrest   Physical efforts to oppose a lawful arrest; the resistance is classified as assault and battery upon the person of the police officer attempting to make the arrest Resistive   Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority Resistive   Exhibiting or relating to electrical resistance; "resistive load" Resistivity   A material''s opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms Resistless   Offering no resistance; "resistless hostages"; "No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt Resistless   Impossible to resist; overpowering; "irresistible (or resistless) impulses"; "what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?" Resistor   An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current Resize   Change the size of; make the size more appropriate Back to top Resmudge   Smudge again Resole   Put a new sole on; "sole the shoes" Resolute   Characterized by quickness and firmness; "his reply was unhesitating" Resolute   Firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination; "stood resolute against the enemy"; "faced with a resolute opposition"; "a resolute and unshakeable faith" Resolutely   Showing firm determination or purpose; "she resolutely refused to look at him or speak to him"; "he entered the building resolutely" Resolutely   With firmness; "`I will come along,'' she said decisively" Resoluteness   The trait of being resolute; firmness of purpose; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work" Resolution   Finding a solution to a problem Resolution   A decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner; "he always wrote down his New Year''s resolutions" Resolution   The trait of being resolute; firmness of purpose; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work" Resolution   Analysis into clear-cut components Resolution   Something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "the finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure" Resolution   A formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote Resolution   A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places" Resolution   (music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord Resolution   The subsidence of swelling or others signs of inflammation (especially in a lung) Resolution   The ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together Resolution   (computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture Resolvable   Capable of being settled or resolved; "all disputed points are potentially resolvable"; "a resolvable quarrel" Resolvable   Possible to solve; "such problems are perfectly solvable" Back to top Resolve   The trait of being resolute; firmness of purpose; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work" Resolve   A formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote Resolve   Cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" Resolve   Understand the meaning of; "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered" Resolve   Bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance" Resolve   Reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again" Resolve   Find the solution; "solve an equation"; "solve for x" Resolve   Reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation Resolve   Make clearly visible; "can this image be resolved?" Resolved   Determined; "she was firmly resolved to be a doctor"; "single-minded in his determination to stop smoking" Resolved   Explained or answered; "mysteries solved and unsolved; problems resolved and unresolved" Resolvent   A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution" Resolving   Analysis into clear-cut components Resolving_power   The ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together Resonance   The quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities Resonance   Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant Resonance   A vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system Resonance   An excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation Resonance   Relation of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people Resonant   Inducing resonance; "resonant frequency" Back to top Resonant   Characterized by reverberation; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder" Resonant_circuit   An electrical circuit that combines capacitance and inductance in such a way that a periodic electric oscillation will reach maximum amplitude Resonate   Be received or understood Resonate   Sound with resonance; "The sound resonates well in this theater" Resonating   Characterized by reverberation; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder" Resonating_chamber   A hollow chamber whose dimensions allow the resonant oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves Resonator   Any system that resonates Resonator   An electrical circuit that combines capacitance and inductance in such a way that a periodic electric oscillation will reach maximum amplitude Resonator   A hollow chamber whose dimensions allow the resonant oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves Resorb   Undergo resorption Resorcinol   A crystalline phenol obtained from various resins; used in ointments for acne and in dandruff shampoos Resorcinolphthalein   A yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative flu Resorption   The organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation Resort   Act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort" Resort   Something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying" Resort   A frequently visited place Resort   A hotel located in a resort area Resort   Move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods" Resort   Have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat" Resort_area   An area where many people go for recreation Back to top Resort_hotel   A fashionable hotel usually in a resort area Resort_hotel   A hotel located in a resort area Resound   Emit a noise Resound   Ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter" Resounding   Characterized by reverberation; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder" Resoundingly   In a resounding manner; "he then so resoundingly denounced his former friend" Resource   A source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed; "the local library is a valuable resource" Resource   The ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; "a man of resource" Resource   Available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed Resourceful   Having inner resources; adroit or imaginative; "someone who is resourceful is capable of dealing with difficult situations"; "an able and resourceful politician"; "the most resourceful cook in town" Resourcefully   In a resourceful manner Resourcefulness   The quality of being able to cope with a difficult situation; "a man of great resourcefulness" Resourcefulness   The ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; "a man of resource" Resourceless   Lacking or deficient in natural resources Respect   Behavior intended to please your parents; "their children were never very strong on obedience"; "he went to law school out of respect for his father''s wishes" Respect   A courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; "his deference to her wishes was very flattering"; "be sure to give my respects to the dean" Respect   Courteous regard for people''s feelings; "in deference to your wishes"; "out of respect for his privacy" Respect   (usually preceded by `in'') a detail or point; "it differs in that respect" Respect   An attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him" Respect   A feeling of friendship and esteem; "she mistook his manly regard for love"; "he inspires respect" Back to top Respect   The condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard" Respect   Regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity" Respect   Show respect towards; "honor your parents!" Respectability   Honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation Respectable   Large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable fortune" Respectable   Deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies give guarantees"; "ruined the family''s good name" Respectable   Worthy of respect; "a respectable woman" Respectably   In a decent and morally reputable manner; "the film ends with the middle-aged romancers respectably married" Respectably   To a tolerably worthy extent; "he did respectably well for his age" Respected   Having or worthy of pride; "redoubtable scholar of the Renaissance"; "born of a redoubtable family" Respected   Receiving deferential regard; "a respected family" Respecter   A person who respects someone or something; usually used in the negative; "X is no respecter of Y" Respectful   Full of or exhibiting respect; "respectful behavior"; "a respectful glance" Respectful   Feeling or manifesting veneration Respectfully   In a respectful manner; "might I respectfully suggest to the Town Council that they should adopt a policy of masterly inactivity?" Respectfulness   Courteous regard for people''s feelings; "in deference to your wishes"; "out of respect for his privacy" Respective(a)   Considered individually; "the respective club members"; "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports all agreed" Respectively   In the order given; "the brothers were called Felix and Max, respectively" Respects   (often used with `pay'') a formal expression of esteem; "he paid his respects to the mayor" Respect_to   (usually preceded by `with'') relation of delimitation; "he inquired with respect to the address" Back to top Respighi   Italian composer remembered for his symphonic poems (1879-1936) Respiration   The metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic moelcules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lu Respiration   The bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation Respiration   A single complete act of breathing in and out; "thirty respirations per minute" Respirator   A protective mask with a filter; protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases Respirator   A breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration Respiratory   Pertaining to respiration; "respiratory assistance" Respiratory_acidosis   Acidosis resulting from reduced gas exchange in the lungs (as in emphysema or pneumonia); excess carbon dioxide combines with water to form carbonic acid which increases the acidity of the blood Respiratory_alkalosis   Alkalosis resulting from increased gas exchange in the lungs (as in hyperventilation associated with extreme anxiety or aspirin intoxication or metabolic acidosis) Respiratory_center   The center in the medulla oblongata and pons that integrates sensory information about the level of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood and determines the signals to be sent to the respiratory muscles Respiratory_disease   A disease affecting the respiratory system Respiratory_disorder   A disease affecting the respiratory system Respiratory_distress_syndrome   An acute lung disease of the newborn (especially the premature newborn); lungs cannot expand because of a wetting agent is lacking; characterized by rapid shallow breathing and cyanosis and the formation of a glassy hyaline membrane over the alveoli Respiratory_distress_syndrome_of_the_newborn   An acute lung disease of the newborn (especially the premature newborn); lungs cannot expand because of a wetting agent is lacking; characterized by rapid shallow breathing and cyanosis and the formation of a glassy hyaline membrane over the alveoli Respiratory_illness   A disease affecting the respiratory system Respiratory_infection   Any infection of the respiratory tract Respiratory_organ   Any organ involved in the process of respiration Respiratory_quotient   The ratio of the volume of carbon dioxide expired to the volume of oxygen consumed by an organism or cell in a given period of time Respiratory_rate   The rate at which a person inhales and exhales; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person''s health Respiratory_syncytial_virus   A paramyxovirus that forms syncytia in tissue culture and that is responsible for severe respiratory diseases such as bronchiolitis and bronchial pneumonia (especially in children) Back to top Respiratory_system   The system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide; in terrestrial animals this is accomplished by breathing Respiratory_tract   The passages through which air enters and leaves the body Respiratory_tract_infection   Any infection of the respiratory tract Respire   Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring" Respire   Undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbonmonoxide Respire   Breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety Respite   A pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" Respite   The act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment Respite   An interruption in the intensity or amount of something Respite   A (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort Respite   A pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests" Respite   Postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution Resplend   Be resplendent or radiant; to shine brightly; "The Queen''s garments resplended in velvet and jewels" Resplendence   Brilliant radiant beauty; "the glory of the sunrise" Resplendency   Brilliant radiant beauty; "the glory of the sunrise" Resplendent   Having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity" Resplendent   Richly and brilliantly colorful Resplendently   In an impressively beautiful manner; "the Princess was gorgeously dressed" Resplendent_quetzel   Very rare Central American bird; the national bird of Guatemala Resplendent_trogon   Very rare Central American bird; the national bird of Guatemala Back to top Respond   Show a response or a reaction to something Respond   Respond favorably or as hoped; "The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy" Respond   Reply or respond to; "She didn''t want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation" Respondent   Someone who responds Respondent   The codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent Respondent   Replying; "an answering glance"; "an answering smile" Responder   Someone who responds Response   A bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age" Response   A phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister Response   The manner in which something is greeted; "she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors" Response   A statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics" Response   The speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his reply" Response   A result; "this situation developed in response to events in Africa" Response_time   The time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it Responsibility   The social force that binds you to your obligations and the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- Jo Responsibility   A form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one''s conduct; "he holds a position of great responsibility" Responsibility   The proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his province to take care of himself" Responsible   Being the agent or cause; "determined who was the responsible party"; "termites were responsible for the damage" Responsible   Worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable; "a responsible adult"; "responsible journalism"; "a responsible position"; "the captain is responsible for the ship''s safety"; "the cabinet is responsible to the parliament" Responsible   Having an acceptable credit rating; "a responsible borrower" Back to top Responsibleness   A form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one''s conduct; "he holds a position of great responsibility" Responsible_for(p)   Being the agent or cause; "determined who was the responsible party"; "termites were responsible for the damage" Responsibly   In a responsible manner; "we must act responsibly" Responsive   Readily reacting to people or events; showing emotion; "children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience" Responsive   Susceptible to the feelings or attitudes of others; "keeping government in America responsive to the will of the people" Responsive   Readily reacting to suggestions and influences; "a responsive student" Responsive   Containing or using responses or antiphons recited or sung in alternation; "responsive reading"; "antiphonal liturgy" Responsiveness   The quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to people and events Responsiveness   Responsive to stimulation Rest   Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" Rest   A support on which things can be put; "the gun was steadied on a special rest" Rest   A musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration Rest   Something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance" Rest   Euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep" Rest   A state of inaction; "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon" Rest   A pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests" Rest   Be at rest Rest   Stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week" Rest   Take a short break from one''s activities in order to relax Rest   Give a rest to; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment" Back to top Rest   Rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head" Rest   Sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the treee" Rest   Not move; be in a resting position Rest   Put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying; "Rest your head on my shoulder" Rest   Be inactive, refrain from acting; "The committee is resting over the summer" Rest   Be inherent or innate in; Rest   Have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies" Rest-cure   Rest as a medical treatment for stress or anxiety etc. Rest-harrow   European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners Rest-harrow   Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots Restart   Take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations" Restart   Start an engine again, for example Restate   To say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" Restatement   A revised statement Restaurant   A building where people go to eat Restauranter   The proprietor of a restaurant Restaurant_attendant   Someone employed to provide service in a dining room Restaurant_chain   A chain of restaurants Restaurateur   The proprietor of a restaurant Rested   Not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing; "came back rested from her vacation" Back to top Rester   A person who rests Restful   Affording or marked by rest or repose; "the time spent was pleasant and relaxing"; "a restful night"; "a cool and reposeful glen" Restfully   In a restful manner; "the streets are restfully sunny and still for the town is at mass" Restfulness   The attribute of being restful; "he longed for the restfulness of home" Restharrow   European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners Restharrow   Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots Resting_potential   The potential difference between the two sides of the membrane of a nerve cell when the cell is not conducting an impulse Restitute   Restore to a previous or better condition; "They renovated the ceiling of the Sixtine Chapel" Restitute   Give or bring back; "Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner" Restitution   Getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing" Restitution   The act of restoring something to its original state Restitution   A sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury Restive   Impatient especially under restriction or delay; "the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive" Restive   Being in a tense state Restively   In a restive manner; "he sat down again, restively" Restiveness   Characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright Restiveness   The anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters Restless   Worried and uneasy Restless   Ceaselessly in motion; "the restless sea"; "the restless wind" Restless   Unable to relax or be still; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "itchy for excitement"; "a restless child" Back to top Restless   Marked by a lack of quiet; not conducive to rest; "spent a restless night"; "fell into an uneasy sleep" Restlessly   In a restless manner; "he cracked his knuckles restlessly" Restlessness   Inability to rest or relax or be still Restlessness   The quality of being ceaselessly moving or active; "the restlessness of the wind" Restlessness   A feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; "he''s got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness" Restlessness   A lack of patience; irritation with anything that causes delay Restless_legs   Feeling of uneasiness and restlessness in the legs after going to bed (sometimes causing insomnia); may be relieved temporarily by walking or moving the legs Restless_legs_syndrome   Feeling of uneasiness and restlessness in the legs after going to bed (sometimes causing insomnia); may be relieved temporarily by walking or moving the legs Restock   Stock again; "He restocked his land with pheasants" Restoration   Getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing" Restoration   The act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state Restoration   The re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660 Restoration   A model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc. Restoration   Some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; "the restoration looked exactly like the original" Restoration   The state of being restored to its former good condition; "the inn was a renovation of a Colonial house" Restoration   The reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685 Restorative   A device for treating injury or disease Restorative   A medicine that strengthens and invigorates Restorative   Promoting recuperation; "recuperative powers"; "strongly recuperative remedies"; "restorative effects of exercise" Restorative   Tending to impart new life and vigor to; "the renewing warmth of the sunshine" Back to top Restore   Return to life; get or give new life or energy; "The week at the spa restored me" Restore   Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" Restore   Give or bring back; "Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner" Restore   Bring back into original existence, use, function, or position; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in the region"; "restore the emperor to the throne" Restore   Return to its original or usable and functioning condition; "restore the forest to its original pristine condition" Restored   Brought back to original condition; "a restored painting"; "felt a restored faith in human beings" Restorer   A skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture Restoril   A frequently prescribed benzodiazepine (trade name Restoril); takes effect slowly and lasts long enough to help those people who wake up frequently during the night Restrain   Place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" Restrain   Hold back Restrain   To close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists h Restrain   To compel or deter by or as if by threats Restrain   Keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool" Restrained   Prudent; "guarded optimism" Restrained   Cool and formal in manner Restrained   Free from ostentation or pretension; "the restrained elegance of the room" Restrained   Not showy or obtrusive; "clothes in quiet good taste" Restrained   Under restraint Restrained   Marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response" Restrainer   A person who directs and restrains Back to top Restrainer   A chemical that is added to a photographic developer in order to retard development and reduce the amount of fog on a film Restraint   The of act controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade" Restraint   A device that retards something''s motion; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted" Restraint   Lack of ornamentation; "the room was simply decorated with great restraint" Restraint   Discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself" Restraint   A rule or condition that limits freedom; "legal restraints"; "restraints imposed on imports" Restraint   The state of being physically constrained; "dogs should be kept under restraint" Restraint_of_trade   Any act that tends to prevent free competition in business Restrengthen   Make strong again Restrict   Make more specific; "qualify these remarks" Restrict   Place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" Restrict   Place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school" Restrict   Place under restrictions; limit access to; "This substance is controlled" Restricted   The lowest level of official classification for documents Restricted   Curbed or regulated; "controlled emotions" Restricted   Restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man'' in `a tall man'') Restricted   Subject to restriction or subjected to restriction; "of restricted importance" Restricting   Restricting the scope or freedom of action Restriction   An act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation) Restriction   The act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) Back to top Restriction   A principle that limits the extent of something; "I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements" Restriction_endonuclease   Any of the enzymes that cut nucleic acid at specific restriction sites and produce restriction fragments; obtained from bacteria (where they cripple viral invaders); used in recombinant DNA technology Restriction_enzyme   Any of the enzymes that cut nucleic acid at specific restriction sites and produce restriction fragments; obtained from bacteria (where they cripple viral invaders); used in recombinant DNA technology Restriction_fragment   The fragment of DNA that is produced by cleaving DNA with a restriction enzyme Restriction_nuclease   Any of the enzymes that cut nucleic acid at specific restriction sites and produce restriction fragments; obtained from bacteria (where they cripple viral invaders); used in recombinant DNA technology Restriction_site   The specific sites at which a restriction enzyme will cleave DNA Restrictive   (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports Restrictive   Serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments" Restrictively   In a restrictive manner; "this relative clause is used restrictively" Restrictiveness   Modification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat'' has a more specific meaning than `hat'') Restrictive_clause   A subordinate clause that limits or restricts the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies Restroom   A toilet that is available to the public Restructure   Construct or form anew or provide with a new structure; "After his accident, he had to restructure his life"; "The governing board was reconstituted" Rest_area   Designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily; "in England they call a rest area a lay-by" Rest_day   A day set aside for rest Rest_energy   The energy equivalent to the mass of a particle at rest in an inertial frame of reference; equal to the rest mass times the square of the speed of light Rest_home   An institution where people are cared for; "a home for the elderly" Rest_house   A building used for shelter by travelers (especially in areas where there are no hotels) Rest_mass   (physics) the mass of a body as measured when the body is at rest relative to an observer, an inherent property of the body Rest_on   Rest on for support; "you can lean on me if you get tired" Back to top Rest_on   Be based on; of theories and claims, for example; "What''s this new evidence based on?" Rest_period   A pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests" Rest_stop   Designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily; "in England they call a rest area a lay-by" Resublime   Sublime (a compound) once again Resublimed   That is sublimed again Resubmit   Submit (information) again to a program or automatic system Result   The semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause Result   A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places" Result   Something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio" Result   A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" Result   Issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end; "result in tragedy" Result   Result in; "The water left a mark on the silk dress"; "Her blood left a stain on the napkin" Resultant   A vector that is the sum of two or more other vectors Resultant   Something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio" Resultant   The final point in a process Resultant   Following as an effect or result; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"; "the health of the plants and the resulting flowers" Resultant_role   The semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause Resulting(a)   Following as an effect or result; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"; "the health of the plants and the resulting flowers" Resulting_trust   A trust created by a court when it is judged that it was the intention of the parties to create a trust Resume   A summary of your academic and work history Back to top Resume   Short descriptive summary (of events) Resume   Take up or begin anew; "We resumed the negotiations" Resume   Return to a previous location or condition; "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it" Resume   Give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize" Resume   Assume anew; "resume a title"; "resume an office"; "resume one''s duties" Resumption   Beginning again Resupine   Lying face upward Resurface   Appear again; "The missing man suddenly resurfaced in New York" Resurface   Cover with a new surface Resurface   Reappear on the surface Resurge   Rise again; "His need for a meal resurged"; "The candidate resurged after leaving politics for several years" Resurgence   Bringing again into activity and prominence; "the revival of trade"; "a revival of a neglected play by Moliere"; "the Gothic revival in architecture" Resurgent   Surging or sweeping back again Resurgent   Rising again as to new life and vigor; "resurgent nationalism" Resurrect   Cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising ghosts" Resurrect   Return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise" Resurrect   Restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina" Resurrection   Revival from inactivity and disuse; "it produced a resurrection of hope" Resurrection   (New Testament) the rising of Christ on the third day after the Crucifixion Resurrection_fern   Fern growing on rocks or tree trunks and having fronds grayish and scurfy below; Americas and South Africa Back to top Resurrection_of_Christ   (New Testament) the rising of Christ on the third day after the Crucifixion Resurrection_plant   Small gray Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist Resurrection_plant   Densely tufted fern ally of southwestern United States to Peru; curls up in a tight ball when dry and expands and grows under moist conditions Resurvey   A new survey or study Resuscitate   Return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection" Resuscitate   Cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the comatose man" Resuscitated   Restored to life or consciousness Resuscitation   Act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness; "although he was apparently drowned, resuscitation was accomplished by artificial respiration" Resuscitator   A breathing apparatus used for resuscitation by forcing oxygen into the lungs of a person who has undergone asphyxia or arrest of respiration Resuspend   Put back into suspension; "resuspend particles" Resuspension   A renewed suspension of insoluble particles after they have been precipitated Res_adjudicata   A matter already settled in court; cannot be raised again Res_gestae   Things done Res_gestae   Rule of evidence that covers words that are so closely associated with an occurrence that the words are considered part of the occurrence and as such their report does not violate the hearsay rule Res_ipsa_loquitur   A rule of evidence whereby the negligence of an alleged wrongdoer can be inferred from the fact that the accident happened Res_judicata   A matter already settled in court; cannot be raised again Res_publica   A politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation''s capitol"; "the country''s largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" Ret   Of flax, hemp, or jute, so as to promote loosening of the fibers form the woody tissue Retail   The selling of goods to consumers; usually in small quantities and not for resale Retail   Sell on the retail market Back to top Retail   Be sold at the retail level; "These gems retail at thousands of dollars each" Retail   Selling or related to selling direct to the consumer; "retail trade"; "retail business"; "retail price" Retail   At a retail price; "I''ll sell it to you retail only" Retailer   A merchant who sells goods at retail Retailing   The activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers Retail_chain   A chain of retail stores Retail_merchant   A merchant who sells goods at retail Retail_price_index   An index of changes in retail prices Retail_store   A place of business for retailing goods Retain   Keep in one''s mind; "I cannot retain so much information" Retain   Secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree" Retain   Allow to remain in a place or position; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family''s fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the Retain   Hold within; "This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time" Retained   Continued in your keeping or use or memory; "in...the retained pattern of dancers and guests remembered" Retained_object   An object in a passive construction Retainer   A dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in position after orthodontic treatment Retainer   A person working in the service of another (especially in the household) Retainer   A fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone Retaining   Designed for (usually temporary) retention; "a holding pen"; "a retaining wall" Retaining_wall   A wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth) Back to top Retake   A shot or scene that is photographed again Retake   Photograph again; "Please retake that scene" Retake   Capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner" Retake   Take back by force, as after a battle; "The military forces managed to recapture the fort" Retaking   The act of taking something back Retaliate   Make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil; "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants struck back and won the opener"; "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing" Retaliate   Take revenge for a perceived wrong; "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother" Retaliation   Action taken in return for an injury or offense Retaliator   Someone who takes vengeance Retaliatory   Of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye" Retaliatory_eviction   An eviction in reprisal for the tenant''s good-faith complaints against the landlord; illegal in many states Retama   Small genus of mediterranean shrubs; often included in genus Genista Retama_raetam   Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista Retard   A person of subnormal intelligence Retard   Cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate" Retard   Lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" Retard   Slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child''s language development" Retard   Be delayed Retardant   Any agent that retards or delays or hinders; "flame-retardant" Retardation   The act of slowing down or falling behind Back to top Retardation   A decrease in speed; "the deceleration of the arms race" Retardation   Lack of normal development of intellectual capacities Retardation   Any agent that retards or delays or hinders; "flame-retardant" Retardation   The extent to which something is delayed or held back Retarded   Relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development; "providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded" Retarded_depression   A state of clinical depression in which the individual is lethargic and slow to initiate action Retardent   Any agent that retards or delays or hinders; "flame-retardant" Retarding_force   The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid Retch   An involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves" Retch   Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" Retch   Make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit Rete   A network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels Retell   To say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" Retell   Make into fiction; "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel" Retell   Render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story" Retem   Desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista Retention   The act of keeping in your possession Retention   The power of retaining liquid; "moisture retentivity of soil" Retention   The power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had a good memory when he was younger" Retentive   Tending to retain; "a retentive memory"; "soils retentive of moisture" Back to top Retentively   In a retentive manner Retentiveness   The power of retaining liquid; "moisture retentivity of soil" Retentiveness   The property of retaining possessions that have been acquired Retentiveness   The power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had a good memory when he was younger" Retentivity   The power of retaining liquid; "moisture retentivity of soil" Rete_Malpighii   The innermost layer of the epidermis Rete_testis   Network of tubules carrying sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vasa efferentia Rethink   Thinking again about a choice previously made; "he had second thoughts about his purchase" Rethink   Change one''s mind; "He rethought his decision to take a vacation" Reticence   The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary Reticent   Reluctant to draw attention to yourself Reticent   Cool and formal in manner Reticent   Temperamentally disinclined to talk Reticently   With reticence; in a reticent manner; "she answered the questions reticently" Retick   Sew; "tick a mattress" Reticle   A network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument Reticular   Resembling or forming a network; "the reticulate veins of a leaf"; "a reticulated highway system" Reticular_activating_system   The network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function Reticular_formation   A complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem; monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone Reticulate   Divide so as to form a network Back to top Reticulate   Distribute by a network, as of water or electricity Reticulate   Form a net or a network Reticulate   Resembling or forming a network; "the reticulate veins of a leaf"; "a reticulated highway system" Reticulated   Resembling or forming a network; "the reticulate veins of a leaf"; "a reticulated highway system" Reticulated_python   Of southeast Asia and East Indies; the largest snake in the world Reticulation   An arrangement resembling a net or network; "the reticulation of a leaf"; "the reticulation of a photographic emulsion" Reticulation   (photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion Reticule   A network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument Reticule   A woman''s drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries Reticulitermes   Includes species highly destructive to structures and living trees Reticulitermes_flanipes   Destructive United States termite Reticulitermes_lucifugus   Destructive European termite Reticulocyte   An immature red blood cell containing a network of filaments or granules Reticuloendothelial_system   A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells Reticulum   The second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant Reticulum   Any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels) Reticulum   A small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Hydrus Retie   Tie again or anew; "retie the string and make it strong enough now" Retina   The light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve Retinal   Either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from Rhodopsin by the action of light Back to top Retinal   In or relating to the retina of the eye; "retinal cells" Retinal_cone   Visual receptor cell sensitive to color Retinal_detachment   Visual impairment resulting from the retina becoming separated from the choroid in the back of the eye; treated by photocoagulation Retinal_purple   A red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light Retinal_rod   Visual receptor cell sensitive to dim light Retinal_scanning   Biometric identification by scanning the retina of the eye; "identification by retinal scanning is complicated by eye movements" Retinene   Either of two yellow to red retinal pigments formed from Rhodopsin by the action of light Retinitis   Inflammation of the retina Retinoblastoma   Malignant ocular tumor of retinal cells; usually occurs before the third year of life; composed of primitive small round retinal cells Retinol   An unsaturated alcohol that occurs in marine fish-liver oils and is synthesized biologically from carotene Retinue   The group following and attending to some important person Retire   Go to bed in order to sleep; "I usually turn in at midnight"; "He turns out at the crack of dawn" Retire   Cause to retire; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base" Retire   Cause to be out on a fielding play Retire   Lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died" Retire   Move back and away from; "The enemy fell back" Retire   Pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" Retire   Dispose of; as of old clothes; "She finally retired that old coat" Retire   Go into retirement; stop performing one''s work or withdraw from one''s position; "He retired at age 68" Retire   Withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess" Back to top Retire   Make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal" Retire   Break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" Retire   Withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds Retired   No longer active in your work or profession Retired   Honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus'' as in `professor emeritus''; `retired from assigned duties'' need not imply that one is inactive Retired   Discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a pension; "a superannuated civil servant" Retired   Not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out" Retired   (of a ship) withdrawn from active service; "the ship was placed out of service after the war" Retired_person   Someone who has retired from active working Retiree   Someone who has retired from active working Retirement   Withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation; "a religious retreat" Retirement   Withdrawal from your position or occupation Retirement   The state of being retired from one''s business or occupation Retirement_account   A plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement Retirement_benefit   A monthly payment made to someone who is retired from work Retirement_check   A monthly payment made to someone who is retired from work Retirement_fund   A monthly payment made to someone who is retired from work Retirement_pension   A monthly payment made to someone who is retired from work Retirement_plan   A plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement Retirement_program   A plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement Back to top Retirement_savings_account   A plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement Retirement_savings_plan   A plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement Retiring   Moving toward a position farther from the front; "the receding glaciers of the last ice age"; "retiring fogs revealed the rocky coastline" Retiring   Not arrogant or presuming; "unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work"; "a shy retiring girl" Retiring   Not blatant or overly aggressive in manner or appearance; "a retiring disposition" Retiring(a)   Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board" Retool   Provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools Retool   Revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving; "We must retool the town''s economy" Retort   A vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat Retort   A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" Retort   Answer back Retouch   Alter so as to produce a more desirable appearance; "This photograph has been retouched!" Retouch   Give retouches to (hair); "retouch the roots" Retrace   Reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago" Retrace   To go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path" Retract   Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" Retract   Pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws" Retract   Use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) Retract   Pull away from a source of disgust or fear Retractable   Capable of being retracted; "retractable landing gear" Back to top Retracted   Drawn back and in; "a cat with retracted claws" Retractile   Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back; "cats have retractile claws" Retraction   The act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back; "the retraction of the landing gear"; "retraction of the foreskin" Retraction   A disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion Retractor   Surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision Retrain   Train again; "He is retraining to become an IT worker" Retrain   Teach new skills; "We must retrain the linguists who cannot find employment" Retraining   Training for a new occupation Retral   At or near or toward the posterior Retral   Moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction Retranslate   Translate again Retransmit   Transmit again Retread   A used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads Retread   Give new treads to (a tire) Retread   Use again in altered form; "retread an old plot" Retreat   Withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation; "a religious retreat" Retreat   (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy''s superior forces or after a defeat; "the disorderly retreat of French troops" Retreat   An area where you can be alone Retreat   (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset Retreat   (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position Back to top Retreat   A place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet Retreat   Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We''ll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns" Retreat   Pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" Retreat   Move back; "The glacier retrogrades" Retreat   Move away, as for privacy; "The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer" Retreatant   A participant in a religious retreat Retreated   People who have retreated; "he had only contempt for the retreated" Retreating   Moving back or away Retrench   Make a reduction, as in one''s workforce; "The company had to retrench" Retrench   Tighten one''s belt; use resources carefully Retrenchment   The reduction of expenditures in order to become financial stable Retrenchment   Entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense Retrial   A new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court; occurs when the initial trial is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural errors Retribution   The act of correcting for your wrongdoing Retribution   The act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"--Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great Retribution   A justly deserved penalty Retributive   Given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts; "retributive justice" Retributive   Of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye" Retributory   Given or inflicted in requital according to merits or deserts; "retributive justice" Retributory   Of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye" Back to top Retrievable   Capable of being regained especially with effort; "he believed the information was retrievable" Retrieval   The act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) Retrieval   The cognitive operation of accessing information in memory; "my retrieval of people''s names is very poor" Retrieval   (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer''s memory Retrieve   Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can''t remember saying any such thing"; "I can''t think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" Retrieve   Of trained dogs Retrieve   Get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" Retriever   A dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game Retro   A fashion reminiscent of the past Retro   Affecting things past; "retroactive tax increase"; "an ex-post-facto law"; "retro pay" Retroactive   Affecting things past; "retroactive tax increase"; "an ex-post-facto law"; "retro pay" Retroactive   Descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously Retroactively   After the fact; "he will get paid retroactively" Retrobulbar_neuritis   Inflammation of the optic nerve behind the eye; common in multiple sclerosis Retrofit   The act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured; "the court ordered a retrofit on all automobiles" Retrofit   A component or accessory added to something after it has been manufactured Retrofit   Substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones; "The laboratory retrofitted to meet the safety codes" Retrofit   Fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house; "The mansion was retrofitted with modern plumbing" Retrofit   Provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture; "They car companies retrofitted all the old models with new carburetors" Retroflection   The act of bending backward Back to top Retroflection   An articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth Retroflection   A turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part; "retroversion of the uterus" Retroflex   Articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate; "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants" Retroflex   Bend or turn backward Retroflex   Pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate Retroflex   Bent or curved backward Retroflexed   Bent or curved backward Retroflexion   The act of bending backward Retroflexion   An articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth Retroflexion   A turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part; "retroversion of the uterus" Retrograde   Get worse; fall back to a previous or worse condition Retrograde   Go back over; "retrograde arguments" Retrograde   Move back; "The glacier retrogrades" Retrograde   Move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets" Retrograde   Move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies Retrograde   Of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma Retrograde   Moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction Retrograde   Moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth Retrograde   Going from better to worse Retrograde_amnesia   Loss of memory for events immediately preceding a trauma Back to top Retrogress   Go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals" Retrogress   Get worse; fall back to a previous or worse condition Retrogression   Returning to a former state Retrogression   Passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form Retrogressive   Going from better to worse Retromandibular_vein   Posterior branch of the facial vein; formed by temporal veins in front of the ear Retrophyllum   Small genus of tropical evergreen dioecious shrubs or trees of Oceania and tropical South America Retrorocket   A small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft that is fired to slow or alter its course Retrorse   Bent or curved backward or downward; "leaves with retrorse barbs" Retrospect   Contemplation of things past; "in retrospect" Retrospect   Look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events, etc.); remember; "she reviewed her achievements with pride" Retrospection   Memory for experiences that are past; "some psychologists tried to contrast retrospection and introspection" Retrospection   Reference to things past; "the story begins with no introductory retrospections" Retrospective   An exhibition of a representative selection of an artist''s life work Retrospective   Concerned with or related to the past; "retrospective self-justification" Retrospectively   In a manner contemplative of past events; "retrospectively, he seems like a great artist" Retrousse   (used of noses) turned up at the end; "a retrousse nose"; "a small upturned nose" Retroversion   Returning to a former state Retroversion   Translation back into the original language; "the teacher translated Latin texts into English which he gave to his students for retroversion" Retroversion   A turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part; "retroversion of the uterus" Back to top Retrovert   Go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules" Retrovir   An antiviral drug (trade name Retrovir) used in the treatment of AIDS; adverse side effects include liver damage and suppression of the bone marrow Retrovirus   Any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA) Retrovision   A vision of events in the distant past Retry   Hear or try a court case anew Retsina   Greek wine flavored with resin Return   The act of someone appearing again; "his reappearance as Hamlet has been long awaited" Return   A coming to or returning home; "on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party" Return   Getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing" Return   The act of returning to a prior location; "they set out on their return to the base camp" Return   (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble Return   A tennis stroke that returns the ball to the other player; "he won the point on a cross-court return" Return   A reciprocal group action; "in return we gave them as good as we got" Return   The key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed Return   Document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer''s tax liability; "his gross income was enough that he had to file a tax return" Return   A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" Return   Happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring" Return   The occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction Return   The income arising from land or other property; "the average return was about 5%" Return   Go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules" Back to top Return   Be restored; "Her old vigor returned" Return   Answer back Return   Submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body" Return   Go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his" Return   Pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" Return   Make a return; "return a kickback" Return   Give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year''s crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" Return   Come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity Return   Return to a previous position; in mathematics; "The point returned to the interior of the figure" Return   Bring back to the point of departure Return   Be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" Return   Pay back; "Please refund me my money" Return   Give back; "render money" Return   Return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love" Return   Elect again Returnable   That may be returned; "returnable bottles and cans"; "this merchandise is returnable if you save the receipt" Returning   Tending to return to an earlier state Returning(a)   Tending to be turned back Returning_officer   The official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the results Return_address   The address of the sender of a letter or parcel indicating where it should be returned if it cannot be delivered Back to top Return_key   The key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed Return_ticket   A ticket to a place and back (usually over the same route) Reuben   A hot sandwich with corned beef and Swiss cheese and sauerkraut on rye bread Reuben   (Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel Reuben_Lucius_Goldberg   United States cartoonist who drew intricate diagrams of very complicated and impractical contraptions that accomplished little or nothing (1883-1970) Reunification   The act of coming together again; "monetary unification precipitated the reunification of the German state in October 1990" Reunify   Unify again, as of a country; "Will Korea reunify?" Reunion   The act of coming together again; "monetary unification precipitated the reunification of the German state in October 1990" Reunion   A party of former associates who have come together again Reunite   Unify again, as of a country; "Will Korea reunify?" Reunite   Have a reunion; unite again Reuptake   A process of using up or consuming again; "psychopharmacologists discovered that amine reuptake is a process that inactivates monoamine neurotransmitters" Reusable   Not designed to be thrown away after use Reusable   Possible to use again Reusable_program   A program that can be loaded once and executed repeatedly Reusable_routine   A routine that can be loaded once and executed repeatedly Reuse   Use again after processing; "We must recycle the cardboard boxes" Rev   Rate of revolution of a motor; "the engine was doing 6000 revs" Rev   Increase the number of rotations per minute; "rev up an engine" Revaluation   A new appraisal or evaluation Back to top Revalue   Value anew; "revalue the German Mark" Revalue   Gain in value; "The yen appreciated again!" Revamp   To patch up or renovate; repair or restore; "They revamped their old house before selling it" Revamp   Provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; "revamp my old boots" Reveal   Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won''t reveal how old she is"; "bring Reveal   Make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He brings out the best in her"; "The newspaper uncovered the President''s illegal dealings" Reveal   Make clear and visible; "The article revealed the policies of the government" Reveal   Disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind" Revealed   No longer concealed; uncovered as by opening a curtain; `discovered'' is archaic and primarily a theater term; "the scene disclosed was of a moonlit forest" Revealed_religion   A religion founded primarily on the revelations of God to humankind Revealing   The speech act of making something evident Revealing   Disclosing unintentionally; "a telling smile"; "a telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down" Revealing   Showing or making known; "her dress was scanty and revealing" Reveille   A signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise Reveille   (military) signal to wake up Revel   Unrestrained merrymaking Revel   Take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter" Revel   Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities; "The members of the wedding party made merry all night"; "Let''s whoop it up--the boss is gone!" Revelation   An enlightening or astonishing disclosure Revelation   The last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the apostle Back to top Revelation   Communication of knowledge to man by a divine or supernatural agency Revelation   The speech act of making something evident Revelation_of_Saint_John_the_Divine   The last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the apostle Revelatory   Prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom Revelatory   (usually followed by `of'') pointing out or revealing clearly; "actions indicative of fear" Reveler   A celebrant who shares in a noisy party; "the clubs attract revelers as young as thirteen" Reveller   A celebrant who shares in a noisy party; "the clubs attract revelers as young as thirteen" Revelry   Unrestrained merrymaking Revenant   Someone who has returned from the dead Revenant   A person who returns after a lengthy absence Revenant   Coming back; "a revenant ghost" Revenant   Of or relating to or typical of a revenant; "revenant shrieks and groans" Revenge   Action taken in return for an injury or offense Revenge   Take revenge for a perceived wrong; "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother" Revengeful   Disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge; "more vindictive than jealous love"- Shakespeare; "punishments...essentially vindictive in their nature"- M.R.Cohen Revengefully   In a vindictive, revengeful manner; "he plotted vindictively against his former superiors" Revenue   The entire amount of income before any deductions are made Revenue   Government income due to taxation Revenuer   A government agent responsible for collecting revenue (especially one responsible for stopping bootlegging) Revenue_bond   A bond issued by an agency that is commissioned to finance public works; revenue from the public property is used to pay off the bond Back to top Revenue_enhancement   Charge against a citizen''s person or property or activity for the support of government Revenue_sharing   Distribution of part of the federal tax income to states and municipalities Revenue_stamp   A stamp that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid Revenue_tariff   A tariff imposed to raise revenue Reverberance   Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant Reverberant   Having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected; "a reverberant room"; "the reverberant booms of cannon" Reverberate   Treat, process, heatl, metl, or refine in a reverberating furnace; "reverberate ore" Reverberate   Spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" Reverberate   To throw or bend back or reflect (from a surface); "A mirror in the sun can reflect light into a person''s eyes"; "Sound is reflected well in this auditorium" Reverberate   Be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves; "the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building" Reverberate   Ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter" Reverberate   Have a long or continuing effect; "The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life" Reverberating   Characterized by reverberation; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder" Reverberation   The persistence of a sound after its source has stopped Reverberation   A remote or indirect consequence of some action; "his declaration had unforeseen repercussions"; "reverberations of the market crash were felt years later" Reverberative   Characterized by reverberation; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder" Revere   A lapel on a woman''s garment; turned back to show the reverse side Revere   American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818) Revere   Love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles" Revere   Regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius" Back to top Revered   Profoundly honored; "revered holy men" Revered   Worthy of adoration or reverence Reverence   A reverent mental attitude Reverence   A profound emotion inspired by a deity; "the fear of God" Reverence   Regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius" Reverenced   Worthy of adoration or reverence Reverend   A title of respect for a clergyman Reverend   A member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church Reverend   Worthy of adoration or reverence Reverend_Dodgson   English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children''s stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) Reverent   Showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a godly life" Reverent   Feeling or showing profound respect or veneration; "maintained a reverent silence" Reverential   Feeling or manifesting veneration Reverentially   With reverence; in a reverent manner; "he gazed reverently at the handiwork" Reverently   With reverence; in a reverent manner; "he gazed reverently at the handiwork" Reverie   An abstracted state of absorption Reverie   Absent-minded dreaming while awake Revers   A lapel on a woman''s garment; turned back to show the reverse side Reversal   A reversal in attitude or principle or point of view; "an about-face on foreign policy" Reversal   A change from one state to the opposite state; "there was a reversal of autonomic function" Back to top Reversal   The act of reversing the order or place of Reversal   Turning in the opposite direction Reversal   A judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside Reversal   A decision to reverse an earlier decision Reversal   Turning in an opposite direction or position; "the reversal of the image in the lens" Reversal   An unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating Reverse   Turning in the opposite direction Reverse   (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction Reverse   The gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed Reverse   The side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design Reverse   An unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating Reverse   A relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true" Reverse   Change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern" Reverse   Turn inside out or upside down Reverse   Rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill" Reverse   Annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" Reverse   Reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect Reverse   Directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement" Reverse   Of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle; "in reverse gear" Reversed   Turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters" Back to top Reversed   Turned inside out and resewn; "the reversed collar looked as good as new" Reversely   In an opposite way; so as to be reversed Reverse_fault   A geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression Reverse_hang   A hang with the arms extended in back Reverse_Polish_notation   A parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator follows its operands Reverse_split   A decrease in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders'' equity Reverse_stock_split   A decrease in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders'' equity Reverse_transcriptase   A polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA using RNA as a template; found especially in retroviruses Reverse_transcriptase_inhibitor   An antiviral drug that inhibits the action of reverse transcriptase in retroviruses such as HIV Reversibility   The quality of being reversible in either direction Reversible   A garment (especially a coat) that can be worn inside out (with either side of the cloth showing) Reversible   Capable of assuming or producing either of two states; "a reversible chemical reaction"; "a reversible cell" Reversible   Capable of reversing or being reversed; "reversible hypertension" Reversible   Capable of being reversed or used with either side out; "a reversible jacket" Reversible   Capable of being reversed; "a reversible decision is one that can be appealed or vacated" Reversible_process   Any process in which a system can be made to pass through the same states in the reverse order when the process is reversed Reversibly   In a reversible manner; "reversibly convertible" Reversing_thermometer   A thermometer that registers the temperature in deep waters Reversion   A failure to maintain a higher state Reversion   Returning to a former state Back to top Reversion   Turning in the opposite direction Reversion   A reappearance of an earlier characteristic Reversion   A return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation) Reversion   (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee) Reversionary   Of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a legal reversion); "reversionary annuity"; "reversionary interest" Reversionary_annuity   An annuity payable to one person in the event that someone else is unable to receive it Reversioner   (law) a party who is entitled to an estate in reversion Reversionist   Someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior Reversive   Tending to be turned back Revert   Undergo reversion, as in a mutation Revert   Go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules" Revertible   To be returned to the former owner or that owner''s heirs Reverting   A failure to maintain a higher state Reverting   Tending to return to an earlier state Revery   An abstracted state of absorption Revery   Absent-minded dreaming while awake Revet   Face with a layer of stone or concrete or other supporting material so as to retain; "face an embankment" Revet   Construct a revetment Revetement   A facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment Revetment   A facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment Back to top Revetment   A barrier against explosives Review   A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment Review   A formal or official examination; "the platoon stood ready for review"; "we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator" Review   Practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory Review   (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court) Review   A new appraisal or evaluation Review   An essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play) Review   A summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion Review   A periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art Review   A variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians Review   (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data Review   Look at again; examine again; "let''s review your situation" Review   Look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events, etc.); remember; "she reviewed her achievements with pride" Review   Hold a review (of troops) Review   Refresh one''s memory; "I reviewed the material before the test" Review   Appraise critically; "She reviews books for the New York Times"; "Please critique this performance" Reviewer   A writer who reports and analyzes events of the day Reviewer   Someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication Reviewing_stand   A stand from which a parade or military force can be reviewed Review_article   An essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play) Back to top Review_copy   A copy of a newly published book that is sent for review to a writer or periodical Revile   Spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews" Reviled   Assailed with contemptuous language Revilement   A rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team" Revisal   The act of rewriting something Revise   The act of rewriting something Revise   Make revisions in; "revise a thesis" Revise   Revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving; "We must retool the town''s economy" Revised   Improved or brought up to date; "a revised edition" Revised   Altered or revised by rephrasing or by adding or deleting material; "the amended bill passed easily" Revised_Standard_Version   A revision of the American Standard Version Revised_Version   A British revision of the Authorized Version Reviser   Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication Revising   Editing that involves writing something again Revision   The act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification); "it would require a drastic revision of his opinion" Revision   Something that has been written again; "the rewrite was much better" Revision   The act of rewriting something Revisionism   A moderate evolutionary form of Marxism Revisionism   Any dangerous departure from the teachings of Marx Revisionist   A Communist who tries to rewrite Marxism to justify a retreat from the revolutionary position Back to top Revisit   Visit again; "We revisited Rome after 25 years" Revitalisation   Bringing again into activity and prominence; "the revival of trade"; "a revival of a neglected play by Moliere"; "the Gothic revival in architecture" Revitalise   Give new life or vigor to Revitalised   Restored to new life and vigor; "a revitalized economy"; "a revitalized inner-city neighborhood" Revitalising   Tending to impart new life and vigor to; "the renewing warmth of the sunshine" Revitalization   Bringing again into activity and prominence; "the revival of trade"; "a revival of a neglected play by Moliere"; "the Gothic revival in architecture" Revitalize   Restore strength; "This food revitalized the patient" Revitalize   Give new life or vigor to Revitalized   Restored to new life and vigor; "a revitalized economy"; "a revitalized inner-city neighborhood" Revitalizing   Tending to impart new life and vigor to; "the renewing warmth of the sunshine" Revival   Bringing again into activity and prominence; "the revival of trade"; "a revival of a neglected play by Moliere"; "the Gothic revival in architecture" Revival   An evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in religion Revivalism   An attempt to reawaken the evangelical faith Revivalist   A preacher of the Christian gospel Revivalistic   Of or relating to or characterizing revivalism Revival_meeting   An evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in religion Revive   Return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection" Revive   Give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" Revive   Cause to regain consciousness; "The doctors revived the comatose man" Revive   Restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state; "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina" Back to top Revive   Be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength; "Interest in ESP revived" Revived   Given fresh life or vigor or spirit; "stirred by revived hopes" Revived   Restored to consciousness or life or vigor; "felt revived hope" Revivification   Bringing again into activity and prominence; "the revival of trade"; "a revival of a neglected play by Moliere"; "the Gothic revival in architecture" Revivify   Give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" Reviving   Tending to impart new life and vigor to; "the renewing warmth of the sunshine" Revocable   Capable of being revoked or annulled; "a revocable order" Revocation   The act (by someone having the authority) of annulling something previously done; "the revocation of a law" Revocation   The state of being cancelled or annulled Revokable   Capable of being revoked or annulled; "a revocable order" Revoke   The mistake of not following suit when able to do so Revoke   Annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" Revoke   Fail to follow suit when able and required to do so Revolt   Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another Revolt   Cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us" Revolt   Fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me" Revolt   Make revolution; "The people revolted when bread prices tripled again" Revolting   Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench" Revoltingly   In a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree; "the beggar was disgustingly filthy" Revolution   The overthrow of a government by those who are governed Back to top Revolution   A drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving; "the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution" Revolution   A single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year" Revolutionary   A radical supporter of political or social revolution Revolutionary   Markedly new or introducing radical change; "a revolutionary discovery"; "radical political views" Revolutionary   Advocating or engaged in revolution; "revolutionary pamphlets"; "a revolutionary junta" Revolutionary   Relating to or having the nature of a revolution; "revolutionary wars"; "the Revolutionary era" Revolutionary_Armed_Forces_of_Colombia   A powerful and wealthy terrorist organization formed in 1957 as the guerilla arm of the Colombian communist party; opposed to the United States; has strong ties to drug traffikers Revolutionary_calendar   The calendar adopted by the first French Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805; dates were calculated from Sept. 22, 1792 Revolutionary_calendar_month   A month in the Revolutionary calendar Revolutionary_group   A political unit organized to promote revolution Revolutionary_Justice_Organization   A Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon Revolutionary_Organization_17_November   A Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Greece that is violently opposed to imperialism and capitalism and NATO and the United States; an active terrorist group during the 1980s Revolutionary_Organization_of_Socialist_Muslims   A Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries; "in the 1980s the Fatah-RC was considered the most dangerous and murderous Palestinian terror group" Revolutionary_People's_Liberation_Front   An extreme Marxist terrorist organization in Turkey that is opposed to NATO and the United States; attacks Turkish security and military officials Revolutionary_People's_Liberation_Party   An extreme Marxist terrorist organization in Turkey that is opposed to NATO and the United States; attacks Turkish security and military officials Revolutionary_People's_Struggle   An extreme leftist terrorist group formed in Greece in 1971 to oppose the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974; a revolutionary group opposed to capitalism and imperialism and the United States Revolutionary_Proletarian_Army   An urban hit squad and guerrila group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s Revolutionary_Proletarian_Initiative_Nuclei   A clandestine group of leftist extremists who oppose Italy''s labor policies and foreign policy; responsible for bombing building in the historic center of Rome from 2000 to 2002 Revolutionary_Proletarian_Nucleus   A clandestine group of leftist extremists who oppose Italy''s labor policies and foreign policy; responsible for bombing building in the historic center of Rome from 2000 to 2002 Revolutionary_United_Front   A terrorist group formed in the 1980s in Sierra Leone; seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond producing regions; responsible for attacks on civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and using children to commit atroc Back to top Revolutionise   Change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe" Revolutionise   Fill with revolutionary ideas Revolutionist   A radical supporter of political or social revolution Revolutionize   Change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe" Revolutionize   Fill with revolutionary ideas Revolutionize   Overthrow by a revolution, of governments Revolutions_per_minute   Rate of revolution of a motor; "the engine was doing 6000 revs" Revolve   Cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words" Revolve   Move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus" Revolve   Turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire" Revolved   Turned in a circle around an axis Revolver   A pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets) Revolver   A door consisting of four orthogonal partitions that rotate about a central pivot; a door designed to equalize the air pressure in tall buildings Revolve_about   Center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work" Revolve_around   Move around in a circular motion; "The Earth revolves around the Sun" Revolve_around   Center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work" Revolving_charge_account   A charge account that does not have to be paid to zero balance Revolving_credit   A consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time Revolving_door   A door consisting of four orthogonal partitions that rotate about a central pivot; a door designed to equalize the air pressure in tall buildings Revolving_door   An organization or institution with a high rate of turnover of personnel or membership Back to top Revolving_fund   A fund which, if borrowed or used, is intended to be replenished so it may be loaned or spent repeatedly Revue   A variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians Revulsion   Intense aversion Rev_up   Increase the number of rotations per minute; "rev up an engine" Rev_up   Speed up; "let''s rev up production" Rewa-rewa   Slender elegant tree of New Zealand having racemes of red flowers and yielding valuable mottled red timber Reward   An act performed to strengthen approved behavior Reward   Benefit resulting from some event or action; "it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity" Reward   The offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property Reward   A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing; "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward" Reward   Payment made in return for a service rendered Reward   Strengthen and support with rewards; "Let''s reinforce good behavior" Reward   Act or give recompensation in recognition of someone''s behavior or actions Reward   Bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageus action" Rewardable   Appropriate for receiving a reward Rewardful   Offering or productive of reward; "rewardful pursuits" Rewarding   Providing personal satisfaction; "a rewarding career as a paramedic" Rewardingly   In a rewarding manner Rewire   Provide with new wiring; "the university rewired the dormitories when most students brought computers and television sets" Reword   Express the same message in different words Back to top Rewording   Changing a particular word or phrase Rework   Use again in altered form; "retread an old plot" Rewrite   Something that has been written again; "the rewrite was much better" Rewrite   Write differently; alter the writing of; "The student rewrote his thesis" Rewrite   Rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose; "re-write a play for use in schools" Rewriter   Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication Rewrite_man   Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication Rewriting   Editing that involves writing something again Rex_begonia   Any of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowers Rex_Harrison   English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990) Reye's_syndrome   Acquired brain disorder following acute viral infections (especially influenza or chicken pox) in young children Reyes   Chilean poet (1904-1973) Reykjavik   The capital and chief port of Iceland on the southwestern coast of Iceland; buildings are heated by natural hot water Reynard   A conventional name for a fox used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'' Reynolds   English portrait painter and first president of the Royal Academy (1723-1792) RF   A complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem; monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone Rf   A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized RF   A substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland RH   Any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones; each releasing hormone causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone Rh   A white hard metallic element that is one of the platinum group and is found in platinum ores; used in alloys with platinum Back to top Rh   A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people; if an Rh-negative person receives a blood transfusion from an Rh-positive person it can result in hemolysis and anemia Rh-negative   Of persons (or their blood) lacking the Rh factor present in their red blood cells Rh-negative_blood   The blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen) Rh-negative_blood_type   The blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen) Rh-positive   Of persons (or their blood) having the Rh factor present in their red blood cells Rh-positive_blood_type   The blood group (approximately 85% of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen) Rhabdomancer   Someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water Rhabdomancy   Searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod Rhabdomyoma   Benign rumor of striated muscle Rhabdomyosarcoma   A highly malignant neoplasm derived from striated muscle Rhabdosarcoma   A highly malignant neoplasm derived from striated muscle Rhabdoviridae   A family of arborviruses carried by arthropods Rhabdovirus   Any of a group of arboviruses including those causing rabies Rhadamnathus   (Greek mythology) a judge of the dead in the underworld Rhaeto-Romance   Romance dialects spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland and northern Italy and the Tyrol Rhaeto-Romanic   Romance dialects spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland and northern Italy and the Tyrol Rhagades   Cracks or fissures in the skin (especially around the mouth or anus) Rhagoletis   A genus of Trypetidae Rhagoletis_pomonella   Larvae bore into and feed on apples Rhamnaceae   Trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value Back to top Rhamnales   An order of dicotyledonous plants Rhamnus   Type genus of the Rhamnaceae: buckthorns Rhamnus_californicus   Evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red or black fruits Rhamnus_carolinianus   Deciduous shrub of eastern and central United States having black berrylike fruit; golden-yellow in autumn Rhamnus_croceus   Small spiny evergreen shrub of western United States and Mexico with minute flowers and bright red berries Rhamnus_frangula   Small tree common in Europe Rhamnus_purshianus   Shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada Rhaphe   A ridge that forms a seam between two parts Rhapis   Genus of small clump-forming fan palms of China and Japan Rhapis_excelsa   Small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers Rhapis_humilis   Chinese lady palm with more slender stems and finer sheath fibers than Rhapis excelsa Rhapsodic   Feeling great rapture or delight Rhapsodically   In an ecstatic manner; "he reacted ecstatically to my plan to travel to Africa" Rhapsodise   Say (something) with great enthusiasm Rhapsodise   Recite a rhapsody Rhapsodize   Say (something) with great enthusiasm Rhapsodize   Recite a rhapsody Rhapsody   An epic poem adapted for recitation RHD   A paramilitary group of Protestants in Northern Ireland that tries to prevent any political settlement with the Irish Free State; attacks interests of Catholic civilians in Northern Ireland; responsible for arson and bombing and murder Rhea   Larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia Back to top Rhea   Smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan Rhea   Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology; wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor Rhea_americana   Larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia Rhea_Silvia   (Roman mythology) a vestal virgin who became the mother by Mars of the twins Romulus and Remus Rheidae   A family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes Rheiformes   A ratite bird order: birds intermediate in characteristics between ostriches and emus: recent and extinct rheas Rheims   A city in northeastern France east of Paris; scene of the coronation of most French kings; site of the unconditional German surrender in 1945 at the end of World War II Rheims-Douay_Bible   An English translation of the Vulgate by Roman Catholic scholars Rheims-Douay_Version   An English translation of the Vulgate by Roman Catholic scholars Rhein   A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea Rheinland   A picturesque region of Germany around the Rhine river Rhenish   Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock'' is British usage) Rhenish   Of or relating to the Rhine River and the lands adjacent to it; "Rhenish wines tend to be sweet" Rhenium   A rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum Rheologic   Of or relating to rheology Rheological   Of or relating to rheology Rheology   The branch of physics that studies the deformation and flow of matter Rheostat   Resistor for regulating current Rhesus   Of southern Asia; used in medical research Rhesus_factor   A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people; if an Rh-negative person receives a blood transfusion from an Rh-positive person it can result in hemolysis and anemia Back to top Rhesus_monkey   Of southern Asia; used in medical research Rhetoric   Study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) Rhetoric   Loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric" Rhetoric   High flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation Rhetoric   Using language effectively to please or persuade Rhetorical   Concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking; "a rhetorical question is one asked solely to produce an effect (especially to make an assertion) rather than to elicit a reply" Rhetorical   Of or relating to rhetoric; "accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested"- W.A.White; "the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation"- Lewis Mumford Rhetorically   In a rhetorical manner; "`What can be done?'' he asked rhetorically" Rhetorical_device   A use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) Rhetorical_question   A statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered; "he liked to make his points with rhetorical questions" Rhetorician   A person who delivers a speech or oration Rheum   Rhubarb Rheum   A watery discharge from the mucous membranes (especially from the eyes or nose) Rheumatic   A person suffering with rheumatism Rheumatic   Of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy with age and grief" Rheumatic_aortitis   Aortitis occurring in rheumatic fever Rheumatic_fever   A severe disease chiefly of children and characterized by painful inflammation of the joints and frequently damage to the heart valves Rheumatic_heart_disease   Heart disease caused by recurrent episodes of rheumatic fever; characterized by changes in the myocardium or scarring of the heart valves that reduce the power of the heart to pump blood Rheumatism   Any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues Rheumatism   A chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to th Back to top Rheumatism_weed   North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints Rheumatism_weed   Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints Rheumatoid   Of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy with age and grief" Rheumatoid_arthritis   A chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to th Rheumatoid_factor   Autoantibody that is usually present in the serum of people with rheumatoid arthritis Rheumatoid_spondylitis   A chronic form of spondylitis primarily in males and marked by impaired mobility of the spine; sometimes leads to ankylosis Rheumatologist   A physician specializing in rheumatic diseases Rheumatology   The branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of pathologies of the muscles or tendons or joints Rheumy   Of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy with age and grief" Rheumy   Moist, damp, wet (especially of air); "the raw and theumy damp of night air" Rheum_australe   Asian herb (Himalayas) Rheum_cultorum   Long-cultivated hybrid of Rheum palmatum; stems often cooked in pies or as sauce or preserves Rheum_emodi   Asian herb (Himalayas) Rheum_palmatum   Long used for laxative properties Rheum_rhabarbarum   Long-cultivated hybrid of Rheum palmatum; stems often cooked in pies or as sauce or preserves Rheum_rhaponticum   Long-cultivated hybrid of Rheum palmatum; stems often cooked in pies or as sauce or preserves Rhexia   Deer grass Rhibhus   One of three artisans of the gods Rhinal   Of or in or relating to the nose; "nasal passages" Rhincodon   Whale sharks Back to top Rhincodontidae   Small-toothed sharks comprising only one species Rhincodon_typus   Large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton Rhine   A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea Rhine   United States parapsychologist (1895-1980) Rhineland   A picturesque region of Germany around the Rhine river Rhinencephalon   A center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior Rhinestone   An imitation diamond made from rock crystal or glass or paste Rhine_River   A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea Rhine_wine   Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock'' is British usage) Rhinion   The anterior tip at the end of the suture of the nasal bones Rhinitis   An inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the nose (usually associated with nasal discharge) Rhino   Massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout Rhinobatidae   Primitive rays with guitar-shaped bodies Rhinoceros   Massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout Rhinoceros_antiquitatis   Extinct thick-haired species of arctic regions Rhinoceros_beetle   Any of various large chiefly tropical beetles having horns on the head; pest on coconuts Rhinoceros_family   Rhinoceroses Rhinoceros_unicornis   Having one horn Rhinocerotidae   Rhinoceroses Rhinolaryngologist   A specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat Back to top Rhinolophidae   Old World leaf-nosed bats Rhinonicteris   Orange horseshoe bats Rhinonicteris_aurantius   A common bat of northwestern Australia having orange or yellow fur Rhinopathy   Any disease or malformation of the nose Rhinophyma   Enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol Rhinoplasty   Cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose Rhinoptera   A genus of Myliobatidae Rhinoptera_bonasus   Large ray found along eastern coast of North America Rhinorrhea   Persistent watery mucus discharge from the nose (as in the common cold) Rhinoscope   Medical instrument consisting of a mirror mounted at an angle on a rod; used to examine the nasal passages (through the nasopharynx) Rhinoscopy   Examination of the nasal passages (either through the anterior nares or with a rhinoscope through the nasopharynx) Rhinosporidiosis   Fungal infection of the nose; often acquired while swimming Rhinostenosis   Narrowing of the passages in the nasal cavities Rhinotermitidae   Large widely distributed family of termites of temperate to tropical regions Rhinotomy   Surgical procedure in which an incision is made in the nose to drain accumulated pus Rhinotracheitis   A respiratory infection of the nose and throat in cattle Rhinovirus   Any of a group of picornaviruses that are responsible for many upper respiratory infections Rhipsalis   Large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and pendulous branches; flowers are small followed by berrylike fruits Rhiptoglossa   Old World chameleons; in some classifications Rhiptoglossa is considered a superfamily of Sauria Rhizobiaceae   A small family of rod-shaped bacteria Back to top Rhizobium   The type genus of Rhizobiaceae; usually occur in the root nodules of legumes; can fix atmospheric oxygen Rhizoctinia   Any fungus now or formerly belonging to the form genus Rhizoctinia Rhizoctinia_disease   Disease caused by rhizoctinia or fungi of Pellicularia and Corticium Rhizoctinia_solani   Fungus causing a disease in potatoes characterized by black scurfy spots on the tubers Rhizoid   Any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc Rhizoidal   Of or relating to a rhizoid Rhizomatous   Producing or possessing or resembling rhizomes Rhizomatous_begonia   Any of numerous begonias having prominent shaggy creeping stems or rhizomes Rhizome   A horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure Rhizomorph   A dense mass of hyphae forming a rootlike structure characteristic of many fungi Rhizophora   Type genus of the Rhizophoraceae; a small genus of tropical trees and shrubs Rhizophoraceae   Trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts Rhizophora_mangle   A tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building Rhizopod   Protozoa characterized by a pseudopod Rhizopoda   Creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers Rhizopodan   Protozoa characterized by a pseudopod Rhizopogon   A genus of fungi having subterranean sporophores resembling tubers Rhizopogonaceae   A family of fungi of order Hymenogastrales having round subterranean sporophores Rhizopogon_idahoensis   A large whitish Rhizopogon that becomes grayish brown in maturity Rhizopus   Any of various rot-causing fungi of the genus Rhizopus Back to top Rhizopus_nigricans   A mold of the genus Rhizopus Rhizopus_stolonifer   Fungus causing soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables and rings of dry rot around roots of sweet potatoes Rhizotomy   Surgical procedure in which spinal nerve roots are cut; done (anterior roots) to relieve intractable pain or (posterior roots) to stop severe muscle spasms Rho   The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet Rhodanthe   Australian annual everlasting having light pink nodding flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Helipterum Rhodanthe_manglesii   Australian annual everlasting having light pink nodding flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Helipterum Rhodes   A Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos Rhodes   British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford Universi Rhodesia   A landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980 Rhodesian   Of or relating to the former country of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) Rhodesian_man   A primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living in Africa Rhodesian_ridgeback   A powerful short-haired African hunting dog having a crest of reversed hair along the spine Rhodes_grass   Perennial grass of South Africa introduced into United States; cultivated as forage grass in dry regions Rhodes_scholar   A student who holds one of the scholarships endowed by the will of Cecil J. Rhodes that enables the student to study at Oxford University Rhode_Island   A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state Rhode_Island   One of the British colonies that formed the United States Rhode_Islander   A resident of Rhode Island Rhode_Island_bent   Common grass with slender stems and narrow leaves Rhode_Island_red   American breed of heavy-bodied brownish-red general-purpose chicken Rhodium   A white hard metallic element that is one of the platinum group and is found in platinum ores; used in alloys with platinum Back to top Rhodochrosite   A mineral consisting of manganese carbonate; a source of manganese Rhododendron   Any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers Rhododendron_californicum   Medium-sized rhododendron of Pacific coast of North America having large rosy brown-spotted flowers Rhododendron_maxima   Late-spring-blooming rhododendron of eastern North America having rosy to pink-purple flowers Rhododendron_viscosum   Shrub growing in swamps throughout the eastern United States and having small white to pinkish flowers resembling honeysuckle Rhodolite   A red or pink variety of garnet used as a gemstone Rhodomontade   Vain and empty boasting Rhodonite   A pink or red mineral consisting of crystalline manganese silicate; used as an ornamental stone Rhodope_Mountains   A mountain range in the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe; extends along the border between Greece and Bulgaria Rhodophyceae   Coextensive with the Rhodophyta: red algae Rhodophyta   Lower plants; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae Rhodopsin   A red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light Rhodosphaera   1 species; an Australian evergreen sumac Rhodosphaera_rhodanthema   Evergreen of Australia yielding a dark yellow wood Rhodymenia   Type genus of the family Rhodymeniaceae Rhodymeniaceae   A family of protoctista Rhodymenia_palmata   Coarse edible red seaweed Rhoeadales   An order of dicotyledonous plants Rhomb   A parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram Rhombencephalon   The posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem Back to top Rhombic   Resembling a rhombus Rhombohedral   Having three-fold symmetry Rhombohedron   A parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either rhombuses or parallelograms) Rhomboid   Any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade Rhomboid   A parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal Rhomboid   Shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid; "rhomboidal shapes" Rhomboidal   Shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid; "rhomboidal shapes" Rhomboideus_major_muscle   Rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the spinal column Rhomboid_minor_muscle   Rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the vertebral column and slightly upward Rhomboid_muscle   Any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade Rhombus   A parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram Rhonchus   A sound like whistling or snoring that is heard with a stethoscope during expiration as air passes through obstructed channels Rhone   A major French river; flows into the Mediterranean near Marseilles; "the valley of the Rhone is famous for its vineyards" Rhone-Alpes   A mountainous region of eastern France drained by the Rhone and Saone and Isere rivers Rhone_River   A major French river; flows into the Mediterranean near Marseilles; "the valley of the Rhone is famous for its vineyards" Rhone_wine   Any of various wines from the Rhone River valley in France Rhubarb   Long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened Rhubarb   Plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous Rhubarb_pie   Pie containing diced rhubarb and much sugar Rhubarb_plant   Plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous Back to top Rhumb   A line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction Rhumba   Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba Rhumba   Dance the rhumba Rhumb_line   A line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction Rhus   Deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia; usually limited to nonpoisonous sumacs (see genus Toxicodendron) Rhus_aromatica   Sweet-scented sumac of eastern America having ternate leaves and yellowish-green flowers in spikes resembling catkins followed by red hairy fruits Rhus_copallina   Common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries Rhus_dermatitis   Contact dermatitis resulting from contact with plants of the genus Toxicodendron Rhus_diversiloba   Poisonous shrub of the Pacific coast of North America that causes a rash on contact Rhus_glabra   Common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with waxy compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries Rhus_laurina   Small aromatic evergreen shrub of California having paniculate leaves and whitish berries; in some classifications included in genus Rhus Rhus_ovata   Evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with spikes of reddish-yellow flowers and glandular hairy fruits Rhus_quercifolia   Poisonous shrub of southeastern United States causing a rash on contact Rhus_radicans   Climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact Rhus_rhodanthema   Evergreen of Australia yielding a dark yellow wood Rhus_toxicodenedron   Poisonous shrub of southeastern United States causing a rash on contact Rhus_trilobata   Deciduous shrub of California with unpleasantly scented usually trifoliate leaves and edible fruit Rhus_typhina   Deciduous shrubby tree or eastern North America with compound leaves that turn brilliant red in fall and dense panicles of greenish yellow flowers followed by crimson acidic berries Rhus_verniciflua   Small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained Rhus_vernix   Smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil Back to top Rhyacotriton   Olympic salamanders Rhyacotriton_olympicus   Small large-eyed semiaquatic salamander of the United States northwest Rhyme   A piece of poetry Rhyme   Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds) Rhyme   Compose rhymes Rhyme   Be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable; "hat and cat rhyme" Rhymed   Having corrnesponding sounds especially terminal sounds; "rhymed verse"; "rhyming words" Rhymeless   Not having rhyme; "writing unrhymed blank verse is like playing tennis without a net" Rhymer   A writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets) Rhymester   A writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets) Rhyme_royal   A stanza form having seven lines of iambic pentameter; introduced by Chaucer Rhyming   Having corrnesponding sounds especially terminal sounds; "rhymed verse"; "rhyming words" Rhyming_slang   Slang that replaces words with rhyming words or expressions and then typically omits the rhyming component; "Cockney rhyming slang" Rhynchocephalia   Tuataras; extinct forms from middle Triassic Rhynchoelaps   Australian coral snakes Rhynchoelaps_australis   Small venomous but harmless snake marked with black-and-white on red Rhyncostylis   Genus of epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia Rhynia   Type genus of the Rhyniaceae; small leafless dichotomously branching fossil plants with terminal sporangia and smooth branching rhizomes Rhyniaceae   Primitive plants of the Paleozoic Rhyolite   Very acid volcanic rock Back to top Rhythm   Natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle) Rhythm   Recurring at regular intervals Rhythm   The arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements; "the rhythm of Frost''s poetry" Rhythm   The basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music; "the piece has a fast rhythm"; "the conductor set the beat" Rhythm   An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; "the neverending cycle of the seasons" Rhythmic   Recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose" Rhythmical   Recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose" Rhythmically   In a rhythmic manner; "the chair rocked rhythmically back and forth" Rhythmicity   The rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music Rhythmic_pattern   (prosody) a system of versification Rhythm_and_blues   A combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock ''n'' roll Rhythm_and_blues_musician   A performer (and sometimes composer) of rhythm and blues music Rhythm_method   Natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle) Rhythm_method_of_birth_control   Natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle) Rhythm_section   The section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments Rhytidectomy   Plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; "some actresses have more than one face lift" Rhytidoplasty   Plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; "some actresses have more than one face lift" Rh_antibody   Rhesus factor antibody Rh_factor   A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people; if an Rh-negative person receives a blood transfusion from an Rh-positive person it can result in hemolysis and anemia Rh_incompatibility   Incompatibility of Rh blood types; a transfusion of Rh-positive blood given to a Rh-negative person (or vice versa) can result in hemolysis and anemia Back to top Rh_negative   The blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen) Rh_positive   The blood group (approximately 85% of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen) RI   A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state Rial   The basic unit of money in Iran Rial   The basic unit of money in Oman Rial   The basic unit of money in Yemen; equal to 100 fils Riant   Showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness; "laughing children" Riata   A long noosed rope used to catch animals Rib   Support resembling the rib of an animal Rib   A projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural Rib   A riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant Rib   Any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates) Rib   A teasing remark Rib   Cut of meat including one or more ribs Rib   Subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" Rib   Form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater" Ribald   A ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language Ribald   Humorously vulgar; "bawdy songs"; "off-color jokes"; "ribald language" Ribaldry   Behavior or language bordering on indelicacy Ribaldry   Ribald humor Back to top Riband   A ribbon used as a decoration Ribavirin   An inhaled antiviral agent (trade name Virazole) that may be used to treat serious virus infections Ribband   A ribbon used as a decoration Ribbed   Furnished or strengthened with ribs Ribbed   (of the surface of shells) having a rough, rib-like texture Ribbed_toad   Western North American frog with a tail-like copulatory organ Ribbed_vault   Vault that resembles a groined vault but has ribbed arches Ribbing   The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent" Ribbing   A framework of ribs Ribbon   Notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming Ribbon   A long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter Ribbon   An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event Ribbon   Any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the road was a gray thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward" Ribbon-leaved_water_plantain   A variety of water plantain Ribbonfish   Marine fish having a long compressed ribbon-like body Ribbonfish   Thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin Ribbonlike   Long and thin; resembling a ribbon; "ribbonlike noodles" Ribbonwood   Small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage Ribbonwood   Deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton Ribbony   Long and thin; resembling a ribbon; "ribbonlike noodles" Back to top Ribbon_development   Building complex in a continuous row along a road Ribbon_fern   Epiphytic fern with straplike usually twisted fronds of tropical Asia and Polynesia and America Ribbon_fern   Epiphytic fern found in lowland forests of tropical America Ribbon_fern   Fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands Ribbon_grass   Perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America Ribbon_snake   Slender yellow-striped North American garter snake; prefers wet places Ribbon_tree   Deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton Ribbon_worm   Soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract Ribes   A flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native to northern hemisphere Ribes_grossularia   Spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries Ribes_nigrum   Widely cultivated current bearing edible black aromatic berries Ribes_rubrum   Cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries Ribes_sanguineum   A flowering shrub Ribes_sativum   Garden currant bearing small white berries Ribes_uva-crispa   Spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries Ribgrass   An Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions Ribhus   One of three artisans of the gods Ribier   Dark reddish-purple table grape of California Ribless   Having no ribs or no visible ribs Riblike   Resembling a rib Back to top Riboflavin   A B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss Ribonuclease   A transferase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ribonucleic acid Ribonucleic_acid   (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in th Ribonucleinase   A transferase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ribonucleic acid Ribose   A pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid Ribosome   An organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell; ribosomes attach to mRNA and move down it one codon at a time and stop until tRNA brings the required amino acid; when a ribosome reaches a stop codon it falls apart and releases the completed protein molecu Ribwort   An Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions Rib_cage   The bony enclosing wall of the chest Rib_joint_pliers   A type of pliers Rib_roast   A cut of meat including more than one rib Ricardo   English economist who argued that the laws of supply and demand should operate in a free market (1772-1823) Rice   Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished Rice   United States playwright (1892-1967) Rice   English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944) Rice   Annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper Rice   Sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice; "rice the potatoes" Rice-grain_fritillary   Herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers Ricebird   Small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields Ricebird   Migratory American songbird Ricegrass   Any grass of the genus Oryzopsis Back to top Ricer   A kitchen utensil used for ricing soft foods by extruding them through small holes Rice_beer   Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot Rice_grass   Any grass of the genus Oryzopsis Rice_paddy   An irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown Rice_paper   A thin delicate material resembling paper; made from the rice-paper tree Rice_rat   Hardy agile rat of grassy marshes of Mexico and the southeastern United States Rice_weevil   Brown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice Rich   Affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply" Rich   Strong; intense; "deep purple"; "a rich red" Rich   Marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" Rich   Pleasantly full and mellow; "a rich tenor voice" Rich   Highly seasoned or containing large amounts of choice ingredients such as butter or sugar or eggs; "kept gorging on rich foods"; "rich pastries"; "rich eggnogg" Rich   Very productive; "rich seams of coal" Rich   Possessing material wealth; "her father is extremely rich"; "many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles" Rich   Having an abundant supply of desirable qualities or substances (especially natural resources); "blessed with a land rich in minerals"; "rich in ideas"; "rich with cultural interest" Rich   Suggestive of or characterized by great expense; "a rich display" Rich   High in mineral content; having a a high proportion of fuel to air; "a rich vein of copper", "a rich gas mixture" Rich   Marked by richness and fullness of flavor; "a rich ruby port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee" Rich   Of great worth or quality; "a rich collection of antiques" Richards   English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979) Back to top Richardson   British stage and screen actor noted for playing classic roles (1902-1983) Richardson   United States architect (1838-1886) Richardson's_geranium   Geranium of western North America having branched clusters of white or pale pink flowers Richardson_ground_squirrel   Of sagebrush and grassland areas of western United States and Canada Richardson_vole   Of western North America Richard_Adolph_Zsigmondy   German chemist (born in Austria) honored for his research on colloidal solutions (1865-1929) Richard_August_Carl_Emil_Erlenmeyer   German chemist (1825-1909) Richard_Brinsley_Sheridan   Irish playwright remembered for his satirical comedies of manners (1751-1816) Richard_Buckminster_Fuller   United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983) Richard_Burbage   English actor who was the first to play the leading role in several of Shakespeare''s tragedies (1567-1619) Richard_Burdon_Haldane   Scottish statesman and brother of Elizabeth and John Haldane (1856-1928) Richard_Burton   Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984) Richard_Burton   English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890) Richard_Coeur_de_Lion   Son of Henry II and King of England from 1189 to 1199; a leader of the Third Crusade; on his way home from the crusade he was captured and held prisoner in the Holy Roman Empire until England ransomed him in 1194 (1157-1199) Richard_D'Oyly_Carte   English impresario who brought Gilbert and Sullivan together and produced many of their operettas in London (1844-1901) Richard_D._Fosbury   United States athlete who revolutionized the high jump by introducing the Fosbury flop in the 1968 Olympics (born in 1947) Richard_E._Byrd   Explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957) Richard_E._Smalley   American chemist who with Robert Curl and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1943) Richard_Errett_Smalley   American chemist who with Robert Curl and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1943) Richard_Erskine_Leakey   English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944) Back to top Richard_Evelyn_Byrd   Explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957) Richard_Feynman   United States physicist who contributed to the theory of the interaction of photons and electrons (1918-1988) Richard_Haldane   Scottish statesman and brother of Elizabeth and John Haldane (1856-1928) Richard_Henry_Lee   Leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American colonies (1732-1794) Richard_Henry_Tawney   English economist remembered for his studies of the development of capitalism (1880-1962) Richard_Hooker   English theologian (1554-1600) Richard_Horatio_Edgar_Wallace   English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932) Richard_I   Son of Henry II and King of England from 1189 to 1199; a leader of the Third Crusade; on his way home from the crusade he was captured and held prisoner in the Holy Roman Empire until England ransomed him in 1194 (1157-1199) Richard_II   King of England from 1377 to 1399; he suppressed the Peasant''s Revolt in 1381 but his reign was marked by popular discontent and baronial opposition in Parliament and he was forced to abdicate in 1399 (1367-1400) Richard_III   King of England from 1483 to 1485; seized the throne from his nephew Edward V who was confined to the Tower of London and murdered; his reign ended when he was defeated by Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) at the battle of Bosworth Field (1452-1485) Richard_J._Roberts   United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943) Richard_John_Roberts   United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943) Richard_Jordan_Gatling   United States inventor of the first rapid firing gun (1818-1903) Richard_Kuhn   Austrian chemist who did research on carotenoids and vitamins (1900-1967) Richard_Leakey   English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944) Richard_Lovelace   English poet (1618-1857) Richard_M._Nixon   Vice President under Eisenhower and 37th President of the United States; resigned after the Watergate scandal in 1974 (1913-1994) Richard_Milhous_Nixon   Vice President under Eisenhower and 37th President of the United States; resigned after the Watergate scandal in 1974 (1913-1994) Richard_Morris_Hunt   United States architect (1827-1895) Richard_Neville   English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471) Back to top Richard_Nixon   Vice President under Eisenhower and 37th President of the United States; resigned after the Watergate scandal in 1974 (1913-1994) Richard_Phillips_Feynman   United States physicist who contributed to the theory of the interaction of photons and electrons (1918-1988) Richard_Rodgers   United States composer of musical comedies (especially in collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II and with Lorenz Hart) (1902-1979) Richard_Roe   An unknown or fictitious party to legal proceedings Richard_Smalley   American chemist who with Robert Curl and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1943) Richard_Starkey   Rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940) Richard_Strauss   German composer of many operas; collaborated with librettist Hugo von Hoffmannsthal to produce several operas (1864-1949) Richard_the_Lion-Hearted   Son of Henry II and King of England from 1189 to 1199; a leader of the Third Crusade; on his way home from the crusade he was captured and held prisoner in the Holy Roman Empire until England ransomed him in 1194 (1157-1199) Richard_the_Lionheart   Son of Henry II and King of England from 1189 to 1199; a leader of the Third Crusade; on his way home from the crusade he was captured and held prisoner in the Holy Roman Empire until England ransomed him in 1194 (1157-1199) Richard_Trevithick   English engineer who built the first railway locomotive (1771-1833) Richard_Upjohn   United States architect (born in England) (1802-1878) Richard_von_Krafft-Ebing   German neurologist noted for his studies of sexual deviance (1840-1902) Richard_Wagner   German composer of operas and inventor of the music drama in which drama and spectacle and music are fused (1813-1883) Richard_Wright   United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960) Richea   Evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania Richea_dracophylla   Stout Australian shrub with narrow leaves crowded at ends of branches and terminal clusters of white or pink flowers Richea_pandanifolia   Gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long Richelieu   French prelate and statesman; principal minister to Louis XIII (1585-1642) Riches   An abundance of material possessions and resources Richler   Canadian novelist (born in 1931) Back to top Richly   In a rich and lavish manner; "lavishly decorated" Richly   In a rich manner; "he lives high" Richly   To an ample degree or in an ample manner; "these voices were amply represented"; "we benefited richly" Richmond   Capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War Richmondena   Cardinals Richmondena_Cardinalis   Crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male Richness   The property of a sound that has a rich and pleasing timbre Richness   The property of being extremely abundant Richness   The property of producing abundantly and sustaining growth; "he praised the richness of the soil" Richness   Abundant wealth Richter_scale   A logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 used to express the energy released by an earthquake Richweed   A plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves Richweed   Erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States Rich_man   A man who is wealthy Rich_person   A person who possesses great material wealth Ricin   A toxic protein extracted from castor beans; used as a chemical reagent; can be used as a bioweapon; "one milligram of ricin can kill an adult" Ricinoleic_acid   An oily fatty acid found in castor oil and used in soap Ricinus   A genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant Ricinus_communis   Large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics Ricin_toxin   A toxic protein extracted from castor beans; used as a chemical reagent; can be used as a bioweapon; "one milligram of ricin can kill an adult" Back to top Rick   A stack of hay Rick   A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick'' and `wrick'' are British) Rick   Twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one''s ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn''t walk for several days" Rick   Pile in ricks; "rick hay" Rickenbacker   The most decorated United States combat pilot in World War I (1890-1973) Ricketiness   The quality of being unstable and insecure; "the shakiness of the present regime" Rickets   Childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus Rickettsia   Any of a group of parasitic bacteria that live in arthropods (as ticks and mites) and can cause disease if transmitted to human beings Rickettsiaceae   Microorganism resembling bacteria inhabiting arthropod tissues but capable of causing disease in vertebrates Rickettsial   Relating to or caused by rickettsias Rickettsiales   Pleomorphic gram-negative microorganisms Rickettsialpox   Mild infectious rickettsial disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Rickettsia transmitted to humans by the bite a mite that lives on rodents; characterized by chills and fever and headache and skin lesions that resemble chickenpox Rickettsial_disease   Infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria Rickettsias   Rod-shaped microorganisms resembling both bacteria and viruses; live in biting arthropods and cause disease in vertebrate hosts Rickettsiosis   Infectious disease caused by ticks or mites or body lice infected with rickettsial bacteria Rickety   Inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky" Rickey   A mixed drink made of sweetened lime juice and soda water usually with liquor Rickover   United States admiral who advocated the development of nuclear submarines (1900-1986) Rickrack   A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming Ricksha   A small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person Back to top Rickshaw   A small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person RICO   Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions Ricochet   A glancing rebound Ricochet   Spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" Ricotta   Soft Italian cheese like cottage cheese RICO_Act   Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions Ricrac   A narrow zigzag ribbon used as trimming Rictus   A gaping grimace Rid   Relieve from; "Rid the the house of pests" Riddance   The act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child''s expulsion from school" Riddance   The act of removing or getting rid of something Riddle   A coarse sieve (as for gravel) Riddle   A difficult problem Riddle   Set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle" Riddle   Explain a riddle Riddle   Speak in riddles Riddle   Pierce many times; "The bullets riddled his body" Riddle   Separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff Riddled   (often followed by `with'') damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes; "a sweater riddled with moth holes"; "cliffs riddled with caves"; "the bullet-riddled target" Riddled   Spread throughout; "cities riddled with corruption" Back to top Riddle_canon   A canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries) Ride   A journey in a vehicle driven by someone else; "he took the family for a drive in his new car" Ride   A mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement Ride   Harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don''t ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" Ride   Copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" Ride   Keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot; "Don''t ride the clutch!" Ride   Move like a floating object; "The moon rode high in the night sky" Ride   Ride over, along, or through; "Travel the highways of America"; "Ride the freeways of California" Ride   Be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day" Ride   Sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions; "She never sat a horse!"; "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare" Ride   Climb up on the body; "Shorts that ride up"; "This skirt keeps riding up my legs" Ride   Sit on and control a vehicle; "He rides his bicycle to work every day"; "She loves to ride her new motorcycle through town" Ride   Continue undisturbed and without interference; "Let it ride" Ride   Lie moored or anchored; "Ship rides at anchor" Ride   Be contingent on; "The outcomes rides on the results of the electin"; "Your grade will depends on your homework" Ride   Have certain properties when driven; "This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well" Ride   Be sustained or supported or borne; "His glasses rode high on his nose"; "The child rode on his mother''s hips"; "She rode a wave of popularity"; "The brothers rode to an easy victory on their father''s political name" Rider   A clause that is appended to a legislative bill Rider   A traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it Rider   A traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel) Back to top Rider   A traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or motorcycle) Rider_Haggard   British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925) Rider_plate   A horizontal beam (or plate) connected to the top of a ship''s vertical keel or to the keelson Ride_away   Ride away on a horse, for example Ride_herd   Driving animals such as horses and cattle while riding along with them; "Joe was riding herd during the day" Ride_herd_on   Keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance Ride_horseback   Ride on horseback Ride_off   Ride away on a horse, for example Ride_out   A trial of endurance; "ride out the storm" Ride_roughshod   Treat inconsiderately or harshly Ride_the_bench   Be out of the game; "Miller was riding the bench in Saturday''s game" Ridge   A beam laid along the ridge of a roof; provides attachment for upper end of rafters Ridge   Any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane Ridge   A long narrow natural elevation or striation Ridge   A long narrow range of hills Ridge   Any long raised strip Ridge   Form into a ridge Ridge   Spade into alternate ridges and troughs; "ridge the soil" Ridge   Throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides; "He ridged his corn" Ridge   Plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip Back to top Ridge   Extend in ridges; "The land ridges towards the South" Ridged   Having or shaped like a carina or keel Ridged   Having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or the keel of a ship; "a carinate sepal" Ridgel   A colt with undescended testicles Ridgeling   A colt with undescended testicles Ridgepole   A beam laid along the ridge of a roof; provides attachment for upper end of rafters Ridge_rope   Either of a pair of lifelines running alongside the bowsprit of a ship Ridge_tile   A decorative tile that is bent in cross section; used to cover the ridge of a roof Ridgil   A colt with undescended testicles Ridgling   A colt with undescended testicles Ridicule   The act of deriding or treating with contempt Ridicule   Language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate Ridicule   Subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" Ridiculer   A humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm Ridiculous   Inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett Ridiculous   Broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; "the wild farcical exuberance of a clown"; "ludicrous green hair" Ridiculous   Completely devoid of wisdom or good sense; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that''s a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a co Ridiculously   So as to arouse or deserve laughter; "her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well" Ridiculousness   A message whose content is at variance with reason Riding   Riding a horse as a means of transportation Back to top Riding   Riding a horse as a sport Riding   Traveling by wheeled vehicle such as bicycle or automobile e.g.; "the riding public welcomed the new buses" Riding_bitt   One of the large bitts used to secure the cable of a dropped anchor Riding_boot   A boot without laces that is worn for riding horses; part of a riding habit Riding_breeches   Flared trousers ending at the calves; worn with riding boots Riding_crop   A short whip with a thong at the end and a handle for opening gates Riding_habit   Habit for riding horses Riding_horse   A lightweight horse kept for riding only Riding_lamp   A light in the rigging of a ship that is riding at anchor Riding_light   A light in the rigging of a ship that is riding at anchor Riding_master   Someone who teaches horsemanship Riding_mower   A power mower you can ride on Riding_school   A school where horsemanship is taught and practiced Ridley   A marine turtle Rid_of   Do away with Riel   The basic unit of money in Cambodia; equal to 100 sen Riemann   Pioneer of non-Euclidean geometry (1826-1866) Riemannian   Of or relating to Riemann''s non-Euclidean geometry Riemannian_geometry   A non-Euclidean geometry that regards space is like a sphere and a line is a great circle Riesling   Fragrant dry or sweet white wine from the Rhine valley or a similar wine from California Back to top Riesling   White grape grown in Europe and California Riesman   United States sociologist (1909-2002) Rifadin   An antibacterial drug (trade names Rifadin and Rimactane) used to treat tuberculosis Rifampin   An antibacterial drug (trade names Rifadin and Rimactane) used to treat tuberculosis Rife   Excessively abundant Rife   Encountered generally especially at the present time; "the prevailing opinion was that a trade war could be averted"; "the most prevalent religion in our area"; "speculation concerning the books author was rife" Riff   A jazz ostinato; usually provides a background for a solo improvisation Riff   A Berber living in northern Morocco Riff   Play riffs Riff   Look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" Riffian   A Berber living in northern Morocco Riffle   Shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners Riffle   A small wave on the surface of a liquid Riffle   Shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix Riffle   Twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked" Riffle   Stir up (water) so as to form ripples Riffle   Look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" Riffraff   Disparaging terms for the common people Rifle   A shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore; "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired" Rifle   Go through in search of something; search through someone''s belongings in an unauthorized way; "Who rifled through my desk drawers?" Back to top Rifle   Steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" Riflebird   Velvety black Australian bird of paradise with green and purple iridescence on head and tail Rifled   Of a firearm; having rifling or internal spiral grooves inside the barrel Rifleman   A soldier whose weapon is a rifle Rifleman   Someone skilled in the use of a rifle Rifleman_bird   Small green-and-bronze bird Rifle_ball   A bullet designed to be fired from a rifle; no longer made spherical in shape Rifle_butt   The butt end of a rifle Rifle_grenade   A grenade that is thrown from a launching device attached to the barrel of a rifle Rifle_range   A range where people can practice shooting rifles; "during the war they turned the bowling alleys into rifle ranges" Rifle_range   The distance that a rifle bullet will carry; "the target was out of rifle range" Rifle_shot   The distance that a rifle bullet will carry; "the target was out of rifle range" Rifling   The cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm Rift   A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" Rift   A narrow fissure in rock Rift   A gap between cloud masses; "the sun shone through a rift in the clouds" Rift_valley   A valley with steep sides; formed by a rift in the earth''s crust Rift_Valley_fever   An infection common in Africa caused by a bunyavirus; transmitted by mosquitoes or by handling infected animals Rig   The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud" Rig   A vehicle with four wheels drawn by two or more horses Back to top Rig   Gear used in fishing Rig   A set of clothing (with accessories); "his getup was exceedingly elegant" Rig   Gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise Rig   Formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel Rig   A truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together Rig   Equip with sails, masts, etc.; "rig a ship" Rig   Connect or secure to; "They rigged the bomb to the ignition" Rig   Manipulate in a fraudulent manner; "rig prices" Rig   Arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election" Rig-Veda   A Veda consisting of a collection of Hindu poems dating from before 2000 BC Riga   A port city on the Gulf of Riga that is the capital and largest city of Latvia; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League Rigamarole   A long and complicated and confusing procedure; "all that academic rigmarole was a waste of time" Rigamarole   A set of confused and meaningless statements Rigatoni   Tubular pasta in short ribbed pieces Rigel   The brightest star in Orion Rigged   Fitted or equipped with necessary rigging (sails and shrouds and stays etc) Rigger   A long slender pointed sable brush used by artists Rigger   A sailing vessel with a specified rig; "a square rigger" Rigger   Someone who rigs ships Rigger   Someone who works on an oil rig Back to top Rigger_brush   A long slender pointed sable brush used by artists Rigging   Formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel Rigging   Gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship''s masts and sails Riggs'_disease   Chronic periodontitis; purulent inflammation of the teeth sockets Right   A turn to the right; "take a right at the corner" Right   The piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher''s right Right   Anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim" Right   An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands Right   The hand that is on the right side of the body; "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body" Right   Those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged Right   Location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east; "he stood on the right" Right   (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights" Right   Make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation" Right   Regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat righted again" Right   Put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized" Right   Make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" Right   Appropriate for a condition or occasion; "everything in its proper place"; "the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the position" Right   Free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision" Right   Correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right" Right   Most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes" Back to top Right   Having the axis perpendicular to the base; "a right angle" Right   Socially right or correct; "it isn''t right to leave the party without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" Right   In accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure; "what''s the right word for this?"; "the right way to open oysters" Right   Of or belonging to the political or intellectual right Right   Being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north; "my right hand"; "right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you are facing downstream" Right   In conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right thing and confess" Right   In or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again now"; "put things right" Right   (Southern regional intensive) very; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he''s mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place" Right   Exactly; "he fell flop on his face" Right   Immediately; "she called right after dinner" Right   An interjection expressing agreement Right   In the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can''t you carry me decent?" Right   In a correct manner; "he guessed right" Right   Precisely, exactly; "stand right here!" Right   Completely; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the trap" Right   In accordance with moral or social standards; "that serves him right"; "do right by him" Right   Toward or on the right; also used figuratively; "he looked right and left"; "the party has moved right" Right(a)   Of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face outward; "the right side of the cloth showed the pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out" Right(a)   Intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove" Right-angled   Forming a right angle or containing one or more right angles; "a right-angled bend" Back to top Right-angled_triangle   A triangle with one right angle Right-down   Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job Right-down   Positively; "a regular right-down bad ''un"--Charles Dickens Right-hand   Most helpful and reliable; "my right-hand man" Right-hand(a)   Intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove" Right-hand(a)   Located on or directed toward the right; "a right-hand turn" Right-handed   Rotating to the right Right-handed   Using or intended for the right hand; "a right-handed batter"; "right-handed scissors" Right-handedness   Preference for using the right hand Right-handed_pitcher   (baseball) a pitcher who throws with the right hand Right-hander   (baseball) a pitcher who throws with the right hand Right-hander   A person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left Right-hand_man   The most helpful assistant Right-minded   Disposed toward or having views based on what is right; "respect for law which every right-minded citizen ought to have"- Bertrand Russell Right-side-out(p)   Of fabric or clothing Right-side-up(p)   Of objects having a top and bottom Right-wing   Believing in or supporting tenets of the political right Right-winger   A member of a right wing political party Righteous   Morally justified; "righteous indignation" Righteous   Characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice; "the...prayer of a righteous man availeth much"- James 5:16 Back to top Righteously   In a righteous manner; "righteously indignant" Righteousness   Adhering to moral principles Righteyed_flounder   Flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head Righteye_flounder   Flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head Rightful(a)   Legally valid; "a rightful inheritance" Rightful(a)   Having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir"; "the true and lawful king" Rightfully   By right; "baseball rightfully is the nation''s pastime" Rightfulness   Anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim" Righthander   A person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left Rightish   Tending toward the political right Rightism   The ideology of the political right; belief in or support of the tenets of the political right Rightist   A member of a right wing political party Rightist   Believing in or supporting tenets of the political right Rightly   With honesty; "he was rightly considered the greatest singer of his time" Rightmost   Farthest to the right; "in the rightmost line of traffic" Rightness   Conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; "it was performed with justness and beauty" Rightness   Conformity to fact or truth Rightness   According with conscience or morality Rightness   Appropriate conduct; doing the right thing Rights_issue   An offering of common stock to existing shareholders who hold subscription rights or pre-emptive rights that entitle them to buy newly issued shares at a discount from the price at which they will be offered to the public later; "the investment banker who Back to top Rights_offering   An offering of common stock to existing shareholders who hold subscription rights or pre-emptive rights that entitle them to buy newly issued shares at a discount from the price at which they will be offered to the public later; "the investment banker who Right_along   All the time or over a period of time; "She had known all along"; "the hope had been there all along" Right_angle   A quarter of the circumference of a circle Right_angle   The 90 degree angle between two perpendicular lines Right_ascension   An arc of the celestial equator eastward from the vernal equinox Right_ascension   (astronomy) the angular distance eastward along the celestial equator from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that passes through the body; expressed in hours and minutes and second; used with declination to specify positions on the Right_atrioventricular_valve   Valve with three cusps; situated between the right atrium and the right ventricle; allows blood to pass from atrium to ventricle and closes to prevent backflow when the ventricle contracts Right_atrium   The right upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the venae cavae and coronary sinus Right_atrium_of_the_heart   The right upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the venae cavae and coronary sinus Right_away   Without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!" Right_away   At once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence); "he promptly forgot the address" Right_Bank   The region of Paris on the north bank of the Seine Right_brain   The cerebral hemisphere to the right of the corpus callosum that controls the left half of the body Right_coronary_artery   Arises from the right aortic sinus; supplies the right side of the heart Right_field   The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the right third of the outfield (looking from home plate) Right_field   The piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher''s right Right_fielder   The person who plays right field Right_gastric_artery   A branch of the hepatic artery that supplies the pyloric portion of the stomach on the lesser curvature Right_gastric_vein   Receives veins from the upper surfaces of the stomach and empties into the portal vein Right_hand   The hand that is on the right side of the body; "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body" Back to top Right_hander   A person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left Right_hemisphere   The cerebral hemisphere to the right of the corpus callosum that controls the left half of the body Right_of_election   In probate law: the legal right of a surviving spouse to elect to take either what the deceased spouse gave under the will or the share of the estate as set forth by statute Right_of_entry   The legal right to take possession of real estate in a peaceable manner Right_of_first_publication   A document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work Right_of_offset   (banking) the legal right of a bank to seize deposited funds to cover a loan that is in default Right_of_privacy   A legal right (not explicitly provided in the United States Constitution) to be left alone; the right to live life free from unwarranted publicity Right_of_re-entry   The legal right to resume possession (a right that was reserved when a former possession was parted with) Right_of_search   The right of a belligerent to stop neutral ships on the high seas in wartime and search them Right_of_way   The passage consisting of a path or strip of land over which someone has the legal right to pass Right_of_way   The right of one vehicle or vessel to take precedence over another Right_of_way   The privilege of someone to pass over land belonging to someone else Right_on   An interjection expressing agreement Right_smart   (Southern or Midland) considerable; "it''s a right smart distance" Right_smart   To a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart'' is regional in the United States); "way over budget"; "way off base"; "the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on" Right_stage   The part of the stage on the actor''s right as the actor faces the audience Right_to_an_attorney   A civil right guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US constitution Right_to_confront_accusors   A right guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US constitution Right_to_due_process   A right guaranteed by the 5th amendment to the US constitution; reaffirmed by the 14th amendment Right_to_liberty   The right to be free Back to top Right_to_life   The right to live Right_to_privacy   Right to be free of unsanctioned intrusion Right_to_speedy_and_public_trial_by_jury   A civil right guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the United States constitution Right_to_the_pursuit_of_happiness   The right to try to find happiness Right_to_vote   A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920" Right_triangle   A triangle with one right angle Right_ventricle   The chamber on the right side of the heart that receives venous blood from the right atrium and pumps it into the pulmonary trunk Right_whale   Large arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the `right'' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil Right_wing   Those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged Rigid   Incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker" Rigid   Designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure Rigid   Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate" Rigid   Fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O''Brien; "a face rigid with pain" Rigid   Incapable of compromise or flexibility Rigidification   The process of becoming stiff or rigid Rigidify   Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking" Rigidify   Become rigid; "The body rigidified" Rigidifying   The process of becoming stiff or rigid Rigidity   The quality of being rigid and rigorously severe Rigidity   The physical property of being stiff and resisting bending Back to top Rigidly   In a rigid manner; "the body was rigidly erect"; "ge sat bolt upright" Rigidness   The physical property of being stiff and resisting bending Rigil   Brightest star in Centaurus; second nearest star to the sun Rigil_Kent   Brightest star in Centaurus; second nearest star to the sun Rigmarole   A long and complicated and confusing procedure; "all that academic rigmarole was a waste of time" Rigmarole   A set of confused and meaningless statements Rigor   Excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp" Rigor   Something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters" Rigor   The quality of being logically valid Rigorous   Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety measures" Rigorous   Rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian" Rigorous   Used of circumstances (especially weather) that cause suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate"; "a rigorous climate"; "unkind winters" Rigorously   In a rigorous manner; "he had been trained rigorously by the monks" Rigorousness   Something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters" Rigor_mortis   Muscular stiffening that begins 2 to 4 hours after death and last for about 4 days Rigor_mortis   Temporary stiffness of joints and muscular rigidity occurring after death Rigour   Excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp" Rigour   Something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters" Rigour   The quality of being logically valid Rigout   A person''s costume (especially if bizarre); "What a queer rigout!" Back to top Rig_out   Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party" Rig_up   Erect or construct, especially as a temporary measure; "Can he rig up a P.A. system?" Rijstafel   Dish originating in Indonesia; a wide variety of foods and sauces are served with rice Rijstaffel   Dish originating in Indonesia; a wide variety of foods and sauces are served with rice Rijsttaffel   Dish originating in Indonesia; a wide variety of foods and sauces are served with rice Riksmal   One of two official languages of Norway; closely related to Danish Rile   Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of Rile   Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" Riled   Aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay" Riley   United States poet (1849-1916) Riley_B_King   United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925) Rilievo   Sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background Rilke   German poet (born in Austria) whose imagery and mystic lyricism influenced 20-th century German literature (1875-1926) Rill   A small channel (as one formed by soil erosion) Rill   A small stream Rim   The top edge of a vessel Rim   A projection used for strength or for attaching to another object Rim   The outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached Rim   (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended; "the ball hit the rim and bounced off" Rim   The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object Back to top Rim   Roll around the rim of; "the ball rimmed the basket" Rim   Furnish with a rim; "rim a hat" Rim   Run around the rim of; "Sugar rimmed the dessert plate" Rima   A narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts Rimactane   An antibacterial drug (trade names Rifadin and Rimactane) used to treat tuberculosis Rima_glottidis   The space between the two true vocal folds Rima_oris   The opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy" Rima_pudendi   The fissure between the labia majora Rima_respiratoria   The opening between the false vocal folds Rima_vestibuli   The opening between the false vocal folds Rima_vocalis   The space between the two true vocal folds Rima_vulvae   The fissure between the labia majora Rimbaud   French poet whose work influenced the surrealists (1854-1891) Rime   Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds) Rime   Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) Rime   Compose rhymes Rime   Be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable; "hat and cat rhyme" Rimed   Covered with frost; "a frosty glass"; "hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost"-Wm.Faulkner Rimeless   Not having rhyme; "writing unrhymed blank verse is like playing tennis without a net" Riming   Having corrnesponding sounds especially terminal sounds; "rhymed verse"; "rhyming words" Back to top Rimless   Lacking a rim or frame; "rimless glasses" Rimmed   Having a rim or a rim of a specified kind; "do you wear rimmed or rimless glasses?" Rimose   Having a surface covered with a network of cracks and small crevices; "a tree with rimose bark" Rimski-Korsakov   Russian composer of operas and orchestral works; often used themes from folk music (1844-1908) Rimsky-Korsakov   Russian composer of operas and orchestral works; often used themes from folk music (1844-1908) Rimu   Tall New Zealand timber tree Rimy   Covered with frost; "a frosty glass"; "hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost"-Wm.Faulkner Rim_blight   A disease of tea plants Rind   The natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating) Rind   The tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit) Rinderpest   An acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes Ring   A strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) Ring   A rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling; "there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse" Ring   Jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger; "she had rings on every finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band" Ring   A square platform marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle Ring   A characteristic sound; "it has the ring of sincerity" Ring   The sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so volumnously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe Ring   An association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" Ring   (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop Ring   A toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke" Back to top Ring   Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" Ring   Attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns" Ring   Sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang" Ring   Make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church" Ring   Ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter" Ring   Be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village" Ring-a-rosy   A children''s game in which the players dance around in a circle and at a given signal all squat Ring-around-a-rosy   A children''s game in which the players dance around in a circle and at a given signal all squat Ring-around-the-rosy   A children''s game in which the players dance around in a circle and at a given signal all squat Ring-binder   Holds loose papers or magazines Ring-necked_parakeet   African parakeet Ring-necked_pheasant   Common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring Ring-necked_snake   Any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck Ring-shaped   Shaped like a ring Ring-stalked_fungus   Genus of gill fungi with brown spores that is closely related to Agaricus; here placed in its own family Strophariaceae Ring-tailed_cat   Raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings Ring-tailed_lemur   Small lemur having its tail barred with black Ringdove   Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck Ringdove   Grayish Old World turtledove with a black band around the neck; often caged Ringed   Adorned or crowned with a circlet; sometimes used as combining forms; "a brow encircled with laurel"; "wreathed in an extraordinary luminescence"; "ringed round with daisies"; "smoke-wreathed" Back to top Ringed   Wearing a wedding ring; lawfully married; "a ringed wife"- Tennyson Ringed   Shaped like a ring Ringed_snake   Harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England Ringer   (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg Ringer   A contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses Ringer   A person who is almost identical to another Ringer   A person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation) Ringer's_solution   An aqueous solution containing the chlorides of sodium and potassium and calcium that is isotonic to animal tissues; used to correct dehydration and (in physiological experiments) as a medium for in vitro preparations Ringer_solution   An aqueous solution containing the chlorides of sodium and potassium and calcium that is isotonic to animal tissues; used to correct dehydration and (in physiological experiments) as a medium for in vitro preparations Ringgit   The basic unit of money in Malaysia; equal to 100 sen Ringgold_Wilmer_Lardner   United States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933) Ringhals   Highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet Ringing   Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant Ringing   The giving of a ring as a token of engagement Ringing   The sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so volumnously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe Ringing   Having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected; "a reverberant room"; "the reverberant booms of cannon" Ringleader   A person who leads (especially in illicit activities) Ringlet   Any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae Ringlet   A small ring Ringlet   A strand or cluster of hair Back to top Ringlet   A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles Ringleted   In ringlets Ringlet_butterfly   Any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae Ringlike   Having the shape of a ring Ringling   United States showman whose song-and-dance troop evolved into a circus (1863-1926) Ringmaster   The person in charge of performances in a circus ring Ringneck_snake   Any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck Ringo_Starr   Rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940) Rings   Gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises; "the rings require a strong upper body" Ringside   First row of seating; has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring Ringside_seat   First row of seating; has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring Ringtail   An immature golden eagle Ringtail   Monkey of Central America and South America having a cowl of thick hair on the head Ringtail   North American raccoon Ringtail   Raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings Ringworm   Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches Ringworm_bush   Tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia Ringworm_cassia   Tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia Ringworm_shrub   Tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia Ring_armor   (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings Back to top Ring_armour   (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings Ring_blackbird   European thrush common in rocky areas; the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck Ring_containment   A strategy of defense in cases of bioterrorism; vaccination only of people exposed and others who are incontact with them; "ring containment is a proven method of halting a smallpox epidemic" Ring_dance   A folk dance; dancers form a circle Ring_disease   Disease of tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas solanacearum Ring_finger   The third finger (especially of the left hand) Ring_girl   A young woman who holds up cards indicating the number of the next round at prize fights Ring_Lardner   United States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933) Ring_mail   (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings Ring_of_color   Small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite Ring_out   Sound loudly; "a shot rang out" Ring_ouzel   European thrush common in rocky areas; the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck Ring_road   A road that takes traffic around the edge of a town Ring_rot   Disease of tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas solanacearum Ring_rot_bacteria   Causes brown rot in tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc Ring_rot_fungus   Fungus causing soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables and rings of dry rot around roots of sweet potatoes Ring_snake   Any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck Ring_snake   Harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England Ring_thrush   European thrush common in rocky areas; the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck Ring_up   To perform and record a sale on a cash register; "Sally rang up Eve''s purchase of tomatoes" Back to top Ring_vaccination   Administering vaccine only to people in close contact with an isolated infected patient; prevents the spread of a highly infectious disease by surrounding the patient with a ring of immunization Rink   Building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating Rinkhals   Highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet Rinse   Washing lightly without soap Rinse   The act of giving a light tint to the hair Rinse   The removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing Rinse   A liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint Rinse   Rinse one''s mouth and throat with mouthwash; "gargle with this liquid" Rinse   Clean with some chemical process Rinse   Wash off soap or remaining dirt Rinse_off   Wash off soap or remaining dirt Rinsing   The removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing Rio   The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil; chief Brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction Rioja   Dry red table wine from the Rioja region of northern Spain Riot   A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity Riot   A public act of violence by an unruly mob Riot   A joke that seems extremely funny Riot   A state of disorder involving group violence Riot   Engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making; "They were out carousing last night" Riot   Take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot; "Students were rioting everywhere in 1968" Back to top Rioter   Troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace; someone who rises up against the constituted authority Rioting   A state of disorder involving group violence Riotous   Produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming" Riotous   Unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" Riotous   Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood" Riotously   In an exuberant manner; "the exuberantly baroque decoration of the church" Riotously   In a tumultuous and riotous manner; "the crowd was demonstrating tumultuously" Riot_Act   A former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them Riot_act   A vigorous reprimand; "I read him the riot act" Riot_control   The measures taken to control a riot Riot_control_operations   The measures taken to control a riot Riot_gun   A firearm designed to disperse rioters rather than to inflict serious injury or death Rio_Bravo   A North American river; boundary between the United States and Mexico; flows into Gulf of Mexico Rio_de_Janeiro   The former capital and 2nd largest city of Brazil; chief Brazilian port; famous as a tourist attraction Rio_de_la_Plata   An estuary between Argentina and Uruguay Rio_Grande   A North American river; boundary between the United States and Mexico; flows into Gulf of Mexico Rio_Nunez_coffee   Native to West Africa but grown in Java and elsewhere; resistant to coffee rust Rip   The act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" Rip   A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current Rip   An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" Back to top Rip   A dissolute man in fashionable society Rip   Criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly" Rip   Tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" Rip   Cut (wood) along the grain Rip   Move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast" Rip-off   The act of stealing Rip-roaring   Uncontrollably noisy Riparia   A genus of Hirundinidae Riparian   Of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream; "riparian land" Riparian_forest   Woodlands along the banks of stream or river Riparian_right   Right of access to water Riparia_riparia   Swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks Ripcord   A cord that is pulled to open a parachute from its pack during a descent Ripcord   A cord that is pulled to open the gasbag of a balloon wide enough to release gas and so causes the balloon to descend Ripe   Far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90" Ripe   At the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge; "a ripe mind" Ripe   Fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodies mature wines" Ripe   Most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes" Ripe(p)   Fully prepared or eager; "the colonists were ripe for revolution" Ripely   With mature or developed appearance Back to top Ripen   Grow ripe; "The plums ripen in July" Ripen   Cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine" Ripened   Of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged'' pronounced as one syllable); "mature well-aged cheeses" Ripeness   The state of being ripe Ripening   Coming to full development; becoming mature Ripening   Acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time Ripe_olive   Olives picked ripe and cured in brine then dried or pickled or preserved canned or in oil Riposte   A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" Riposte   Answer back Ripper   A murderer who slashes the victims with a knife; "Jack the ripper was probably a madman" Ripping   Resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward" Ripping_bar   A steel lever with one end formed into a ripping chisel and the other a gooseneck with a claw for pulling nails Ripping_chisel   A long chisel with a slightly bent cutting end; used for heavy prying or cleaning mortises Ripple   A small wave on the surface of a liquid Ripple   (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value Ripple   Stir up (water) so as to form ripples Ripple   Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks" Ripple-grass   An Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions Rippled   Shaken into waves or undulations as by wind; "the rippled surface of the pond"; "with ruffled flags flying" Rippled   Having wrinkles or waves Back to top Ripple_mark   One of a series of small ridges produced in sand by water currents or by wind Rippling   A small wave on the surface of a liquid Ripsaw   A handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood Riptide   A strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore Riptide   A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current Rip_current   A strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore Rip_off   Deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" Rip_out   Burst out with a violent or profane utterance; "ripped out a vicious oath"; "ripped out with an oath" Rip_up   Tear into shreds Rip_van_Winkle   A person who sleeps a lot Rip_van_Winkle   A person oblivious to social changes RIRA   A radical terrorist group that broke away in 1997 when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire; has continued terrorist activities in opposition to any peace agreement RISC   (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform Rise   The act of changing location in an upward direction Rise   Increase in price or value; "the news caused a general advance on the stock market" Rise   The property possessed by a slope or surface that rises Rise   The amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike" Rise   An increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates" Rise   A growth in strength or number or importance Rise   (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost; "the emanation of the Holy Spirit"; "the rising of the Holy Ghost"; "the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son" Back to top Rise   A wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground Rise   A movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" Rise   An upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn''t make it up the rise" Rise   Get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night" Rise   Return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise" Rise   Increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year" Rise   Rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list" Rise   Become more extreme; "The tension heightened" Rise   Go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" Rise   Exert oneself to meet a challenge; "rise to a challenge"; "rise to the occasion" Rise   Become heartened or elated; "Her spirits rose when she heard the good news" Rise   Move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" Rise   Be promoted, move to a better position Rise   Come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends" Rise   Increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room" Rise   Rise to one''s feet; "The audience got up and applauded" Rise   Come to the surface Rise   Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance Rise   Come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" Rise   Rise up; "The building rose before them" Back to top Risen   (of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon; "the risen sun" Riser   Structural member consisting of the vertical part of a stair or step Riser   A vertical pipe in a building Riser   A person who rises (especially from bed); "he''s usually a late riser" Riser_main   A vertical pipe in a building Riser_pipe   A vertical pipe in a building Riser_pipeline   A vertical pipe in a building Rise_to_power   The act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne); "Elizabeth''s accession in 1558" Rise_up   Stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror" Rise_up   Come to the surface Rise_up   Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance Risibility   A disposition to laugh Risible   Arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughab Rising   Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another Rising   A movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon" Rising   Newly come into prominence; "a rising young politician" Rising   Coming to maturity; "the rising generation" Rising   Sloping upward Rising   (of a heavenly body) becoming visible above the horizon; "the rising sun" Rising   Advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status; "a rising trend"; "a rising market" Back to top Rising   Increasing in amount or degree; "rising prices" Rising_prices   A general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money" Rising_slope   The property possessed by a slope or surface that rises Rising_tide   The occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide) Rising_trot   The rider rises from the saddle every second stride Risk   A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing" Risk   The probability of being exposed to an infectious agent Risk   The probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred Risk   A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" Risk   Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" Risk   Expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?" Risk-free   Thought to be devoid of risk Riskily   In a dangerously risky manner; "he lost the game by playing too riskily" Riskiness   A state of danger involving risk Riskless   Thought to be devoid of risk Risklessness   Safety as a consequence of entailing no risk Risky   Involving risk or danger; "skydiving is a hazardous sport"; "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog"; "a venturesome journey in wintertime"; "a venturous enterprise" Risky   Not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can''t help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises" Risky_venture   A wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) Risk_arbitrage   Arbitrage involving risk; as in the simultaneous purchase of stock in a target company and sale of stock in its potential acquirer; if the takeover fails the arbitrageur may lose a great deal of money Back to top Risk_capital   Wealth available for investment in new or speculative enterprises Risk_of_exposure   The probability of being exposed to an infectious agent Risk_of_infection   The probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred Risk_taker   Someone who risks loss or injury in the hope of gain or excitement Risotto   Rice cooked with broth and sprinkled with grated cheese Risque   Suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip" Rissa   A genus of Laridae Rissole   Minced cooked meat or fish coated in egg and breadcrumbs and fried in deep fat Riss_glaciation   The next-to-last Pleistocene glaciation in the Alps and the deposits laid down at that time Rit.   Gradually decreasing in tempo Ritalin   Central nervous system stimulant (trade name Ritalin) used in the treatment of narcolepsy in adults and attention deficit disorder in children Ritardando   Gradually decreasing in tempo Rite   Any customary observance or practice Rite   An established ceremony prescribed by a religion; "the rite of baptism" Ritenuto   Gradually decreasing in tempo Rite_of_passage   A ritual performed in some cultures at times when a individual changes his status (as from adolescence to adulthood) Ritonavir   A protease inhibitor (trade name Norvir) used in treating HIV Rittenhouse   United States astronomer said to have built the first telescope made in America; also the first director of the United States Mint (1732-1796) Ritual   Stereotyped behavior Ritual   Any customary observance or practice Back to top Ritual   The prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies Ritual   Of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals; "a ritual dance of Haiti"; "sedate little colonial tribe with its ritual tea parties"- Nadine Gordimer Ritual   Of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals; "ritual killing" Ritualise   Make or evolve into a ritual; "The growing up of children has become ritualized in many cultures" Ritualism   Exaggerated emphasis on the importance of rites or ritualistic forms in worship Ritualism   The study of religious or magical rites and ceremonies Ritualist   A social anthropologist who is expert on rites and ceremonies Ritualist   An advocate of strict observance of ritualistic forms Ritualistic   Of or characterized by or adhering to ritualism; "a feudal or ritualistic society"; "the ritualistic killing of a sheep" Ritualize   Make or evolve into a ritual; "The growing up of children has become ritualized in many cultures" Ritually   In a ceremonial manner; "he was ceremonially sworn in as President" Ritual_dance   A dance that is part of a religious ritual Ritual_dancing   A dance that is part of a religious ritual Ritual_killing   The act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity Ritz   An ostentatiously elegant hotel Ritz   Ostentatious display of elegance; "they put on the ritz" Ritz   Swiss hotelier who created a chain of elegant hotels (1850-1918) Ritzy   Luxuriously elegant Rival   The contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" Rival   Be the rival of, be in competition with; "we are rivaling for first place in the race" Back to top Rival   Be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn''t even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents" Rivalrous   Eager to surpass others Rivalry   The act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place" Rive   Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone" Rive   Tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" River   A large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles" Rivera   Socialist Mexican painter of murals (1886-1957) Riverbank   The bank of a river Riverbed   A channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river Riverside   A city in southern California Riverside   The bank of a river River_Acheron   (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon River_Adige   A river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea; "Verona is on the Adige" River_Aire   A river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire River_Arno   A river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea River_Avon   A river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-Avon and empties into the Severn River_Avon   A river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn River_basin   The entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; "flood control in the Missouri basin" River_birch   Birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark River_blindness   Infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America Back to top River_boat   A boat used on rivers or to ply a river River_bottom   A channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river River_boulder   A boulder that has been carried by a river to a place remote from its place of origin River_Cam   A river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River River_Cocytus   (Greek mythology) a river in Hades that was said to be a tributary of the Acheron River_cooter   Large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico River_dolphin   Any of several long-snouted usually freshwater dolphins of South America and southern Asia River_gum   Somewhat crooked red gum tree growing chiefly along rivers; has durable reddish lumber used in heavy construction River_horse   Massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa River_Kasai   A river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic o River_Lethe   (Greek mythology) a river in Hades; the souls of the dead had to drink from it, which made them forget all they had done and suffered when they were alive River_limpet   Minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants River_otter   Sociable aquatic animal widely distributed along streams and lake borders in North America River_pear   West Indian fruit resembling the mango; often pickled River_prawn   Large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers River_prawn   Large Australian prawn River_red_gum   Somewhat crooked red gum tree growing chiefly along rivers; has durable reddish lumber used in heavy construction River_Severn   A river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain River_shad   Shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage; very similar to Alosa sapidissima River_Styx   (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which Charon carried dead souls Back to top River_Thames   The longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea River_Trent   A river in central England that flows generally notheastward to join with the Ouse River and form the Humber River_Tyne   A river in northern England that flows east to the North Sea Rivet   Heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together Rivet   Ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt) Rivet   Direct one''s attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" Rivet   Hold (someone''s attention); "The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists" Rivet   Fasten with a rivet or rivets Riveter   A machine for driving rivets Riveter   A worker who inserts and hammers rivets Riveting   Capable of arousing and holding the attention; "a fascinating story" Riveting_machine   A machine for driving rivets Rivetter   A machine for driving rivets Rivetter   A worker who inserts and hammers rivets Rivet_line   A line of rivets at a seam; "the fuselage cracked along the rivet line" Riviera   A coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France; "the Riviera contains some of Europe''s most popular resorts" Rivina   Small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs; tropical and subtropical America Rivina_humilis   Bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical Americas Rivulet   A small stream Rivulus   Found in small streams of tropical America; often kept in aquariums; usually hermaphroditic Back to top Riyadh   Joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis; largest city in Saudi Arabia Riyal   The basic unit of money in Qatar Riyal   The basic unit of money in Saudi Arabia Riyal-omani   The basic unit of money in Oman RN   A graduate nurse who has passed examinations for registration Rn   A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium; the heaviest of the inert gasses; occurs naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is considered a hazard to health RNA   (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in th RNase   A transferase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ribonucleic acid Ro   An artificial language for international use that rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas Roach   European freshwater food fish having a greenish back Roach   Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests Roach   Street names for flunitrazepan Roach   The butt of a marijuana cigarette Roach_clip   Metal tweezers used by marijuana smokers to hold a roach Roach_holder   Metal tweezers used by marijuana smokers to hold a roach Road   A way or means to achieve something; "the road to fame" Road   An open way (generally public) for travel or transportation Road   Working for a short time in different places; "itinerant laborers"; "a road show"; "traveling salesman"; "touring company" Road(a)   Taking place over public roads; "road racing" Roadbed   A bed supporting a road Back to top Roadblock   A barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc. Roadblock   Any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective; "intolerance is a barrier to understanding" Roadbook   A guidebook describing the roads of a country; contains maps and (sometimes) a gazetteer Roadhog   A driver who obstructs others Roadhouse   An inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling Roadless   Lacking pathways; "trackless wilderness"; "roadless areas" Roadman   A workman who is employed to repair roads Roadman   A salesman who travels to call on customers Roadrunner   Speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas Roads   A partly sheltered anchorage Roadside   Edge of a way or road or path; "flowers along the wayside" Roadstead   A partly sheltered anchorage Roadster   A small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse Roadster   An open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat Roadway   A road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel Roadworthiness   (of motor vehicles) the quality of being fit to drive on the open road Roadworthy   (of vehicles) fit to be driven on the open road; "a roadworthy truck" Road_agent   A holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it Road_builder   Someone whose business is to build roads Road_construction   The construction of roads Back to top Road_game   A game played away from home Road_gang   A gang of road workers Road_hog   A driver who obstructs others Road_map   A map showing roads (for automobile travel) Road_map   A detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action; "the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam" Road_mender   A workman who is employed to repair roads Road_metal   Broken rock used for repairing or making roads Road_rage   Violence exhibited by drivers in traffic Road_roller   Vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements Road_runner   Someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons) Road_sense   Good judgment in avoiding trouble or accidents on the road Road_show   A show on tour Road_surface   The paved surface of a paved roadway Road_test   A test to insure that a vehicle is roadworthy Road_to_Damascus   A sudden turning point in a person''s life (similar to the sudden conversion of the Apostle Paul on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus of arrest Christians) Roald_Amundsen   Norwegian explorer who was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage and in 1911 the first to reach the South Pole (1872-1928) Roald_Hoffmann   United States chemist (born in Poland) who used quantum mechanics to understand chemical reactions (born in 1937) Roam   Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They ro Roamer   Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life Roan   Horse having a roan coat Back to top Roan   A soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding Roan   (used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray; "a roan horse" Roanoke   A city in southwestern Virginia Roar   A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" Roar   A deep prolonged loud noise Roar   The sound made by a lion Roar   Laugh unrestrainedly and heartily Roar   Utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,'' he roared" Roar   Make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles; "The wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the chute" Roar   Emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow" Roar   Make a loud noise, as of animal; "The bull bellowed" Roar   Act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way; "desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town"-R.A.Billington Roarer   Someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice Roaring   A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" Roaring   A deep prolonged loud noise Roaring   Loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss Roaring   Very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids" Roaring   Extremely; "roaring drunk" Roar_off   Leave; "The car roared off into the fog" Roast   Negative criticism Back to top Roast   A piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion Roast   Cook with dry heat, usually in an oven; "roast the turkey" Roast   Subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" Roast   (of meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven Roasted   (of meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven Roaster   A special cooking pan for roasting Roaster   Flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting Roaster   A cook who roasts food Roaster   A harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment); "the honoree gave his roasters as good as he got" Roasting   Cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added); "the slow roasting took several hours" Roast_beef   Cut of beef suitable for roasting Roast_beef_plant   Iris with purple flowers and evil-smelling leaves; southern and western Europe and North Africa Roast_lamb   A cut of lamb suitable for roasting Roast_pork   Cut of pork suitable for roasting Roast_veal   Cut of veal suitable for roasting Rob   Rip off; ask an unreasonable price Rob   Take something away by force or without the consent of the owner; "The burglars robbed him of all his money" Robaxin   Muscle relaxant for skeletal muscles (trade name Robaxin) used to treat spasms Robber   A thief who steals from someone by threatening violence Robbery   Larceny by threat of violence Back to top Robbery   Plundering during riots or in wartime Robbery_conviction   Conviction for robbery Robbery_suspect   Someone suspected of committing robbery Robber_fly   Swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing Robber_frog   Small terrestrial frog of tropical America Robber_frog   Of southwest United States and Mexico; call is like a dog''s bark Robbins   United States choreographer who brought human emotion to classical ballet and spirited reality to Broadway musicals (1918-1998) Robe   Outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions Robe   Any loose flowing garment Robe   Clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes Robe-de-chambre   A robe worn before dressing or while lounging Robed   Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination; "the elegantly attired gentleman"; "neatly dressed workers"; "monks garbed in hooded robes"; "went about oddly garmented"; "professors robed in crimson"; "tuxedo-attired gentlemen"; Robert   United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert''s Rules of Order (1837-1923) Robert's_Rules_of_Order   A book of rules for presiding over a meeting; written by Henry M. Martin in 1876 and subsequently updated through many editions Roberto_Francesco_Romolo_Bellarmine   Italian cardinal and theologian (1542-1621) Roberts   A Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722) Roberts   United States writer remembered for his historical novels about colonial America (1885-1957) Roberts   United States evangelist (born 1918) Roberts   United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943) Robertson   United States basketball guard (born in 1938) Back to top Robert_A._Heinlein   United States writer of science fiction (1907-1988) Robert_Abram_Bartlett   United States explorer who accompanied Peary''s expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946) Robert_Adam   Scottish architect who designed many public buildings in England and Scotland (1728-1792) Robert_Alexander_Schumann   German romantic composer known for piano music and songs (1810-1856) Robert_Andrews_Millikan   United States physicist who isolated the electron and measured its charge (1868-1953) Robert_Anson_Heinlein   United States writer of science fiction (1907-1988) Robert_Barany   Austrian physician who developed a rotational method for testing the middle ear (1876-1936) Robert_Bartlett   United States explorer who accompanied Peary''s expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946) Robert_Benchley   United States humorist (1889-1945) Robert_Boyle   Irish chemist who established that air has weight and whose definitions of chemical elements and chemical reactions helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy (1627-1691) Robert_Brown   Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858) Robert_Browning   English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889) Robert_Bruce_Mathias   United States athlete who won Olympic gold medals in the decathlon (born in 1930) Robert_Bunsen   German chemist who with Kirchhoff pioneered spectrum analysis but is remembered mainly for his invention of the Bunsen burner (1811-1899) Robert_Burns   Celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796) Robert_Burns_Woodward   United States chemist honored for synthesizing complex organic compounds (1917-1979) Robert_Charles_Benchley   United States humorist (1889-1945) Robert_Charles_Venturi   United States architect (born in 1925) Robert_Clive   British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774) Robert_Curl   American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933) Back to top Robert_De_Niro   United States film actor who frequently plays tough characters (born 1943) Robert_E._Lee   American general who led the Confederate armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870) Robert_E._Peary   United States arctic explorer and United States naval officer who has been regarded as the first man to reach the North Pole (1856-1920) Robert_Edward_Lee   American general who led the Confederate armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870) Robert_Edwin_Peary   United States arctic explorer and United States naval officer who has been regarded as the first man to reach the North Pole (1856-1920) Robert_Emmet_Sherwood   United States playwright (1896-1955) Robert_E_Lee's_Birthday   Celebrated in southern United States Robert_E_Lee_Day   Celebrated in southern United States Robert_F._Curl   American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933) Robert_Falcon_Scott   English explorer who reached the South Pole just a month after Amundsen; he and his party died on the return journey (1868-1912) Robert_Floyd_Curl_Jr.   American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933) Robert_Frost   United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963) Robert_Fulton   American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815) Robert_Graves   English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985) Robert_Gray   American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806) Robert_Herrick   English lyric poet (1591-1674) Robert_Hooke   English scientist who formulated the law of elasticity and proposed a wave theory of light and formulated a theory of planetary motion and proposed the inverse square law of gravitational attraction and discovered the cellular structure of cork and introd Robert_Hutchings_Goddard   United States physicist who developed the first successful liquid-fueled rocket (1882-1945) Robert_I   King of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329) Robert_James_Fischer   United States chess master; world champion from 1972 to 1975 (born in 1943) Back to top Robert_Jemison_Van_de_Graaff   United States physicist (1901-1967) Robert_Joffrey   United States choreographer (1930-1988) Robert_King_Merton   United States sociologist (1910-2003) Robert_Koch   German bacteriologist who isolated the anthrax bacillus and the tubercle bacillus and the cholera bacillus (1843-1910) Robert_Lee_Frost   United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963) Robert_Louis_Balfour_Stevenson   Scottish author (1850-1894) Robert_Louis_Stevenson   Scottish author (1850-1894) Robert_Lowell   United States poet (1917-1977) Robert_M._Yerkes   United States psychologist who studied the intelligence of primates (1876-1956) Robert_MacGregor   Scottish clan leader and outlaw who was the subject of a 1817 novel by Sir Walter Scott (1671-1734) Robert_Maynard_Hutchins   United States educator who was president of the University of Chicago (1899-1977) Robert_Mearns_Yerkes   United States psychologist who studied the intelligence of primates (1876-1956) Robert_Merton   United States sociologist (1910-2003) Robert_Mills   United States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855) Robert_Mitchum   United States film actor (1917-1997) Robert_Morris   Leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806) Robert_Motherwell   United States abstract expressionist painter (1915-1991) Robert_Nesta_Marley   Jamaican singer who popularized reggae (1945-1981) Robert_Oppenheimer   United States physicist who directed the project at Los Alamos that developed the first atomic bomb (1904-1967) Robert_Orr   Canadian hockey player (born 1948) Back to top Robert_Owen   Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858) Robert_Peary   United States arctic explorer and United States naval officer who has been regarded as the first man to reach the North Pole (1856-1920) Robert_Peel   British politician (1788-1850) Robert_Penn_Warren   United States writer and poet (1905-1989) Robert_R._Livingston   Leaser of the American Revolution who served in the Continental Congress and as minister to France (1746-1813) Robert_Ranke_Graves   English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985) Robert_Redford   United States actor and filmmaker who starred with Paul Newman in several films (born in 1936) Robert_Robinson   English chemist noted for his studies of molecular structures in plants (1886-1975) Robert_Schumann   German romantic composer known for piano music and songs (1810-1856) Robert_Scott   English explorer who reached the South Pole just a month after Amundsen; he and his party died on the return journey (1868-1912) Robert_Southey   English poet and friend of Wordsworth and Coleridge (1774-1843) Robert_the_Bruce   King of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329) Robert_Traill_Spence_Lowell_Jr.   United States poet (1917-1977) Robert_Treat_Paine   American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1731-1814) Robert_Tyre_Jones   United States golfer (1902-1971) Robert_Van_de_Graaff   United States physicist (1901-1967) Robert_Venturi   United States architect (born in 1925) Robert_Walpole   Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745) Robert_Wilhelm_Bunsen   German chemist who with Kirchhoff pioneered spectrum analysis but is remembered mainly for his invention of the Bunsen burner (1811-1899) Robert_William_Service   Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958) Back to top Robert_Woodrow_Wilson   United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1918) Robeson   United States bass singer and an outspoken critic of racism and proponent of socialism (1898-1976) Robespierre   French revolutionary; leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror; was himself executed in a coup d''etat (1758-1794) Robin   Large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen Robin   Small Old World songbird with a reddish breast Robin's_plantain   Common perennial of eastern North America having flowers with usually violet-purple rays Robinia   Deciduous flowering trees and shrubs Robinia_hispida   Large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers Robinia_pseudoacacia   Large thorny tree of eastern and central United States having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of white flowers; widely naturalized in many varieties in temperate regions Robinia_viscosa   Small rough-barked locust of southeastern United States having racemes of pink flowers and glutinous branches and seeds Robinson   United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (1893-1973) Robinson   United States poet; author of narrative verse (1869-1935) Robinson   United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972) Robinson   United States historian who stressed the importance of intellectual and social events for the course of history (1863-1936) Robinson   Irish playwright and theater manager in Dublin (1886-1958) Robinson   United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight championship five times and the world welterweight championship once (1921-1989) Robinson   English chemist noted for his studies of molecular structures in plants (1886-1975) Robinson_Crusoe   The hero of Daniel Defoe''s novel about a shipwrecked English sailor who survives on a small tropical island Robinson_Jeffers   United States poet who wrote about California (1887-1962) Robin_Goodfellow   A mischievous sprite of English folklore Back to top Robin_Hood   Legendary English outlaw of the 12th century; said to have robbed the rich to help the poor Robin_redbreast   Small Old World songbird with a reddish breast Robitussin   Trade name of an expectorant that loosens phlegm and makes it easier to cough up Roble   Tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns Roble   Large tree of Trinidad and Guyana having odd-pinnate leaves and violet-scented axillary racemes of yellow flowers and long smooth pods; grown as a specimen in parks and large gardens Roble_beech   Tall deciduous South American tree Robolo   A kind of percoid fish Robot   A mechanism that can move automatically Robotics   The area of AI concerned with the practical use of robots Robotics_equipment   Equipment used in robotics Robotic_telesurgery   Microsurgery in which the surgeon performs surgery by manipulating the hands of a robot Robotlike   Like the unthinking functioning of a machine; "an automatic `thank you''"; "machinelike efficiency" Robot_bomb   A small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb Robot_pilot   A navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course Robust   Rough and crude; "a robust tale" Robust   Physically strong Robust   Strong enough to withstand intellectual challenge; "the experiment yielded robust results"; "a robust faith" Robust   Marked by richness and fullness of flavor; "a rich ruby port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee" Robusta_coffee   Native to West Africa but grown in Java and elsewhere; resistant to coffee rust Robustious   Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of or Back to top Robustly   In a robust manner; "he was robustly built" Robustness   The property of strong in constitution Rob_Roy   A manhattan cocktail made with Scotch whiskey Rob_Roy   Scottish clan leader and outlaw who was the subject of a 1817 novel by Sir Walter Scott (1671-1734) Roc   Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength Rocambole   European leek cultivated and used like leeks Roccella   A source of the dye archil and of litmus Roccellaceae   A fungus family of division Lichenes Roccella_tinctoria   A source of the dye archil and of litmus Rocco_Marciano   United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship in 1952 (1924-1969) Roccus   A genus of Serranidae Roccus_saxatilis   Marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone Rocephin   A parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Rocephin) used for severe infection of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract Rochambeau   French general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807) Rochelle_powder   An effervescing salt containing sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt and tartaric acid; used as a cathartic Rochelle_salt   A double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic Rochelle_salts   A double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic Rochester   A town in southeast Minnesota Rochester   A city in western New York; a center of the photographic equipment industry Rochon_prism   Optical device that produces plane-polarized ultraviolet light Back to top Rock   Pitching dangerously to one side Rock   A genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock''n''roll." Rock   Hard stick bright-colored stick candy typically peppermint flavored Rock   A lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me" Rock   (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable; "he was her rock during the crisis"; "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church"--Gospel According to Matthew Rock   United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984) Rock   Material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth''s crust; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries" Rock   Move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet" Rock   Cause to move back and forth; "rock the cradle"; "rock the baby"; "the wind swayed the trees gently" Rock'n'roll   A genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock''n''roll." Rock-and-roll   A genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock''n''roll." Rock-bottom   Well below normal (especially in price) Rock-ribbed   Tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated; "an inflexible (or die-hard) conservative"; "rock-ribbed republican" Rock-ribbed   Abounding in or bordered by rocky cliffs or scarps; "the rock-ribbed coast of Maine" Rock-steady   Consistent in performance or behavior; "dependable in one''s habits"; "a steady-going family man" Rockabilly   A fusion of black music and country music that was popular in the 1950s; sometimes described as blues with a country beat Rockbound   Abounding in or bordered by rocky cliffs or scarps; "the rock-ribbed coast of Maine" Rockchuck   Heavy-bodied yellowish-brown marmot of rocky areas of western North America Rockcress   Any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis Rockcress   Noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium Back to top Rockefeller   United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937) Rocker   A curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro Rocker   An ice skate with a curved blade Rocker   A trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold Rocker   A chair mounted on rockers Rocker   A teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles Rocker   A performer or composer or fan of rock music Rocker   An attendant who rocks a child in a cradle Rockers   Originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s; wore black leather jackets and jeans and boots; had greased hair and rode motorcycles and listened to rock''n''roll; were largely unskilled manual laborers Rockery   A garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants Rocker_arm   A lever pivoted at the center; used especially to push a valve down in an internal-combustion engine Rocket   A jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion Rocket   Any vehicle propelled by a rocket engine Rocket   Sends a firework display high into the sky Rocket   Propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon Rocket   Erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender Rocket   Propel with a rocket Rocket   Shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; "prices skyrocketed" Rocket-propelled   Propelled by (or as if propelled by) a rocket engine Rocketry   The branch of engineering science that studies rocket design and operation Back to top Rocket_base   A military base for rocket missiles Rocket_cress   Noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium Rocket_engine   A jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion Rocket_engineer   An engineer who builds and tests rockets Rocket_firing   The launching of a rocket or missile under its own power Rocket_fuel   An explosive charge that propels a rocket Rocket_larkspur   Commonly cultivated larkspur of southern Europe having unbranched spikelike racemes of blue or sometimes purplish or pinkish flowers; sometime placed in genus Delphinium Rocket_launcher   Armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket Rocket_launching   The launching of a rocket or missile under its own power Rocket_propellant   An explosive charge that propels a rocket Rocket_propellent   An explosive charge that propels a rocket Rocket_propulsion   Reaction propulsion using stored oxygen for combustion; used where there is insufficient atmospheric oxygen Rocket_range   A firing range for rocket missiles Rocket_salad   Erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender Rocket_scientist   An engineer who builds and tests rockets Rocket_scientist   A clever thinker; "you do not have to be a rocket scientist to figure that out" Rockfish   Marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone Rockfish   Marine food fish found among rocks along the northern coasts of Europe and America Rockfish   The lean flesh of any of various valuable market fish caught among rocks Rockfoil   Any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga Back to top Rockford   A city in northern Illinois Rockies   The chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide Rockingham   English statesman who served as prime minister and who opposed the war with the American colonies (1730-1782) Rockingham_podocarp   Large Australian tree with straight-grained yellow wood that turns brown on exposure Rocking_chair   A chair mounted on rockers Rocking_horse   A child''s plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride Rocklike   Hard as granite; "a granitic fist" Rockrose   Small shrubs of scrub and dry woodland regions of southern Europe and North Africa; grown for their showy flowers and soft often downy and aromatic evergreen foliage Rockrose   Any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small roselike yellow or white or reddish flowers Rockrose_family   Shrubs or woody herbs of temperate regions especially Mediterranean Rockslide   A landslide of rocks Rockweed   Coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide Rockwell   United States illustrator whose works present a sentimental idealized view of everyday life (1894-1978) Rockwell_Kent   United States painter noted for his woodcuts (1882-1971) Rocky   Full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time" Rocky   Abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches" Rocky   Liable to rock; "on high rocky heels" Rocky-mountain_maple   Small maple of northwestern North America Rocky_Marciano   United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship in 1952 (1924-1969) Rocky_Mountain   Of or relating to or located on the Rocky Mountains Back to top Rocky_Mountains   The chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide Rocky_Mountains_cherry   Dwarf ornamental shrub of western United States having large black to red and yellow sweet edible fruit Rocky_Mountain_bee_plant   Plant of western North America having trifoliate leaves and white or pink spider-shaped flowers; sometimes used as an ornamental Rocky_Mountain_bighorn   Wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns Rocky_Mountain_bristlecone_pine   Small slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old Rocky_Mountain_dogbane   North American plant similar to common dogbane Rocky_Mountain_goat   Sure-footed mammal of mountainous northwestern North America Rocky_Mountain_jay   A Canada jay with a white head; widely distributed from Montana to Arizona Rocky_Mountain_National_Park   A national park in Colorado having mountains and lakes and streams and forests Rocky_mountain_pinon   Small compact 2-needled pinon of southwestern United States; important as a nut pine Rocky_Mountain_sheep   Wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns Rocky_Mountain_spotted_fever   Caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood ticks Rocky_Mountain_whitefish   Whitefish of the western United States and Canada Rock_'n'_roll   A genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock''n''roll." Rock_'n'_roll_musician   A performer or composer or fan of rock music Rock_and_roll   A genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock''n''roll." Rock_band   A band of musicians who play rock-''n''-roll music Rock_barnacle   Barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones Rock_bass   Game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes Rock_bass   A kind of sea bass Back to top Rock_beauty   Gold and black butterflyfish found from West Indies to Brazil Rock_bit   A drill bit that has hardened rotating rollers Rock_bottom   The absolute bottom Rock_brake   Chiefly lithophytic or epiphytic fern of North America and east Asia Rock_brake   Dwarf deciduous lithophytic ferns Rock_brake   Any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions Rock_cake   A small cake with a hard surface said to resemble a rock Rock_candy   Sugar in large hard clear crystals on a string Rock_candy   Hard stick bright-colored stick candy typically peppermint flavored Rock_climber   A climber of vertical rock faces Rock_climbing   The sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment) Rock_concert   A performance of rock music Rock_Cornish   Small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl Rock_Cornish_hen   Flesh of a small fowl bred for roasting Rock_crab   Crab of eastern coast of North America Rock_cress   Any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis Rock_crystal   A clear quartz used in making electronic and optical equipment Rock_dove   Pale gray Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended Rock_drill   A drill for penetrating rock Rock_elm   Large ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North America Back to top Rock_elm   Tall widely distributed elm of eastern North America Rock_fever   Infectious bacterial disease of human beings transmitted by contact with infected animals or infected meat or milk products; characterized by fever and headache Rock_garden   A garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants Rock_geranium   Plant with basal leaves mottled with white and flowers in lax panicles on erect stems Rock_group   A band of musicians who play rock-''n''-roll music Rock_gunnel   Slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters Rock_harlequin   Glaucous herb of northeastern United States and Canada having loose racemes of yellow-tipped pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria Rock_hind   Found around rocky coasts or on reefs Rock_hopper   Small penguin of the Falkland Islands and New Zealand Rock_hyrax   Hyrax that lives in rocky areas Rock_Island   A town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River; site of a Union prison during the Civil War Rock_kangaroo   Slender long-legged Australian wallabies living in caves and rocky areas Rock_lobster   Large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters Rock_lobster   Warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California Rock_maple   Maple of eastern and central North America having 3- to 5-lobed leaves and hard close-grained wood much used for cabinet work especially the curly-grained form; sap is chief source of maple syrup and maple sugar; many subspecies Rock_music   A genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of Black rhythm-and-blues with White country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock''n''roll." Rock_of_Gibraltar   Location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules Rock_oil   A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons Rock_opera   Albums of rock music that aspired to the status of art; first appeared in the 1960s Rock_outcrop   The part of a rock formation that appears above the surface of the surrounding land Back to top Rock_partridge   Of mountainous areas of southern Europe Rock_penstemon   One of the West''s most beautiful wildflowers; large brilliant pink or rose flowers in many racemes above thick mats of stems and leaves; ledges and cliffs from Washington to California Rock_pigeon   Pale gray Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended Rock_pink   Pink-flowered perennial of rocky regions of western United States Rock_plant   Plant that grows on or among rocks or is suitable for a rock garden Rock_polypody   Chiefly lithophytic or epiphytic fern of North America and east Asia Rock_purslane   A plant of the genus Calandrinia Rock_python   Very large python of tropical and southern Africa Rock_rabbit   Small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America Rock_rabbit   Hyrax that lives in rocky areas Rock_rattlesnake   Mountain rock dweller of Mexico and most southern parts of United States southwest Rock_rose   Small shrubs of scrub and dry woodland regions of southern Europe and North Africa; grown for their showy flowers and soft often downy and aromatic evergreen foliage Rock_rose   Any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small roselike yellow or white or reddish flowers Rock_salmon   Any of several coarse fishes (such as dogfish or wolffish) when used as food Rock_salt   Naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride Rock_sandwort   Low perennial tufted plant of southeastern North America Rock_sea_bass   A kind of sea bass Rock_snake   Very large python of tropical and southern Africa Rock_spikemoss   Tufted spikemoss forming loose spreading mats; eastern North America Rock_Springs   A town of southwest Wyoming near the Utah border Back to top Rock_squirrel   Large gray ground squirrel of rocky areas of the southwestern United States Rock_star   A famous singer of rock music Rock_sunfish   Game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes Rock_wallaby   Slender long-legged Australian wallabies living in caves and rocky areas Rock_wool   A light fibrous material used as an insulator Rock_wren   Wren inhabiting badlands and mesa country of western United States and Mexico Rock_wren   Short-tailed bird resembling a wren Rococo   Fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century Rococo   Having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation; "an exquisite gilded rococo mirror" Rocroi   A battle in the Thirty Years'' War (1643); the French defeated the Spanish invaders Rod   Any rod-shaped bacterium Rod   A gangster''s pistol Rod   A long thin implement made of metal or wood Rod   Visual receptor cell sensitive to dim light Rod   A square rod of land Rod   A linear measure of 16.5 feet Rod-shaped   Resembling a rod Rod-shaped   Formed like a bacillus Rodent   Relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing Rodentia   Small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis Back to top Rodeo   An exhibition of cowboy skills Rodeo   An enclosure for cattle that have been rounded up Rodeo_rider   A performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging Rodgers   United States composer of musical comedies (especially in collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II and with Lorenz Hart) (1902-1979) Rodhos   A Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos Rodin   French sculptor noted for his renderings of the human form (1840-1917) Rodlike   Resembling a rod Rodney_George_Laver   Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this feat (born in 1938) Rodolia   Genus of Australian ladybugs Rodolia_cardinalis   Native to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale insects Rodomontade   Vain and empty boasting Rodrigo_Borgia   Pope and father of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia (1431-1503) Rodya_Raskolnikov   A fictional character in Dostoevsky''s novel `Crime and Punishment''; he kills old women because he believes he is beyond the bounds of good or evil Rod_cell   Visual receptor cell sensitive to dim light Rod_Laver   Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this feat (born in 1938) Roe   The eggs or egg-laden ovary of a fish Roe   The egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans such as the lobster Roe   Eggs of female fish Roe   Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture Roebling   United States engineer (born in Germany) who designed and began construction of the Brooklyn bridge (1806-1869) Back to top Roebuck   Male roe deer Roentgen   German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923) Roentgen   A unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air Roentgenogram   A radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis Roentgenographic   Relating to or produced by roentgenography Roentgenography   Radiography that uses X-rays to produce a roentgenogram Roentgenoscope   An X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen to enable direct observation Roentgen_ray   Electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid target Roe_deer   Small graceful deer of Eurasian woodlands having small forked antlers Rofecoxib   A Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Vioxx) that relieves pain without harming the digestive tract Rogaine   A vasodilator (trade name Loniten) used to treat severe hypertension; one side effect is hirsutism so it is also sold (trade name Rogaine) as a treatment for male-patterned baldness Rogation   A solemn supplication ceremony prescribed by the church Rogation_Day   One of the three days before Ascension Day; observed by some Christians as days of supplication Rogers   United States psychologist who developed client-centered therapy (1902-1987) Rogers   United States dancer and film actress who partnered with Fred Astaire (born 1911) Rogers   United States humorist remembered for his homespun commentary on politics and American society (1879-1935) Roger_Bacon   English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292) Roger_Bannister   English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929) Roger_Brooke_Taney   United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; remembered for his ruling that slaves and their descendants have no rights as citizens Roger_de_Mortimer   English nobleman who deposed Edward II and was executed by Edward III (1287-1330) Back to top Roger_Eliot_Fry   English painter and art critic (1866-1934) Roger_Fry   English painter and art critic (1866-1934) Roger_Huntington_Sessions   United States composer who promoted 20th century music (1896-1985) Roger_Sessions   United States composer who promoted 20th century music (1896-1985) Roger_Sherman   American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution (1721-1793) Roger_Taney   United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; remembered for his ruling that slaves and their descendants have no rights as citizens Roger_Williams   English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663 (1603-1683) Roget   English physician who in retirement compiled a well-known thesaurus (1779-1869) Rogue   A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel Rogue's_gallery   A collection of pictures of criminals Rogue's_gallery   A coterie of undesirable people Roguery   Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others Rogue_elephant   A wild and vicious elephant separated from the herd Rogue_nation   A Third World state that possesses weapons of mass destruction and sponsors terrorism Rogue_state   A Third World state that possesses weapons of mass destruction and sponsors terrorism Roguish   Lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble"; "the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray; "the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew" Roguish   Playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin" Roguishly   In a playfully roguish manner; "he winked at her roguishly" Roguishly   Like a dishonest rogue; "he roguishly intended to keep the money" Roguishness   Reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others Back to top Roguishness   The trait of indulging in disreputable pranks Rohypnol   A depressant and tranquilizer (trade name Rohypnol) often used in the commission of sexual assault; legally available in Europe and Mexico and Colombia Roil   Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of Roil   Be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm" Roiled   (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; "the river''s roiling current"; "turbulent rapids" Roiled   Aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay" Roiling   (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; "the river''s roiling current"; "turbulent rapids" Roily   (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; "the river''s roiling current"; "turbulent rapids" Roister   Engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making; "They were out carousing last night" Roisterer   An especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker Rolaids   An antacid Rolando's_area   The cortical area that influences motor movements Rolando's_fissure   A brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres; separates the frontal and parietal lobes Roland_de_Lassus   Belgian composer (1532-1594) Role   The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role" Role   Normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting; "what is your role on the team?" Role   What something is used for; "the function of an auger is to bore holes"; "ballet is beautiful but what use is it?" Role   An actor''s portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona" Roleplay   Perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar''"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol''" Roleplaying   Acting a particular role (as in psychotherapy) Back to top Role_model   Someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role model" Role_player   A theatrical performer Role_player   A person who makes deceitful pretenses Rolf   Norse chieftain who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931) Roll   The act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) Roll   A flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude Roll   Walking with a rolling gait Roll   The act of throwing dice Roll   Anything rolled up in cylindrical form Roll   Photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light Roll   A document that can be rolled up (as for storage) Roll   A list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls" Roll   A long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore Roll   The sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously Roll   A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) Roll   Rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation" Roll   Small rounded bread either plain or sweet Roll   A roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.); "he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag" Roll   A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles Roll   Execute a roll, in tumbling; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped" Back to top Roll   Show certain properties when being rolled; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly" Roll   Take the shape of a roll or cylinder; "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well" Roll   Shape by rolling; "roll a cigarette" Roll   Boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled" Roll   Pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her r''s" Roll   Flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper" Roll   Wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool" Roll   Begin operating or running; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling" Roll   Move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side" Roll   Cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words" Roll   Move, rock, or sway from side to side; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas" Roll   Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They ro Roll   Move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President''s convoy rolled past the crowds" Roll   Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach" Roll   Emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums" Roll   Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity Roll   Occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past" Roll-on   A woman''s foundation garment rolled on to the hips Roll-on   A dispenser of a liquid cosmetic (such as a deodorant) having a revolving ball as an applicator Roll-on_roll-off   A method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination Back to top Rollback   Reducing prices back to some earlier level Rollback   The act of forcing the enemy to withdraw Rolled   Rolled up and secured; "furled sails bound securely to the spar"; "a furled flag"; "his rolled umbrella hanging on his arm" Rolled   Folded in on itself to form a roll; "the edges of the handkerchief were rolled and whipped"; "jeans with rolled-up legs"; "swatted the fly with a rolled newspaper" Rolled   Uttered with a trill; "she used rolling r''s as in Spanish" Rolled   Especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward Rolled-up(a)   Folded in on itself to form a roll; "the edges of the handkerchief were rolled and whipped"; "jeans with rolled-up legs"; "swatted the fly with a rolled newspaper" Rolled_biscuit   Biscuit made from dough rolled and cut Rolled_into_one(p)   Made up of several components combined into a single entity Rolled_oats   Meal made from rolled or ground oats Rolled_out(p)   Extended or spread out fully before one; "saw miles of sand dunes rolled out to the horizon" Roller   A grounder that rolls along the infield Roller   Pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground Roller   Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers Roller   A mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it; "a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight" Roller   A cylinder that revolves Roller   A small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate) Roller   A long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore Roller-skater   Someone who engages in roller skating Roller_bandage   Bandage consisting of a strip of sterile fabric (of variable width) rolled into a cylinder to facilitate application Back to top Roller_bearing   Bearings containing small metal balls Roller_bit   A drill bit that has hardened rotating rollers Roller_blade   A shoe with rollers fixed to the sole in a line Roller_blade   Travel on shoes with a single line of rubber wheels attached to their soles; "you''d better wear a helmet and knee protectors when you roller blade!" Roller_blind   A window shade that rolls up out of the way Roller_coaster   Elevated railway in an amusement park (usually with sharp curves and steep inclines) Roller_coaster   Anything characterized by abrupt and extreme changes (especially up and down); "the economy has been on a roller coaster all year" Roller_skate   A shoe with pairs of rollers fixed to the sole Roller_skate   Travel on shoes with steel or rubber rollers attached to their soles; "In some fashionable restaurants, the waiters roller skate around" Roller_skating   Skating on wheels Roller_towel   A towel with the ends sewn together, hung on a roller Rollick   Play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom" Rollicking   Given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students celebrated their graduation with parties and practical jokes" Rollickingly   In a carefree manner; "she was rollickingly happy" Rolling   Propelling something on wheels Rolling   The act of robbing a helpless person; "he was charged with rolling drunks in the park" Rolling   A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) Rolling   Moving in surges and billows and rolls; "billowing smoke from burning houses"; "the rolling fog"; "the rolling sea"; "the tumbling water of the rapids" Rolling   Uttered with a trill; "she used rolling r''s as in Spanish" Rolling   Characterized by reverberation; "a resonant voice"; "hear the rolling thunder" Back to top Rolling_hitch   A hitch for fastening a line to a spar or another rope Rolling_mill   Steel mill where metal is rolled into sheets and bars Rolling_paper   A strong tissue paper that burns evenly and is sufficiently porous to control the burning of the tobacco in a cigarette Rolling_pin   Utensil consisting of a cylinder (usually of wood) with a handle at each end; used to roll out dough Rolling_stock   Collection of wheeled vehicles owned by a railroad or motor carrier Rolling_wave   A long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore Rollmops   A pickled herring filet that has been rolled or wrapped around a pickle Rollo   Norse chieftain who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931) Rollover   The act of changing the institution that invests your pension plan without incurring a tax penalty Roll_around   Happen regularly; "Christmas rolled around again" Roll_call   Calling out an official list of names Roll_down   Of snow masses in the mountains Roll_film   Photographic film wound on a spool Roll_in   Pour or flow in a steady stream; "mist rolled in from the sea"; "tourists rolled in from the neighboring countryside" Roll_in_the_hay   Slang terms for sexual intercourse Roll_in_the_hay   Have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" Roll_off   Recite volubly or extravagantly; "He could recite the names of all the chemical elements" Roll_of_tobacco   Tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder Roll_out   Flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper" Roll_out   Straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map" Back to top Roll_over   Make a rolling motion or turn; "The dog rolled over" Roll_over   Reinvest into a similar fund or security; "She rolled over her IRA" Roll_over   Negociate to repay a loan at a later date for an additional fee; "roll over a loan" Roll_up   Show certain properties when being rolled; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly" Roll_up   Form a cylinder by rolling; "roll up a banner" Roll_up   Form into a cylinder by rolling; "Roll up the cloth" Roll_up   Make into a bundle; "he bundled up his few possessions" Roll_up   Arrive in a vehicle: "He rolled up in a black Mercedes" Roll_up   Get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man''s unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" Roly-poly   Pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and rolled up and baked or steamed Roly-poly   A rotund individual Roly-poly_pudding   Pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam or fruit and rolled up and baked or steamed Rolypoliness   The property of having a plump and round body ROM   (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed Roma   Capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire Roma   A member of a nomadic people originating in northern India and now living on all continents Romaic   The modern Greek vernacular Romaic   Relating to modern Greece or its inhabitants or its language Romaine   Lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head Romaine_lettuce   Lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head Back to top Romaine_lettuce   Lettuce with long dark-green spoon-shaped leaves Roman   A typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions Roman   A resident of modern Rome Roman   An inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire Roman   Of or relating to or characteristic of Rome (especially ancient Rome); "Roman architecture"; "the old Roman wall" Roman   Relating to or characteristic of people of Rome; "Roman virtues"; "his Roman bearing in adversity"; "a Roman nose" Roman   Of or relating to or supporting Romanism; "the Roman Catholic Church" Roman   Characteristic of the modern type that most directly represents the type used in ancient Roman inscriptions Romanal   An artificial language Romance   An exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure) Romance   A novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life Romance   A story dealing with love Romance   The group of languages derived from Latin Romance   A relationship between two lovers Romance   Tell romantic or exaggerated lies; "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country" Romance   Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" Romance   Have a love affair with Romance   Make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary" Romance   Relating to languages derived from Latin; "Romance languages" Romance_language   The group of languages derived from Latin Back to top Romanesque   A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades Romanesque_architecture   A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades Romani   Of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture; "Romani nomads"; "Romany folk songs"; "a Gypsy fortune-teller" Romania   A Balkan republic in southeastern Europe Romanian   An eastern Romance language spoken in Romania Romanian   A native or inhabitant of Romania Romanian   Of or relating to or characteristic of the country of Romania or its people or languages; "Romanian folk music" Romanian_monetary_unit   Monetary unit in Romania Romanise   Write in the latin alphabet; "many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Romanized names" Romanism   The beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in Rome Romanist   Of or relating to or supporting Romanism; "the Roman Catholic Church" Romanize   Write in the latin alphabet; "many shops in Japan now carry neon signs with Romanized names" Romanoff   The Russian imperial line that ruled from 1613 to 1917 Romanov   The Russian imperial line that ruled from 1613 to 1917 Romans   A New Testament book containing an exposition of the doctrines of Saint Paul; written in AD 58 Romansh   The Rhaeto-Romance language spoken in southeastern Switzerland; it is an official language of Switzerland Romansh   Of or relating to the Romansh language Romantic   A soulful or amorous idealist Romantic   An artist of the romantic period or someone influenced by romanticism Romantic   Expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; "her amatory affairs"; "amorous glances"; "a romantic adventure"; "a romantic moonlight ride" Back to top Romantic   Not sensible about practical matters; unrealistic; "as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood"; "a romantic disregard for money"; "a wild-eyed dream of a world state" Romantic   Belonging to or characteristic of romanticism or the Romantic movement in the arts; "romantic poetry" Romantically   In a romantic manner; "they were romantically linked" Romantically   In a romantic manner; "she fantasized romantically about eloping wiht her boyfriend" Romanticisation   The act of indulging in sentiment Romanticise   Make romantic in style; "The designer romanticized the little black dress" Romanticise   Interpret romantically; "Don''t romanticize this uninteresting and hard work!" Romanticism   Impractical romantic ideals and attitudes Romanticism   An exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure) Romanticism   A movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization; "romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality" Romanticist   An artist of the romantic period or someone influenced by romanticism Romanticist   Someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality Romanticist   Belonging to or characteristic of romanticism or the Romantic movement in the arts; "romantic poetry" Romanticistic   Belonging to or characteristic of romanticism or the Romantic movement in the arts; "romantic poetry" Romanticization   The act of indulging in sentiment Romanticize   Act in a romantic way Romanticize   Make romantic in style; "The designer romanticized the little black dress" Romanticize   Interpret romantically; "Don''t romanticize this uninteresting and hard work!" Romantic_realism   The first coherent school of American art; active from 1825 to 1870; painted wilderness landscapes of the Hudson River valley and surrounding New England Romany   The Indic language of the Gypsies Back to top Romany   A member of a nomadic people originating in northern India and now living on all continents Romany   Of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture; "Romani nomads"; "Romany folk songs"; "a Gypsy fortune-teller" Roman_alphabet   The alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe Roman_arch   A round arch drawn from a single center Roman_architecture   The architecture of ancient Rome Roman_a_clef   A novel in which actual persons and events are disguised as fictional characters Roman_building   A building constructed by the ancient Romans Roman_calendar   The lunar calender in use in ancient Rome; replaced by the Julian calendar in 46 BC Roman_candle   A cylindrical firework that projects a series of colored balls of fire Roman_Catholic   The Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy Roman_Catholic   A member of the Roman Catholic Church Roman_Catholic   Of or relating to or supporting Romanism; "the Roman Catholic Church" Roman_Catholicism   The beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in Rome Roman_Catholic_Church   The Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy Roman_Catholic_Pope   The head of the Roman Catholic Church Roman_Church   The Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy Roman_collar   A stiff white collar with no opening in the front; a distinctive symbol of the clergy Roman_coriander   Herb of the Mediterranean region having pungent seeds used like those of caraway Roman_deity   A deity worshipped by the ancient Romans Roman_Emperor   Sovereign of the Roman Empire Back to top Roman_Empire   An empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern or Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome Roman_fleuve   A French novel in the form of a long chronicle of a family or other social group Roman_hyacinth   Hyacinth with loosely flowered spikes, several growing from one bulb Roman_Jakobson   United States linguist (born in Russia) noted for his description of the universals of phonology (1896-1982) Roman_law   The legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law Roman_Legion   A division of from 3000 to 6000 men (including cavalry) in the Roman army Roman_letters   A typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions Roman_mile   An ancient Roman unit of length equivalent to 1620 yards Roman_mythology   The mythology of the ancient Romans Roman_nettle   Annual European nettle with stinging foliage and small clusters of green flowers Roman_nose   A nose with a prominent slightly aquiline bridge Roman_numeral   A symbol in the old Roman notation; I,V,X,L,C,D,M represent 1,5,10,50,100,500,1000 respectively in Arabic notation Roman_Osipovich_Jakobson   United States linguist (born in Russia) noted for his description of the universals of phonology (1896-1982) Roman_pace   An ancient Roman unit of length (4.85 English feet) measured as the distance from the heel of one foot to the heel of the same foot when next it touches the ground Roman_print   A typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions Roman_Republic   The ancient Roman state from 509 BC until Augustus assumed power in 27 BC; was governed by an elected Senate but dissatisfaction with the Senate led to civil wars that culminated in a brief dictatorship by Julius Caesar Roman_type   A typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions Roman_wormwood   Glaucous herb of northeastern United States and Canada having loose racemes of yellow-tipped pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Fumaria Roman_wormwood   European wormwood; minor source of absinthe Romberg   United States composer (born in Hungary) who composed operettas (1887-1951) Back to top Rome   The leadership of the Roman Catholic Church Rome   Capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire Romeo   An ardent male lover Rome_Beauty   Large red apple used primarily for baking Romish   Of or relating to or supporting Romanism; "the Roman Catholic Church" Rommany   A member of a nomadic people originating in northern India and now living on all continents Rommel   German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during World War II (1891-1944) Romneya   1 species: matilija poppy Romneya_coulteri   Tall branching subshrub of California and Mexico often cultivated for its silvery-blue foliage and large fragrant white flowers Romp   Gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly" Romp   An easy victory Romp   A girl who behaves in a boyish manner Romp   Win easily; "romp a race" Romp   Play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom" Romp   Run easily and fairly fast Romper   A one-piece garment for children to wear at play; the lower part is shaped like bloomers Romper   A person who romps or frolics Rompers   A one-piece garment for children to wear at play; the lower part is shaped like bloomers Romper_suit   A one-piece garment for children to wear at play; the lower part is shaped like bloomers Romulus   (Roman mythology) founder of Rome; suckled with his twin brother Remus by a wolf after their parents (Mars and Rhea Silvia) abandoned them; Romulus killed Remus in an argument over the building of Rome Back to top Ron   A Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria Ronald_George_Wreyford_Norrish   English chemist (1897-1978) Ronald_Reagan   40th President of the United States (1911-) Ronald_Wilson_Reagan   40th President of the United States (1911-) Rondeau   A French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas Rondeau   A musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata Rondel   A French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas Rondelet   A shorter form of rondeau Rondo   A musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata Roneo   A rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo) Roneo   Make copies on a roneograph Roneograph   A rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo) Rontgen   German physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923) Rood   Representation of the cross on which Jesus died Rood-tree   Representation of the cross on which Jesus died Rood_screen   A screen in a church; separates the nave from the choir or chancel Roof   A protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building Roof   Protective covering on top of a motor vehicle Roof   Provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof Roofed   Covered with a roof; having a roof as specified (often used in combination); "roofed picnic areas"; "a slate-roofed house"; "palmleaf-roofed huts" Back to top Roofer   A craftsman who lays or repairs roofs Roofing   The craft of a roofer Roofing   Material used to construct a roof Roofing_material   Building material used in constructing roofs Roofing_paper   A heavy paper impregnated with tar and used as part of a roof for waterproofing Roofing_tile   A thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing Roofless   Physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security; "made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern Roofless   Not having a roof; "the hurricane left hundreds of house roofless" Rooftop   The top of a (usually flat) roof Rooftree   A beam laid along the ridge of a roof; provides attachment for upper end of rafters Roofy   Street names for flunitrazepan Roof_garden   A garden on a flat roof of a building Roof_mushroom   A large genus of fungi belonging to the family Pluteaceae; the shape of the cap resembles a roof; often abundant early in the summer Roof_of_the_mouth   The upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities Roof_peak   The highest point of a roof Roof_rack   Carrier for holding luggage above the seats of a train or on top of a car Roof_rat   Common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide Rooibos   South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers; leaves are aromatic when dried and used to make an herbal tea Rook   Common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow Rook   (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard Back to top Rook   Deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" Rookery   A breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks) Rookie   An awkward and inexperienced youth Room   An area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view" Room   The people who are present in a room; "the whole room was cheering" Room   Space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around" Room   Opportunity for; "room for improvement" Room   Live and take one''s meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house" Roomer   A tenant in someone''s house Roomette   A small private compartment for one on a sleeping car Roomful   The quantity a room will hold Roomily   With ample room; "the furniture was spaciously spread out" Roominess   Spatial largeness (especially inside a building) Rooming_house   A house where rooms are rented Roommate   An associate who shares a room with you Rooms   Apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel) Roomy   (of buildings and rooms) having ample space; "a roomy but sparcely furnished apartment"; "a spacious ballroom" Room_access   The entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; "he stuck his head in the doorway" Room_clerk   A hotel clerk who is responsible for room assignments to guests Room_decorator   A person who specializes in designing architectural interiors and their furnishings Back to top Room_light   Light that provides general illumination for a room Room_rate   The rate charged daily for a hotel room Room_temperature   The normal temperature of room in which people live Roosevelt   26th President of the United States; hero of the Spanish-American War; Panama Canal was built during his administration; said `Speak softly but carry a big stick'' (1858-1919) Roosevelt   32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the great depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945) Roosevelt   Wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962) Rooseveltian   Of or relating to or like or in the manner of Franklin Roosevelt Roost   A perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep Roost   A shelter with perches for fowl or other birds Roost   Settle down or stay, as if on a roost Roost   Sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the treee" Rooster   Adult male chicken Root   The part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support Root   (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" Root   A simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes Root   The set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation Root   The place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism''s Russian root" Root   Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) Root   (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground Root   A number that when multiplied by itself some number of times equals a given number Back to top Root   Take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly" Root   Cause to take roots Root   Become settled or established and stable in one''s residence or life style; "He finally settled down" Root   Take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for; "We all rooted for the home team"; "I''m pulling for the underdog"; "Are you siding with the defender of the title?" Root   Dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles" Root   Plant by the roots Root   Come into existence, originate; "The problem roots in her depression" Rootage   The place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism''s Russian root" Rootage   A developed system of roots Rootage   Fixedness by or as if by roots; "strengthened by rootage in the firm soil of faith" Rootbound   Having the roots matted or densely tangled; "shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs"- William Faulkner Rootbound   Of a potted plant; grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots Rooted(p)   Absolutely still; "frozen with horror"; "they stood rooted in astonishment" Rooter_skunk   Large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico Rooting   The process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow Rooting_reflex   Reflex consisting of head-turning and sucking movements elicited in a normal infant by gently stroking the side of the mouth of cheek Rootle   Dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles" Rootless   Wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community; "led a vagabond life"; "a rootless wanderer" Rootlet   Small root or division of a root Rootlike   Looking or acting like a root Back to top Roots   The condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; "his roots in Texas go back a long way"; "he went back to Sweden to search for his roots"; "his music has African roots" Rootstalk   A horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure Rootstock   Root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots Rootstock   A horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure Root_beer   Carbonated drink containing extracts of roots and herbs Root_beer_float   An ice-cream soda made with ice cream floating in root beer Root_canal   The passage in the root of a tooth through which its nerve and blood vessels enter the pulp cavity Root_cap   Thimble-shaped mass of cells covering and protecting the growing tip of a root Root_celery   Grown for its thickened edible aromatic root Root_cellar   An excavation where root vegetables are stored Root_climber   A plant that climbs by its adventitious roots e.g. ivy Root_crop   Crop grown for its enlarged roots: e.g. beets; potatoes; turnips Root_hair   Thin hairlike outgrowth of an epidermal cell just behind the tip; absorbs nutrients from the soil Root_out   Pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" Root_rot   Disease characterized by root decay; caused by various fungi Root_system   A developed system of roots Root_vegetable   Any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers Root_word   (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" Rope   Street names for flunitrazepan Rope   A strong line Back to top Rope   Fasten with a rope; "rope the bag securely" Rope   Catch with a lasso; "rope cows" Rope-a-dope   A boxing tactic: pretending to be trapped against the ropes while your opponenet wears himself out throwing punches Rope-maker   A craftsman who makes ropes Ropebark   Deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers Ropedancer   An acrobat who performs on a rope stretched at some height above the ground Ropemaker   A craftsman who makes ropes Roper   A craftsman who makes ropes Roper   A cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses Roper   A decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game) Ropewalk   Workplace consisting of a long narrow path or shed where rope is made Ropewalker   An acrobat who performs on a rope stretched at some height above the ground Ropeway   A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers Ropey   (British informal) very poor in quality; "ropey food"; "a ropey performance" Ropey   Forming viscous or glutinous threads Rope_bridge   A bridge consisting of ropes Rope_burn   Abrasion (usually on the hands) caused by friction from a rope Rope_down   Lower oneself with a double rope coiled around the body from a mountainside; "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous"; "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing" Rope_in   Draw in as if with a rope; lure; "The agent had roped in several customers" Rope_in   Divide by means of a rope; "The police roped off the area where the crime occurred" Back to top Rope_ladder   A ladder with side pieces of rope Rope_off   Divide by means of a rope; "The police roped off the area where the crime occurred" Rope_tow   A ski tow offering only a moving rope to hold onto Rope_up   Attach to one another, for safety; "The mountaineers roped up when they started the final ascent" Rope_yard   Workplace consisting of a long narrow path or shed where rope is made Rope_yarn   The strands out of which ropes are made Rophy   Street names for flunitrazepan Ropiness   The property of being cohesive and sticky Roping   Capturing cattle or horses with a lasso Ropy   (British informal) very poor in quality; "ropey food"; "a ropey performance" Ropy   Forming viscous or glutinous threads Roquefort   French blue cheese Roquefort_dressing   Vinaigrette containing crumbled Roquefort or blue cheese Roquette   Erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender Roridula   Either of 2 species of the genus Roridula; South African viscid perennial low-growing woody shrubs Roridulaceae   In some classifications included in the family Droseraceae Rorippa   Annual and perennial herbs of damp habitats; cosmopolitan except Antarctica Rorippa_amphibia   Perennial herb found on streams and riversides throughout Europe except extreme north and Mediterranean; sometimes placed in genus Nasturtium Rorippa_islandica   Annual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb; troublesome weed in some localities Rorippa_nasturtium-aquaticum   Perennial Eurasian cress growing chiefly in springs or running water having fleshy pungent leaves used in salads or as a potherb or garnish; introduced in North America and elsewhere Back to top Rorqual   Any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin Rorschach   A projective tests using bilaterally symmetrical inkblots; subjects state what they see in the inkblot Rorschach_test   A projective tests using bilaterally symmetrical inkblots; subjects state what they see in the inkblot Rosa   Large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses Rosacea   A skin disease of adults (more often women) in which blood vessels of the face enlarge resulting in a flushed appearance Rosaceae   A large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens Rosaceous   Having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of dawn" Rosaceous   Of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Rosaceae Rosales   In some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae Rosary   Beads used in counting prayers (especially Catholic rosary) Rosa_banksia   Chinese evergreen climbing rose with yellow or white single flowers Rosa_canina   Prickly wild rose with delicate pink or white scentless flowers; native to Europe Rosa_chinensis   Shrubby Chinese rose; ancestor of many cultivated garden roses Rosa_damascena   Large hardy very fragrant pink rose; cultivated in Asia Minor as source of attar of roses; parent of many hybrids Rosa_eglanteria   Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips Rosa_laevigata   Chinese climbing rose with fragrant white blossoms Rosa_moschata   Rose native to Mediterranean region having curved or climbing branches and loose clusters of musky-scented flowers Rosa_multiflora   Vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers; used for hedges and as grafting stock Rosa_odorata   Any of several hybrid bush roses derived from a tea-scented Chinese rose with pink or yellow flowers Rosa_Parks   United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national civil rights movement (born in 1913) Back to top Rosa_pendulina   European alpine rose with crimson flowers Rosa_spithamaea   Low-growing bristly shrub of southern Oregon and California with creeping rootstocks and usually corymbose flowers Rose   A dusty pink color Rose   Pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began Rose   Any of many plants of the genus Rosa Rose   Having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of dawn" Rose-apple_tree   Tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit Rose-cheeked   Having the pinkish flush of health Rose-colored   Reflecting optimism; "a rosy future"; "looked at the world through rose-colored glasses" Rose-colored_pastor   Glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian Rose-colored_starling   Glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian Rose-red   Of a deep slightly bluish red color Rose-root   Eurasian mountain plant with fleshy pink-tipped leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers Roseate   Having a dusty purplish pink color; "the roseate glow of dawn" Roseate_spoonbill   Tropical rose-colored New World spoonbill Roseau   The capital and largest city of Dominica Rosebay   Late-spring-blooming rhododendron of eastern North America having rosy to pink-purple flowers Rosebay_willowherb   Tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings; an important honey plant Rosebud   (a literary reference to) a pretty young girl Rosebud   The bud of a rose Back to top Rosebud_cherry   Shrub or tree native to Japan cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-pink flowers Rosebud_orchid   Orchid of central and northern South America having 1- to 3-blossomed racemes of large showy rose-colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia Rosefish   Large fish of northern Atlantic coasts of America and Europe Rosefish   North Atlantic rockfish Rosehip   The fruit of a rose plant Roselle   East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber Rosellinia   Fungi having smooth perithecia with dark one-celled ascospores Rosemaling   A Scandinavian style of carved or painted decoration (as on furniture or walls or dinnerware) consisting of floral motifs Rosemary   Extremely pungent leaves used fresh or dried as seasoning for especially meats Rosemary   Widely cultivated for its fragrant gray-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery Roseola   Any red eruption of the skin Roseola_infantilis   A viral disease of infants and young children; characterized by abrupt high fever and mild sore throat; a few days later there is a faint pinkish rash that lasts for a few hours to a few days Roseola_infantum   A viral disease of infants and young children; characterized by abrupt high fever and mild sore throat; a few days later there is a faint pinkish rash that lasts for a few hours to a few days Rosetta_stone   An inscription of a black basalt stone; gave first clue to decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics Rosette   An ornament or pattern resembling a rose that is worn as a badge of office or as recognition of having won an honor Rosette   Circular window filled with tracery Rosette   A cluster of leaves growing in crowded circles from a common center or crown (usually at or close to the ground) Rosette   Rhizoctinia disease of potatoes Rosewood   Any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black Rosewood   Hard dark reddish wood of a rosewood tree having a strongly marked grain; used in cabinetwork Back to top Rosewood_tree   Any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black Rose_acacia   Large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers Rose_apple   Fragrant oval yellowish tropical fruit used in jellies and confections Rose_apple   Tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit Rose_bay   An ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions Rose_bed   A flower bed in which roses are growing Rose_beetle   A common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses Rose_bug   Common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines Rose_campion   An old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers Rose_chafer   Common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines Rose_chafer   A common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses Rose_chestnut   Handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties Rose_family   A large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens Rose_garden   A garden for growing roses Rose_geranium   Any of several southern African geraniums having fragrant 3- to 5-lobed leaves and pink flowers Rose_globe_lily   Globe lily with deep rose-pink or purple egg-shaped flowers on flexuous stems; western slopes of Sierra Nevada in San Joaquin Valley Rose_gum   Very tall tree of Queensland and New South Wales Rose_hip   The fruit of a rose plant Rose_leek   North American bulbous plant Rose_Louise_Hovick   United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970) Back to top Rose_mallow   Plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock Rose_mallow   Showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large rose-colored flowers Rose_moss   Widely cultivated in many varieties for its fleshy mosslike foliage and profusion of brightly colored flowers Rose_of_China   Large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers Rose_of_Jericho   Small gray Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist Rose_of_Jericho   Densely tufted fern ally of southwestern United States to Peru; curls up in a tight ball when dry and expands and grows under moist conditions Rose_of_Sharon   Asiatic shrub or small shrubby tree having showy bell-shaped rose or purple or white flowers and usually 3-lobed leaves; widely cultivated in temperate North America and Europe Rose_oil   A volatile fragrant oil obtained from fresh roses by steam distillation Rose_periwinkle   Commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers Rose_pink   Pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States Rose_quartz   A translucent rose-red variety of quartz used for ornaments Rose_water   Perfume consisting of water scented with oil of roses Rose_window   Circular window filled with tracery Rose_wine   Pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began Rosh_Chodesh   (Judaism) the beginning of each month in the Jewish calendar; marked by a special liturgy Rosh_Hashana   (Judaism) a solemn Jewish feast day celebrated on the 1st or 1st and 2nd of Tishri; noted for the blowing of the shofar Rosh_Hashanah   (Judaism) a solemn Jewish feast day celebrated on the 1st or 1st and 2nd of Tishri; noted for the blowing of the shofar Rosh_Hashona   (Judaism) a solemn Jewish feast day celebrated on the 1st or 1st and 2nd of Tishri; noted for the blowing of the shofar Rosh_Hashonah   (Judaism) a solemn Jewish feast day celebrated on the 1st or 1st and 2nd of Tishri; noted for the blowing of the shofar Rosh_Hodesh   (Judaism) the beginning of each month in the Jewish calendar; marked by a special liturgy Back to top Rosicrucianism   The theological doctrine that venerates the rose and the Cross as symbols of Christ''s Resurrection and Redemption; claims various occult powers Rosidae   A group of trees and shrubs and herbs mostly with polypetalous flowers; contains 108 families including Rosaceae; Crassulaceae; Myrtaceae; Melastomaceae; Euphorbiaceae; Umbelliferae Rosid_dicot_family   A family of dicotyledonous plants Rosid_dicot_genus   A genus of dicotyledonous plants Rosilla   A sneezeweed of southwestern United States especially southern California Rosin   Any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules Rosin   Rub rosin onto; "rosin the violin bow" Rosiness   A healthy reddish complexion Rosiness   A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health Rosinweed   Any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock Rosinweed   North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers Rosin_bag   A bag filled with rosin; used by baseball pitchers to improve their grip on the ball Rosita   Erect plant with small clusters of pink trumpet-shaped flowers of southwestern United States Rosmarinus   Rosemary Rosmarinus_officinalis   Widely cultivated for its fragrant gray-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery Ross   American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836) Ross   A politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977) Ross   British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932) Ross   British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862) Ross   Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856) Back to top Rossbach   A battle in the Seven Years'' War (1757); Prussian forces under Frederick the Great defeated the armies of France and Austria Rossetti   English poet and painter who was a leader of the Pre-Raphaelites (1828-1882) Rossini   Italian composer remembered for his operas (1792-1868) Ross_Sea   An arm of the southern Pacific Ocean in Antarctica Rostand   French dramatist and poet (1868-1918) Roster   A list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls" Rostock   A city in northeastern Germany near the Baltic sea; an important member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century Rostov   A seaport on the Don River near the Sea of Azov in the European part of Russia Rostov_na_Donu   A seaport on the Don River near the Sea of Azov in the European part of Russia Rostov_on_Don   A seaport on the Don River near the Sea of Azov in the European part of Russia Rostrate   Having a beak or beaklike snout or proboscis Rostrum   Beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils Rostrum   A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it Roswell   A town in southeast New Mexico Rosy   Presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions" Rosy   Blush colored; "blushful mists" Rosy   Having the pinkish flush of health Rosy   Reflecting optimism; "a rosy future"; "looked at the world through rose-colored glasses" Rosy-cheeked   Having the pinkish flush of health Rosy_boa   Boa of rocky desert of southwestern United States Back to top Rot   Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) Rot   (biology) decaying caused by bacterial or fungal action Rot   Decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor Rot   Waste away; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" Rot   Break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat" Rota   A roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties Rota   (Roman Catholic Church) the supreme ecclesiastical tribunal for cases appealed to the Holy See from diocesan courts Rotarian   A member of a Rotary Club Rotary   Electrical converter consisting of a synchronous machine that converts alternating to direct current or vice versa Rotary   A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary" Rotary   Marked by or moving in a circle Rotary   Relating to or characterized by rotation; "rotary dial" Rotary_actuator   (computer science) the actuator that moves a read/write head to the proper data track Rotary_Club   A group of businessmen in a town organized as a service club and to promote world peace Rotary_converter   Electrical converter consisting of a synchronous machine that converts alternating to direct current or vice versa Rotary_engine   An internal-combustion engine having cylinders arranged radially around a central crankcase Rotary_engine   An internal-combustion engine in which power is transmitted directly to rotating components Rotary_International   A group of businessmen in a town organized as a service club and to promote world peace Rotary_joint   A freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation; "the articulation of the radius and ulna in the arm is a pivot joint" Rotary_motion   The act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music" Back to top Rotary_press   A printing press for printing from a revolving cylinder Rotary_wing   The long airfoil that rotates to provide the lift that supports a helicopter in the air Rotatable   Capable of being rotated; "the theater had a rotatable stage" Rotate   Plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil" Rotate   Perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months" Rotate   Turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire" Rotate   Turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees" Rotate   Cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle" Rotate   Exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano every night" Rotated   Turned in a circle around an axis Rotating_mechanism   A mechanism that rotates Rotating_shaft   A revolving rod that transmits power or motion Rotation   The act of rotating as if on an axis; "the rotation of the dancer kept time with the music" Rotation   A planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.); "crop rotation makes a balanced demand on the fertility of the soil"; "the manager had only four starting pitchers in his rotation" Rotation   A single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year" Rotation   (mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin Rotational   Of or pertaining to rotation; "rotational inertia" Rotationally   In a rotational manner; "the required influence lines are found by subjecting the model to small displacements horizontally, vertically and rotationally" Rotational_latency   (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head Rotational_nystagmus   Nystagmus caused by the body rotating rapidly; large slow movements of the eyeballs are in the direction of rotation Back to top Rotatory   Of or relating to or causing rotation Rotatory_joint   A freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation; "the articulation of the radius and ulna in the arm is a pivot joint" Rotator_cuff   A supporting structure of the shoulder consisting of the muscles and tendons that attach the arm to the shoulder joint and enable the arm to move Rotavirus   The reovirus causing infant enteritis ROTC   A training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers Rote   Memorization by repetition Rotenone   A white crystalline insecticide that has low toxicity for mammals; is used in home gardens; extracted from the roots of derris and cube Rote_learning   Memorization by repetition Rotgut   Any alcoholic beverage of inferior quality Roth   United States writer whose novels portray middle-class Jewish life (born in 1933) Rothko   United States abstract painter (born in Russia) whose paintings are characterized by horizontal bands of color with indistinct boundaries (1903-1970) Rothschild   Any of family of powerful Jewish bankers in Europe Rotifer   Minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion; constituents of freshwater plankton Rotifera   A phylum including: rotifers Rotisserie   A restaurant that specializes in roasted and barbecued meats Rotisserie   An oven or broiler equipped with a rotating spit on which meat cooks as it turns Rotl   A unit of weight used in some Moslem countries near the Mediterranean; varies between one and five pounds Rotogravure   Using photography to produce a plate for printing Rotogravure   Printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press Rotogravure   Printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press Back to top Rotor   Rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils; horizontal rotors on a helicopter or compressor rotors of a jet engine Rotor   The rotating armature of a motor or generator Rotor   The revolving bar of a distributor Rotor_blade   The long airfoil that rotates to provide the lift that supports a helicopter in the air Rotor_coil   The rotating armature of a motor or generator Rotor_head   The axis around which the major rotor of a helicopter turns Rotor_shaft   The axis around which the major rotor of a helicopter turns Rotted   Damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation" Rotten   Having rotted or disintegrated; usually implies foulness; "dead and rotten in his grave" Rotten   Very bad; "a lousy play"; "it''s a stinking world" Rotten   Damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation" Rottenly   In a terrible manner; "she sings terribly" Rottenness   The quality of rotting and becoming putrid Rottenness   In a state of progressive putrefaction Rottenstone   A weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing Rotten_borough   An English parliamentary constituency with few electors Rotter   A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git''" Rotterdam   The 2nd largest city in the Netherlands; located in the western Netherlands near the North Sea Rotting   (biology) decaying caused by bacterial or fungal action Rottweiler   German breed of large vigorous short-haired cattle dogs Back to top Rotund   Excessively fat; "a weighty man" Rotund   (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels" Rotund   Spherical in shape Rotunda   A large circular room Rotunda   A building having a circular plan and a dome Rotundity   The roundness of a 3-dimensional object Rotundly   In a sonorous manner; "the congregation consisted chiefly of a few young folk, who snored sonorously" Rouble   The basic unit of money in Russia Roue   A dissolute man in fashionable society Rouge   Makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks Rouge   Redden by applying rouge to; "she rouged her cheeks" Rougeberry   Bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical Americas Rouged   Marked by the use of various kinds of red makeup; "freshly rouged lips"; "rouged cheeks" Rouge_et_noir   A card game in which two rows of cards are dealt and players can bet on the color of the cards or on which row will have a count nearer some number Rouge_plant   Bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical Americas Rough   The part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short Rough   Prepare in preliminary or sketchy form Rough   Ready and able to resort to force or violence; "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men" Rough   Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" Rough   Violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas" Back to top Rough   Not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an uncut diamond"; "rough gemstones" Rough   Full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time" Rough   Not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o''clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" Rough   Unpleasantly stern; "wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus"; "the nomad life is rough and hazardous" Rough   Not perfected; "a rough draft"; "a few rough sketches" Rough   (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners" Rough   Not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry" Rough   Having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "a rough ride"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"; "unsmooth writing" Rough   Of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped Rough   With rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough" Rough   With roughness or violence (`rough'' is an informal variant for `roughly''); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough" Rough-and-ready   Crude but effective for the purpose at hand Rough-and-tumble   Disorderly fighting Rough-and-tumble   Characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules; "a rough-and-tumble fight"; "rough-and-tumble politics"; "undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism" Rough-cut   Of stone or timber; shaped roughly without finishing Rough-cut   Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; Rough-dry   Dry without smoothing or ironing; "rough-dry the laundry" Rough-hew   Hew roughly, without finishing the surface; "rough-hew stone or timber" Rough-house   Treat in a rough or boisterous manner Rough-leaved_aster   A variety of aster Back to top Rough-legged_hawk   Large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers Rough-sand   Sand roughly; "rough-sand the door before painting it" Rough-skinned_newt   Newt of humid coast from Alaska to southern California Rough-spoken   Rude or uncouth in speech Rough-stemmed_goldenrod   A variety of goldenrod Rough-textured   Having surface roughness; "a textured wall of stucco"; "a rough-textured tweed" Roughage   Coarse food high in fiber but low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates peristalsis Roughcast   A rough preliminary model Roughcast   A coarse plaster for the surface of external walls Roughcast   Hew roughly, without finishing the surface; "rough-hew stone or timber" Roughcast   Apply roughcast to; "roughcast a wall" Roughcast   Shape roughly Roughdried   (of laundry) dried but not ironed Roughen   Make rough or rougher; "rough the surfaces so they will stick to each other" Roughened   Used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure; "chapped lips" Roughhewn   Of stone or timber; shaped roughly without finishing Roughish   Somewhat rough Roughleg   Large hawk of the northern hemisphere that feeds chiefly on small rodents and is beneficial to farmers Roughly   (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he''s about 30 years old"; "I''ve had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundre Roughly   With rough motion as over a rough surface; "ride rough" Back to top Roughly   With roughness or violence (`rough'' is an informal variant for `roughly''); "he was pushed roughly aside"; "they treated him rough" Roughneck   A cruel and brutal fellow Roughness   An unpolished unrefined quality; "the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her" Roughness   A texture that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven Roughness   Harsh or rough to the ear Roughness   The formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion Roughness   Rowdy behavior Roughness   Used of the sea Roughrider   A horseman skilled at breaking wild horses to the saddle Roughshod   Unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government''s heavy-handed economic economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition" Roughshod   (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin''s roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks" Roughshod   (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping Roughtail_stingray   One of the largest stingrays; found from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras Rough_bindweed   Creeping or climbing evergreen having spiny zigzag stems with shiny leaves and racemes of pale-green flowers; Canary Islands to southern Europe and Ethiopia and India Rough_bristlegrass   European foxtail naturalized in North America; often a troublesome weed Rough_cut   The first print of a movie before after preliminary editing Rough_drawing   A preliminary sketch of a design or picture Rough_fish   Any fish useless for food or sport or even as bait Rough_green_snake   Of southern and eastern United States Rough_horsetail   Evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems; formerly used for scouring utensils Back to top Rough_in   Prepare in preliminary or sketchy form Rough_out   Prepare in preliminary or sketchy form Rough_pea   Week-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United States; cultivated as a cover and pasture crop Rough_Rider   A member of the volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War (1898) Rough_sledding   A difficulty that can be overcome with effort; "we had a hard time getting here"; "analysts predicted rough sledding for handset makers" Rough_up   Treat violently; "The police strong-armed the suspect" Rough_water   Used of the sea Roulade   (music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable Roulade   A dish consisting of a slice of meat that is rolled around a filling and cooked Rouleau   A roll of coins wrapped in paper Rouleau   A roll of ribbon Roulette   A gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in Roulette   A wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations Roulette   A line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure Roulette_ball   The ball used to play roulette Roulette_wheel   Game equipment consisting of a rotating wheel with slots that is used for gambling; players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in Roumania   A Balkan republic in southeastern Europe Roumanian   Of or relating to or characteristic of the country of Romania or its people or languages; "Romanian folk music" Round   The usual activities in your day; "the doctor made his rounds" Round   The activity of playing 18 holes of golf; "a round of golf takes about 4 hours" Back to top Round   (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order); "the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning"; "the postman''s rounds"; "we enjoyed our round of the local bars" Round   Any circular or rotating mechanism; "the machine punched out metal circles" Round   A charge of ammunition for a single shot Round   A crosspiece between the legs of a chair Round   An outburst of applause; "there was a round of applause" Round   A partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time; "they enjoyed singing rounds" Round   A cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg Round   A serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic); "he ordered a second round" Round   A regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name" Round   The course along which communications spread; "the story is going the rounds in Washington" Round   (sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive Round   An interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; "the neverending cycle of the seasons" Round   Become round, plump, or shapely; "The young woman is fleshing out" Round   Make round; "round the edges" Round   Express as a round number; "round off the amount" Round   Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners" Round   Attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" Round   Pronounce with rounded lips Round   Wind around; move along a circular course; "round the bend" Round   Be around; "Developments surround the town"; "The river encircles the village" Back to top Round   (of numbers) to the nearest ten, hundred, or thousand; "in round numbers" Round   (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels" Round   Having a circular shape Round   From beginning to end; throughout; "It rains all year round on Skye"; "frigid weather the year around" Round-arm   With the arm swung round at shoulder height; "round-arm bowling" Round-arm   With an outward or horizontal swing of the arm; "he hit the ball round-arm" Round-backed   Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman" Round-bottom   Having a rounded bottom; "round-bottom flasks" Round-bottomed   Having a rounded bottom; "round-bottom flasks" Round-bottom_flask   A spherical flask with a narrow neck Round-eyed   Having large round wide-open eyes Round-eyed   (used of eyes) fully open or extended; "listened in round-eyed wonder"; "stared with wide eyes" Round-faced   Having a round face Round-headed_leek   Old World leek with a spherical bulb Round-leaved_rein_orchid   Orchid having a raceme of large greenish-white flowers on a single flower stalk growing between two elliptic or round basal leaves lying on the ground; from northern Oregon and Montana across Canada to the eastern United States Round-shouldered   Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman" Round-spored_gyromitra   A gyromitra with a brown puffed up fertile part and a rosy pink fluted stalk and smooth round spores; found on hardwood slash east of the Great Plains Round-table_conference   A meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views; "a roundtable on the future of computing" Round-tailed_muskrat   Of Florida wetlands Round-the-clock   At all times; "around-the-clock nursing care" Back to top Round-the-clock_patrol   A continuous nonstop patrol Round-trip_light_time   The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point Round-trip_ticket   A ticket to a place and back (usually over the same route) Roundabout   Large mechanical apparatus with seats for children to ride on Roundabout   A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary" Roundabout   Deviating from a straight course; "a scenic but devious route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic" Roundabout   Marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct; "the explanation was circuitous and puzzling"; "a roundabout paragraph"; "hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend" Roundabout_way   A roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked) Rounded   A chubby body; "the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks" Rounded   Curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders" Roundedness   The property possessed by a rounded convexity Roundel   A charge in the shape of a circle; a hollow roundel Roundel   Round piece of armor plate that protects the armpit Roundel   English form of rondeau having three triplets with a refrain after the first and third Roundelay   A song in which a line or phrase is repeated as the refrain Rounder   A tool for rounding corners or edges Rounder   A dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained Rounders   An English ball game similar to baseball Roundhead   A supporter of Parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War Roundhead   A brachycephalic person Back to top Roundheaded   Having a brachycephalic head Roundhouse   A hook delivered with an exaggerated swing Roundhouse   Workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives Rounding   (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals; "taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small" Rounding_error   (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals; "taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small" Roundish   Somewhat round in appearance or form Roundly   In a round manner; "she was roundly slim" Roundly   In a blunt direct manner; "he spoke bluntly"; "he stated his opinion flat-out"; "he was criticized roundly" Roundness   The property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular Roundsman   A workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make inspections or so on) Roundtable   A meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views; "a roundtable on the future of computing" Roundup   The systematic gathering up of suspects by the police; "a mass roundup of suspects" Roundup   The activity of gathering livestock together so that they can be counted or branded or sold Roundup   A summary list; as in e.g. "a news roundup" Roundworm   Unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic Roundworm   Infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches Round_angle   An angle of 360 degrees Round_arch   An arch formed in a continuous curve Round_bone   Bones that are round in shape Round_clam   An edible American clam Back to top Round_clam   Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes Round_dance   A ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement Round_dance   A folk dance; dancers form a circle Round_dancing   A ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement Round_down   Express as a round number; "round off the amount" Round_file   A file with a circular cross section; used to file the inside of holes Round_hand   A clearly written style of longhand with large round curves Round_kumquat   Shrub bearing round-fruited kumquats Round_ligament_of_the_uterus   Ligament attached to the uterus on either side in front of and below the opening of the fallopian tube and passing through the inguinal canal to the labia majora Round_off   Make round; "round the edges" Round_off   Express as a round number; "round off the amount" Round_off   Bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners" Round_of_drinks   A serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic); "he ordered a second round" Round_of_golf   The activity of playing 18 holes of golf; "a round of golf takes about 4 hours" Round_out   Make round; "round the edges" Round_out   Express as a round number; "round off the amount" Round_out   Make bigger or better or more complete Round_out   Fill out; "These studies round out the results of many years of research" Round_robin   A letter signed by a number of people Round_robin   A tournament in which every contestant plays every other contestant Back to top Round_scad   Small fusiform fish of western Atlantic Round_shape   A shape that is curved and without sharp angles Round_shot   A solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon Round_steak   A lean cut of beef from between the rump and the shank Round_Table   The legendary circular table for King Arthur and his knights Round_table   A meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views; "a roundtable on the future of computing" Round_the_bend   Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy" Round_the_clock   Without stopping; "she worked around the clock" Round_top   A canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance; "he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent"; "they had the big top up in less than an hour" Round_trip   A trip to some place and back again Round_up   Seek out and bring together; "round up some loyal followers" Round_whitefish   Bronze-backed whitefish of northern North America and Siberia Round_window   Fenestra leading into the cochlea Rous   United States pathologist who discovered viruses that cause tumors (1879-1970) Rouse   Cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." Rouse   Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" Rouse   Force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." Rouse   Become active; "He finally bestirred himself" Rouser   Someone who rouses others from sleep Rousing   The act of arousing; "the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions" Back to top Rousing   Rousing to activity or heightened action as by spurring or goading; "tossed a rousing political comment into the conversation" Rousing   Capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement; "a rousing sermon"; "stirring events such as wars and rescues" Rousseau   French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778) Rousseau   French primitive painter (1844-1910) Rousseauan   Of or pertaining to or characteristic of French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) Roustabout   A member of a ship''s crew who performs manual labor Rout   An overwhelming defeat Rout   A disorderly crowd of people Rout   Defeat disastrously Rout   Cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves" Rout   Make a groove in Rout   Dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles" Route   An open way (generally public) for travel or transportation Route   An established line of travel or access Route   Divert in a specified direction; "divert the low voltage to the engine cylinders" Route   Send via a specific route Route   Send documents or materials to appropriate destinations Routemarch   A long training march for troops Router   A power tool with a shaped cutter; used in carpentry for cutting grooves Router   (computer science) a device that forwards data packets between computer networks Back to top Router   A worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery Router_plane   A woodworking plane with a narrow cutting head that will make grooves with smooth bottoms Routine   An unvarying or habitual method of procedure Routine   A set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program Routine   A short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did" Routine   Found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there''s nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant Routine   Occurring at fixed times or predictable intervals; "made her routine trip to the store" Routinely   According to routine or established practice; "he routinely parked in a no-parking zone" Rout_out   Cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves" Rout_out   Force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." Rout_out   Get or find by searching; "What did you rout out in the library?" Rout_up   Get or find by searching; "What did you rout out in the library?" Roux   A mixture of fat and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces Rove   Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They ro Rover   An adult member of the Boy Scouts movement Rover   Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life Rove_beetle   Active beetle typically having predatory or scavenging habits Roving   Travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him" Roving   (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes" Row   The act of rowing as a sport Back to top Row   (construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks" Row   A continuous chronological succession without an interruption; "they won the championship three years in a row" Row   An angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words" Row   An arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line; "a row of chairs" Row   A linear array of numbers side by side Row   A long continuous strip (usually running horizontally); "a mackerel sky filled with rows of clouds"; "rows of barbed wire protected the trenches" Row   Propel with oars; "row the boat across the lake" Rowan   Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits Rowanberry   Decorative red berrylike fruit of a rowan tree Rowan_tree   Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits Rowboat   A small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled Rowdily   In a rowdy manner; "the crowd got drunk and started to behave rowdily" Rowdiness   Rowdy behavior Rowdy   A cruel and brutal fellow Rowdy   Disturbing the public peace; loud and rough; "a raucous party"; "rowdy teenagers" Rowdyism   Rowdy behavior Rowel   A small spiked wheel at the end of a spur Rower   Someone who rows a boat Rowing   The act of rowing as a sport Rowing_boat   A rowboat Back to top Rowing_club   A club for person who row Rowlock   A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing Rowlock_arch   An arch that is formed with more than one concentric row of voussoirs Row_house   A house that is one of a row of identical houses situated side by side and sharing common walls Row_of_bricks   A course of bricks place next to each other (usually in a straight line) Royal   Stag with antlers of 12 or more branches Royal   A sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast Royal   Invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown; "the royal (or crowned) heads of Europe" Royal   Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag''s head" Royal   Being of the rank of a monarch; "of royal ancestry"; "princes of the blood royal" Royal   Of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch; "the royal party"; "the royal crest"; "by royal decree"; "a royal visit" Royal   Established or chartered or authorized by royalty; "the Royal Society" Royalism   Adherence or attachment to a monarchy or to the principle of monarchal government Royalist   An advocate of the principles of monarchy Royally   In a royal manner; "they were royally treated" Royalty   Royal persons collectively; "the wedding was attended by royalty" Royalty   Payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property; "he received royalties on his book" Royal_Academy   An honorary academy in London (founded in 1768) intended to cultivate painting and sculpture and architecture in Britain Royal_Academy_of_Arts   An honorary academy in London (founded in 1768) intended to cultivate painting and sculpture and architecture in Britain Royal_agaric   Widely distributed edible mushroom resembling the fly agaric Back to top Royal_Air_Force   The airforce of Great Britain Royal_blue   A shade of blue tinged with purple Royal_brace   A brace to secure the royal mast Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police   The federal police force of Canada Royal_casino   A form of casino in which face cards have extra point values Royal_charter   A charter granted by the sovereign (especially in Great Britain) Royal_court   The sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state Royal_court   The family and retinue of a sovereign or prince Royal_family   Royal persons collectively; "the wedding was attended by royalty" Royal_fern   Large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds Royal_flush   A poker hand with the Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and 10 all in the same suit Royal_house   Royal persons collectively; "the wedding was attended by royalty" Royal_jelly   A secretion of the pharyngeal glands of bees that is fed to very young larvae and to bees destined to be queens Royal_line   Royal persons collectively; "the wedding was attended by royalty" Royal_mast   Topmast immediately above the topgallant mast Royal_National_Eisteddfod   An eisteddfod with competitions in music and drama and poetry and the fine arts Royal_osmund   Large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds Royal_palm   Tall feather palm of southern Florida and Cuba Royal_poinciana   Showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana Royal_purple   A shade of purple tinged with red Back to top Royal_road   An auspicious way or means to achieve something; "the royal road to success" Royal_Society   An honorary English society (formalized in 1660 and given a Royal Charter by Charles II in 1662) through which the British government has supported science Royal_Society_of_London_for_Improving_Natual_Knowl   An honorary English society (formalized in 1660 and given a Royal Charter by Charles II in 1662) through which the British government has supported science Royal_stag   Stag with antlers of 12 or more branches Royal_tennis   An ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled court Royal_velvet_plant   Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs Roystonea   A monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms Roystonea_oleracea   West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young Roystonea_regia   Tall feather palm of southern Florida and Cuba Roy_Chapman_Andrews   United States naturalist who contributed to paleontology and geology (1884-1960) Roy_Lichtenstein   United States painter who is a leading exponent of pop art (1923-1997) Roy_Orbison   United States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988) Roy_Wilkins   United States civil rights leader (1901-1981) Rozelle   East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber RPA-ABB   An urban hit squad and guerrila group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s Rpm   Rate of revolution of a motor; "the engine was doing 6000 revs" RTLT   The elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point Ru   A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group; it is found associated with platinum Ruanda   A landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony Ruandan   Of or pertaining to Rwanda; "Rwandan mountains" Back to top Rub   The act of rubbing or wiping; "he gave the hood a quick rub" Rub   An unforeseen obstacle Rub   Move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin" Rub   Cause friction; "my sweater scratches" Rub   Scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don''t scratch your insect bites!" Rub-a-dub   The sound made by beating a drum Rubato   A flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat Rubber   A waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow Rubber   Contraceptive device consisting of a thin rubber or latex sheath worn over the penis during intercourse Rubber   An eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil Rubber   Latex from trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) Rubber   Coat or impregnate with rubber; "rubberize fabric for rain coats" Rubber   Returned for lack of funds; "a rubber check"; "a no-good check" Rubber   Made of rubber and therefore water-repellent; "rubber boots" Rubber-base_paint   A water-base paint having a latex binder Rubber-necking   Going about to look at places of interest Rubberise   Coat or impregnate with rubber; "rubberize fabric for rain coats" Rubberised   Made of rubber and therefore water-repellent; "rubber boots" Rubberised   Treated, coated, or impregnated with rubber; "rubberized cloth" Rubberize   Coat or impregnate with rubber; "rubberize fabric for rain coats" Back to top Rubberized   Made of rubber and therefore water-repellent; "rubber boots" Rubberized   Treated, coated, or impregnated with rubber; "rubberized cloth" Rubberlike   Having a texture resembling rubber Rubberneck   A person who stares inquisitively Rubberneck   A tourist who is visiting sights of interest Rubberneck   Strain to watch; stare curiously; "The cars slowed down and the drivers rubbernecked after the accident" Rubberstamp   Approve automatically Rubberstamp   Stamp with a rubber-stamp, usually an indication of official approval on a document Rubbery   Having a texture resembling rubber Rubbery   Difficult to chew Rubber_band   A narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together Rubber_boa   Boa of grasslands and woodlands of western North America; looks and feels like rubber with tail and head of similar shape Rubber_boot   A high boot made of rubber Rubber_bullet   A bullet made of hard rubber; designed for use in crowd control Rubber_cement   An adhesive made by dissolving unvulcanized rubber in a solvent like benzene or naphtha Rubber_eraser   An eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil Rubber_plant   Large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber Rubber_stamp   Routine authorization of an action without questions Rubber_stamp   A stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand Rubber_tire   A tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel Back to top Rubbing   Effort expended in rubbing one object against another Rubbing   Representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal Rubbing   The resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another Rubbing_alcohol   Lotion consisting of a poisonous solution of isopropyl alcohol or denatured ethanol alcohol for external use Rubbish   Nonsensical talk or writing Rubbish   Worthless material that is to be disposed of Rubbish   Attack strongly Rubbishy   Cheap and inferior; of no value; "rubbishy newspapers that form almost the sole reading of the majority"; "trashy merchandise" Rubbish_dump   A piece of land where waste materials are dumped Rubbish_heap   An accumulation of refuse and discarded matter Rubble   The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up Rubdown   The act of rubbing down, usually for relaxation or medicinal purposes Rube   Not very intelligent or interested in culture Rubefacient   A medicine for external application that produces redness of the skin Rubel   The basic unit of money in Belarus Rubella   A contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four days; can be damaging to a fetus during the first trimester Rubella_panencephalitis   A rare loss of mental and physical skills in adolescents; associated with the rubella virus Rubens   Prolific Flemish baroque painter; knighted by the English king Charles I (1577-1640) Rubeola   An acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children Rube_Goldberg   United States cartoonist who drew intricate diagrams of very complicated and impractical contraptions that accomplished little or nothing (1883-1970) Back to top Rubia   Type genus of the Rubiaceae; Old World herbs and subshrubs grown for their medicinal properties and for dye substances extracted from their roots Rubiaceae   Widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry Rubiaceous_plant   Any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae Rubiales   An order of dicotyledonous plants of the subclass Asteridae; have opposite leaves and an inferior compound ovary Rubia_cordifolia   Perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient Rubia_tinctorum   Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin Rubicelle   A yellow or orange variety of ruby spinel Rubicon   A line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment Rubicon   The boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul; Caesar''s crossing it with his army in 49 BC was an act of war Rubicund   Inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa''s rubicund cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion" Rubidium   A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group; burns in air and reacts violently in water; occurs in carnallite and lepidolite and pollucite Rubidium-strontium_dating   Geological dating based on the proportions of radioactive rubidium into its decay product strontium; radioactive rubidium has a half-life of 47,000,000,000 years Rubify   Make ruby red Rubinstein   Russian composer and pianist (1829-1894) Rubinstein   United States pianist (born in Poland) known for his interpretations of the music of Chopin (1886-1982) Rubin_test   Test to determine the patency of the Fallopian tubes Ruble   The basic unit of money in Russia Ruble   The basic unit of money in Tajikistan Rubor   A response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat Rubric   Category name; "it is usually discussed under the rubric of `functional obesity''" Back to top Rubric   A title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type Rubric   A heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with; "Title 8 provided federal help for schools" Rubric   An authoritative rule of conduct or procedure Rubric   Directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book) Rubric   An explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text Rubric   Adorn with ruby red color Rubricate   Sign with a mark instead of a name Rubricate   Decorate (manuscipts) with letters painted red; "In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated" Rubricate   Furnish with rubrics or regulate by rubrics; "the manuscript is not rubricated" Rubricate   Place in the calendar as a red-letter saint; "She was rubricated by the Pope" Rubus   Large genus of brambles bearing berries Rubus_australis   Stout-stemmed trailing shrub of New Zealand that scrambles over other growth Rubus_caesius   Creeping European bramble bearing dewberries Rubus_canadensis   North American dewberry Rubus_chamaemorus   Creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries Rubus_cissoides   Stout-stemmed trailing shrub of New Zealand that scrambles over other growth Rubus_cuneifolius   Stiff shrubby blackberry of the eastern United States (Connecticut to Florida) Rubus_flagellaris   Of eastern North America Rubus_fruticosus   The true blackberry of Europe as well as any of numerous varieties having sweet edible black or dark purple berries Rubus_hispidus   Of eastern North America Back to top Rubus_idaeus   The common European raspberry; fruit red or orange Rubus_idaeus_strigosus   Red raspberry of North America Rubus_loganobaccus   Red-fruited bramble native from Oregon to Baja California Rubus_occidentalis   Raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit Rubus_odoratus   Shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit Rubus_parviflorus   White-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries Rubus_phoenicolasius   Raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits Rubus_saxatilis   European trailing bramble with red berrylike fruits Rubus_spectabilis   Large erect red-flowered raspberry of western North America having large salmon-colored berries Rubus_strigosus   Red raspberry of North America Rubus_trivialis   Of southern North America Rubus_ursinus   American blackberry with oblong black fruit Rubus_ursinus_loganobaccus   Red-fruited bramble native from Oregon to Baja California Ruby   A deep and vivid red Ruby   A transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem Ruby   A transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers Ruby   Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies Ruby-crowned_kinglet   American kinglet with a notable song and in the male a red crown patch Ruby-crowned_wren   American kinglet with a notable song and in the male a red crown patch Ruby-red   Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies Back to top Ruby_spinel   A spinel used as a gemstone (usually dark red) Ruby_wood   Hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus); prized for cabinetwork Rub_along   Manage one''s existence barely; "I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary" Rub_down   Manually manipulate (someone''s body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; "She rubbed down her child with a sponge" Rub_down   Wear away Rub_off   Wear away Rub_out   Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" Rub_up   A review that refreshes your memory; "I need a rub up on my Latin" Ruck   A crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd" Ruck   An irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth) Ruck   Become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered" Ruckle   Make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress got wrinkled" Ruckle   Make a hoarse, rattling sound Rucksack   A bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder Ruckus   The act of making a noisy disturbance Ruck_up   Become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered" Ruction   The act of making a noisy disturbance Rudaceous_rock   A sedimentary rock formed of coarse-grained material Rudapithecus   Fossil hominoids from northern central Hungary; late Miocene Rudbeckia   North American perennial herbs with showy cone-shaped flower heads Back to top Rudbeckia_hirta   The state flower of Maryland; of central and southeastern United States; having daisylike flowers with dark centers and yellow to orange rays Rudbeckia_laciniata   Tall leafy plant with erect branches ending in large yellow flower heads with downward-arching rays; grow in Rocky Mountains south to Arizona and east to the Atlantic coast Rudbeckia_laciniata_hortensia   Very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads Rudbeckia_serotina   The state flower of Maryland; of central and southeastern United States; having daisylike flowers with dark centers and yellow to orange rays Rudd   European freshwater fish resembling the roach Rudder   (nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern of a vessel Rudder   A hinged vertical airfoil mounted at the tail of an aircraft and used to make horizontal course changes Rudderfish   Fish having the habit of following ships; found in North American and South American coastal waters Rudderfish   Food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships Rudderless   Aimlessly drifting Rudderpost   A vertical post at the forward edge of a rudder that enables the rudder to pivot Rudderstock   A vertical post at the forward edge of a rudder that enables the rudder to pivot Rudder_blade   The vertical blade on a rudder Ruddiness   A healthy reddish complexion Ruddle   A red iron ore used in dyeing and marking Ruddle   Redden as if with a red ocher color Ruddle   Twist or braid together, interlace Ruddles   The common European annual marigold Ruddy   Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies Ruddy   Inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa''s rubicund cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion" Back to top Ruddy_duck   Reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South America Ruddy_turnstone   Common arctic turnstone that winters in South America and Australia Rude   Socially incorrect in behavior; "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion" Rude   Lacking civility or good manners; "want nothing from you but to get away from your uncivil tongue"- Willa Cather Rude   Belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mo Rude   (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace Rude(a)   (used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition; "natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" Rudely   In an impolite manner; "he treated her impolitely" Rudeness   A manner that is rude and insulting Rudeness   A wild or unrefined state Rudiment   The remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life; "Meckel''s diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac" Rudiment   The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry" Rudimentary   Being in the earliest stages of development; "rudimentary plans" Rudimentary   Not fully developed in mature animals; "rudimentary wings" Rudimentary   Being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incompatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles" Rudiments   A statement of fundamental facts or principles Rudolf_Bultmann   A Lutheran theologian in Germany (1884-1976) Rudolf_Christian_Karl_Diesel   German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913) Rudolf_Diesel   German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913) Rudolf_Hess   Nazi leader who in 1941 flew to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987) Back to top Rudolf_Karl_Bultmann   A Lutheran theologian in Germany (1884-1976) Rudolf_Karl_Virchow   German pathologist who recognized that all cells come from cells by binary fission and who emphasized cellular abnormalities in disease (1821-1902) Rudolf_Ludwig_Mossbauer   German physicist (born in 1929) Rudolf_Nureyev   Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938) Rudolf_Serkin   United States concert pianist (born in Czechoslovakia) (1903-1991) Rudolf_Virchow   German pathologist who recognized that all cells come from cells by binary fission and who emphasized cellular abnormalities in disease (1821-1902) Rudolf_Wurlitzer   United States businessman (born in German) who founded a company to make pipe organs (1831-1914) Rudolph_Laban   Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958) Rudra   Father of the storm gods Marut; controller of nature; sometimes identified with Siva Rudyard_Kipling   English author of novels and poetry who was born in India (1865-1936) Rue   (French) a street or road in France Rue   Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game" Rue   Leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy Rue   European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy Rue   Feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about Rueful   Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses Ruefully   In a rueful manner; "`I made a big mistake,'' he said ruefully" Ruefulness   Sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game" Rue_anemone   Woodland flower native to eastern North America having cup-shaped flowers reminiscent of anemone but more delicate Rue_family   A family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent Back to top RUF   A terrorist group formed in the 1980s in Sierra Leone; seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond producing regions; responsible for attacks on civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and using children to commit atroc Ruff   The act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit Ruff   Common Eurasian sandpiper; male has an erectile ruff in breeding season Ruff   A high tight collar Ruff   Play a trump Ruffed_grouse   Valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada Ruffian   A cruel and brutal fellow Ruffianism   Violent lawless behavior Ruffianly   Violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough street gangs" Ruffle   A noisy fight Ruffle   A high tight collar Ruffle   A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim Ruffle   Pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric" Ruffle   Disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water" Ruffle   Erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers" Ruffle   Mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards" Ruffle   Twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked" Ruffle   Trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody''s composure" Ruffle   Discompose; "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues" Ruffle   To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house" Back to top Ruffle   Stir up (water) so as to form ripples Ruffled   Having decorative ruffles or frills Ruffled   Shaken into waves or undulations as by wind; "the rippled surface of the pond"; "with ruffled flags flying" Ruffle_up   Disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water" Rufous_rubber_cup   A common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae Rug   Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) Ruga   (anatomy) a fold or wrinkle or crease; "rugae of the stomach" Rugby   A form of football played with an oval ball Rugby_ball   Inflated oval ball used in playing rugby Rugby_football   A form of football played with an oval ball Rugel's_plantain   North American plantain having reddish leafstalks and broad leaves Rugelach   Pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves) Rugged   Sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "a rugged trapper who spent months in the winderness"; "those that survive are stalwart rugged men"; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture" Rugged   Very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution; "a rugged competitive examination"; "the rugged conditions of frontier life"; "the competition was tough"; "it''s a tough life"; "it was a tough job" Rugged   Rocky and steep Rugged   Topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground" Ruggedisation   The act of making a piece of equipment rugged (strengthening to resist wear or abuse) Ruggedise   Produce in a version desigend to withstand rough usage; "Detroit ruggedized the family car" Ruggedization   The act of making a piece of equipment rugged (strengthening to resist wear or abuse) Ruggedize   Produce in a version desigend to withstand rough usage; "Detroit ruggedized the family car" Back to top Ruggedly   In a rugged manner Ruggedness   The property of being big and strong Rugged_individualism   Individualism in social and economic affairs; belief not only in personal liberty and self-reliance but also in free competition Ruggelach   Pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves) Rugger   A form of football played with an oval ball Rugose   Of leaves; ridged or wrinkled Rugulah   Pastry made with a cream cheese dough and different fillings (as raisins and walnuts and cinnamon or chocolate and walnut and apricot preserves) Rug_beater   Implement for beating dust out of carpets Rug_merchant   A merchant who sells rugs Rug_pad   A pad placed under a carpet Ruholla_Khomeini   Iranian religious leader of the Shiites; when Shah Pahlavi''s regime fell Khomeini established a new constitution giving himself supreme powers (1900-1989) Ruhr   A major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of the Ruhr river in northwestern Germany Ruhr   A tributary of the Rhine Ruhr_River   A tributary of the Rhine Ruhr_Valley   A major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of the Ruhr river in northwestern Germany Ruin   Destruction achieved by wrecking something Ruin   A ruined building; "they explored several Roman ruins" Ruin   Failure that results in a loss of position or reputation Ruin   An event that results in destruction Ruin   The process of becoming dilapidated Back to top Ruin   An irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction; "you have brought ruin on this entire family" Ruin   Fall into ruin Ruin   Deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village" Ruin   Destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" Ruin   Reduce to ruins; "The country lay ruined after the war" Ruin   Reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter''s fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him" Ruin   Destroy or cause to fail; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election" Ruination   Destruction achieved by wrecking something Ruination   Failure that results in a loss of position or reputation Ruination   An event that results in destruction Ruination   An irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction; "you have brought ruin on this entire family" Ruined   Made uninhabitable; "upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare; "a wasted landscape" Ruined   Brought to ruin; "after the revolution the aristocracy was finished"; "the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically" Ruined   Destroyed physically or morally Ruined   Doomed to extinction Ruiner   A person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of gravestones" Ruining   Destruction achieved by wrecking something Ruinous   Causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin; "the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit"; "the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces"; "a ruinous war" Ruinous   Extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin; "a catastrophic depression"; "catastrophic illness"; "a ruinous course of action" Ruinously   In a ruinous manner or to a ruinous degree; "ruinously high wages" Back to top Rule   Measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths Rule   Something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors" Rule   A principle or condition that customarily governs behavior; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation" Rule   (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with Descartes'' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials" Rule   A rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system; "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields" Rule   A basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct; "their principles of composition characterized all their works" Rule   Any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order; "the rule of St. Dominic" Rule   Prescribed guide for conduct or action Rule   Directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted; "he knew the rules of chess" Rule   (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice Rule   Dominance or power through legal authority; "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of Caesar" Rule   The duration of a monarch''s or government''s power; "during the rule of Elizabeth" Rule   Keep in check; "rule one''s temper" Rule   Decide with authority; "The King decreed that all first-born males should be killed" Rule   Decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty" Rule   Mark or draw with a ruler; "rule the margins" Rule   Exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?" Rule   Be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood" Rule   Have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac Rule-governed   According to custom or rule or natural law Back to top Ruled   Subject to a ruling authority; "the ruled mass" Ruler   Measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths Ruler   A person who rules or commands; "swayer of the universe" Rulership   The position of ruler Rules_of_order   A body of rules followed by an assembly Rule_book   A collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; "they run things by the book around here" Rule_in   Include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules Rule_of_cy_pres   A rule that when literal compliance is impossible the intention of a donor or testator should be carried out as nearly as possible Rule_of_evidence   (law) a rule of law whereby any alleged matter of fact that is submitted for investigation at a judicial trial is established or disproved Rule_of_grammar   A linguistic rule for the syntax of grammatical utterances Rule_of_law   A state of order in which events conform to the law Rule_of_morphology   A linguistic rule for the formation of words Rule_of_thumb   A rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior Rule_out   Dismiss from consideration; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration" Rule_out   Include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules Rule_out   Make impossible, especially beforehand Ruling   The reason for a court''s judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) Ruling   Exercising power or authority Ruling_class   The class of people exerting power or authority Ruly   Neat and tidy; "a small ruly beard" Back to top Rum   A card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards Rum   Distilled from fermented molasses Rum   Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "wh Rum-blossom   Enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol Rumania   A Balkan republic in southeastern Europe Rumanian   An eastern Romance language spoken in Romania Rumanian   A native or inhabitant of Romania Rumanian   Of or relating to or characteristic of the country of Romania or its people or languages; "Romanian folk music" Rumansh   The Rhaeto-Romance language spoken in southeastern Switzerland; it is an official language of Switzerland Rumansh   Of or relating to the Romansh language Rumba   A ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance Rumba   A rhythmic syncopated Cuban folk dance in duple time Rumba   Syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba Rumble   A fight between rival gangs of adolescents Rumble   A servant''s seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage Rumble   A loud low dull continuous noise; "they heard the rumbling of thunder" Rumble   To utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds; "he grumbled a rude response"; "Stones grumbled down the cliff" Rumble   Make a low noise; "rumbling thunder" Rumble_seat   A folding outside seat in the back of some early cars Rumbling   A loud low dull continuous noise; "they heard the rumbling of thunder" Back to top Rumbling   Continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound; "the rumbling rolling sound of thunder" Rumbustious   Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of or Rumen   The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing Rumex   Docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regions Rumex_acetosa   European sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greens Rumex_acetosella   Small plant having pleasantly acid-tasting arrow-shaped leaves; common in dry places Rumex_obtusifolius   European dock with broad obtuse leaves and bitter rootstock common as a weed in North America Rumex_scutatus   Low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves Ruminant   Any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments Ruminant   Related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud; "ruminant mammals" Ruminantia   Cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels Ruminate   Reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" Ruminate   Chew the cuds; "cows ruminate" Rumination   Regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding Rumination   (of ruminants) chewing (the cud); "ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination" Rumination   A calm lengthy intent consideration Ruminative   Persistently or morbidly thoughtful Ruminator   A reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation Rummage   A thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion); "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn''t find his skis" Rummage   A jumble of things to be given away Back to top Rummage   Search haphazardly; "We rummaged through the drawers" Rummage_sale   A sale of donated articles Rummer   A large drinking glass (ovoid bowl on a stem) for drinking toasts Rummy   A card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards Rummy   A chronic drinker Rummy   Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "wh Rumohra   Leatherleaf ferns: in some classifications included in genus Polystichum Rumohra_adiantiformis   Widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds Rumor   Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth Rumor   Tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman" Rumored   Reported or spread by word of mouth; "their rumored breakup" Rumormonger   A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others Rumour   Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth Rumour   Tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman" Rumourmonger   A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others Rump   The part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks Rump   The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" Rump   Fleshy hindquarters; behind the loin and above the round Rumpelstiltskin   A dwarf in one of the fairy stories of the brothers Grimm; tells a woman he will not hold her to a promise if she can guess his name and when she discovers it he is so furious that he destroys himself Rumple   Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won''t wrinkle" Back to top Rumple   To gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" Rumple   Disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water" Rumpled   Having wrinkles; "crumpled paper"; "her skirt had become creased"; "a rumpled gray suit" Rumpled   In disarray; extremely disorderly; "her clothing was disheveled"; "powder-smeared and frowzled"; "a rumpled unmade bed"; "a bed with tousled sheets"; "his brown hair was tousled, thick, and curly"- Al Spiers Rumpus   The act of making a noisy disturbance Rumpus   Cause a disturbance Rumpus_room   A recreation room for noisy activities (parties or children''s play etc) Rump_roast   A cut of beef or veal from the fleshy hindquarters of the animal Rump_steak   A steak cut from the rump Rumrunner   Someone who illegally smuggles liquor across a border Rum_baba   A baba soaked in rum Rum_cherry   Large North American wild cherry with round black sour edible fruit Rum_cocktail   A cocktail made with rum and lime or lemon juice Rum_nose   Enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol Rum_sling   A sling made with rum Run   A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning" Run   The act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit" Run   A regular trip; "the ship made its run in record time" Run   A short trip; "take a run into town" Run   (American football) a play in which a player runs with the ball; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running" Back to top Run   The act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial" Run   An unbroken chronological sequence; "the play had a long run on Broadway"; "the team enjoyed a brief run of victories" Run   The pouring forth of a fluid Run   A row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking" Run   A race run on foot; "she broke the record for the half-mile run" Run   A race between candidates for elective office; "I managed his campaign for governor"; "he is raising money for a Senate run" Run   An unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" Run   A small stream Run   The production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.); "a daily run of 100,000 gallons of paint" Run   Unrestricted freedom to use; "he has the run of the house" Run   The continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation; "the assembly line was on a 12-hour run" Run   Become undone; "the sweater unraveled" Run   Come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running" Run   Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun" Run   Cause to perform; "run a subject"; "run a process" Run   Progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting" Run   Change from one state to another; "run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot" Run   Compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let''s race and see who gets there first" Run   Run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who''s running for treasurer this year?" Run   Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods" Back to top Run   Guide or pass over something; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" Run   Perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won''t go unless it''s plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn''t work anymore" Run   Be operating, running or functioning; "The car is still running--turn it off!" Run   Carry out; "run an errand" Run   Cause to emit recorded sounds; "They ran the tapes over and over again"; "Can you play my favorite record?" Run   Include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference" Run   Travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the coast" Run   Cover by running; run a certain distance; "She ran 10 miles that day" Run   Move fast by using one''s feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; "Don''t run--you''ll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store" Run   Travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means; "Run to the store!"; "She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there" Run   Run with the ball; in such sports as football Run   Keep company; "the heifers run with the bulls ot produce offspring" Run   Sail before the wind Run   Be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run" Run   Move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" Run   Flee; take to one''s heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" Run   Cause an animal to move fast; "run the dogs" Run   Move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way; "who are these people running around in the building?"; "She runs around telling everyone of her troubles"; "let the dogs run free" Run   Deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor Run   Set animals loose to graze Back to top Run   Direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan" Run   Make without a miss Run   Carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine; "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction" Run   Occur persistently; "Musical talent runs in the family" Run   Continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures" Run   Extend or continue for a certain period of time; "The film runs 5 hours" Run   Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn''t go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts ex Run   Cause something to pass or lead somewhere; "Run the wire behind the cabinet" Run   Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence" Run   Be affected by; be subjected to; "run a temperature"; "run a risk" Run   Have a particular form; "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes..." Run   Change or be different within limits; "Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"; "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"; "The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals"; "My students range from very bright to dull" Run-down   Having the spring unwound; "a run-down watch" Run-down   Worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack" Run-in   An angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words" Run-of-the-mill   Not special in any way; "run-of-the-mill boxing"; "your run-of-the-mine college graduate"; "a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer''s career" Run-of-the-mine   Not special in any way; "run-of-the-mill boxing"; "your run-of-the-mine college graduate"; "a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer''s career" Run-on   (verse) without a rhetorical pause between lines Run-on_sentence   An ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction Run-resistant   (of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders Back to top Run-through   An uninterrupted rehearsal Run-time   (computer science) the length of time it takes to execute a software program Run-time   The time at which a (software or multimedia) program is run Run-time_error   An error in logic or arithmetic that must be detected at run time Run-up   The approach run during which an athlete gathers speed Run-up   A substantial increase over a relatively short period of time; "a runup in interest rates"; "market runups are followed by corrections" Runabout   An open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat Runaway   An easy victory Runaway   Someone who flees from an uncongenial situation; "fugitives from the sweatshops" Runaway   Completely out of control; "runaway inflation" Runaway_robin   Trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes placed in genus Nepeta Runch   Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits Runcible_spoon   A fork-like spoon with a cutting edge; coined by Edward Lear Runcinate   Having incised margins with the lobes or teeth pointing toward the base; as dandelion leaves Runcinate_leaf   A leaf having incised margins with the lobes or teeth curved toward the base; as a dandelion leaf Rundle   One of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder Rundown   A concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court) Rundstedt   German field marshal in World War II who directed the conquest of Poland and led the Ardennes counteroffensive (1875-1953) Rune   Any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages; "each rune had its own magical significance" Rung   One of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder Back to top Rung   A crosspiece between the legs of a chair Runic   Relating to or consisting of runes; "runic inscription" Runic_letter   Any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages; "each rune had its own magical significance" Runnel   A small stream Runner   Fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil Runner   Device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along Runner   A long narrow carpet Runner   A baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base) Runner   A person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; "he sent a runner over with the contract" Runner   Someone who travels on foot by running Runner   A trained athlete who competes in foot races Runner   Someone who imports or exports without paying duties Runner   A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips Runner-up   The competitor who finishes second Runner-up_finish   A finish in second place (as in a race) Runner_bean   Long bean pods always sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain Runner_bean   Tropical American high-climbing bean with red flowers and mottled black beans similar to Phaseolus vulgaris but perennial; a preferred food bean in Great Britain Runniness   The property of flowing easily Running   The act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit" Running   The act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track Back to top Running   (American football) a play in which a player runs with the ball; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running" Running   The act of administering or being in charge of something; "he has responsibility for the running of two companies at the same time" Running   The state of being in operation; "the engine is running smoothly" Running(a)   Continually repeated over a period of time; "a running joke among us" Running(a)   (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes" Running(a)   Executed or initiated by running; "running plays worked better than pass plays"; "took a running jump"; "a running start" Running(a)   (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream; "a mountain stream with freely running water"; "hovels without running water" Running(a)   Of advancing the ball by running; "the team''s running plays worked better than its pass plays" Running(a)   Measured lengthwise; "cost of lumber per running foot" Running(a)   Moving quickly on foot; "heard running footsteps behind him" Running_away   Leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to be Running_back   (football) a back on the offensive team (a fullback or halfback) who tries to advance the ball by carrying it on plays from the line of scrimmage Running_blackberry   Any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America Running_board   A narrow footboard serving as a step beneath the doors of some old cars Running_game   (American football) a play in which a player runs with the ball; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running" Running_hand   Rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper Running_head   A heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book Running_headline   A heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book Running_light   Light carried by a boat that indicates the boat''s direction; vessels at night carry a red light on the port bow and a green light on the starboard bow Running_mate   A nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices Back to top Running_noose   A loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled Running_pine   A variety of clubmoss Running_play   (American football) a play in which a player runs with the ball; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running" Running_pop   Tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts; stems malodorous when crushed Running_postman   Hairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with bright scarlet-pink flowers Running_shoe   A light comfortable shoe designed for running Running_start   A quick and auspicious beginning Running_start   A racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they pass the starting line Running_stitch   Small even hand stitches run in and out Running_suit   A matching jacket and pants worn by joggers and made of fabric that absorbs perspiration Running_time   The length of time that a movie or tv show runs Running_title   The title (or a shortened title) of a book used as a running head Runny   Characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape Runoff   A final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner Runoff   The occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity Runproof   (of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders Runt   Disparaging terms for small people Runtime_error   An error in logic or arithmetic that must be detected at run time Runtiness   Smallness of stature Runty   (used especially of persons) of inferior size Back to top Runty   Well below average height Runup   A substantial increase over a relatively short period of time; "a runup in interest rates"; "market runups are followed by corrections" Runway   A strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land Runway   A narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc. Runyon   United States writer of humorous stylized stories about Broadway and the New York underground (1884-1946) Run_across   Come together; "I''ll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" Run_afoul   Go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afould of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" Run_aground   Of boats Run_aground   Hit or reach the ground Run_aground   Bring to the ground; "the storm grounded the ship" Run_along   Be in line with; form a line along; "trees line the riverbank" Run_around   Play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom" Run_away   Flee; take to one''s heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" Run_away   Escape from the control of; "Industry is running away with us all" Run_a_risk   Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" Run_bases   Run around the bases, in baseball Run_batted_in   A run that is the result of the batter''s performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" Run_by   Pass by while running; "We watched children were running by" Run_down   Use up all one''s strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out" Run_down   Injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle Back to top Run_down   Pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive" Run_down   Move downward; "The water ran down" Run_down   Examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi" Run_down   Deplete; "exhaust one''s savings"; "We quickly played out our strength" Run_down   Trace; "We are running down a few tips" Run_dry   Become empty of water; "The river runs dry in the summer" Run_for   Extend or continue for a certain period of time; "The film runs 5 hours" Run_into   Hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" Run_into   Collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole" Run_into   Be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties" Run_low   To be spent or finished; "The money had gone after a few days"; "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest" Run_off   Decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff Run_off   Reproduce by xerography Run_off   Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" Run_off   Leave suddenly and as if in a hurry; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out" Run_off   Run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean" Run_off   Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along Run_off   Run away secretly with one''s beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas" Run_on   Talk or narrate at length Run_on   Continue uninterrupted; "The disease will run on unchecked"; "The party kept going until 4 A.M." Back to top Run_out   Use up all one''s strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out" Run_out   Prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought" Run_out   Become used up; be exhausted; "Our supplies finally ran out" Run_out   Exhaust the supply of; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting" Run_out   Leave suddenly and as if in a hurry; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out" Run_out   Flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" Run_out   Flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat" Run_out   Lose validity; "My passports expired last month" Run_over   Injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle Run_over   Flow or run over (a limit or brim) Run_roughshod   Treat inconsiderately or harshly Run_short   To be spent or finished; "The money had gone after a few days"; "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest" Run_through   Use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" Run_through   Apply thoroughly; think through; "We worked through an example" Run_up   As of debts or scores Run_up   Fasten by sewing; do needlework Run_up   Raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail" Run_up   Make by sewing together quickly; "run up a skirt" Run_up   Accumulate as a debt; "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening" Rupee   The basic unit of money in India; equal to 100 paise Back to top Rupee   The basic unit of money in Pakistan; equal to 100 paisas Rupee   The basic unit of money in Mauritius; equal to 100 cents Rupee   The basic unit of money in Nepal; equal to 100 paisas Rupee   The basic unit of money in Seychelles; equal to 100 cents Rupee   The basic unit of money in Sri Lanka; equal to 100 cents Rupert   English leader (born in Germany) of the Royalist forces during the English Civil War (1619-1682) Rupert_Brooke   English lyric poet (1887-1915) Rupert_Murdoch   United States publisher (born in Australia in 1931) Rupestral   Composed of or inscribed on rock; "rupestral drawings in the caves of Northern Spain" Rupestral_plant   Plants growing among rocks Rupestrine_plant   Plants growing among rocks Rupiah   The basic unit of money in Indonesia; equal to 100 sen Rupicapra   Chamois Rupicapra_rupicapra   Hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips Rupicola   Cock of the rocks Rupicola_peruviana   Bird of the Andes similar to Rupicola rupicola Rupicola_rupicola   Tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest Rupicolous   Composed of or inscribed on rock; "rupestral drawings in the caves of Northern Spain" Rupicolous_plant   Plants growing among rocks Ruptiliocarpon   New (1993) genus of trees of Central America now recognized as similar to those of genus Lepidobotrys Back to top Ruptiliocarpon_caracolito   Large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry; similar to the African lepidobotrys in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds; often classified in other families Rupture   The act of making a sudden noisy break Rupture   A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" Rupture   State of being torn or burst open Rupture   Separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper" Ruptured   Suddenly and violently broken open especially from internal pressure (`busted'' is an informal term for `burst''); "a burst balloon"; "burst pipes"; "burst seams"; "a ruptured appendix"; "a busted balloon" Ruptured_intervertebral_disc   A painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region Rupturewort   Common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures Rural   Living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural" Rural   Relating to rural areas; "rural electrification"; "rural free delivery (RFD)" Ruralism   A rural characteristic or trait; "a place with the rurality of a turnip field" Ruralism   A rural idiom or expression Ruralist   An advocate of rural living Rurality   A rural characteristic or trait; "a place with the rurality of a turnip field" Rurally   In a rural manner Rural_area   An area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country" Ruritania   An imaginary kingdom in central Europe; often used as a scene for intrigue and romance Ruritanian   An imaginary inhabitant of Ruritania Ruritanian   Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Ruritania (or any other imaginary country) Rus   The medieval Russian state established by Scandanavian traders in the 9th century; the capital was first in Novgorod and then in Kiev Back to top Ruscaceae   One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted Ruscus   A genus of European evergreen shrubs; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae Ruscus_aculeatus   Shrub with stiff-pointed flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls); used for making brooms Ruse   A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) Rush   The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" Rush   (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line; "the linebackers were ready to stop a rush" Rush   A sudden burst of activity; "come back after the rush" Rush   A sudden forceful flow Rush   The swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" Rush   Physician and Revolutionary American leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813) Rush   Grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems Rush   Urge to an unnatural speed; "Don''t rush me, please!" Rush   Act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it''s late!" Rush   Attack suddenly Rush   Cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" Rush   Step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" Rush   Cause to move fast or to rush or race; "The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze" Rush   Run with the ball, in football Rush   Not accepting reservations Rush(a)   Done under pressure; "a rush job" Back to top Rush-grass   Grass having wiry stems and sheathed panicles Rushdie   British writer of novels who was born in India; one of his novels is regarded as blasphemous by Muslims and a fatwa was issued condemning him to death (born in 1947) Rushed   Done under pressure; "a rush job" Rusher   A person who rushes; someone in a hurry; someone who acts precipitously Rusher   Someone who migrates as part of a rush to a new gold field or a new territory Rusher   (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball Rushing   The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" Rushing   (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line; "the linebackers were ready to stop a rush" Rushlight   A tallow candle with a rush stem as the wick Rushlike   Resembling rush or sedge Rushmore   A mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota; the likenesses of Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln and Roosevelt are carved on it Rushy   Abounding in rushes; "a rushy marsh" Rush_along   Step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" Rush_aster   A variety of aster Rush_away   Depart in a hurry Rush_candle   A tallow candle with a rush stem as the wick Rush_family   Tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes Rush_grass   Grass having wiry stems and sheathed panicles Rush_hour   The times at the beginning and end of the working day when many people are traveling to or from work Rush_nut   European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers Back to top Rush_off   Depart in a hurry Rush_out   Jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone); "The attackers leapt out from the bushes" Rush_rose   Woody yellow-flowered perennial of southeastern United States Rusk   Slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp Ruskin   British art critic (1819-1900) Russell   English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970) Russell   Irish writer whose pen name was A.E. (1867-1935) Russell   United States astronomer who developed a theory of stellar evolution (1877-1957) Russell   United States entertainer remembered for her roles in comic operas (1861-1922) Russell   United States basketball center (born in 1934) Russell   English film director (born in 1927) Russell   United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah''s Witnesses (1852-1916) Russell's_body   An inclusion body found in plasma cells in cases of cancer Russel_Crouse   United States playwright (1893-1966) Russet   A reddish brown homespun fabric Russet   Brown with a reddish tinge Russet_scab   Rhizoctinia disease of potatoes Russia   A former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in 17-18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917 Russia   A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia an others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991 Russia   A federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state Back to top Russia   Formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia Russian   The Slavic language that is the official language of Russia Russian   A native or inhabitant of Russia Russian   Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Russia or its people or culture or language; "Russian dancing" Russian-speaking   Able to communicate in Russian Russian_agency   An administrative agency of the Russian government Russian_almond   Asiatic shrub cultivated for its rosy red flowers Russian_bank   Solitaire with two players using separate packs Russian_cactus   Prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States Russian_capital   A city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation Russian_dandelion   Perennial dandelion native to Kazakhstan cultivated for its fleshy roots that have high rubber content Russian_dressing   Mayonnaise with horseradish grated onion and chili sauce or catsup; sometimes with caviar added Russian_Federation   A federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state Russian_mayonnaise   Mayonnaise with horseradish grated onion and chili sauce or catsup; sometimes with caviar added Russian_monetary_unit   Monetary unit in Russia Russian_olive   Deciduous shrubby tree of Europe and western Asia having gray leaves and small yellow fruits covered in silvery scales; sometimes spiny Russian_Orthodox   Of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church Russian_Orthodox_Church   An independent church with its own Patriarch; until 1917 it was the established church or Russia Russian_Revolution   The revolution against the Czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917 Russian_Revolution   The coup d''etat by the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November 1917 that led to a period of civil war which ended in victory for the Bolsheviks in 1922 Back to top Russian_River   A river in northern California Russian_roulette   A stunt in which you spin the cylinder of a revolver that is loaded with only one bullet and then point the muzzle at your head and pull the trigger Russian_Soviet_Federated_Socialist_Republic   Formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia Russian_thistle   Prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States Russian_tumbleweed   Prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States Russian_vine   Twining perennial vine having racemes of fragrant greenish flowers; western China to Russia Russian_wolfhound   Tall fast-moving dog breed Russia_leather   A smooth leather tanned with willow, birch, or oak, and scented on the flesh side with birch oil Russo-Japanese_War   Japanese victory in the war with Russia (1904-1905) gave Japan power over Korea and Manchuria Russula   Large genus of fungi with stout stems and white spores and neither annulus nor volva; brittle caps of red or purple or yellow or green or blue; differs from genus Lactarius in lacking milky juice Russulaceae   Used in some classification systems for the genus Russula Rust   Any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants Rust   The formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water Rust   A reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems caused by a rust fungus Rust   A red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture Rust   Become coated with oxide Rust   Become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted" Rust   Cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink" Rust   Of the color of rust Rust-free   Free of rust Back to top Rustbelt   Urban areas in New England and Middle West characterized by concentrations of declining industries (steel or textiles) Rusted   Having accumulated rust; "rusted hinges" Rustic   An unsophisticated country person Rustic   Awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists" Rustic   Characteristic of the fields or country; "agrestic simplicity"; "rustic stone walls" Rustic   Used of idealized country life; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility" Rustic   Characteristic of rural life; "countrified clothes"; "rustic awkwardness" Rusticate   Lend a rustic character to; "rusticate the house in the country" Rusticate   As of stone, to give it a rustic look Rusticate   Suspend temporarily from college or university, in England Rusticate   Send to the country; "He was rusticated for his bad bahavior" Rusticate   Live in the country and lead a rustic life Rustication   Banishment into the country Rustication   Temporary dismissal of a student from a university Rustication   The action of retiring to and living in the country Rustication   The construction of masonry or brickwork in a rustic manner Rustication   The condition naturally attaching to life in the country Rusticism   A rural idiom or expression Rusticity   The quality of being rustic or gauche Rusting   The formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water Back to top Rustle   The light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind Rustle   Make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze" Rustle   Take illegally; "rustle cattle" Rustler   Someone who steals livestock (especially cattle) Rustless   Without rust Rustling   The stealing of cattle Rustling   The light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind Rustling   Characterized by soft sounds; "a murmurous brook"; "a soughing wind in the pines"; "a slow sad susurrous rustle like the wind fingering the pines"- R.P.Warren Rustproof   Treated against rusting Rustproofed   Treated against rusting Rusty   Of the color of rust Rusty   Ancient; "hoary jokes" Rusty   Covered with or consisting of rust; "a rusty machine"; "rusty deposits" Rusty   Impaired in skill by neglect Rusty_blackbird   North American blackbird whose bluish-black plumage is rusty-edged in the fall Rusty_grackle   North American blackbird whose bluish-black plumage is rusty-edged in the fall Rusty_rig   Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood Rusty_woodsia   A common rock-inhabiting fern of northern temperate regions having rusty-brown stipes and lanceolate pinnate fronds Rust_fungus   Any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants Rust_inhibitor   Antioxidant that inhibits the formation of rust Back to top Rust_mite   Any of several varieties of mite that burrow into plants and cause a reddish-brown discoloration on the leaves or fruit Rut   A settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut" Rut   A groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels) Rut   Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity Rut   Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil" Rut   Be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals Ruta   Type genus of the Rutaceae; strong-scented Eurasian herbs Rutabaga   The large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food Rutabaga   A cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root Rutabaga_plant   A cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root Rutaceae   A family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent Ruta_graveolens   European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy Ruth   A book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died Ruth   A feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity" Ruth   The great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament Ruth   United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948) Ruthenium   A rare polyvalent metallic element of the platinum group; it is found associated with platinum Rutherford   British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871-1937) Rutherford   British chemist who isolated nitrogen (1749-1819) Rutherford   A unit strength of a radioactive source equal to one million disintegrations per second Back to top Rutherfordium   A radioactive transuranic element which has been synthesized Rutherford_atom   First modern concept of atomic structure; all of the positive charge and most of the mass of the atom are contained in a compact nucleus; a number of electrons (equal to the atomic number) occupy the rest of the volume of the atom and neutralize the posit Rutherford_B._Hayes   19th President of the United States; his administration removed federal troops from the South and so ended the Reconstruction Period (1822-1893) Rutherford_Birchard_Hayes   19th President of the United States; his administration removed federal troops from the South and so ended the Reconstruction Period (1822-1893) Ruthful   Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses Ruthfulness   A state of gloomy sorrow Ruthless   Without mercy or pity; "an act of ruthless ferocity"; "a monster of remorseless cruelty" Ruthlessly   In a ruthless manner; "the government has been urged to take immediate action to deal ruthlessly with the strikers" Ruthlessness   Mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity Ruthlessness   Feelings of extreme heartlessness Ruth_Benedict   United States anthropologist (1887-1948) Ruth_Fulton   United States anthropologist (1887-1948) Ruth_Saint_Denis   United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ted Shawn (1877-1968) Ruth_St._Denis   United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ted Shawn (1877-1968) Rutile   A mineral consisting of titanium dioxide in crystalline form; occurs in metamorphic and plutonic rocks and is a major source of titanium Rutilus   Roaches Rutilus_rutilus   European freshwater food fish having a greenish back Rutland   A town in central Vermont Rutted   Full of ruts; "rutty farm roads" Ruttish   Feeling great sexual desire; "feeling horny" Back to top Rutty   Full of ruts; "rutty farm roads" Ruvettus_pretiosus   Very large deep-water snake mackerel RU_486   An abortion-inducing drug (trade name Mifepristone) developed in France; when taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the embryo RV   A motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities Rwanda   A landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony Rwandan   A native or inhabitant of Rwanda Rwandan   Of or pertaining to Rwanda; "Rwandan mountains" Rwanda_franc   The basic unit of money in Rwanda Rwandese_Republic   A landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony Rya   A shag rug made in Sweden Rya_rug   A shag rug made in Sweden Rydberg   A wave number characteristic of the wave spectrum of each element Rydberg's_penstemon   Plant with whorls of small dark blue-violet flowers; Washington to Wyoming and south to California and Colorado Rydberg_constant   A wave number characteristic of the wave spectrum of each element Rydberg_unit   A wave number characteristic of the wave spectrum of each element Rye   Whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt Rye   Hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement Rye   The seed of the cereal grass Ryegrass   Any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses Rye_bread   Any of various breads made entirely or partly with rye flour Back to top Rye_ergot   A sclerotium or hardened mass of mycelium Rye_grass   Any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses Rye_whiskey   Whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt Rye_whisky   Whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt Rynchopidae   Coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers Rynchops   Type genus of the Rynchopidae: skimmers Rypticus   A genus of fish of the family Serranidae, including soapfishes Ryukyuan   The language (related to Japanese) that is spoken by the people of the Ryukyu Islands Ryukyuan   A member of the Japanese people living on the Ryukyu islands southwest of Japan Ryukyu_Islands   A chain of 55 islands in the western Pacific southwest of Japan (returned by United States to Japan in 1972) R_and_B   A combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock ''n'' roll Back to top