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Ra Dictionary R - noun A roe; a deer.
Ra- Dictionary R - A prefix, from the Latin re and ad combined, coming to us through the French and Italian. See Re-, and Ad-.
Raash Dictionary R - noun The electric catfish.
Rab Dictionary R - noun A rod or stick used by masons in mixing hair with mortar.
Rabat Dictionary R - noun A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.
Rabate Dictionary R - verb To recover to the fist, as a hawk.
Rabatine Dictionary R - noun A collar or cape.
Rabato Dictionary R - noun A kind of ruff for the neck; a turned-down collar; a rebato.
Rabbate Dictionary R - verb transitive To abate or diminish.
Rabbeted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rabbet.
Rabbeting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rabbet.
Rabbet Dictionary R - verb transitive To cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet.
Rabbis Dictionary R - pleural of Rabbi.
Rabbies Dictionary R - pleural of Rabbi.
Rabbi Dictionary R - noun Master; lord; teacher; - a Jewish title of respect or honor for a teacher or doctor of the law.
Rabbin Dictionary R - noun Same as Rabbi.
Rabbinic Dictionary R - adjective Alt. of Rabbinical.
Rabbinical Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the rabbins or rabbis, or pertaining to the opinions, learning, or language of the rabbins.
Rabbinically Dictionary R - adverb In a rabbinical manner; after the manner of the rabbins.
Rabbinism Dictionary R - noun A rabbinic expression or phraseology; a peculiarity of the language of the rabbins.
Rabbinist Dictionary R - noun One among the Jews who adhered to the Talmud and the traditions of the rabbins, in opposition to the Karaites, who rejected the traditions.
Rabbinite Dictionary R - noun Same as Rabbinist.
Rabbit Dictionary R - noun Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the common European species (Lepus cuniculus), which is often kept as a pet, and has been introduced into many countries. It is remarkably prolific, and has become a pest in some parts of Australia and New Zealand.
Rabbiting Dictionary R - noun The hunting of rabbits.
Rabbitry Dictionary R - noun A place where rabbits are kept; especially, a collection of hutches for tame rabbits.
Rabble Dictionary R - noun An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling.
Rabbled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rabble.
Rabbling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rabble.
Rabblement Dictionary R - noun A tumultuous crowd of low people; a rabble.
Rabbler Dictionary R - noun A scraping tool for smoothing metal.
Rabble-rout Dictionary R - noun A tumultuous crowd; a rabble; a noisy throng.
Rabdoidal Dictionary R - adjective See Sagittal.
Rabdology Dictionary R - noun The method or art of performing arithmetical operations by means of Napier's bones. See Napier's bones.
Rabdomancy Dictionary R - noun Divination by means of rods or wands.
Rabid Dictionary R - noun Furious; raging; extremely violent.
Rabidity Dictionary R - noun Rabidness; furiousness.
Rabidly Dictionary R - adverb In a rabid manner; with extreme violence.
Rabidness Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being rabid.
Rabies Dictionary R - noun Same as Hydrophobia (b); canine madness.
Rabinet Dictionary R - noun A kind of small ordnance formerly in use.
Rabious Dictionary R - adjective Fierce.
Rabot Dictionary R - noun A rubber of hard wood used in smoothing marble to be polished.
Raca Dictionary R - adjective A term of reproach used by the Jews of our Savior's time, meaning "worthless.".
Racahout Dictionary R - noun A preparation from acorns used by the Arabs as a substitute for chocolate, and also as a beverage for invalids.
Raccoon Dictionary R - noun A North American nocturnal carnivore (Procyon lotor) allied to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail, banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with black and white. Called also coon, and mapach.
Race Dictionary R - verb transitive To raze.
Raced Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Race.
Racing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Race.
Racemate Dictionary R - noun A salt of racemic acid.
Racemation Dictionary R - noun A cluster or bunch, as of grapes.
Raceme Dictionary R - noun A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many one-flowered lateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry.
Racemed Dictionary R - adjective Arranged in a raceme, or in racemes.
Racemic Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in many kinds of grapes. It is also obtained from tartaric acid, with which it is isomeric, and from sugar, gum, etc., by oxidation. It is a sour white crystalline substance, consisting of a combination of dextrorotatory and levorotatory tartaric acids.
Racemiferous Dictionary R - adjective Bearing racemes, as the currant.
Racemiform Dictionary R - adjective Having the form of a raceme.
Racemose Dictionary R - adjective Resembling a raceme; growing in the form of a raceme; as, (Bot.) racemose berries or flowers; (Anat.) the racemose glands, in which the ducts are branched and clustered like a raceme.
Racemous Dictionary R - adjective See Racemose.
Racemule Dictionary R - noun A little raceme.
Racemulose Dictionary R - adjective Growing in very small racemes.
Racer Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, races, or contends in a race; esp., a race horse.
Rach Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Rache.
Rache Dictionary R - noun A dog that pursued his prey by scent, as distinguished from the greyhound.
Rachialgia Dictionary R - noun A painful affection of the spine; especially, Pott's disease; also, formerly, lead colic.
Rachidian Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the rachis; spinal; vertebral. Same as Rhachidian.
Rachilla Dictionary R - noun Same as Rhachilla.
Rachiodont Dictionary R - adjective Same as Rhachiodont.
Rachises Dictionary R - pleural of Rachis.
Rachides Dictionary R - pleural of Rachis.
Rachis Dictionary R - noun The spine; the vertebral column.
Rachitic Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to rachitis; affected by rachitis; rickety.
Rachitis Dictionary R - noun Literally, inflammation of the spine, but commonly applied to the rickets. See Rickets.
Rachitome Dictionary R - noun A dissecting instrument for opening the spinal canal.
Racial Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to a race or family of men; as, the racial complexion.
Racily Dictionary R - adverb In a racy manner.
Raciness Dictionary R - noun The quality of being racy; peculiar and piquant flavor.
Rack Dictionary R - noun Same as Arrack.
Racked Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rack.
Racking Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rack.
Rackabones Dictionary R - noun A very lean animal, esp. a horse.
Racker Dictionary R - noun One who racks.
Racket Dictionary R - noun A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games.
Racketed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Racket.
Racketing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Racket.
Racketer Dictionary R - noun One who makes, or engages in, a racket.
Rackett Dictionary R - noun An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys.
Racket-tail Dictionary R - noun Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped.
Racket-tailed Dictionary R - adjective Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers.
Rackety Dictionary R - adjective Making a tumultuous noise.
Rack-rent Dictionary R - noun A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it; an excessive or unreasonably high rent.
Rack-renter Dictionary R - noun One who is subjected to paying rack-rent.
Racktail Dictionary R - noun An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock.
Rackwork Dictionary R - noun Any mechanism having a rack, as a rack and pinion.
Racle Dictionary R - adjective See Rakel.
Racleness Dictionary R - noun See Rakelness.
Raconteur Dictionary R - noun A relater; a storyteller.
Racoonda Dictionary R - noun The coypu.
Racovian Dictionary R - noun One of a sect of Socinians or Unitarians in Poland.
Racquet Dictionary R - noun See Racket.
Racy Dictionary R - superlative Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich.
Rad Dictionary R - imp. & p. p. of Read, Rede.
Radde Dictionary R - imp. of Read, Rede.
Raddle Dictionary R - noun A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, which is interwoven with others, between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.
Raddock Dictionary R - noun The ruddock.
Rade Dictionary R - noun A raid.
Radeau Dictionary R - noun A float; a raft.
Radial Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like, radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial projections; (Zool.) radial vessels or canals; (Anat.) the radial artery.
Radialia Dictionary R - pleural of Radiale.
Radiale Dictionary R - noun The bone or cartilage of the carpus which articulates with the radius and corresponds to the scaphoid bone in man.
Radially Dictionary R - adverb In a radial manner.
Radian Dictionary R - noun An arc of a circle which is equal to the radius, or the angle measured by such an arc.
Radiance Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Radiancy.
Radiancy Dictionary R - noun The quality of being radiant; brilliancy; effulgence; vivid brightness; as, the radiance of the sun.
Radiant Dictionary R - adjective Emitting or proceeding as from a center; resembling rays; radiating; radiate.
Radiantly Dictionary R - adverb In a radiant manner; with glittering splendor.
Radiary Dictionary R - noun A radiate.
Radiata Dictionary R - noun plural An extensive artificial group of invertebrates, having all the parts arranged radially around the vertical axis of the body, and the various organs repeated symmetrically in each ray or spheromere.
Radiated Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Radiate.
Radiating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Radiate.
Radiate Dictionary R - intransitive verb To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.
Radiately Dictionary R - adverb In a radiate manner; with radiation or divergence from a center.
Radiate-veined Dictionary R - adjective Having the principal veins radiating, or diverging, from the apex of the petiole; - said of such leaves as those of the grapevine, most maples, and the castor-oil plant.
Radiatiform Dictionary R - adjective Having the marginal florets enlarged and radiating but not ligulate, as in the capitula or heads of the cornflower.
Radiation Dictionary R - noun The act of radiating, or the state of being radiated; emission and diffusion of rays of light; beamy brightness.
Radiative Dictionary R - adjective Capable of radiating; acting by radiation.
Radiator Dictionary R - noun That which radiates or emits rays, whether of light or heat; especially, that part of a heating apparatus from which the heat is radiated or diffused; as, a steam radiator.
Radical Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the root; proceeding directly from the root.
Radicalism Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being radical; specifically, the doctrines or principles of radicals in politics or social reform.
Radicality Dictionary R - noun Germinal principle; source; origination.
Radically Dictionary R - adverb In a radical manner; at, or from, the origin or root; fundamentally; as, a scheme or system radically wrong or defective.
Radicalness Dictionary R - noun Quality or state of being radical.
Radicant Dictionary R - adjective Taking root on, or above, the ground; rooting from the stem, as the trumpet creeper and the ivy.
Radicate Dictionary R - adjective Radicated.
Radicated Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Radicate.
Radicating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Radicate.
Radication Dictionary R - noun The process of taking root, or state of being rooted; as, the radication of habits.
Radicel Dictionary R - noun A small branch of a root; a rootlet.
Radiciflorous Dictionary R - adjective Rhizanthous.
Radiciform Dictionary R - adjective Having the nature or appearance of a radix or root.
Radicle Dictionary R - noun The rudimentary stem of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the stem of the embryo; the caulicle.
Radicular Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to roots, or the root of a plant.
Radicule Dictionary R - noun A radicle.
Radiculose Dictionary R - adjective Producing numerous radicles, or rootlets.
Radii Dictionary R - noun plural of Radius.
Radio- Dictionary R - A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, a radius or ray; specifically (Anat.), with the radius of the forearm; as, radio-ulnar, radio-muscular, radio-carpal.
Radio-flagellata Dictionary R - noun plural A group of Protozoa having both flagella and pseudopodia.
Radiograph Dictionary R - noun A picture produced by the Rontgen rays upon a sensitive surface, photographic or fluorescent, especially a picture of opaque objects traversed by the rays.
Radiolaria Dictionary R - noun plural Order of rhizopods, usually having a siliceous skeleton, or shell, and sometimes radiating spicules. The pseudopodia project from the body like rays. It includes the polycystines. See Polycystina.
Radiolarian Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the Radiolaria.
Radioli Dictionary R - noun plural The barbs of the radii of a feather; barbules.
Radiolite Dictionary R - noun A hippurite.
Radiometer Dictionary R - noun A forestaff.
Radiomicrometer Dictionary R - noun A very sensitive modification or application of the thermopile, used for indicating minute changes of radiant heat, or temperature.
Radiophone Dictionary R - noun An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of luminous or thermal rays. It is essentially the same as the photophone.
Radiophony Dictionary R - noun The art or practice of using the radiophone.
Radious Dictionary R - adjective Consisting of rays, as light.
Radish Dictionary R - noun The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant (Raphanus sativus); also, the whole plant.
Radiuses Dictionary R - pleural of Radius.
Radius Dictionary R - noun A right line drawn or extending from the center of a circle to the periphery; the semidiameter of a circle or sphere.
Radius vector Dictionary R - A straight line (or the length of such line) connecting any point, as of a curve, with a fixed point, or pole, round which the straight line turns, and to which it serves to refer the successive points of a curve, in a system of polar coordinates. See Coordinate, n.
Radices Dictionary R - pleural of Radix.
Radixes Dictionary R - pleural of Radix.
Radix Dictionary R - noun A primitive word, from which spring other words; a radical; a root; an etymon.
Radulae Dictionary R - pleural of Radula.
Radula Dictionary R - noun The chitinous ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; - called also lingual ribbon, and tongue. See Odontophore.
Raduliform Dictionary R - adjective Rasplike; as, raduliform teeth.
Raffed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Raff.
Raffing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Raff.
Raff Dictionary R - verb transitive To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep.
Raffaelesque Dictionary R - adjective Raphaelesque.
Raffia Dictionary R - noun A fibrous material used for tying plants, said to come from the leaves of a palm tree of the genus Raphia.
Raffinose Dictionary R - noun A colorless crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained from the molasses of the sugar beet.
Raffish Dictionary R - adjective Resembling, or having the character of, raff, or a raff; worthless; low.
Raffle Dictionary R - verb A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor.
Raffled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Raffle.
Raffling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Raffle.
Raffler Dictionary R - noun One who raffles.
Rafflesia Dictionary R - noun A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living parasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one species (Rafflesia Arnoldi) having a diameter of two or three feet.
Raft Dictionary R - imp. & p. p. of Reave.
Rafted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Raft.
Rafting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Raft.
Rafte Dictionary R - imp. of Reave.
Rafter Dictionary R - noun A raftsman.
Raftsmen Dictionary R - pleural of Raftsman.
Raftsman Dictionary R - noun A man engaged in rafting.
Rafty Dictionary R - adjective Damp; musty.
Rag Dictionary R - verb transitive To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.
Ragged Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rag.
Ragging Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rag.
Ragabash Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Ragabrash.
Ragabrash Dictionary R - noun An idle, ragged person.
Ragamuffin Dictionary R - noun A paltry or disreputable fellow; a mean wretch.
Rage Dictionary R - noun Violent excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering, mastering the will.
Raged Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rage.
Raging Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rage.
Rageful Dictionary R - adjective Full of rage; expressing rage.
Ragery Dictionary R - noun Wantonness.
Raggie Dictionary R - adjective Alt. of Raggy.
Raggy Dictionary R - adjective Ragged; rough.
Raghuvansa Dictionary R - noun A celebrated Sanskrit poem having for its subject the Raghu dynasty.
Ragious Dictionary R - adjective Raging; furious; rageful.
Raglan Dictionary R - noun A loose overcoat with large sleeves; - named from Lord Raglan, an English general.
Ragmen Dictionary R - pleural of Ragman.
Ragman Dictionary R - noun A man who collects, or deals in, rags.
Ragman's roll Dictionary R - The rolls of deeds on parchment in which the Scottish nobility and gentry subscribed allegiance to Edward I. of England, A. D. 1296.
Ragout Dictionary R - noun A dish made of pieces of meat, stewed, and highly seasoned; as, a ragout of mutton.
Ragpicker Dictionary R - noun One who gets a living by picking up rags and refuse things in the streets.
Raguled Dictionary R - adjective Alt. of Ragguled.
Ragguled Dictionary R - adjective Notched in regular diagonal breaks; - said of a line, or a bearing having such an edge.
Ragweed Dictionary R - noun A common American composite weed (Ambrosia artemisiaefolia) with finely divided leaves; hogweed.
Ragwork Dictionary R - noun A kind of rubblework. In the United States, any rubblework of thin and small stones.
Ragwort Dictionary R - noun A name given to several species of the composite genus Senecio.
Raia Dictionary R - noun A genus of rays which includes the skates. See Skate.
Raiae Dictionary R - noun plural The order of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sawfishes, skates, and rays; - called also Rajae, and Rajii.
Raid Dictionary R - noun A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.
Raided Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Raid.
Raiding Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Raid.
Raider Dictionary R - noun One who engages in a raid.
Rail Dictionary R - noun An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.
Railed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rail.
Railing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rail.
Railer Dictionary R - noun One who rails; one who scoffs, insults, censures, or reproaches with opprobrious language.
Railingly Dictionary R - adverb With scoffing or insulting language.
Raillery Dictionary R - noun Pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment.
Railleur Dictionary R - noun A banterer; a jester; a mocker.
Railroad Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Railway.
Railway Dictionary R - noun A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure.
Railroading Dictionary R - noun The construction of a railroad; the business of managing or operating a railroad.
Raiment Dictionary R - noun Clothing in general; vesture; garments; - usually singular in form, with a collective sense.
Rain Dictionary R - noun & verb Reign.
Rained Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rain.
Raining Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rain.
Rainbow Dictionary R - noun A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain.
Rainbowed Dictionary R - adjective Formed with or like a rainbow.
Raindeer Dictionary R - noun See Reindeer.
Raindrop Dictionary R - noun A drop of rain.
Rainfall Dictionary R - noun A fall or descent of rain; the water, or amount of water, that falls in rain; as, the average annual rainfall of a region.
Raininess Dictionary R - noun The state of being rainy.
Rainless Dictionary R - adjective Destitute of rain; as, a rainless region.
Rain-tight Dictionary R - adjective So tight as to exclude rain; as, a rain-tight roof.
Rainy Dictionary R - adjective Abounding with rain; wet; showery; as, rainy weather; a rainy day or season.
Raip Dictionary R - noun A rope; also, a measure equal to a rod.
Rais Dictionary R - noun Same as 2d Reis.
Raisable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being raised.
Raised Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Raise.
Raising Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Raise.
Raise Dictionary R - verb transitive To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.
Raiser Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, raises (in various senses of the verb).
Raisin Dictionary R - noun A grape, or a bunch of grapes.
Raisonne Dictionary R - adjective Arranged systematically, or according to classes or subjects; as, a catalogue raisonne. See under Catalogue.
Raivel Dictionary R - noun A separator.
Raj Dictionary R - noun Reign; rule.
Raja Dictionary R - noun Same as Rajah.
Rajah Dictionary R - adjective A native prince or king; also, a landholder or person of importance in the agricultural districts.
Rajahship Dictionary R - noun The office or dignity of a rajah.
Rajpoot Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Rajput.
Rajput Dictionary R - noun A Hindoo of the second, or royal and military, caste; a Kshatriya; especially, an inhabitant of the country of Rajpootana, in northern central India.
Rake Dictionary R - noun An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, - used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth.
Raked Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rake.
Raking Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rake.
Rakehell Dictionary R - noun A lewd, dissolute fellow; a debauchee; a rake.
Rakehelly Dictionary R - adjective Dissolute; wild; lewd; rakish.
Rakel Dictionary R - adjective Hasty; reckless; rash.
Raker Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, rakes.
Rakery Dictionary R - noun Debauchery; lewdness.
Rakeshame Dictionary R - noun A vile, dissolute wretch.
Rakestale Dictionary R - noun The handle of a rake.
Rake-vein Dictionary R - noun See Rake, a mineral vein.
Rakish Dictionary R - adjective Dissolute; lewd; debauched.
Rakishly Dictionary R - adverb In a rakish manner.
Rakishness Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being rakish.
Raku ware Dictionary R - A kind of earthenware made in Japan, resembling Satsuma ware, but having a paler color.
Rale Dictionary R - noun An adventitious sound, usually of morbid origin, accompanying the normal respiratory sounds. See Rhonchus.
Rallentando Dictionary R - adjective Slackening; - a direction to perform a passage with a gradual decrease in time and force; ritardando.
Ralliance Dictionary R - noun The act of rallying.
Rallier Dictionary R - noun One who rallies.
Ralline Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to the rails.
Rallied Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rally.
Rallying Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rally.
Rally Dictionary R - verb transitive To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
Rallies Dictionary R - pleural of Rally.
Ralph Dictionary R - noun A name sometimes given to the raven.
Ralstonite Dictionary R - noun A fluoride of alumina and soda occurring with the Greenland cryolite in octahedral crystals.
Ram Dictionary R - noun The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.
Rammed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Ram.
Ramming Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Ram.
Ramadan Dictionary R - noun The ninth Mohammedan month.
Ramage Dictionary R - noun Boughs or branches.
Ramagious Dictionary R - adjective Wild; not tame.
Ramal Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to a ramus, or branch; rameal.
Ramayana Dictionary R - noun The more ancient of the two great epic poems in Sanskrit. The hero and heroine are Rama and his wife Sita.
Ramberge Dictionary R - noun Formerly, a kind of large war galley.
Rambled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Ramble.
Rambling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Ramble.
Ramble Dictionary R - intransitive verb To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the city; to ramble over the world.
Rambler Dictionary R - noun One who rambles; a rover; a wanderer.
Ramblingly Dictionary R - adverb In a rambling manner.
Rambooze Dictionary R - noun A beverage made of wine, ale (or milk), sugar, etc.
Rambutan Dictionary R - noun A Malayan fruit produced by the tree Nephelium lappaceum, and closely related to the litchi nut. It is bright red, oval in shape, covered with coarse hairs (whence the name), and contains a pleasant acid pulp. Called also ramboostan.
Rameal Dictionary R - adjective Same as Ramal.
Ramean Dictionary R - noun A Ramist.
Ramed Dictionary R - adjective Having the frames, stem, and sternpost adjusted; - said of a ship on the stocks.
Ramee Dictionary R - noun See Ramie.
Ramekin Dictionary R - noun See Ramequin.
Rament Dictionary R - noun A scraping; a shaving.
Ramenta Dictionary R - noun plural Thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns.
Ramentaceous Dictionary R - adjective Covered with ramenta.
Rameous Dictionary R - adjective Ramal.
Ramequin Dictionary R - noun A mixture of cheese, eggs, etc., formed in a mold, or served on bread.
Ramie Dictionary R - noun The grass-cloth plant (B/hmeria nivea); also, its fiber, which is very fine and exceedingly strong; - called also China grass, and rhea. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass.
Ramification Dictionary R - noun The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.
Ramiflorous Dictionary R - adjective Flowering on the branches.
Ramiform Dictionary R - adjective Having the form of a branch.
Ramified Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Ramify.
Ramifying Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Ramify.
Ramify Dictionary R - verb transitive To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme.
Ramigerous Dictionary R - adjective Bearing branches; branched.
Ramiparous Dictionary R - adjective Producing branches; ramigerous.
Ramist Dictionary R - noun A follower of Pierre Rame, better known as Ramus, a celebrated French scholar, who was professor of rhetoric and philosophy at Paris in the reign of Henry II., and opposed the Aristotelians.
Ramline Dictionary R - noun A line used to get a straight middle line, as on a spar, or from stem to stern in building a vessel.
Rammel Dictionary R - noun Refuse matter.
Rammer Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, rams or drives.
Rammish Dictionary R - adjective Like a ram; hence, rank; lascivious.
Rammishness Dictionary R - noun The quality of being rammish.
Rammy Dictionary R - adjective Like a ram; rammish.
Ramollescence Dictionary R - noun A softening or mollifying.
Ramoon Dictionary R - noun A small West Indian tree (Trophis Americana) of the Mulberry family, whose leaves and twigs are used as fodder for cattle.
Ramose Dictionary R - adjective Branched, as the stem or root of a plant; having lateral divisions; consisting of, or having, branches; full of branches; ramifying; branching; branchy.
Ramous Dictionary R - adjective Ramose.
Ramped Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Ramp.
Ramping Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Ramp.
Ramp Dictionary R - intransitive verb To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.
Rampacious Dictionary R - adjective High-spirited; rampageous.
Rampage Dictionary R - verb Violent or riotous behavior; a state of excitement, passion, or debauchery; as, to be on the rampage.
Rampageous Dictionary R - adjective Characterized by violence and passion; unruly; rampant.
Rampallian Dictionary R - noun A mean wretch.
Rampancy Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being rampant; excessive action or development; exuberance; extravagance.
Rampant Dictionary R - verb Ramping; leaping; springing; rearing upon the hind legs; hence, raging; furious.
Rampantly Dictionary R - adverb In a rampant manner.
Rampart Dictionary R - noun That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark.
Ramparted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rampart.
Ramparting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rampart.
Rampe Dictionary R - noun The cuckoopint.
Rampier Dictionary R - noun See Rampart.
Rampion Dictionary R - noun A plant (Campanula Rapunculus) of the Bellflower family, with a tuberous esculent root; - also called ramps.
Rampire Dictionary R - noun A rampart.
Rampler Dictionary R - noun A rambler.
Ramrod Dictionary R - noun The rod used in ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading firearm.
Ramshackle Dictionary R - adjective Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.
Ramson Dictionary R - noun A broad-leaved species of garlic (Allium ursinum), common in European gardens; - called also buckram.
Ramsted Dictionary R - noun A yellow-flowered weed; - so named from a Mr. Ramsted who introduced it into Pennsylvania. See Toad flax. Called also Ramsted weed.
Ramulose Dictionary R - adjective Having many small branches, or ramuli.
Ramulous Dictionary R - adjective Ramulose.
Ramuli Dictionary R - pleural of Ramulus.
Ramulus Dictionary R - noun A small branch, or branchlet, of corals, hydroids, and similar organisms.
Rami Dictionary R - pleural of Ramus.
Ramus Dictionary R - noun A branch; a projecting part or prominent process; a ramification.
Ramuscule Dictionary R - noun A small ramus, or branch.
Ran Dictionary R - imp. of Run.
Rana Dictionary R - noun A genus of anurous batrachians, including the common frogs.
Ranal Dictionary R - adjective Having a general affinity to ranunculaceous plants.
Rance Dictionary R - noun A prop or shore.
Rancescent Dictionary R - adjective Becoming rancid or sour.
Ranch Dictionary R - verb transitive To wrench; to tear; to sprain; to injure by violent straining or contortion.
Rancheros Dictionary R - pleural of Ranchero.
Ranchero Dictionary R - noun A herdsman; a peasant employed on a ranch or rancho.
Ranchmen Dictionary R - pleural of Ranchman.
Ranchman Dictionary R - noun An owner or occupant of, or laborer on, a ranch; a herdsman.
Ranchos Dictionary R - pleural of Rancho.
Rancho Dictionary R - noun A rude hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm laborers may live or lodge at night.
Rancid Dictionary R - adjective Having a rank smell or taste, from chemical change or decomposition; musty; as, rancid oil or butter.
Rancidity Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being rancid; a rancid scent or flavor, as of old oil.
Rancidly Dictionary R - adverb In a rancid manner.
Rancidness Dictionary R - noun The quality of being rancid.
Rancor Dictionary R - noun The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.
Rancorous Dictionary R - adjective Full of rancor; evincing, or caused by, rancor; deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or malicious; intensely virulent.
Rancorously Dictionary R - adverb In a rancorous manner.
Rand Dictionary R - noun A border; edge; margin.
Randall grass Dictionary R - The meadow fescue (Festuca elatior). See under Grass.
Randan Dictionary R - noun The product of a second sifting of meal; the finest part of the bran.
Randing Dictionary R - noun The act or process of making and applying rands for shoes.
Random Dictionary R - noun Force; violence.
Randomly Dictionary R - adverb In a random manner.
Randon Dictionary R - noun Random.
Ranedeer Dictionary R - noun See Reindeer.
Ranee Dictionary R - noun Same as Rani.
Ranforce Dictionary R - noun See Re/nforce.
Rang Dictionary R - imp. of Ring, v. t. & i.
Ranged Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Range.
Ranging Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Range.
Range Dictionary R - noun To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.
Rangement Dictionary R - noun Arrangement.
Ranger Dictionary R - noun One who ranges; a rover; sometimes, one who ranges for plunder; a roving robber.
Rangership Dictionary R - noun The office of the keeper of a forest or park.
Rangle Dictionary R - intransitive verb To range about in an irregular manner.
Rani Dictionary R - noun A queen or princess; the wife of a rajah.
Ranine Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the frogs and toads.
Rank Dictionary R - superlative Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.
Ranked Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rank.
Ranking Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rank.
Ranker Dictionary R - noun One who ranks, or disposes in ranks; one who arranges.
Rankled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rankle.
Rankling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rankle.
Rankle Dictionary R - adjective To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; - used literally and figuratively.
Rankly Dictionary R - adverb With rank or vigorous growth; luxuriantly; hence, coarsely; grossly; as, weeds grow rankly.
Rankness Dictionary R - noun The condition or quality of being rank.
Rannel Dictionary R - noun A prostitute.
Ranny Dictionary R - noun The erd shrew.
Ransacked Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Ransack.
Ransacking Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Ransack.
Ransack Dictionary R - verb transitive To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house.
Ransom Dictionary R - noun The release of a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption; as, prisoners hopeless of ransom.
Ransomed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Ransom.
Ransoming Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Ransom.
Ransomable Dictionary R - adjective Such as can be ransomed.
Ransomer Dictionary R - noun One who ransoms or redeems.
Ransomless Dictionary R - adjective Incapable of being ransomed; without ransom.
Ranted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rant.
Ranting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rant.
Rant Dictionary R - intransitive verb To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher.
Ranter Dictionary R - noun A noisy talker; a raving declaimer.
Ranterism Dictionary R - noun The practice or tenets of the Ranters.
Rantingly Dictionary R - adverb In a ranting manner.
Rantipole Dictionary R - noun A wild, romping young person.
Rantism Dictionary R - noun Ranterism.
Ranty Dictionary R - adjective Wild; noisy; boisterous.
Ranula Dictionary R - noun A cyst formed under the tongue by obstruction of the duct of the submaxillary gland.
Ranunculaceous Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Ranunculaceae), of which the buttercup is the type, and which includes also the virgin's bower, the monkshood, larkspur, anemone, meadow rue, and peony.
Ranunculuses Dictionary R - pleural of Ranunculus.
Ranunculi Dictionary R - pleural of Ranunculus.
Ranunculus Dictionary R - noun A genus of herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, including crowfoot, buttercups, and the cultivated ranunculi (R. Asiaticus, R. aconitifolius, etc.) in which the flowers are double and of various colors.
Ranz des vaches Dictionary R - The name for numerous simple, but very irregular, melodies of the Swiss mountaineers, blown on a long tube called the Alpine horn, and sometimes sung.
Rap Dictionary R - noun A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.
Rapped Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rap.
Rapping Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rap.
Rapt Dictionary R - of Rap.
Rapaces Dictionary R - noun plural Same as Accipitres.
Rapacious Dictionary R - adjective Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.
Rapacity Dictionary R - noun The quality of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates; the rapacity of wolves.
Raparee Dictionary R - noun See Rapparee.
Rape Dictionary R - noun Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster.
Rapeful Dictionary R - adjective Violent.
Rapfully Dictionary R - adverb Violently.
Raphaelesque Dictionary R - adjective Like Raphael's works; in Raphael's manner of painting.
Raphaelism Dictionary R - noun The principles of painting introduced by Raphael, the Italian painter.
Raphaelite Dictionary R - noun One who advocates or adopts the principles of Raphaelism.
Raphany Dictionary R - noun A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock (Raphanus raphanistrum) had been mixed, but the condition is now known to be a form of ergotism.
Raphe Dictionary R - noun A line, ridge, furrow, or band of fibers, especially in the median line; as, the raphe of the tongue.
Raphides Dictionary R - noun plural See Rhaphides.
Rapid Dictionary R - adjective Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion.
Rapidity Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being rapid; swiftness; celerity; velocity; as, the rapidity of a current; rapidity of speech; rapidity of growth or improvement.
Rapidly Dictionary R - adverb In a rapid manner.
Rapidness Dictionary R - noun Quality of being rapid; rapidity.
Rapier Dictionary R - noun A straight sword, with a narrow and finely pointed blade, used only for thrusting.
Rapiered Dictionary R - adjective Wearing a rapier.
Rapilli Dictionary R - noun plural Lapilli.
Rapine Dictionary R - noun The act of plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force; spoliation; pillage; plunder.
Rapinous Dictionary R - adjective Given to rapine.
Rappage Dictionary R - noun The enlargement of a mold caused by rapping the pattern.
Rapparee Dictionary R - noun A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; - so called from his carrying a half-pike, called a rapary.
Rappee Dictionary R - verb A pungent kind of snuff made from the darker and ranker kinds of tobacco leaves.
Rappel Dictionary R - noun The beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms.
Rapper Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, raps or knocks; specifically, the knocker of a door.
Rapport Dictionary R - noun Relation; proportion; conformity; correspondence; accord.
Rapscallion Dictionary R - noun A rascal; a good-for-nothing fellow.
Rapter Dictionary R - noun A raptor.
Raptor Dictionary R - noun A ravisher; a plunderer.
Raptores Dictionary R - noun plural Same as Accipitres. Called also Raptatores.
Raptorial Dictionary R - adjective Rapacious; living upon prey; - said especially of certain birds.
Raptorious Dictionary R - adjective Raptorial.
Rapture Dictionary R - noun A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence.
Raptured Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rapture.
Rapturing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rapture.
Rapturist Dictionary R - noun An enthusiast.
Rapturize Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To put, or be put, in a state of rapture.
Rapturous Dictionary R - adjective Ecstatic; transporting; ravishing; feeling, expressing, or manifesting rapture; as, rapturous joy, pleasure, or delight; rapturous applause.
Rapturously Dictionary R - adverb In a rapturous manner.
Rare Dictionary R - adjective Early.
Rarebit Dictionary R - noun A dainty morsel; a Welsh rabbit. See Welsh rabbit, under Rabbit.
Raree-show Dictionary R - noun A show carried about in a box; a peep show.
Rarefaction Dictionary R - noun The act or process of rarefying; the state of being rarefied; - opposed to condensation; as, the rarefaction of air.
Rarefiable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being rarefied.
Rarefied Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rarefy.
Rarefying Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rarefy.
Rarefy Dictionary R - verb transitive To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to; - opposed to condense.
Rarely Dictionary R - adverb In a rare manner or degree; seldom; not often; as, things rarely seen.
Rareness Dictionary R - noun The state or quality of being rare.
Rareripe Dictionary R - adjective Early ripe; ripe before others, or before the usual season.
Rarification Dictionary R - noun See Rarefaction.
Rarities Dictionary R - pleural of Rarity.
Rarity Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being rare; rareness; thinness; as, the rarity (contrasted with the density) of gases.
Ras Dictionary R - noun See 2d Reis.
Rasante Dictionary R - adjective Sweeping; grazing; - applied to a style of fortification in which the command of the works over each other, and over the country, is kept very low, in order that the shot may more effectually sweep or graze the ground before them.
Rascal Dictionary R - verb One of the rabble; a low, common sort of person or creature; collectively, the rabble; the common herd; also, a lean, ill-conditioned beast, esp. a deer.
Rascaldom Dictionary R - noun State of being a rascal; rascality; domain of rascals; rascals, collectively.
Rascaless Dictionary R - noun A female rascal.
Rascalities Dictionary R - pleural of Rascality.
Rascality Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being rascally, or a rascal; mean trickishness or dishonesty; base fraud.
Rascallion Dictionary R - noun A low, mean wretch.
Rascally Dictionary R - adjective Like a rascal; trickish or dishonest; base; worthless; - often in humorous disparagement, without implication of dishonesty.
Rased Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rase.
Rasing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rase.
Rase Dictionary R - verb transitive To rub along the surface of; to graze.
Rash Dictionary R - verb transitive To pull off or pluck violently.
Rasher Dictionary R - noun A thin slice of bacon.
Rashful Dictionary R - adjective Rash; hasty; precipitate.
Rashling Dictionary R - noun A rash person.
Rashly Dictionary R - adverb In a rash manner; with precipitation.
Rashness Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being rash.
Raskolnik Dictionary R - noun One of the separatists or dissenters from the established or Greek church in Russia.
Rasores Dictionary R - verb transitive An order of birds; the Gallinae.
Rasorial Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the Rasores, or gallinaceous birds, as the peacock, domestic fowl, partridge, quail, and the like.
Rasour Dictionary R - noun Razor.
Rasped Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rasp.
Rasping Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rasp.
Rasp Dictionary R - verb transitive To rub or file with a rasp; to rub or grate with a rough file; as, to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder.
Raspatorium Dictionary R - noun See Raspatory.
Raspatory Dictionary R - verb A surgeon's rasp.
Raspberry Dictionary R - noun The thimble-shaped fruit of the Rubus Idaeus and other similar brambles; as, the black, the red, and the white raspberry.
Rasper Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, rasps; a scraper.
Raspis Dictionary R - noun The raspberry.
Raspy Dictionary R - adjective Like a rasp, or the sound made by a rasp; grating.
Rasse Dictionary R - noun A carnivore (Viverricula Mallaccensis) allied to the civet but smaller, native of China and the East Indies. It furnishes a perfume resembling that of the civet, which is highly prized by the Javanese. Called also Malacca weasel, and lesser civet.
Rasure Dictionary R - verb The act of rasing, scraping, or erasing; erasure; obliteration.
Rat Dictionary R - noun One of several species of small rodents of the genus Mus and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the Norway, or brown, rat (M. decumanus), the black rat (M. rattus), and the roof rat (M. Alexandrinus). These were introduced into America from the Old World.
Ratted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rat.
Ratting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rat.
Rata Dictionary R - noun A New Zealand forest tree (Metrosideros robusta), also, its hard dark red wood, used by the Maoris for paddles and war clubs.
Ratability Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being ratable.
Ratable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being rated, or set at a certain value.
Ratafia Dictionary R - noun A spirituous liquor flavored with the kernels of cherries, apricots, peaches, or other fruit, spiced, and sweetened with sugar; - a term applied to the liqueurs called noyau, cura/ao, etc.
Ratan Dictionary R - noun See Rattan.
Ratany Dictionary R - noun Same as Rhatany.
Rataplan Dictionary R - noun The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse.
Ratch Dictionary R - noun Same as Rotche.
Ratchel Dictionary R - noun Gravelly stone.
Ratchet Dictionary R - noun A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
Rate Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.
Rated Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rate.
Rating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rate.
Rateable Dictionary R - adjective See Ratable.
Ratel Dictionary R - noun Any carnivore of the genus Mellivora, allied to the weasels and the skunks; - called also honey badger.
Ratepayer Dictionary R - noun One who pays rates or taxes.
Rater Dictionary R - noun One who rates or estimates.
Ratfish Dictionary R - noun Same as Rat-tail.
Rath Dictionary R - noun A hill or mound.
Rathe Dictionary R - adjective Coming before others, or before the usual time; early.
Rather Dictionary R - adjective Prior; earlier; former.
Rathripe Dictionary R - adjective Rareripe, or early ripe.
Ratification Dictionary R - noun The act of ratifying; the state of being ratified; confirmation; sanction; as, the ratification of a treaty.
Ratifier Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, ratifies; a confirmer.
Ratified Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Ratify.
Ratifying Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Ratify.
Ratify Dictionary R - noun To approve and sanction; to make valid; to confirm; to establish; to settle; especially, to give sanction to, as something done by an agent or servant; as, to ratify an agreement, treaty, or contract; to ratify a nomination.
Ratihabition Dictionary R - noun Confirmation or approbation, as of an act or contract.
Ratio Dictionary R - noun The relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind. It is expressed by the quotient of the division of the first by the second; thus, the ratio of 3 to 6 is expressed by / or /; of a to b by a/b; or (less commonly) the second term is made the dividend; as, a:b = b/a.
Ratiocinate Dictionary R - intransitive verb To reason, esp. deductively; to offer reason or argument.
Ratiocination Dictionary R - noun The process of reasoning, or deducing conclusions from premises; deductive reasoning.
Ratiocinative Dictionary R - adjective Characterized by, or addicted to, ratiocination; consisting in the comparison of propositions or facts, and the deduction of inferences from the comparison; argumentative; as, a ratiocinative process.
Ratiocinatory Dictionary R - adjective Ratiocinative.
Ration Dictionary R - noun A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence.
Rational Dictionary R - adjective Relating to the reason; not physical; mental.
Rationale Dictionary R - adjective An explanation or exposition of the principles of some opinion, action, hypothesis, phenomenon, or the like; also, the principles themselves.
Rationalism Dictionary R - noun The doctrine or system of those who deduce their religious opinions from reason or the understanding, as distinct from, or opposed to, revelation.
Rationalist Dictionary R - noun One who accepts rationalism as a theory or system; also, disparagingly, a false reasoner. See Citation under Reasonist.
Rationalistic Dictionary R - adjective Alt. of Rationalistical.
Rationalistical Dictionary R - adjective Belonging to, or in accordance with, the principles of rationalism.
Rationality Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.
Rationalization Dictionary R - noun The act or process of rationalizing.
Rationalize Dictionary R - verb transitive To make rational; also, to convert to rationalism.
Rationally Dictionary R - adverb In a rational manner.
Rationalness Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being rational; rationality.
Ratitae Dictionary R - noun plural An order of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary, or absent, and the breastbone is destitute of a keel. The ostrich, emu, moa, and apteryx are examples.
Ratitate Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the Ratitae.
Ratite Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the Ratitae.
Ratlines Dictionary R - noun plural Alt. of Ratlins.
Ratlins Dictionary R - noun plural The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder.
Raton Dictionary R - noun A small rat.
Ratoon Dictionary R - noun Same as Rattoon, n.
Ratsbane Dictionary R - noun Rat poison; white arsenic.
Ratsbaned Dictionary R - adjective Poisoned by ratsbane.
Rat-tail Dictionary R - adjective Like a rat's tail in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, slender, and tapering. See Illust. of File.
Rat-tailed Dictionary R - adjective Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat.
Rattan Dictionary R - noun One of the long slender flexible stems of several species of palms of the genus Calamus, mostly East Indian, though some are African and Australian. They are exceedingly tough, and are used for walking sticks, wickerwork, chairs and seats of chairs, cords and cordage, and many other purposes.
Ratteen Dictionary R - noun A thick woolen stuff quilled or twilled.
Ratten Dictionary R - verb transitive To deprive feloniously of the tools used in one's employment (as by breaking or stealing them), for the purpose of annoying; as, to ratten a mechanic who works during a strike.
Ratter Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, rats, as one who deserts his party.
Rattinet Dictionary R - noun A woolen stuff thinner than ratteen.
Rattled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rattle.
Rattling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rattle.
Rattle Dictionary R - intransitive verb To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter.
Rattlebox Dictionary R - noun A toy that makes a rattling sound; a rattle.
Rattle-brained Dictionary R - adjective Giddy; rattle-headed.
Rattlehead Dictionary R - noun An empty, noisy talker.
Rattle-headed Dictionary R - adjective Noisy; giddy; unsteady.
Rattlemouse Dictionary R - noun A bat.
Rattlepate Dictionary R - noun A rattlehead.
Rattle-pated Dictionary R - adjective Rattle-headed.
Rattler Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, rattles.
Rattlesnake Dictionary R - noun Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States (Crotalus horridus), and the diamond rattlesnake of the South (C. adamanteus), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang.
Rattletrap Dictionary R - noun Any machine or vehicle that does not run smoothly.
Rattleweed Dictionary R - noun Any plant of the genus Astragalus. See Milk vetch.
Rattlewings Dictionary R - noun The golden-eye.
Rattlewort Dictionary R - noun Same as Rattlebox.
Rattlings Dictionary R - noun plural Ratlines.
Rattoon Dictionary R - noun One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year's growth from the root, or later. See Plant-cane.
Rattooned Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rattoon.
Rattooning Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rattoon.
Raucid Dictionary R - adjective Hoarse; raucous.
Raucity Dictionary R - noun Harshness of sound; rough utterance; hoarseness; as, the raucity of a trumpet, or of the human voice.
Raucous Dictionary R - adjective Hoarse; harsh; rough; as, a raucous, thick tone.
Raught Dictionary R - imp. & p. p. of Reach.
Raunch Dictionary R - verb transitive See Ranch.
Raunsoun Dictionary R - noun Ransom.
Ravage Dictionary R - noun Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time.
Ravaged Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Ravage.
Ravaging Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Ravage.
Ravager Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, ravages or lays waste; spoiler.
Rave Dictionary R - imp. of Rive.
Raved Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rave.
Raving Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rave.
Ravehook Dictionary R - noun A tool, hooked at the end, for enlarging or clearing seams for the reception of oakum.
Raveled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Ravel.
Ravelled Dictionary R - of Ravel.
Raveling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Ravel.
Ravelling Dictionary R - of Ravel.
Ravel Dictionary R - verb transitive To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; - often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking.
Raveler Dictionary R - noun One who ravels.
Ravelin Dictionary R - noun A detached work with two embankments which make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune, and half-moon.
Raven Dictionary R - noun A large black passerine bird (Corvus corax), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America, and is noted for its sagacity.
Ravened Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Raven.
Ravening Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Raven.
Ravenala Dictionary R - noun A genus of plants related to the banana.
Ravener Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, ravens or plunders.
Ravenous Dictionary R - adjective Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.
Raven's-duck Dictionary R - noun A fine quality of sailcloth.
Raver Dictionary R - noun One who raves.
Ravin Dictionary R - adjective Ravenous.
Ravine Dictionary R - noun Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven.
Ravished Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Ravish.
Ravishing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Ravish.
Ravish Dictionary R - verb transitive To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.
Ravisher Dictionary R - noun One who ravishes (in any sense).
Ravishingly Dictionary R - adverb In a ravishing manner.
Ravishment Dictionary R - noun The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their parents, of a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband.
Ravissant Dictionary R - adjective In a half-raised position, as if about to spring on prey.
Raw Dictionary R - superlative Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not done; as, raw meat.
Rawbone Dictionary R - adjective Rawboned.
Rawboned Dictionary R - adjective Having little flesh on the bones; gaunt.
Rawhead Dictionary R - noun A specter mentioned to frighten children; as, rawhead and bloodybones.
Rawhide Dictionary R - noun A cowhide, or coarse riding whip, made of untanned (or raw) hide twisted.
Rawish Dictionary R - adjective Somewhat raw.
Rawly Dictionary R - adverb In a raw manner; unskillfully; without experience.
Rawness Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being raw.
Ray Dictionary R - verb transitive To array.
Rayed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Ray.
Raying Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Ray.
Rayah Dictionary R - noun A person not a Mohammedan, who pays the capitation tax.
Ray grass Dictionary R - A perennial European grass (Lolium perenne); - called also rye grass, and red darnel. See Darnel, and Grass.
Rayless Dictionary R - adjective Destitute of rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, a rayless sky; rayless eyes.
Rayon Dictionary R - noun Ray; beam.
Rayonnant Dictionary R - adjective Darting forth rays, as the sun when it shines out.
Raze Dictionary R - noun A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root.
Razed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Raze.
Razing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Raze.
Razee Dictionary R - verb transitive An armed ship having her upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate.
Razeed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Razee.
Razeeing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Razee.
Razor Dictionary R - verb transitive A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head.
Razorable Dictionary R - adjective Ready for the razor; fit to be shaved.
Razorback Dictionary R - noun The rorqual.
Razor-backed Dictionary R - adjective Having a sharp, lean, or thin back; as, a razor-backed hog, perch, etc.
Razorbill Dictionary R - noun A species of auk (Alca torda) common in the Arctic seas. See Auk, and Illust. in Appendix.
Razure Dictionary R - noun The act of erasing or effacing, or the state of being effaced; obliteration. See Rasure.
Razzia Dictionary R - noun A plundering and destructive incursion; a foray; a raid.
Re- Dictionary R - A prefix signifying back, against, again, anew; as, recline, to lean back; recall, to call back; recede; remove; reclaim, to call out against; repugn, to fight against; recognition, a knowing again; rejoin, to join again; reiterate; reassure. Combinations containing the prefix re- are readily formed, and are for the most part of obvious signification.
Re Dictionary R - A syllable applied in solmization to the second tone of the diatonic scale of C; in the American system, to the second tone of any diatonic scale.
Reabsorb Dictionary R - verb transitive To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; as, to reabsorb chyle, lymph, etc.; - used esp. of fluids.
Reabsorption Dictionary R - noun The act or process of reabsorbing.
Reaccess Dictionary R - noun A second access or approach; a return.
Reaccuse Dictionary R - verb transitive To accuse again.
Reach Dictionary R - intransitive verb To retch.
Reached Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reach.
Reaching Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reach.
Reachable Dictionary R - adjective Being within reach.
Reacher Dictionary R - noun One who reaches.
Reachless Dictionary R - adjective Being beyond reach; lofty.
React Dictionary R - verb transitive To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.
Reaction Dictionary R - noun Any action in resisting other action or force; counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse action.
Reactionary Dictionary R - adjective Being, causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionary movements.
Reactionaries Dictionary R - pleural of Reactionary.
Reactionist Dictionary R - noun A reactionary.
Reactive Dictionary R - adjective Having power to react; tending to reaction; of the nature of reaction.
Read Dictionary R - noun Rennet. See 3d Reed.
Reading Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Read.
Readability Dictionary R - noun The state of being readable; readableness.
Readable Dictionary R - adjective Such as can be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read; worth reading; interesting.
Readdress Dictionary R - verb transitive To address a second time; - often used reflexively.
Readept Dictionary R - verb transitive To regain; to recover.
Readeption Dictionary R - noun A regaining; recovery of something lost.
Reader Dictionary R - noun One who reads.
Readership Dictionary R - noun The office of reader.
Readily Dictionary R - adverb In a ready manner; quickly; promptly.
Readiness Dictionary R - noun The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness; aptitude; willingness.
Readjourn Dictionary R - verb transitive To adjourn a second time; to adjourn again.
Readjournment Dictionary R - noun The act of readjourning; a second or repeated adjournment.
Readjust Dictionary R - verb transitive To adjust or settle again; to put in a different order or relation; to rearrange.
Readjuster Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, readjusts; in some of the States of the United States, one who advocates a refunding, and sometimes a partial repudiation, of the State debt without the consent of the State's creditors.
Readjustment Dictionary R - noun A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment.
Readmission Dictionary R - noun The act of admitting again, or the state of being readmitted; as, the readmission of fresh air into an exhausted receiver; the readmission of a student into a seminary.
Readmit Dictionary R - verb transitive To admit again; to give entrance or access to again.
Readmittance Dictionary R - noun Allowance to enter again; a second admission.
Readopt Dictionary R - verb transitive To adopt again.
Readorn Dictionary R - verb transitive To adorn again or anew.
Readvance Dictionary R - intransitive verb To advance again.
Readvertency Dictionary R - noun The act of adverting to again, or of reviewing.
Ready Dictionary R - superlative Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the troops are ready to march; ready for the journey.
Ready-made Dictionary R - adjective Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.
Ready-witted Dictionary R - adjective Having ready wit.
Reaffirm Dictionary R - verb transitive To affirm again.
Reaffirmance Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Reaffirmation.
Reaffirmation Dictionary R - noun A second affirmation.
Reafforest Dictionary R - verb transitive To convert again into a forest, as a region of country.
Reafforestation Dictionary R - noun The act or process of converting again into a forest.
Reagent Dictionary R - noun A substance capable of producing with another a reaction, especially when employed to detect the presence of other bodies; a test.
Reaggravation Dictionary R - noun The last monitory, published after three admonitions and before the last excommunication.
Reagree Dictionary R - intransitive verb To agree again.
Reak Dictionary R - noun A rush.
Real Dictionary R - noun A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.
Realgar Dictionary R - noun Arsenic sulphide, a mineral of a brilliant red color; red orpiment. It is also an artificial product.
Realism Dictionary R - noun As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to realism the Universal exists ante rem (Plato), or in re (Aristotle).
Realist Dictionary R - noun One who believes in realism; esp., one who maintains that generals, or the terms used to denote the genera and species of things, represent real existences, and are not mere names, as maintained by the nominalists.
Realistic Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the realists; in the manner of the realists; characterized by realism rather than by imagination.
Realistically Dictionary R - adverb In a realistic manner.
Realities Dictionary R - pleural of Reality.
Reality Dictionary R - noun The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact.
Realizable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being realized.
Realization Dictionary R - noun The act of realizing, or the state of being realized.
Realized Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Realize.
Realizing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Realize.
Realize Dictionary R - verb transitive To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to effectuate; to accomplish; as, to realize a scheme or project.
Realizer Dictionary R - noun One who realizes.
Reallege Dictionary R - verb transitive To allege again.
Realliance Dictionary R - noun A renewed alliance.
Re-ally Dictionary R - verb transitive To bring together again; to compose or form anew.
Really Dictionary R - adverb Royally.
Realm Dictionary R - noun A royal jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the dominion of a king; a kingdom.
Realmless Dictionary R - adjective Destitute of a realm.
Realness Dictionary R - noun The quality or condition of being real; reality.
Realty Dictionary R - noun Royalty.
Ream Dictionary R - noun Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale.
Reamed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Ream.
Reaming Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Ream.
Reame Dictionary R - noun Realm.
Reamer Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, reams; specifically, an instrument with cutting or scraping edges, used, with a twisting motion, for enlarging a round hole, as the bore of a cannon, etc.
Reamputation Dictionary R - noun The second of two amputations performed upon the same member.
Reanimate Dictionary R - verb transitive To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits.
Reanimation Dictionary R - noun The act or operation of reanimating, or the state of being reanimated; reinvigoration; revival.
Reannex Dictionary R - verb transitive To annex again or anew; to reunite.
Reannexation Dictionary R - noun Act of reannexing.
Reanswer Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To answer in return; to repay; to compensate; to make amends for.
Reaped Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reap.
Reaping Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reap.
Reap Dictionary R - verb transitive To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.
Reaper Dictionary R - noun One who reaps.
Reapparel Dictionary R - verb transitive To clothe again.
Reappear Dictionary R - intransitive verb To appear again.
Reappearance Dictionary R - noun A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.
Reapplication Dictionary R - noun The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
Reapply Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To apply again.
Reappoint Dictionary R - verb transitive To appoint again.
Reappointment Dictionary R - noun The act of reappointing, or the state of being reappointed.
Reapportion Dictionary R - verb transitive To apportion again.
Reapportionment Dictionary R - noun A second or a new apportionment.
Reapproach Dictionary R - verb intransitive & transitive To approach again or anew.
Rear Dictionary R - adverb Early; soon.
Reared Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rear.
Rearing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rear.
Reardorse Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Reardoss.
Reardoss Dictionary R - noun A reredos.
Rearer Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, rears.
Reargue Dictionary R - verb transitive To argue anew or again.
Reargument Dictionary R - noun An arguing over again, as of a motion made in court.
Rear-horse Dictionary R - noun A mantis.
Rearly Dictionary R - adverb Early.
Rearmost Dictionary R - adjective Farthest in the rear; last.
Rearmouse Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Reremouse.
Reremouse Dictionary R - noun The leather-winged bat (Vespertilio murinus).
Rearrange Dictionary R - verb transitive To arrange again; to arrange in a different way.
Rearrangement Dictionary R - noun The act of rearranging, or the state of being rearranged.
Rearward Dictionary R - noun The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively.
Reascend Dictionary R - intransitive verb To rise, mount, or climb again.
Reascension Dictionary R - noun The act of reascending; a remounting.
Reascent Dictionary R - noun A returning ascent or ascension; acclivity.
Reason Dictionary R - noun A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation; the efficient cause of an occurrence or a phenomenon; a motive for an action or a determination; proof, more or less decisive, for an opinion or a conclusion; principle; efficient cause; final cause; ground of argument.
Reasoned Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reason.
Reasoning Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reason.
Reasonable Dictionary R - noun Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being.
Reasonableness Dictionary R - noun Quality of being reasonable.
Reasonably Dictionary R - adverb In a reasonable manner.
Reasoner Dictionary R - noun One who reasons or argues; as, a fair reasoner; a close reasoner; a logical reasoner.
Reasonist Dictionary R - noun A rationalist.
Reasonless Dictionary R - adjective Destitute of reason; as, a reasonless man or mind.
Reassemblage Dictionary R - noun Assemblage a second time or again.
Reassemble Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To assemble again.
Reassert Dictionary R - verb transitive To assert again or anew; to maintain after an omission to do so.
Reassertion Dictionary R - noun A second or renewed assertion of the same thing.
Reassessment Dictionary R - noun A renewed or second assessment.
Reassign Dictionary R - verb transitive To assign back or again; to transfer back what has been assigned.
Reassignment Dictionary R - noun The act of reassigning.
Reassimilate Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To assimilate again.
Reassociate Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To associate again; to bring again into close relations.
Reassume Dictionary R - verb transitive To assume again or anew; to resume.
Reassurance Dictionary R - noun Assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated.
Reassure Dictionary R - verb transitive To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror.
Reassurer Dictionary R - noun One who reassures.
Reasty Dictionary R - adjective Rusty and rancid; - applied to salt meat.
Reata Dictionary R - noun A lariat.
Reattach Dictionary R - verb transitive To attach again.
Reattachment Dictionary R - noun The act of reattaching; a second attachment.
Reattain Dictionary R - verb transitive To attain again.
Reattainment Dictionary R - noun The act of reattaining.
Reattempt Dictionary R - verb transitive To attempt again.
Reaume Dictionary R - noun Realm.
Reaumur Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur; conformed to the scale adopted by Reaumur in graduating the thermometer he invented.
Reaved Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reave.
Reft Dictionary R - of Reave.
Reaving Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reave.
Reave Dictionary R - intransitive verb To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. Archaic.
Reaver Dictionary R - noun One who reaves.
Reawake Dictionary R - intransitive verb To awake again.
Rebanish Dictionary R - verb transitive To banish again.
Rebaptism Dictionary R - noun A second baptism.
Rebaptization Dictionary R - noun A second baptism.
Rebaptize Dictionary R - verb transitive To baptize again or a second time.
Rebaptizer Dictionary R - noun One who rebaptizes.
Rebarbarize Dictionary R - verb transitive To reduce again to barbarism.
Rebate Dictionary R - verb transitive To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
Rebatement Dictionary R - noun Same as 3d Rebate.
Rebato Dictionary R - noun Same as Rabato.
Rebec Dictionary R - noun An instrument formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin, having three strings, and being played with a bow.
Rebel Dictionary R - intransitive verb Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops.
Rebelled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rebel.
Rebelling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rebel.
Rebeldom Dictionary R - noun A region infested by rebels; rebels, considered collectively; also, conduct or quality characteristic of rebels.
Rebeller Dictionary R - noun One who rebels; a rebel.
Rebellion Dictionary R - intransitive verb The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection.
Rebellious Dictionary R - adjective Engaged in rebellion; disposed to rebel; of the nature of rebels or of rebellion; resisting government or lawful authority by force.
Rebellow Dictionary R - intransitive verb To bellow again; to repeat or echo a bellow.
Rebiting Dictionary R - noun The act or process of deepening worn lines in an etched plate by submitting it again to the action of acid.
Rebloom Dictionary R - intransitive verb To bloom again.
Reblossom Dictionary R - intransitive verb To blossom again.
Reboant Dictionary R - adjective Rebellowing; resounding loudly.
Reboation Dictionary R - noun Repetition of a bellow.
Reboil Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To boil, or to cause to boil, again.
Reborn Dictionary R - past participle Born again.
Rebound Dictionary R - intransitive verb To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.
Rebrace Dictionary R - verb transitive To brace again.
Rebreathe Dictionary R - verb transitive To breathe again.
Rebucous Dictionary R - adjective Rebuking.
Rebuff Dictionary R - noun Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.
Rebuffed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rebuff.
Rebuffing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rebuff.
Rebuild Dictionary R - verb transitive To build again, as something which has been demolished; to construct anew; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf, or a city.
Rebuilder Dictionary R - noun One who rebuilds.
Rebukable Dictionary R - adjective Worthy of rebuke or reprehension; reprehensible.
Rebuked Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rebuke.
Rebuking Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rebuke.
Rebuke Dictionary R - verb transitive To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish.
Rebukeful Dictionary R - adjective Containing rebuke; of the nature of rebuke.
Rebuker Dictionary R - noun One who rebukes.
Rebukingly Dictionary R - adverb By way of rebuke.
Rebullition Dictionary R - noun The act of boiling up or effervescing.
Rebury Dictionary R - verb transitive To bury again.
Rebuses Dictionary R - pleural of Rebus.
Rebus Dictionary R - noun A mode of expressing words and phrases by pictures of objects whose names resemble those words, or the syllables of which they are composed; enigmatical representation of words by figures; hence, a peculiar form of riddle made up of such representations.
Rebutted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rebut.
Rebutting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rebut.
Rebut Dictionary R - verb transitive To drive or beat back; to repulse.
Rebuttable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being rebutted.
Rebuttal Dictionary R - noun The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.
Rebutter Dictionary R - noun The answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
Recadency Dictionary R - noun A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse.
Recalcitrant Dictionary R - adjective Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory.
Recalcitrate Dictionary R - verb transitive To kick against; to show repugnance to; to rebuff.
Recalcitration Dictionary R - noun A kicking back again; opposition; repugnance; refractoriness.
Recall Dictionary R - verb transitive To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.
Recallable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being recalled.
Recallment Dictionary R - noun Recall.
Recanted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Recant.
Recanting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Recant.
Recant Dictionary R - verb transitive To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall.
Recantation Dictionary R - noun The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.
Recanter Dictionary R - noun One who recants.
Recapacitate Dictionary R - verb transitive To qualify again; to confer capacity on again.
Recapitulate Dictionary R - verb transitive To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize.
Recapitulation Dictionary R - noun The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay.
Recapitulator Dictionary R - noun One who recapitulates.
Recapitulatory Dictionary R - adjective Of the nature of a recapitulation; containing recapitulation.
Recapper Dictionary R - noun A tool used for applying a fresh percussion cap or primer to a cartridge shell in reloading it.
Recaption Dictionary R - noun The act of retaking, as of one who has escaped after arrest; reprisal; the retaking of one's own goods, chattels, wife, or children, without force or violence, from one who has taken them and who wrongfully detains them.
Recaptor Dictionary R - noun One who recaptures; one who takes a prize which had been previously taken.
Recapture Dictionary R - noun The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor.
Recarbonize Dictionary R - verb transitive To restore carbon to; as, to recarbonize iron in converting it into steel.
Recarnify Dictionary R - verb transitive To convert again into flesh.
Recarriage Dictionary R - noun Act of carrying back.
Recarry Dictionary R - verb transitive To carry back.
Recast Dictionary R - verb transitive To throw again.
Recche Dictionary R - intransitive verb To reck.
Reccheles Dictionary R - adjective Reckless.
Receded Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Recede.
Receding Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Recede.
Recede Dictionary R - intransitive verb To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
Receipt Dictionary R - noun The act of receiving; reception.
Receipted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Receipt.
Receipting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Receipt.
Receiptment Dictionary R - noun The receiving or harboring a felon knowingly, after the commission of a felony.
Receiptor Dictionary R - noun One who receipts; specifically (Law), one who receipts for property which has been taken by the sheriff.
Receit Dictionary R - noun Receipt.
Receivability Dictionary R - noun The quality of being receivable; receivableness.
Receivable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being received.
Received Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Receive.
Receiving Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Receive.
Receive Dictionary R - verb transitive To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter.
Receivedness Dictionary R - noun The state or quality of being received, accepted, or current; as, the receivedness of an opinion.
Receiver Dictionary R - noun One who takes or receives in any manner.
Receivership Dictionary R - noun The state or office of a receiver.
Recelebrate Dictionary R - verb transitive To celebrate again, or anew.
Recency Dictionary R - noun The state or quality of being recent; newness; new state; late origin; lateness in time; freshness; as, the recency of a transaction, of a wound, etc.
Recense Dictionary R - verb transitive To review; to revise.
Recension Dictionary R - noun The act of reviewing or revising; review; examination; enumeration.
Recensionist Dictionary R - noun One who makes recensions; specifically, a critical editor.
Recent Dictionary R - adjective Of late origin, existence, or occurrence; lately come; not of remote date, antiquated style, or the like; not already known, familiar, worn out, trite, etc.; fresh; novel; new; modern; as, recent news.
Recenter Dictionary R - verb transitive To center again; to restore to the center.
Recently Dictionary R - adverb Newly; lately; freshly; not long since; as, advices recently received.
Recentness Dictionary R - noun Quality or state of being recent.
Receptacle Dictionary R - noun That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository.
Receptacular Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to the receptacle, or growing on it; as, the receptacular chaff or scales in the sunflower.
Receptacula Dictionary R - pleural of Receptaculum.
Receptaculum Dictionary R - noun A receptacle; as, the receptaculum of the chyle.
Receptary Dictionary R - adjective Generally or popularly admitted or received.
Receptibility Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being receptible; receivableness.
Receptible Dictionary R - adjective Such as may be received; receivable.
Reception Dictionary R - noun The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence.
Receptive Dictionary R - adjective Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind.
Receptiveness Dictionary R - noun The quality of being receptive.
Receptivity Dictionary R - noun The state or quality of being receptive.
Receptory Dictionary R - noun Receptacle.
Recess Dictionary R - noun A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides.
Recessed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Recess.
Recessing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Recess.
Recession Dictionary R - noun The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.
Recessional Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal.
Recessive Dictionary R - adjective Going back; receding.
Rechabite Dictionary R - noun One of the descendants of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, all of whom by his injunction abstained from the use of intoxicating drinks and even from planting the vine. Jer. xxxv. 2-19. Also, in modern times, a member of a certain society of abstainers from alcoholic liquors.
Rechange Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To change again, or change back.
Recharge Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To charge or accuse in return.
Recharter Dictionary R - noun A second charter; a renewal of a charter.
Rechase Dictionary R - verb transitive To chase again; to chase or drive back.
Recheat Dictionary R - noun A strain given on the horn to call back the hounds when they have lost track of the game.
Recherche Dictionary R - adjective Sought out with care; choice. Hence: of rare quality, elegance, or attractiveness; peculiar and refined in kind.
Rechless Dictionary R - adjective Reckless.
Rechoose Dictionary R - verb transitive To choose again.
Recidivate Dictionary R - intransitive verb To backslide; to fall again.
Recidivation Dictionary R - noun A falling back; a backsliding.
Recidivous Dictionary R - adjective Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former condition or habit.
Recipes Dictionary R - pleural of Recipe.
Recipe Dictionary R - noun A formulary or prescription for making some combination, mixture, or preparation of materials; a receipt; especially, a prescription for medicine.
Recipiangle Dictionary R - noun An instrument with two arms that are pivoted together at one end, and a graduated arc, - used by military engineers for measuring and laying off angles of fortifications.
Recipience Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Recipiency.
Recipiency Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being recipient; a receiving; reception; receptiveness.
Recipient Dictionary R - noun A receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom, or that to which, anything is given or communicated; specifically, the receiver of a still.
Reciprocal Dictionary R - adjective Recurring in vicissitude; alternate.
Reciprocality Dictionary R - noun The quality or condition of being reciprocal; reciprocalness.
Reciprocally Dictionary R - adverb In a reciprocal manner; so that each affects the other, and is equally affected by it; interchangeably; mutually.
Reciprocalness Dictionary R - noun The quality or condition of being reciprocal; mutual return; alternateness.
Reciprocated Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reciprocate.
Reciprocating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reciprocate.
Reciprocate Dictionary R - intransitive verb To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate.
Reciprocation Dictionary R - noun The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindnesses.
Reciprocity Dictionary R - noun Mutual action and reaction.
Reciprocornous Dictionary R - adjective Having horns turning backward and then forward, like those of a ram.
Reciprocous Dictionary R - adjective Reciprocal.
Reciprok Dictionary R - adjective Reciprocal.
Reciproque Dictionary R - adjective & noun Reciprocal.
Recision Dictionary R - noun The act of cutting off.
Recital Dictionary R - noun The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.
Recitation Dictionary R - noun The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences.
Recitative Dictionary R - noun A species of musical recitation in which the words are delivered in a manner resembling that of ordinary declamation; also, a piece of music intended for such recitation; - opposed to melisma.
Recitativo Dictionary R - noun Recitative.
Recited Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Recite.
Reciting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Recite.
Recite Dictionary R - verb transitive To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse; as, to recite the words of an author, or of a deed or covenant.
Reciter Dictionary R - noun One who recites; also, a book of extracts for recitation.
Recked Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reck.
Roughte Dictionary R - of Reck.
Recking Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reck.
Reck Dictionary R - verb transitive To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard.
Reckless Dictionary R - adjective Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent.
Reckling Dictionary R - adjective Needing care; weak; feeble; as, a reckling child.
Reckoned Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reckon.
Reckoning Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reckon.
Reckon Dictionary R - verb transitive To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
Reckoner Dictionary R - noun One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculations, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning.
Reclaim Dictionary R - verb transitive To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
Reclaimed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reclaim.
Reclaiming Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reclaim.
Reclaimable Dictionary R - adjective That may be reclaimed.
Reclaimant Dictionary R - noun One who reclaims; one who cries out against or contradicts.
Reclaimer Dictionary R - noun One who reclaims.
Reclaimless Dictionary R - adjective That can not be reclaimed.
Reclamation Dictionary R - noun The act or process of reclaiming.
Reclasp Dictionary R - intransitive verb To clasp or unite again.
Reclinant Dictionary R - adjective Bending or leaning backward.
Reclinate Dictionary R - adjective Reclined, as a leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of a stem or leaf, is lower than the base.
Reclination Dictionary R - noun The act of leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined.
Reclined Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Recline.
Reclining Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Recline.
Recline Dictionary R - verb transitive To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand.
Recliner Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, reclines.
Reclose Dictionary R - verb transitive To close again.
Reclothe Dictionary R - verb transitive To clothe again.
Reclude Dictionary R - verb transitive To open; to unclose.
Recluse Dictionary R - adjective Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life.
Reclusely Dictionary R - adverb In a recluse or solitary manner.
Recluseness Dictionary R - noun Quality or state of being recluse.
Reclusion Dictionary R - noun A state of retirement from the world; seclusion.
Reclusive Dictionary R - adjective Affording retirement from society.
Reclusory Dictionary R - noun The habitation of a recluse; a hermitage.
Recoct Dictionary R - verb transitive To boil or cook again; hence, to make over; to vamp up; to reconstruct.
Recoction Dictionary R - noun A second coction or preparation; a vamping up.
Recognition Dictionary R - noun The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.
Recognitor Dictionary R - noun One of a jury impaneled on an assize.
Recognitory Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to, or connected with, recognition.
Recognizability Dictionary R - noun The quality or condition of being recognizable.
Recognizable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being recognized.
Recognizance Dictionary R - noun An obligation of record entered into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act, as to appear at the same or some other court, to keep the peace, or pay a debt. A recognizance differs from a bond, being witnessed by the record only, and not by the party's seal.
Recognization Dictionary R - noun Recognition.
Recognized Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Recognize.
Recognizing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Recognize.
Recognize Dictionary R - verb transitive To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.
Recognizee Dictionary R - noun The person in whose favor a recognizance is made.
Recognizer Dictionary R - noun One who recognizes; a recognizor.
Recognizor Dictionary R - noun One who enters into a recognizance.
Recognosce Dictionary R - verb transitive To recognize.
Recoiled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Recoil.
Recoiling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Recoil.
Recoil Dictionary R - intransitive verb To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.
Recoiler Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, recoils.
Recoilingly Dictionary R - adverb In the manner of a recoil.
Recoilment Dictionary R - noun Recoil.
Recoin Dictionary R - verb transitive To coin anew or again.
Recoinage Dictionary R - noun The act of coining anew.
Re-collect Dictionary R - verb transitive To collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to re-collect routed troops.
Recollected Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Recollect.
Recollecting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Recollect.
Recollect Dictionary R - verb transitive To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember.
Recollection Dictionary R - noun The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance.
Recollective Dictionary R - adjective Having the power of recollecting.
Recollet Dictionary R - noun Same as Recollect, n.
Recolonization Dictionary R - noun A second or renewed colonization.
Recolonize Dictionary R - verb transitive To colonize again.
Recombination Dictionary R - noun Combination a second or additional time.
Recombine Dictionary R - verb transitive To combine again.
Recomfort Dictionary R - verb transitive To comfort again; to console anew; to give new strength to.
Recomfortless Dictionary R - adjective Without comfort.
Recomforture Dictionary R - noun The act of recomforting; restoration of comfort.
Recommence Dictionary R - intransitive verb To commence or begin again.
Recommencement Dictionary R - noun A commencement made anew.
Recommended Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Recommend.
Recommending Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Recommend.
Recommend Dictionary R - verb transitive To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put in a favorable light before any one; to bestow commendation on; as, he recommended resting the mind and exercising the body.
Recommendable Dictionary R - adjective Suitable to be recommended; worthy of praise; commendable.
Recommendation Dictionary R - noun The act of recommending.
Recommendative Dictionary R - noun That which recommends; a recommendation.
Recommendatory Dictionary R - adjective Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory.
Recommender Dictionary R - noun One who recommends.
Recommission Dictionary R - verb transitive To commission again; to give a new commission to.
Recommit Dictionary R - verb transitive To commit again; to give back into keeping; specifically, to refer again to a committee; as, to recommit a bill to the same committee.
Recommitment Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Recommittal.
Recommittal Dictionary R - noun A second or renewed commitment; a renewed reference to a committee.
Recompact Dictionary R - verb transitive To compact or join anew.
Recompensation Dictionary R - noun Recompense.
Recompensed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Recompense.
Recompensing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Recompense.
Recompense Dictionary R - verb transitive To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate.
Recompensement Dictionary R - noun Recompense; requital.
Recompenser Dictionary R - noun One who recompenses.
Recompensive Dictionary R - adjective Of the nature of recompense; serving to recompense.
Recompilation Dictionary R - noun A new compilation.
Recompile Dictionary R - verb transitive To compile anew.
Recompilement Dictionary R - noun The act of recompiling; new compilation or digest; as, a recompilement of the laws.
Recomposed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Recompose.
Recomposing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Recompose.
Recompose Dictionary R - verb transitive To compose again; to form anew; to put together again or repeatedly.
Recomposer Dictionary R - noun One who recomposes.
Recomposition Dictionary R - noun The act of recomposing.
Reconcilable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being reconciled; as, reconcilable adversaries; an act reconciable with previous acts.
Reconciled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reconcile.
Reconciling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reconcile.
Reconcile Dictionary R - verb transitive To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who have quarreled.
Reconcilement Dictionary R - noun Reconciliation.
Reconciler Dictionary R - noun One who reconciles.
Reconciliation Dictionary R - noun The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship.
Reconciliatory Dictionary R - adjective Serving or tending to reconcile.
Recondensation Dictionary R - noun The act or process of recondensing.
Recondense Dictionary R - verb transitive To condense again.
Recondite Dictionary R - adjective Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse; as, recondite causes of things.
Reconditory Dictionary R - noun A repository; a storehouse.
Reconduct Dictionary R - verb transitive To conduct back or again.
Reconfirm Dictionary R - verb transitive To confirm anew.
Reconfort Dictionary R - verb transitive To recomfort; to comfort.
Reconjoin Dictionary R - verb transitive To join or conjoin anew.
Reconnoissance Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Reconnaissance.
Reconnaissance Dictionary R - noun The act of reconnoitering; preliminary examination or survey.
Reconnoiter Dictionary R - verb transitive Alt. of Reconnoitre.
Reconnoitre Dictionary R - verb transitive To examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination or survey of; esp., to survey with a view to military or engineering operations.
Reconquer Dictionary R - verb transitive To conquer again; to recover by conquest; as, to reconquer a revolted province.
Reconquest Dictionary R - noun A second conquest.
Reconsecrate Dictionary R - verb transitive To consecrate anew or again.
Reconsecration Dictionary R - noun Renewed consecration.
Reconsider Dictionary R - verb transitive To consider again; as, to reconsider a subject.
Reconsideration Dictionary R - noun The act of reconsidering, or the state of being reconsidered; as, the reconsideration of a vote in a legislative body.
Reconsolate Dictionary R - verb transitive To console or comfort again.
Reconsolidate Dictionary R - verb transitive To consolidate anew or again.
Reconsolidation Dictionary R - noun The act or process of reconsolidating; the state of being reconsolidated.
Reconstruct Dictionary R - verb transitive To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or anew.
Reconstruction Dictionary R - noun The act of constructing again; the state of being reconstructed.
Reconstructive Dictionary R - adjective Reconstructing; tending to reconstruct; as, a reconstructive policy.
Recontinuance Dictionary R - noun The act or state of recontinuing.
Recontinue Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To continue anew.
Reconvene Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To convene or assemble again; to call or come together again.
Reconvention Dictionary R - noun A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge.
Reconversion Dictionary R - noun A second conversion.
Reconvert Dictionary R - verb transitive To convert again.
Reconvertible Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being reconverted; convertible again to the original form or condition.
Reconvey Dictionary R - verb transitive To convey back or to the former place; as, to reconvey goods.
Reconveyance Dictionary R - noun Act of reconveying.
Recopy Dictionary R - verb transitive To copy again.
Recorded Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Record.
Recording Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Record.
Record Dictionary R - verb transitive To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.
Recordance Dictionary R - noun Remembrance.
Recordation Dictionary R - verb transitive Remembrance; recollection; also, a record.
Recorder Dictionary R - noun One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions.
Recordership Dictionary R - noun The office of a recorder.
Recorporification Dictionary R - noun The act of investing again with a body; the state of being furnished anew with a body.
Recouch Dictionary R - intransitive verb To retire again to a couch; to lie down again.
Recount Dictionary R - verb transitive To count or reckon again.
Recountment Dictionary R - noun Recital.
Recoup Dictionary R - verb transitive Alt. of Recoupe.
Recoupe Dictionary R - verb transitive To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct; as, where a landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction.
Recouper Dictionary R - noun One who recoups.
Recoupment Dictionary R - noun The act of recouping.
Recourse Dictionary R - noun A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence.
Recourseful Dictionary R - adjective Having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately.
Recover Dictionary R - verb transitive To cover again.
Recovered Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Recover.
Recovering Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Recover.
Recoverable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being recovered or regained; capable of being brought back to a former condition, as from sickness, misfortune, etc.; obtainable from a debtor or possessor; as, the debt is recoverable; goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not recoverable.
Re coverance Dictionary R - noun Recovery.
Recoveree Dictionary R - noun The person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery.
Recoverer Dictionary R - noun One who recovers.
Recoveror Dictionary R - noun The demandant in a common recovery after judgment.
Recovery Dictionary R - noun The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.
Recreance Dictionary R - noun Recreancy.
Recreancy Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being recreant.
Recreant Dictionary R - adjective Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven.
Re-create Dictionary R - verb transitive To create or form anew.
Recreated Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Recreate.
Recreating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Recreate.
Recreate Dictionary R - verb transitive To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to gratify.
Recreation Dictionary R - noun The act of recreating, or the state of being recreated; refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion; sport; pastime.
Re-creation Dictionary R - noun A forming anew; a new creation or formation.
Re-creative Dictionary R - adjective Creating anew; as, re-creative power.
Recreative Dictionary R - adjective Tending to recreate or refresh; recreating; giving new vigor or animation; reinvigorating; giving relief after labor or pain; amusing; diverting.
Recrement Dictionary R - noun Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria; as, the recrement of ore.
Recremental Dictionary R - adjective Recrementitious.
Recrementitial Dictionary R - adjective Of the nature of a recrement. See Recrement, 2 (b).
Recrementitious Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to recrement; consisting of recrement or dross.
Recriminate Dictionary R - intransitive verb To return one charge or accusation with another; to charge back fault or crime upon an accuser.
Recrimination Dictionary R - noun The act of recriminating; an accusation brought by the accused against the accuser; a counter accusation.
Recriminative Dictionary R - adjective Recriminatory.
Recriminator Dictionary R - noun One who recriminates.
Recriminatory Dictionary R - adjective Having the quality of recrimination; retorting accusation; recriminating.
Recross Dictionary R - verb transitive To cross a second time.
Recrudency Dictionary R - noun Recrudescence.
Recrudescence Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Recrudescency.
Recrudescency Dictionary R - noun The state or condition of being recrudescent.
Recrudescent Dictionary R - adjective Growing raw, sore, or painful again.
Recruited Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Recruit.
Recruiting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Recruit.
Recruit Dictionary R - verb transitive To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack or deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise recruit the spirits.
Recruiter Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, recruits.
Recruitment Dictionary R - noun The act or process of recruiting; especially, the enlistment of men for an army.
Recrystallization Dictionary R - noun The process or recrystallizing.
Recrystallize Dictionary R - verb intransitive & transitive To crystallize again.
Rectal Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the rectum; in the region of the rectum.
Rectangle Dictionary R - noun A four-sided figure having only right angles; a right-angled parallelogram.
Rectangled Dictionary R - adjective Rectangular.
Rectangular Dictionary R - adjective Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees.
Rectangularity Dictionary R - noun The quality or condition of being rectangular, or right-angled.
Recti- Dictionary R - A combining form signifying straight; as, rectilineal, having straight lines; rectinerved.
Rectifiable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being rectified; as, a rectifiable mistake.
Rectification Dictionary R - noun The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits.
Rectificator Dictionary R - noun That which rectifies or refines; esp., a part of a distilling apparatus in which the more volatile portions are separated from the less volatile by the process of evaporation and condensation; a rectifier.
Rectifier Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, rectifies.
Rectified Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rectify.
Rectifying Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rectify.
Rectify Dictionary R - verb transitive To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders.
Rectilineal Dictionary R - adjective Alt. of Rectilinear.
Rectilinear Dictionary R - adjective Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course.
Rectilinearity Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being rectilinear.
Rectilineous Dictionary R - adjective Rectilinear.
Rectinerved Dictionary R - adjective Having the veins or nerves straight; - said of leaves.
Rection Dictionary R - noun See Government, n., 7.
Rectirostral Dictionary R - adjective Having a straight beak.
Rectiserial Dictionary R - adjective Arranged in exactly vertical ranks, as the leaves on stems of many kinds; - opposed to curviserial.
Rectitis Dictionary R - noun Proctitis.
Rectitude Dictionary R - noun Straightness.
Recto- Dictionary R - A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, the rectum; as, recto-vesical.
Recto Dictionary R - noun A writ of right.
Rector Dictionary R - noun A ruler or governor.
Rectoral Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to a rector or governor.
Rectorate Dictionary R - noun The office, rank, or station of a rector; rectorship.
Rectoress Dictionary R - noun A governess; a rectrix.
Rectorial Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to a rector or a rectory; rectoral.
Rectorship Dictionary R - noun Government; guidance.
Rectories Dictionary R - pleural of Rectory.
Rectory Dictionary R - noun The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes.
Recto-uterine Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the uterus.
Rectovaginal Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the vagina.
Recto-vesical Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the bladder.
Rectress Dictionary R - noun A rectoress.
Rectrices Dictionary R - pleural of Rectrix.
Rectrix Dictionary R - noun A governess; a rectoress.
Rectum Dictionary R - noun The terminal part of the large intestine; - so named because supposed by the old anatomists to be straight. See Illust. under Digestive.
Recti Dictionary R - pleural of Rectus.
Rectus Dictionary R - noun A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye.
Recubation Dictionary R - noun Recumbence.
Recule Dictionary R - intransitive verb To recoil.
Reculement Dictionary R - noun Recoil.
Recumb Dictionary R - intransitive verb To lean; to recline; to repose.
Recumbence Dictionary R - noun The act of leaning, resting, or reclining; the state of being recumbent.
Recumbency Dictionary R - noun Recumbence.
Recumbent Dictionary R - adjective Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle.
Recuperable Dictionary R - adjective Recoverable.
Recuperated Dictionary R - imperative &. past particle of Recuperate.
Recuperating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Recuperate.
Recuperate Dictionary R - intransitive verb To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.
Recuperation Dictionary R - n.. Recovery, as of anything lost, especially of the health or strength.
Recuperative Dictionary R - adjective Alt. of Recuperatory.
Recuperatory Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to recuperation; tending to recovery.
Recuperator Dictionary R - noun Same as Regenerator.
Recurred Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Recur.
Recurring Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Recur.
Recur Dictionary R - intransitive verb To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.
Recure Dictionary R - verb transitive To arrive at; to reach; to attain.
Recureless Dictionary R - adjective Incapable of cure.
Recurrence Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Recurrency.
Recurrency Dictionary R - noun The act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return; resort; recourse.
Recurrent Dictionary R - adjective Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains.
Recursant Dictionary R - adjective Displayed with the back toward the spectator; - said especially of an eagle.
Recursion Dictionary R - noun The act of recurring; return.
Recurvate Dictionary R - adjective Recurved.
Recurvation Dictionary R - noun The act of recurving, or the state of being recurved; a bending or flexure backward.
Recurve Dictionary R - verb transitive To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down.
Recurved Dictionary R - adjective Curved in an opposite or uncommon direction; bent back; as, a bird with a recurved bill; flowers with recurved petals.
Recurviroster Dictionary R - noun A bird whose beak bends upward, as the avocet.
Recurvirostral Dictionary R - adjective Having the beak bent upwards.
Recurvity Dictionary R - noun Recurvation.
Recurvous Dictionary R - adjective Recurved.
Recusancy Dictionary R - noun The state of being recusant; nonconformity.
Recusant Dictionary R - adjective Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or to conform to the established rites of the church; as, a recusant lord.
Recusation Dictionary R - noun Refusal.
Recusative Dictionary R - adjective Refusing; denying; negative.
Recuse Dictionary R - verb transitive To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause.
Recussion Dictionary R - noun The act of beating or striking back.
Red Dictionary R - . imp. & p. p. of Read.
Redact Dictionary R - verb transitive To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.
Redacteur Dictionary R - noun See Redactor.
Redaction Dictionary R - noun The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.
Redactor Dictionary R - noun One who redacts; one who prepares matter for publication; an editor.
Redan Dictionary R - noun A work having two parapets whose faces unite so as to form a salient angle toward the enemy.
Redargued Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Redargue.
Redarguing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Redargue.
Redargue Dictionary R - verb transitive To disprove; to refute; toconfute; to reprove; to convict.
Redargution Dictionary R - noun The act of redarguing; refutation.
Redargutory Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to, or containing, redargution; refutatory.
Redback Dictionary R - noun The dunlin.
Redbelly Dictionary R - noun The char.
Redbird Dictionary R - noun The cardinal bird.
Redbreast Dictionary R - noun The European robin.
Redbud Dictionary R - noun A small ornamental leguminous tree of the American species of the genus Cercis. See Judas tree, under Judas.
Redcap Dictionary R - noun The European goldfinch.
Redcoat Dictionary R - noun One who wears a red coat; specifically, a red-coated British soldier.
Redde Dictionary R - obs. imp. of Read, or Rede.
Reddened Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Redden.
Reddening Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Redden.
Redden Dictionary R - adjective To make red or somewhat red; to give a red color to.
Reddendum Dictionary R - noun A clause in a deed by which some new thing is reserved out of what had been granted before; the clause by which rent is reserved in a lease.
Reddish Dictionary R - adjective Somewhat red; moderately red.
Reddition Dictionary R - noun Restoration: restitution: surrender.
Redditive Dictionary R - adjective Answering to an interrogative or inquiry; conveying a reply; as, redditive words.
Reddle Dictionary R - noun Red chalk. See under Chalk.
Reddour Dictionary R - noun Rigor; violence.
Rede Dictionary R - verb transitive To advise or counsel.
Redeemed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Redeem.
Redeeming Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Redeem.
Redeem Dictionary R - verb transitive To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase.
Redeemability Dictionary R - noun Redeemableness.
Redeemable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being redeemed; subject to repurchase; held under conditions permitting redemption; as, a pledge securing the payment of money is redeemable.
Redeemableness Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being redeemable; redeemability.
Redeemer Dictionary R - noun One who redeems.
Redeless Dictionary R - adjective Without rede or counsel.
Redeliberate Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To deliberate again; to reconsider.
Redeliver Dictionary R - verb transitive To deliver or give back; to return.
Redeliverance Dictionary R - noun A second deliverance.
Redelivery Dictionary R - noun Act of delivering back.
Redemand Dictionary R - verb transitive To demand back; to demand again.
Redemise Dictionary R - verb transitive To demise back; to convey or transfer back, as an estate.
Redemonstrate Dictionary R - verb transitive To demonstrate again, or anew.
Redemptible Dictionary R - adjective Redeemable.
Re-demption Dictionary R - noun The act of redeeming, or the state of being redeemed; repurchase; ransom; release; rescue; deliverance; as, the redemption of prisoners taken in war; the redemption of a ship and cargo.
Redemptionary Dictionary R - noun One who is, or may be, redeemed.
Redemptioner Dictionary R - noun One who redeems himself, as from debt or servitude.
Redemptionist Dictionary R - noun A monk of an order founded in 1197; - so called because the order was especially devoted to the redemption of Christians held in captivity by the Mohammedans. Called also Trinitarian.
Redemptive Dictionary R - adjective Serving or tending to redeem; redeeming; as, the redemptive work of Christ.
Redemptorist Dictionary R - noun One of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded in Naples in 1732 by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liquori. It was introduced onto the United States in 1832 at Detroit. The Fathers of the Congregation devote themselves to preaching to the neglected, esp. in missions and retreats, and are forbidden by their rule to engage in the instruction of youth.
Redemptory Dictionary R - adjective Paid for ransom; serving to redeem.
Redempture Dictionary R - noun Redemption.
Redented Dictionary R - adjective Formed like the teeth of a saw; indented.
Redeposit Dictionary R - verb transitive To deposit again.
Redescend Dictionary R - intransitive verb To descend again.
Redeye Dictionary R - noun The rudd.
Redfin Dictionary R - noun A small North American dace (Minnilus cornutus, or Notropis megalops). The male, in the breeding season, has bright red fins. Called also red dace, and shiner. Applied also to Notropis ardens, of the Mississippi valley.
Redfinch Dictionary R - noun The European linnet.
Redfish Dictionary R - noun The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; - called also nerka. See Blueback (b).
Red-gum Dictionary R - noun An eruption of red pimples upon the face, neck, and arms, in early infancy; tooth rash; strophulus.
Red-hand Dictionary R - adjective / adverb Alt. of Red-handed.
Red-handed Dictionary R - adjective / adverb Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; - said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission of crime; as, he was taken red-hand or red-handed.
Redhead Dictionary R - noun A person having red hair.
Redhibition Dictionary R - noun The annulling of a sale, and the return by the buyer of the article sold, on account of some defect.
Redhibitory Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to redhibition; as, a redhibitory action or fault.
Redhoop Dictionary R - noun The male of the European bullfinch.
Redhorn Dictionary R - noun Any species of a tribe of butterflies (Fugacia) including the common yellow species and the cabbage butterflies. The antennae are usually red.
Red-hot Dictionary R - adjective Red with heat; heated to redness; as, red-hot iron; red-hot balls. Hence, figuratively, excited; violent; as, a red-hot radical.
Rediae Dictionary R - pleural of Redia.
Redias Dictionary R - pleural of Redia.
Redia Dictionary R - noun A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of rediae, or else cercariae within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix.
Redient Dictionary R - adjective Returning.
Redigest Dictionary R - verb transitive To digest, or reduce to form, a second time.
Rediminish Dictionary R - verb transitive To diminish again.
Redingote Dictionary R - noun A long plain double-breasted outside coat for women.
Redintegrate Dictionary R - adjective Restored to wholeness or a perfect state; renewed.
Redintegration Dictionary R - noun Restoration to a whole or sound state; renewal; renovation.
Redirect Dictionary R - adjective Applied to the examination of a witness, by the party calling him, after the cross-examination.
Redisburse Dictionary R - verb transitive To disburse anew; to give, or pay, back.
Rediscover Dictionary R - verb transitive To discover again.
Redispose Dictionary R - verb transitive To dispose anew or again; to readjust; to rearrange.
Redisseize Dictionary R - verb transitive To disseize anew, or a second time.
Redisseizin Dictionary R - noun A disseizin by one who once before was adjudged to have dassezed the same person of the same lands, etc.; also, a writ which lay in such a case.
Redisseizor Dictionary R - noun One who redisseizes.
Redissolve Dictionary R - verb transitive To dissolve again.
Redistill Dictionary R - verb transitive To distill again.
Redistrainer Dictionary R - noun One who distrains again.
Redistribute Dictionary R - verb transitive To distribute again.
Redistrict Dictionary R - verb transitive To divide into new districts.
Redition Dictionary R - noun Act of returning; return.
Redivide Dictionary R - verb transitive To divide anew.
Redleg Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Redlegs.
Redlegs Dictionary R - noun The redshank.
Red-letter Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to a red letter; marked by red letters.
Redly Dictionary R - adverb In a red manner; with redness.
Redmouth Dictionary R - noun Any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus Diabasis, or Haemulon, of the Southern United States, having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also flannelmouth, and grunt.
Redness Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being red; red color.
Redolence Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Redolency.
Redolency Dictionary R - noun The quality of being redolent; sweetness of scent; pleasant odor; fragrance.
Redolent Dictionary R - adjective Diffusing odor or fragrance; spreading sweet scent; scented; odorous; smelling; - usually followed by of.
Redouble Dictionary R - verb transitive To double again or repeatedly; to increase by continued or repeated additions; to augment greatly; to multiply.
Redoubt Dictionary R - noun A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, - used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory.
Redoubtable Dictionary R - adjective Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant; - often in contempt or burlesque.
Redoubted Dictionary R - adjective Formidable; dread.
Redoubting Dictionary R - noun Reverence; honor.
Redounded Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Redound.
Redounding Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Redound.
Redound Dictionary R - intransitive verb To roll back, as a wave or flood; to be sent or driven back; to flow back, as a consequence or effect; to conduce; to contribute; to result.
Redowa Dictionary R - noun A Bohemian dance of two kinds, one in triple time, like a waltz, the other in two-four time, like a polka. The former is most in use.
Redpole Dictionary R - noun Same as Redpoll.
Redpoll Dictionary R - noun Any one of several species of small northern finches of the genus Acanthis (formerly Aegiothus), native of Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or rosy. The male of the most common species (A. linarius) has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also redpoll linnet. See Illust. under Linnet.
Redraft Dictionary R - verb transitive To draft or draw anew.
Redrew Dictionary R - imperative of Redraw.
Redrawn Dictionary R - past participle of Redraw.
Redrawing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Redraw.
Redraw Dictionary R - verb transitive To draw again; to make a second draft or copy of; to redraft.
Redress Dictionary R - verb transitive To dress again.
Redressal Dictionary R - noun Redress.
Redresser Dictionary R - noun One who redresses.
Redressible Dictionary R - adjective Such as may be redressed.
Redressive Dictionary R - adjective Tending to redress.
Redressless Dictionary R - adjective Not having redress; such as can not be redressed; irremediable.
Redressment Dictionary R - noun The act of redressing; redress.
Red-riband Dictionary R - noun The European red band fish, or fireflame. See Rend fish.
Redroot Dictionary R - noun A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey tea (see under Tea), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the Lachnanthes tinctoria, an endogenous plant found in sandy swamps from Rhode Island to Florida.
Redsear Dictionary R - intransitive verb To be brittle when red-hot; to be red-short.
Redshank Dictionary R - noun A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (T. fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee.
Red-short Dictionary R - adjective Hot-short; brittle when red-hot; - said of certain kinds of iron.
Redskin Dictionary R - noun A common appellation for a North American Indian; - so called from the color of the skin.
Redstart Dictionary R - noun A small, handsome European singing bird (Ruticilla phoenicurus), allied to the nightingale; - called also redtail, brantail, fireflirt, firetail. The black redstart is P.tithys. The name is also applied to several other species of Ruticilla amnd allied genera, native of India.
Redstreak Dictionary R - noun A kind of apple having the skin streaked with red and yellow, - a favorite English cider apple.
Redtail Dictionary R - noun The red-tailed hawk.
Red-tailed Dictionary R - adjective Having a red tail.
Red-tape Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to, or characterized by, official formality. See Red tape, under Red, a.
Red-tapism Dictionary R - noun Strict adherence to official formalities.
Red-tapist Dictionary R - noun One who is tenacious of a strict adherence to official formalities.
Redthroat Dictionary R - noun A small Australian singing bird (Phyrrholaemus brunneus). The upper parts are brown, the center of the throat red.
Redtop Dictionary R - noun A kind of grass (Agrostis vulgaris) highly valued in the United States for pasturage and hay for cattle; - called also English grass, and in some localities herd's grass. See Illustration in Appendix. The tall redtop is Triodia seslerioides.
Redub Dictionary R - verb transitive To refit; to repair, or make reparation for; hence, to repay or requite.
Reduced Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reduce.
Reducing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reduce.
Reduce Dictionary R - noun To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.
Reducement Dictionary R - noun Reduction.
Reducent Dictionary R - adjective Tending to reduce.
Reducer Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, reduces.
Reducible Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being reduced.
Reducibleness Dictionary R - noun Quality of being reducible.
Reduct Dictionary R - v. t.. To reduce.
Reductibility Dictionary R - noun The quality of being reducible; reducibleness.
Reduction Dictionary R - noun The act of reducing, or state of being reduced; conversion to a given state or condition; diminution; conquest; as, the reduction of a body to powder; the reduction of things to order; the reduction of the expenses of government; the reduction of a rebellious province.
Reductive Dictionary R - adjective Tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing.
Reductively Dictionary R - adverb By reduction; by consequence.
Reduit Dictionary R - noun A central or retired work within any other work.
Redundance Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Redundancy.
Redundancy Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being redundant; superfluity; superabundance; excess.
Redundant Dictionary R - adjective Exceeding what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as, a redundant quantity of bile or food.
Redundantly Dictionary R - adverb In a refundant manner.
Reduplicate Dictionary R - adjective Double; doubled; reduplicative; repeated.
Reduplication Dictionary R - noun The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled.
Reduplicative Dictionary R - adjective Double; formed by reduplication; reduplicate.
Reduvid Dictionary R - noun Any hemipterous insect of the genus Redivius, or family Reduvidae. They live by sucking the blood of other insects, and some species also attack man.
Redweed Dictionary R - noun The red poppy (Papaver Rhoeas).
Redwing Dictionary R - noun A European thrush (Turdus iliacus). Its under wing coverts are orange red. Called also redwinged thrush. (b) A North American passerine bird (Agelarius ph/niceus) of the family Icteridae. The male is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered with orange, on each wing. Called also redwinged blackbird, red-winged troupial, marsh blackbird, and swamp blackbird.
Redwithe Dictionary R - noun A west Indian climbing shrub (Combretum Jacquini) with slender reddish branchlets.
Redwood Dictionary R - noun A gigantic coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of California, and its light and durable reddish timber. See Sequoia.
Ree Dictionary R - noun See Rei.
Reebok Dictionary R - noun The peele.
Reecho Dictionary R - verb transitive To echo back; to reverberate again; as, the hills reecho the roar of cannon.
Reechy Dictionary R - adjective Smoky; reeky; hence, begrimed with dirt.
Reed Dictionary R - adjective Red.
Reedbird Dictionary R - noun The bobolink.
Reedbuck Dictionary R - noun See Rietboc.
Reeded Dictionary R - adjective Civered with reeds; reedy.
Reeden Dictionary R - adjective Consisting of a reed or reeds.
Reedification Dictionary R - noun The act reedifying; the state of being reedified.
Reedify Dictionary R - verb transitive To edify anew; to build again after destruction.
Reeding Dictionary R - noun A small convex molding; a reed (see Illust. (i) of Molding); one of several set close together to decorate a surface; also, decoration by means of reedings; - the reverse of fluting.
Reedless Dictionary R - adjective Destitute of reeds; as, reedless banks.
Reedling Dictionary R - noun The European bearded titmouse (Panurus biarmicus); - called also reed bunting, bearded pinnock, and lesser butcher bird.
Reed-mace Dictionary R - noun The cat-tail.
Reedwork Dictionary R - noun A collective name for the reed stops of an organ.
Reedy Dictionary R - adjective Abounding with reeds; covered with reeds.
Reef Dictionary R - noun A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral.
Reefed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reef.
Reefing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reef.
Reef-band Dictionary R - noun A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made.
Reefer Dictionary R - noun One who reefs; - a name often given to midshipmen.
Reefy Dictionary R - adjective Full of reefs or rocks.
Reek Dictionary R - noun A rick.
Reeked Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reek.
Reeking Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reek.
Reeky Dictionary R - adjective Soiled with smoke or steam; smoky; foul.
Reel Dictionary R - noun A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; - often called Scotch reel.
Reeled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reel.
Reeling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reel.
Reelect Dictionary R - verb transitive To elect again; as, to reelect the former governor.
Reelection Dictionary R - noun Election a second time, or anew; as, the reelection of a former chief.
Reeler Dictionary R - noun One who reels.
Reeligible Dictionary R - adjective Eligible again; capable of reelection; as, reeligible to the same office.
Reem Dictionary R - noun The Hebrew name of a horned wild animal, probably the Urus.
Reembark Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To put, or go, on board a vessel again; to embark again.
Reembarkation Dictionary R - noun A putting, or going, on board a vessel again.
Reembody Dictionary R - verb transitive To embody again.
Reembrace Dictionary R - intransitive verb To embrace again.
Reemerge Dictionary R - intransitive verb To emerge again.
Reemergence Dictionary R - noun Act of reemerging.
Reenact Dictionary R - verb transitive To enact again.
Reenaction Dictionary R - noun The act of reenacting; the state of being reenacted.
Reenactment Dictionary R - noun The enacting or passing of a law a second time; the renewal of a law.
Reencourage Dictionary R - verb transitive To encourage again.
Reendow Dictionary R - verb transitive To endow again.
Reenforce Dictionary R - verb transitive To strengthen with new force, assistance, material, or support; as, to reenforce an argument; to reenforce a garment; especially, to strengthen with additional troops, as an army or a fort, or with additional ships, as a fleet.
Reenforcement Dictionary R - noun The act of reenforcing, or the state of being reenforced.
Reengage Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To engage a second time or again.
Reengagement Dictionary R - noun A renewed or repeated engagement.
Reengrave Dictionary R - verb transitive To engrave anew.
Reenjoy Dictionary R - intransitive verb To enjoy anew.
Reenjoyment Dictionary R - noun Renewed enjoyment.
Reenkindle Dictionary R - verb transitive To enkindle again.
Reenlist Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To enlist again.
Reenlistment Dictionary R - noun A renewed enlistment.
Reenslave Dictionary R - verb transitive To enslave again.
Reenter Dictionary R - verb transitive To enter again.
Reentering Dictionary R - noun The process of applying additional colors, by applications of printing blocks, to patterns already partly colored.
Reenthrone Dictionary R - verb transitive To enthrone again; to replace on a throne.
Reenthronement Dictionary R - noun A second enthroning.
Reentrance Dictionary R - noun The act entereing again; re/ntry.
Reentrant Dictionary R - adjective Reentering; pointing or directed inwardds; as, a re/ntrant angle.
Reentry Dictionary R - noun A second or new entry; as, a reentry into public life.
Reerect Dictionary R - verb transitive To erect again.
Reermouse Dictionary R - noun See Rearmouse.
Reestablish Dictionary R - verb transitive To establish anew; to fix or confirm again; to restore; as, to reestablish a covenant; to reestablish health.
Reestablisher Dictionary R - noun One who establishes again.
Reestablishment Dictionary R - noun The act reestablishing; the state of being reestablished.
Reestate Dictionary R - verb transitive To reestablish.
Reeve Dictionary R - noun The female of the ruff.
Rove Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reeve.
Reeving Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reeve.
Reexaminable Dictionary R - adjective Admitting of being reexamined or reconsidered.
Reexamination Dictionary R - noun A repeated examination. See under Examination.
Reexamine Dictionary R - verb transitive To examine anew.
Reexchange Dictionary R - verb transitive To exchange anew; to reverse (a previous exchange).
Reexhibit Dictionary R - verb transitive To exhibit again.
Reexpel Dictionary R - verb transitive To expel again.
Reexperience Dictionary R - noun A renewed or repeated experience.
Reexport Dictionary R - verb transitive To export again, as what has been imported.
Reexportation Dictionary R - noun The act of reexporting, or of exporting an import.
Reexpulsion Dictionary R - noun Renewed or repeated expulsion.
Reezed Dictionary R - adjective Grown rank; rancid; rusty.
Refaction Dictionary R - noun Recompense; atonement; retribution.
Refar Dictionary R - verb transitive To go over again; to repeat.
Refashion Dictionary R - verb transitive To fashion anew; to form or mold into shape a second time.
Refashionment Dictionary R - noun The act of refashioning, or the state of being refashioned.
Refasten Dictionary R - verb transitive To fasten again.
Refect Dictionary R - verb transitive To restore after hunger or fatigue; to refresh.
Refection Dictionary R - noun Refreshment after hunger or fatigue; a repast; a lunch.
Refective Dictionary R - adjective Refreshing; restoring.
Refectories Dictionary R - pleural of Refectory.
Refectory Dictionary R - noun A room for refreshment; originally, a dining hall in monasteries or convents.
Refel Dictionary R - verb transitive To refute; to disprove; as, to refel the tricks of a sophister.
Referred Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Refer.
Referring Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Refer.
Refer Dictionary R - verb transitive To carry or send back.
Referable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being referred, or considered in relation to something else; assignable; ascribable.
Referee Dictionary R - noun One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it.
Reference Dictionary R - noun The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.
Referendary Dictionary R - noun One to whose decision a cause is referred; a referee.
Referendum Dictionary R - noun A diplomatic agent's note asking for instructions from his government concerning a particular matter or point.
Referential Dictionary R - adjective Containing a reference; pointing to something out of itself; as, notes for referential use.
Referment Dictionary R - noun The act of referring; reference.
Re-ferment Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To ferment, or cause to ferment, again.
Referrer Dictionary R - noun One who refers.
Referrible Dictionary R - adjective Referable.
Refigure Dictionary R - verb transitive To figure again.
Refill Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To fill, or become full, again.
Refind Dictionary R - verb transitive To find again; to get or experience again.
Refined Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Refine.
Refining Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Refine.
Refine Dictionary R - verb transitive To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to defecate; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar.
Refinement Dictionary R - noun The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.
Refiner Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, refines.
Refineries Dictionary R - pleural of Refinery.
Refinery Dictionary R - noun The building and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp. metals and sugar.
Refit Dictionary R - verb transitive To fit or prepare for use again; to repair; to restore after damage or decay; as, to refit a garment; to refit ships of war.
Refitment Dictionary R - noun The act of refitting, or the state of being refitted.
Refix Dictionary R - verb transitive To fix again or anew; to establish anew.
Reflame Dictionary R - intransitive verb To kindle again into flame.
Reflected Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reflect.
Reflecting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reflect.
Reflect Dictionary R - verb To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished metals reflect heat.
Reflectent Dictionary R - adjective Bending or flying back; reflected.
Reflectible Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being reflected, or thrown back; reflexible.
Reflectingly Dictionary R - adverb With reflection; also, with censure; reproachfully.
Reflection Dictionary R - noun The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.
Reflective Dictionary R - adjective Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.
Reflector Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, reflects.
Reflex Dictionary R - adjective Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective.
Reflexed Dictionary R - adjective Bent backward or outward.
Reflexibility Dictionary R - noun The quality or capability of being reflexible; as, the reflexibility of the rays of light.
Reflexible Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being reflected, or thrown back.
Reflexion Dictionary R - noun See Reflection.
Reflexity Dictionary R - noun The state or condition of being reflected.
Reflexive Dictionary R - adjective Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.
Reflexly Dictionary R - adverb In a reflex manner; reflectively.
Refloat Dictionary R - noun Reflux; ebb.
Reflorescence Dictionary R - noun A blossoming anew of a plant after it has apparently ceased blossoming for the season.
Reflourish Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To flourish again.
Reflow Dictionary R - intransitive verb To flow back; to ebb.
Reflower Dictionary R - verb intransitive & transitive To flower, or cause to flower, again.
Refluctuation Dictionary R - noun A flowing back; refluence.
Refluence Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Refluency.
Refluency Dictionary R - noun The quality of being refluent; a flowing back.
Refluent Dictionary R - adjective Flowing back; returning; ebbing.
Reflueus Dictionary R - adjective Refluent.
Reflux Dictionary R - adjective Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action.
Refocillate Dictionary R - verb transitive To refresh; to revive.
Refocillation Dictionary R - noun Restoration of strength by refreshment.
Refold Dictionary R - verb transitive To fold again.
Refoment Dictionary R - verb transitive To foment anew.
Reforestization Dictionary R - noun The act or process of reforestizing.
Reforestize Dictionary R - verb transitive To convert again into a forest; to plant again with trees.
Reforge Dictionary R - verb transitive To forge again or anew; hence, to fashion or fabricate anew; to make over.
Reforger Dictionary R - noun One who reforges.
Reform Dictionary R - verb transitive To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better; to amend; to correct; as, to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals.
Re-formed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Re-form.
Re-forming Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Re-form.
Re-form Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To give a new form to; to form anew; to take form again, or to take a new form; as, to re-form the line after a charge.
Reformable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being reformed.
Reformade Dictionary R - noun A reformado.
Reformado Dictionary R - verb transitive A monk of a reformed order.
Reformalize Dictionary R - intransitive verb To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness.
Reformation Dictionary R - noun The act of reforming, or the state of being reformed; change from worse to better; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of anything vicious or corrupt; as, the reformation of manners; reformation of the age; reformation of abuses.
Re-formation Dictionary R - noun The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the reformation of a column of troops into a hollow square.
Reformative Dictionary R - adjective Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory.
Reformatory Dictionary R - adjective Tending to produce reformation; reformative.
Reformed Dictionary R - adjective Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation. Also, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point. The Protestant churches founded by them in Switzerland, France, Holland, and part of Germany, were called the Reformed churches.
Reformer Dictionary R - noun One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors for, or urges, reform; as, a reformer of manners, or of abuses.
Reformist Dictionary R - noun A reformer.
Reformly Dictionary R - adverb In the manner of a reform; for the purpose of reform.
Refortification Dictionary R - noun A fortifying anew, or a second time.
Refortify Dictionary R - verb transitive To fortify anew.
Refossion Dictionary R - noun The act of digging up again.
Refound Dictionary R - verb transitive To found or cast anew.
Refounder Dictionary R - noun One who refounds.
Refracted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Refract.
Refracting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Refract.
Refract Dictionary R - noun To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.
Refractable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being refracted.
Refraction Dictionary R - noun The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted.
Refractive Dictionary R - adjective Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers.
Refractiveness Dictionary R - noun The quality or condition of being refractive.
Refractometer Dictionary R - noun A contrivance for exhibiting and measuring the refraction of light.
Refractor Dictionary R - noun Anything that refracts.
Refractorily Dictionary R - adverb In a refractory manner; perversely; obstinately.
Refractoriness Dictionary R - noun The quality or condition of being refractory.
Refractory Dictionary R - adjective Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast.
Refracture Dictionary R - noun A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.
Refragable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being refuted; refutable.
Refragate Dictionary R - intransitive verb To oppose.
Refrained Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Refrain.
Refraining Dictionary R - past particle & vb/ noun of Refrain.
Refrain Dictionary R - verb transitive To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.
Refrainer Dictionary R - noun One who refrains.
Refrainment Dictionary R - noun Act of refraining.
Reframe Dictionary R - verb transitive To frame again or anew.
Refrangibility Dictionary R - noun The quality of being refrangible.
Refrangible Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being refracted, or turned out of a direct course, in passing from one medium to another, as rays of light.
Refrenation Dictionary R - verb transitive The act of refraining.
Refreshed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Refresh.
Refreshing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Refresh.
Refresh Dictionary R - adjective To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew; to reanimate; as, sleep refreshes the body and the mind.
Refresher Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, refreshes.
Refreshful Dictionary R - adjective Full of power to refresh; refreshing.
Refreshment Dictionary R - noun The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or animation after depression.
Refret Dictionary R - noun Refrain.
Refreyd Dictionary R - verb transitive To chill; to cool.
Refrication Dictionary R - noun A rubbing up afresh; a brightening.
Refrigerant Dictionary R - adjective Cooling; allaying heat or fever.
Refrigerated Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Refrigerate.
Refrigerating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Refrigerate.
Refrigerate Dictionary R - verb transitive To cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or cool.
Refrigeration Dictionary R - noun The act or process of refrigerating or cooling, or the state of being cooled.
Refrigerative Dictionary R - adjective Cooling; allaying heat.
Refrigerator Dictionary R - noun That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool.
Refrigeratory Dictionary R - adjective Mitigating heat; cooling.
Refrigerium Dictionary R - noun Cooling refreshment; refrigeration.
Refringency Dictionary R - noun The power possessed by a substance to refract a ray; as, different substances have different refringencies.
Refringent Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to, or possessing, refringency; refractive; refracting; as, a refringent prism of spar.
Refuge Dictionary R - noun Shelter or protection from danger or distress.
Refugee Dictionary R - noun One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety.
Refulgence Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Refulgency.
Refulgency Dictionary R - noun The quality of being refulgent; brilliancy; splender; radiance.
Refulgent Dictionary R - adjective Casting a bright light; radiant; brilliant; resplendent; shining; splendid; as, refulgent beams.
Refund Dictionary R - verb transitive To fund again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund; as, to refund a railroad loan.
Refunder Dictionary R - noun One who refunds.
Refundment Dictionary R - noun The act of refunding; also, that which is refunded.
Refurbish Dictionary R - verb transitive To furbish anew.
Refurnish Dictionary R - verb transitive To furnish again.
Refurnishment Dictionary R - noun The act of refurnishing, or state of being refurnished.
Refusable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being refused; admitting of refusal.
Refusal Dictionary R - noun The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance.
Refused Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Refuse.
Refusing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Refuse.
Refuse Dictionary R - verb transitive To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.
Refuser Dictionary R - noun One who refuses or rejects.
Refusion Dictionary R - noun New or repeated melting, as of metals.
Refut Dictionary R - noun Refuge.
Refutability Dictionary R - noun The quality of being refutable.
Refutable Dictionary R - adjective Admitting of being refuted or disproved; capable of being proved false or erroneous.
Refutal Dictionary R - noun Act of refuting; refutation.
Refutation Dictionary R - noun The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of being refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by argument or countervailing proof.
Refutatory Dictionary R - adjective Tending tu refute; refuting.
Refuted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Refute.
Refuting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Refute.
Refute Dictionary R - verb transitive To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or theories; to refute a disputant.
Refuter Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, refutes.
Regain Dictionary R - verb transitive To gain anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach again.
Regal Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway.
Regale Dictionary R - noun A prerogative of royalty.
Regaled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Regale.
Regaling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Regale.
Regalement Dictionary R - noun The act of regaling; anything which regales; refreshment; entertainment.
Regaler Dictionary R - noun One who regales.
Regalia Dictionary R - noun plural That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: (a) The rights and prerogatives of a king. (b) Royal estates and revenues. (c) Ensings, symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty.
Regalian Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to regalia; pertaining to the royal insignia or prerogatives.
Regalism Dictionary R - noun The doctrine of royal prerogative or supremacy.
Regality Dictionary R - noun Royalty; sovereignty; sovereign jurisdiction.
Regally Dictionary R - adverb In a regal or royal manner.
Regarded Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Regard.
Regarding Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Regard.
Regard Dictionary R - verb transitive To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.
Regardable Dictionary R - adjective Worthy of regard or notice; to be regarded; observable.
Regardant Dictionary R - verb transitive Looking behind; looking backward watchfully.
Regarder Dictionary R - noun One who regards.
Regardful Dictionary R - adjective Heedful; attentive; observant.
Regardless Dictionary R - adjective Having no regard; heedless; careless; as, regardless of life, consequences, dignity.
Regather Dictionary R - verb transitive To gather again.
Regattas Dictionary R - pleural of Regatta.
Regatta Dictionary R - noun Originally, a gondola race in Venice; now, a rowing or sailing race, or a series of such races.
Regel Dictionary R - noun See Rigel.
Regelate Dictionary R - intransitive verb To freeze together again; to undergo regelation, as ice.
Regelation Dictionary R - noun The act or process of freezing anew, or together,as two pieces of ice.
Regence Dictionary R - noun Rule.
Regencies Dictionary R - pleural of Regency.
Regency Dictionary R - adjective The office of ruler; rule; authority; government.
Regeneracy Dictionary R - noun The state of being regenerated.
Regenerate Dictionary R - adjective Reproduced.
Regenerateness Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being rgenerate.
Regeneration Dictionary R - noun The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated.
Regenerative Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to regeneration; tending to regenerate; as, regenerative influences.
Regeneratively Dictionary R - adverb So as to regenerate.
Regenerator Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, regenerates.
Regeneratory Dictionary R - adjective Having power to renew; tending to reproduce; regenerating.
Regenesis Dictionary R - noun New birth; renewal.
Regent Dictionary R - adjective Ruling; governing; regnant.
Regentess Dictionary R - noun A female regent.
Regentship Dictionary R - noun The office of a regent; regency.
Regerminate Dictionary R - intransitive verb To germinate again.
Regermination Dictionary R - noun A germinating again or anew.
Regest Dictionary R - noun A register.
Reget Dictionary R - verb transitive To get again.
Regian Dictionary R - noun An upholder of kingly authority; a royalist.
Regible Dictionary R - adjective Governable; tractable.
Regicidal Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to regicide, or to one committing it; having the nature of, or resembling, regicide.
Regicide Dictionary R - noun One who kills or who murders a king; specifically (Eng.Hist.), one of the judges who condemned Charles I. to death.
Regild Dictionary R - verb transitive To gild anew.
Regime Dictionary R - noun Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system.
Regimen Dictionary R - noun Orderly government; system of order; adminisration.
Regiment Dictionary R - noun Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen.
Regimented Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Regiment.
Regimenting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Regiment.
Regimental Dictionary R - adjective Belonging to, or concerning, a regiment; as, regimental officers, clothing.
Regimentally Dictionary R - adverb In or by a regiment or regiments; as, troops classified regimentally.
Regimentals Dictionary R - noun plural The uniform worn by the officers and soldiers of a regiment; military dress; - formerly used in the singular in the same sense.
Regiminal Dictionary R - adjective Of or relating to regimen; as, regiminal rules.
Region Dictionary R - noun One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract.
Regional Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to a particular region; sectional.
Regious Dictionary R - adjective Regal; royal.
Register Dictionary R - noun A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.
Registered Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Register.
Registering Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Register.
Registership Dictionary R - noun The office of a register.
Registrant Dictionary R - noun One who registers; esp., one who , by virtue of securing an official registration, obtains a certain right or title of possession, as to a trade-mark.
Registrar Dictionary R - noun One who registers; a recorder; a keeper of records; as, a registrar of births, deaths, and marriages. See Register, n., 3.
Registrarship Dictionary R - noun The office of a registrar.
Registrary Dictionary R - noun A registrar.
Registrate Dictionary R - verb transitive To register.
Registration Dictionary R - verb The act of registering; registry; enrollment.
Registry Dictionary R - noun The act of recording or writing in a register; enrollment; registration.
Regius Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to a king; royal.
Regive Dictionary R - verb transitive To give again; to give back.
Regle Dictionary R - verb transitive To rule; to govern.
Reglement Dictionary R - noun Regulation.
Reglementary Dictionary R - adjective Regulative.
Reglet Dictionary R - noun A flat, narrow molding, used chiefly to separate the parts or members of compartments or panels from one another, or doubled, turned, and interlaced so as to form knots, frets, or other ornaments. See Illust. -12 of Column.
Regma Dictionary R - noun A kind of dry fruit, consisting of three or more cells, each which at length breaks open at the inner angle.
Regmacarp Dictionary R - noun Any dry dehiscent fruit.
Regnal Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the reign of a monarch; as, regnal years.
Regnancy Dictionary R - noun The condition or quality of being regnant; sovereignty; rule.
Regnant Dictionary R - adjective Exercising regal authority; reigning; as, a queen regnant.
Regnative Dictionary R - adjective Ruling; governing.
Regne Dictionary R - noun & verb See Reign.
Regorge Dictionary R - verb transitive To vomit up; to eject from the stomach; to throw back.
Regrade Dictionary R - intransitive verb To retire; to go back.
Regraft Dictionary R - verb transitive To graft again.
Regrant Dictionary R - verb transitive To grant back; to grant again or anew.
Regrated Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Regrate.
Regrating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Regrate.
Regrate Dictionary R - verb transitive To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance.
Regrater Dictionary R - noun One who regrates.
Regratery Dictionary R - noun The act or practice of regrating.
Regratiatory Dictionary R - noun A returning or giving of thanks.
Regrator Dictionary R - noun One guilty of regrating.
Regrede Dictionary R - intransitive verb To go back; to retrograde, as the apsis of a planet's orbit.
Regredience Dictionary R - noun A going back; a retrogression; a return.
Regreet Dictionary R - verb transitive To greet again; to resalute; to return a salutation to; to greet.
Regress Dictionary R - noun The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man".
Regressed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Regress.
Regressing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Regress.
Regression Dictionary R - noun The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.
Regressive Dictionary R - adjective Passing back; returning.
Regressively Dictionary R - adverb In a regressive manner.
Regret Dictionary R - verb Pain of mind on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing; grief; sorrow; especially, a mourning on account of the loss of some joy, advantage, or satisfaction.
Regretted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Regret.
Regretting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Regret.
Regretful Dictionary R - adjective Full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining.
Regrow Dictionary R - verb intransitive & transitive To grow again.
Regrowth Dictionary R - noun The act of regrowing; a second or new growth.
Reguardant Dictionary R - adjective Same as Regardant.
Reguerdon Dictionary R - verb transitive To reward.
Regulable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being regulated.
Regular Dictionary R - adjective Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry; a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice of law or medicine; a regular building.
Regularia Dictionary R - noun plural A division of Echini which includes the circular, or regular, sea urchins.
Regularity Dictionary R - noun The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion.
Regularize Dictionary R - verb transitive To cause to become regular; to regulate.
Regularly Dictionary R - adverb In a regular manner; in uniform order; methodically; in due order or time.
Regularness Dictionary R - noun Regularity.
Regulated Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Regulate.
Regulating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Regulate.
Regulate Dictionary R - verb transitive To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws.
Regulation Dictionary R - noun The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.
Regulative Dictionary R - adjective Tending to regulate; regulating.
Regulator Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, regulates.
Reguline Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to regulus.
Regulize Dictionary R - verb transitive To reduce to regulus; to separate, as a metal from extraneous matter; as, to regulize antimony.
Reguluses Dictionary R - pleural of Regulus.
Reguli Dictionary R - pleural of Regulus.
Regulus Dictionary R - noun A petty king; a ruler of little power or consequence.
Regurgitate Dictionary R - verb transitive To throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to pour or throw back in great quantity.
Regurgitation Dictionary R - noun The act of flowing or pouring back by the orifice of entrance.
Rehabilitated Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rehabilitate.
Rehabilitating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rehabilitate.
Rehabilitate Dictionary R - verb transitive To invest or clothe again with some right, authority, or dignity; to restore to a former capacity; to reinstate; to qualify again; to restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited; - a term of civil and canon law.
Rehabilitation Dictionary R - noun The act of rehabilitating, or the state of being rehabilitated.
Rehash Dictionary R - verb transitive To hash over again; to prepare or use again; as, to rehash old arguments.
Rehear Dictionary R - verb transitive To hear again; to try a second time; as, to rehear a cause in Chancery.
Rehearsal Dictionary R - noun The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise.
Rehearsed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rehearse.
Rehearsing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rehearse.
Rehearse Dictionary R - verb transitive To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.
Rehearser Dictionary R - noun One who rehearses.
Reheat Dictionary R - verb transitive To heat again.
Rehibition Dictionary R - noun The returning of a thing purchased to the seller, on the ground of defect or frand.
Rehibitory Dictionary R - adjective Of or relating to rehibition; as, a rehibitory action.
Rehire Dictionary R - verb transitive To hire again.
Rehypothecate Dictionary R - verb transitive To hypothecate again.
Reis Dictionary R - pleural of Rei.
Rei Dictionary R - noun A portuguese money of account, in value about one tenth of a cent.
Reichsrath Dictionary R - noun The parliament of Austria (exclusive of Hungary, which has its own diet, or parliament). It consists of an Upper and a Lower House, or a House of Lords and a House of Representatives.
Reichsstand Dictionary R - noun A free city of the former German empire.
Reichstag Dictionary R - noun The Diet, or House of Representatives, of the German empire, which is composed of members elected for a term of three years by the direct vote of the people. See Bundesrath.
Reif Dictionary R - noun Robbery; spoil.
Reigle Dictionary R - noun A hollow cut or channel for quiding anything; as, the reigle of a side post for a flood gate.
Reiglement Dictionary R - noun Rule; regulation.
Reign Dictionary R - noun Royal authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion.
Reigned Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reign.
Reigning Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reign.
Reigner Dictionary R - noun One who reigns.
Reillume Dictionary R - verb transitive To light again; to cause to shine anew; to relume; to reillumine.
Reilluminate Dictionary R - verb transitive To enlighten again; to reillumine.
Reillumination Dictionary R - noun The act or process of enlightening again.
Reillumine Dictionary R - verb transitive To illumine again or anew; to reillume.
Reim Dictionary R - noun A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, - used for twisting into ropes, etc.
Reimbark Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive See Reembark.
Reimbody Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To imbody again.
Reimbursable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being repaid; repayable.
Reimbursed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reimburse.
Reimbursing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reimburse.
Reimburse Dictionary R - verb transitive To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse the expenses of a war.
Reimbursement Dictionary R - noun The act reimbursing.
Reimburser Dictionary R - noun One who reimburses.
Reimplant Dictionary R - verb transitive To implant again.
Reimport Dictionary R - verb transitive To import again; to import what has been exported; to bring back.
Reimportation Dictionary R - noun The act of reimporting; also, that which is reimported.
Reimportune Dictionary R - verb transitive To importune again.
Reimpose Dictionary R - verb transitive To impose anew.
Reimpregnate Dictionary R - verb transitive To impregnate again or anew.
Reimpress Dictionary R - verb transitive To impress anew.
Reimpression Dictionary R - noun A second or repeated impression; a reprint.
Reimprint Dictionary R - verb transitive To imprint again.
Reimprison Dictionary R - verb transitive To imprison again.
Reimprisonment Dictionary R - noun The act of reimprisoning, or the state of being reimprisoned.
Rein Dictionary R - noun The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse.
Reined Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rein.
Reining Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rein.
Reinaugurate Dictionary R - verb transitive To inaugurate anew.
Reincit Dictionary R - verb transitive To incite again.
Reincorporate Dictionary R - verb transitive To incorporate again.
Reincrease Dictionary R - verb transitive To increase again.
Reincur Dictionary R - verb transitive To incur again.
Reindeer Dictionary R - noun Any ruminant of the genus Rangifer, of the Deer family, found in the colder parts of both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, and having long irregularly branched antlers, with the brow tines palmate.
Reinduce Dictionary R - verb transitive To induce again.
Reinette Dictionary R - noun A name given to many different kinds of apples, mostly of French origin.
Reinfect Dictionary R - verb transitive To infect again.
Reinfectious Dictionary R - adjective Capable of reinfecting.
Reinforce Dictionary R - verb transitive See Reenforce, v. t.
Reinforcement Dictionary R - noun See Reenforcement.
Reinfund Dictionary R - intransitive verb To flow in anew.
Reingratiate Dictionary R - verb transitive To ingratiate again or anew.
Reinhabit Dictionary R - verb transitive To inhabit again.
Reinless Dictionary R - adjective Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or restrained.
Reins Dictionary R - noun plural The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins.
Reinsert Dictionary R - verb transitive To insert again.
Reinsertion Dictionary R - noun The act of reinserting.
Reinspect Dictionary R - verb transitive To inspect again.
Reinspection Dictionary R - noun The act of reinspecting.
Reinspire Dictionary R - verb transitive To inspire anew.
Reinspirit Dictionary R - verb transitive To give fresh spirit to.
Reinstall Dictionary R - verb transitive To install again.
Reinstallment Dictionary R - noun A renewed installment.
Reinstate Dictionary R - verb transitive To place again in possession, or in a former state; to restore to a state from which one had been removed; to instate again; as, to reinstate a king in the possession of the kingdom.
Reinstatement Dictionary R - noun The act of reinstating; the state of being reinstated; re/stablishment.
Reinstation Dictionary R - noun Reinstatement.
Reinstruct Dictionary R - verb transitive To instruct anew.
Reinsurance Dictionary R - noun Insurance a second time or again; renewed insurance.
Reinsure Dictionary R - verb transitive To insure again after a former insuranse has ceased; to renew insurance on.
Reinsurer Dictionary R - noun One who gives reinsurance.
Reintegrate Dictionary R - verb transitive To renew with regard to any state or quality; to restore; to bring again together into a whole, as the parts off anything; to reestablish; as, to reintegrate a nation.
Reintegration Dictionary R - noun A renewing, or making whole again. See Redintegration.
Reinter Dictionary R - verb transitive To inter again.
Reinterrogate Dictionary R - verb transitive To interrogate again; to question repeatedly.
Reinthrone Dictionary R - verb transitive See Reenthrone.
Reinthronize Dictionary R - verb transitive To enthrone again.
Reintroduce Dictionary R - verb transitive To introduce again.
Reinvest Dictionary R - verb transitive To invest again or anew.
Reinvestigate Dictionary R - verb transitive To investigate again.
Reinvestment Dictionary R - noun The act of investing anew; a second or repeated investment.
Reinvigorate Dictionary R - verb transitive To invigorate anew.
Reinvolve Dictionary R - verb transitive To involve anew.
Reis Effendi Dictionary R - A title formerly given to one of the chief Turkish officers of state. He was chancellor of the empire, etc.
Reissner's membrane Dictionary R - The thin membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the internal ear.
Reissuable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being reissued.
Reissue Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To issue a second time.
Reit Dictionary R - noun Sedge; seaweed.
Reiter Dictionary R - noun A German cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Reiterant Dictionary R - adjective Reiterating.
Reiterated Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reiterate.
Reiterating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reiterate.
Reiterate Dictionary R - verb transitive To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes, to repeat.
Reiteratedly Dictionary R - adverb Repeatedly.
Reiteration Dictionary R - noun The act of reiterating; that which is reiterated.
Reiterative Dictionary R - noun A word expressing repeated or reiterated action.
Reiver Dictionary R - noun See Reaver.
Rejected Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reject.
Rejecting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reject.
Reject Dictionary R - verb transitive To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
Rejectable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being, or that ought to be, rejected.
Rejectamenta Dictionary R - noun plural Things thrown out or away; especially, things excreted by a living organism.
Rejectaneous Dictionary R - adjective Not chosen or received; rejected.
Rejecter Dictionary R - noun One who rejects.
Rejection Dictionary R - noun Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.
Rejectitious Dictionary R - adjective Implying or requiring rejection; rejectable.
Rejective Dictionary R - adjective Rejecting, or tending to reject.
Rejectment Dictionary R - noun Act of rejecting; matter rejected, or thrown away.
Rejoiced Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rejoice.
Rejoicing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rejoice.
Rejoice Dictionary R - intransitive verb To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted.
Rejoicement Dictionary R - noun Rejoicing.
Rejoicer Dictionary R - noun One who rejoices.
Rejoicingly Dictionary R - adverb With joi or exultation.
Rejoined Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rejoin.
Rejoining Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rejoin.
Rejoin Dictionary R - verb transitive To join again; to unite after separation.
Rejoinder Dictionary R - noun An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply.
Rejoindure Dictionary R - noun Act of joining again.
Rejoint Dictionary R - verb transitive To reunite the joints of; to joint anew.
Rejolt Dictionary R - noun A reacting jolt or shock; a rebound or recoil.
Rejourn Dictionary R - verb transitive To adjourn; to put off.
Rejournment Dictionary R - noun Adjournment.
Rejudge Dictionary R - verb transitive To judge again; to reexamine; to review; to call to a new trial and decision.
Rejuvenate Dictionary R - verb transitive To render young again.
Rejuvenation Dictionary R - noun Rejuvenescence.
Rejuvenescence Dictionary R - noun A renewing of youth; the state of being or growing young again.
Rejuvenescency Dictionary R - noun Rejuvenescence.
Rejuvenescent Dictionary R - adjective Becoming, or causing to become, rejuvenated; rejuvenating.
Rejuvenize Dictionary R - verb transitive To rejuvenate.
Rekindle Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To kindle again.
Rekne Dictionary R - verb transitive To reckon.
Relade Dictionary R - verb transitive To lade or load again.
Relaid Dictionary R - imp. & p. p. of Relay.
Relais Dictionary R - noun A narrow space between the foot of the rampart and the scarp of the ditch, serving to receive the earth that may crumble off or be washed down, and prevent its falling into the ditch.
Reland Dictionary R - verb transitive To land again; to put on land, as that which had been shipped or embarked.
Relapsed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Relapse.
Relapsing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Relapse.
Relapse Dictionary R - intransitive verb To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back.
Relapser Dictionary R - noun One who relapses.
Related Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Relate.
Relating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Relate.
Relate Dictionary R - verb transitive To bring back; to restore.
Relatedness Dictionary R - noun The state or condition of being related; relationship; affinity.
Relater Dictionary R - noun One who relates or narrates.
Relation Dictionary R - noun The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.
Relational Dictionary R - adjective Having relation or kindred; related.
Relationist Dictionary R - noun A relative; a relation.
Relationship Dictionary R - noun The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance.
Relative Dictionary R - adjective Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject.
Relatively Dictionary R - adverb In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely.
Relativeness Dictionary R - noun The state of being relative, or having relation; relativity.
Relativity Dictionary R - noun The state of being relative; as, the relativity of a subject.
Relator Dictionary R - noun One who relates; a relater.
Relatrix Dictionary R - noun A female relator.
Relaxed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Relax.
Relaxing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Relax.
Relax Dictionary R - noun To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews.
Relaxable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being relaxed.
Relaxant Dictionary R - noun A medicine that relaxes; a laxative.
Relaxation Dictionary R - noun The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law.
Relaxative Dictionary R - adjective Having the quality of relaxing; laxative.
Relaying Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Relay.
Relay Dictionary R - verb transitive To lay again; to lay a second time; as, to relay a pavement.
Relbun Dictionary R - noun The roots of the Chilian plant Calceolaria arachnoidea, - used for dyeing crimson.
Releasable Dictionary R - adjective That may be released.
Release Dictionary R - verb transitive To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
Released Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Release.
Releasing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Release.
Releasee Dictionary R - noun One to whom a release is given.
Releasement Dictionary R - noun The act of releasing, as from confinement or obligation.
Releaser Dictionary R - noun One who releases, or sets free.
Releasor Dictionary R - noun One by whom a release is given.
Relegated Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Relegate.
Relegating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Relegate.
Relegate Dictionary R - verb transitive To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.
Relegation Dictionary R - noun The act of relegating, or the state of being relegated; removal; banishment; exile.
Relented Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Relent.
Relenting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Relent.
Relent Dictionary R - intransitive verb To become less rigid or hard; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce.
Relentless Dictionary R - adjective Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism.
Relentment Dictionary R - noun The act or process of relenting; the state of having relented.
Relesse Dictionary R - verb transitive To release.
Relessee Dictionary R - noun See Releasee.
Relessor Dictionary R - noun See Releasor.
Re-let Dictionary R - verb transitive To let anew, as a house.
Relevance Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Relevancy.
Relevancy Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being relevant; pertinency; applicability.
Relevant Dictionary R - adjective Relieving; lending aid or support.
Relevantly Dictionary R - adverb In a relevant manner.
Relevation Dictionary R - noun A raising or lifting up.
Reliability Dictionary R - noun The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.
Reliable Dictionary R - adjective Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependance or reliance; trustworthy.
Reliance Dictionary R - noun The act of relying, or the condition or quality of being reliant; dependence; confidence; trust; repose of mind upon what is deemed sufficient support or authority.
Reliant Dictionary R - adjective Having, or characterized by, reliance; confident; trusting.
Relic Dictionary R - noun That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant.
Relicly Dictionary R - adverb In the manner of relics.
Relict Dictionary R - noun A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.
Relicted Dictionary R - adjective Left uncovered, as land by recession of water.
Reliction Dictionary R - noun A leaving dry; a recession of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left uncovered by such recession.
Relief Dictionary R - noun The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress.
Reliefful Dictionary R - adjective Giving relief.
Reliefless Dictionary R - adjective Destitute of relief; also, remediless.
Relier Dictionary R - noun One who relies.
Relievable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being relieved; fitted to recieve relief.
Relieved Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Relieve.
Relieving Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Relieve.
Relieve Dictionary R - verb transitive To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.
Relievement Dictionary R - noun The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; relief; release.
Reliever Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, relieves.
Relievo Dictionary R - noun See Relief, n., 5.
Relight Dictionary R - verb transitive To light or kindle anew.
Religieuse Dictionary R - noun m.]] Alt. of Religieux.
Religieux Dictionary R - noun m.]] A person bound by monastic vows; a nun; a monk.
Religion Dictionary R - noun The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedience, service, and honor are due; the feeling or expression of human love, fear, or awe of some superhuman and overruling power, whether by profession of belief, by observance of rites and ceremonies, or by the conduct of life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation of piety; as, ethical religions; monotheistic religions; natural religion; revealed religion; the religion of the Jews; the religion of idol worshipers.
Religionary Dictionary R - adjective Relating to religion; pious; as, religionary professions.
Religioner Dictionary R - noun A religionist.
Religionism Dictionary R - noun The practice of, or devotion to, religion.
Religionist Dictionary R - noun One earnestly devoted or attached to a religion; a religious zealot.
Religionize Dictionary R - verb transitive To bring under the influence of religion.
Religionless Dictionary R - adjective Destitute of religion.
Religiosity Dictionary R - noun The quality of being religious; religious feeling or sentiment; religiousness.
Religious Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to religion; concerned with religion; teaching, or setting forth, religion; set apart to religion; as, a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects, books, teachers, houses, wars.
Religiously Dictionary R - adverb In a religious manner.
Religiousness Dictionary R - noun The quality of being religious.
Relik Dictionary R - noun Relic.
Relinquent Dictionary R - adjective Relinquishing.
Relinquished Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Relinquish.
Relinquishing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Relinquish.
Relinquish Dictionary R - verb transitive To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit.
Relinquisher Dictionary R - noun One who relinquishes.
Relinquishment Dictionary R - noun The act of relinquishing.
Reliquary Dictionary R - noun A depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics are kept.
Relique Dictionary R - noun See Relic.
Reliquiae Dictionary R - noun plural Remains of the dead; organic remains; relics.
Reliquian Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to a relic or relics; of the nature of a relic.
Reliquidate Dictionary R - verb transitive To liquidate anew; to adjust a second time.
Reliquidation Dictionary R - noun A second or renewed liquidation; a renewed adjustment.
Relished Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Relish.
Relishing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Relish.
Relish Dictionary R - verb transitive To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to experience pleasure from; as, to relish food.
Relishable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being relished; agreeable to the taste; gratifying.
Relive Dictionary R - intransitive verb To live again; to revive.
Reload Dictionary R - verb transitive To load again, as a gun.
Reloan Dictionary R - noun A second lending of the same thing; a renewal of a loan.
Relocate Dictionary R - verb transitive To locate again.
Relocation Dictionary R - noun A second location.
Relodge Dictionary R - verb transitive To lodge again.
Relove Dictionary R - verb transitive To love in return.
Relucent Dictionary R - adjective Reflecting light; shining; glittering; glistening; bright; luminous; splendid.
Reluct Dictionary R - intransitive verb To strive or struggle against anything; to make resistance; to draw back; to feel or show repugnance or reluctance.
Reluctance Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Reluctancy.
Reluctancy Dictionary R - noun The state or quality of being reluctant; repugnance; aversion of mind; unwillingness; - often followed by an infinitive, or by to and a noun, formerly sometimes by against.
Reluctant Dictionary R - adjective Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth.
Reluctantly Dictionary R - adverb In a reluctant manner.
Reluctate Dictionary R - intransitive verb To struggle against anything; to resist; to oppose.
Reluctation Dictionary R - noun Repugnance; resistance; reluctance.
Relumed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Relume.
Reluming Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Relume.
Relume Dictionary R - verb transitive To rekindle; to light again.
Relumined Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Relumine.
Relumining Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Relumine.
Relumine Dictionary R - verb transitive To light anew; to rekindle.
Relied Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rely.
Relying Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rely.
Rely Dictionary R - intransitive verb To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of the veracity, integrity, or ability of persons, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend; - with on, formerly also with in.
Remade Dictionary R - imp. & p. p. of Remake.
Remained Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Remain.
Remaining Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Remain.
Remain Dictionary R - intransitive verb To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
Remainder Dictionary R - noun Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant.
Remainder-men Dictionary R - pleural of Remainder-man.
Remainder-man Dictionary R - noun One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined. See Remainder, n., 3.
Remake Dictionary R - verb transitive To make anew.
Remanded Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Remand.
Remanding Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Remand.
Remand Dictionary R - verb transitive To recommit; to send back.
Remandment Dictionary R - noun A remand.
Remanence Dictionary R - adjective Alt. of Remanency.
Remanency Dictionary R - adjective The state of being remanent; continuance; permanence.
Remanent Dictionary R - adjective That which remains; a remnant; a residue.
Remanet Dictionary R - noun A case for trial which can not be tried during the term; a postponed case.
Re-mark Dictionary R - verb transitive To mark again, or a second time; to mark anew.
Remarked Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Remark.
Remarking Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Remark.
Remark Dictionary R - noun To mark in a notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to piont out.
Remarkable Dictionary R - adjective Worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary.
Remarker Dictionary R - noun One who remarks.
Remarriage Dictionary R - noun A second or repeated marriage.
Remarry Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To marry again.
Remast Dictionary R - verb transitive To furnish with a new mast or set of masts.
Remasticate Dictionary R - verb transitive To chew or masticate again; to chew over and over, as the cud.
Remastication Dictionary R - noun The act of masticating or chewing again or repeatedly.
Remberge Dictionary R - noun See Ramberge.
Remblai Dictionary R - noun Earth or materials made into a bank after having been excavated.
Remble Dictionary R - verb transitive To remove.
Reme Dictionary R - noun Realm.
Remean Dictionary R - verb transitive To give meaning to; to explain the meaning of; to interpret.
Remeant Dictionary R - adjective Coming back; returning.
Remeasure Dictionary R - verb transitive To measure again; to retrace.
Remede Dictionary R - noun Remedy.
Remediable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being remedied or cured.
Remedial Dictionary R - adjective Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil; as, remedial treatment.
Remedially Dictionary R - adverb In a remedial manner.
Remediate Dictionary R - adjective Remedial.
Remediless Dictionary R - adjective Not admitting of a remedy; incapable of being restored or corrected; incurable; irreparable; as, a remediless mistake or loss.
Remedies Dictionary R - pleural of Remedy.
Remedy Dictionary R - noun That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; - with for; as, a remedy for the gout.
Remedied Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Remedy.
Remedying Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Remedy.
Remelt Dictionary R - verb transitive To melt again.
Remembered Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Remember.
Remembering Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Remember.
Remember Dictionary R - verb transitive To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind again; to think of again; to recollect; as, I remember the fact; he remembers the events of his childhood; I cannot remember dates.
Rememberable Dictionary R - adjective Capable or worthy of being remembered.
Rememberer Dictionary R - noun One who remembers.
Remembrance Dictionary R - noun The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
Remembrancer Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, serves to bring to, or keep in, mind; a memento; a memorial; a reminder.
Rememorate Dictionary R - intransitive verb To recall something by means of memory; to remember.
Rememoration Dictionary R - noun A recalling by the faculty of memory; remembrance.
Rememorative Dictionary R - adjective Tending or serving to remind.
Remenant Dictionary R - noun A remnant.
Remercie Dictionary R - verb transitive Alt. of Remercy.
Remercy Dictionary R - verb transitive To thank.
Remerge Dictionary R - intransitive verb To merge again.
Remeve Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive Alt. of Remewe.
Remewe Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To remove.
Remiform Dictionary R - adjective Shaped like an oar.
Remiges Dictionary R - noun plural The quill feathers of the wings of a bird.
Remigrate Dictionary R - intransitive verb To migrate again; to go back; to return.
Remigration Dictionary R - noun Migration back to the place from which one came.
Remind Dictionary R - verb transitive To put (one) in mind of something; to bring to the remembrance of; to bring to the notice or consideration of (a person).
Reminder Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, reminds; that which serves to awaken remembrance.
Remindful Dictionary R - adjective Tending or adapted to remind; careful to remind.
Reminiscence Dictionary R - noun The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory.
Reminiscency Dictionary R - noun Reminiscence.
Reminiscent Dictionary R - adjective Recalling to mind, or capable of recalling to mind; having remembrance; reminding one of something.
Reminiscential Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to reminiscence, or remembrance.
Remiped Dictionary R - adjective Having feet or legs that are used as oars; - said of certain crustaceans and insects.
Remised Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Remise.
Remising Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Remise.
Remise Dictionary R - verb transitive To send, give, or grant back; to release a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed; to return.
Remiss Dictionary R - adjective Not energetic or exact in duty or business; not careful or prompt in fulfilling engagements; negligent; careless; tardy; behindhand; lagging; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity; languid; slow.
Remissful Dictionary R - adjective Inclined to remit punishment; lenient; clement.
Remissibility Dictionary R - noun The state or quality of being remissible.
Remissible Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being remitted or forgiven.
Remission Dictionary R - noun The act of remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.
Remissive Dictionary R - adjective Remitting; forgiving; abating.
Remissly Dictionary R - adverb In a remiss or negligent manner; carelessly.
Remissness Dictionary R - noun Quality or state of being remiss.
Remissory Dictionary R - adjective Serving or tending to remit, or to secure remission; remissive.
Remitted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Remit.
Remitting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Remit.
Remit Dictionary R - verb transitive To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.
Remitment Dictionary R - noun The act of remitting, or the state of being remitted; remission.
Remittal Dictionary R - noun A remitting; a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits.
Remittance Dictionary R - noun The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, esp. to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation.
Remittee Dictionary R - noun One to whom a remittance is sent.
Remittent Dictionary R - adjective Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions.
Remitter Dictionary R - noun One who remits.
Remittitur Dictionary R - noun A remission or surrender, - remittitur damnut being a remission of excess of damages.
Remittor Dictionary R - noun One who makes a remittance; a remitter.
Remix Dictionary R - verb transitive To mix again or repeatedly.
Remnant Dictionary R - adjective Remaining; yet left.
Remodel Dictionary R - verb transitive To model or fashion anew; to change the form of.
Remodification Dictionary R - noun The act of remodifying; the state of being remodified.
Remodify Dictionary R - verb transitive To modify again or anew; to reshape.
Remolade Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Remoulad.
Remoulad Dictionary R - noun A kind of piquant sauce or salad dressing resembling mayonnaise.
Remold Dictionary R - verb transitive Alt. of Remould.
Remould Dictionary R - verb transitive To mold or shape anew or again; to reshape.
Remollient Dictionary R - adjective Mollifying; softening.
Remonetization Dictionary R - noun The act of remonetizing.
Remonetize Dictionary R - verb transitive To restore to use as money; as, to remonetize silver.
Remonstrance Dictionary R - noun The act of remonstrating.
Remonstrant Dictionary R - adjective Inclined or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging reasons in opposition to something.
Remonstrantly Dictionary R - adverb In a remonstrant manner.
Remonstrated Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Remonstrate.
Remonstrating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Remonstrate.
Remonstrate Dictionary R - verb transitive To point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to demonstrate.
Remonstration Dictionary R - noun The act of remonstrating; remonstrance.
Remonstrative Dictionary R - adjective Having the character of a remonstrance; expressing remonstrance.
Remonstrator Dictionary R - noun One who remonstrates; a remonsrant.
Remontant Dictionary R - adjective Rising again; - applied to a class of roses which bloom more than once in a season; the hybrid perpetual roses, of which the Jacqueminot is a well-known example.
Remontoir Dictionary R - noun See under Escapement.
Remora Dictionary R - noun Delay; obstacle; hindrance.
Remorate Dictionary R - verb transitive To hinder; to delay.
Remord Dictionary R - verb transitive To excite to remorse; to rebuke.
Remordency Dictionary R - noun Remorse; compunction; compassion.
Remorse Dictionary R - noun The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life.
Remorsed Dictionary R - adjective Feeling remorse.
Remorseful Dictionary R - adjective Full of remorse.
Remorseless Dictionary R - adjective Being without remorse; having no pity; hence, destitute of sensibility; cruel; insensible to distress; merciless.
Remote Dictionary R - superlative Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; - said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands.
Remotion Dictionary R - noun The act of removing; removal.
Remount Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To mount again.
Removable Dictionary R - adjective Admitting of being removed.
Removal Dictionary R - noun The act of removing, or the state of being removed.
Removed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Remove.
Removing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Remove.
Remove Dictionary R - verb transitive To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.
Remover Dictionary R - noun One who removes; as, a remover of landmarks.
Remuable Dictionary R - adjective That may be removed; removable.
Remue Dictionary R - verb transitive To remove.
Remugient Dictionary R - adjective Rebellowing.
Remunerable Dictionary R - adjective Admitting, or worthy, of remuneration.
Remunerated Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Remunerate.
Remunerating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Remunerate.
Remunerate Dictionary R - verb transitive To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor.
Remuneration Dictionary R - noun The act of remunerating.
Remunerative Dictionary R - adjective Affording remuneration; as, a remunerative payment for services; a remunerative business.
Remuneratory Dictionary R - adjective Remunerative.
Remurmur Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To murmur again; to utter back, or reply, in murmurs.
Ren Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive See Renne.
Renable Dictionary R - adjective Reasonable; also, loquacious.
Renaissance Dictionary R - noun A new birth, or revival.
Renaissant Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the Renaissance.
Renal Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the kidneys; in the region of the kidneys.
Renal-portal Dictionary R - adjective Both renal and portal. See Portal.
Rename Dictionary R - verb transitive To give a new name to.
Renard Dictionary R - noun A fox; - so called in fables or familiar tales, and in poetry.
Renardine Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to Renard, the fox, or the tales in which Renard is mentioned.
Renascence Dictionary R - noun The state of being renascent.
Renascency Dictionary R - noun State of being renascent.
Renascent Dictionary R - adjective Springing or rising again into being; being born again, or reproduced.
Renascible Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being reproduced; ablle to spring again into being.
Renate Dictionary R - adjective Born again; regenerate; renewed.
Renavigate Dictionary R - verb transitive To navigate again.
Renay Dictionary R - verb transitive To deny; to disown.
Rencontre Dictionary R - noun Same as Rencounter, n.
Rencountered Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rencounter.
Rencountering Dictionary R - past particle & vb/ noun of Rencounter.
Rencounter Dictionary R - verb transitive To meet unexpectedly; to encounter.
Rent Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rend.
Rending Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rend.
Rend Dictionary R - verb transitive To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning rends an oak.
Render Dictionary R - noun One who rends.
Rendered Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Render.
Rendering Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Render.
Renderable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being rendered.
Renderer Dictionary R - noun One who renders.
Rendezvouses Dictionary R - pleural of Rendezvous.
Rendezvous Dictionary R - noun A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
Rendezvoused Dictionary R - imperative &. past particle of Rendezvous.
Rendezvousing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rendezvous.
Rendible Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being rent or torn.
Rendition Dictionary R - noun The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; also, surrender in war.
Rendrock Dictionary R - noun A kind of dynamite used in blasting.
Renegade Dictionary R - noun One faithless to principle or party.
Renegado Dictionary R - noun See Renegade.
Renegat Dictionary R - noun A renegade.
Renegation Dictionary R - noun A denial.
Renege Dictionary R - verb transitive To deny; to disown.
Renerve Dictionary R - verb transitive To nerve again; to give new vigor to; to reinvigorate.
Reneved Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Renew.
Renewing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Renew.
Renew Dictionary R - verb transitive To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to re/stablish; to recreate; to rebuild.
Renewability Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being renewable.
Renewable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being renewed; as, a lease renewable at pleasure.
Renewal Dictionary R - noun The act of renewing, or the state of being renewed; as, the renewal of a treaty.
Renewedly Dictionary R - adverb Again; once more.
Renewedness Dictionary R - noun The state of being renewed.
Renewer Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, renews.
Reneye Dictionary R - verb transitive To deny; to reject; to renounce.
Reng Dictionary R - noun A rank; a row.
Renidification Dictionary R - noun The act of rebuilding a nest.
Reniform Dictionary R - adjective Having the form or shape of a kidney; as, a reniform mineral; a reniform leaf.
Renitence Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Renitency.
Renitency Dictionary R - noun The state or quality of being renitent; resistance; reluctance.
Renitent Dictionary R - adjective Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by elastic force.
Renne Dictionary R - verb transitive To plunder; - only in the phrase "to rape and renne." See under Rap, v. t., to snatch.
Renner Dictionary R - noun A runner.
Rennet Dictionary R - noun A name of many different kinds of apples. Cf. Reinette.
Renneted Dictionary R - adjective Provided or treated with rennet.
Renneting Dictionary R - noun Same as 1st Rennet.
Rennin Dictionary R - noun A milk-clotting enzyme obtained from the true stomach (abomasum) of a suckling calf. Mol. wt. about 31,000. Also called chymosin, rennase, and abomasal enzyme.
Renning Dictionary R - noun See 2d Rennet.
Renomee Dictionary R - noun Renown.
Renounced Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Renounce.
Renouncing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Renounce.
Renounce Dictionary R - verb transitive To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land or to a throne.
Renouncement Dictionary R - noun The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation.
Renouncer Dictionary R - noun One who renounces.
Renovate Dictionary R - verb transitive To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew.
Renovation Dictionary R - noun The act or process of renovating; the state of being renovated or renewed.
Renovator Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, renovates.
Renovel Dictionary R - verb transitive To renew; to renovate.
Renovelance Dictionary R - noun Renewal.
Renowme Dictionary R - noun Renown.
Renowmed Dictionary R - adjective Renowned.
Renown Dictionary R - verb The state of being much known and talked of; exalted reputation derived from the extensive praise of great achievements or accomplishments; fame; celebrity; - always in a good sense.
Renowned Dictionary R - adjective Famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities, or for grandeur; eminent; as, a renowned king.
Renownedly Dictionary R - adverb With renown.
Renowner Dictionary R - noun One who gives renown.
Renownful Dictionary R - adjective Having great renown; famous.
Renownless Dictionary R - adjective Without renown; inglorius.
Rensselaerite Dictionary R - noun A soft, compact variety of talc,, being an altered pyroxene. It is often worked in a lathe into inkstands and other articles.
Rented Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rent.
Renting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rent.
Rentable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being rented, or suitable for renting.
Rentage Dictionary R - noun Rent.
Rental Dictionary R - noun A schedule, account, or list of rents, with the names of the tenants, etc.; a rent roll.
Rente Dictionary R - noun In France, interest payable by government on indebtedness; the bonds, shares, stocks, etc., which represent government indebtedness.
Renter Dictionary R - noun One who rents or leases an estate; - usually said of a lessee or tenant.
Rentered Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Renter.
Rentering Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Renter.
Renterer Dictionary R - noun One who renters.
Rentier Dictionary R - noun One who has a fixed income, as from lands, stocks, or the like.
Renumerate Dictionary R - verb transitive To recount.
Renunciation Dictionary R - noun The act of renouncing.
Renunciatory Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to renunciation; containing or declaring a renunciation; as, renunciatory vows.
Renverse Dictionary R - verb transitive To reverse.
Renversement Dictionary R - noun A reversing.
Renvoy Dictionary R - verb transitive To send back.
Reobtain Dictionary R - verb transitive To obtain again.
Reobtainable Dictionary R - adjective That may be reobtained.
Reoccupy Dictionary R - verb transitive To occupy again.
Reometer Dictionary R - noun Same as Rheometer.
Reopen Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To open again.
Reoppose Dictionary R - verb transitive To oppose again.
Reordain Dictionary R - verb transitive To ordain again, as when the first ordination is considered defective.
Reorder Dictionary R - verb transitive To order a second time.
Reordination Dictionary R - noun A second ordination.
Reorganization Dictionary R - noun The act of reorganizing; a reorganized existence; as, reorganization of the troops.
Reorganize Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To organize again or anew; as, to reorganize a society or an army.
Reorient Dictionary R - adjective Rising again.
Reostat Dictionary R - noun See Rheostat.
Reotrope Dictionary R - noun See Rheotrope.
Rep Dictionary R - noun A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface.
Repace Dictionary R - verb transitive To pace again; to walk over again in a contrary direction.
Repacify Dictionary R - verb transitive To pacify again.
Repack Dictionary R - verb transitive To pack a second time or anew; as, to repack beef; to repack a trunk.
Repacker Dictionary R - noun One who repacks.
Repaganize Dictionary R - verb transitive To paganize anew; to bring back to paganism.
Repaid Dictionary R - imp. & p. p. of Repay.
Repaint Dictionary R - verb transitive To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture.
Repair Dictionary R - intransitive verb To return.
Repaired Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Repair.
Repairing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Repair.
Repairable Dictionary R - adjective Reparable.
Repairer Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, repairs, restores, or makes amends.
Repairment Dictionary R - noun Act of repairing.
Repand Dictionary R - adjective Having a slightly undulating margin; - said of leaves.
Reparability Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being reparable.
Reparable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being repaired, restored to a sound or good state, or made good; restorable; as, a reparable injury.
Reparably Dictionary R - adverb In a reparable manner.
Reparation Dictionary R - noun The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; - in this sense, repair is oftener used.
Reparative Dictionary R - adjective Repairing, or tending to repair.
Reparel Dictionary R - noun A change of apparel; a second or different suit.
Repartee Dictionary R - noun A smart, ready, and witty reply.
Reparteed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Repartee.
Reparteeing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Repartee.
Repartimiento Dictionary R - noun A partition or distribution, especially of slaves; also, an assessment of taxes.
Repartotion Dictionary R - noun Another, or an additional, separation into parts.
Repass Dictionary R - verb transitive To pass again; to pass or travel over in the opposite direction; to pass a second time; as, to repass a bridge or a river; to repass the sea.
Repassage Dictionary R - noun The act of repassing; passage back.
Repassant Dictionary R - adjective Counterpassant.
Repast Dictionary R - noun The act of taking food.
Repaster Dictionary R - noun One who takes a repast.
Repasture Dictionary R - noun Food; entertainment.
Repatriate Dictionary R - verb transitive To restore to one's own country.
Repatriation Dictionary R - noun Restoration to one's country.
Repaying Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Repay.
Repay Dictionary R - verb transitive To pay back; to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced.
Repayable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being, or proper to be , repaid; due; as, a loan repayable in ten days; services repayable in kind.
Repayment Dictionary R - noun The act of repaying; reimbursement.
Repealed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Repeal.
Repealing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Repeal.
Repeal Dictionary R - verb transitive To recall; to summon again, as persons.
Repealability Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being repealable.
Repealable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being repealed.
Repealer Dictionary R - noun One who repeals; one who seeks a repeal; specifically, an advocate for the repeal of the Articles of Union between Great Britain and Ireland.
Repealment Dictionary R - noun Recall, as from banishment.
Repeated Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Repeat.
Repeating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Repeat.
Repeat Dictionary R - verb transitive To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.
Repeatedly Dictionary R - adverb More than once; again and again; indefinitely.
Repeater Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, repeats.
Repedation Dictionary R - noun A stepping or going back.
Repelled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Repel.
Repelling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Repel.
Repel Dictionary R - verb transitive To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.
Repellence Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Repellency.
Repellency Dictionary R - noun The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.
Repellent Dictionary R - adjective Driving back; able or tending to repel.
Repeller Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, repels.
Repent Dictionary R - adjective Prostrate and rooting; - said of stems.
Repented Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Repent.
Repenting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Repent.
Repentance Dictionary R - noun The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin.
Repentant Dictionary R - adjective Penitent; sorry for sin.
Repentantly Dictionary R - adverb In a repentant manner.
Repenter Dictionary R - noun One who repents.
Repentingly Dictionary R - adverb With repentance; penitently.
Repentless Dictionary R - adjective Unrepentant.
Repeople Dictionary R - verb transitive To people anew.
Reperception Dictionary R - noun The act of perceiving again; a repeated perception of the same object.
Repercussed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Repercuss.
Repercussing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Repercuss.
Repercuss Dictionary R - verb transitive To drive or beat back; hence, to reflect; to reverberate.
Repercussion Dictionary R - noun The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound.
Repercussive Dictionary R - adjective Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate.
Repertitious Dictionary R - adjective Found; gained by finding.
Repertoire Dictionary R - noun A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform.
Repertory Dictionary R - noun A place in which things are disposed in an orderly manner, so that they can be easily found, as the index of a book, a commonplace book, or the like.
Reperusal Dictionary R - noun A second or repeated perusal.
Reperuse Dictionary R - verb transitive To peruse again.
Repetend Dictionary R - noun That part of a circulating decimal which recurs continually, ad infinitum: - sometimes indicated by a dot over the first and last figures; thus, in the circulating decimal .728328328 + (otherwise .7/8/), the repetend is 283.
Repetition Dictionary R - noun The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.
Repetitional Dictionary R - adjective Alt. of Repetitionary.
Repetitionary Dictionary R - adjective Of the nature of, or containing, repetition.
Repetitioner Dictionary R - noun One who repeats.
Repetitious Dictionary R - adjective Repeating; containing repetition.
Repetitive Dictionary R - adjective Containing repetition; repeating.
Repetitor Dictionary R - noun A private instructor.
Repine Dictionary R - intransitive verb To fail; to wane.
Repiner Dictionary R - noun One who repines.
Repiningly Dictionary R - adverb With repening or murmuring.
Repkie Dictionary R - noun Any edible sea urchin.
Replace Dictionary R - verb transitive To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.
Replaceability Dictionary R - noun The quality, state, or degree of being replaceable.
Replaceable Dictionary R - adjective Capable or admitting of being put back into a place.
Replacement Dictionary R - noun The act of replacing.
Replait Dictionary R - verb transitive To plait or fold again; to fold, as one part over another, again and again.
Replant Dictionary R - verb transitive To plant again.
Replantable Dictionary R - adjective That may be planted again.
Replantation Dictionary R - noun The act of planting again; a replanting.
Replead Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To plead again.
Repleader Dictionary R - noun A second pleading, or course of pleadings; also, the right of pleading again.
Replenished Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Replenish.
Replenishing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Replenish.
Replenish Dictionary R - verb transitive To fill again after having been diminished or emptied; to stock anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound.
Replenisher Dictionary R - noun One who replenishes.
Replenishment Dictionary R - noun The act of replenishing, or the state of being replenished.
Replete Dictionary R - adjective Filled again; completely filled; full; charged; abounding.
Repleteness Dictionary R - noun The state of being replete.
Repletion Dictionary R - noun The state of being replete; superabundant fullness.
Repletive Dictionary R - adjective Tending to make replete; filling.
Repletory Dictionary R - adjective Repletive.
Repleviable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being replevied.
Replevin Dictionary R - noun A personal action which lies to recover possession of goods and chattle wrongfully taken or detained. Originally, it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful distress, but it may generally now be brought in all cases of wrongful taking or detention.
Replevisable Dictionary R - adjective Repleviable.
Replevied Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Replevy.
Replevying Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Replevy.
Replevy Dictionary R - verb transitive To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied.
Replica Dictionary R - Verb & noun A copy of a work of art, as of a picture or statue, made by the maker of the original.
Replicant Dictionary R - noun One who replies.
Replicate Dictionary R - verb transitive To reply.
Replicated Dictionary R - adjective Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself; as, a replicate leaf or petal; a replicate margin of a shell.
Replication Dictionary R - noun An answer; a reply.
Replier Dictionary R - noun One who replies.
Replum Dictionary R - noun The framework of some pods, as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off.
Replied Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reply.
Replying Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reply.
Reply Dictionary R - intransitive verb To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.
Replies Dictionary R - pleural of Reply.
Replyer Dictionary R - noun See Replier.
Repolish Dictionary R - verb transitive To polish again.
Repone Dictionary R - verb transitive To replace.
Repopulation Dictionary R - noun The act of repeopling; act of furnishing with a population anew.
Reported Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Report.
Report Dictionary R - verb transitive To refer.
Reportable Dictionary R - adjective Capable or admitting of being reported.
Reportage Dictionary R - noun SAme as Report.
Reporter Dictionary R - noun One who reports.
Reportingly Dictionary R - adverb By report or common fame.
Reportorial Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to a reporter or reporters; as, the reportorial staff of a newspaper.
Reposal Dictionary R - noun The act or state of reposing; as, the reposal of a trust.
Reposance Dictionary R - noun Reliance.
Reposed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Repose.
Reposing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Repose.
Repose Dictionary R - verb To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.
Reposeful Dictionary R - adjective Full of repose; quiet.
Reposer Dictionary R - noun One who reposes.
Reposited Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reposit.
Repositing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reposit.
Reposit Dictionary R - verb transitive To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store.
Reposition Dictionary R - noun The act of repositing; a laying up.
Repositor Dictionary R - noun An instrument employed for replacing a displaced organ or part.
Repository Dictionary R - noun A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository.
Repossess Dictionary R - verb transitive To possess again; as, to repossess the land.
Repossession Dictionary R - noun The act or the state of possessing again.
Reposure Dictionary R - noun Rest; quiet.
Repour Dictionary R - verb transitive To pour again.
Repousse Dictionary R - adjective Formed in relief, as a pattern on metal.
Reprefe Dictionary R - noun Reproof.
Reprehended Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reprehend.
Reprehending Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reprehend.
Reprehend Dictionary R - verb transitive To reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking, or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove of; to chide; to blame; to censure.
Reprehender Dictionary R - noun One who reprehends.
Reprehensible Dictionary R - adjective Worthy of reprehension; culpable; censurable; blamable.
Reprehension Dictionary R - noun Reproof; censure; blame; disapproval.
Reprehensive Dictionary R - adjective Containing reprehension; conveying reproof.
Reprehensory Dictionary R - adjective Containing reproof; reprehensive; as, reprehensory complaint.
Re-present Dictionary R - verb transitive To present again; as, to re-present the points of an argument.
Represent Dictionary R - verb transitive To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
Representable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being represented.
Representance Dictionary R - noun Representation; likeness.
Representant Dictionary R - adjective Appearing or acting for another; representing.
Representation Dictionary R - noun The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.
Re-presentation Dictionary R - noun The act of re-presenting, or the state of being presented again; a new presentation; as, re-presentation of facts previously stated.
Representationary Dictionary R - adjective Implying representation; representative.
Representative Dictionary R - adjective Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
Representatively Dictionary R - adverb In a representative manner; vicariously.
Representativeness Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being representative.
Representer Dictionary R - noun One who shows, exhibits, or describes.
Representment Dictionary R - noun Representation.
Repress Dictionary R - verb transitive To press again.
Represser Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, represses.
Repressible Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being repressed.
Repression Dictionary R - noun The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.
Repressive Dictionary R - adjective Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures.
Reprevable Dictionary R - adjective Reprovable.
Repreve Dictionary R - verb transitive To reprove.
Repriefe Dictionary R - noun Repreve.
Reprieval Dictionary R - noun Reprieve.
Reprieved Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reprieve.
Reprieving Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reprieve.
Reprieve Dictionary R - verb transitive To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days.
Reprimand Dictionary R - noun Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.
Reprimanded Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reprimand.
Reprimanding Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reprimand.
Reprimander Dictionary R - noun One who reprimands.
Reprimer Dictionary R - noun A machine or implement for applying fresh primers to spent cartridge shells, so that the shells be used again.
Reprint Dictionary R - verb transitive To print again; to print a second or a new edition of.
Reprinter Dictionary R - noun One who reprints.
Reprisal Dictionary R - noun The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity.
Reprise Dictionary R - noun A taking by way of retaliation.
Repristinate Dictionary R - verb transitive To restore to an original state.
Repristination Dictionary R - noun Restoration to an original state; renewal of purity.
Reprive Dictionary R - verb transitive To take back or away.
Reprize Dictionary R - verb transitive See Reprise.
Reprizes Dictionary R - noun plural See Reprise, n., 2.
Reproached Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reproach.
Reproaching Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reproach.
Reproach Dictionary R - verb transitive To come back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon; to disgrace.
Reproachablr Dictionary R - adjective Deserving reproach; censurable.
Reproacher Dictionary R - noun One who reproaches.
Reproachful Dictionary R - adjective Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive.
Reproachless Dictionary R - adjective Being without reproach.
Reprobacy Dictionary R - noun Reprobation.
Reprobance Dictionary R - noun Reprobation.
Reprobate Dictionary R - adjective Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.
Reprobated Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reprobate.
Reprobating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reprobate.
Reprobateness Dictionary R - noun The state of being reprobate.
Reprobater Dictionary R - noun One who reprobates.
Reprobation Dictionary R - noun The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval or censure.
Reprobationer Dictionary R - noun One who believes in reprobation. See Reprobation, 2.
Reprobative Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to reprobation; expressing reprobation.
Reprobatory Dictionary R - adjective Reprobative.
Reproduce Dictionary R - verb transitive To produce again.
Reproducer Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, reproduces.
Reproduction Dictionary R - noun The act or process of reproducing; the state of being reproduced.
Reproductive Dictionary R - adjective Tending, or pertaining, to reproduction; employed in reproduction.
Reproductory Dictionary R - adjective Reproductive.
Reproof Dictionary R - noun Refutation; confutation; contradiction.
Reprovable Dictionary R - adjective Worthy of reproof or censure.
Re proval Dictionary R - noun Reproof.
Reproved Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reprove.
Reproving Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reprove.
Reprove Dictionary R - verb transitive To convince.
Reprover Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, reproves.
Reprovingly Dictionary R - adverb In a reproving manner.
Reprune Dictionary R - verb transitive To prune again or anew.
Rep-silver Dictionary R - noun Money anciently paid by servile tenants to their lord, in lieu of the customary service of reaping his corn or grain.
Reptant Dictionary R - adjective Same as Repent.
Reptantia Dictionary R - noun plural A division of gastropods; the Pectinibranchiata.
Reptation Dictionary R - noun The act of creeping.
Reptatory Dictionary R - adjective Creeping.
Reptile Dictionary R - adjective Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
Reptilia Dictionary R - noun plural A class of air-breathing oviparous vertebrates, usually covered with scales or bony plates. The heart generally has two auricles and one ventricle. The development of the young is the same as that of birds.
Reptilian Dictionary R - adjective Belonging to the reptiles.
Republic Dictionary R - adjective Common weal.
Republican Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to a republic.
Republicanism Dictionary R - noun A republican form or system of government; the principles or theory of republican government.
Republicanized Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Republicanize.
Republicanizing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Republicanize.
Republicanize Dictionary R - verb transitive To change, as a state, into a republic; to republican principles; as, France was republicanized; to republicanize the rising generation.
Republicate Dictionary R - verb transitive To make public again; to republish.
Republication Dictionary R - noun A second publication, or a new publication of something before published, as of a former will, of a volume already published, or the like; specifically, the publication in one country of a work first issued in another; a reprint.
Republished Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Republish.
Republishing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Republish.
Republish Dictionary R - verb transitive To publish anew; specifically, to publish in one country (a work first published in another); also, to revive (a will) by re/xecution or codicil.
Republisher Dictionary R - noun One who republishes.
Repudiable Dictionary R - adjective Admitting of repudiation; fit or proper to be put away.
Repudiated Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Repudiate.
Repudiating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Repudiate.
Repudiate Dictionary R - verb transitive To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.
Repudiation Dictionary R - noun The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.
Repudiator Dictionary R - noun One who repudiates.
Repugn Dictionary R - verb transitive To fight against; to oppose; to resist.
Repugnable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being repugned or resisted.
Repugnance Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Repugnancy.
Repugnancy Dictionary R - noun The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities, and the like.
Repugnant Dictionary R - adjective Disposed to fight against; hostile; at war with; being at variance; contrary; inconsistent; refractory; disobedient; also, distasteful in a high degree; offensive; - usually followed by to, rarely and less properly by with; as, all rudeness was repugnant to her nature.
Repugnantly Dictionary R - adverb In a repugnant manner.
Repugnate Dictionary R - verb transitive To oppose; to fight against.
Repugner Dictionary R - noun One who repugns.
Repullulate Dictionary R - intransitive verb To bud again.
Repullulation Dictionary R - noun The act of budding again; the state of having budded again.
Repulsed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Repulse.
Repulsing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Repulse.
Repulse Dictionary R - verb transitive To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy.
Repulseless Dictionary R - adjective Not capable of being repulsed.
Repulser Dictionary R - noun One who repulses, or drives back.
Repulsion Dictionary R - noun The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled.
Repulsive Dictionary R - adjective Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force.
Repulsory Dictionary R - adjective Repulsive; driving back.
Repurchase Dictionary R - verb transitive To buy back or again; to regain by purchase.
Repurify Dictionary R - verb transitive To purify again.
Reputable Dictionary R - adjective Having, or worthy of, good repute; held in esteem; honorable; praiseworthy; as, a reputable man or character; reputable conduct.
Reputation Dictionary R - verb transitive The estimation in which one is held; character in public opinion; the character attributed to a person, thing, or action; repute.
Reputatively Dictionary R - adverb By repute.
Reputed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Repute.
Reputing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Repute.
Repute Dictionary R - verb transitive To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon.
Reputedly Dictionary R - adverb In common opinion or estimation; by repute.
Reputeless Dictionary R - adjective Not having good repute; disreputable; disgraceful; inglorius.
Requere Dictionary R - verb transitive To require.
Request Dictionary R - noun The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.
Requested Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Request.
Requesting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Request.
Requester Dictionary R - noun One who requests; a petitioner.
Requicken Dictionary R - verb transitive To quicken anew; to reanimate; to give new life to.
Requiem Dictionary R - noun A mass said or sung for the repose of a departed soul.
Requietory Dictionary R - noun A sepulcher.
Requin Dictionary R - noun The man-eater, or white shark (Carcharodon carcharias); - so called on account of its causing requiems to be sung.
Requirable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being required; proper to be required.
Required Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Require.
Requiring Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Require.
Require Dictionary R - verb transitive To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.
Requirement Dictionary R - noun The act of requiring; demand; requisition.
Requirer Dictionary R - noun One who requires.
Requisite Dictionary R - noun That which is required, or is necessary; something indispensable.
Requisition Dictionary R - noun The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority.
Requisitionist Dictionary R - noun One who makes or signs a requisition.
Requisitive Dictionary R - adjective Expressing or implying demand.
Requisitor Dictionary R - noun One who makes reqisition; esp., one authorized by a requisition to investigate facts.
Requisitory Dictionary R - adjective Sought for; demanded.
Requitable Dictionary R - adjective That may be requited.
Requital Dictionary R - noun The act of requiting; also, that which requites; return, good or bad, for anything done; in a good sense, compensation; recompense; as, the requital of services; in a bad sense, retaliation, or punishment; as, the requital of evil deeds.
Requited Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Requite.
Requiting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Requite.
Requite Dictionary R - verb transitive To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to punish.
Requitement Dictionary R - noun Requital.
Requiter Dictionary R - noun One who requites.
Rerebrace Dictionary R - noun Armor for the upper part of the arm.
Reredemain Dictionary R - noun A backward stroke.
Reredos Dictionary R - noun A screen or partition wall behind an altar.
Rerefief Dictionary R - noun A fief held of a superior feudatory; a fief held by an under tenant.
Rereign Dictionary R - intransitive verb To reign again.
Re-reiterate Dictionary R - verb transitive To reiterate many times.
Re-resolve Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To resolve again.
Rereward Dictionary R - noun The rear guard of an army.
Res Dictionary R - pleural of Res.
Resail Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To sail again; also, to sail back, as to a former port.
Resale Dictionary R - noun A sale at second hand, or at retail; also, a second sale.
Resalgar Dictionary R - noun Realgar.
Resalute Dictionary R - verb transitive To salute again.
Resaw Dictionary R - verb transitive To saw again; specifically, to saw a balk, or a timber, which has already been squared, into dimension lumber, as joists, boards, etc.
Rescat Dictionary R - verb transitive To ransom; to release; to rescue.
Rescinded Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rescind.
Rescinding Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rescind.
Rescind Dictionary R - verb transitive To cut off; to abrogate; to annul.
Rescindable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being rescinded.
Rescindment Dictionary R - noun The act of rescinding; rescission.
Rescission Dictionary R - noun The act of rescinding, abrogating, annulling, or vacating; as, the rescission of a law, decree, or judgment.
Rescissory Dictionary R - adjective Tending to rescind; rescinding.
Rescous Dictionary R - noun Rescue; deliverance.
Rescowe Dictionary R - verb transitive To rescue.
Rescribe Dictionary R - verb transitive To write back; to write in reply.
Rescript Dictionary R - verb transitive The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree.
Rescription Dictionary R - noun A writing back; the answering of a letter.
Rescriptive Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to, or answering the purpose of, a rescript; hence, deciding; settling; determining.
Rescriptively Dictionary R - adverb By rescript.
Rescuable Dictionary R - adjective That may be rescued.
Rescued Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rescue.
Rescuing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rescue.
Rescue Dictionary R - verb transitive To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction.
Rescueless Dictionary R - adjective Without rescue or release.
Rescuer Dictionary R - noun One who rescues.
Rescussee Dictionary R - noun The party in whose favor a rescue is made.
Rescussor Dictionary R - noun One who makes an unlawful rescue; a rescuer.
Rese Dictionary R - intransitive verb To shake; to quake; to tremble.
Re-search Dictionary R - verb transitive To search again; to examine anew.
Research Dictionary R - noun Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom.
Researcher Dictionary R - noun One who researches.
Researchful Dictionary R - adjective Making researches; inquisitive.
Reseat Dictionary R - verb transitive To seat or set again, as on a chair, throne, etc.
Resected Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Resect.
Resecting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Resect.
Resect Dictionary R - verb transitive To cut or pare off; to remove by cutting.
Resection Dictionary R - noun The act of cutting or paring off.
Reseda Dictionary R - noun A genus of plants, the type of which is mignonette.
Reseek Dictionary R - verb transitive To seek again.
Reseize Dictionary R - verb transitive To seize again, or a second time.
Reseizer Dictionary R - noun One who seizes again.
Reseizure Dictionary R - noun A second seizure; the act of seizing again.
Resell Dictionary R - verb transitive To sell again; to sell what has been bought or sold; to retail.
Resemblable Dictionary R - adjective Admitting of being compared; like.
Resemblance Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity.
Resemblant Dictionary R - adjective Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling.
Resembled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Resemble.
Resembling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Resemble.
Resemble Dictionary R - verb transitive To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other.
Resembler Dictionary R - noun One who resembles.
Resemblingly Dictionary R - adverb So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
Reseminate Dictionary R - verb transitive To produce again by means of seed.
Resend Dictionary R - verb transitive To send again; as, to resend a message.
Resented Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Resent.
Resenting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Resent.
Resent Dictionary R - verb transitive To be sensible of; to feel.
Resenter Dictionary R - noun One who resents.
Resentful Dictionary R - adjective Inclined to resent; easily provoked to anger; irritable.
Resentiment Dictionary R - noun Resentment.
Resentingly Dictionary R - adverb With deep sense or strong perception.
Resentive Dictionary R - adjective Resentful.
Resentment Dictionary R - noun The act of resenting.
Reserate Dictionary R - verb transitive To unlock; to open.
Reservance Dictionary R - noun Reservation.
Reservation Dictionary R - noun The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve.
Reservative Dictionary R - adjective Tending to reserve or keep; keeping; reserving.
Reservatory Dictionary R - verb transitive A place in which things are reserved or kept.
Reserved Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reserve.
Reserving Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reserve.
Reserve Dictionary R - verb transitive To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.
Reservee Dictionary R - noun One to, or for, whom anything is reserved; - contrasted with reservor.
Reserver Dictionary R - noun One who reserves.
Reservist Dictionary R - noun A member of a reserve force of soldiers or militia.
Reservoir Dictionary R - noun A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts, or to drive a mill wheel, or the like.
Reservor Dictionary R - noun One who reserves; a reserver.
Reset Dictionary R - verb transitive To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond.
Resetter Dictionary R - noun One who receives or conceals, as stolen goods or criminal.
Resettle Dictionary R - verb transitive To settle again.
Resettlement Dictionary R - noun Act of settling again, or state of being settled again; as, the resettlement of lees.
Reshape Dictionary R - verb transitive To shape again.
Reship Dictionary R - verb transitive To ship again; to put on board of a vessel a second time; to send on a second voyage; as, to reship bonded merchandise.
Reshipment Dictionary R - noun The act of reshipping; also, that which is reshippped.
Reshipper Dictionary R - noun One who reships.
Resiance Dictionary R - noun Residence; abode.
Resiant Dictionary R - adjective Resident; present in a place.
Resided Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reside.
Residing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reside.
Reside Dictionary R - intransitive verb To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have one's domicile of home; to remain for a long time.
Residence Dictionary R - noun The act or fact of residing, abiding, or dwelling in a place for some continuance of time; as, the residence of an American in France or Italy for a year.
Residency Dictionary R - noun Residence.
Resident Dictionary R - adjective Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate; - opposed to nonresident; as, resident in the city or in the country.
Residenter Dictionary R - noun A resident.
Residential Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to a residence or residents; as, residential trade.
Residentiary Dictionary R - adjective Having residence; as, a canon residentary; a residentiary guardian.
Residentiaryship Dictionary R - noun The office or condition of a residentiary.
Residentship Dictionary R - noun The office or condition of a resident.
Resider Dictionary R - noun One who resides in a place.
Residual Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to a residue; remaining after a part is taken.
Residuary Dictionary R - adjective Consisting of residue; as, residuary matter; pertaining to the residue, or part remaining; as, the residuary advantage of an estate.
Residue Dictionary R - noun That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.
Residuous Dictionary R - adjective Remaining; residual.
Residuum Dictionary R - noun That which is left after any process of separation or purification; that which remains after certain specified deductions are made; residue.
Resiege Dictionary R - verb transitive To seat again; to reinstate.
Re-sign Dictionary R - verb transitive To affix one's signature to, a second time; to sign again.
Resigned Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Resign.
Resigning Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Resign.
Resign Dictionary R - verb transitive To sign back; to return by a formal act; to yield to another; to surrender; - said especially of office or emolument. Hence, to give up; to yield; to submit; - said of the wishes or will, or of something valued; - also often used reflexively.
Re sign Dictionary R - noun Resignation.
Resignation Dictionary R - noun The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission.
Resignedly Dictionary R - adverb With submission.
Resignee Dictionary R - noun One to whom anything is resigned, or in whose favor a resignation is made.
Resigner Dictionary R - noun One who resigns.
Resignment Dictionary R - noun The act of resigning.
Resiled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Resile.
Resiling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Resile.
Resile Dictionary R - intransitive verb To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
Resilience Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Resiliency.
Resiliency Dictionary R - noun The act of resiling, springing back, or rebounding; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound.
Resilient Dictionary R - adjective Leaping back; rebounding; recoiling.
Resilition Dictionary R - noun Resilience.
Resin Dictionary R - noun Any one of a class of yellowish brown solid inflammable substances, of vegetable origin, which are nonconductors of electricity, have a vitreous fracture, and are soluble in ether, alcohol, and essential oils, but not in water; specif., pine resin (see Rosin).
Resinaceous Dictionary R - adjective Having the quality of resin; resinous.
Resinate Dictionary R - noun Any one of the salts the resinic acids.
Resinic Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to, or obtained from, resin; as, the resinic acids.
Resiniferous Dictionary R - adjective Yielding resin; as, a resiniferous tree or vessel.
Resiniform Dictionary R - adjective Having the form of resin.
Resino-electric Dictionary R - adjective Containing or exhibiting resinous electricity.
Resinoid Dictionary R - adjective Somewhat like resin.
Resinous Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to resin; of the nature of resin; resembling or obtained from resin.
Resinously Dictionary R - adverb By means, or in the manner, of resin.
Resinousness Dictionary R - noun The quality of being resinous.
Resiny Dictionary R - adjective Like resin; resinous.
Resipiscence Dictionary R - noun Wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance.
Resisted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Resist.
Resisting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Resist.
Resist Dictionary R - verb transitive To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.
Resistance Dictionary R - noun The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.
Resistant Dictionary R - adjective Making resistance; resisting.
Resister Dictionary R - noun One who resists.
Resistful Dictionary R - adjective Making much resistance.
Resistibility Dictionary R - n.. The quality of being resistible; resistibleness.
Resistible Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being resisted; as, a resistible force.
Resistive Dictionary R - adjective Serving to resist.
Resistless Dictionary R - adjective Having no power to resist; making no opposition.
Resoluble Dictionary R - adjective Admitting of being resolved; resolvable; as, bodies resoluble by fire.
Resolute Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive Having a decided purpose; determined; resolved; fixed in a determination; hence, bold; firm; steady.
Resolutely Dictionary R - adverb In a resolute manner; with fixed purpose; boldly; firmly; steadily; with perseverance.
Resoluteness Dictionary R - noun The quality of being resolute.
Resolution Dictionary R - noun The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of analyzing a complex notion, or solving a vexed question or difficult problem.
Resolutioner Dictionary R - noun One who makes a resolution; one who joins with others in a declaration or resolution; specifically, one of a party in the Scottish Church in the 17th century.
Resolutionist Dictionary R - noun One who makes a resolution.
Resolutive Dictionary R - adjective Serving to dissolve or relax.
Resolutory Dictionary R - adjective Resolutive.
Resolvability Dictionary R - noun The quality or condition of being resolvable; resolvableness.
Resolvable Dictionary R - adjective Admitting of being resolved; admitting separation into constituent parts, or reduction to first principles; admitting solution or explanation; as, resolvable compounds; resolvable ideas or difficulties.
Resolvableness Dictionary R - noun The quality of being resolvable; resolvability.
Resolved Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Resolve.
Resolving Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Resolve.
Resolve Dictionary R - intransitive verb To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; - said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.
Resolvedly Dictionary R - adverb So as to resolve or clear up difficulties; clearly.
Resolvedness Dictionary R - noun Fixedness of purpose; firmness; resolution.
Resolvent Dictionary R - adjective Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.
Resolver Dictionary R - noun That which decomposes, or dissolves.
Resonance Dictionary R - noun The act of resounding; the quality or state of being resonant.
Resonancy Dictionary R - noun Resonance.
Resonant Dictionary R - adjective Returning, or capable of returning, sound; fitted to resound; resounding; echoing back.
Resonantly Dictionary R - adverb In a resonant manner.
Resonator Dictionary R - noun Anything which resounds; specifically, a vessel in the form of a cylinder open at one end, or a hollow ball of brass with two apertures, so contrived as to greatly intensify a musical tone by its resonance. It is used for the study and analysis of complex sounds.
Resorb Dictionary R - verb transitive To swallow up.
Resorbent Dictionary R - adjective Swallowing up.
Resorcin Dictionary R - noun A colorless crystalline substance of the phenol series, obtained by melting certain resins, as galbanum, asafetida, etc., with caustic potash. It is also produced artificially and used in making certain dyestuffs, as phthalein, fluorescein, and eosin.
Resorcylic Dictionary R - adjective Of, or pertaining to, or producing, resorcin; as, resorcylic acid.
Resorption Dictionary R - noun The act of resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again; reabsorption.
Resort Dictionary R - noun Active power or movement; spring.
Resorted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Resort.
Resorting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Resort.
Resorter Dictionary R - noun One who resorts; a frequenter.
Resoun Dictionary R - noun Reason.
Re-sound Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To sound again or anew.
Resounded Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Resound.
Resounding Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Resound.
Resound Dictionary R - intransitive verb To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far.
Resource Dictionary R - noun That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient.
Resourceful Dictionary R - adjective Full of resources.
Resourceless Dictionary R - adjective Destitute of resources.
Resow Dictionary R - verb transitive To sow again.
Resown Dictionary R - verb To resound.
Respeak Dictionary R - verb transitive To speak or utter again.
Respected Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Respect.
Respecting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Respect.
Respect Dictionary R - verb transitive To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed.
Respectability Dictionary R - noun The state or quality of being respectable; the state or quality which deserves or commands respect.
Respectable Dictionary R - adjective Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen.
Respectant Dictionary R - adjective Placed so as to face one another; - said of animals.
Respecter Dictionary R - noun One who respects.
Respectful Dictionary R - adjective Marked or characterized by respect; as, respectful deportment.
Respection Dictionary R - noun The act of respecting; respect; regard.
Respective Dictionary R - adjective Noticing with attention; hence, careful; wary; considerate.
Respectively Dictionary R - adverb As relating to each; particularly; as each belongs to each; as each refers to each in order; as, let each man respectively perform his duty.
Respectless Dictionary R - adjective Having no respect; without regard; regardless.
Respectuous Dictionary R - adjective Respectful; as, a respectuous silence.
Respell Dictionary R - verb transitive To spell again.
Resperse Dictionary R - verb transitive To sprinkle; to scatter.
Respersion Dictionary R - noun The act of sprinkling or scattering.
Respirability Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being respirable; respirableness.
Respirable Dictionary R - adjective Suitable for being breathed; adapted for respiration.
Respiration Dictionary R - noun The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath.
Respirational Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to respiration; as, respirational difficulties.
Respirative Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to respiration; as, respirative organs.
Respirator Dictionary R - noun A divice of gauze or wire, covering the mouth or nose, to prevent the inhalation of noxious substances, as dust or smoke. Being warmed by the breath, it tempers cold air passing through it, and may also be used for the inhalation of medicated vapors.
Respiratory Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to respiration; serving for respiration; as, the respiratory organs; respiratory nerves; the respiratory function; respiratory changes.
Respired Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Respire.
Respiring Dictionary R - past particle & vvb. noun of Respire.
Respire Dictionary R - intransitive verb To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.
Respite Dictionary R - noun A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.
Respited Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Respite.
Respiting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Respite.
Respiteless Dictionary R - adjective Without respite.
Resplendence Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Resplendency.
Resplendency Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being resplendent; brilliant luster; vivid brightness; splendor.
Resplendent Dictionary R - adjective Shining with brilliant luster; very bright.
Resplendishant Dictionary R - adjective Resplendent; brilliant.
Resplendishing Dictionary R - adjective Resplendent.
Resplit Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To split again.
Responded Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Respond.
Responding Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Respond.
Respond Dictionary R - intransitive verb To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.
Respondence Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Respondency.
Respondency Dictionary R - noun The act of responding; the state of being respondent; an answering.
Respondent Dictionary R - adjective Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.
Respondentia Dictionary R - noun A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs from bottomry, which is a loan on the ship itself.
Responsal Dictionary R - adjective Answerable.
Response Dictionary R - noun The act of responding.
Responseless Dictionary R - adjective Giving no response.
Responsibility Dictionary R - noun The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation.
Responsible Dictionary R - adjective Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office.
Responsion Dictionary R - noun The act of answering.
Responsive Dictionary R - adjective That responds; ready or inclined to respond.
Responsorial Dictionary R - adjective Responsory; antiphonal.
Responsory Dictionary R - adjective Containing or making answer; answering.
Rest Dictionary R - verb transitive To arrest.
Rested Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rest.
Resting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rest.
Restagnant Dictionary R - adjective Stagnant; motionless.
Restagnate Dictionary R - intransitive verb To stagnate; to cease to flow.
Restagnation Dictionary R - noun Stagnation.
Restant Dictionary R - adjective Persistent.
Restate Dictionary R - verb transitive To state anew.
Restaurant Dictionary R - noun An eating house.
Restaurate Dictionary R - verb transitive To restore.
Restaurateur Dictionary R - noun The keeper of an eathing house or a restaurant.
Restauration Dictionary R - noun Restoration.
Restem Dictionary R - verb transitive To force back against the current; as, to restem their backward course.
Restful Dictionary R - adjective Being at rest; quiet.
Rest-harrow Dictionary R - noun A European leguminous plant (Ononis arvensis) with long, tough roots.
Restiff Dictionary R - adjective Restive.
Restiffness Dictionary R - noun Restiveness.
Restiform Dictionary R - adjective Formed like a rope; - applied especially to several ropelike bundles or masses of fibers on the dorsal side of the medulla oblongata.
Restily Dictionary R - adverb In a resty manner.
Restinction Dictionary R - noun Act of quenching or extingishing.
Restiness Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being resty; sluggishness.
Restinguish Dictionary R - verb transitive To quench or extinguish.
Restitute Dictionary R - verb transitive To restore to a former state.
Restitution Dictionary R - verb The act of restoring anything to its rightful owner, or of making good, or of giving an equivalent for any loss, damage, or injury; indemnification.
Restitutor Dictionary R - noun One who makes restitution.
Restive Dictionary R - adjective Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back.
Restless Dictionary R - adjective Never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child.
Restorable Dictionary R - adjective Admitting of being restored; capable of being reclaimed; as, restorable land.
Restoral Dictionary R - noun Restoration.
Restoration Dictionary R - noun The act of restoring or bringing back to a former place, station, or condition; the fact of being restored; renewal; reestablishment; as, the restoration of friendship between enemies; the restoration of peace after war.
Restorationer Dictionary R - noun A Restorationist.
Restorationism Dictionary R - noun The belief or doctrines of the Restorationists.
Restorationist Dictionary R - noun One who believes in a temporary future punishment and a final restoration of all to the favor and presence of God; a Universalist.
Restorative Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to restoration; having power to restore.
Restoratively Dictionary R - adverb In a restorative manner.
Restorator Dictionary R - noun A restaurateur.
Restoratory Dictionary R - adjective Restorative.
Re-store Dictionary R - verb transitive To store again; as, the goods taken out were re-stored.
Restored Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Restore.
Restoring Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Restore.
Restore Dictionary R - verb transitive To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover.
Restorement Dictionary R - noun Restoration.
Restorer Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, restores.
Restrained Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Restrain.
Restraining Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Restrain.
Restrain Dictionary R - verb transitive To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb.
Restrainable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being restrained; controllable.
Restrainedly Dictionary R - adverb With restraint.
Restrainer Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, restrains.
Restrainment Dictionary R - noun The act of restraining.
Restraint Dictionary R - noun The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental.
Restrengthen Dictionary R - verb transitive To strengthen again; to fortify anew.
Restrict Dictionary R - adjective Restricted.
Restricted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Restrict.
Restricting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Restrict.
Restriction Dictionary R - noun The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or bounds.
Restrictionary Dictionary R - adjective Restrictive.
Restrictive Dictionary R - adjective Serving or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws of trade.
Restringed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Restringe.
Restringing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Restringe.
Restringe Dictionary R - verb transitive To confine; to contract; to stringe.
Restringency Dictionary R - noun Quality or state of being restringent; astringency.
Restringent Dictionary R - adjective Restringing; astringent; styptic.
Restrive Dictionary R - intransitive verb To strive anew.
Resty Dictionary R - adjective Disposed to rest; indisposed toexercton; sluggish; also, restive.
Resubjection Dictionary R - noun A second subjection.
Resublime Dictionary R - verb transitive To sublime again.
Resudation Dictionary R - noun Act of sweating again.
Resulted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Result.
Resulting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Result.
Result Dictionary R - intransitive verb To leap back; to rebound.
Resultance Dictionary R - noun The act of resulting; that which results; a result.
Resultant Dictionary R - adjective Resulting or issuing from a combination; existing or following as a result or consequence.
Resultate Dictionary R - noun A result.
Resultful Dictionary R - adjective HAving results or effects.
Resultive Dictionary R - adjective Resultant.
Resultless Dictionary R - adjective Being without result; as, resultless investigations.
Resumable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of, or admitting of, being resumed.
Resume Dictionary R - noun A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation.
Resumed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Resume.
Resuming Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Resume.
Resummon Dictionary R - verb transitive To summon again.
Resummons Dictionary R - noun A second summons.
Resumption Dictionary R - noun The act of resuming; as, the resumption of a grant, of delegated powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc.
Resumptive Dictionary R - adjective Taking back; resuming, or tending toward resumption; as, resumptive measures.
Resupinate Dictionary R - adjective Inverted in position; appearing to be upside down or reversed, as the flowers of the orchis and the leaves of some plants.
Resupinated Dictionary R - adjective Resupinate.
Resupination Dictionary R - noun The state of luing on the back; the state of being resupinate, or reversed.
Resupine Dictionary R - adjective Lying on the back; supine; hence, careless.
Resupply Dictionary R - verb transitive To supply again.
Resurgence Dictionary R - noun The act of rising again; resurrection.
Resurgent Dictionary R - adjective Rising again, as from the dead.
Resurrect Dictionary R - verb transitive To take from the grave; to disinter.
Resurrection Dictionary R - noun A rising again; the resumption of vigor.
Resurrectionist Dictionary R - noun One who steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection.
Resurrectionize Dictionary R - verb transitive To raise from the dead.
Resurvey Dictionary R - verb transitive To survey again or anew; to review.
Resuscitable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of resuscitation; as, resuscitable plants.
Resuscitant Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which resuscitates. Also used adjectively.
Resuscitate Dictionary R - adjective Restored to life.
Resuscitated Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Resuscitate.
Resuscitating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Resuscitate.
Resuscitation Dictionary R - noun The act of resuscitating, or state of being resuscitated.
Resuscitative Dictionary R - adjective Tending to resuscitate; reviving; revivifying.
Resuscitator Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, resuscitates.
Ret Dictionary R - verb transitive See Aret.
Retable Dictionary R - noun A shelf behind the altar, for display of lights, vases of wlowers, etc.
Retail Dictionary R - verb The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; - opposed to wholesale; sometimes, the sale of commodities at second hand.
Retailed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Retail.
Retailing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Retail.
Retailer Dictionary R - noun One who retails anything; as, a retailer of merchandise; a retailer of gossip.
Retailment Dictionary R - noun The act of retailing.
Retained Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Retain.
Retaining Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Retain.
Retain Dictionary R - verb transitive To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like.
Retainable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being retained.
Retainal Dictionary R - noun The act of retaining; retention.
Retainer Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, retains.
Retainment Dictionary R - noun The act of retaining; retention.
Retake Dictionary R - verb transitive To take or receive again.
Retaker Dictionary R - noun One who takes again what has been taken; a recaptor.
Retaliated Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Retaliate.
Retaliating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Retaliate.
Retaliate Dictionary R - verb transitive To return the like for; to repay or requite by an act of the same kind; to return evil for (evil). Now seldom used except in a bad sense..
Retaliation Dictionary R - noun The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
Retaliative Dictionary R - adjective Same as Retaliatory.
Retaliatory Dictionary R - adjective Tending to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; as retaliatory measures.
Retarded Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Retard.
Retarding Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Retard.
Retard Dictionary R - verb transitive To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progress; to render more slow in progress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; - opposed to accelerate.
Retardation Dictionary R - noun The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; - opposed to acceleration.
Retardative Dictionary R - adjective Tending, or serving, to retard.
Retarder Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, retards.
Retardment Dictionary R - noun The act of retarding; retardation.
Retched Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Retch.
Retching Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Retch.
Retch Dictionary R - intransitive verb To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
Retchless Dictionary R - adjective Careless; reckless.
Rete Dictionary R - noun A net or network; a plexus; particularly, a network of blood vessels or nerves, or a part resembling a network.
Retecious Dictionary R - adjective Resembling network; retiform.
Retection Dictionary R - noun Act of disclosing or uncovering something concealed.
Retell Dictionary R - verb transitive To tell again.
Retene Dictionary R - noun A white crystalline hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene. It is extracted from pine tar, and is also found in certain fossil resins.
Retent Dictionary R - noun That which is retained.
Retention Dictionary R - noun The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined.
Retentive Dictionary R - adjective Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.
Retentively Dictionary R - adverb In a retentive manner.
Retentiveness Dictionary R - noun The quality of being retentive.
Retentivity Dictionary R - noun The power of retaining; retentive force; as, the retentivity of a magnet.
Retentor Dictionary R - noun A muscle which serves to retain an organ or part in place, esp. when retracted. See Illust. of Phylactolemata.
Retepore Dictionary R - noun Any one of several species of bryozoans of the genus Retepora. They form delicate calcareous corals, usually composed of thin fenestrated fronds.
Retex Dictionary R - verb transitive To annual, as orders.
Retexture Dictionary R - noun The act of weaving or forming again.
Rethor Dictionary R - noun A rhetorician; a careful writer.
Rethoryke Dictionary R - noun Rhetoric.
Retiarius Dictionary R - noun A gladiator armed with a net for entangling his adversary and a trident for despatching him.
Retiary Dictionary R - noun Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.
Reticence Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; refraining to speak of that which is suggested; uncommunicativeness.
Reticency Dictionary R - noun Reticence.
Reticent Dictionary R - adjective Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.
Reticle Dictionary R - noun A small net.
Reticular Dictionary R - adjective Having the form of a net, or of network; formed with interstices; retiform; as, reticular cartilage; a reticular leaf.
Reticularia Dictionary R - noun plural An extensive division of rhizopods in which the pseudopodia are more or less slender and coalesce at certain points, forming irregular meshes. It includes the shelled Foraminifera, together with some groups which lack a true shell.
Reticularian Dictionary R - noun One of the Reticularia.
Reticularly Dictionary R - adverb In a reticular manner.
Reticulate Dictionary R - adjective Alt. of Reticulated.
Reticulated Dictionary R - adjective Resembling network; having the form or appearance of a net; netted; as, a reticulated structure.
Reticulation Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being reticulated, or netlike; that which is reticulated; network; an organization resembling a net.
Reticule Dictionary R - n.. A little bag, originally of network; a woman's workbag, or a little bag to be carried in the hand.
Reticulosa Dictionary R - noun plural Same as Reticularia.
Reticulose Dictionary R - adjective Forming a network; characterized by a reticulated sructure.
Reticula Dictionary R - pleural of Reticulum.
Reticulum Dictionary R - noun The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; - also called the honeycomb stomach.
Retiform Dictionary R - adjective Composed of crossing lines and interstices; reticular; netlike; as, the retiform coat of the eye.
Retina Dictionary R - noun The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See Eye.
Retinacula Dictionary R - pleural of Retinaculum.
Retinaculum Dictionary R - noun A connecting band; a fraenum; as, the retinacula of the ileocaecal and ileocolic valves.
Retinal Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the retina.
Retinalite Dictionary R - noun A translucent variety of serpentine, of a honey yellow or greenish yellow color, having a waxy resinlike luster.
Retinasphalt Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Retinasphaltum.
Retinasphaltum Dictionary R - noun Retinite.
Retinerved Dictionary R - adjective Having reticulated veins.
Retinea Dictionary R - pleural of Retineum.
Retineum Dictionary R - noun That part of the eye of an invertebrate which corresponds in function with the retina of a vertebrate.
Retinic Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to resin; derived from resin; specifically, designating an acid found in certain fossil resins and hydrocarbons.
Retinite Dictionary R - noun An inflammable mineral resin, usually of a yellowish brown color, found in roundish masses, sometimes with coal.
Retinitis Dictionary R - noun Inflammation of the retina.
Retinoid Dictionary R - adjective Resinlike, or resinform; resembling a resin without being such.
Retinol Dictionary R - noun A hydrocarbon oil obtained by the distillation of resin, - used in printer's ink.
Retiniphorae Dictionary R - pleural of Retinophora.
Retinophora Dictionary R - noun One of group of two to four united cells which occupy the axial part of the ocelli, or ommatidia, of the eyes of invertebrates, and contain the terminal nerve fibrillae. See Illust. under Ommatidium.
Retinophoral Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to retinophorae.
Retinoscopy Dictionary R - noun The study of the retina of the eye by means of the ophthalmoscope.
Retinue Dictionary R - noun The body of retainers who follow a prince or other distinguished person; a train of attendants; a suite.
Retinulae Dictionary R - pleural of Retinula.
Retinula Dictionary R - noun One of the group of pigmented cells which surround the retinophorae of invertebrates. See Illust. under Ommatidium.
Retinulate Dictionary R - adjective Having, or characterized by, retinul/.
Retiped Dictionary R - noun A bird having small polygonal scales covering the tarsi.
Retiracy Dictionary R - noun Retirement; - mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way.
Retirade Dictionary R - noun A kind of retrenchment, as in the body of a bastion, which may be disputed inch by inch after the defenses are dismantled. It usually consists of two faces which make a reentering angle.
Retired Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Retire.
Retiring Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Retire.
Retire Dictionary R - verb transitive To withdraw; to take away; - sometimes used reflexively.
Retirement Dictionary R - noun The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer.
Retirer Dictionary R - noun One who retires.
Retistene Dictionary R - noun A white crystalline hydrocarbon produced indirectly from retene.
Retitelae Dictionary R - noun plural A group of spiders which spin irregular webs; - called also Retitelariae.
Retold Dictionary R - imp. & p. p. of Retell.
Retorsion Dictionary R - noun Same as Retortion.
Retorted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Retort.
Retorting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Retort.
Retort Dictionary R - noun To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.
Retorter Dictionary R - noun One who retorts.
Retortion Dictionary R - verb transitive Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back.
Retortive Dictionary R - adjective Containing retort.
Retoss Dictionary R - verb transitive To toss back or again.
Retouch Dictionary R - verb transitive To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an essay.
Retoucher Dictionary R - noun One who retouches.
Retrace Dictionary R - verb transitive To trace back, as a line.
Retracted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Retract.
Retracting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Retract.
Retract Dictionary R - verb transitive To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.
Retractable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being retracted; retractile.
Retractate Dictionary R - verb transitive To retract; to recant.
Retractation Dictionary R - noun The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.
Retractible Dictionary R - adjective Retractable.
Retractile Dictionary R - adjective Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile.
Retraction Dictionary R - noun The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat's claws.
Retractive Dictionary R - adjective Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction.
Retractor Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, retracts.
Retraict Dictionary R - noun Retreat.
Retrait Dictionary R - noun A portrait; a likeness.
Retransform Dictionary R - verb transitive To transform anew or back.
Retranslate Dictionary R - verb transitive To translate anew; especially, to translate back into the original language.
Retraxit Dictionary R - noun The withdrawing, or open renunciation, of a suit in court by the plaintiff, by which he forever lost his right of action.
Retread Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To tread again.
Retreat Dictionary R - noun The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable.
Retreated Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Retreat.
Retreating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Retreat.
Retreatful Dictionary R - adjective Furnishing or serving as a retreat.
Retreatment Dictionary R - noun The act of retreating; specifically, the Hegira.
Retrenched Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Retrench.
Retrenching Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Retrench.
Retrench Dictionary R - verb transitive To cut off; to pare away.
Retrenchment Dictionary R - noun The act or process of retrenching; as, the retrenchment of words in a writing.
Retrial Dictionary R - noun A secdond trial, experiment, or test; a second judicial trial, as of an accused person.
Retribute Dictionary R - verb transitive To pay back; to give in return, as payment, reward, or punishment; to requite; as, to retribute one for his kindness; to retribute just punishment to a criminal.
Retributer Dictionary R - noun One who makes retribution.
Retribution Dictionary R - noun The act of retributing; repayment.
Retributive Dictionary R - adjective Alt. of Retributory.
Retributory Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to retribution; of the nature of retribution; involving retribution or repayment; as, retributive justice; retributory comforts.
Retrievable Dictionary R - adjective That may be retrieved or recovered; admitting of retrieval.
Retrieval Dictionary R - noun The act retrieving.
Retrieved Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Retrieve.
Retrieving Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Retrieve.
Retrieve Dictionary R - verb transitive To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence.
Retrievement Dictionary R - noun Retrieval.
Retriever Dictionary R - noun One who retrieves.
Retrim Dictionary R - verb transitive To trim again.
Retriment Dictionary R - noun Refuse; dregs.
Retro- Dictionary R - A prefix or combining form signifying backward, back; as, retroact, to act backward; retrospect, a looking back.
Retroact Dictionary R - intransitive verb To act backward, or in return; to act in opposition; to be retrospective.
Retroaction Dictionary R - noun Action returned, or action backward.
Retroactive Dictionary R - adjective Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective.
Retroactively Dictionary R - adverb In a retroactive manner.
Retrocede Dictionary R - verb transitive To cede or grant back; as, to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor.
Retrocedent Dictionary R - adjective Disposed or likely to retrocede; - said of diseases which go from one part of the body to another, as the gout.
Retrocession Dictionary R - noun The act of retroceding.
Retrochoir Dictionary R - noun Any extension of a church behind the high altar, as a chapel; also, in an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar.
Retrocopulant Dictionary R - adjective Copulating backward, or from behind.
Retrocopulation Dictionary R - noun Copulation from behind.
Retroduction Dictionary R - noun A leading or bringing back.
Retroflex Dictionary R - adjective Alt. of Retroflexed.
Retroflexed Dictionary R - adjective Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward.
Retroflexion Dictionary R - noun The act of reflexing; the state of being retroflexed. Cf. Retroversion.
Retrofract Dictionary R - adjective Alt. of Retrofracted.
Retrofracted Dictionary R - adjective Refracted; as, a retrofract stem.
Retrogenerative Dictionary R - adjective Begetting young by retrocopulation.
Retrogradation Dictionary R - noun The act of retrograding, or moving backward.
Retrograde Dictionary R - adjective Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet.
Retrograded Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Retrograde.
Retrograding Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Retrograde.
Retrogradingly Dictionary R - adverb By retrograding; so as to retrograde.
Retrogress Dictionary R - noun Retrogression.
Retrogression Dictionary R - noun The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation.
Retrogressive Dictionary R - adjective Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.
Retrogressively Dictionary R - adverb In a retrogressive manner.
Retromingency Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being retromingent.
Retromingent Dictionary R - adjective Organized so as to discharge the urine backward.
Retropulsive Dictionary R - adjective Driving back; repelling.
Retrorse Dictionary R - adjective Bent backward or downward.
Retrospect Dictionary R - intransitive verb To look backward; hence, to affect or concern what is past.
Retrospection Dictionary R - noun The act, or the faculty, of looking back on things past.
Retrospective Dictionary R - adjective Looking backward; contemplating things past; - opposed to prospective; as, a retrospective view.
Retrospectively Dictionary R - adverb By way of retrospect.
Retrousse Dictionary R - adjective Turned up; - said of a pug nose.
Retrovaccination Dictionary R - noun The inoculation of a cow with human vaccine virus.
Retroversion Dictionary R - noun A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus.
Retroverted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Retrovert.
Retroverting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Retrovert.
Retrovert Dictionary R - verb transitive To turn back.
Retruded Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Retrude.
Retruding Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Retrude.
Retrude Dictionary R - verb transitive To thrust back.
Retruse Dictionary R - adjective Abstruse.
Retrusion Dictionary R - noun The act of retruding, or the state of being retruded.
Retry Dictionary R - verb transitive To try (esp. judicially) a second time; as, to retry a case; to retry an accused person.
Rette Dictionary R - verb transitive See Aret.
Rettery Dictionary R - noun A place or establishment where flax is retted. See Ret.
Retting Dictionary R - noun The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and kindred processes; - also called rotting. See Ret.
Retund Dictionary R - verb transitive To blunt; to turn, as an edge; figuratively, to cause to be obtuse or dull; as, to retund confidence.
Re-turn Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To turn again.
Returned Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Return.
Returning Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Return.
Return Dictionary R - intransitive verb To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.
Returnable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of, or admitting of, being returned.
Returner Dictionary R - noun One who returns.
Returnless Dictionary R - adjective Admitting no return.
Retuse Dictionary R - adjective Having the end rounded and slightly indented; as, a retuse leaf.
Reule Dictionary R - [[n.& verb Rule.
Reume Dictionary R - noun Realm.
Reunion Dictionary R - noun A second union; union formed anew after separation, secession, or discord; as, a reunion of parts or particles of matter; a reunion of parties or sects.
Reunite Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To unite again; to join after separation or variance.
Reunitedly Dictionary R - adverb In a reunited manner.
Reunition Dictionary R - noun A second uniting.
Reurge Dictionary R - verb transitive To urge again.
Revaccinate Dictionary R - verb transitive To vaccinate a second time or again.
Revalescence Dictionary R - noun The act of growing well; the state of being revalescent.
Revalescent Dictionary R - adjective Growing well; recovering strength.
Revaluation Dictionary R - noun A second or new valuation.
Revamp Dictionary R - verb transitive To vamp again; hence, to patch up; to reconstruct.
Reve Dictionary R - verb transitive To reave.
Revealed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reveal.
Revealing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reveal.
Reveal Dictionary R - verb transitive To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show.
Revealability Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being revealable; revealableness.
Revealable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being revealed.
Revealer Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, reveals.
Revealment Dictionary R - noun Act of revealing.
Revegetate Dictionary R - intransitive verb To vegetate anew.
Reveille Dictionary R - noun The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging.
Revel Dictionary R - noun See Reveal.
Reveled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Revel.
Revelled Dictionary R - of Revel.
Reveling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Revel.
Revelling Dictionary R - of Revel.
Revelate Dictionary R - verb transitive To reveal.
Revelation Dictionary R - noun The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them.
Revelator Dictionary R - noun One who makes a revelation; a revealer.
Reveler Dictionary R - noun One who revels.
Revellent Dictionary R - verb transitive Causing revulsion; revulsive.
Revelment Dictionary R - noun The act of reveling.
Revelous Dictionary R - adjective Fond of festivity; given to merrymaking or reveling.
Revel-rout Dictionary R - noun Tumultuous festivity; revelry.
Revelry Dictionary R - noun The act of engaging in a revel; noisy festivity; reveling.
Revendicated Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Revendicate.
Revendicating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Revendicate.
Revendicate Dictionary R - verb transitive To reclaim; to demand the restoration of.
Revendication Dictionary R - noun The act of revendicating.
Revenged Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Revenge.
Revenging Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Revenge.
Revenge Dictionary R - verb transitive To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; - followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer.
Revengeable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being revenged; as, revengeable wrong.
Revengeance Dictionary R - noun Vengeance; revenge.
Revengeful Dictionary R - adjective Full of, or prone to, revenge; vindictive; malicious; revenging; wreaking revenge.
Revengeless Dictionary R - adjective Unrevenged.
Revengement Dictionary R - noun Revenge.
Revenger Dictionary R - noun One who revenges.
Revenue Dictionary R - noun That which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species of property, real or personal; income.
Reverb Dictionary R - verb transitive To echo.
Reverberant Dictionary R - adjective Having the quality of reverberation; reverberating.
Reverberate Dictionary R - adjective Reverberant.
Reverberated Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reverberate.
Reverberating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reverberate.
Reverberation Dictionary R - noun The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reechoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the reverberation of voices; the reverberation of heat or flame in a furnace.
Reverberative Dictionary R - adjective Of the nature of reverberation; tending to reverberate; reflective.
Reverberator Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, produces reverberation.
Reverberatory Dictionary R - adjective Producing reverberation; acting by reverberation; reverberative.
Reverdure Dictionary R - verb transitive To cover again with verdure.
Revered Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Revere.
Revering Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Revere.
Revere Dictionary R - verb transitive To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation.
Reverence Dictionary R - noun Profound respect and esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; the disposition to revere; veneration.
Reverenced Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reverence.
Reverencing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reverence.
Reverencer Dictionary R - noun One who regards with reverence.
Reverend Dictionary R - adjective Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection; venerable.
Reverendly Dictionary R - adverb Reverently.
Reverent Dictionary R - adjective Disposed to revere; impressed with reverence; submissive; humble; respectful; as, reverent disciples.
Reverential Dictionary R - adjective Proceeding from, or expressing, reverence; having a reverent quality; reverent; as, reverential fear or awe.
Reverentially Dictionary R - adverb In a reverential manner.
Reverently Dictionary R - adverb In a reverent manner; in respectful regard.
Reverer Dictionary R - noun One who reveres.
Reveries Dictionary R - pleural of Revery.
Reverie Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Revery.
Revery Dictionary R - noun A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream.
Reversal Dictionary R - adjective Intended to reverse; implying reversal.
Reverse Dictionary R - adjective Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.
Reversed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reverse.
Reversing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reverse.
Reversedly Dictionary R - adverb In a reversed way.
Reverseless Dictionary R - adjective Irreversible.
Reversely Dictionary R - adverb In a reverse manner; on the other hand; on the opposite.
Reverser Dictionary R - noun One who reverses.
Reversibility Dictionary R - noun The quality of being reversible.
Reversible Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a reversible back; a reversible judgment or sentence.
Reversibly Dictionary R - adverb In a reversible manner.
Reversion Dictionary R - noun The act of returning, or coming back; return.
Reversionary Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to a reversion; involving a reversion; to be enjoyed in succession, or after the termination of a particular estate; as, a reversionary interest or right.
Reversioner Dictionary R - noun One who has a reversion, or who is entitled to lands or tenements, after a particular estate granted is terminated.
Reversis Dictionary R - noun A certain game at cards.
Reverted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Revert.
Reverting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Revert.
Revert Dictionary R - verb transitive To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.
Revertent Dictionary R - noun A remedy which restores the natural order of the inverted irritative motions in the animal system.
Reverter Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, reverts.
Revertible Dictionary R - adjective Capable of, or admitting of, reverting or being reverted; as, a revertible estate.
Revertive Dictionary R - adjective Reverting, or tending to revert; returning.
Revest Dictionary R - verb transitive To clothe again; to cover, as with a robe; to robe.
Revestiary Dictionary R - noun The apartment, in a church or temple, where the vestments, etc., are kept; - now contracted into vestry.
Revestry Dictionary R - noun Same as Revestiary.
Revestture Dictionary R - noun Vesture.
Revetted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Revet.
Revetting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Revet.
Revet Dictionary R - verb transitive To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material.
Revetment Dictionary R - verb transitive A facing of wood, stone, or any other material, to sustain an embankment when it receives a slope steeper than the natural slope; also, a retaining wall.
Revibrate Dictionary R - intransitive verb To vibrate back or in return.
Revict Dictionary R - verb transitive To reconquer.
Reviction Dictionary R - noun Return to life.
Revictual Dictionary R - verb transitive To victual again.
Revie Dictionary R - verb transitive To vie with, or rival, in return.
Review/d Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Review.
Reveiwing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Review.
Review Dictionary R - noun To view or see again; to look back on.
Reviewable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being reviewed.
Reviewal Dictionary R - noun A review.
Reviewer Dictionary R - noun One who reviews or reexamines; an inspector; one who examines publications critically, and publishes his opinion upon their merits; a professional critic of books.
Revigorate Dictionary R - adjective Having new vigor or strength; invigorated anew.
Reviled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Revile.
Reviling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Revile.
Revile Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach.
Revilement Dictionary R - noun The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse.
Reviler Dictionary R - noun One who reviles.
Revince Dictionary R - verb transitive To overcome; to refute, as error.
Revindicate Dictionary R - verb transitive To vindicate again; to reclaim; to demand and take back.
Revirescence Dictionary R - noun A growing green or fresh again; renewal of youth or vigor.
Revisable Dictionary R - adjective That may be revised.
Revisal Dictionary R - noun The act of revising, or reviewing and reexamining for correction and improvement; revision; as, the revisal of a manuscript; the revisal of a proof sheet; the revisal of a treaty.
Revised Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Revise.
Revising Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Revise.
Revise Dictionary R - verb transitive To look at again for the detection of errors; to reexamine; to review; to look over with care for correction; as, to revise a writing; to revise a translation.
Reviser Dictionary R - noun One who revises.
Revision Dictionary R - noun The act of revising; reexamination for correction; review; as, the revision of a book or writing, or of a proof sheet; a revision of statutes.
Revisional Dictionary R - adjective Alt. of Revisionary.
Revisionary Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to revision; revisory.
Revisit Dictionary R - verb transitive To visit again.
Revisitation Dictionary R - noun The act of revisiting.
Revisory Dictionary R - adjective Having the power or purpose to revise; revising.
Revitalize Dictionary R - verb transitive To restore vitality to; to bring back to life.
Revivable Dictionary R - adjective That may be revived.
Revival Dictionary R - noun The act of reviving, or the state of being revived.
Revivalism Dictionary R - noun The spirit of religious revivals; the methods of revivalists.
Revivalist Dictionary R - noun A clergyman or layman who promotes revivals of religion; an advocate for religious revivals; sometimes, specifically, a clergyman, without a particular charge, who goes about to promote revivals. Also used adjectively.
Revivalistic Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to revivals.
Revived Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Revive.
Reviving Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Revive.
Revive Dictionary R - intransitive verb To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.
Revivement Dictionary R - noun Revival.
Reviver Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, revives.
Revivificate Dictionary R - verb transitive To revive; to recall or restore to life.
Revivification Dictionary R - noun Renewal of life; restoration of life; the act of recalling, or the state of being recalled, to life.
Revivify Dictionary R - verb transitive To cause to revive.
Reviviscence Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Reviviscency.
Reviviscency Dictionary R - noun The act of reviving, or the state of being revived; renewal of life.
Reviviscent Dictionary R - adjective Able or disposed to revive; reviving.
Revivor Dictionary R - noun Revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties, - done by a bill of revivor.
Revocability Dictionary R - noun The quality of being revocable; as, the revocability of a law.
Revocable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being revoked; as, a revocable edict or grant; a revocable covenant.
Revocate Dictionary R - verb transitive To recall; to call back.
Revocation Dictionary R - noun The act of calling back, or the state of being recalled; recall.
Revocatory Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to revocation; tending to, or involving, a revocation; revoking; recalling.
Revoice Dictionary R - verb transitive To refurnish with a voice; to refit, as an organ pipe, so as to restore its tone.
Revoked Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Revoke.
Revoking Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Revoke.
Revoke Dictionary R - verb transitive To call or bring back; to recall.
Revokement Dictionary R - noun Revocation.
Revoker Dictionary R - noun One who revokes.
Revokingly Dictionary R - adverb By way of revocation.
Revolted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Revolt.
Revolting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Revolt.
Revolt Dictionary R - noun To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
Revolter Dictionary R - noun One who revolts.
Revoluble Dictionary R - adjective Capable of revolving; rotatory; revolving.
Revolute Dictionary R - adjective Rolled backward or downward.
Revolution Dictionary R - noun The act of revolving, or turning round on an axis or a center; the motion of a body round a fixed point or line; rotation; as, the revolution of a wheel, of a top, of the earth on its axis, etc.
Revolutionary Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators.
Revolutioner Dictionary R - noun One who is engaged in effecting a revolution; a revolutionist.
Revolutionism Dictionary R - noun The state of being in revolution; revolutionary doctrines or principles.
Revolutionist Dictionary R - noun One engaged in effecting a change of government; a favorer of revolution.
Revolutioniezed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Revolutionize.
Revolutionizing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Revolutionize.
Revolutionize Dictionary R - verb transitive To change completely, as by a revolution; as, to revolutionize a government.
Revolutive Dictionary R - adjective Inclined to revolve things in the mind; meditative.
Revolvable Dictionary R - adjective That may be revolved.
Revolved Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Revolve.
Revolving Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Revolve.
Revolve Dictionary R - intransitive verb To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, - which is the more specific word in this sense.
Revolvement Dictionary R - noun Act of revolving.
Revolvency Dictionary R - noun The act or state of revolving; revolution.
Revolver Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, revolves; specifically, a firearm ( commonly a pistol) with several chambers or barrels so arranged as to revolve on an axis, and be discharged in succession by the same lock; a repeater.
Revulse Dictionary R - verb transitive To pull back with force.
Revulsion Dictionary R - noun A strong pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.
Revulsive Dictionary R - adjective Causing, or tending to, revulsion.
Rew Dictionary R - noun A row.
Rewake Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To wake again.
Rewarded Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Reward.
Rewarding Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Reward.
Reward Dictionary R - verb transitive To give in return, whether good or evil; - commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate.
Rewardable Dictionary R - adjective Worthy of reward.
Rewarder Dictionary R - noun One who rewards.
Rewardful Dictionary R - adjective Yielding reward.
Rewardless Dictionary R - adjective Having, or affording, no reward.
Rewe Dictionary R - verb transitive & intransitive To rue.
Rewel bone Dictionary R - An obsolete phrase of disputed meaning, - perhaps, smooth or polished bone.
Rewet Dictionary R - noun A gunlock.
Rewful Dictionary R - adjective Rueful.
Rewin Dictionary R - verb transitive To win again, or win back.
Rewle Dictionary R - noun & verb Rule.
Rewme Dictionary R - noun Realm.
Reword Dictionary R - verb transitive To repeat in the same words; to reecho.
Rewrite Dictionary R - verb transitive To write again.
Rewth Dictionary R - noun Ruth.
Reges Dictionary R - pleural of Rex.
Rex Dictionary R - noun A king.
Reyn Dictionary R - noun Rain or rein.
Reynard Dictionary R - noun An appelation applied after the manner of a proper name to the fox. Same as Renard.
Reyse Dictionary R - verb transitive To raise.
Rhabarbarate Dictionary R - adjective Impregnated or tinctured with rhubarb.
Rhabarbarin Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Rhabarbarine.
Rhabarbarine Dictionary R - noun Chrysophanic acid.
Rhabdite Dictionary R - noun A minute smooth rodlike or fusiform structure found in the tissues of many Turbellaria.
Rhabdocoela Dictionary R - noun plural A suborder of Turbellaria including those that have a simple cylindrical, or saclike, stomach, without an intestine.
Rhabdocoelous Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the Rhabdocoela.
Rhabdoidal Dictionary R - adjective See Sagittal.
Rhabdolith Dictionary R - noun A minute calcareous rodlike structure found both at the surface and the bottom of the ocean; - supposed by some to be a calcareous alga.
Rhabdology Dictionary R - noun Same as Rabdology.
Rhabdom Dictionary R - noun One of numerous minute rodlike structures formed of two or more cells situated behind the retinulae in the compound eyes of insects, etc. See Illust. under Ommatidium.
Rhabdomancy Dictionary R - noun Same as Rabdomancy.
Rhabdomere Dictionary R - noun One of the several parts composing a rhabdom.
Rhabdophora Dictionary R - noun plural An extinct division of Hydrozoa which includes the graptolities.
Rhabdopleura Dictionary R - noun A genus of marine Bryozoa in which the tubular cells have a centralchitinous axis and the tentacles are borne on a bilobed lophophore. It is the type of the order Pterobranchia, or Podostomata.
Rhabdosphere Dictionary R - noun A minute sphere composed of rhabdoliths.
Rhachialgia Dictionary R - noun See Rachialgia.
Rhachidian Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the rhachis; as, the rhachidian teeth of a mollusk.
Rhachiglossa Dictionary R - noun plural A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust. in Append.
Rhachilla Dictionary R - noun A branch of inflorescence; the zigzag axis on which the florets are arranged in the spikelets of grasses.
Rhachiodont Dictionary R - adjective Having gular teeth formed by a peculiar modification of the inferior spines of some of the vertebrae, as certain South African snakes (Dasypeltis) which swallow birds' eggs and use these gular teeth to crush them.
Rhachises Dictionary R - pleural of Rhachis.
Rhachides Dictionary R - pleural of Rhachis.
Rhachis Dictionary R - noun The spine.
Rhachitis Dictionary R - noun See Rachitis.
Rhadamanthine Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to Rhadamanthus; rigorously just; as, a Rhadamanthine judgment.
Rhadamanthus Dictionary R - noun One of the three judges of the infernal regions; figuratively, a strictly just judge.
Rh/tian Dictionary R - adjective & noun Rhetain.
Rh/tic Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to, or of the same horizon as, certain Mesozoic strata of the Rhetian Alps. These strata are regarded as closing the Triassic period. See the Chart of Geology.
Rh/tizite Dictionary R - noun A variety of the mineral cyanite.
Rhamadan Dictionary R - noun See Ramadan.
Rhamnaceous Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to a natural order of shrubs and trees (Rhamnaceae, or Rhamneae) of which the buckthorn (Rhamnus) is the type. It includes also the New Jersey tea, the supple-jack, and one of the plants called lotus (Zizyphus).
Rhamnus Dictionary R - noun A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California Rhamnus Purshianus and the European R. catharticus are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges.
Rhamphorhynchus Dictionary R - noun A genus of pterodactyls in which the elongated tail supported a leathery expansion at the tip.
Rhamphothecae Dictionary R - pleural of Rhamphotheca.
Rhamphotheca Dictionary R - noun The horny covering of the bill of birds.
Rhaphe Dictionary R - noun The continuation of the seed stalk along the side of an anatropous ovule or seed, forming a ridge or seam.
Rhaphides Dictionary R - noun plural Minute transparent, often needle-shaped, crystals found in the tissues of plants.
Rhaponticine Dictionary R - noun Chrysophanic acid.
Rhapsode Dictionary R - noun A rhapsodist.
Rhapsoder Dictionary R - noun A rhapsodist.
Rhapsodic Dictionary R - adjective Alt. of Rhapsodic.
Rhapsodist Dictionary R - noun Anciently, one who recited or composed a rhapsody; especially, one whose profession was to recite the verses of Hormer and other epic poets.
Rhapsodized Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rhapsodize.
Rhapsodizing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rhapsodize.
Rhapsodize Dictionary R - verb transitive To utter as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody.
Rhapsodomancy Dictionary R - noun Divination by means of verses.
Rhapsodies Dictionary R - pleural of Rhapsody.
Rhapsody Dictionary R - noun A recitation or song of a rhapsodist; a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation, or usually recited, at one time; hence, a division of the Iliad or the Odyssey; - called also a book.
Rhatany Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Rhatanhy.
Rhatanhy Dictionary R - noun The powerfully astringent root of a half-shrubby Peruvian plant (Krameria triandra). It is used in medicine and to color port wine.
Rhea Dictionary R - noun The ramie or grass-cloth plant. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass.
Rheae Dictionary R - noun plural A suborder of struthious birds including the rheas.
Rheeboc Dictionary R - noun The peele.
Rheic Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (commonly called chrysophanic acid) found in rhubarb (Rheum).
Rhein Dictionary R - noun Chrysophanic acid.
Rheinberry Dictionary R - noun One of the berries or drupes of the European buckthorn; also, the buckthorn itself.
Rhematic Dictionary R - adjective Having a verb for its base; derived from a verb; as, rhematic adjectives.
Rhemish Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to Rheimis, or Reima, in France.
Rhenish Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the river Rhine; as, Rhenish wine.
Rheochord Dictionary R - noun A metallic wire used for regulating the resistance of a circuit, or varying the strength of an electric current, by inserting a greater or less length of it in the circuit.
Rheometer Dictionary R - noun An instrument for measuring currents, especially the force or intensity of electrical currents; a galvanometer.
Rheometric Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to a rheometer or rheometry.
Rheometry Dictionary R - noun The measurement of the force or intensity of currents.
Rheomotor Dictionary R - noun Any apparatus by which an electrical current is originated.
Rheophore Dictionary R - noun A connecting wire of an electric or voltaic apparatus, traversed by a current.
Rheoscope Dictionary R - noun An instrument for detecting the presence or movement of currents, as of electricity.
Rheostat Dictionary R - noun A contrivance for adjusting or regulating the strength of electrical currents, operating usually by the intercalation of resistance which can be varied at will.
Rheotome Dictionary R - noun An instrument which periodically or otherwise interrupts an electric current.
Rheotrope Dictionary R - noun An instrument for reversing the direction of an electric current.
Rhesus Dictionary R - noun A monkey; the bhunder.
Rhetian Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to the ancient Rhaeti, or Rhaetians, or to Rhaetia, their country; as, the Rhetian Alps, now the country of Tyrol and the Grisons.
Rhetic Dictionary R - adjective Same as Rhaetic.
Rhetizite Dictionary R - noun Same as Rhaetizite.
Rhetor Dictionary R - noun A rhetorician.
Rhetoric Dictionary R - noun The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose.
Rhetorical Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish.
Rhetoricate Dictionary R - intransitive verb To play the orator.
Rhetorication Dictionary R - noun Rhetorical amplification.
Rhetorician Dictionary R - noun One well versed in the rules and principles of rhetoric.
Rhetorized Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rhetorize.
Rhetorizing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rhetorize.
Rhetorize Dictionary R - intransitive verb To play the orator.
Rheum Dictionary R - noun A genus of plants. See Rhubarb.
Rheumatic Dictionary R - adjective Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic.
Rheumatism Dictionary R - noun A general disease characterized by painful, often multiple, local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs, as the heart.
Rheumatismal Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to rheumatism.
Rheumatismoid Dictionary R - adjective Of or resembling rheum or rheumatism.
Rheumic Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to, or characterized by, rheum.
Rheumides Dictionary R - noun plural The class of skin disease developed by the dartrous diathesis. See under Dartrous.
Rheumy Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to rheum; abounding in, or causing, rheum; affected with rheum.
Rhigolene Dictionary R - noun A mixture of volatile hydrocarbons intermediate between gsolene and cymogene. It is obtained in the purification of crude petroleum, and is used as a refregerant.
Rhime Dictionary R - noun See Rhyme.
Rhinal Dictionary R - adjective Og or pertaining to the nose or olfactory organs.
Rhinaster Dictionary R - noun The borele.
Rhine Dictionary R - noun A water course; a ditch.
Rhinencephalic Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the rhinencephalon.
Rhinencephala Dictionary R - pleural of Rhinencephalon.
Rhinencephalon Dictionary R - noun The division of the brain in front of the prosencephalon, consisting of the two olfactory lobes from which the olfactory nerves arise.
Rhinestone Dictionary R - noun A colorless stone of high luster, made of paste. It is much used as an inexpensive ornament.
Rhinitis Dictionary R - noun Infllammation of the nose; esp., inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nostrils.
Rhino Dictionary R - noun Gold and silver, or money.
Rhino- Dictionary R - A combining form from Greek //, ///, the nose, as in rhinolith, rhinology.
Rhinocerial Dictionary R - adjective Alt. of Rhinocerical.
Rhinocerical Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros; resembling the rhinoceros, or his horn.
Rhinoceros Dictionary R - noun Any pachyderm belonging to the genera Rhinoceros, Atelodus, and several allied genera of the family Rhinocerotidae, of which several living, and many extinct, species are known. They are large and powerful, and usually have either one or two stout conical median horns on the snout.
Rhinocerote Dictionary R - noun A rhinoceros.
Rhinocerotic Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the rhinoceros.
Rhinolite Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Rhinolith.
Rhinolith Dictionary R - noun A concretion formed within the cavities of the nose.
Rhinological Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to rhinology.
Rhinologist Dictionary R - noun One skilled in rhinology.
Rhinology Dictionary R - noun The science which treats of the nose, and its diseases.
Rhinolophid Dictionary R - noun Any species of the genus Rhinilophus, or family Rhinolophidae, having a horseshoe-shaped nasal crest; a horseshoe bat.
Rhinolophine Dictionary R - adjective Like or pertaining to the rhinolophids, or horseshoe bats.
Rhinophore Dictionary R - noun One of the two tentacle-like organs on the back of the head or neck of a nudibranch or tectibranch mollusk. They are usually retractile, and often transversely furrowed or plicate, and are regarded as olfactory organs. Called also dorsal tentacles. See Illust. under Pygobranchia, and Opisthobranchia.
Rhinoplastic Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to rhinoplasty; as, a rhinoplastic operation.
Rhinoplasty Dictionary R - noun Plastic surgery of the nose to correct deformity or to replace lost tissue. Tissue may be transplanted from the patient's cheek, forehead, arm, etc., or even from another person.
Rhinopome Dictionary R - noun Any old-world bat of the genus Rhinopoma. The rhinopomes have a long tail extending beyond the web, and inhabit caves and tombs.
Rhinoscleroma Dictionary R - noun A rare disease of the skin, characterized by the development of very hard, more or less flattened, prominences, appearing first upon the nose and subsequently upon the neighboring parts, esp. the lips, palate, and throat.
Rhinoscope Dictionary R - noun A small mirror for use in rhinoscopy.
Rhinoscopic Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to rhinoscopy.
Rhinoscopy Dictionary R - noun The examination or study of the soft palate, posterior nares, etc., by means of a laryngoscopic mirror introduced into the pharynx.
Rhinothecae Dictionary R - pleural of Rhinotheca.
Rhinotheca Dictionary R - noun The sheath of the upper mandible of a bird.
Rhipidoglossa Dictionary R - noun plural A division of gastropod mollusks having a large number of long, divergent, hooklike, lingual teeth in each transverse row. It includes the scutibranchs. See Illustration in Appendix.
Rhipipter Dictionary R - noun One of the Rhipiptera, a group of insects having wings which fold like a fan; a strepsipter.
Rhipipteran Dictionary R - noun Same as Rhipipter.
Rhizanthous Dictionary R - adjective Producing flowers from a rootstock, or apparently from a root.
Rhizine Dictionary R - noun A rootlike filament or hair growing from the stems of mosses or on lichens; a rhizoid.
Rhizocarpous Dictionary R - adjective Having perennial rootstocks or bulbs, but annual flowering stems; - said of all perennial herbs.
Rhizocephala Dictionary R - noun plural A division of Pectostraca including saclike parasites of Crustacea. They adhere by rootlike extensions of the head. See Illusration in Appendix.
Rhizodont Dictionary R - noun A reptile whose teeth are rooted in sockets, as the crocodile.
Rhizogan Dictionary R - adjective Prodicing roots.
Rhizogen Dictionary R - noun One of a proposed class of flowering plants growning on the roots of other plants and destitute of green foliage.
Rhizoid Dictionary R - noun A rootlike appendage.
Rhizomata Dictionary R - pleural of Rhizoma.
Rhizoma Dictionary R - noun SAme as Rhizome.
Rhizomatous Dictionary R - adjective Having the nature or habit of a rhizome or rootstock.
Rhizome Dictionary R - noun A rootstock. See Rootstock.
Rhizophaga Dictionary R - noun plural A division of marsupials. The wombat is the type.
Rhizophagous Dictionary R - adjective Feeding on roots; root-eating.
Rhizophora Dictionary R - noun A genus of trees including the mangrove. See Mangrove.
Rhizophorous Dictionary R - adjective Bearing roots.
Rhizopod Dictionary R - noun One of the Rhizopoda.
Rhizopoda Dictionary R - noun plural An extensive class of Protozoa, including those which have pseudopodia, by means of which they move about and take their food. The principal groups are Lobosa (or Am/bea), Helizoa, Radiolaria, and Foraminifera (or Reticularia). See Protozoa.
Rhizopodous Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the rhizopods.
Rhizostomata Dictionary R - noun plural A suborder of Medusae which includes very large species without marginal tentacles, but having large mouth lobes closely united at the edges. See Illust. in Appendix.
Rhizostome Dictionary R - noun One of the Rhizostomata.
Rhizotaxis Dictionary R - noun The arrangement of the roots of plants.
Rhob Dictionary R - noun See 1st Rob.
Rhodammonium Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, rhodium and ammonia; - said of certain complex compounds.
Rhodanate Dictionary R - noun A salt of rhodanic acid; a sulphocyanate.
Rhodanic Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (commonly called sulphocyanic acid) which frms a red color with ferric salts.
Rhodeoretin Dictionary R - noun Same as Convolvuln.
Rhodian Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to Rhodes, an island of the Mediterranean.
Rhodic Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to rhodium; containing rhodium.
Rhodium Dictionary R - noun A rare element of the light platinum group. It is found in platinum ores, and obtained free as a white inert metal which it is very difficult to fuse. Symbol Rh. Atomic weight 104.1. Specific gravity 12.
Rhodizonic Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to, or designating, a colorless crystalline substance (called rhodizonic acid, and carboxylic acid) obtained from potassium carboxide and from certain quinones. It forms brilliant red, yellow, and purple salts.
Rhodochrosite Dictionary R - noun Manganese carbonate, a rose-red mineral sometimes occuring crystallized, but generally massive with rhombohedral cleavage like calcite; - called also dialogite.
Rhodocrinite Dictionary R - noun A rose encrinite.
Rhododendron Dictionary R - noun A genus of shrubs or small trees, often having handsome evergreen leaves, and remarkable for the beauty of their flowers; rosebay.
Rhodomontade Dictionary R - noun See Rodomontade.
Rhodomontader Dictionary R - noun See Rodomontador.
Rhodonite Dictionary R - noun Manganese spar, or silicate of manganese, a mineral occuring crystallised and in rose-red masses. It is often used as an ornamental stone.
Rhodophane Dictionary R - noun The red pigment contained in the inner segments of the cones of the retina in animals. See Chromophane.
Rhodopsin Dictionary R - noun The visual purple. See under Visual.
Rhodosperm Dictionary R - noun Any seaweed with red spores.
Rhomb Dictionary R - noun An equilateral parallelogram, or quadrilateral figure whose sides are equal and the opposite sides parallel. The angles may be unequal, two being obtuse and two acute, as in the cut, or the angles may be equal, in which case it is usually called a square.
Rhombic Dictionary R - adjective Shaped like a rhomb.
Rhomboganoid Dictionary R - noun A ganoid fish having rhombic enameled scales; one of the Rhomboganoidei.
Rhomboganoidei Dictionary R - noun plural Same as Ginglymodi.
Rhombogene Dictionary R - noun A dicyemid which produces infusorialike embryos; - opposed to nematogene. See Dicyemata.
Rhombohedral Dictionary R - adjective Related to the rhombohedron; presenting the form of a rhombohedron, or a form derivable from a rhombohedron; relating to a system of forms including the rhombohedron and scalenohedron.
Rhombohedric Dictionary R - adjective Rhombohedral.
Rhombohedron Dictionary R - noun A solid contained by six rhomboids; a parallelopiped.
Rhomboid Dictionary R - noun An oblique-angled parallelogram like a rhomb, but having only the opposite sides equal, the length and with being different.
Rhomboidal Dictionary R - adjective Having, or approaching, the shape of a rhomboid.
Rhomboides Dictionary R - noun A rhomboid.
Rhomboid-ovate Dictionary R - adjective Between rhomboid and ovate, or oval, in shape.
Rhomb spar Dictionary R - A variety of dolomite.
Rhombus Dictionary R - noun Same as Rhomb, 1.
Rhonchal Dictionary R - adjective Rhonchial.
Rhonchial Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to a rhonchus; produced by rhonchi.
Rhonchisonant Dictionary R - adjective Making a snorting noise; snorting.
Rhonchi Dictionary R - pleural of Rhonchus.
Rhonchus Dictionary R - noun An adventitious whistling or snoring sound heard on auscultation of the chest when the air channels are partially obstructed. By some writers the term rhonchus is used as equivalent to rale in its widest sense. See Rale.
Rhopalic Dictionary R - adjective Applied to a line or verse in which each successive word has one more syllable than the preceding.
Rhopalia Dictionary R - pleural of Rhopalium.
Rhopalium Dictionary R - noun One of the marginal sensory bodies of medusae belonging to the Discophora.
Rhopalocera Dictionary R - noun plural A division of Lepidoptera including all the butterflies. They differ from other Lepidoptera in having club-shaped antennae.
Rhotacism Dictionary R - noun An oversounding, or a misuse, of the letter r; specifically (Phylol.), the tendency, exhibited in the Indo-European languages, to change s to r, as wese to were.
Rhubarb Dictionary R - noun The name of several large perennial herbs of the genus Rheum and order Polygonaceae.
Rhubarby Dictionary R - adjective Like rhubarb.
Rhumb Dictionary R - noun A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle; - called also rhumb line, and loxodromic curve. See Loxodromic.
Rhus Dictionary R - noun A genus of shrubs and small treets. See Sumac.
Rhusma Dictionary R - noun A mixtire of caustic lime and orpiment, or tersulphide of arsenic, - used in the depilation of hides.
Rhyme Dictionary R - noun An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language.
Rhymed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rhyme.
Rhyming Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rhyme.
Rhymeless Dictionary R - adjective Destitute of rhyme.
Rhymer Dictionary R - noun One who makes rhymes; a versifier; - generally in contempt; a poor poet; a poetaster.
Rhymery Dictionary R - noun The art or habit of making rhymes; rhyming; - in contempt.
Rhymester Dictionary R - noun A rhymer; a maker of poor poetry.
Rhymic Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to rhyme.
Rhymist Dictionary R - noun A rhymer; a rhymester.
Rhynchobdellea Dictionary R - noun plural A suborder of leeches including those that have a protractile proboscis, without jaws. Clepsine is the type.
Rhynchocephala Dictionary R - noun plural An order of reptiles having biconcave vertebrae, immovable quadrate bones, and many other peculiar osteological characters. Hatteria is the only living genus, but numerous fossil genera are known, some of which are among the earliest of reptiles. See Hatteria. Called also Rhynchocephalia.
Rhynchocoela Dictionary R - noun plural Same as Nemertina.
Rhyncholite Dictionary R - noun A fossil cephalopod beak.
Rhynchonella Dictionary R - noun A genus of brachiopods of which some species are still living, while many are found fossil.
Rhynchophora Dictionary R - noun plural A group of Coleoptera having a snoutlike head; the snout beetles, curculios, or weevils.
Rhynchophore Dictionary R - noun One of the Rhynchophora.
Rhynchota Dictionary R - noun plural Same as Hemiptera.
Rhyolite Dictionary R - noun A quartzose trachyte, an igneous rock often showing a fluidal structure.
Rhyparography Dictionary R - noun In ancient art, the painting of genre or still-life pictures.
Rhysimeter Dictionary R - noun An instrument, acting on the principle of Pitot's tube, for measuring the velocity of a fluid current, the speed of a ship, etc.
Rhythm Dictionary R - noun In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc., producing an agreeable effect, as in music poetry, the dance, or the like.
Rhythmer Dictionary R - noun One who writes in rhythm, esp. in poetic rhythm or meter.
Rhythmic Dictionary R - adjective Alt. of Rhythmical.
Rhythmical Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to, or of the nature of, rhythm.
Rhythmically Dictionary R - adverb In a rhythmical manner.
Rhythmics Dictionary R - noun The department of musical science which treats of the length of sounds.
Rhythming Dictionary R - adjective Writing rhythm; verse making.
Rhythmless Dictionary R - adjective Being without rhythm.
Rhythmometer Dictionary R - noun An instrument for marking time in musical movements. See Metronome.
Rhythmus Dictionary R - noun Rhythm.
Rhytina Dictionary R - noun See Rytina.
Rial Dictionary R - noun A Spanish coin. See Real.
Riant Dictionary R - adjective Laughing; laughable; exciting gayety; gay; merry; delightful to the view, as a landscape.
Rib Dictionary R - noun One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.
Ribbed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rib.
Ribbing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rib.
Ribald Dictionary R - n./ A low, vulgar, brutal, foul-mouthed wretch; a lewd fellow.
Ribaldish Dictionary R - adjective Like a ribald.
Ribaldrous Dictionary R - adjective Of a ribald quality.
Ribaldry Dictionary R - noun The talk of a ribald; low, vulgar language; indecency; obscenity; lewdness; - now chiefly applied to indecent language, but formerly, as by Chaucer, also to indecent acts or conduct.
Riban Dictionary R - noun See Ribbon.
Riband Dictionary R - noun See Ribbon.
Ribanded Dictionary R - adjective Ribboned.
Ribaud Dictionary R - noun A ribald.
Ribaudequin Dictionary R - noun An engine of war used in the Middle Ages, consisting of a protected elevated staging on wheels, and armed in front with pikes. It was (after the 14th century) furnished with small cannon.
Ribaudred Dictionary R - adjective Alt. of Ribaudrous.
Ribaudrous Dictionary R - adjective Filthy; obscene; ribald.
Ribaudry Dictionary R - noun Ribaldry.
Ribaudy Dictionary R - noun Ribaldry.
Ribauld Dictionary R - noun A ribald.
Ribband Dictionary R - noun A ribbon.
Ribbon Dictionary R - noun A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes.
Ribboned Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Ribbon.
Ribboning Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Ribbon.
Ribbonism Dictionary R - noun The principles and practices of the Ribbonmen. See Ribbon Society, under Ribbon.
Ribbonman Dictionary R - noun A member of the Ribbon Society. See Ribbon Society, under Ribbon.
Ribbonwood Dictionary R - noun A malvaceous tree (Hoheria populnea) of New Zealand, the bark of which is used for cordage.
Ribes Dictionary R - noun A genus of shrubs including gooseberries and currants of many kinds.
Ribibe Dictionary R - noun A sort of stringed instrument; a rebec.
Ribible Dictionary R - noun A small threestringed viol; a rebec.
Ribless Dictionary R - adjective Having no ribs.
Ribroast Dictionary R - verb transitive To beat soundly.
Ribwort Dictionary R - noun A species of plantain (Plantago lanceolata) with long, narrow, ribbed leaves; - called also rib grass, ripple grass, ribwort plantain.
-ric Dictionary R - A suffix signifying dominion, jurisdiction; as, bishopric, the district over which a bishop exercises authority.
Rice Dictionary R - noun A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed.
Ricebird Dictionary R - noun The Java sparrow.
Rice-shell Dictionary R - noun Any one of numerous species of small white polished marine shells of the genus Olivella.
Rich Dictionary R - superlative Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of a large amount of property; well supplied with land, goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; affluent; - opposed to poor.
Riches Dictionary R - adjective That which makes one rich; an abundance of land, goods, money, or other property; wealth; opulence; affluence.
Richesse Dictionary R - noun Wealth; riches. See the Note under Riches.
Richly Dictionary R - adverb In a rich manner.
Richness Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being rich (in any sense of the adjective).
Richweed Dictionary R - noun An herb (Pilea pumila) of the Nettle family, having a smooth, juicy, pellucid stem; - called also clearweed.
Ricinelaidic Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric modification of ricinoleic acid obtained as a white crystalline solid.
Ricinelaidin Dictionary R - noun The glycerin salt of ricinelaidic acid, obtained as a white crystalline waxy substance by treating castor oil with nitrous acid.
Ricinic Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to, or derived from, castor oil; formerly, designating an acid now called ricinoleic acid.
Ricinine Dictionary R - noun A bitter white crystalline alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the castor-oil plant.
Ricinoleate Dictionary R - noun A salt of ricinoleic acid; - formerly called palmate.
Ricinoleic Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to, or designating, a fatty acid analogous to oleic acid, obtained from castor oil as an oily substance, C/H/O/ with a harsh taste. Formerly written ricinolic.
Ricinolein Dictionary R - noun The glycerin salt of ricinoleic acid, occuring as a characteristic constituent of castor oil; - formerly called palmin.
Ricinolic Dictionary R - adjective Ricinoleic.
Ricinus Dictionary R - noun A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but one species (R. communis), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three-celled, and contains three large seeds from which castor oil iss expressed. See Palma Christi.
Rick Dictionary R - noun A stack or pile, as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with thatching.
Ricker Dictionary R - noun A stout pole for use in making a rick, or for a spar to a boat.
Ricketish Dictionary R - adjective Rickety.
Rickets Dictionary R - noun plural A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis.
Rickety Dictionary R - adjective Affected with rickets.
Rickrack Dictionary R - noun A kind of openwork edging made of serpentine braid.
Rickstand Dictionary R - noun A flooring or framework on which a rick is made.
Ricochet Dictionary R - noun A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of water.
Ricochetted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Ricochet.
Ricochetting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Ricochet.
Rictal Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the rictus; as, rictal bristles.
Ricture Dictionary R - noun A gaping.
Rictus Dictionary R - noun The gape of the mouth, as of birds; - often resricted to the corners of the mouth.
Rid Dictionary R - imp. & p. p. of Ride, v. i.
Ridded Dictionary R - of Rid.
Ridding Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rid.
Ridable Dictionary R - adjective Suitable for riding; as, a ridable horse; a ridable road.
Riddance Dictionary R - noun The act of ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up or out.
Ridden Dictionary R - p. p. of Ride.
Ridder Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, rids.
Riddle Dictionary R - noun A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand.
Riddled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Riddle.
Riddling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Riddle.
Riddler Dictionary R - noun One who riddles (grain, sand, etc.).
Rode Dictionary R - imperative of Ride.
Riding Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Ride.
Ride Dictionary R - intransitive verb To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.
Rideau Dictionary R - noun A small mound of earth; ground slightly elevated; a small ridge.
Riden Dictionary R - imp. pl. & p. p. of Ride.
Rident Dictionary R - adjective Laughing.
Rider Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, rides.
Riderless Dictionary R - adjective Having no rider; as, a riderless horse.
Ridge Dictionary R - noun The back, or top of the back; a crest.
Ridged Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Ridge.
Ridging Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Ridge.
Ridgeband Dictionary R - noun The part of a harness which passes over the saddle, and supports the shafts of a cart; - called also ridgerope, and ridger.
Ridgebone Dictionary R - noun The backbone.
Ridgel Dictionary R - noun Same as Ridgelling.
Ridgelet Dictionary R - noun A little ridge.
Ridgeling Dictionary R - noun A half-castrated male animal.
Ridgepiece Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Ridgeplate.
Ridgeplate Dictionary R - noun See Ridgepole.
Ridgepole Dictionary R - noun The timber forming the ridge of a roof, into which the rafters are secured.
Ridgerope Dictionary R - noun See Life line (a), under Life.
Ridgingly Dictionary R - adverb So as to form ridges.
Ridgy Dictionary R - adjective Having a ridge or ridges; rising in a ridge.
Ridicle Dictionary R - noun Ridicule.
Ridicule Dictionary R - noun An object of sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.
Ridiculed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Ridicule.
Ridiculing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Ridicule.
Ridiculer Dictionary R - noun One who ridicules.
Ridiculize Dictionary R - verb transitive To make ridiculous; to ridicule.
Ridiculosity Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being ridiculous; ridiculousness; also, something ridiculous.
Ridiculous Dictionary R - adjective Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration; as, a ridiculous dress or behavior.
Ridotto Dictionary R - noun A favorite Italian public entertainment, consisting of music and dancing, - held generally on fast eves.
Rie Dictionary R - noun See Rye.
Rief Dictionary R - noun Robbery.
Rietboc Dictionary R - noun The reedbuck, a South African antelope (Cervicapra arundinacea); - so called from its frequenting dry places covered with high grass or reeds. Its color is yellowish brown. Called also inghalla, and rietbok.
Rife Dictionary R - adjective Prevailing; prevalent; abounding.
Riffle Dictionary R - noun A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed; also, one of the cleats, grooves, or steps in such a trough. Also called ripple.
Riffler Dictionary R - noun A curved file used in carving wool and marble.
Riffraff Dictionary R - noun Sweepings; refuse; the lowest order of society.
Rifled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rifle.
Rifling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rifle.
Rifle Dictionary R - verb transitive To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
Riflebird Dictionary R - noun Any one of several species of beautiful birds of Australia and New Guinea, of the genera Ptiloris and Craspidophora, allied to the paradise birds.
Rifleman Dictionary R - pleural of Rifleman.
Rifler Dictionary R - noun One who rifles; a robber.
Rift Dictionary R - p. p. of Rive.
Rifted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rift.
Rifting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rift.
Rifter Dictionary R - noun A rafter.
Rig Dictionary R - noun A ridge.
Rigged Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rig.
Rigging Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rig.
Rigadoon Dictionary R - noun A gay, lively dance for one couple, - said to have been borrowed from Provence in France.
Riga fir Dictionary R - A species of pine (Pinus sylvestris), and its wood, which affords a valuable timber; - called also Scotch pine, and red / yellow deal. It grows in all parts of Europe, in the Caucasus, and in Siberia.
Rigarion Dictionary R - noun See Irrigation.
Rigel Dictionary R - noun A fixed star of the first magnitude in the left foot of the constellation Orion.
Rigescent Dictionary R - adjective Growing stiff or numb.
Rigger Dictionary R - noun One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship.
Riggish Dictionary R - adjective Like a rig or wanton.
Riggle Dictionary R - intransitive verb See Wriggle.
Right Dictionary R - adjective Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.
Righted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Right.
Righting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Right.
Right-about Dictionary R - noun A turning directly about by the right, so as to face in the opposite direction; also, the quarter directly opposite; as, to turn to the right-about.
Right-angled Dictionary R - adjective Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.
Righten Dictionary R - verb transitive To do justice to.
Righteous Dictionary R - adjective Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or sin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution.
Righteoused Dictionary R - adjective Made righteous.
Righteously Dictionary R - adverb In a righteous manner; as, to judge righteously.
Righteousness Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being righteous; holiness; purity; uprightness; rectitude.
Righter Dictionary R - noun One who sets right; one who does justice or redresses wrong.
Rightful Dictionary R - adjective Righteous; upright; just; good; - said of persons.
Rightfully Dictionary R - adverb According to right or justice.
Rightfulness Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being rightful; accordance with right and justice.
Right-hand Dictionary R - adjective Situated or being on the right; nearer the right hand than the left; as, the right-hand side, room, or road.
Right-handed Dictionary R - adjective Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the left.
Right-handedness Dictionary R - noun The state or quality of being right-handed; hence, skill; dexterity.
Right-hearted Dictionary R - adjective Having a right heart or disposition.
Rightless Dictionary R - adjective Destitute of right.
Right-lined Dictionary R - adjective Formed by right lines; rectilineal; as, a right-lined angle.
Rightly Dictionary R - adverb Straightly; directly; in front.
Right-minded Dictionary R - adjective Having a right or honest mind.
Rightness Dictionary R - noun Straightness; as, the rightness of a line.
Right-running Dictionary R - adjective Straight; direct.
Rightward Dictionary R - adverb Toward the right.
Right whale Dictionary R - The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale (Balaena mysticetus), from whose mouth the best whalebone is obtained.
Rightwise Dictionary R - adjective Righteous.
Rightwisely Dictionary R - adverb Righteously.
Rightwiseness Dictionary R - noun Righteousness.
Rigid Dictionary R - adjective Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.
Rigidity Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form; - opposed to flexibility, ductility, malleability, and softness.
Rigidly Dictionary R - verb In a rigid manner; stiffly.
Rigidness Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being rigid.
Rigidulous Dictionary R - adjective Somewhat rigid or stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle.
Riglet Dictionary R - noun See Reglet.
Rigmarole Dictionary R - noun A succession of confused or nonsensical statements; foolish talk; nonsense.
Rigol Dictionary R - noun A circle; hence, a diadem.
Rigoll Dictionary R - noun A musical instrument formerly in use, consisting of several sticks bound together, but separated by beads, and played with a stick with a ball at its end.
Rigor Dictionary R - noun Rigidity; stiffness.
Rigorism Dictionary R - noun Rigidity in principle or practice; strictness; - opposed to laxity.
Rigorist Dictionary R - noun One who is rigorous; - sometimes applied to an extreme Jansenist.
Rigorous Dictionary R - adjective Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration.
Rigsdaler Dictionary R - noun A Danish coin worth about fifty-four cents. It was the former unit of value in Denmark.
Rig-Veda Dictionary R - See Veda.
Riksdaler Dictionary R - noun A Swedish coin worth about twenty-seven cents. It was formerly the unit of value in Sweden.
Riled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rile.
Riling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rile.
Rile Dictionary R - verb transitive To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.
Rilievo Dictionary R - noun Same as Relief, n., 5.
Rill Dictionary R - noun A very small brook; a streamlet.
Rille Dictionary R - noun One of certain narrow, crooked valleys seen, by aid of the telescope, on the surface of the moon.
Rillet Dictionary R - noun A little rill.
Rily Dictionary R - adjective Roily.
Rim Dictionary R - noun The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving; as, the rim of a kettle or basin.
Rimmed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rim.
Rimming Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rim.
Rimae Dictionary R - pleural of Rima.
Rima Dictionary R - noun A narrow and elongated aperture; a cleft; a fissure.
Rimau dahan Dictionary R - The clouded tiger cat (Felis marmorata) of Southern Asia and the East Indies.
Rimbase Dictionary R - noun A short cylinder connecting a trunnion with the body of a cannon. See Illust. of Cannon.
Rime Dictionary R - noun A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.
Rimed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rime.
Riming Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rime.
Rimer Dictionary R - noun A rhymer; a versifier.
Rimey Dictionary R - verb transitive To compose in rhyme; to versify.
Rimmer Dictionary R - noun An implement for cutting, trimming, or ornamenting the rim of anything, as the edges of pies, etc.; also, a reamer.
Rimose Dictionary R - adjective Full of rimes, fissures, or chinks.
Rimosely Dictionary R - adverb In a rimose manner.
Rimosity Dictionary R - noun State of being rimose.
Rimous Dictionary R - adjective Rimose.
Rimple Dictionary R - noun A fold or wrinkle. See Rumple.
Rimpled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rimple.
Rimpling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rimple.
Rimy Dictionary R - adjective Abounding with rime; frosty.
Rind Dictionary R - noun The external covering or coat, as of flesh, fruit, trees, etc.; skin; hide; bark; peel; shell.
Rinderpest Dictionary R - noun A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; - called also cattle plague, Russian cattle plague, and steppe murrain.
Rindle Dictionary R - noun A small water course or gutter.
Rindless Dictionary R - adjective Destitute of a rind.
Rindy Dictionary R - adjective Having a rind or skin.
Rine Dictionary R - noun See Rind.
Rined Dictionary R - adjective Having a rind.
Rinforzando Dictionary R - adjective Increasing; strengthening; - a direction indicating a sudden increase of force (abbreviated rf., rfz.) Cf. Forzando, and Sforzando.
Rung Dictionary R - of Ring.
Ringing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Ring.
Ring Dictionary R - verb transitive To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.
Ringed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Ring.
Ringbill Dictionary R - noun The ring-necked scaup duck; - called also ring-billed blackhead. See Scaup.
Ringbird Dictionary R - noun The reed bunting. It has a collar of white feathers. Called also ring bunting.
Ringbolt Dictionary R - noun An eyebolt having a ring through the eye.
Ringbone Dictionary R - noun A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter between or on the small pastern and the great pastern bones.
Ringdove Dictionary R - noun A European wild pigeon (Columba palumbus) having a white crescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also wood pigeon, and cushat.
Ringent Dictionary R - adjective Having the lips widely separated and gaping like an open mouth; as a ringent bilabiate corolla.
Ringer Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, rings; especially, one who rings chimes on bells.
Ringhead Dictionary R - noun An instrument used for stretching woolen cloth.
Ringingly Dictionary R - adverb In a ringing manner.
Ringleader Dictionary R - noun The leader of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a number of persons acting together; the leader of a herd of animals.
Ringlestone Dictionary R - noun The ringed dotterel, or ring plover.
Ringlet Dictionary R - noun A small ring; a small circle; specifically, a fairy ring.
Ringmen Dictionary R - pleural of Ringman.
Ringman Dictionary R - noun The ring finger.
Ringmaster Dictionary R - noun One in charge of the performances (as of horses) within the ring in a circus.
Ringneck Dictionary R - noun Any one of several species of small plovers of the genus Aegialitis, having a ring around the neck. The ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in winter. The semipalmated plover (Ae. semipalmata) and the piping plover (Ae. meloda) are common North American species. Called also ring plover, and ring-necked plover.
Ring-necked Dictionary R - adjective Having a well defined ring of color around the neck.
Ringsail Dictionary R - noun See Ringtail, 2.
Ringstraked Dictionary R - adjective Ring-streaked.
Ring-streaked Dictionary R - adjective Having circular streaks or lines on the body; as, ring-streaked goats.
Ringtail Dictionary R - noun A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier.
Ring-tailed Dictionary R - adjective Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color.
Ringtoss Dictionary R - noun A game in which the object is to toss a ring so that it will catch upon an upright stick.
Ringworm Dictionary R - noun A contagious affection of the skin due to the presence of a vegetable parasite, and forming ring-shaped discolored patches covered with vesicles or powdery scales. It occurs either on the body, the face, or the scalp. Different varieties are distinguished as Tinea circinata, Tinea tonsurans, etc., but all are caused by the same parasite (a species of Trichophyton).
Rink Dictionary R - noun The smooth and level extent of ice marked off for the game of curling.
Rinker Dictionary R - noun One who skates at a rink.
Rinking Dictionary R - noun Skating in a rink.
Rinsed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rinse.
Rinsing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rinse.
Rinse Dictionary R - verb transitive To wash lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after washing.
Rinser Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, rinses.
Riot Dictionary R - noun Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
Rioted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Riot.
Rioting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Riot.
Rioter Dictionary R - noun One who riots; a reveler; a roisterer.
Riotise Dictionary R - noun Excess; tumult; revelry.
Riotour Dictionary R - noun A rioter.
Riotous Dictionary R - adjective Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious.
Riotry Dictionary R - noun The act or practice of rioting; riot.
Rip Dictionary R - noun A wicker fish basket.
Ripped Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rip.
Ripping Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rip.
Riparian Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the bank of a river; as, riparian rights.
Riparious Dictionary R - adjective Growing along the banks of rivers; riparian.
Ripe Dictionary R - noun The bank of a river.
Ripely Dictionary R - adverb Maturely; at the fit time.
Ripened Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Ripen.
Ripening Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Ripen.
Ripen Dictionary R - intransitive verb To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun.
Ripeness Dictionary R - noun The state or quality of being ripe; maturity;; completeness; perfection; as, the ripeness of grain; ripeness of manhood; ripeness of judgment.
Ripidolite Dictionary R - noun A translucent mineral of a green color and micaceous structure, belonging to the chlorite group; a hydrous silicate of alumina, magnesia, and iron; - called also clinochlore.
Ripienist Dictionary R - noun A player in the ripieno portion of an orchestra. See Ripieno.
Ripieno Dictionary R - adjective Filling up; supplementary; supernumerary; - a term applied to those instruments which only swell the mass or tutti of an orchestra, but are not obbligato.
Ripler Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Ripper.
Ripper Dictionary R - noun One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns.
Ripost Dictionary R - noun In fencing, a return thrust after a parry.
Ripple Dictionary R - verb An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
Rippled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Ripple.
Rippling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Ripple.
Ripple-marked Dictionary R - adjective Having ripple marks.
Ripplet Dictionary R - noun A small ripple.
Ripplingly Dictionary R - adverb In a rippling manner.
Ripply Dictionary R - adjective Having ripples; as, ripply water; hence, resembling the sound of rippling water; as, ripply laughter; a ripply cove.
Riprap Dictionary R - noun A foundation or sustaining wall of stones thrown together without order, as in deep water or on a soft bottom.
Riprapped Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Riprap.
Riprapping Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Riprap.
Ripsaw Dictionary R - verb transitive A handsaw with coarse teeth which have but a slight set, used for cutting wood in the direction of the fiber; - called also ripping saw.
Riptowel Dictionary R - noun A gratuity given to tenants after they had reaped their lord's corn.
Ris Dictionary R - noun A bough or branch; a twig.
Rose Dictionary R - imperative of Rise.
Risen Dictionary R - past participle of Rise.
Rising Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rise.
Rise Dictionary R - verb To move from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: - (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a fish rises to the bait.
Riser Dictionary R - noun One who rises; as, an early riser.
Rish Dictionary R - noun A rush (the plant).
Risibility Dictionary R - noun The quality of being risible; as, risibility is peculiar to the human species.
Risible Dictionary R - adjective Having the faculty or power of laughing; disposed to laugh.
Risk Dictionary R - noun Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.
Risked Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Risk.
Risking Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Risk.
Risker Dictionary R - noun One who risks or hazards.
Riskful Dictionary R - adjective Risky.
Risky Dictionary R - adjective Attended with risk or danger; hazardous.
Risorial Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to, or producing, laughter; as, the risorial muscles.
Risotto Dictionary R - noun A kind of pottage.
Risse Dictionary R - imp. of Rise.
Rissoid Dictionary R - noun Any one of very numerous species of small spiral gastropods of the genus Rissoa, or family Rissoidae, found both in fresh and salt water.
Rissole Dictionary R - noun A small ball of rich minced meat or fish, covered with pastry and fried.
Rist Dictionary R - 3d pers. sing. pres. of Rise, contracted from riseth.
Rit Dictionary R - 3d pers. sing. pres. of Ride, contracted from rideth.
Ritardando Dictionary R - adjective Retarding; - a direction for slower time; rallentado.
Rite Dictionary R - noun The act of performing divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept, or custom; a formal act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn observance; a ceremony; as, the rites of freemasonry.
Ritenuto Dictionary R - adjective Held back; holding back; ritardando.
Ritornelle Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Ritornello.
Ritornello Dictionary R - noun A short return or repetition; a concluding symphony to an air, often consisting of the burden of the song.
Ritratto Dictionary R - noun A picture.
Ritual Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law.
Ritualism Dictionary R - noun A system founded upon a ritual or prescribed form of religious worship; adherence to, or observance of, a ritual.
Ritualist Dictionary R - noun One skilled un, or attached to, a ritual; one who advocates or practices ritualism.
Ritualistic Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to, or in accordance with, a ritual; adhering to ritualism.
Ritually Dictionary R - adverb By rites, or by a particular rite.
Rivage Dictionary R - noun A bank, shore, or coast.
Rival Dictionary R - noun A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
Rivaled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rival.
Rivalled Dictionary R - of Rival.
Rivaling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rival.
Rivalling Dictionary R - of Rival.
Rivaless Dictionary R - noun A female rival.
Rivality Dictionary R - noun Rivalry; competition.
Rivalries Dictionary R - pleural of Rivalry.
Rivalry Dictionary R - noun The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition.
Rivalship Dictionary R - noun Rivalry.
Rived Dictionary R - imperative of Rive.
Riven Dictionary R - of Rive.
Riving Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rive.
Rive Dictionary R - verb transitive To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles.
Riveled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rivel.
Riveling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rivel.
Rivel Dictionary R - verb transitive To contract into wrinkles; to shrivel; to shrink; as, riveled fruit; riveled flowers.
River Dictionary R - noun One who rives or splits.
Rivered Dictionary R - adjective Supplied with rivers; as, a well rivered country.
Riveret Dictionary R - noun A rivulet.
Riverhood Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being a river.
Riverling Dictionary R - noun A rivulet.
Riverside Dictionary R - noun The side or bank of a river.
Rivery Dictionary R - adjective Having rivers; as, a rivery country.
Rivet Dictionary R - noun A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends.
Riveted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rivet.
Riveting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rivet.
Riveter Dictionary R - noun One who rivets.
Rivose Dictionary R - adjective Marked with sinuate and irregular furrows.
Rivulet Dictionary R - noun A small stream or brook; a streamlet.
Rixation Dictionary R - noun A brawl or quarrel.
Rixatrix Dictionary R - noun A scolding or quarrelsome woman; a scold.
Rixdaler Dictionary R - noun A Dutch silver coin, worth about $1.00.
Rix-dollar Dictionary R - noun A name given to several different silver coins of Denmark, Holland, Sweden,, NOrway, etc., varying in value from about 30 cents to $1.10; also, a British coin worth about 36 cents, used in Ceylon and at the Cape of Good Hope. See Rigsdaler, Riksdaler, and Rixdaler.
Rizzar Dictionary R - verb transitive To dry in the sun; as, rizzared haddock.
Roach Dictionary R - noun A cockroach.
Roach-backed Dictionary R - adjective Having a back like that of roach; - said of a horse whose back a convex instead of a concave curve.
Road Dictionary R - noun A journey, or stage of a journey.
Roadbed Dictionary R - noun In railroads, the bed or foundation on which the superstructure (ties, rails, etc.) rests; in common roads, the whole material laid in place and ready for travel.
Roadless Dictionary R - adjective Destitute of roads.
Roadmaker Dictionary R - noun One who makes roads.
Roadside Dictionary R - noun Land adjoining a road or highway; the part of a road or highway that borders the traveled part. Also used ajectively.
Roadstead Dictionary R - noun An anchorage off shore. Same as Road, 4.
Roadster Dictionary R - noun A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides.
Roadway Dictionary R - noun A road; especially, the part traveled by carriages.
Roamed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Roam.
Roaming Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Roam.
Roam Dictionary R - intransitive verb To go from place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to wander.
Roamer Dictionary R - noun One who roams; a wanderer.
Roan Dictionary R - adjective Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; - said of a horse.
Roared Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Roar.
Roaring Dictionary R - past particle & vvb. noun of Roar.
Roar Dictionary R - intransitive verb To cry with a full, loud, continued sound.
Roarer Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, roars.
Roaringly Dictionary R - adverb In a roaring manner.
Roasted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Roast.
Roasting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Roast.
Roast Dictionary R - verb transitive To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a close oven.
Roaster Dictionary R - noun One who roasts meat.
Rob Dictionary R - noun The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar.
Robbed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rob.
Robbing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rob.
Roband Dictionary R - noun See Roperand.
Robber Dictionary R - noun One who robs; in law, one who feloniously takes goods or money from the person of another by violence or by putting him in fear.
Robberies Dictionary R - pleural of Robbery.
Robbery Dictionary R - noun The act or practice of robbing; theft.
Robbin Dictionary R - noun A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities are sometimes exported from the East Indies. The robbin of rice in Malabar weighs about 84 pounds.
Robe Dictionary R - verb transitive An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like.
Robed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Robe.
Robing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Robe.
Robe-de-chambre Dictionary R - noun A dressing gown, or morning gown.
Roberdsman Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Robertsman.
Robertsman Dictionary R - noun A bold, stout robber, or night thief; - said to be so called from Robin Hood.
Robert Dictionary R - noun See Herb Robert, under Herb.
Robin Dictionary R - noun A small European singing bird (Erythacus rubecula), having a reddish breast; - called also robin redbreast, robinet, and ruddock.
Robinet Dictionary R - noun The chaffinch; - called also roberd.
Robin Goodfellow Dictionary R - A celebrated fairy; Puck. See Puck.
Robinia Dictionary R - noun A genus of leguminous trees including the common locust of North America (Robinia Pseudocacia).
Roborant Dictionary R - adjective Strengthening.
Roborate Dictionary R - verb transitive To give strength or support to; to confirm.
Roboration Dictionary R - noun The act of strengthening.
Roborean Dictionary R - adjective Alt. of Roboreous.
Roboreous Dictionary R - adjective Made of oak.
Robust Dictionary R - adjective Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health.
Robustious Dictionary R - adjective Robust.
Robustly Dictionary R - adverb In a robust manner.
Robustness Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being robust.
Roc Dictionary R - noun A monstrous bird of Arabian mythology.
Rocambole Dictionary R - noun A name of Allium Scorodoprasum and A. Ascalonium, two kinds of garlic, the latter of which is also called shallot.
Roccellic Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of the oxalic series found in archil (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), and other lichens, and extracted as a white crystalline substance C17H32O4.
Roccellin Dictionary R - noun A red dyestuff, used as a substitute for cochineal, archil, etc. It consists of the sodium salt of a complex azo derivative of naphtol.
Roche Dictionary R - noun Rock.
Roche alum Dictionary R - A kind of alum occuring in small fragments; - so called from Rocca, in Syria, whence alum is said to have been obtained; - also called rock alum.
Rochelime Dictionary R - noun Lime in the lump after it is burned; quicklime.
Rochelle Dictionary R - noun A seaport town in France.
Roche moutonnee Dictionary R - See Sheepback.
Rochet Dictionary R - noun A linen garment resembling the surplise, but with narrower sleeves, also without sleeves, worn by bishops, and by some other ecclesiastical dignitaries, in certain religious ceremonies.
Roching cask Dictionary R - A tank in which alum is crystallized from a solution.
Rock Dictionary R - noun See Roc.
Rocked Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rock.
Rocking Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rock.
Rockaway Dictionary R - Formerly, a light, low, four-wheeled carriage, with standing top, open at the sides, but having waterproof curtains which could be let down when occasion required; now, a somewhat similar, but heavier, carriage, inclosed, except in front, and having a door at each side.
Rockelay Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Rocklay.
Rocklay Dictionary R - noun See Rokelay.
Rocker Dictionary R - noun One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle.
Rockered Dictionary R - adjective Shaped like a rocker; curved; as, a rockered keel.
Rockery Dictionary R - noun A mound formed of fragments of rock, earth, etc., and set with plants.
Rocket Dictionary R - noun A cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.
Rocketed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rocket.
Rocketing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rocket.
Rocketer Dictionary R - noun A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket.
Rockfish Dictionary R - noun Any one of several California scorpaenoid food fishes of the genus Sebastichthys, as the red rockfish (S. ruber). They are among the most important of California market fishes. Called also rock cod, and garrupa.
Rockiness Dictionary R - noun The state or quality of being rocky.
Rocking-chair Dictionary R - noun A chair mounted on rockers, in which one may rock.
Rocking-horse Dictionary R - noun The figure of a horse, mounted upon rockers, for children to ride.
Rocking-stone Dictionary R - noun A stone, often of great size and weight, resting upon another stone, and so exactly poised that it can be rocked, or slightly moved, with but little force.
Rockless Dictionary R - adjective Being without rocks.
Rockling Dictionary R - noun Any species of small marine fishes of the genera Onos and Rhinonemus (formerly Motella), allied to the cod. They have three or four barbels.
Rockrose Dictionary R - noun A name given to any species of the genus Helianthemum, low shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European H. vulgare and the American frostweed, H. Canadense.
Rock shaft Dictionary R - A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of revolving, - usually carrying levers by means of which it receives and communicates reciprocating motion, as in the valve gear of some steam engines; - called also rocker, rocking shaft, and way shaft.
Rock staff Dictionary R - intransitive verb An oscillating bar in a machine, as the lever of the bellows of a forge.
Rocksucker Dictionary R - noun A lamprey.
Rockweed Dictionary R - noun Any coarse seaweed growing on sea-washed rocks, especially Fucus.
Rockwood Dictionary R - noun Ligniform asbestus; also, fossil wood.
Rockwork Dictionary R - noun Stonework in which the surface is left broken and rough.
Rocky Dictionary R - adjective Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore.
Rocoa Dictionary R - noun The orange-colored pulp covering the seeds of the tropical plant Bixa Orellana, from which annotto is prepared. See Annoto.
Rococo Dictionary R - noun A florid style of ornamentation which prevailed in Europe in the latter part of the eighteenth century.
Rod Dictionary R - noun A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).
Roddy Dictionary R - adjective Full of rods or twigs.
Rodent Dictionary R - verb transitive Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.
Rodentia Dictionary R - adjective An order of mammals having two (rarely four) large incisor teeth in each jaw, distant from the molar teeth. The rats, squirrels, rabbits, marmots, and beavers belong to this order.
Rodeo Dictionary R - noun A round-up. See Round-up.
Rodge Dictionary R - noun The gadwall.
Rodomel Dictionary R - noun Juice of roses mixed with honey.
Rodomont Dictionary R - noun A vain or blustering boaster; a braggart; a braggadocio.
Rodomontade Dictionary R - noun Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant.
Rodomontadist Dictionary R - noun One who boasts.
Rodomontado Dictionary R - noun Rodomontade.
Rodomontador Dictionary R - noun A rodomontadist.
Rodsmen Dictionary R - pleural of Rodsman.
Rodsman Dictionary R - noun One who carries and holds a leveling staff, or rod, in a surveying party.
Rody Dictionary R - adjective Ruddy.
Roe Dictionary R - noun A roebuck. See Roebuck.
Roebuck Dictionary R - noun A small European and Asiatic deer (Capreolus capraea) having erect, cylindrical, branched antlers, forked at the summit. This, the smallest European deer, is very nimble and graceful. It always prefers a mountainous country, or high grounds.
Roed Dictionary R - adjective Filled with roe.
Roedeer Dictionary R - noun The roebuck.
Roestone Dictionary R - noun Same as Oolite.
Rogation Dictionary R - noun The demand, by the consuls or tribunes, of a law to be passed by the people; a proposed law or decree.
Rogatory Dictionary R - adjective Seeking information; authorized to examine witnesses or ascertain facts; as, a rogatory commission.
Rogue Dictionary R - noun A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
Roguery Dictionary R - noun The life of a vargant.
Rogueship Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being a rogue.
Roguish Dictionary R - adjective Vagrant.
Roguy Dictionary R - adjective Roguish.
Rohob Dictionary R - noun An inspissated juice. See Rob.
Roial Dictionary R - adjective Royal.
Roiled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Roil.
Roiling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Roil.
Roil Dictionary R - verb To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc. , in casks or bottles; to roil a spring.
Roily Dictionary R - adjective Turbid; as, roily water.
Roin Dictionary R - verb transitive See Royne.
Roinish Dictionary R - adjective See Roynish.
Roint Dictionary R - interjection See Aroint.
Roist Dictionary R - intransitive verb See Roister.
Roister Dictionary R - intransitive verb To bluster; to swagger; to bully; to be bold, noisy, vaunting, or turbulent.
Roisterer Dictionary R - noun A blustering, turbulent fellow.
Roisterly Dictionary R - adjective Blustering; violent.
Rokambole Dictionary R - noun See Rocambole.
Roke Dictionary R - noun Mist; smoke; damp.
Rokeage Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Rokee.
Rokee Dictionary R - noun Parched Indian corn, pounded up and mixed with sugar; - called also yokeage.
Rokelay Dictionary R - noun A short cloak.
Roky Dictionary R - adjective Misty; foggy; cloudy.
Role Dictionary R - noun A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the role of philanthropist.
Rolled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Roll.
Rolling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Roll.
Roll Dictionary R - noun To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.
Rollable Dictionary R - adjective Capable of being rolled.
Roller Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts.
Rolley Dictionary R - noun A small wagon used for the underground work of a mine.
Rollicked Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rollic.
Rollicking Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rollic.
Rollic Dictionary R - intransitive verb To move or play in a careless, swaggering manner, with a frolicsome air; to frolic; to sport; commonly in the form rollicking.
Rolling-pin Dictionary R - noun A cylindrical piece of wood or other material, with which paste or dough may be rolled out and reduced to a proper thickness.
Rollway Dictionary R - noun A place prepared for rolling logs into a stream.
Rolly-poly Dictionary R - noun A kind of pudding made of paste spread with fruit, rolled into a cylindrical form, and boiled or steamed.
Rolly-pooly Dictionary R - noun A game in which a ball, rolling into a certain place, wins.
Roly-poly Dictionary R - noun & adjective Rolly-poly.
Romage Dictionary R - noun & verb See Rummage.
Romaic Dictionary R - adjective Of or relating to modern Greece, and especially to its language.
Roman Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to Rome, or the Roman people; like or characteristic of Rome, the Roman people, or things done by Romans; as, Roman fortitude; a Roman aqueduct; Roman art.
Romance Dictionary R - noun A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like.
Romanced Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Romance.
Romancing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Romance.
Romancer Dictionary R - noun One who romances.
Romancist Dictionary R - noun A romancer.
Romancy Dictionary R - adjective Romantic.
Romanesque Dictionary R - adjective Somewhat resembling the Roman; - applied sometimes to the debased style of the later Roman empire, but esp. to the more developed architecture prevailing from the 8th century to the 12th.
Romanic Dictionary R - noun Of or pertaining to Rome or its people.
Romanish Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to Romanism.
Romanism Dictionary R - noun The tenets of the Church of Rome; the Roman Catholic religion.
Romanist Dictionary R - noun One who adheres to Romanism.
Romanized Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Romanize.
Romanizing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Romanize.
Romanize Dictionary R - verb transitive To Latinize; to fill with Latin words or idioms.
Romanizer Dictionary R - noun One who Romanizes.
Romansch Dictionary R - noun The language of the Grisons in Switzerland, a corruption of the Latin.
Romant Dictionary R - noun A romaunt.
Romantic Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal; as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic undertaking.
Romantical Dictionary R - adjective Romantic.
Romanticaly Dictionary R - adverb In a romantic manner.
Romanticism Dictionary R - noun A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities; specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; - applied to the productions of a school of writers who sought to revive certain medi/val forms and methods in opposition to the so-called classical style.
Romanticist Dictionary R - noun One who advocates romanticism in modern literature.
Romanticly Dictionary R - adverb Romantically.
Romanticness Dictionary R - noun The state or quality of being romantic; widness; fancifulness.
Romany Dictionary R - noun A gypsy.
Romanza Dictionary R - noun See Romance, 5.
Romaunt Dictionary R - noun A romantic story in verse; as, the "Romaunt of the Rose.".
Romble Dictionary R - [[v.& noun Rumble.
Rombowline Dictionary R - noun Old, condemned canvas, rope, etc., unfit for use except in chafing gear.
Romeine Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Romeite.
Romeite Dictionary R - noun A mineral of a hyacinth or honey-yellow color, occuring in square octahedrons. It is an antimonate of calcium.
Romekin Dictionary R - noun A drinking cup.
Rome penny Dictionary R - Alt. of Rome scot.
Rome scot Dictionary R - See Peter pence, under Peter.
Romeward Dictionary R - adverb Toward Rome, or toward the Roman Catholic Church.
Romic Dictionary R - noun A method of notation for all spoken sounds, proposed by Mr. Sweet; - so called because it is based on the common Roman-letter alphabet. It is like the palaeotype of Mr. Ellis in the general plan, but simpler.
Romish Dictionary R - adjective Belonging or relating to Rome, or to the Roman Catholic Church; - frequently used in a disparaging sense; as, the Romish church; the Romish religion, ritual, or ceremonies.
Romist Dictionary R - noun A Roman Catholic.
Romped Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Romp.
Romping Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Romp.
Romp Dictionary R - intransitive verb To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play.
Rompingly Dictionary R - adverb In a romping manner.
Rompish Dictionary R - adjective Given to rude play; inclined to romp.
Rompu Dictionary R - adjective Broken, as an ordinary; cut off, or broken at the top, as a chevron, a bend, or the like.
Roncador Dictionary R - noun Any one of several species of California sciaenoid food fishes, especially Roncador Stearnsi, which is an excellent market fish, and the red roncador (Corvina, / Johnius, saturna).
Ronchil Dictionary R - noun An American marine food fish (Bathymaster signatus) of the North Pacific coast, allied to the tilefish.
Ronco Dictionary R - noun See Croaker, n., 2. (a).
Rondache Dictionary R - noun A circular shield carried by foot soldiers.
Ronde Dictionary R - noun A kind of script in which the heavy strokes are nearly upright, giving the characters when taken together a round look.
Rondeau Dictionary R - noun A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a refrain or repetition which recurs according to a fixed law, and a limited number of rhymes recurring also by rule.
Rondel Dictionary R - noun A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
Rondeletia Dictionary R - noun A tropical genus of rubiaceous shrubs which often have brilliant flowers.
Rondle Dictionary R - noun A rondeau.
Rondo Dictionary R - noun A composition, vocal or instrumental, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
Rondure Dictionary R - noun A round; a circle.
Rong Dictionary R - imp. & p. p. of Ring.
Rongeur Dictionary R - noun An instrument for removing small rough portions of bone.
Ronion Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Ronyon.
Ronyon Dictionary R - noun A mangy or scabby creature.
Ronne Dictionary R - obs. imp. pl.
Ronnen Dictionary R - obs. p. p. of Renne, to run.
Ront Dictionary R - noun A runt.
Rood Dictionary R - noun A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it.
Roodebok Dictionary R - noun The pallah.
Roody Dictionary R - adjective Rank in growth.
Roof Dictionary R - noun The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering.
Roofed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Roof.
Roofing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Roof.
Roofer Dictionary R - noun One who puts on roofs.
Roofless Dictionary R - adjective Having no roof; as, a roofless house.
Rooflet Dictionary R - noun A small roof, covering, or shelter.
Rooftree Dictionary R - noun The beam in the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself.
Roofy Dictionary R - adjective Having roofs.
Rook Dictionary R - noun Mist; fog. See Roke.
Rooked Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rook.
Rooking Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rook.
Rookeries Dictionary R - pleural of Rookery.
Rookery Dictionary R - noun The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves.
Rooky Dictionary R - adjective Misty; gloomy.
Room Dictionary R - noun Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a house; the table takes up too much room.
Roomed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Room.
Rooming Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Room.
Roomage Dictionary R - noun Space; place; room.
Roomer Dictionary R - noun A lodger.
Roomful Dictionary R - adjective Abounding with room or rooms; roomy.
Roomfuls Dictionary R - pleural of Roomful.
Roomily Dictionary R - adverb Spaciously.
Roominess Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being roomy; spaciousness; as, the roominess of a hall.
Roomless Dictionary R - adjective Being without room or rooms.
Roommate Dictionary R - noun One of twe or more occupying the same room or rooms; one who shares the occupancy of a room or rooms; a chum.
Roomsome Dictionary R - adjective Roomy.
Roomth Dictionary R - noun Room; space.
Roomthy Dictionary R - adjective Roomy; spacious.
Roomy Dictionary R - adjective Having ample room; spacious; large; as, a roomy mansion; a roomy deck.
Roon Dictionary R - adjective & noun Vermilion red; red.
Roop Dictionary R - noun See Roup.
Roorback Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Roorbach.
Roorbach Dictionary R - noun A defamatory forgery or falsehood published for purposes of political intrigue.
Roosa oil Dictionary R - The East Indian name for grass oil. See under Grass.
Roost Dictionary R - noun Roast.
Roosted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Roost.
Roosting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Roost.
Roostcock Dictionary R - noun The male of the domestic fowl; a cock.
Rooster Dictionary R - noun The male of the domestic fowl; a cock.
Root Dictionary R - intransitive verb To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.
Rooted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Root.
Rooting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Root.
Rootcap Dictionary R - noun A mass of parenchymatous cells which covers and protects the growing cells at the end of a root; a pileorhiza.
Rooter Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots.
Rootery Dictionary R - noun A pile of roots, set with plants, mosses, etc., and used as an ornamental object in gardening.
Rootless Dictionary R - adjective Destitute of roots.
Rootlet Dictionary R - noun A radicle; a little root.
Rootstock Dictionary R - noun A perennial underground stem, producing leafly s/ems or flower stems from year to year; a rhizome.
Rooty Dictionary R - adjective Full of roots; as, rooty ground.
Ropalic Dictionary R - adjective See Rhopalic.
Rope Dictionary R - noun A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See Cordage.
Roped Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rope.
Roping Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rope.
Ropeband Dictionary R - noun A small piece of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the head of the sail to the spar.
Ropedancer Dictionary R - noun One who dances, walks, or performs acrobatic feats, on a rope extended through the air at some height.
Roper Dictionary R - noun A maker of ropes.
Ropery Dictionary R - noun A place where ropes are made.
Rope's-end Dictionary R - verb transitive To punish with a rope's end.
Ropewalk Dictionary R - adjective A long, covered walk, or a low, level building, where ropes are manufactured.
Ropewalker Dictionary R - noun A ropedancer.
Rope-yarn Dictionary R - noun the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made.
Ropily Dictionary R - adverb In a ropy manner; in a viscous or glutinous manner.
Ropiness Dictionary R - noun Quality of being ropy; viscosity.
Ropish Dictionary R - adjective Somewhat ropy.
Ropy Dictionary R - adjective capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees.
Roquelaure Dictionary R - noun A cloak reaching about to, or just below, the knees, worn in the 18th century.
Roquet Dictionary R - verb transitive To hit, as another's ball, with one's own ball.
Roral Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to dew; consisting of dew; dewy.
Roration Dictionary R - noun A falling of dew.
Roric Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to dew; resembling dew; dewy.
Rorid Dictionary R - adjective Dewy; bedewed.
Roriferous Dictionary R - adjective generating or producing dew.
Rorifluent Dictionary R - adjective Flowing with dew.
Rorqual Dictionary R - noun A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale (Physalus antiquorum, or Balaenoptera physalus). It has a dorsal fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly. Called also razorback.
Rorulent Dictionary R - adjective Full of, or abounding in, dew.
Rory Dictionary R - adjective Dewy.
Rosaceous Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Rosaceae) of which the rose is the type. It includes also the plums and cherries, meadowsweet, brambles, the strawberry, the hawthorn, applies, pears, service trees, and quinces.
Rosacic Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also lithic acid) found in certain red precipitates of urine. See Uric.
Rosalgar Dictionary R - noun realgar.
Rosalia Dictionary R - noun A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a step or half step higher; a melodic sequence.
Rosaniline Dictionary R - noun A complex nitrogenous base, C20H21N3O, obtained by oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, as a colorless crystalline substance which forms red salts. These salts are essential components of many of the socalled aniline dyes, as fuchsine, aniline red, etc. By extension, any one of the series of substances derived from, or related to, rosaniline proper.
Rosarian Dictionary R - noun A cultivator of roses.
Rosaries Dictionary R - pleural of Rosary.
Rosary Dictionary R - noun A bed of roses, or place where roses grow.
Roscid Dictionary R - adjective Containing, or consisting of, dew; dewy.
Roscoelite Dictionary R - noun A green micaceous mineral occurring in minute scales. It is essentially a silicate of aluminia and potash containing vanadium.
Roseal Dictionary R - adjective resembling a rose in smell or color.
Roseate Dictionary R - adjective Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers.
Rosebay Dictionary R - noun the oleander.
Rosebud Dictionary R - noun The flower of a rose before it opens, or when but partially open.
Rosebush Dictionary R - noun The bush or shrub which bears roses.
Rose-colored Dictionary R - adjective Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color.
Rose-cut Dictionary R - adjective Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows; - said of diamonds and other precious stones. See Rose diamond, under Rose. Cf. Brilliant, n.
Rosedrop Dictionary R - noun A lozenge having a rose flavor.
Rosefinch Dictionary R - noun Any one of numerous species of Asiatic finches of the genera Carpodacus, and Propasser, and allied genera, in which the male is more or less colored with rose red.
Rosefish Dictionary R - noun A large marine scorpaenoid food fish (Sebastes marinus) found on the northern coasts of Europe and America. called also red perch, hemdurgan, Norway haddok, and also, erroneously, snapper, bream, and bergylt.
Rosehead Dictionary R - noun See Rose, n., 4.
Roseine Dictionary R - noun See Magenta.
Roselite Dictionary R - noun A hydrous arsenite of cobalt, occuring in small red crystals, allied to erythrite.
Rosella Dictionary R - noun A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet, the throat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, and the breast yellow.
Roselle Dictionary R - noun a malvaceous plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) cultivated in the east and West Indies for its fleshy calyxes, which are used for making tarts and jelly and an acid drink.
Rosemaloes Dictionary R - noun The liquid storax of the East Indian Liquidambar orientalis.
Rosemary Dictionary R - noun A labiate shrub (Rosmarinus officinalis) with narrow grayish leaves, growing native in the southern part of France, Spain, and Italy, also in Asia Minor and in China. It has a fragrant smell, and a warm, pungent, bitterish taste. It is used in cookery, perfumery, etc., and is an emblem of fidelity or constancy.
Rosen Dictionary R - adjective Consisting of roses; rosy.
Rosenmuller's organ Dictionary R - The parovarium.
Roseo- Dictionary R - A prefix (also used adjectively) signifying rose-red; specifically used to designate certain rose-red compounds (called roseo-cobaltic compounds) of cobalt with ammonia. Cf. Luteo-.
Roseola Dictionary R - noun A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; - called also rose rash.
Rose-pink Dictionary R - adjective Having a pink color like that of the rose, or like the pigment called rose pink. See Rose pink, under Rose.
Roser Dictionary R - noun A rosier; a rosebush.
Rose-red Dictionary R - adjective Red as a rose; specifically (Zool.), of a pure purplish red color.
Rose-rial Dictionary R - noun A name of several English gold coins struck in different reigns and having having different values; a rose noble.
Roseroot Dictionary R - noun A fleshy-leaved herb (Rhodiola rosea); rosewort; - so called because the roots have the odor of roses.
Rosery Dictionary R - noun A place where roses are cultivated; a nursery of roses. See Rosary, 1.
Roset Dictionary R - noun A red color used by painters.
Ro-setta stone Dictionary R - A stone found at Rosetta, in Egypt, bearing a trilingual inscription, by aid of which, with other inscriptions, a key was obtained to the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt.
Rosetta wood Dictionary R - An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork.
Rosette Dictionary R - noun An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, - used as an ornament or a badge.
Rose water Dictionary R - Water tinctured with roses by distillation.
Rose-water Dictionary R - adjective Having the odor of rose water; hence, affectedly nice or delicate; sentimental.
Rosewood Dictionary R - noun A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and variegated with black, obtained from several tropical leguminous trees of the genera Dalbergia and Machaerium. The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said to be from the Dalbergia nigra.
Roseworm Dictionary R - noun The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous insects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the rose, especially Cacaecia rosaceana, which rolls up the leaves for a nest, and devours both the leaves and buds.
Rosewort Dictionary R - noun Roseroot.
Rosicrucian Dictionary R - noun One who, in the 17th century and the early part of the 18th, claimed to belong to a secret society of philosophers deeply versed in the secrets of nature, - the alleged society having existed, it was stated, several hundred years.
Rosied Dictionary R - adjective Decorated with roses, or with the color of roses.
Rosier Dictionary R - noun A rosebush; roses, collectively.
Rosily Dictionary R - adverb In a rosy manner.
Rosin Dictionary R - noun The hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine; colophony.
Rosiness Dictionary R - noun The quality of being rosy.
Rosinweed Dictionary R - noun The compass plant. See under Compass.
Rosiny Dictionary R - adjective like rosin, or having its qualities.
Rosland Dictionary R - noun heathy land; land full of heather; moorish or watery land.
Rosmarine Dictionary R - noun Dew from the sea; sea dew.
Rosolic Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to, or designating, a complex red dyestuff (called rosolic acid) which is analogous to rosaniline and aurin. It is produced by oxidizing a mixture of phenol and cresol, as a dark red amorphous mass, C20H16O3, which forms weak salts with bases, and stable ones with acids. Called also methyl aurin, and, formerly, corallin.
Ross Dictionary R - noun The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees.
Rossel Dictionary R - noun Light land; rosland.
Rossel current Dictionary R - A portion of the southern equatorial current flowing westward from the Fiji Islands to New Guinea.
Rosselly Dictionary R - adjective Loose; light.
Rost Dictionary R - noun See Roust.
Rostel Dictionary R - noun same as Rostellum.
Rostellar Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to a rostellum.
Rostellate Dictionary R - adjective Having a rostellum, or small beak; terminating in a beak.
Rostelliform Dictionary R - adjective Having the form of a rostellum, or small beak.
Rostella Dictionary R - pleural of Rostellum.
Rostellum Dictionary R - noun A small beaklike process or extension of some part; a small rostrum; as, the rostellum of the stigma of violets, or of the operculum of many mosses; the rostellum on the head of a tapeworm.
Roster Dictionary R - noun A register or roll showing the order in which officers, enlisted men, companies, or regiments are called on to serve.
Rostra Dictionary R - noun plural See Rostrum, 2.
Rostral Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the beak or snout of an animal, or the beak of a ship; resembling a rostrum, esp., the rostra at Rome, or their decorations.
Rostrate Dictionary R - adjective Alt. of Rostrated.
Rostrated Dictionary R - adjective Having a process resembling the beak of a bird; beaked; rostellate.
Rostrifera Dictionary R - noun plural A division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, having the head prolonged into a snout which is not retractile.
Rostriform Dictionary R - adjective Having the form of a beak.
Rostrula Dictionary R - pleural of Rostrulum.
Rostrulum Dictionary R - noun A little rostrum, or beak, as of an insect.
Rostrums Dictionary R - pleural of Rostrum.
Rostrum Dictionary R - noun The beak or head of a ship.
Rosulate Dictionary R - adjective Arranged in little roselike clusters; - said of leaves and bracts.
Rosy Dictionary R - superlative Resembling a rose in color, form, or qualities; blooming; red; blushing; also, adorned with roses.
Rotted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rot.
Rotting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rot.
Rot Dictionary R - intransitive verb To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to decay.
Rota Dictionary R - noun An ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana, that takes cognizance of suits by appeal. It consists of twelve members.
Rotacism Dictionary R - noun See Rhotacism.
Rotal Dictionary R - adjective Relating to wheels or to rotary motion; rotary.
Rotalite Dictionary R - noun Any fossil foraminifer of the genus Rotalia, abundant in the chalk formation. See Illust. under Rhizopod.
Rotary Dictionary R - adjective Turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis; rotatory; as, rotary motion.
Rotascope Dictionary R - noun Same as Gyroscope, 1.
Rotate Dictionary R - adjective Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one.
Rotated Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rotate.
Rotating Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rotate.
Rotation Dictionary R - noun The act of turning, as a wheel or a solid body on its axis, as distinguished from the progressive motion of a revolving round another body or a distant point; thus, the daily turning of the earth on its axis is a rotation; its annual motion round the sun is a revolution.
Rotative Dictionary R - adjective turning, as a wheel; rotary; rotational.
Rotator Dictionary R - noun that which gives a rotary or rolling motion, as a muscle which partially rotates or turns some part on its axis.
Rotatoria Dictionary R - noun plural Same as Rotifera.
Rotatory Dictionary R - adjective Turning as on an axis; rotary.
Rotche Dictionary R - noun A very small arctic sea bird (Mergulus alle, or Alle alle) common on both coasts of the Atlantic in winter; - called also little auk, dovekie, rotch, rotchie, and sea dove.
Rotchet Dictionary R - noun The European red gurnard (Trigla pini).
Rote Dictionary R - noun A root.
Roted Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rote.
Roting Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rote.
Rotella Dictionary R - noun Any one of numerous species of small, polished, brightcolored gastropods of the genus Rotella, native of tropical seas.
Rotgut Dictionary R - noun Bad small beer.
Rother Dictionary R - adjective Bovine.
Rotifer Dictionary R - noun One of the Rotifera. See Illust. in Appendix.
Rotifera Dictionary R - noun An order of minute worms which usually have one or two groups of vibrating cilia on the head, which, when in motion, often give an appearance of rapidly revolving wheels. The species are very numerous in fresh waters, and are very diversified in form and habits.
Rotiform Dictionary R - adjective Wheel-shaped; as, rotiform appendages.
Rotta Dictionary R - noun See Rota.
Rotten Dictionary R - adjective Having rotted; putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat.
Rotula Dictionary R - noun The patella, or kneepan.
Rotular Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to the rotula, or kneepan.
Rotund Dictionary R - adjective Round; circular; spherical.
Rotunda Dictionary R - adjective A round building; especially, one that is round both on the outside and inside, like the Pantheon at Rome. Less properly, but very commonly, used for a large round room; as, the rotunda of the Capitol at Washington.
Rotundate Dictionary R - adjective Rounded; especially, rounded at the end or ends, or at the corners.
Rotundifolious Dictionary R - adjective Having round leaves.
Rotundity Dictionary R - noun The state or quality of being rotu/; roundness; sphericity; circularity.
Rotundness Dictionary R - noun Roundness; rotundity.
Rotundo Dictionary R - noun See Rotunda.
Roturer Dictionary R - noun A roturier.
Roturier Dictionary R - noun A person who is not of noble birth; specif., a freeman who during the prevalence of feudalism held allodial land.
Roty Dictionary R - verb transitive To make rotten.
Rouble Dictionary R - noun A coin. See Ruble.
Rouche Dictionary R - noun See Ruche.
Roue Dictionary R - noun One devoted to a life of sensual pleasure; a debauchee; a rake.
Rouet Dictionary R - noun A small wheel formerly fixed to the pan of firelocks for discharging them.
Rouge Dictionary R - adjective red.
Rouged Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rouge.
Rouging Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rouge.
Rougecroix Dictionary R - noun One of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms.
Rouge dragon Dictionary R - noun One of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms.
Rough Dictionary R - noun Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.
Roughcast Dictionary R - verb transitive To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish.
Roughcaster Dictionary R - noun One who roughcasts.
Roughdraw Dictionary R - verb transitive To draw or delineate rapidly and by way of a first sketch.
Roughdry Dictionary R - verb transitive in laundry work, to dry without smoothing or ironing.
Roughened Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Roughen.
Roughening Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Roughen.
Roughen Dictionary R - verb transitive To make rough.
Rough-footed Dictionary R - adjective Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove.
Rough-grained Dictionary R - adjective Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque.
Roughhead Dictionary R - noun The redfin.
Roughhew Dictionary R - verb transitive To hew coarsely, without smoothing; as, to roughhew timber.
Roughhewer Dictionary R - noun One who roughhews.
Roughhewn Dictionary R - adjective Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished.
Roughing-in Dictionary R - noun The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.
Roughings Dictionary R - noun plural Rowen.
Roughish Dictionary R - adjective Somewhat rough.
Roughleg Dictionary R - noun Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough-legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard.
Rough-legged Dictionary R - adjective Having the legs covered with feathers; - said of a bird.
Roughly Dictionary R - adverb In a rough manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely.
Roughness Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being rough.
Roughrider Dictionary R - noun One who breaks horses; especially (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer in the British cavalry, whose duty is to assist the riding master.
Roughscuff Dictionary R - noun A rough, coarse fellow; collectively, the lowest class of the people; the rabble; the riffraff.
Roughsetter Dictionary R - noun A mason who builds rough stonework.
Roughshod Dictionary R - adjective Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse.
Roughstrings Dictionary R - noun plural Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support.
Rought Dictionary R - imp. of Reach.
Roughtail Dictionary R - noun Any species of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidae; - so called from their rough tails.
Roughwork Dictionary R - verb transitive To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety, smoothness, or finish.
Roughwrought Dictionary R - adjective Wrought in a rough, unfinished way; worked over coarsely.
Rouk Dictionary R - intransitive verb See 5th Ruck, and Roke.
Roulade Dictionary R - noun A smoothly running passage of short notes (as semiquavers, or sixteenths) uniformly grouped, sung upon one long syllable, as in Handel's oratorios.
Rouleaux Dictionary R - pleural of Rouleau.
Rouleaus Dictionary R - pleural of Rouleau.
Rouleau Dictionary R - noun A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something resembling such a roll.
Roulette Dictionary R - noun A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.
Rouly-pouly Dictionary R - noun See Rolly-pooly.
Roun Dictionary R - verb intransitive & transitive Alt. of Rown.
Rown Dictionary R - verb intransitive & transitive To whisper.
Rounce Dictionary R - noun The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again; - sometimes applied to the whole apparatus by which the form is moved under the platen.
Rounceval Dictionary R - adjective Large; strong; - from the gigantic bones shown at Roncesvalles, and alleged to be those of old heroes.
Rouncy Dictionary R - noun A common hackney horse; a nag.
Round Dictionary R - verb intransitive & transitive To whisper.
Rounded Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Round.
Rounding Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Round.
Roundabout Dictionary R - adjective Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech.
Roundaboutness Dictionary R - noun The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
Round-arm Dictionary R - adjective Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally.
Round-backed Dictionary R - adjective Having a round back or shoulders; round-shouldered.
Roundel Dictionary R - adjective A rondelay.
Roundelay Dictionary R - noun See Rondeau, and Rondel.
Rounder Dictionary R - noun One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly.
Roundfish Dictionary R - noun Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes.
Roundhead Dictionary R - noun A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Roundheaded Dictionary R - adjective Having a round head or top.
Roundhouse Dictionary R - noun A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house.
Roundish Dictionary R - adjective Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure.
Roundlet Dictionary R - noun A little circle.
Roundly Dictionary R - adverb In a round form or manner.
Roundness Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc.
Roundridge Dictionary R - verb transitive To form into round ridges by plowing.
Round-shouldered Dictionary R - adjective Having the shoulders stooping or projecting; round-backed.
Roundsmen Dictionary R - pleural of Roundsman.
Roundsman Dictionary R - noun A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen.
Roundtop Dictionary R - noun A top; a platform at a masthead; - so called because formerly round in shape.
Round-up Dictionary R - noun The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in.
Roundure Dictionary R - noun Roundness; a round or circle.
Roundworm Dictionary R - noun A nematoid worm.
Roundy Dictionary R - adjective Round.
Roup Dictionary R - verb intransitive & transitive To cry or shout; hence, to sell by auction.
Rousant Dictionary R - adjective Rising; - applied to a bird in the attitude of rising; also, sometmes, to a bird in profile with wings addorsed.
Rouse Dictionary R - verb intransitive & transitive To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
Roused Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rouse.
Rousing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rouse.
Rouser Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, rouses.
Rousingly Dictionary R - adverb In a rousing manner.
Roussette Dictionary R - noun A fruit bat, especially the large species (Pieropus vulgaris) inhabiting the islands of the Indian ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings.
Roust Dictionary R - verb transitive To rouse; to disturb; as, to roust one out.
Roustabout Dictionary R - noun A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance jobs.
Rout Dictionary R - intransitive verb To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly.
Routed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rout.
Routing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rout.
Route Dictionary R - noun The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march.
Router Dictionary R - noun A plane made like a spokeshave, for working the inside edges of circular sashes.
Routhe Dictionary R - noun Ruth; sorrow.
Routinary Dictionary R - adjective Involving, or pertaining to, routine; ordinary; customary.
Routine Dictionary R - noun A round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or offical duties regularly or frequently returning.
Routinism Dictionary R - noun the practice of doing things with undiscriminating, mechanical regularity.
Routinist Dictionary R - noun One who habituated to a routine.
Routish Dictionary R - adjective Uproarious; riotous.
Routously Dictionary R - adverb With that violation of law called a rout. See 5th Rout, 4.
Roux Dictionary R - noun A thickening, made of flour, for soups and gravies.
Roved Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rove.
Roving Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rove.
Rover Dictionary R - intransitive verb One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.
Rovingly Dictionary R - adverb In a wandering manner.
Rovingness Dictionary R - noun The state of roving.
Row Dictionary R - adjective & adverb Rough; stern; angry.
Rowed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Row.
Rowing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Row.
Rowable Dictionary R - adjective That may be rowed, or rowed upon.
Rowan Dictionary R - noun Rowan tree.
Rowan tree Dictionary R - A european tree (Pyrus aucuparia) related to the apple, but with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs of small white flowers followed by little bright red berries. Called also roan tree, and mountain ash. The name is also applied to two American trees of similar habit (Pyrus Americana, and P. sambucifolia).
Rowboat Dictionary R - noun A boat designed to be propelled by oars instead of sails.
Rowdies Dictionary R - pleural of Rowdy.
Rowdy Dictionary R - noun One who engages in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly fellow.
Rowdydow Dictionary R - noun Hubbub; uproar.
Rowdydowdy Dictionary R - adjective Uproarious.
Rowdyish Dictionary R - adjective Resembling a rowdy in temper or conduct; characteristic of a rowdy.
Rowdyism Dictionary R - noun the conduct of a rowdy.
Rowel Dictionary R - noun The little wheel of a spur, with sharp points.
Roweled Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rowel.
Rowelled Dictionary R - of Rowel.
Roweling Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rowel.
Rowelling Dictionary R - of Rowel.
Rowel bone Dictionary R - See rewel bone.
Rowen Dictionary R - noun A stubble field left unplowed till late in the autumn, that it may be cropped by cattle.
Rower Dictionary R - noun One who rows with an oar.
Rowett Dictionary R - noun See Rowen.
Rowlock Dictionary R - noun A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the edge of the gunwale, sometimes of a single pin passing through the oar, or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the oar.
Rowport Dictionary R - noun An opening in the side of small vessels of war, near the surface of the water, to facilitate rowing in calm weather.
Roxburgh Dictionary R - noun A style of bookbinding in which the back is plain leather, the sides paper or cloth, the top gilt-edged, but the front and bottom left uncut.
Roy Dictionary R - noun A king.
Royal Dictionary R - adjective Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state.
Royalet Dictionary R - noun A petty or powerless king.
Royalism Dictionary R - noun the principles or conduct of royalists.
Royalist Dictionary R - noun An adherent of a king (as of Charles I. in England, or of the Bourbons in france); one attached to monarchical government.
Royalization Dictionary R - noun The act of making loyal to a king.
Royalize Dictionary R - verb transitive to make royal.
Royally Dictionary R - adverb In a royal or kingly manner; like a king; as becomes a king.
Royalties Dictionary R - pleural of Royalty.
Royalty Dictionary R - noun The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty.
Royne Dictionary R - verb transitive To bite; to gnaw.
Roynish Dictionary R - adjective Mangy; scabby; hence, mean; paltry; troublesome.
Royster Dictionary R - noun Alt. of Roysterer.
Roysterer Dictionary R - noun same as Roister, Roisterer.
Royston crow Dictionary R - See Hooded crow, under Hooded.
Roytelet Dictionary R - noun A little king.
Roytish Dictionary R - adjective Wild; irregular.
Rubbed Dictionary R - imperative & past particle of Rub.
Rubbing Dictionary R - past particle & verb noun of Rub.
Rub Dictionary R - verb transitive To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back and forth; as, to rub the flesh with the hand; to rub wood with sandpaper.
Ruba-dub Dictionary R - noun The sound of a drum when continuously beaten; hence, a clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter.
Rubato Dictionary R - adjective Robbed; borrowed.
Rubbage Dictionary R - noun Rubbish.
Rubber Dictionary R - noun One who, or that which, rubs.
Rubbidge Dictionary R - noun Rubbish.
Rubbish Dictionary R - noun Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; debris.
Rubble Dictionary R - noun Water-worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in coarse masonry, or to fill up between the facing courses of walls.
Rubblestone Dictionary R - noun See Rubble, 1 and 2.
Rubblework Dictionary R - noun Masonry constructed of unsquared stones that are irregular in size and shape.
Rubbly Dictionary R - adjective Relating to, or containing, rubble.
Rubedinous Dictionary R - adjective Reddish.
Rubefacient Dictionary R - adjective Making red.
Rubefaction Dictionary R - noun The act or process of making red.
Rubelet Dictionary R - noun A little ruby.
Rubella Dictionary R - noun An acute specific disease with a dusky red cutaneous eruption resembling that of measles, but unattended by catarrhal symptoms; - called also German measles.
Rubelle Dictionary R - noun A red color used in enameling.
Rubellite Dictionary R - noun A variety of tourmaline varying in color from a pale rose to a deep ruby, and containing lithium.
Rubeola Dictionary R - noun the measles.
Ruberythrinic Dictionary R - adjective Pertaining to, or designating, an acid extracted from madder root. It is a yellow crystalline substance from which alizarin is obtained.
Rubescence Dictionary R - noun The quality or state of being rubescent; a reddening; a flush.
Rubescent Dictionary R - adjective Growing or becoming red; tending to redness.
Rubiaceous Dictionary R - adjective Of or pertaining to a very large natural order of plants (Rubiaceae) named after the madder (Rubia tinctoria), and including about three hundred and seventy genera and over four thousand species. Among them are the coffee tree, the trees yielding peruvian bark and quinine, the madder, the quaker ladies, and the trees bearing the edible fruits called genipap and Sierre Leone peach, besides many plants noted for the beauty or the fragrance of their blossoms.
Rubiacin Dictionary R - noun A substance found in madder root, and probably identical with ruberythrinic acid.
Rubian Dictionary R - noun One of several color-producing glycosides found in madder root.
Rubianic Dictionary R - adjective pertaining to, or derived from, rubian; specifically, designating an acid called also ruberythrinic acid.
Ru bible Dictionary R - noun A ribble.
Rubican Dictionary R - adjective Colored a prevailing red, bay, or black, with flecks of white or gray especially on the flanks; - said of horses.