R () R, the eighteenth letter of
the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is sometimes called a semivowel,
and a liquid. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 178, 179, and 250-254.
Ra (n.) A roe; a deer.
Ra- () A prefix, from the Latin
re and ad combined, coming to us through the French and Italian. See Re-, and
Ad-.
Raash (n.) The electric
catfish.
Rab (n.) A rod or stick
used by masons in mixing hair with mortar.
Rabat (n.) A polishing
material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.
Rabate (v.) To recover to
the fist, as a hawk.
Rabatine (n.) A collar or
cape.
Rabato (n.) A kind of ruff
for the neck; a turned-down collar; a rebato.
Rabbate (v. t.) To abate
or diminish.
Rabbate (n.) Abatement.
Rabbeted (imp. & p. p.) of
Rabbet
Rabbeting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rabbet
Rabbet (v. t.) To cut a
rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet.
Rabbet (v. t.) To unite
the edges of, as boards, etc., in a rabbet joint.
Rabbet (n.) A longitudinal
channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of any body; especially,
one intended to receive another member, so as to break or cover the joint, or
more easily to hold the members in place; thus, the groove cut for a panel, for
a pane of glass, or for a door, is a rabbet, or rebate.
Rabbet (n.) Same as Rabbet
joint, below.
Rabbis (pl. ) of Rabbi
Rabbies (pl. ) of Rabbi
Rabbi (n.) Master; lord;
teacher; -- a Jewish title of respect or honor for a teacher or doctor of the
law.
Rabbin (n.) Same as Rabbi.
Rabbinic (a.) Alt. of
Rabbinical
Rabbinical (a.) Of or
pertaining to the rabbins or rabbis, or pertaining to the opinions, learning, or
language of the rabbins.
Rabbinic (n.) The language
or dialect of the rabbins; the later Hebrew.
Rabbinically (adv.) In a
rabbinical manner; after the manner of the rabbins.
Rabbinism (n.) A rabbinic
expression or phraseology; a peculiarity of the language of the rabbins.
Rabbinism (n.) The
teachings and traditions of the rabbins.
Rabbinist (n.) 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 (n.) Same as
Rabbinist.
Rabbit (n.) 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 (n.) The hunting
of rabbits.
Rabbitry (n.) A place
where rabbits are kept; especially, a collection of hutches for tame rabbits.
Rabble (n.) An iron bar,
with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of
puddling.
Rabble (v. t.) To stir or
skim with a rabble, as molten iron.
Rabble (v. i.) To speak in
a confused manner.
Rabble (v. i.) A
tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noisy people; a mob; a confused, disorderly throng.
Rabble (v. i.) A confused,
incoherent discourse; a medley of voices; a chatter.
Rabble (a.) Of or
pertaining to a rabble; like, or suited to, a rabble; disorderly; vulgar.
Rabbled (imp. & p. p.) of
Rabble
Rabbling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rabble
Rabble (v. t.) To insult,
or assault, by a mob; to mob; as, to rabble a curate.
Rabble (v. t.) To utter
glibly and incoherently; to mouth without intelligence.
Rabble (v. t.) To rumple;
to crumple.
Rabblement (n.) A
tumultuous crowd of low people; a rabble.
Rabbler (n.) A scraping
tool for smoothing metal.
Rabble-rout (n.) A
tumultuous crowd; a rabble; a noisy throng.
Rabdoidal (a.) See
Sagittal.
Rabdology (n.) The method
or art of performing arithmetical operations by means of Napier's bones. See
Napier's bones.
Rabdomancy (n.) Divination
by means of rods or wands.
Rabid (n.) Furious;
raging; extremely violent.
Rabid (n.) Extreme,
unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous; as, a rabid
socialist.
Rabid (n.) Affected with
the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox.
Rabid (n.) Of or
pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia; as, rabid virus.
Rabidity (n.) Rabidness;
furiousness.
Rabidly (adv.) In a rabid
manner; with extreme violence.
Rabidness (n.) The quality
or state of being rabid.
Rabies (n.) Same as
Hydrophobia (b); canine madness.
Rabinet (n.) A kind of
small ordnance formerly in use.
Rabious (a.) Fierce.
Rabot (n.) A rubber of
hard wood used in smoothing marble to be polished.
Raca (a.) A term of
reproach used by the Jews of our Savior's time, meaning "worthless."
Racahout (n.) A
preparation from acorns used by the Arabs as a substitute for chocolate, and
also as a beverage for invalids.
Raccoon (n.) 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 (v. t.) To raze.
Race (n.) A root.
Race (n.) The descendants
of a common ancestor; a family, tribe, people, or nation, believed or presumed
to belong to the same stock; a lineage; a breed.
Race (n.) Company; herd;
breed.
Race (n.) A variety of
such fixed character that it may be propagated by seed.
Race (n.) Peculiar flavor,
taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which
indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavor; smack.
Race (n.) Hence,
characteristic quality or disposition.
Race (n.) A progress; a
course; a movement or progression.
Race (n.) Esp., swift
progress; rapid course; a running.
Race (n.) Hence: The act
or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in
running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a
meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races.
Race (n.) Competitive
action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
Race (n.) A strong or
rapid current of water, or the channel or passage for such a current; a powerful
current or heavy sea, sometimes produced by the meeting of two tides; as, the
Portland Race; the Race of Alderney.
Race (n.) The current of
water that turns a water wheel, or the channel in which it flows; a mill race.
Race (n.) A channel or
guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing
machine, etc.
Raced (imp. & p. p.) of
Race
Racing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Race
Race (v. i.) To run
swiftly; to contend in a race; as, the animals raced over the ground; the ships
raced from port to port.
Race (v. i.) To run too
fast at times, as a marine engine or screw, when the screw is lifted out of
water by the action of a heavy sea.
Race (v. t.) To cause to
contend in a race; to drive at high speed; as, to race horses.
Race (v. t.) To run a race
with.
Racemate (n.) A salt of
racemic acid.
Racemation (n.) A cluster
or bunch, as of grapes.
Racemation (n.)
Cultivation or gathering of clusters of grapes.
Raceme (n.) A flower
cluster with an elongated axis and many one-flowered lateral pedicels, as in the
currant and chokecherry.
Racemed (a.) Arranged in a
raceme, or in racemes.
Racemic (a.) 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 (a.) Bearing
racemes, as the currant.
Racemiform (a.) Having the
form of a raceme.
Racemose (a.) 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 (a.) See Racemose.
Racemule (n.) A little
raceme.
Racemulose (a.) Growing in
very small racemes.
Racer (n.) One who, or
that which, races, or contends in a race; esp., a race horse.
Racer (n.) The common
American black snake.
Racer (n.) One of the
circular iron or steel rails on which the chassis of a heavy gun is turned.
Rach (n.) Alt. of Rache
Rache (n.) A dog that
pursued his prey by scent, as distinguished from the greyhound.
Rachialgia (n.) A painful
affection of the spine; especially, Pott's disease; also, formerly, lead colic.
Rachidian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the rachis; spinal; vertebral. Same as Rhachidian.
Rachilla (n.) Same as
Rhachilla.
Rachiodont (a.) Same as
Rhachiodont.
Rachises (pl. ) of Rachis
Rachides (pl. ) of Rachis
Rachis (n.) The spine; the
vertebral column.
Rachis (n.) Same as
Rhachis.
Rachitic (a.) Of or
pertaining to rachitis; affected by rachitis; rickety.
Rachitis (n.) Literally,
inflammation of the spine, but commonly applied to the rickets. See Rickets.
Rachitis (n.) A disease
which produces abortion in the fruit or seeds.
Rachitome (n.) A
dissecting instrument for opening the spinal canal.
Racial (a.) Of or
pertaining to a race or family of men; as, the racial complexion.
Racily (adv.) In a racy
manner.
Raciness (n.) The quality
of being racy; peculiar and piquant flavor.
Racing () a. & n. from Race, v.
t. & i.
Rack (n.) Same as Arrack.
Rack (n.) The neck and
spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton.
Rack (n.) A wreck;
destruction.
Rack (n.) Thin, flying,
broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky.
Rack (v. i.) To fly, as
vapor or broken clouds.
Racked (imp. & p. p.) of
Rack
Racking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rack
Rack (v.) To amble fast,
causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; -- said of a horse.
Rack (n.) A fast amble.
Rack (v. t.) To draw off
from the lees or sediment, as wine.
Rack (a.) An instrument or
frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something.
Rack (a.) An engine of
torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually
stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used
judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons.
Rack (a.) An instrument
for bending a bow.
Rack (a.) A grate on which
bacon is laid.
Rack (a.) A frame or
device of various construction for holding, and preventing the waste of, hay,
grain, etc., supplied to beasts.
Rack (a.) A frame on which
articles are deposited for keeping or arranged for display; as, a clothes rack;
a bottle rack, etc.
Rack (a.) A piece or frame
of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; --
called also rack block. Also, a frame to hold shot.
Rack (a.) A frame or table
on which ores are separated or washed.
Rack (a.) A frame fitted
to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads.
Rack (a.) A distaff.
Rack (a.) A bar with teeth
on its face, or edge, to work with those of a wheel, pinion, or worm, which is
to drive it or be driven by it.
Rack (a.) That which is
extorted; exaction.
Rack (v. t.) To extend by
the application of force; to stretch or strain; specifically, to stretch on the
rack or wheel; to torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the
joints.
Rack (v. t.) To torment;
to torture; to affect with extreme pain or anguish.
Rack (v. t.) To stretch or
strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion.
Rack (v. t.) To wash on a
rack, as metals or ore.
Rack (v. t.) To bind
together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
Rackabones (n.) A very
lean animal, esp. a horse.
Racker (n.) One who racks.
Racker (n.) A horse that
has a racking gait.
Racket (n.) 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.
Racket (n.) A variety of
the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the
plural.
Racket (n.) A snowshoe
formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.
Racket (n.) A broad wooden
shoe or patten for a man or horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft
ground.
Racket (v. t.) To strike
with, or as with, a racket.
Racket (n.) Confused,
clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport.
Racket (n.) A carouse; any
reckless dissipation.
Racketed (imp. & p. p.) of
Racket
Racketing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Racket
Racket (v. i.) To make a
confused noise or racket.
Racket (v. i.) To engage
in noisy sport; to frolic.
Racket (v. i.) To carouse
or engage in dissipation.
Racketer (n.) One who
makes, or engages in, a racket.
Rackett (n.) An old wind
instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys.
Racket-tail (n.) 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 (a.) Having
long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers.
Rackety (a.) Making a
tumultuous noise.
Racking (n.) Spun yarn
used in racking ropes.
Rack-rent (n.) A rent of
the full annual value of the tenement, or near it; an excessive or unreasonably
high rent.
Rack-rent (v. t.) To
subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant.
Rack-renter (n.) One who
is subjected to paying rack-rent.
Rack-renter (n.) One who
exacts rack-rent.
Racktail (n.) An arm
attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of
a repeating clock.
Rackwork (n.) Any
mechanism having a rack, as a rack and pinion.
Racle (a.) See Rakel.
Racleness (n.) See
Rakelness.
Raconteur (n.) A relater;
a storyteller.
Racoonda (n.) The coypu.
Racovian (n.) One of a
sect of Socinians or Unitarians in Poland.
Racquet (n.) See Racket.
Racy (superl.) Having a
strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of
the soil; hence, fresh; rich.
Racy (superl.) Hence:
Exciting to the mental taste by a strong or distinctive character of thought or
language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.
Rad () imp. & p. p. of Read, Rede.
Radde () imp. of Read, Rede.
Raddle (n.) 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.
Raddle (n.) A hedge or
fence made with raddles; -- called also raddle hedge.
Raddle (n.) An instrument
consisting of a wooden bar, with a row of upright pegs set in it, used by
domestic weavers to keep the warp of a proper width, and prevent tangling when
it is wound upon the beam of the loom.
Raddle (v. t.) To
interweave or twist together.
Raddle (n.) A red pigment
used in marking sheep, and in some mechanical processes; ruddle.
Raddle (v. t.) To mark or
paint with, or as with, raddle.
Raddock (n.) The ruddock.
Rade (n.) A raid.
Radeau (n.) A float; a
raft.
Radial (a.) 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 (pl. ) of Radiale
Radiale (n.) The bone or
cartilage of the carpus which articulates with the radius and corresponds to the
scaphoid bone in man.
Radiale (n.) Radial plates
in the calyx of a crinoid.
Radially (adv.) In a
radial manner.
Radian (n.) An arc of a
circle which is equal to the radius, or the angle measured by such an arc.
Radiance (n.) Alt. of
Radiancy
Radiancy (n.) The quality
of being radiant; brilliancy; effulgence; vivid brightness; as, the radiance of
the sun.
Radiant (a.) Emitting or
proceeding as from a center; resembling rays; radiating; radiate.
Radiant (a.) Especially,
emitting or darting rays of light or heat; issuing in beams or rays; beaming
with brightness; emitting a vivid light or splendor; as, the radiant sun.
Radiant (a.) Beaming with
vivacity and happiness; as, a radiant face.
Radiant (a.) Giving off
rays; -- said of a bearing; as, the sun radiant; a crown radiant.
Radiant (a.) Having a
raylike appearance, as the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous
plants; -- said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.
Radiant (n.) The luminous
point or object from which light emanates; also, a body radiating light
brightly.
Radiant (n.) A straight
line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived
to revolve.
Radiant (n.) The point in
the heavens at which the apparent paths of shooting stars meet, when traced
backward, or whence they appear to radiate.
Radiantly (adv.) In a
radiant manner; with glittering splendor.
Radiary (n.) A radiate.
Radiata (n. pl.) 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 (imp. & p. p.) of
Radiate
Radiating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Radiate
Radiate (v. i.) To emit
rays; to be radiant; to shine.
Radiate (v. i.) To proceed
in direct lines from a point or surface; to issue in rays, as light or heat.
Radiate (v. t.) To emit or
send out in direct lines from a point or points; as, to radiate heat.
Radiate (v. t.) To
enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate.
Radiate (a.) Having rays
or parts diverging from a center; radiated; as, a radiate crystal.
Radiate (a.) Having in a
capitulum large ray florets which are unlike the disk florets, as in the aster,
daisy, etc.
Radiate (a.) Belonging to
the Radiata.
Radiate (n.) One of the
Radiata.
Radiated (a.) Emitted, or
sent forth, in rays or direct lines; as, radiated heat.
Radiated (a.) Formed of,
or arranged like, rays or radii; having parts or markings diverging, like radii,
from a common center or axis; as, a radiated structure; a radiated group of
crystals.
Radiated (a.) Belonging to
the Radiata.
Radiately (adv.) In a
radiate manner; with radiation or divergence from a center.
Radiate-veined (a.) 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 (a.) Having
the marginal florets enlarged and radiating but not ligulate, as in the capitula
or heads of the cornflower.
Radiation (n.) The act of
radiating, or the state of being radiated; emission and diffusion of rays of
light; beamy brightness.
Radiation (n.) The
shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of
light; as, the radiation of heat.
Radiative (a.) Capable of
radiating; acting by radiation.
Radiator (n.) 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 (a.) Of or
pertaining to the root; proceeding directly from the root.
Radical (a.) Hence: Of or
pertaining to the root or origin; reaching to the center, to the foundation, to
the ultimate sources, to the principles, or the like; original; fundamental;
thorough-going; unsparing; extreme; as, radical evils; radical reform; a radical
party.
Radical (a.) Belonging to,
or proceeding from, the root of a plant; as, radical tubers or hairs.
Radical (a.) Proceeding
from a rootlike stem, or one which does not rise above the ground; as, the
radical leaves of the dandelion and the sidesaddle flower.
Radical (a.) Relating, or
belonging, to the root, or ultimate source of derivation; as, a radical verbal
form.
Radical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a radix or root; as, a radical quantity; a radical sign. See
below.
Radical (n.) A primitive
word; a radix, root, or simple, underived, uncompounded word; an etymon.
Radical (n.) A primitive
letter; a letter that belongs to the radix.
Radical (n.) One who
advocates radical changes in government or social institutions, especially such
changes as are intended to level class inequalities; -- opposed to conservative.
Radical (n.) A
characteristic, essential, and fundamental constituent of any compound; hence,
sometimes, an atom.
Radical (n.) Specifically,
a group of two or more atoms, not completely saturated, which are so linked that
their union implies certain properties, and are conveniently regarded as playing
the part of a single atom; a residue; -- called also a compound radical. Cf.
Residue.
Radical (n.) A radical
quantity. See under Radical, a.
Radical (a.) A radical
vessel. See under Radical, a.
Radicalism (n.) The
quality or state of being radical; specifically, the doctrines or principles of
radicals in politics or social reform.
Radicality (n.) Germinal
principle; source; origination.
Radicality (n.)
Radicalness; relation to a root in essential nature or principle.
Radically (adv.) In a
radical manner; at, or from, the origin or root; fundamentally; as, a scheme or
system radically wrong or defective.
Radically (adv.) Without
derivation; primitively; essentially.
Radicalness (n.) Quality
or state of being radical.
Radicant (a.) Taking root
on, or above, the ground; rooting from the stem, as the trumpet creeper and the
ivy.
Radicate (a.) Radicated.
Radicate (v. i.) To take
root; to become rooted.
Radicated (imp. & p. p.)
of Radicate
Radicating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Radicate
Radicate (v. t.) To cause
to take root; to plant deeply and firmly; to root.
Radicated (a.) Rooted
Radicated (a.) Having
roots, or possessing a well-developed root.
Radicated (a.) Having
rootlike organs for attachment.
Radication (n.) The
process of taking root, or state of being rooted; as, the radication of habits.
Radication (n.) The
disposition of the roots of a plant.
Radicel (n.) A small
branch of a root; a rootlet.
Radiciflorous (a.)
Rhizanthous.
Radiciform (a.) Having the
nature or appearance of a radix or root.
Radicle (n.) 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.
Radicle (n.) A rootlet; a
radicel.
Radicular (a.) Of or
pertaining to roots, or the root of a plant.
Radicule (n.) A radicle.
Radiculose (a.) Producing
numerous radicles, or rootlets.
Radii (n.) pl. of Radius.
Radio- () 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 (n. pl.)
A group of Protozoa having both flagella and pseudopodia.
Radiograph (n.) 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 (n. pl.) 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 (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Radiolaria.
Radiolarian (n.) One of
the Radiolaria.
Radioli (n. pl.) The barbs
of the radii of a feather; barbules.
Radiolite (n.) A hippurite.
Radiometer (n.) A
forestaff.
Radiometer (n.) An
instrument designed for measuring the mechanical effect of radiant energy.
Radiomicrometer (n.) A
very sensitive modification or application of the thermopile, used for
indicating minute changes of radiant heat, or temperature.
Radiophone (n.) An
apparatus for the production of sound by the action of luminous or thermal rays.
It is essentially the same as the photophone.
Radiophony (n.) The art or
practice of using the radiophone.
Radious (a.) Consisting of
rays, as light.
Radious (a.) Radiating;
radiant.
Radish (n.) The pungent
fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant (Raphanus sativus); also, the
whole plant.
Radii (pl. ) of Radius
Radiuses (pl. ) of Radius
Radius (n.) A right line
drawn or extending from the center of a circle to the periphery; the
semidiameter of a circle or sphere.
Radius (n.) The preaxial
bone of the forearm, or brachium, corresponding to the tibia of the hind limb.
See Illust. of Artiodactyla.
Radius (n.) A ray, or
outer floret, of the capitulum of such plants as the sunflower and the daisy.
See Ray, 2.
Radius (n.) The barbs of a
perfect feather.
Radius (n.) Radiating
organs, or color-markings, of the radiates.
Radius (n.) The movable
limb of a sextant or other angular instrument.
Radius vector () 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.
Radius vector (n.) An
ideal straight line joining the center of an attracting body with that of a body
describing an orbit around it, as a line joining the sun and a planet or comet,
or a planet and its satellite.
Radices (pl. ) of Radix
Radixes (pl. ) of Radix
Radix (n.) A primitive
word, from which spring other words; a radical; a root; an etymon.
Radix (n.) A number or
quantity which is arbitrarily made the fundamental number of any system; a base.
Thus, 10 is the radix, or base, of the common system of logarithms, and also of
the decimal system of numeration.
Radix (n.) A finite
expression, from which a series is derived.
Radix (n.) The root of a
plant.
Radulae (pl. ) of Radula
Radula (n.) The chitinous
ribbon bearing the teeth of mollusks; -- called also lingual ribbon, and tongue.
See Odontophore.
Raduliform (a.) Rasplike;
as, raduliform teeth.
Raffed (imp. & p. p.) of
Raff
Raffing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Raff
Raff (v. t.) To sweep,
snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep.
Raff (n.) A promiscuous
heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.
Raff (n.) The sweepings of
society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly used in the compound or duplicate,
riffraff.
Raff (n.) A low fellow; a
churl.
Raffaelesque (a.)
Raphaelesque.
Raffia (n.) A fibrous
material used for tying plants, said to come from the leaves of a palm tree of
the genus Raphia.
Raffinose (n.) A colorless
crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained from the molasses of the sugar
beet.
Raffish (a.) Resembling,
or having the character of, raff, or a raff; worthless; low.
Raffle (v.) 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.
Raffle (v.) A game of dice
in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes.
Raffled (imp. & p. p.) of
Raffle
Raffling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Raffle
Raffle (v. i.) To engage
in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.
Raffle (v. t.) To dispose
of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.
Raffler (n.) One who
raffles.
Rafflesia (n.) 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 () imp. & p. p. of Reave.
Raft (n.) A collection of
logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened together, either for their
own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying
other things; a float.
Raft (n.) A collection of
logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United
States), which obstructs navigation.
Raft (n.) A large
collection of people or things taken indiscriminately.
Rafted (imp. & p. p.) of
Raft
Rafting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Raft
Raft (v. t.) To transport
on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber.
Rafte () imp. of Reave.
Rafter (n.) A raftsman.
Rafter (n.) Originally,
any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber. Now, commonly, one of the timbers
of a roof which are put on sloping, according to the inclination of the roof.
See Illust. of Queen-post.
Rafter (v. t.) To make
into rafters, as timber.
Rafter (v. t.) To furnish
with rafters, as a house.
Rafter (v. t.) To plow so
as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge.
Rafting (n.) The business
of making or managing rafts.
Raftsmen (pl. ) of
Raftsman
Raftsman (n.) A man
engaged in rafting.
Rafty (a.) Damp; musty.
Rag (v. t.) To scold or
rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.
Rag (n.) A piece of cloth
torn off; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred; a tatter; a fragment.
Rag (n.) Hence, mean or
tattered attire; worn-out dress.
Rag (n.) A shabby,
beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
Rag (n.) A coarse kind of
rock, somewhat cellular in texture.
Rag (n.) A ragged edge.
Rag (n.) A sail, or any
piece of canvas.
Ragged (imp. & p. p.) of
Rag
Ragging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rag
Rag (v. i.) To become
tattered.
Rag (v. t.) To break (ore)
into lumps for sorting.
Rag (v. t.) To cut or
dress roughly, as a grindstone.
Ragabash (n.) Alt. of
Ragabrash
Ragabrash (n.) An idle,
ragged person.
Ragamuffin (n.) A paltry
or disreputable fellow; a mean wretch.
Ragamuffin (n.) A person
who wears ragged clothing.
Ragamuffin (n.) The
long-tailed titmouse.
Rage (n.) Violent
excitement; eager passion; extreme vehemence of desire, emotion, or suffering,
mastering the will.
Rage (n.) Especially,
anger accompanied with raving; overmastering wrath; violent anger; fury.
Rage (n.) A violent or
raging wind.
Rage (n.) The subject of
eager desire; that which is sought after, or prosecuted, with unreasonable or
excessive passion; as, to be all the rage.
Raged (imp. & p. p.) of
Rage
Raging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rage
Rage (n.) To be furious
with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion.
Rage (n.) To be violent
and tumultuous; to be violently driven or agitated; to act or move furiously;
as, the raging sea or winds.
Rage (n.) To ravage; to
prevail without restraint, or with destruction or fatal effect; as, the plague
raged in Cairo.
Rage (n.) To toy or act
wantonly; to sport.
Rage (v. t.) To enrage.
Rageful (a.) Full of rage;
expressing rage.
Ragery (n.) Wantonness.
Ragged (n.) Rent or worn
into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail.
Ragged (n.) Broken with
rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks.
Ragged (n.) Hence, harsh
and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant.
Ragged (n.) Wearing
tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.
Ragged (n.) Rough; shaggy;
rugged.
Raggie (a.) Alt. of Raggy
Raggy (a.) Ragged; rough.
Raghuvansa (n.) A
celebrated Sanskrit poem having for its subject the Raghu dynasty.
Raging () a. & n. from Rage, v. i.
Ragious (a.) Raging;
furious; rageful.
Raglan (n.) A loose
overcoat with large sleeves; -- named from Lord Raglan, an English general.
Ragmen (pl. ) of Ragman
Ragman (n.) A man who
collects, or deals in, rags.
Ragman (n.) A document
having many names or numerous seals, as a papal bull.
Ragman's roll () The rolls of
deeds on parchment in which the Scottish nobility and gentry subscribed
allegiance to Edward I. of England, A. D. 1296.
Ragout (n.) A dish made of
pieces of meat, stewed, and highly seasoned; as, a ragout of mutton.
Ragpicker (n.) One who
gets a living by picking up rags and refuse things in the streets.
Raguled (a.) Alt. of
Ragguled
Ragguled (a.) Notched in
regular diagonal breaks; -- said of a line, or a bearing having such an edge.
Ragweed (n.) A common
American composite weed (Ambrosia artemisiaefolia) with finely divided leaves;
hogweed.
Ragwork (n.) A kind of
rubblework. In the United States, any rubblework of thin and small stones.
Ragwort (n.) A name given
to several species of the composite genus Senecio.
Raia (n.) A genus of rays
which includes the skates. See Skate.
Raiae (n. pl.) The order
of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sawfishes, skates, and rays; -- called
also Rajae, and Rajii.
Raid (n.) A hostile or
predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid
invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.
Raid (n.) An attack or
invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as,
a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public
treasury.
Raided (imp. & p. p.) of
Raid
Raiding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Raid
Raid (v. t.) To make a
raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.
Raider (n.) One who
engages in a raid.
Rail (n.) An outer cloak
or covering; a neckerchief for women.
Rail (v. i.) To flow
forth; to roll out; to course.
Rail (n.) A bar of timber
or metal, usually horizontal or nearly so, extending from one post or support to
another, as in fences, balustrades, staircases, etc.
Rail (n.) A horizontal
piece in a frame or paneling. See Illust. of Style.
Rail (n.) A bar of steel
or iron, forming part of the track on which the wheels roll. It is usually
shaped with reference to vertical strength, and is held in place by chairs,
splices, etc.
Rail (n.) The stout,
narrow plank that forms the top of the bulwarks.
Rail (n.) The light,
fencelike structures of wood or metal at the break of the deck, and elsewhere
where such protection is needed.
Railed (imp. & p. p.) of
Rail
Railing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rail
Rail (v. t.) To inclose
with rails or a railing.
Rail (v. t.) To range in a
line.
Rail (v.) Any one of
numerous species of limicoline birds of the family Rallidae, especially those of
the genus Rallus, and of closely allied genera. They are prized as game birds.
Rail (v. i.) To use
insolent and reproachful language; to utter reproaches; to scoff; -- followed by
at or against, formerly by on.
Rail (v. t.) To rail at.
Rail (v. t.) To move or
influence by railing.
Railer (n.) One who rails;
one who scoffs, insults, censures, or reproaches with opprobrious language.
Railing (a.) Expressing
reproach; insulting.
Railing (n.) A barrier
made of a rail or of rails.
Railing (n.) Rails in
general; also, material for making rails.
Railingly (adv.) With
scoffing or insulting language.
Raillery (n.) Pleasantry
or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment.
Railleur (n.) A banterer;
a jester; a mocker.
Railroad (n.) Alt. of
Railway
Railway (n.) 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.
Railway (n.) The road,
track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc.,
pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has
been put into the hands of a receiver.
Railroading (n.) The
construction of a railroad; the business of managing or operating a railroad.
Raiment (n.) Clothing in
general; vesture; garments; -- usually singular in form, with a collective
sense.
Raiment (n.) An article of
dress.
Rain (n. & v.) Reign.
Rain (n.) Water falling in
drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops.
Rained (imp. & p. p.) of
Rain
Raining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rain
Rain (n.) To fall in drops
from the clouds, as water; -- used mostly with it for a nominative; as, it
rains.
Rain (n.) To fall or drop
like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes.
Rain (v. t.) To pour or
shower down from above, like rain from the clouds.
Rain (v. t.) To bestow in
a profuse or abundant manner; as, to rain favors upon a person.
Rainbow (n.) 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 (a.) Formed with
or like a rainbow.
Raindeer (n.) See
Reindeer.
Raindrop (n.) A drop of
rain.
Rainfall (n.) 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 (n.) The state
of being rainy.
Rainless (a.) Destitute of
rain; as, a rainless region.
Rain-tight (a.) So tight
as to exclude rain; as, a rain-tight roof.
Rainy (a.) Abounding with
rain; wet; showery; as, rainy weather; a rainy day or season.
Raip (n.) A rope; also, a
measure equal to a rod.
Rais (n.) Same as 2d Reis.
Raisable (a.) Capable of
being raised.
Raised (imp. & p. p.) of
Raise
Raising (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Raise
Raise (v. t.) 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.
Raise (v. t.) To bring to
a higher condition or situation; to elevate in rank, dignity, and the like; to
increase the value or estimation of; to promote; to exalt; to advance; to
enhance; as, to raise from a low estate; to raise to office; to raise the price,
and the like.
Raise (v. t.) To increase
the strength, vigor, or vehemence of; to excite; to intensify; to invigorate; to
heighten; as, to raise the pulse; to raise the voice; to raise the spirits or
the courage; to raise the heat of a furnace.
Raise (v. t.) To elevate
in degree according to some scale; as, to raise the pitch of the voice; to raise
the temperature of a room.
Raise (v. t.) To cause to
rise up, or assume an erect position or posture; to set up; to make upright; as,
to raise a mast or flagstaff.
Raise (v. t.) To cause to
spring up from a recumbent position, from a state of quiet, or the like; to
awaken; to arouse.
Raise (v. t.) To rouse to
action; to stir up; to incite to tumult, struggle, or war; to excite.
Raise (v. t.) To bring up
from the lower world; to call up, as a spirit from the world of spirits; to
recall from death; to give life to.
Raise (v. t.) To cause to
arise, grow up, or come into being or to appear; to give rise to; to originate,
produce, cause, effect, or the like.
Raise (v. t.) To form by
the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect; as,
to raise a lofty structure, a wall, a heap of stones.
Raise (v. t.) To bring
together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as,
to raise money, troops, and the like.
Raise (v. t.) To cause to
grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to raise
corn, barley, hops, etc.; toraise cattle.
Raise (v. t.) To bring
into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear; -- often with
up.
Raise (v. t.) To give rise
to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or
a blush.
Raise (v. t.) To give vent
or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.
Raise (v. t.) To bring to
notice; to submit for consideration; as, to raise a point of order; to raise an
objection.
Raise (v. t.) To cause to
rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread.
Raise (v. t.) To cause
(the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to
raise Sandy Hook light.
Raise (v. t.) To let go;
as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks and sheets.
Raise (v. t.) To create or
constitute; as, to raise a use, that is, to create it.
Raised (a.) Lifted up;
showing above the surroundings; as, raised or embossed metal work.
Raised (a.) Leavened; made
with leaven, or yeast; -- used of bread, cake, etc., as distinguished from that
made with cream of tartar, soda, etc. See Raise, v. t., 4.
Raiser (n.) One who, or
that which, raises (in various senses of the verb).
Raisin (n.) A grape, or a
bunch of grapes.
Raisin (n.) A grape dried
in the sun or by artificial heat.
Raising (n.) The act of
lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life.
Raising (n.) Specifically,
the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a
raising.
Raising (n.) The operation
of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles,
by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
Raisonne (a.) Arranged
systematically, or according to classes or subjects; as, a catalogue raisonne.
See under Catalogue.
Raivel (n.) A separator.
Raj (n.) Reign; rule.
Raja (n.) Same as Rajah.
Rajah (a.) A native prince
or king; also, a landholder or person of importance in the agricultural
districts.
Rajahship (n.) The office
or dignity of a rajah.
Rajpoot (n.) Alt. of
Rajput
Rajput (n.) 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 (n.) 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.
Rake (n.) A toothed
machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake.
Rake (n.) A fissure or
mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also
rake-vein.
Raked (imp. & p. p.) of
Rake
Raking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rake
Rake (v. t.) To collect
with a rake; as, to rake hay; -- often with up; as, he raked up the fallen
leaves.
Rake (v. t.) To collect or
draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape
together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to
rake together the rabble of a town.
Rake (v. t.) To pass a
rake over; to scrape or scratch with a rake for the purpose of collecting and
clearing off something, or for stirring up the soil; as, to rake a lawn; to rake
a flower bed.
Rake (v. t.) To search
through; to scour; to ransack.
Rake (v. t.) To scrape or
scratch across; to pass over quickly and lightly, as a rake does.
Rake (v. t.) To enfilade;
to fire in a direction with the length of; in naval engagements, to cannonade,
as a ship, on the stern or head so that the balls range the whole length of the
deck.
Rake (v. i.) To use a
rake, as for searching or for collecting; to scrape; to search minutely.
Rake (v. i.) To pass with
violence or rapidity; to scrape along.
Rake (n.) The inclination
of anything from a perpendicular direction; as, the rake of a roof, a staircase,
etc.
Rake (n.) the inclination
of a mast or funnel, or, in general, of any part of a vessel not perpendicular
to the keel.
Rake (v. i.) To incline
from a perpendicular direction; as, a mast rakes aft.
Rake (n.) A loose,
disorderly, vicious man; a person addicted to lewdness and other scandalous
vices; a debauchee; a roue.
Rake (v. i.) To walk
about; to gad or ramble idly.
Rake (v. i.) To act the
rake; to lead a dissolute, debauched life.
Rakehell (n.) A lewd,
dissolute fellow; a debauchee; a rake.
Rakehell (a.) Alt. of
Rakehelly
Rakehelly (a.) Dissolute;
wild; lewd; rakish.
Rakel (a.) Hasty;
reckless; rash.
Raker (n.) One who, or
that which, rakes
Raker (n.) A person who
uses a rake.
Raker (n.) A machine for
raking grain or hay by horse or other power.
Raker (n.) A gun so placed
as to rake an enemy's ship.
Raker (n.) See Gill
rakers, under 1st Gill.
Rakery (n.) Debauchery;
lewdness.
Rakeshame (n.) A vile,
dissolute wretch.
Rakestale (n.) The handle
of a rake.
Rake-vein (n.) See Rake, a
mineral vein.
Raking (n.) The act or
process of using a rake; the going over a space with a rake.
Raking (n.) A space gone
over with a rake; also, the work done, or the quantity of hay, grain, etc.,
collected, by going once over a space with a rake.
Rakish (a.) Dissolute;
lewd; debauched.
Rakish (a.) Having a saucy
appearance indicative of speed and dash.
Rakishly (adv.) In a
rakish manner.
Rakishness (n.) The
quality or state of being rakish.
Raku ware () A kind of
earthenware made in Japan, resembling Satsuma ware, but having a paler color.
Rale (n.) An adventitious
sound, usually of morbid origin, accompanying the normal respiratory sounds. See
Rhonchus.
Rallentando (a.)
Slackening; -- a direction to perform a passage with a gradual decrease in time
and force; ritardando.
Ralliance (n.) The act of
rallying.
Rallier (n.) One who
rallies.
Ralline (a.) Pertaining to
the rails.
Rallied (imp. & p. p.) of
Rally
Rallying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rally
Rally (v. t.) To collect,
and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather
again; to reunite.
Rally (v. i.) To come into
orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or
put to flight; to assemble; to unite.
Rally (v. i.) To collect
one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.
Rally (v. i.) To recover
strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.
Rallies (pl. ) of Rally
Rally (n.) The act or
process of rallying (in any of the senses of that word).
Rally (n.) A political
mass meeting.
Rally (v. t.) To attack
with raillery, either in good humor and pleasantry, or with slight contempt or
satire.
Rally (v. i.) To use
pleasantry, or satirical merriment.
Rally (n.) Good-humored
raillery.
Ralph (n.) A name
sometimes given to the raven.
Ralstonite (n.) A fluoride
of alumina and soda occurring with the Greenland cryolite in octahedral
crystals.
Ram (n.) The male of the
sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.
Ram (n.) Aries, the sign
of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March.
Ram (n.) The constellation
Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name.
Ram (n.) An engine of war
used for butting or battering.
Ram (n.) In ancient
warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering
the walls of cities; a battering-ram.
Ram (n.) A heavy steel or
iron beak attached to the prow of a steam war vessel for piercing or cutting
down the vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a beak.
Ram (n.) A hydraulic ram.
See under Hydraulic.
Ram (n.) The weight which
strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like.
Ram (n.) The plunger of a
hydraulic press.
Rammed (imp. & p. p.) of
Ram
Ramming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ram
Ram (v. t.) To butt or
strike against; to drive a ram against or through; to thrust or drive with
violence; to force in; to drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy's vessel;
to ram piles, cartridges, etc.
Ram (v. t.) To fill or
compact by pounding or driving.
Ramadan (n.) The ninth
Mohammedan month.
Ramadan (n.) The great
annual fast of the Mohammedans, kept during daylight through the ninth month.
Ramage (n.) Boughs or
branches.
Ramage (n.) Warbling of
birds in trees.
Ramage (a.) Wild; untamed.
Ramagious (a.) Wild; not
tame.
Ramal (a.) Of or
pertaining to a ramus, or branch; rameal.
Ramayana (n.) The more
ancient of the two great epic poems in Sanskrit. The hero and heroine are Rama
and his wife Sita.
Ramberge (n.) Formerly, a
kind of large war galley.
Rambled (imp. & p. p.) of
Ramble
Rambling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ramble
Ramble (v. i.) 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.
Ramble (v. i.) To talk or
write in a discursive, aimless way.
Ramble (v. i.) To extend
or grow at random.
Ramble (n.) A going or
moving from place to place without any determinate business or object; an
excursion or stroll merely for recreation.
Ramble (n.) A bed of shale
over the seam.
Rambler (n.) One who
rambles; a rover; a wanderer.
Rambling (a.) Roving;
wandering; discursive; as, a rambling fellow, talk, or building.
Ramblingly (adv.) In a
rambling manner.
Rambooze (n.) A beverage
made of wine, ale (or milk), sugar, etc.
Rambutan (n.) 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 (a.) Same as Ramal.
Ramean (n.) A Ramist.
Ramed (a.) Having the
frames, stem, and sternpost adjusted; -- said of a ship on the stocks.
Ramee (n.) See Ramie.
Ramekin (n.) See Ramequin.
Rament (n.) A scraping; a
shaving.
Rament (n.) Ramenta.
Ramenta (n. pl.) Thin
brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants,
especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns.
Ramentaceous (a.) Covered
with ramenta.
Rameous (a.) Ramal.
Ramequin (n.) A mixture of
cheese, eggs, etc., formed in a mold, or served on bread.
Ramie (n.) 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 (n.) The
process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem;
also, the mode of their arrangement.
Ramification (n.) A small
branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the
ramifications of an artery, vein, or nerve.
Ramification (n.) A
division into principal and subordinate classes, heads, or departments; also,
one of the subordinate parts; as, the ramifications of a subject or scheme.
Ramification (n.) The
production of branchlike figures.
Ramiflorous (a.) Flowering
on the branches.
Ramiform (a.) Having the
form of a branch.
Ramified (imp. & p. p.) of
Ramify
Ramifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ramify
Ramify (v. t.) To divide
into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme.
Ramify (v. i.) To shoot,
or divide, into branches or subdivisions, as the stem of a plant.
Ramify (v. i.) To be
divided or subdivided, as a main subject.
Ramigerous (a.) Bearing
branches; branched.
Ramiparous (a.) Producing
branches; ramigerous.
Ramist (n.) 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 (n.) A line used
to get a straight middle line, as on a spar, or from stem to stern in building a
vessel.
Rammel (n.) Refuse matter.
Rammer (n.) One who, or
that which, rams or drives.
Rammer (n.) An instrument
for driving anything with force; as, a rammer for driving stones or piles, or
for beating the earth to more solidity
Rammer (n.) A rod for
forcing down the charge of a gun; a ramrod
Rammer (n.) An implement
for pounding the sand of a mold to render it compact.
Rammish (a.) Like a ram;
hence, rank; lascivious.
Rammishness (n.) The
quality of being rammish.
Rammy (a.) Like a ram;
rammish.
Ramollescence (n.) A
softening or mollifying.
Ramoon (n.) A small West
Indian tree (Trophis Americana) of the Mulberry family, whose leaves and twigs
are used as fodder for cattle.
Ramose (a.) Branched, as
the stem or root of a plant; having lateral divisions; consisting of, or having,
branches; full of branches; ramifying; branching; branchy.
Ramous (a.) Ramose.
Ramped (imp. & p. p.) of
Ramp
Ramping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ramp
Ramp (v. i.) To spring; to
leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to
romp.
Ramp (v. i.) To move by
leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence.
Ramp (v. i.) To climb, as
a plant; to creep up.
Ramp (n.) A leap; a
spring; a hostile advance.
Ramp (n.) A highwayman; a
robber.
Ramp (n.) A romping woman;
a prostitute.
Ramp (n.) Any sloping
member, other than a purely constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to
a staircase.
Ramp (n.) A short bend,
slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction.
Ramp (n.) An inclined
plane serving as a communication between different interior levels.
Rampacious (a.)
High-spirited; rampageous.
Rampage (v.) Violent or
riotous behavior; a state of excitement, passion, or debauchery; as, to be on
the rampage.
Rampage (v. i.) To leap or
prance about, as an animal; to be violent; to rage.
Rampageous (a.)
Characterized by violence and passion; unruly; rampant.
Rampallian (n.) A mean
wretch.
Rampancy (n.) The quality
or state of being rampant; excessive action or development; exuberance;
extravagance.
Rampant (v.) Ramping;
leaping; springing; rearing upon the hind legs; hence, raging; furious.
Rampant (v.) Ascending;
climbing; rank in growth; exuberant.
Rampant (v.) Rising with
fore paws in the air as if attacking; -- said of a beast of prey, especially a
lion. The right fore leg and right hind leg should be raised higher than the
left.
Rampantly (adv.) In a
rampant manner.
Rampart (n.) That which
fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or
bulwark.
Rampart (n.) A broad
embankment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms
the substratum of every permanent fortification.
Ramparted (imp. & p. p.)
of Rampart
Ramparting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rampart
Rampart (v. t.) To
surround or protect with, or as with, a rampart or ramparts.
Rampe (n.) The cuckoopint.
Rampier (n.) See Rampart.
Rampion (n.) A plant
(Campanula Rapunculus) of the Bellflower family, with a tuberous esculent root;
-- also called ramps.
Rampire (n.) A rampart.
Rampire (v. t.) To fortify
with a rampire; to form into a rampire.
Rampler (n.) A rambler.
Rampler (a.) Roving;
rambling.
Ramrod (n.) The rod used
in ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading firearm.
Ramshackle (a.) Loose;
disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.
Ramshackle (v. t.) To
search or ransack; to rummage.
Ramson (n.) A broad-leaved
species of garlic (Allium ursinum), common in European gardens; -- called also
buckram.
Ramsted (n.) A
yellow-flowered weed; -- so named from a Mr. Ramsted who introduced it into
Pennsylvania. See Toad flax. Called also Ramsted weed.
Ramulose (a.) Having many
small branches, or ramuli.
Ramulous (a.) Ramulose.
Ramuli (pl. ) of Ramulus
Ramulus (n.) A small
branch, or branchlet, of corals, hydroids, and similar organisms.
Rami (pl. ) of Ramus
Ramus (n.) A branch; a
projecting part or prominent process; a ramification.
Ramuscule (n.) A small
ramus, or branch.
Ran () imp. of Run.
Ran (n.) Open robbery.
Ran (n.) Yarns coiled on a
spun-yarn winch.
Rana (n.) A genus of
anurous batrachians, including the common frogs.
Ranal (a.) Having a
general affinity to ranunculaceous plants.
Rance (n.) A prop or
shore.
Rance (n.) A round between
the legs of a chair.
Rancescent (a.) Becoming
rancid or sour.
Ranch (v. t.) To wrench;
to tear; to sprain; to injure by violent straining or contortion.
Ranch (n.) A tract of land
used for grazing and the rearing of horses, cattle, or sheep. See Rancho, 2.
Rancheros (pl. ) of
Ranchero
Ranchero (n.) A herdsman;
a peasant employed on a ranch or rancho.
Ranchero (n.) The owner
and occupant of a ranch or rancho.
Ranchmen (pl. ) of
Ranchman
Ranchman (n.) An owner or
occupant of, or laborer on, a ranch; a herdsman.
Ranchos (pl. ) of Rancho
Rancho (n.) A rude hut, as
of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm laborers may
live or lodge at night.
Rancho (n.) A large
grazing farm where horses and cattle are raised; -- distinguished from hacienda,
a cultivated farm or plantation.
Rancid (a.) Having a rank
smell or taste, from chemical change or decomposition; musty; as, rancid oil or
butter.
Rancidity (n.) The quality
or state of being rancid; a rancid scent or flavor, as of old oil.
Rancidly (adv.) In a
rancid manner.
Rancidness (n.) The
quality of being rancid.
Rancor (n.) The deepest
malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.
Rancorous (a.) Full of
rancor; evincing, or caused by, rancor; deeply malignant; implacably spiteful or
malicious; intensely virulent.
Rancorously (adv.) In a
rancorous manner.
Rand (n.) A border; edge;
margin.
Rand (n.) A long, fleshy
piece, as of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.
Rand (n.) A thin inner
sole for a shoe; also, a leveling slip of leather applied to the sole before
attaching the heel.
Rand (v. i.) To rant; to
storm.
Randall grass () The meadow
fescue (Festuca elatior). See under Grass.
Randan (n.) The product of
a second sifting of meal; the finest part of the bran.
Randan (n.) A boat
propelled by three rowers with four oars, the middle rower pulling two.
Randing (n.) The act or
process of making and applying rands for shoes.
Randing (n.) A kind of
basket work used in gabions.
Random (n.) Force;
violence.
Random (n.) A roving
motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method;
hazard; chance; -- commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a
settled point of direction; at hazard.
Random (n.) Distance to
which a missile is cast; range; reach; as, the random of a rifle ball.
Random (n.) The direction
of a rake-vein.
Random (a.) Going at
random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim,
or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard;
as, a random guess.
Randomly (adv.) In a
random manner.
Randon (n.) Random.
Randon (v. i.) To go or
stray at random.
Ranedeer (n.) See
Reindeer.
Ranee (n.) Same as Rani.
Ranforce (n.) See
Re/nforce.
Rang () imp. of Ring, v. t. & i.
Ranged (imp. & p. p.) of
Range
Ranging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Range
Range (n.) 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.
Range (n.) To place (as a
single individual) among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an
army; -- usually, reflexively and figuratively, (in the sense) to espouse a
cause, to join a party, etc.
Range (n.) To separate
into parts; to sift.
Range (n.) To dispose in a
classified or in systematic order; to arrange regularly; as, to range plants and
animals in genera and species.
Range (n.) To rove over or
through; as, to range the fields.
Range (n.) To sail or pass
in a direction parallel to or near; as, to range the coast.
Range (n.) To be native
to, or to live in; to frequent.
Range (v. i.) To rove at
large; to wander without restraint or direction; to roam.
Range (v. i.) To have
range; to change or differ within limits; to be capable of projecting, or to
admit of being projected, especially as to horizontal distance; as, the
temperature ranged through seventy degrees Fahrenheit; the gun ranges three
miles; the shot ranged four miles.
Range (v. i.) To be placed
in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
Range (v. i.) To have a
certain direction; to correspond in direction; to be or keep in a corresponding
line; to trend or run; -- often followed by with; as, the front of a house
ranges with the street; to range along the coast.
Range (v. i.) To be native
to, or live in, a certain district or region; as, the peba ranges from Texas to
Paraguay.
Range (v.) A series of
things in a line; a row; a rank; as, a range of buildings; a range of mountains.
Range (v.) An aggregate of
individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
Range (v.) The step of a
ladder; a rung.
Range (v.) A kitchen
grate.
Range (v.) An extended
cooking apparatus of cast iron, set in brickwork, and affording conveniences for
various ways of cooking; also, a kind of cooking stove.
Range (v.) A bolting sieve
to sift meal.
Range (v.) A wandering or
roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
Range (v.) That which may
be ranged over; place or room for excursion; especially, a region of country in
which cattle or sheep may wander and pasture.
Range (v.) Extent or space
taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope;
discursive power; as, the range of one's voice, or authority.
Range (v.) The region
within which a plant or animal naturally lives.
Range (v.) The horizontal
distance to which a shot or other projectile is carried.
Range (v.) Sometimes, less
properly, the trajectory of a shot or projectile.
Range (v.) A place where
shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced.
Range (v.) In the public
land system of the United States, a row or line of townships lying between two
successive meridian lines six miles apart.
Range (v.) See Range of
cable, below.
Rangement (n.)
Arrangement.
Ranger (n.) One who
ranges; a rover; sometimes, one who ranges for plunder; a roving robber.
Ranger (n.) That which
separates or arranges; specifically, a sieve.
Ranger (n.) A dog that
beats the ground in search of game.
Ranger (n.) One of a body
of mounted troops, formerly armed with short muskets, who range over the
country, and often fight on foot.
Ranger (n.) The keeper of
a public park or forest; formerly, a sworn officer of a forest, appointed by the
king's letters patent, whose business was to walk through the forest, recover
beasts that had strayed beyond its limits, watch the deer, present trespasses to
the next court held for the forest, etc.
Rangership (n.) The office
of the keeper of a forest or park.
Rangle (v. i.) To range
about in an irregular manner.
Rani (n.) A queen or
princess; the wife of a rajah.
Ranine (a.) Of or
pertaining to the frogs and toads.
Ranine (a.) Pertaining to,
or designating, a swelling under the tongue; also, pertaining to the region
where the swelling occurs; -- applied especially to branches of the lingual
artery and lingual vein.
Rank (superl.) Luxuriant
in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank
grass; rank weeds.
Rank (superl.) Raised to a
high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy.
Rank (superl.) Causing
vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land.
Rank (superl.)
Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue.
Rank (superl.) Strong to
the taste.
Rank (superl.) Inflamed
with venereal appetite.
Rank (adv.) Rankly;
stoutly; violently.
Rank (n. & v.) A row or
line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers.
Rank (n. & v.) A line of
soldiers ranged side by side; -- opposed to file. See 1st File, 1 (a).
Rank (n. & v.) Grade of
official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general;
the rank of admiral.
Rank (n. & v.) An
aggregate of individuals classed together; a permanent social class; an order; a
division; as, ranks and orders of men; the highest and the lowest ranks of men,
or of other intelligent beings.
Rank (n. & v.) Degree of
dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in civil or social life; station;
degree; grade; as, a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank.
Rank (n. & v.) Elevated
grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as,
a man of rank.
Ranked (imp. & p. p.) of
Rank
Ranking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rank
Rank (v. t.) To place
abreast, or in a line.
Rank (v. t.) To range in a
particular class, order, or division; to class; also, to dispose methodically;
to place in suitable classes or order; to classify.
Rank (v. t.) To take rank
of; to outrank.
Rank (v. i.) To be ranged;
to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division.
Rank (v. i.) To have a
certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to
have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first
class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation.
Ranker (n.) One who ranks,
or disposes in ranks; one who arranges.
Rankled (imp. & p. p.) of
Rankle
Rankling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rankle
Rankle (a.) To become, or
be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally
and figuratively.
Rankle (a.) To produce a
festering or inflamed effect; to cause a sore; -- used literally and
figuratively; as, a splinter rankles in the flesh; the words rankled in his
bosom.
Rankle (v. t.) To cause to
fester; to make sore; to inflame.
Rankly (adv.) With rank or
vigorous growth; luxuriantly; hence, coarsely; grossly; as, weeds grow rankly.
Rankness (n.) The
condition or quality of being rank.
Rannel (n.) A prostitute.
Ranny (n.) The erd shrew.
Ransacked (imp. & p. p.)
of Ransack
Ransacking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ransack
Ransack (v. t.) To search
thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house.
Ransack (v. t.) To
plunder; to pillage completely.
Ransack (v. t.) To
violate; to ravish; to defiour.
Ransack (v. i.) To make a
thorough search.
Ransack (n.) The act of
ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage.
Ransom (n.) The release of
a captive, or of captured property, by payment of a consideration; redemption;
as, prisoners hopeless of ransom.
Ransom (n.) The money or
price paid for the redemption of a prisoner, or for goods captured by an enemy;
payment for freedom from restraint, penalty, or forfeit.
Ransom (n.) A sum paid for
the pardon of some great offense and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine
paid in lieu of corporal punishment.
Ransomed (imp. & p. p.) of
Ransom
Ransoming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ransom
Ransom (n.) To redeem from
captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of
servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an
enemy.
Ransom (n.) To exact a
ransom for, or a payment on.
Ransomable (a.) Such as
can be ransomed.
Ransomer (n.) One who
ransoms or redeems.
Ransomless (a.) Incapable
of being ransomed; without ransom.
Ranted (imp. & p. p.) of
Rant
Ranting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rant
Rant (v. i.) 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.
Rant (n.) High-sounding
language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty
declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics.
Ranter (n.) A noisy
talker; a raving declaimer.
Ranter (n.) One of a
religious sect which sprung up in 1645; -- called also Seekers. See Seeker.
Ranter (n.) One of the
Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of
their deficiency in fervor and zeal; -- so called in contempt.
Ranterism (n.) The
practice or tenets of the Ranters.
Rantingly (adv.) In a
ranting manner.
Rantipole (n.) A wild,
romping young person.
Rantipole (a.) Wild;
roving; rakish.
Rantipole (v. i.) To act
like a rantipole.
Rantism (n.) Ranterism.
Ranty (a.) Wild; noisy;
boisterous.
Ranula (n.) A cyst formed
under the tongue by obstruction of the duct of the submaxillary gland.
Ranunculaceous (a.) 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 (pl. ) of
Ranunculus
Ranunculi (pl. ) of
Ranunculus
Ranunculus (n.) 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 () 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 (n.) A lay or skein
containing 120 yards of yarn.
Rapped (imp. & p. p.) of
Rap
Rapping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rap
Rap (v. i.) To strike with
a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door.
Rap (v. t.) To strike with
a quick blow; to knock on.
Rap (v. t.) To free (a
pattern) in a mold by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its
removal.
Rap (n.) A quick, smart
blow; a knock.
Rapped (imp. & p. p.) of
Rap
Rapt () of Rap
Rapping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rap
Rap (v.) To snatch away;
to seize and hurry off.
Rap (v.) To hasten.
Rap (v.) To seize and bear
away, as the mind or thoughts; to transport out of one's self; to affect with
ecstasy or rapture; as, rapt into admiration.
Rap (v.) To exchange; to
truck.
Rap (n.) A popular name
for any of the tokens that passed current for a half-penny in Ireland in the
early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
Rapaces (n. pl.) Same as
Accipitres.
Rapacious (a.) Given to
plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force.
Rapacious (a.) Accustomed
to seize food; subsisting on prey, or animals seized by violence; as, a tiger is
a rapacious animal; a rapacious bird.
Rapacious (a.) Avaricious;
grasping; extortionate; also, greedy; ravenous; voracious; as, rapacious
usurers; a rapacious appetite.
Rapacity (n.) The quality
of being rapacious; rapaciousness; ravenousness; as, the rapacity of pirates;
the rapacity of wolves.
Rapacity (n.) The act or
practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness
of gain.
Raparee (n.) See Rapparee.
Rape (n.) Fruit, as
grapes, plucked from the cluster.
Rape (n.) The refuse stems
and skins of grapes or raisins from which the must has been expressed in wine
making.
Rape (n.) A filter
containing the above refuse, used in clarifying and perfecting malt, vinegar,
etc.
Rape (n.) The act of
seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery.
Rape (n.) Sexual
connection with a woman without her consent. See Age of consent, under Consent,
n.
Rape (n.) That which is
snatched away.
Rape (n.) Movement, as in
snatching; haste; hurry.
Rape (v. t.) To commit
rape upon; to ravish.
Rape (v. i.) To rob; to
pillage.
Rape (n.) One of six
divisions of the county of Sussex, England, intermediate between a hundred and a
shire.
Rape (n.) A name given to
a variety or to varieties of a plant of the turnip kind, grown for seeds and
herbage. The seeds are used for the production of rape oil, and to a limited
extent for the food of cage birds.
Rapeful (a.) Violent.
Rapeful (a.) Given to the
commission of rape.
Rapfully (adv.) Violently.
Raphaelesque (a.) Like
Raphael's works; in Raphael's manner of painting.
Raphaelism (n.) The
principles of painting introduced by Raphael, the Italian painter.
Raphaelite (n.) One who
advocates or adopts the principles of Raphaelism.
Raphany (n.) 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 (n.) A line, ridge,
furrow, or band of fibers, especially in the median line; as, the raphe of the
tongue.
Raphe (n.) Same as Rhaphe.
Raphides (n. pl.) See
Rhaphides.
Rapid (a.) Very swift or
quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid
motion.
Rapid (a.) Advancing with
haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth;
rapid improvement; rapid recurrence; rapid succession.
Rapid (a.) Quick in
execution; as, a rapid penman.
Rapid (a.) The part of a
river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall
or cascade; -- usually in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St.
Lawrence.
Rapidity (n.) 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 (adv.) In a rapid
manner.
Rapidness (n.) Quality of
being rapid; rapidity.
Rapier (n.) A straight
sword, with a narrow and finely pointed blade, used only for thrusting.
Rapiered (a.) Wearing a
rapier.
Rapilli (n. pl.) Lapilli.
Rapine (n.) The act of
plundering; the seizing and carrying away of things by force; spoliation;
pillage; plunder.
Rapine (n.) Ravishment;
rape.
Rapine (v. t.) To plunder.
Rapinous (a.) Given to
rapine.
Rappage (n.) The
enlargement of a mold caused by rapping the pattern.
Rapparee (n.) A wild Irish
plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; -- so called from his carrying a
half-pike, called a rapary.
Rapped () imp. & p. p. of Rap, to
strike.
Rapped () imp. & p. p. of Rap, to
snatch away.
Rappee (v.) A pungent kind
of snuff made from the darker and ranker kinds of tobacco leaves.
Rappel (n.) The beat of
the drum to call soldiers to arms.
Rapper (n.) One who, or
that which, raps or knocks; specifically, the knocker of a door.
Rapper (n.) A forcible
oath or lie.
Rapport (n.) Relation;
proportion; conformity; correspondence; accord.
Rapscallion (n.) A rascal;
a good-for-nothing fellow.
Rapt () imp. & p. p. of Rap, to
snatch away.
Rapt (a.) Snatched away;
hurried away or along.
Rapt (a.) Transported with
love, admiration, delight, etc.; enraptured.
Rapt (a.) Wholly absorbed
or engrossed, as in work or meditation.
Rapt (a.) An ecstasy; a
trance.
Rapt (a.) Rapidity.
Rapt (v. t.) To transport
or ravish.
Rapt (v. t.) To carry away
by force.
Rapter (n.) A raptor.
Raptor (n.) A ravisher; a
plunderer.
Raptores (n. pl.) Same as
Accipitres. Called also Raptatores.
Raptorial (a.) Rapacious;
living upon prey; -- said especially of certain birds.
Raptorial (a.) Adapted for
seizing prey; -- said of the legs, claws, etc., of insects, birds, and other
animals.
Raptorial (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Raptores. See Illust. (f) of Aves.
Raptorious (a.) Raptorial.
Rapture (n.) A seizing by
violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence.
Rapture (n.) The state or
condition of being rapt, or carried away from one's self by agreeable
excitement; violence of a pleasing passion; extreme joy or pleasure; ecstasy.
Rapture (n.) A spasm; a
fit; a syncope; delirium.
Raptured (imp. & p. p.) of
Rapture
Rapturing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rapture
Rapture (v. t.) To
transport with excitement; to enrapture.
Rapturist (n.) An
enthusiast.
Rapturize (v. t. & i.) To
put, or be put, in a state of rapture.
Rapturous (a.) Ecstatic;
transporting; ravishing; feeling, expressing, or manifesting rapture; as,
rapturous joy, pleasure, or delight; rapturous applause.
Rapturously (adv.) In a
rapturous manner.
Rare (a.) Early.
Rare (superl.) Nearly raw;
partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone; as, rare beef or mutton.
Rare (superl.) Not
frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a rare event.
Rare (superl.) Of an
uncommon nature; unusually excellent; valuable to a degree seldom found.
Rare (superl.) Thinly
scattered; dispersed.
Rare (superl.)
Characterized by wide separation of parts; of loose texture; not thick or dense;
thin; as, a rare atmosphere at high elevations.
Rarebit (n.) A dainty
morsel; a Welsh rabbit. See Welsh rabbit, under Rabbit.
Raree-show (n.) A show
carried about in a box; a peep show.
Rarefaction (n.) The act
or process of rarefying; the state of being rarefied; -- opposed to
condensation; as, the rarefaction of air.
Rarefiable (a.) Capable of
being rarefied.
Rarefied (imp. & p. p.) of
Rarefy
Rarefying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rarefy
Rarefy (v. t.) To make
rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand or enlarge without adding any new
portion of matter to; -- opposed to condense.
Rarefy (v. i.) To become
less dense; to become thin and porous.
Rarely (adv.) In a rare
manner or degree; seldom; not often; as, things rarely seen.
Rarely (adv.) Finely;
excellently; with rare skill. See 3d Rare, 2.
Rareness (n.) The state or
quality of being rare.
Rareripe (a.) Early ripe;
ripe before others, or before the usual season.
Rareripe (n.) An early
ripening fruit, especially a kind of freestone peach.
Rarification (n.) See
Rarefaction.
Rarities (pl. ) of Rarity
Rarity (n.) The quality or
state of being rare; rareness; thinness; as, the rarity (contrasted with the
density) of gases.
Rarity (n.) That which is
rare; an uncommon thing; a thing valued for its scarcity.
Ras (n.) See 2d Reis.
Rasante (a.) 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 (v.) 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.
Rascal (v.) A mean,
trickish fellow; a base, dishonest person; a rogue; a scoundrel; a trickster.
Rascal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the common herd or common people; low; mean; base.
Rascaldom (n.) State of
being a rascal; rascality; domain of rascals; rascals, collectively.
Rascaless (n.) A female
rascal.
Rascalities (pl. ) of
Rascality
Rascality (n.) The quality
or state of being rascally, or a rascal; mean trickishness or dishonesty; base
fraud.
Rascality (n.) The poorer
and lower classes of people.
Rascallion (n.) A low,
mean wretch.
Rascally (a.) Like a
rascal; trickish or dishonest; base; worthless; -- often in humorous
disparagement, without implication of dishonesty.
Rased (imp. & p. p.) of
Rase
Rasing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rase
Rase (v. t.) To rub along
the surface of; to graze.
Rase (v. t.) To rub or
scratch out; to erase.
Rase (v. t.) To level with
the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze.
Rase (v. i.) To be leveled
with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow.
Rase (n.) A scratching
out, or erasure.
Rase (n.) A slight wound;
a scratch.
Rase (n.) A way of
measuring in which the commodity measured was made even with the top of the
measuring vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above it.
Rash (v. t.) To pull off
or pluck violently.
Rash (v. t.) To slash; to
hack; to cut; to slice.
Rash (n.) A fine eruption
or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation.
Rash (n.) An inferior kind
of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.
Rash (superl.) Sudden in
action; quick; hasty.
Rash (superl.) Requiring
sudden action; pressing; urgent.
Rash (superl.) Esp.,
overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project
or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of
persons; as, a rash statesman or commander.
Rash (superl.) Uttered or
undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash
measures.
Rash (superl.) So dry as
to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
Rash (v. t.) To prepare
with haste.
Rasher (n.) A thin slice
of bacon.
Rasher (n.) A California
rockfish (Sebastichthys miniatus).
Rashful (a.) Rash; hasty;
precipitate.
Rashling (n.) A rash
person.
Rashly (adv.) In a rash
manner; with precipitation.
Rashness (n.) The quality
or state of being rash.
Raskolnik (n.) One of the
separatists or dissenters from the established or Greek church in Russia.
Rasores (v. t.) An order
of birds; the Gallinae.
Rasorial (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Rasores, or gallinaceous birds, as the peacock, domestic fowl,
partridge, quail, and the like.
Rasour (n.) Razor.
Rasped (imp. & p. p.) of
Rasp
Rasping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rasp
Rasp (v. t.) 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.
Rasp (v. t.) Hence,
figuratively: To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or
language; as, some sounds rasp the ear; his insults rasped my temper.
Rasp (v.) A coarse file,
on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique
stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true
file.
Rasp (v.) The raspberry.
Raspatorium (n.) See
Raspatory.
Raspatory (v.) A surgeon's
rasp.
Raspberry (n.) The
thimble-shaped fruit of the Rubus Idaeus and other similar brambles; as, the
black, the red, and the white raspberry.
Raspberry (n.) The shrub
bearing this fruit.
Rasper (n.) One who, or
that which, rasps; a scraper.
Raspis (n.) The raspberry.
Raspy (a.) Like a rasp, or
the sound made by a rasp; grating.
Rasse (n.) 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 (v.) The act of
rasing, scraping, or erasing; erasure; obliteration.
Rasure (v.) A mark by
which a letter, word, or any part of a writing or print, is erased, effaced, or
obliterated; an erasure.
Rat (n.) 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.
Rat (n.) A round and
tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used by women to support the puffs
and rolls of their natural hair.
Rat (n.) One who deserts
his party or associates; hence, in the trades, one who works for lower wages
than those prescribed by a trades union.
Ratted (imp. & p. p.) of
Rat
Ratting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rat
Rat (v. i.) In English
politics, to desert one's party from interested motives; to forsake one's
associates for one's own advantage; in the trades, to work for less wages, or on
other conditions, than those established by a trades union.
Rat (v. i.) To catch or
kill rats.
Rata (n.) A New Zealand
forest tree (Metrosideros robusta), also, its hard dark red wood, used by the
Maoris for paddles and war clubs.
Ratability (n.) The
quality or state of being ratable.
Ratable (a.) Capable of
being rated, or set at a certain value.
Ratable (a.) Liable to, or
subjected by law to, taxation; as, ratable estate.
Ratable (a.) Made at a
proportionate rate; as, ratable payments.
Ratafia (n.) 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 (n.) See Rattan.
Ratany (n.) Same as
Rhatany.
Rataplan (n.) The
iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse.
Ratch (n.) Same as Rotche.
Ratch (n.) A ratchet
wheel, or notched bar, with which a pawl or click works.
Ratchel (n.) Gravelly
stone.
Ratchet (n.) A pawl,
click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
Ratchet (n.) A mechanism
composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and
2d Ratch.
Rate (v. t. & i.) To chide
with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.
Rate (n.) Established
portion or measure; fixed allowance.
Rate (n.) That which is
established as a measure or criterion; degree; standard; rank; proportion;
ratio; as, a slow rate of movement; rate of interest is the ratio of the
interest to the principal, per annum.
Rate (n.) Valuation; price
fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of
transportation.
Rate (n.) A tax or sum
assessed by authority on property for public use, according to its income or
value; esp., in England, a local tax; as, parish rates; town rates.
Rate (n.) Order;
arrangement.
Rate (n.) Ratification;
approval.
Rate (n.) The gain or loss
of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc.
Rate (n.) The order or
class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament,
etc.; as, first rate, second rate, etc.
Rate (n.) The class of a
merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a
risk, as A1, A2, etc.
Rated (imp. & p. p.) of
Rate
Rating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rate
Rate (v. t.) To set a
certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree.
Rate (v. t.) To assess for
the payment of a rate or tax.
Rate (v. t.) To settle the
relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to rate a
ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension.
Rate (v. t.) To ratify.
Rate (v. i.) To be set or
considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line.
Rate (v. i.) To make an
estimate.
Rateable (a.) See Ratable.
Ratel (n.) Any carnivore
of the genus Mellivora, allied to the weasels and the skunks; -- called also
honey badger.
Ratepayer (n.) One who
pays rates or taxes.
Rater (n.) One who rates
or estimates.
Rater (n.) One who rates
or scolds.
Ratfish (n.) Same as
Rat-tail.
Rath (n.) A hill or mound.
Rath (n.) A kind of
ancient fortification found in Ireland.
Rath (a.) Alt. of Rathe
Rathe (a.) Coming before
others, or before the usual time; early.
Rath (adv.) Alt. of Rathe
Rathe (adv.) Early; soon;
betimes.
Rather (a.) Prior;
earlier; former.
Rather (a.) Earlier;
sooner; before.
Rather (a.) More readily
or willingly; preferably.
Rather (a.) On the other
hand; to the contrary of what was said or suggested; instead.
Rather (a.) Of two
alternatives conceived of, this by preference to, or as more likely than, the
other; somewhat.
Rather (a.) More properly;
more correctly speaking.
Rather (a.) In some
degree; somewhat; as, the day is rather warm; the house is rather damp.
Rathripe (a.) Rareripe, or
early ripe.
Rathripe (n.) A rareripe.
Ratification (n.) The act
of ratifying; the state of being ratified; confirmation; sanction; as, the
ratification of a treaty.
Ratifier (n.) One who, or
that which, ratifies; a confirmer.
Ratified (imp. & p. p.) of
Ratify
Ratifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ratify
Ratify (n.) 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 (n.)
Confirmation or approbation, as of an act or contract.
Ratio (n.) 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.
Ratio (n.) Hence, fixed
relation of number, quantity, or degree; rate; proportion; as, the ratio of
representation in Congress.
Ratiocinate (v. i.) To
reason, esp. deductively; to offer reason or argument.
Ratiocination (n.) The
process of reasoning, or deducing conclusions from premises; deductive
reasoning.
Ratiocinative (a.)
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 (a.)
Ratiocinative.
Ration (n.) A fixed daily
allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the
navy, for his subsistence.
Ration (n.) Hence, a
certain portion or fixed amount dealt out; an allowance; an allotment.
Ration (v. t.) To supply
with rations, as a regiment.
Rational (a.) Relating to
the reason; not physical; mental.
Rational (a.) Having
reason, or the faculty of reasoning; endowed with reason or understanding;
reasoning.
Rational (a.) Agreeable to
reason; not absurd, preposterous, extravagant, foolish, fanciful, or the like;
wise; judicious; as, rational conduct; a rational man.
Rational (a.) Expressing
the type, structure, relations, and reactions of a compound; graphic; -- said of
formulae. See under Formula.
Rational (n.) A rational
being.
Rationale (a.) An
explanation or exposition of the principles of some opinion, action, hypothesis,
phenomenon, or the like; also, the principles themselves.
Rationalism (n.) The
doctrine or system of those who deduce their religious opinions from reason or
the understanding, as distinct from, or opposed to, revelation.
Rationalism (n.) The
system that makes rational power the ultimate test of truth; -- opposed to
sensualism, or sensationalism, and empiricism.
Rationalist (n.) One who
accepts rationalism as a theory or system; also, disparagingly, a false
reasoner. See Citation under Reasonist.
Rationalistic (a.) Alt. of
Rationalistical
Rationalistical (a.)
Belonging to, or in accordance with, the principles of rationalism.
-ties (pl. ) of
Rationality
Rationality (n.) The
quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason;
due exercise of reason; reasonableness.
Rationalization (n.) The
act or process of rationalizing.
Rationalize (v. t.) To
make rational; also, to convert to rationalism.
Rationalize (v. t.) To
interpret in the manner of a rationalist.
Rationalize (v. t.) To
form a rational conception of.
Rationalize (v. t.) To
render rational; to free from radical signs or quantities.
Rationalize (v. i.) To
use, and rely on, reason in forming a theory, belief, etc., especially in
matters of religion: to accord with the principles of rationalism.
Rationally (adv.) In a
rational manner.
Rationalness (n.) The
quality or state of being rational; rationality.
Ratitae (n. pl.) 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 (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Ratitae.
Ratite (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Ratitae.
Ratite (n.) One of the
Ratitae.
Ratlines (n. pl.) Alt. of
Ratlins
Ratlins (n. pl.) The small
transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder.
Raton (n.) A small rat.
Ratoon (n.) Same as
Rattoon, n.
Ratoon (n.) A rattan cane.
Ratoon (v. i.) Same as
Rattoon, v. i.
Ratsbane (n.) Rat poison;
white arsenic.
Ratsbaned (a.) Poisoned by
ratsbane.
Rat-tail (a.) Like a rat's
tail in form; as, a rat-tail file, which is round, slender, and tapering. See
Illust. of File.
Rat-tail (n.) An
excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.
Rat-tail (n.) The
California chimaera. See Chimaera.
Rat-tail (n.) Any fish of
the genus Macrurus. See Grenadier, 2.
Rat-tailed (a.) Having a
long, tapering tail like that of a rat.
Rattan (n.) 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 (n.) A thick
woolen stuff quilled or twilled.
Ratten (v. t.) 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 (n.) One who, or
that which, rats, as one who deserts his party.
Ratter (n.) Anything which
catches rats; esp., a dog trained to catch rats; a rat terrier. See Terrier.
Rattinet (n.) A woolen
stuff thinner than ratteen.
Ratting (n.) The conduct
or practices of one who rats. See Rat, v. i., 1.
Ratting (v. i.) The low
sport of setting a dog upon rats confined in a pit to see how many he will kill
in a given time.
Rattled (imp. & p. p.) of
Rattle
Rattling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rattle
Rattle (v. i.) To make a
quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and
not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter.
Rattle (v. i.) To drive or
ride briskly, so as to make a clattering; as, we rattled along for a couple of
miles.
Rattle (v. i.) To make a
clatter with the voice; to talk rapidly and idly; to clatter; -- with on or
away; as, she rattled on for an hour.
Rattle (v. t.) To cause to
make a rattling or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain.
Rattle (v. t.) To assail,
annoy, or stun with a rattling noise.
Rattle (v. t.) Hence, to
disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's judgment; to rattle a player in a
game.
Rattle (v. t.) To scold;
to rail at.
Rattle (n.) A rapid
succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the rattle of a drum.
Rattle (n.) Noisy, rapid
talk.
Rattle (n.) An instrument
with which a rattling sound is made; especially, a child's toy that rattles when
shaken.
Rattle (n.) A noisy,
senseless talker; a jabberer.
Rattle (n.) A scolding; a
sharp rebuke.
Rattle (n.) Any organ of
an animal having a structure adapted to produce a rattling sound.
Rattle (n.) The noise in
the throat produced by the air in passing through mucus which the lungs are
unable to expel; -- chiefly observable at the approach of death, when it is
called the death rattle. See R/le.
Rattlebox (n.) A toy that
makes a rattling sound; a rattle.
Rattlebox (n.) An American
herb (Crotalaria sagittalis), the seeds of which, when ripe, rattle in the
inflated pod.
Rattlebox (n.) Any species
of Crotalaria, a genus of yellow-flowered herbs, with inflated, many-seeded
pods.
Rattle-brained (a.) Giddy;
rattle-headed.
Rattlehead (n.) An empty,
noisy talker.
Rattle-headed (a.) Noisy;
giddy; unsteady.
Rattlemouse (n.) A bat.
Rattlepate (n.) A
rattlehead.
Rattle-pated (a.)
Rattle-headed.
Rattler (n.) One who, or
that which, rattles.
Rattlesnake (n.) 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 (n.) Any
machine or vehicle that does not run smoothly.
Rattleweed (n.) Any plant
of the genus Astragalus. See Milk vetch.
Rattlewings (n.) The
golden-eye.
Rattlewort (n.) Same as
Rattlebox.
Rattlings (n. pl.)
Ratlines.
Rattoon (n.) One of the
stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year's growth from the root, or
later. See Plant-cane.
Rattooned (imp. & p. p.)
of Rattoon
Rattooning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rattoon
Rattoon (v. i.) To sprout
or spring up from the root, as sugar cane from the root of the previous year's
planting.
Raucid (a.) Hoarse;
raucous.
Raucity (n.) Harshness of
sound; rough utterance; hoarseness; as, the raucity of a trumpet, or of the
human voice.
Raucous (a.) Hoarse;
harsh; rough; as, a raucous, thick tone.
Raught () imp. & p. p. of Reach.
Raught () imp. & p. p. of Reck.
Raunch (v. t.) See Ranch.
Raunsoun (n.) Ransom.
Ravage (n.) 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 (imp. & p. p.) of
Ravage
Ravaging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ravage
Ravage (n.) To lay waste
by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to
spoil; to plunder; to consume.
Ravager (n.) One who, or
that which, ravages or lays waste; spoiler.
Rave () imp. of Rive.
Rave (n.) One of the upper
side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.
Raved (imp. & p. p.) of
Rave
Raving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rave
Rave (v. i.) To wander in
mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild,
furious, or raging, as a madman.
Rave (v. i.) To rush
wildly or furiously.
Rave (v. i.) To talk with
unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; -- followed by
about, of, or on; as, he raved about her beauty.
Rave (v. t.) To utter in
madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave nonsense.
Ravehook (n.) A tool,
hooked at the end, for enlarging or clearing seams for the reception of oakum.
Raveled (imp. & p. p.) of
Ravel
Ravelled () of Ravel
Raveling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ravel
Ravelling () of Ravel
Ravel (v. t.) 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.
Ravel (v. t.) To undo the
intricacies of; to disentangle.
Ravel (v. t.) To pull
apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them fall into a tangled mass;
hence, to entangle; to make intricate; to involve.
Ravel (v. i.) To become
untwisted or unwoven; to be disentangled; to be relieved of intricacy.
Ravel (v. i.) To fall into
perplexity and confusion.
Ravel (v. i.) To make
investigation or search, as by picking out the threads of a woven pattern.
Raveler (n.) One who
ravels.
Ravelin (n.) 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.
Raveling (n.) The act of
untwisting or of disentangling.
Raveling (n.) That which
is raveled out; esp., a thread detached from a texture.
Raven (n.) 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.
Raven (a.) Of the color of
the raven; jet black; as, raven curls; raven darkness.
Raven (n.) Rapine;
rapacity.
Raven (n.) Prey; plunder;
food obtained by violence.
Ravened (imp. & p. p.) of
Raven
Ravening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Raven
Raven (v. t.) To obtain or
seize by violence.
Raven (v. t.) To devour
with great eagerness.
Raven (v. i.) To prey with
rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
Ravenala (n.) A genus of
plants related to the banana.
Ravener (n.) One who, or
that which, ravens or plunders.
Ravener (n.) A bird of
prey, as the owl or vulture.
Ravening (n.) Eagerness
for plunder; rapacity; extortion.
Ravening (a.) Greedily
devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves.
Ravenous (a.) Devouring
with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a
ravenous wolf or vulture.
Ravenous (a.) Eager for
prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire.
Raven's-duck (n.) A fine
quality of sailcloth.
Raver (n.) One who raves.
Ravin (a.) Ravenous.
Ravin (n.) Alt. of Ravine
Ravine (n.) Food obtained
by violence; plunder; prey; raven.
Ravin (v. t. & i.) Alt. of
Ravine
Ravine (v. t. & i.) See
Raven, v. t. & i.
Ravine (n.) A torrent of
water.
Ravine (n.) A deep and
narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain
cleft.
Raving (a.) Talking
irrationally and wildly; as, a raving lunatic.
Ravished (imp. & p. p.) of
Ravish
Ravishing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ravish
Ravish (v. t.) To seize
and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.
Ravish (v. t.) To
transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy.
Ravish (v. t.) To have
carnal knowledge of (a woman) by force, and against her consent; to rape.
Ravisher (n.) One who
ravishes (in any sense).
Ravishing (a.) Rapturous;
transporting.
Ravishingly (adv.) In a
ravishing manner.
Ravishment (n.) 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.
Ravishment (n.) The state
of being ravished; rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy.
Ravishment (n.) The act of
ravishing a woman; rape.
Ravissant (a.) In a
half-raised position, as if about to spring on prey.
Raw (superl.) 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.
Raw (superl.) Hence:
Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced;
unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit.
Raw (superl.) Not worked
in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought.
Raw (superl.) Not
distilled; as, raw water
Raw (superl.) Not spun or
twisted; as, raw silk or cotton
Raw (superl.) Not mixed or
diluted; as, raw spirits
Raw (superl.) Not tried;
not melted and strained; as, raw tallow
Raw (superl.) Not tanned;
as, raw hides
Raw (superl.) Not trimmed,
covered, or folded under; as, the raw edge of a piece of metal or of cloth.
Raw (superl.) Not covered;
bare.
Raw (superl.) Bald.
Raw (superl.) Deprived of
skin; galled; as, a raw sore.
Raw (superl.) Sore, as if
by being galled.
Raw (superl.) Disagreeably
damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind.
Raw (n.) A raw, sore, or
galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the raw.
Rawbone (a.) Rawboned.
Rawboned (a.) Having
little flesh on the bones; gaunt.
Rawhead (n.) A specter
mentioned to frighten children; as, rawhead and bloodybones.
Rawhide (n.) A cowhide, or
coarse riding whip, made of untanned (or raw) hide twisted.
Rawish (a.) Somewhat raw.
Rawly (adv.) In a raw
manner; unskillfully; without experience.
Rawly (adv.) Without
proper preparation or provision.
Rawness (n.) The quality
or state of being raw.
Ray (v. t.) To array.
Ray (v. t.) To mark,
stain, or soil; to streak; to defile.
Ray (n.) Array; order;
arrangement; dress.
Ray (n.) One of a number
of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a
circle; as, a star of six rays.
Ray (n.) A radiating part
of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or
a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster;
radius. See Radius.
Ray (n.) One of the
radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes.
Ray (n.) One of the
spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an
ophiuran.
Ray (n.) A line of light
or heat proceeding from a radiant or reflecting point; a single element of light
or heat propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized ray.
Ray (n.) One of the
component elements of the total radiation from a body; any definite or limited
portion of the spectrum; as, the red ray; the violet ray. See Illust. under
Light.
Ray (n.) Sight;
perception; vision; -- from an old theory of vision, that sight was something
which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.
Ray (n.) One of a system
of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending
indefinitely in both directions. See Half-ray.
Rayed (imp. & p. p.) of
Ray
Raying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ray
Ray (n.) To mark with long
lines; to streak.
Ray (n.) To send forth or
shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles.
Ray (v. i.) To shine, as
with rays.
Ray (n.) Any one of
numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiae, including the skates,
torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.
Ray (n.) In a restricted
sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting
rays. See Skate.
Rayah (n.) A person not a
Mohammedan, who pays the capitation tax.
Ray grass () A perennial European
grass (Lolium perenne); -- called also rye grass, and red darnel. See Darnel,
and Grass.
Rayless (a.) Destitute of
rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, a rayless sky; rayless eyes.
Rayon (n.) Ray; beam.
Rayonnant (a.) Darting
forth rays, as the sun when it shines out.
Raze (n.) A Shakespearean
word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root.
Razed (imp. & p. p.) of
Raze
Razing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Raze
Raze (v. t.) To erase; to
efface; to obliterate.
Raze (v. t.) To subvert
from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to
demolish.
Razed (a.) Slashed or
striped in patterns.
Razee (v. t.) 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 (imp. & p. p.) of
Razee
Razeeing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Razee
Razee (v. t.) To cut down
to a less number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or class, as a ship;
hence, to prune or abridge by cutting off or retrenching parts; as, to razee a
book, or an article.
Razor (v. t.) A keen-edged
knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or the head.
Razor (v. t.) A tusk of a
wild boar.
Razorable (a.) Ready for
the razor; fit to be shaved.
Razorback (n.) The
rorqual.
Razor-backed (a.) Having a
sharp, lean, or thin back; as, a razor-backed hog, perch, etc.
Razorbill (n.) A species
of auk (Alca torda) common in the Arctic seas. See Auk, and Illust. in Appendix.
Razorbill (n.) See
Cutwater, 3.
Razure (n.) The act of
erasing or effacing, or the state of being effaced; obliteration. See Rasure.
Razure (n.) An erasure; a
change made by erasing.
Razzia (n.) A plundering
and destructive incursion; a foray; a raid.
Re- () 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 () 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 (v. t.) 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 (n.) The act
or process of reabsorbing.
Reaccess (n.) A second
access or approach; a return.
Reaccuse (v. t.) To accuse
again.
Reach (v. i.) To retch.
Reach (n.) An effort to
vomit.
Reached (imp. & p. p.) of
Reach
Raught () of Reach
Reaching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reach
Reach (v. t.) To extend;
to stretch; to thrust out; to put forth, as a limb, a member, something held, or
the like.
Reach (v. t.) Hence, to
deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand; to give with the hand;
to pass to another; to hand over; as, to reach one a book.
Reach (v. t.) To attain or
obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or
something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach
an object with the hand, or with a spear.
Reach (v. t.) To strike,
hit, or touch with a missile; as, to reach an object with an arrow, a bullet, or
a shell.
Reach (v. t.) Hence, to
extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut,
as far as.
Reach (v. t.) To extend
to; to stretch out as far as; to touch by virtue of extent; as, his land reaches
the river.
Reach (v. t.) To arrive
at; to come to; to get as far as.
Reach (v. t.) To arrive at
by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to.
Reach (v. t.) To
understand; to comprehend.
Reach (v. t.) To
overreach; to deceive.
Reach (v. i.) To stretch
out the hand.
Reach (v. i.) To strain
after something; to make efforts.
Reach (v. i.) To extend in
dimension, time, amount, action, influence, etc., so as to touch, attain to, or
be equal to, something.
Reach (v. i.) To sail on
the wind, as from one point of tacking to another, or with the wind nearly
abeam.
Reach (n.) The act of
stretching or extending; extension; power of reaching or touching with the
person, or a limb, or something held or thrown; as, the fruit is beyond my
reach; to be within reach of cannon shot.
Reach (n.) The power of
stretching out or extending action, influence, or the like; power of attainment
or management; extent of force or capacity.
Reach (n.) Extent;
stretch; expanse; hence, application; influence; result; scope.
Reach (n.) An extended
portion of land or water; a stretch; a straight portion of a stream or river, as
from one turn to another; a level stretch, as between locks in a canal; an arm
of the sea extending up into the land.
Reach (n.) An artifice to
obtain an advantage.
Reach (n.) The pole or rod
which connects the hind axle with the forward bolster of a wagon.
Reachable (a.) Being
within reach.
Reacher (n.) One who
reaches.
Reacher (n.) An
exaggeration.
Reachless (a.) Being
beyond reach; lofty.
React (v. t.) To act or
perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes
were reacted at Rome.
React (v. i.) To return an
impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite
force; as, every body reacts on the body that impels it from its natural state.
React (v. i.) To act upon
each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two or more
chemical agents; to act in opposition.
Reaction (n.) Any action
in resisting other action or force; counter tendency; movement in a contrary
direction; reverse action.
Reaction (n.) The mutual
or reciprocal action of chemical agents upon each other, or the action upon such
chemical agents of some form of energy, as heat, light, or electricity,
resulting in a chemical change in one or more of these agents, with the
production of new compounds or the manifestation of distinctive characters. See
Blowpipe reaction, Flame reaction, under Blowpipe, and Flame.
Reaction (n.) An action
induced by vital resistance to some other action; depression or exhaustion of
vital force consequent on overexertion or overstimulation; heightened activity
and overaction succeeding depression or shock.
Reaction (n.) The force
which a body subjected to the action of a force from another body exerts upon
the latter body in the opposite direction.
Reaction (n.) Backward
tendency or movement after revolution, reform, or great progress in any
direction.
Reactionary (a.) Being,
causing, or favoring reaction; as, reactionary movements.
Reactionaries (pl. ) of
Reactionary
Reactionary (n.) One who
favors reaction, or seeks to undo political progress or revolution.
Reactionist (n.) A
reactionary.
Reactive (a.) Having power
to react; tending to reaction; of the nature of reaction.
Read (n.) Rennet. See 3d
Reed.
Read (imp. & p. p.) of
Read
Reading (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Read
Read (v. t.) To advise; to
counsel.
Read (v. t.) To interpret;
to explain; as, to read a riddle.
Read (v. t.) To tell; to
declare; to recite.
Read (v. t.) To go over,
as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to
take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which
it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an
alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read
a book.
Read (v. t.) Hence, to
know fully; to comprehend.
Read (v. t.) To discover
or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.
Read (v. t.) To make a
special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law.
Read (v. i.) To give
advice or counsel.
Read (v. i.) To tell; to
declare.
Read (v. i.) To perform
the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a
book or other like document.
Read (v. i.) To study by
reading; as, he read for the bar.
Read (v. i.) To learn by
reading.
Read (v. i.) To appear in
writing or print; to be expressed by, or consist of, certain words or
characters; as, the passage reads thus in the early manuscripts.
Read (v. i.) To produce a
certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly.
Read (v. t.) Saying;
sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede.
Read (v.) Reading.
Read () imp. & p. p. of Read, v.
t. & i.
Read (a.) Instructed or
knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.
Readability (n.) The state
of being readable; readableness.
Readable (a.) Such as can
be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read; worth reading; interesting.
Readdress (v. t.) To
address a second time; -- often used reflexively.
Readept (v. t.) To regain;
to recover.
Readeption (n.) A
regaining; recovery of something lost.
Reader (n.) One who reads.
Reader (n.) One whose
distinctive office is to read prayers in a church.
Reader (n.) One who reads
lectures on scientific subjects.
Reader (n.) A proof
reader.
Reader (n.) One who reads
manuscripts offered for publication and advises regarding their merit.
Reader (n.) One who reads
much; one who is studious.
Reader (n.) A book
containing a selection of extracts for exercises in reading; an elementary book
for practice in a language; a reading book.
Readership (n.) The office
of reader.
Readily (adv.) In a ready
manner; quickly; promptly.
Readily (adv.) Without
delay or objection; without reluctance; willingly; cheerfully.
Readiness (n.) The state
or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness; aptitude; willingness.
Reading (n.) The act of
one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read.
Reading (n.) Study of
books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.
Reading (n.) A lecture or
prelection; public recital.
Reading (n.) The way in
which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary
authority; lection; version.
Reading (n.) Manner of
reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering.
Reading (n.) An
observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a
barometer.
Reading (a.) Of or
pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
Reading (a.) Addicted to
reading; as, a reading community.
Readjourn (v. t.) To
adjourn a second time; to adjourn again.
Readjournment (n.) The act
of readjourning; a second or repeated adjournment.
Readjust (v. t.) To adjust
or settle again; to put in a different order or relation; to rearrange.
Readjuster (n.) 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 (n.) A second
adjustment; a new or different adjustment.
Readmission (n.) 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 (v. t.) To admit
again; to give entrance or access to again.
Readmittance (n.)
Allowance to enter again; a second admission.
Readopt (v. t.) To adopt
again.
Readorn (v. t.) To adorn
again or anew.
Readvance (v. i.) To
advance again.
Readvertency (n.) The act
of adverting to again, or of reviewing.
Ready (superl.) 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 (superl.) Fitted or
arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or
furnished.
Ready (superl.) Prepared
in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed.
Ready (superl.) Not slow
or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt;
easy; expert; as, a ready apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman.
Ready (superl.) Offering
itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy.
Ready (superl.) On the
point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a following infinitive.
Ready (superl.) A word of
command, or a position, in the manual of arms, at which the piece is cocked and
held in position to execute promptly the next command, which is, aim.
Ready (adv.) In a state of
preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay.
Ready (n.) Ready money;
cash; -- commonly with the; as, he was well supplied with the ready.
Ready (v. t.) To dispose
in order.
Ready-made (a.) Made
already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as,
ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.
Ready-witted (a.) Having
ready wit.
Reaffirm (v. t.) To affirm
again.
Reaffirmance (n.) Alt. of
Reaffirmation
Reaffirmation (n.) A
second affirmation.
Reafforest (v. t.) To
convert again into a forest, as a region of country.
Reafforestation (n.) The
act or process of converting again into a forest.
Reagent (n.) A substance
capable of producing with another a reaction, especially when employed to detect
the presence of other bodies; a test.
Reaggravation (n.) The
last monitory, published after three admonitions and before the last
excommunication.
Reagree (v. i.) To agree
again.
Reak (n.) A rush.
Reak (n.) A prank.
Real (n.) A small Spanish
silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the
Spanish monetary system.
Real (a.) Royal; regal;
kingly.
Real (a.) Actually being
or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life.
Real (a.) True; genuine;
not artificial, counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the
real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger.
Real (a.) Relating to
things, not to persons.
Real (a.) Having an
assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary.
Real (a.) Pertaining to
things fixed, permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as, real
property, in distinction from personal or movable property.
Real (n.) A realist.
Realgar (n.) Arsenic
sulphide, a mineral of a brilliant red color; red orpiment. It is also an
artificial product.
Realism (n.) 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).
Realism (n.) As opposed to
idealism, the doctrine that in sense perception there is an immediate cognition
of the external object, and our knowledge of it is not mediate and
representative.
Realism (n.) Fidelity to
nature or to real life; representation without idealization, and making no
appeal to the imagination; adherence to the actual fact.
Realist (n.) 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.
Realist (n.) An artist or
writer who aims at realism in his work. See Realism, 2.
Realistic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the realists; in the manner of the realists; characterized by
realism rather than by imagination.
Realistically (adv.) In a
realistic manner.
Realities (pl. ) of
Reality
Reality (n.) The state or
quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction
from mere appearance; fact.
Reality (n.) That which is
real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense;
that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea.
Reality (n.) Loyalty;
devotion.
Reality (n.) See 2d
Realty, 2.
Realizable (a.) Capable of
being realized.
Realization (n.) The act
of realizing, or the state of being realized.
Realized (imp. & p. p.) of
Realize
Realizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Realize
Realize (v. t.) 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.
Realize (v. t.) To cause
to seem real; to impress upon the mind as actual; to feel vividly or strongly;
to make one's own in apprehension or experience.
Realize (v. t.) To convert
into real property; to make real estate of; as, to realize his fortune.
Realize (v. t.) To acquire
as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain;
to get; as, to realize large profits from a speculation.
Realize (v. t.) To convert
into actual money; as, to realize assets.
Realize (v. i.) To convert
any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments,
as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc.
Realizer (n.) One who
realizes.
Realizing (a.) Serving to
make real, or to impress on the mind as a reality; as, a realizing view of the
danger incurred.
Reallege (v. t.) To allege
again.
Realliance (n.) A renewed
alliance.
Re-ally (v. t.) To bring
together again; to compose or form anew.
Really (adv.) Royally.
Really (adv.) In a real
manner; with or in reality; actually; in truth.
Realm (n.) A royal
jurisdiction or domain; a region which is under the dominion of a king; a
kingdom.
Realm (n.) Hence, in
general, province; region; country; domain; department; division; as, the realm
of fancy.
Realmless (a.) Destitute
of a realm.
Realness (n.) The quality
or condition of being real; reality.
Realty (n.) Royalty.
Realty (n.) Loyalty;
faithfulness.
Realty (n.) Reality.
Realty (n.) Immobility, or
the fixed, permanent nature of real property; as, chattels which savor of the
realty; -- so written in legal language for reality.
Realty (n.) Real estate; a
piece of real property.
Ream (n.) Cream; also, the
cream or froth on ale.
Ream (v. i.) To cream; to
mantle.
Ream (v. t.) To stretch
out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments.
Ream (n.) A bundle,
package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480
sheets.
Reamed (imp. & p. p.) of
Ream
Reaming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ream
Ream (v. t.) To bevel out,
as the mouth of a hole in wood or metal; in modern usage, to enlarge or dress
out, as a hole, with a reamer.
Reame (n.) Realm.
Reamer (n.) 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 (n.) The
second of two amputations performed upon the same member.
Reanimate (v. t.) 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 (n.) The act
or operation of reanimating, or the state of being reanimated; reinvigoration;
revival.
Reannex (v. t.) To annex
again or anew; to reunite.
Reannexation (n.) Act of
reannexing.
Reanswer (v. t. & i.) To
answer in return; to repay; to compensate; to make amends for.
Reaped (imp. & p. p.) of
Reap
Reaping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reap
Reap (v. t.) To cut with a
sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as grain; to gather, as a harvest, by
cutting.
Reap (v. t.) To gather; to
obtain; to receive as a reward or harvest, or as the fruit of labor or of works;
-- in a good or a bad sense; as, to reap a benefit from exertions.
Reap (v. t.) To clear of a
crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.
Reap (v. t.) To deprive of
the beard; to shave.
Reap (v. i.) To perform
the act or operation of reaping; to gather a harvest.
Reap (v.) A bundle of
grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.
Reaper (n.) One who reaps.
Reaper (n.) A reaping
machine.
Reapparel (v. t.) To
clothe again.
Reappear (v. i.) To appear
again.
Reappearance (n.) A second
or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.
Reapplication (n.) The act
of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
Reapply (v. t. & i.) To
apply again.
Reappoint (v. t.) To
appoint again.
Reappointment (n.) The act
of reappointing, or the state of being reappointed.
Reapportion (v. t.) To
apportion again.
Reapportionment (n.) A
second or a new apportionment.
Reapproach (v. i. & t.) To
approach again or anew.
Rear (adv.) Early; soon.
Rear (n.) The back or
hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order; -- opposed to front.
Rear (n.) Specifically,
the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
Rear (a.) Being behind, or
in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company.
Rear (v. t.) To place in
the rear; to secure the rear of.
Reared (imp. & p. p.) of
Rear
Rearing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rear
Rear (v. t.) To raise; to
lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a
monolith.
Rear (v. t.) To erect by
building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear defenses or houses; to rear one
government on the ruins of another.
Rear (v. t.) To lift and
take up.
Rear (v. t.) To bring up
to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear
offspring.
Rear (v. t.) To breed and
raise; as, to rear cattle.
Rear (v. t.) To rouse; to
stir up.
Rear (v. i.) To rise up on
the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect.
Reardorse (n.) Alt. of
Reardoss
Reardoss (n.) A reredos.
Rearer (n.) One who, or
that which, rears.
Reargue (v. t.) To argue
anew or again.
Reargument (n.) An arguing
over again, as of a motion made in court.
Rear-horse (n.) A mantis.
Rearly (adv.) Early.
Rearmost (a.) Farthest in
the rear; last.
Rearmouse (n.) Alt. of
Reremouse
Reremouse (n.) The
leather-winged bat (Vespertilio murinus).
Rearrange (v. t.) To
arrange again; to arrange in a different way.
Rearrangement (n.) The act
of rearranging, or the state of being rearranged.
Rearward (n.) The last
troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. Also used figuratively.
Rearward (a. & adv.) At or
toward the rear.
Reascend (v. i.) To rise,
mount, or climb again.
Reascend (v. t.) To ascend
or mount again; to reach by ascending again.
Reascension (n.) The act
of reascending; a remounting.
Reascent (n.) A returning
ascent or ascension; acclivity.
Reason (n.) 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.
Reason (n.) The faculty or
capacity of the human mind by which it is distinguished from the intelligence of
the inferior animals; the higher as distinguished from the lower cognitive
faculties, sense, imagination, and memory, and in contrast to the feelings and
desires. Reason comprises conception, judgment, reasoning, and the intuitional
faculty. Specifically, it is the intuitional faculty, or the faculty of first
truths, as distinguished from the understanding, which is called the discursive
or ratiocinative faculty.
Reason (n.) Due exercise
of the reasoning faculty; accordance with, or that which is accordant with and
ratified by, the mind rightly exercised; right intellectual judgment; clear and
fair deductions from true principles; that which is dictated or supported by the
common sense of mankind; right conduct; right; propriety; justice.
Reason (n.) Ratio;
proportion.
Reasoned (imp. & p. p.) of
Reason
Reasoning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reason
Reason (n.) To exercise
the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process
of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a
systematic comparison of facts.
Reason (n.) Hence: To
carry on a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to
confute; to formulate and set forth propositions and the inferences from them;
to argue.
Reason (n.) To converse;
to compare opinions.
Reason (v. t.) To arrange
and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to
debate or discuss; as, I reasoned the matter with my friend.
Reason (v. t.) To support
with reasons, as a request.
Reason (v. t.) To persuade
by reasoning or argument; as, to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of
his plan.
Reason (v. t.) To overcome
or conquer by adducing reasons; -- with down; as, to reason down a passion.
Reason (v. t.) To find by
logical processes; to explain or justify by reason or argument; -- usually with
out; as, to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon.
Reasonable (n.) Having the
faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being.
Reasonable (n.) Governed
by reason; being under the influence of reason; thinking, speaking, or acting
rationally, or according to the dictates of reason; agreeable to reason; just;
rational; as, the measure must satisfy all reasonable men.
Reasonable (n.) Not
excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper; as, a reasonable demand,
amount, price.
Reasonable (adv.)
Reasonably; tolerably.
Reasonableness (n.)
Quality of being reasonable.
Reasonably (adv.) In a
reasonable manner.
Reasonably (adv.)
Moderately; tolerably.
Reasoner (n.) One who
reasons or argues; as, a fair reasoner; a close reasoner; a logical reasoner.
Reasoning (n.) The act or
process of adducing a reason or reasons; manner of presenting one's reasons.
Reasoning (n.) That which
is offered in argument; proofs or reasons when arranged and developed; course of
argument.
Reasonist (n.) A
rationalist.
Reasonless (a.) Destitute
of reason; as, a reasonless man or mind.
Reasonless (a.) Void of
reason; not warranted or supported by reason; unreasonable.
Reassemblage (n.)
Assemblage a second time or again.
Reassemble (v. t. & i.) To
assemble again.
Reassert (v. t.) To assert
again or anew; to maintain after an omission to do so.
Reassertion (n.) A second
or renewed assertion of the same thing.
Reassessment (n.) A
renewed or second assessment.
Reassign (v. t.) To assign
back or again; to transfer back what has been assigned.
Reassignment (n.) The act
of reassigning.
Reassimilate (v. t. & i.)
To assimilate again.
Reassociate (v. t. & i.)
To associate again; to bring again into close relations.
Reassume (v. t.) To assume
again or anew; to resume.
Reassurance (n.) Assurance
or confirmation renewed or repeated.
Reassurance (n.) Same as
Reinsurance.
Reassure (v. t.) To assure
anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror.
Reassure (v. t.) To
reinsure.
Reassurer (n.) One who
reassures.
Reasty (a.) Rusty and
rancid; -- applied to salt meat.
Reata (n.) A lariat.
Reattach (v. t.) To attach
again.
Reattachment (n.) The act
of reattaching; a second attachment.
Reattain (v. t.) To attain
again.
Reattainment (n.) The act
of reattaining.
Reattempt (v. t.) To
attempt again.
Reaume (n.) Realm.
Reaumur (a.) Of or
pertaining to Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur; conformed to the scale adopted
by Reaumur in graduating the thermometer he invented.
Reaumur (n.) A Reaumur
thermometer or scale.
Reaved (imp. & p. p.) of
Reave
Reft () of Reave
Raft () of Reave
Reaving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reave
Reave (v. i.) To take away
by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave.
[Archaic]
Reaver (n.) One who
reaves.
Reawake (v. i.) To awake
again.
Rebanish (v. t.) To banish
again.
Rebaptism (n.) A second
baptism.
Rebaptization (n.) A
second baptism.
Rebaptize (v. t.) To
baptize again or a second time.
Rebaptizer (n.) One who
rebaptizes.
Rebarbarize (v. t.) To
reduce again to barbarism.
Rebate (v. t.) To beat to
obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a
lance used for exercise.
Rebate (v. t.) To deduct
from; to make a discount from, as interest due, or customs duties.
Rebate (v. i.) To abate;
to withdraw.
Rebate (n.) Diminution.
Rebate (n.) Deduction;
abatement; as, a rebate of interest for immediate payment; a rebate of
importation duties.
Rebate (n.) A rectangular
longitudinal recess or groove, cut in the corner or edge of any body; a rabbet.
See Rabbet.
Rebate (n.) A piece of
wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
Rebate (n.) An iron tool
sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
Rebate (n.) A kind of hard
freestone used in making pavements.
Rebate (v. t.) To cut a
rebate in. See Rabbet, v.
Rebatement (n.) Same as 3d
Rebate.
Rebato (n.) Same as
Rabato.
Rebec (n.) An instrument
formerly used which somewhat resembled the violin, having three strings, and
being played with a bow.
Rebec (n.) A contemptuous
term applied to an old woman.
Rebel (v. i.) Pertaining
to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops.
Rebel (n.) One who rebels.
Rebelled (imp. & p. p.) of
Rebel
Rebelling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rebel
Rebel (v. i.) To renounce,
and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes
obedience. See Rebellion.
Rebel (v. i.) To be
disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to
revolt.
Rebeldom (n.) A region
infested by rebels; rebels, considered collectively; also, conduct or quality
characteristic of rebels.
Rebeller (n.) One who
rebels; a rebel.
Rebellion (v. i.) 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.
Rebellion (v. i.) Open
resistance to, or defiance of, lawful authority.
Rebellious (a.) Engaged in
rebellion; disposed to rebel; of the nature of rebels or of rebellion; resisting
government or lawful authority by force.
Rebellow (v. i.) To bellow
again; to repeat or echo a bellow.
Rebiting (n.) The act or
process of deepening worn lines in an etched plate by submitting it again to the
action of acid.
Rebloom (v. i.) To bloom
again.
Reblossom (v. i.) To
blossom again.
Reboant (a.) Rebellowing;
resounding loudly.
Reboation (n.) Repetition
of a bellow.
Reboil (v. t. & i.) To
boil, or to cause to boil, again.
Reboil (v. t. & i.) Fig.:
To make or to become hot.
Reborn (p. p.) Born again.
Rebound (v. i.) To spring
back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on
collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.
Rebound (v. i.) To give
back an echo.
Rebound (v. i.) To bound
again or repeatedly, as a horse.
Rebound (v. t.) To send
back; to reverberate.
Rebound (n.) The act of
rebounding; resilience.
Rebrace (v. t.) To brace
again.
Rebreathe (v. t.) To
breathe again.
Rebucous (a.) Rebuking.
Rebuff (n.) Repercussion,
or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.
Rebuff (n.) Sudden check;
unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.
Rebuffed (imp. & p. p.) of
Rebuff
Rebuffing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rebuff
Rebuff (v. t.) To beat
back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently,
harshly, or uncourteously.
Rebuild (v. t.) 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 (n.) One who
rebuilds.
Rebukable (a.) Worthy of
rebuke or reprehension; reprehensible.
Rebuked (imp. & p. p.) of
Rebuke
Rebuking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rebuke
Rebuke (v. t.) 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.
Rebuke (n.) A direct and
pointed reproof; a reprimand; also, chastisement; punishment.
Rebuke (n.) Check; rebuff.
Rebukeful (a.) Containing
rebuke; of the nature of rebuke.
Rebuker (n.) One who
rebukes.
Rebukingly (adv.) By way
of rebuke.
Rebullition (n.) The act
of boiling up or effervescing.
Rebury (v. t.) To bury
again.
Rebuses (pl. ) of Rebus
Rebus (n.) 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.
Rebus (n.) A pictorial
suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs. See
Canting arms, under Canting.
Rebus (v. t.) To mark or
indicate by a rebus.
Rebutted (imp. & p. p.) of
Rebut
Rebutting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rebut
Rebut (v. t.) To drive or
beat back; to repulse.
Rebut (v. t.) To
contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof.
Rebut (v. i.) To retire;
to recoil.
Rebut (v. i.) To make, or
put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
Rebuttable (a.) Capable of
being rebutted.
Rebuttal (n.) 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 (n.) The answer
of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
Recadency (n.) A falling
back or descending a second time; a relapse.
Recalcitrant (a.) Kicking
back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory.
Recalcitrate (v. t.) To
kick against; to show repugnance to; to rebuff.
Recalcitrate (v. i.) To
kick back; to kick against anything; hence, to express repugnance or opposition.
Recalcitration (n.) A
kicking back again; opposition; repugnance; refractoriness.
Recall (v. t.) To call
back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.
Recall (v. t.) To revoke;
to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to withdraw; as, to recall words, or
a decree.
Recall (v. t.) To call
back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect; to remember; as, to recall
bygone days.
Recall (n.) A calling
back; a revocation.
Recall (n.) A call on the
trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc.
Recallable (a.) Capable of
being recalled.
Recallment (n.) Recall.
Recanted (imp. & p. p.) of
Recant
Recanting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Recant
Recant (v. t.) To withdraw
or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict,
as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall.
Recant (v. i.) To revoke a
declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as,
convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant.
Recantation (n.) The act
of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus
asserted in contradiction; retraction.
Recanter (n.) One who
recants.
Recapacitate (v. t.) To
qualify again; to confer capacity on again.
Recapitulate (v. t.) 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.
Recapitulate (v. i.) To
sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to
repeat briefly the substance.
Recapitulation (n.) 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 (n.) One who
recapitulates.
Recapitulatory (a.) Of the
nature of a recapitulation; containing recapitulation.
Recapper (n.) A tool used
for applying a fresh percussion cap or primer to a cartridge shell in reloading
it.
Recaption (n.) 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 (n.) One who
recaptures; one who takes a prize which had been previously taken.
Recapture (n.) The act of
retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods
from a captor.
Recapture (n.) That which
is captured back; a prize retaken.
Recapture (v. t.) To
capture again; to retake.
Recarbonize (v. t.) To
restore carbon to; as, to recarbonize iron in converting it into steel.
Recarnify (v. t.) To
convert again into flesh.
Recarriage (n.) Act of
carrying back.
Recarry (v. t.) To carry
back.
Recast (v. t.) To throw
again.
Recast (v. t.) To mold
anew; to cast anew; to throw into a new form or shape; to reconstruct; as, to
recast cannon; to recast an argument or a play.
Recast (v. t.) To compute,
or cast up, a second time.
Recche (v. i.) To reck.
Reccheles (a.) Reckless.
Receded (imp. & p. p.) of
Recede
Receding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Recede
Recede (v. i.) To move
back; to retreat; to withdraw.
Recede (v. i.) To withdraw
a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or
asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition.
Recede (v. i.) To cede
back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered
territory.
Receipt (n.) The act of
receiving; reception.
Receipt (n.) Reception, as
an act of hospitality.
Receipt (n.) Capability of
receiving; capacity.
Receipt (n.) Place of
receiving.
Receipt (n.) Hence, a
recess; a retired place.
Receipt (n.) A formulary
according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a
recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake.
Receipt (n.) A writing
acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of
money paid.
Receipt (n.) That which is
received; that which comes in, in distinction from what is expended, paid out,
sent away, and the like; -- usually in the plural; as, the receipts amounted to
a thousand dollars.
Receipted (imp. & p. p.)
of Receipt
Receipting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Receipt
Receipt (v. t.) To give a
receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff.
Receipt (v. t.) To put a
receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill.
Receipt (v. i.) To give a
receipt, as for money paid.
Receiptment (n.) The
receiving or harboring a felon knowingly, after the commission of a felony.
Receiptor (n.) One who
receipts; specifically (Law), one who receipts for property which has been taken
by the sheriff.
Receit (n.) Receipt.
Receivability (n.) The
quality of being receivable; receivableness.
Receivable (a.) Capable of
being received.
Received (imp. & p. p.) of
Receive
Receiving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Receive
Receive (v. t.) 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.
Receive (v. t.) Hence: To
gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to;
to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace.
Receive (v. t.) To allow,
as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to.
Receive (v. t.) To give
admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, and
the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc.
Receive (v. t.) To admit;
to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in.
Receive (v. t.) To be
affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or
pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage.
Receive (v. t.) To take
from a thief, as goods known to be stolen.
Receive (v. t.) To bat
back (the ball) when served.
Receive (v. i.) To receive
visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays.
Receive (v. i.) To return,
or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive.
Receivedness (n.) The
state or quality of being received, accepted, or current; as, the receivedness
of an opinion.
Receiver (n.) One who
takes or receives in any manner.
Receiver (n.) A person
appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other
property which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person
appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do
other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases.
Receiver (n.) One who
takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen.
Receiver (n.) A vessel
connected with an alembic, a retort, or the like, for receiving and condensing
the product of distillation.
Receiver (n.) A vessel for
receiving and containing gases.
Receiver (n.) The glass
vessel in which the vacuum is produced, and the objects of experiment are put,
in experiments with an air pump. Cf. Bell jar, and see Illust. of Air pump.
Receiver (n.) A vessel for
receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the
low-pressure cylinder, in a compound engine.
Receiver (n.) A capacious
vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an
engine.
Receiver (n.) That portion
of a telephonic apparatus, or similar system, at which the message is received
and made audible; -- opposed to transmitter.
Receivership (n.) The
state or office of a receiver.
Recelebrate (v. t.) To
celebrate again, or anew.
Recency (n.) 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 (v. t.) To review;
to revise.
Recension (n.) The act of
reviewing or revising; review; examination; enumeration.
Recension (n.)
Specifically, the review of a text (as of an ancient author) by an editor;
critical revisal and establishment.
Recension (n.) The result
of such a work; a text established by critical revision; an edited version.
Recensionist (n.) One who
makes recensions; specifically, a critical editor.
Recent (a.) 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.
Recent (a.) Of or
pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recent shells.
Recenter (v. t.) To center
again; to restore to the center.
Recently (adv.) Newly;
lately; freshly; not long since; as, advices recently received.
Recentness (n.) Quality or
state of being recent.
Receptacle (n.) That which
serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase,
a bag, a reservoir; a repository.
Receptacle (n.) The apex
of the flower stalk, from which the organs of the flower grow, or into which
they are inserted. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary.
Receptacle (n.) The
dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers.
Receptacle (n.) An
intercellular cavity containing oil or resin or other matters.
Receptacle (n.) A special
branch which bears the fructification in many cryptogamous plants.
Receptacular (a.)
Pertaining to the receptacle, or growing on it; as, the receptacular chaff or
scales in the sunflower.
Receptacula (pl. ) of
Receptaculum
Receptaculum (n.) A
receptacle; as, the receptaculum of the chyle.
Receptary (a.) Generally
or popularly admitted or received.
Receptary (n.) That which
is received.
Receptibility (n.) The
quality or state of being receptible; receivableness.
Receptibility (n.) A
receptible thing.
Receptible (a.) Such as
may be received; receivable.
Reception (n.) 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.
Reception (n.) The state
of being received.
Reception (n.) The act or
manner of receiving, esp. of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an
occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate
reception.
Reception (n.) Acceptance,
as of an opinion or doctrine.
Reception (n.) A retaking;
a recovery.
Receptive (a.) Having the
quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain;
receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind.
Receptiveness (n.) The
quality of being receptive.
Receptivity (n.) The state
or quality of being receptive.
Receptivity (n.) The power
or capacity of receiving impressions, as those of the external senses.
Receptory (n.) Receptacle.
Recess (n.) A withdrawing
or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides.
Recess (n.) The state of
being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
Recess (n.) Remission or
suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body,
court, or school.
Recess (n.) Part of a room
formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc.
Recess (n.) A place of
retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
Recess (n.) Secret or
abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science.
Recess (n.) A sinus.
Recessed (imp. & p. p.) of
Recess
Recessing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Recess
Recess (v. t.) To make a
recess in; as, to recess a wall.
Recess (n.) A decree of
the imperial diet of the old German empire.
Recessed (a.) Having a
recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall.
Recessed (a.) Withdrawn;
secluded.
Recession (n.) The act of
receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.
Recession (n.) The act of
ceding back; restoration; repeated cession; as, the recession of conquered
territory to its former sovereign.
Recessional (a.) Of or
pertaining to recession or withdrawal.
Recessive (a.) Going back;
receding.
Rechabite (n.) 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 (v. t. & i.) To
change again, or change back.
Recharge (v. t. & i.) To
charge or accuse in return.
Recharge (v. t. & i.) To
attack again; to attack anew.
Recharter (n.) A second
charter; a renewal of a charter.
Recharter (v. t.) To
charter again or anew; to grant a second or another charter to.
Rechase (v. t.) To chase
again; to chase or drive back.
Recheat (n.) A strain
given on the horn to call back the hounds when they have lost track of the game.
Recheat (v. i.) To blow
the recheat.
Recherche (a.) Sought out
with care; choice. Hence: of rare quality, elegance, or attractiveness; peculiar
and refined in kind.
Rechless (a.) Reckless.
Rechoose (v. t.) To choose
again.
Recidivate (v. i.) To
backslide; to fall again.
Recidivation (n.) A
falling back; a backsliding.
Recidivous (a.) Tending or
liable to backslide or relapse to a former condition or habit.
Recipes (pl. ) of Recipe
Recipe (n.) A formulary or
prescription for making some combination, mixture, or preparation of materials;
a receipt; especially, a prescription for medicine.
Recipiangle (n.) 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 (n.) Alt. of
Recipiency
Recipiency (n.) The
quality or state of being recipient; a receiving; reception; receptiveness.
Recipient (n.) 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.
Recipient (a.) Receiving;
receptive.
Reciprocal (a.) Recurring
in vicissitude; alternate.
Reciprocal (a.) Done by
each to the other; interchanging or interchanged; given and received; due from
each to each; mutual; as, reciprocal love; reciprocal duties.
Reciprocal (a.) Mutually
interchangeable.
Reciprocal (a.) Reflexive;
-- applied to pronouns and verbs, but sometimes limited to such pronouns as
express mutual action.
Reciprocal (a.) Used to
denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the
substitution of reciprocals for given quantities. See the Phrases below.
Reciprocal (n.) That which
is reciprocal to another thing.
Reciprocal (n.) The
quotient arising from dividing unity by any quantity; thus, / is the reciprocal
of 4; 1/(a +b) is the reciprocal of a + b. The reciprocal of a fraction is the
fraction inverted, or the denominator divided by the numerator.
Reciprocality (n.) The
quality or condition of being reciprocal; reciprocalness.
Reciprocally (adv.) In a
reciprocal manner; so that each affects the other, and is equally affected by
it; interchangeably; mutually.
Reciprocally (adv.) In the
manner of reciprocals.
Reciprocalness (n.) The
quality or condition of being reciprocal; mutual return; alternateness.
Reciprocated (imp. & p. p.)
of Reciprocate
Reciprocating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reciprocate
Reciprocate (v. i.) To
move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act
interchangeably; to alternate.
Reciprocate (v. t.) To
give and return mutually; to make return for; to give in return; to interchange;
to alternate; as, to reciprocate favors.
Reciprocation (n.) The act
of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the
reciprocation of kindnesses.
Reciprocation (n.)
Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and
ebb of tides.
Reciprocity (n.) Mutual
action and reaction.
Reciprocity (n.)
Reciprocal advantages, obligations, or rights; reciprocation.
Reciprocornous (a.) Having
horns turning backward and then forward, like those of a ram.
Reciprocous (a.)
Reciprocal.
Reciprok (a.) Reciprocal.
Reciproque (a. & n.)
Reciprocal.
Recision (n.) The act of
cutting off.
Recital (n.) The act of
reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal;
as, the recital of testimony.
Recital (n.) A telling in
detail and due order of the particulars of anything, as of a law, an adventure,
or a series of events; narration.
Recital (n.) That which is
recited; a story; a narration.
Recital (n.) A vocal or
instrumental performance by one person; -- distinguished from concert; as, a
song recital; an organ, piano, or violin recital.
Recital (n.) The formal
statement, or setting forth, of some matter of fact in any deed or writing in
order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded; the statement
of matter in pleading introductory to some positive allegation.
Recitation (n.) The act of
reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences.
Recitation (n.) The
delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an
elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered.
Recitation (n.) The
rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.
Recitative (n.) 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.
Recitative (a.) Of or
pertaining to recitation; intended for musical recitation or declamation; in the
style or manner of recitative.
Recitativo (n.)
Recitative.
Recited (imp. & p. p.) of
Recite
Reciting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Recite
Recite (v. t.) 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.
Recite (v. t.) To tell
over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past
events; to recite the particulars of a voyage.
Recite (v. t.) To
rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor.
Recite (v. t.) To state in
or as a recital. See Recital, 5.
Recite (v. i.) To repeat,
pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed
to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.
Recite (n.) A recital.
Reciter (n.) One who
recites; also, a book of extracts for recitation.
Recked (imp. & p. p.) of
Reck
Roughte () of Reck
Recking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reck
Reck (v. t.) To make
account of; to care for; to heed; to regard.
Reck (v. t.) To concern;
-- used impersonally.
Reck (v. i.) To make
account; to take heed; to care; to mind; -- often followed by of.
Reckless (a.) Inattentive
to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent.
Reckless (a.) Rashly
negligent; utterly careless or heedless.
Reckling (a.) Needing
care; weak; feeble; as, a reckling child.
Reckling (n.) A weak child
or animal.
Reckoned (imp. & p. p.) of
Reckon
Reckoning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reckon
Reckon (v. t.) To count;
to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
Reckon (v. t.) To count as
in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by
estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute.
Reckon (v. t.) To charge,
attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
Reckon (v. t.) To
conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to
suppose; -- followed by an objective clause; as, I reckon he won't try that
again.
Reckon (v. i.) To make an
enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
Reckon (v. i.) To come to
an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance
of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.
Reckoner (n.) One who
reckons or computes; also, a book of calculations, tables, etc., to assist in
reckoning.
Reckoning (n.) The act of
one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting;
calculation.
Reckoning (n.) An account
of time
Reckoning (n.) Adjustment
of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc.
Reckoning (n.) The charge
or account made by a host at an inn.
Reckoning (n.) Esteem;
account; estimation.
Reckoning (n.) The
calculation of a ship's position, either from astronomical observations, or from
the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and
log, -- in the latter case called dead reckoning (see under Dead); -- also used
for dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation.
Reckoning (n.) The
position of a ship as determined by calculation.
Reclaim (v. t.) To claim
back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
Reclaimed (imp. & p. p.)
of Reclaim
Reclaiming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reclaim
Reclaim (v. t.) To call
back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call.
Reclaim (v. t.) To call
back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing
or quieting.
Reclaim (v. t.) To reduce
from a wild to a tamed state; to bring under discipline; -- said especially of
birds trained for the chase, but also of other animals.
Reclaim (v. t.) Hence: To
reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to
rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim
wild land, overflowed land, etc.
Reclaim (v. t.) To call
back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct
deportment or course of life; to reform.
Reclaim (v. t.) To
correct; to reform; -- said of things.
Reclaim (v. t.) To exclaim
against; to gainsay.
Reclaim (v. i.) To cry out
in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to
take exceptions.
Reclaim (v. i.) To bring
anyone back from evil courses; to reform.
Reclaim (v. i.) To draw
back; to give way.
Reclaim (n.) The act of
reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery.
Reclaimable (a.) That may
be reclaimed.
Reclaimant (n.) One who
reclaims; one who cries out against or contradicts.
Reclaimer (n.) One who
reclaims.
Reclaimless (a.) That can
not be reclaimed.
Reclamation (n.) The act
or process of reclaiming.
Reclamation (n.)
Representation made in opposition; remonstrance.
Reclasp (v. i.) To clasp
or unite again.
Reclinant (a.) Bending or
leaning backward.
Reclinate (a.) Reclined,
as a leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of a stem or leaf, is lower than
the base.
Reclination (n.) The act
of leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined.
Reclination (n.) The angle
which the plane of the dial makes with a vertical plane which it intersects in a
horizontal line.
Reclination (n.) The act
or process of removing a cataract, by applying the needle to its anterior
surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that the front
surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower
one.
Reclined (imp. & p. p.) of
Recline
Reclining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Recline
Recline (v. t.) To cause
or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to
recline the head on the hand.
Recline (v. i.) To lean or
incline; as, to recline against a wall.
Recline (v. i.) To assume,
or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch.
Recline (v. t.) Having a
reclining posture; leaning; reclining.
Reclined (a.) Falling or
turned downward; reclinate.
Recliner (n.) One who, or
that which, reclines.
Reclining (a.) Bending or
curving gradually back from the perpendicular.
Reclining (a.) Recumbent.
Reclose (v. t.) To close
again.
Reclothe (v. t.) To clothe
again.
Reclude (v. t.) To open;
to unclose.
Recluse (a.) Shut up;
sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living
apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life.
Recluse (a.) A person who
lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk;
specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells,
usually attached to monasteries.
Recluse (a.) The place
where a recluse dwells.
Recluse (v. t.) To shut
up; to seclude.
Reclusely (adv.) In a
recluse or solitary manner.
Recluseness (n.) Quality
or state of being recluse.
Reclusion (n.) A state of
retirement from the world; seclusion.
Reclusive (a.) Affording
retirement from society.
Reclusory (n.) The
habitation of a recluse; a hermitage.
Recoct (v. t.) To boil or
cook again; hence, to make over; to vamp up; to reconstruct.
Recoction (n.) A second
coction or preparation; a vamping up.
Recognition (n.) The act
of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal;
knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.
Recognitor (n.) One of a
jury impaneled on an assize.
Recognitory (a.)
Pertaining to, or connected with, recognition.
Recognizability (n.) The
quality or condition of being recognizable.
Recognizable (a.) Capable
of being recognized.
Recognizance (n.) 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.
Recognizance (n.) The
verdict of a jury impaneled upon assize.
Recognizance (n.) A token;
a symbol; a pledge; a badge.
Recognizance (n.)
Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition.
Recognization (n.)
Recognition.
Recognized (imp. & p. p.)
of Recognize
Recognizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Recognize
Recognize (v. t.) To know
again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to
recover or recall knowledge of.
Recognize (v. t.) To avow
knowledge of; to allow that one knows; to consent to admit, hold, or the like;
to admit with a formal acknowledgment; as, to recognize an obligation; to
recognize a consul.
Recognize (v. t.) To
acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation, bowing, or the like.
Recognize (v. t.) To show
appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a testimonial.
Recognize (v. t.) To
review; to reexamine.
Recognize (v. t.) To
reconnoiter.
Recognize (v. i.) To enter
an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A B recognized in the sum
of twenty dollars.
Recognizee (n.) The person
in whose favor a recognizance is made.
Recognizer (n.) One who
recognizes; a recognizor.
Recognizor (n.) One who
enters into a recognizance.
Recognosce (v. t.) To
recognize.
Recoiled (imp. & p. p.) of
Recoil
Recoiling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Recoil
Recoil (v. i.) To start,
roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or
forced backward; to return.
Recoil (v. i.) To draw
back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink.
Recoil (v. i.) To turn or
go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
Recoil (v. t.) To draw or
go back.
Recoil (n.) A starting or
falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood.
Recoil (n.) The state or
condition of having recoiled.
Recoil (n.) Specifically,
the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged.
Recoiler (n.) One who, or
that which, recoils.
Recoilingly (adv.) In the
manner of a recoil.
Recoilment (n.) Recoil.
Recoin (v. t.) To coin
anew or again.
Recoinage (n.) The act of
coining anew.
Recoinage (n.) That which
is coined anew.
Re-collect (v. t.) To
collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to re-collect routed
troops.
Recollected (imp. & p. p.)
of Recollect
Recollecting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Recollect
Recollect (v. t.) To
recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to
remember.
Recollect (v. t.)
Reflexively, to compose one's self; to recover self-command; as, to recollect
one's self after a burst of anger; -- sometimes, formerly, in the perfect
participle.
Recollect (n.) A friar of
the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans.
Recollection (n.) 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.
Recollection (n.) The
power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be
recollected; remembrance; memory; as, an event within my recollection.
Recollection (n.) That
which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence.
Recollection (n.) The act
or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration;
self-control.
Recollective (a.) Having
the power of recollecting.
Recollet (n.) Same as
Recollect, n.
Recolonization (n.) A
second or renewed colonization.
Recolonize (v. t.) To
colonize again.
Recombination (n.)
Combination a second or additional time.
Recombine (v. t.) To
combine again.
Recomfort (v. t.) To
comfort again; to console anew; to give new strength to.
Recomfortless (a.) Without
comfort.
Recomforture (n.) The act
of recomforting; restoration of comfort.
Recommence (v. i.) To
commence or begin again.
Recommence (v. i.) To
begin anew to be; to act again as.
Recommence (v. t.) To
commence again or anew.
Recommencement (n.) A
commencement made anew.
Recommended (imp. & p. p.)
of Recommend
Recommending (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Recommend
Recommend (v. t.) 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.
Recommend (v. t.) To make
acceptable; to attract favor to.
Recommend (v. t.) To
commit; to give in charge; to commend.
Recommendable (a.)
Suitable to be recommended; worthy of praise; commendable.
Recommendation (n.) The
act of recommending.
Recommendation (n.) That
which recommends, or commends to favor; anything procuring, or tending to
procure, a favorable reception, or to secure acceptance and adoption; as, he
brought excellent recommendations.
Recommendation (n.) The
state of being recommended; esteem.
Recommendative (n.) That
which recommends; a recommendation.
Recommendatory (a.)
Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory.
Recommender (n.) One who
recommends.
Recommission (v. t.) To
commission again; to give a new commission to.
Recommit (v. t.) 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 (n.) Alt. of
Recommittal
Recommittal (n.) A second
or renewed commitment; a renewed reference to a committee.
Recompact (v. t.) To
compact or join anew.
Recompensation (n.)
Recompense.
Recompensation (n.) Used
to denote a case where a set-off pleaded by the defendant is met by a set-off
pleaded by the plaintiff.
Recompensed (imp. & p. p.)
of Recompense
Recompensing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Recompense
Recompense (v. t.) To
render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to
compensate.
Recompense (v. t.) To
return an equivalent for; to give compensation for; to atone for; to pay for.
Recompense (v. t.) To give
in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved.
Recompense (v. i.) To give
recompense; to make amends or requital.
Recompense (n.) An
equivalent returned for anything done, suffered, or given; compensation;
requital; suitable return.
Recompensement (n.)
Recompense; requital.
Recompenser (n.) One who
recompenses.
Recompensive (a.) Of the
nature of recompense; serving to recompense.
Recompilation (n.) A new
compilation.
Recompile (v. t.) To
compile anew.
Recompilement (n.) The act
of recompiling; new compilation or digest; as, a recompilement of the laws.
Recomposed (imp. & p. p.)
of Recompose
Recomposing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Recompose
Recompose (v. t.) To
compose again; to form anew; to put together again or repeatedly.
Recompose (v. t.) To
restore to composure; to quiet anew; to tranquilize; as, to recompose the mind.
Recomposer (n.) One who
recomposes.
Recomposition (n.) The act
of recomposing.
Reconcilable (a.) Capable
of being reconciled; as, reconcilable adversaries; an act reconciable with
previous acts.
Reconciled (imp. & p. p.)
of Reconcile
Reconciling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reconcile
Reconcile (v. t.) 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.
Reconcile (v. t.) To bring
to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission; as, to reconcile one's self to
affictions.
Reconcile (v. t.) To make
consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or suitableness; -- followed by
with or to.
Reconcile (v. t.) To
adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences.
Reconcile (v. i.) To
become reconciled.
Reconcilement (n.)
Reconciliation.
Reconciler (n.) One who
reconciles.
Reconciliation (n.) The
act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment;
restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship.
Reconciliation (n.)
Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of inconsistency; harmony.
Reconciliatory (a.)
Serving or tending to reconcile.
Recondensation (n.) The
act or process of recondensing.
Recondense (v. t.) To
condense again.
Recondite (a.) Hidden from
the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse; as, recondite causes of
things.
Recondite (a.) Dealing in
things abstruse; profound; searching; as, recondite studies.
Reconditory (n.) A
repository; a storehouse.
Reconduct (v. t.) To
conduct back or again.
Reconfirm (v. t.) To
confirm anew.
Reconfort (v. t.) To
recomfort; to comfort.
Reconjoin (v. t.) To join
or conjoin anew.
Reconnoissance (n.) Alt.
of Reconnaissance
Reconnaissance (n.) The
act of reconnoitering; preliminary examination or survey.
Reconnaissance (n.) An
examination or survey of a region in reference to its general geological
character.
Reconnaissance (n.) An
examination of a region as to its general natural features, preparatory to a
more particular survey for the purposes of triangulation, or of determining the
location of a public work.
Reconnaissance (n.) An
examination of a territory, or of an enemy's position, for the purpose of
obtaining information necessary for directing military operations; a preparatory
expedition.
Reconnoiter (v. t.) Alt.
of Reconnoitre
Reconnoitre (v. t.) To
examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination or survey of; esp., to
survey with a view to military or engineering operations.
Reconnoitre (v. t.) To
recognize.
Reconquer (v. t.) To
conquer again; to recover by conquest; as, to reconquer a revolted province.
Reconquest (n.) A second
conquest.
Reconsecrate (v. t.) To
consecrate anew or again.
Reconsecration (n.)
Renewed consecration.
Reconsider (v. t.) To
consider again; as, to reconsider a subject.
Reconsider (v. t.) To take
up for renewed consideration, as a motion or a vote which has been previously
acted upon.
Reconsideration (n.) The
act of reconsidering, or the state of being reconsidered; as, the
reconsideration of a vote in a legislative body.
Reconsolate (v. t.) To
console or comfort again.
Reconsolidate (v. t.) To
consolidate anew or again.
Reconsolidation (n.) The
act or process of reconsolidating; the state of being reconsolidated.
Reconstruct (v. t.) To
construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or anew.
Reconstruction (n.) The
act of constructing again; the state of being reconstructed.
Reconstruction (n.) The
act or process of reorganizing the governments of the States which had passed
ordinances of secession, and of reestablishing their constitutional relations to
the national government, after the close of the Civil War.
Reconstructive (a.)
Reconstructing; tending to reconstruct; as, a reconstructive policy.
Recontinuance (n.) The act
or state of recontinuing.
Recontinue (v. t. & i.) To
continue anew.
Reconvene (v. t. & i.) To
convene or assemble again; to call or come together again.
Reconvention (n.) A cross
demand; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same
judge.
Reconversion (n.) A second
conversion.
Reconvert (v. t.) To
convert again.
Reconvert (n.) A person
who has been reconverted.
Reconvertible (a.) Capable
of being reconverted; convertible again to the original form or condition.
Reconvey (v. t.) To convey
back or to the former place; as, to reconvey goods.
Reconvey (v. t.) To
transfer back to a former owner; as, to reconvey an estate.
Reconveyance (n.) Act of
reconveying.
Recopy (v. t.) To copy
again.
Recorded (imp. & p. p.) of
Record
Recording (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Record
Record (v. t.) To recall
to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.
Record (v. t.) To repeat;
to recite; to sing or play.
Record (v. t.) To preserve
the memory of, by committing to writing, to printing, to inscription, or the
like; to make note of; to write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the
purpose of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to enroll; as, to
record the proceedings of a court; to record historical events.
Record (v. i.) To reflect;
to ponder.
Record (v. i.) To sing or
repeat a tune.
Record (v. t.) A writing
by which some act or event, or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a
register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew kings; a record of the
variations of temperature during a certain time; a family record.
Record (v. t.) An official
contemporaneous writing by which the acts of some public body, or public
officer, are recorded; as, a record of city ordinances; the records of the
receiver of taxes.
Record (v. t.) An
authentic official copy of a document which has been entered in a book, or
deposited in the keeping of some officer designated by law.
Record (v. t.) An official
contemporaneous memorandum stating the proceedings of a court of justice; a
judicial record.
Record (v. t.) The various
legal papers used in a case, together with memoranda of the proceedings of the
court; as, it is not permissible to allege facts not in the record.
Record (v. t.) Testimony;
witness; attestation.
Record (v. t.) That which
serves to perpetuate a knowledge of acts or events; a monument; a memorial.
Record (v. t.) That which
has been, or might be, recorded; the known facts in the course, progress, or
duration of anything, as in the life of a public man; as, a politician with a
good or a bad record.
Record (v. t.) That which
has been publicly achieved in any kind of competitive sport as recorded in some
authoritative manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race.
Recordance (n.)
Remembrance.
Recordation (v. t.)
Remembrance; recollection; also, a record.
Recorder (n.) One who
records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of
writings or transactions.
Recorder (n.) The title of
the chief judical officer of some cities and boroughs; also, of the chief
justice of an East Indian settlement. The Recorder of London is judge of the
Lord Mayor's Court, and one of the commissioners of the Central Criminal Court.
Recorder (n.) A kind of
wind instrument resembling the flageolet.
Recordership (n.) The
office of a recorder.
Recording (a.) Keeping a
record or a register; as, a recording secretary; -- applied to numerous
instruments with an automatic appliance which makes a record of their action;
as, a recording gauge or telegraph.
Recorporification (n.) The
act of investing again with a body; the state of being furnished anew with a
body.
Recouch (v. i.) To retire
again to a couch; to lie down again.
Recount (v. t.) To count
or reckon again.
Recount (n.) A counting
again, as of votes.
Recount (v.) To tell over;
to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of; to
rehearse; to enumerate; as, to recount one's blessings.
Recountment (n.) Recital.
Recoup (v. t.) Alt. of
Recoupe
Recoupe (v. t.) 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.
Recoupe (v. t.) To get an
equivalent or compensation for; as, to recoup money lost at the gaming table; to
recoup one's losses in the share market.
Recoupe (v. t.) To
reimburse; to indemnify; -- often used reflexively and in the passive.
Recouper (n.) One who
recoups.
Recoupment (n.) The act of
recouping.
Recourse (n.) A coursing
back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course;
return; retreat; recurence.
Recourse (n.) Recurrence
in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like; access or application for aid;
resort.
Recourse (n.) Access;
admittance.
Recourse (v. i.) To
return; to recur.
Recourse (v. i.) To have
recourse; to resort.
Recourseful (a.) Having
recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately.
Recover (v. t.) To cover
again.
Recovered (imp. & p. p.)
of Recover
Recovering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Recover
Recover (v. t.) To get or
obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain.
Recover (v. t.) To make
good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury
of; as, to recover lost time.
Recover (v. t.) To restore
from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure;
to heal.
Recover (v. t.) To
overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body.
Recover (v. t.) To rescue;
to deliver.
Recover (v. t.) To gain by
motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to.
Recover (v. t.) To gain as
a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages
in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title to by
judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common
recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a
defendant.
Recover (v. i.) To regain
health after sickness; to grow well; to be restored or cured; hence, to regain a
former state or condition after misfortune, alarm, etc.; -- often followed by of
or from; as, to recover from a state of poverty; to recover from fright.
Recover (v. i.) To make
one's way; to come; to arrive.
Recover (v. i.) To obtain
a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his
suit.
Recover (n.) Recovery.
Recoverable (a.) 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 (n.)
Recovery.
Recoveree (n.) The person
against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery.
Recoverer (n.) One who
recovers.
Recoveror (n.) The
demandant in a common recovery after judgment.
Recovery (n.) The act of
recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.
Recovery (n.) Restoration
from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of
mistortune, of fright, etc.
Recovery (n.) The
obtaining in a suit at law of a right to something by a verdict and judgment of
court.
Recovery (n.) The getting,
or gaining, of something not previously had.
Recovery (n.) In rowing,
the act of regaining the proper position for making a new stroke.
Recreance (n.) Recreancy.
Recreancy (n.) The quality
or state of being recreant.
Recreant (a.) Crying for
mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited;
craven.
Recreant (a.) Apostate;
false; unfaithful.
Recreant (n.) One who
yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch.
Re-create (v. t.) To
create or form anew.
Recreated (imp. & p. p.)
of Recreate
Recreating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Recreate
Recreate (v. t.) 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.
Recreate (v. i.) To take
recreation.
Recreation (n.) The act of
recreating, or the state of being recreated; refreshment of the strength and
spirits after toil; amusement; diversion; sport; pastime.
Re-creation (n.) A forming
anew; a new creation or formation.
Re-creative (a.) Creating
anew; as, re-creative power.
Recreative (a.) Tending to
recreate or refresh; recreating; giving new vigor or animation; reinvigorating;
giving relief after labor or pain; amusing; diverting.
Recrement (n.) Superfluous
matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria; as, the recrement of
ore.
Recrement (n.) Excrement.
Recrement (n.) A substance
secreted from the blood and again absorbed by it.
Recremental (a.)
Recrementitious.
Recrementitial (a.) Of the
nature of a recrement. See Recrement, 2 (b).
Recrementitious (a.) Of or
pertaining to recrement; consisting of recrement or dross.
Recriminate (v. i.) To
return one charge or accusation with another; to charge back fault or crime upon
an accuser.
Recriminate (v. t.) To
accuse in return.
Recrimination (n.) The act
of recriminating; an accusation brought by the accused against the accuser; a
counter accusation.
Recriminative (a.)
Recriminatory.
Recriminator (n.) One who
recriminates.
Recriminatory (a.) Having
the quality of recrimination; retorting accusation; recriminating.
Recross (v. t.) To cross a
second time.
Recrudency (n.)
Recrudescence.
Recrudescence (n.) Alt. of
Recrudescency
Recrudescency (n.) The
state or condition of being recrudescent.
Recrudescency (n.)
Increased severity of a disease after temporary remission.
Recrudescent (a.) Growing
raw, sore, or painful again.
Recrudescent (a.) Breaking
out again after temporary abatement or supression; as, a recrudescent epidemic.
Recruited (imp. & p. p.)
of Recruit
Recruiting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Recruit
Recruit (v. t.) 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.
Recruit (v. t.) Hence, to
restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate.
Recruit (v. t.) To supply
with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; as, he recruited
two regiments; the army was recruited for a campaign; also, to muster; to
enlist; as, he recruited fifty men.
Recruit (v. i.) To gain
new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to
recuperate; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures.
Recruit (v. i.) To gain
new supplies of men for military or other service; to raise or enlist new
soldiers; to enlist troops.
Recruit (n.) A supply of
anything wasted or exhausted; a reenforcement.
Recruit (n.) Specifically,
a man enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
Recruiter (n.) One who, or
that which, recruits.
Recruitment (n.) The act
or process of recruiting; especially, the enlistment of men for an army.
Recrystallization (n.) The
process or recrystallizing.
Recrystallize (v. i. & t.)
To crystallize again.
Rectal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the rectum; in the region of the rectum.
Rectangle (n.) A
four-sided figure having only right angles; a right-angled parallelogram.
Rectangle (a.)
Rectangular.
Rectangled (a.)
Rectangular.
Rectangular (a.)
Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees.
Rectangularity (n.) The
quality or condition of being rectangular, or right-angled.
Recti- () A combining form
signifying straight; as, rectilineal, having straight lines; rectinerved.
Rectifiable (a.) Capable
of being rectified; as, a rectifiable mistake.
Rectifiable (a.)
Admitting, as a curve, of the construction of a straight l//e equal in length to
any definite portion of the curve.
Rectification (n.) The act
or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification
of spirits.
Rectification (n.) The
determination of a straight line whose length is equal a portion of a curve.
Rectificator (n.) 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 (n.) One who, or
that which, rectifies.
Rectifier (n.)
Specifically: (a) (Naut.) An instrument used for determining and rectifying the
variations of the compass on board ship. (b) (Chem.) A rectificator.
Rectified (imp. & p. p.)
of Rectify
Rectifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rectify
Rectify (v. t.) 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.
Rectify (v. t.) To refine
or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a
substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine.
Rectify (v. t.) To produce
( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits
(whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added.
Rectilineal (a.) Alt. of
Rectilinear
Rectilinear (a.) Straight;
consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a
rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course.
Rectilinearity (n.) The
quality or state of being rectilinear.
Rectilineous (a.)
Rectilinear.
Rectinerved (a.) Having
the veins or nerves straight; -- said of leaves.
Rection (n.) See
Government, n., 7.
Rectirostral (a.) Having a
straight beak.
Rectiserial (a.) Arranged
in exactly vertical ranks, as the leaves on stems of many kinds; -- opposed to
curviserial.
Rectitis (n.) Proctitis.
Rectitude (n.)
Straightness.
Rectitude (n.) Rightness
of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed
for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind;
uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice.
Rectitude (n.) Right
judgment.
Recto- () A combining form
indicating connection with, or relation to, the rectum; as, recto-vesical.
Recto (n.) A writ of
right.
Recto (n.) The right-hand
page; -- opposed to verso.
Rector (n.) A ruler or
governor.
Rector (n.) A clergyman
who has the charge and cure of a parish, and has the tithes, etc.; the clergyman
of a parish where the tithes are not impropriate. See the Note under Vicar.
Rector (n.) A clergyman in
charge of a parish.
Rector (n.) The head
master of a public school.
Rector (n.) The chief
elective officer of some universities, as in France and Scotland; sometimes, the
head of a college; as, the Rector of Exeter College, or of Lincoln College, at
Oxford.
Rector (n.) The superior
officer or chief of a convent or religious house; and among the Jesuits the
superior of a house that is a seminary or college.
Rectoral (a.) Pertaining
to a rector or governor.
Rectorate (n.) The office,
rank, or station of a rector; rectorship.
Rectoress (n.) A
governess; a rectrix.
Rectoress (n.) The wife of
a rector.
Rectorial (a.) Pertaining
to a rector or a rectory; rectoral.
Rectorship (n.)
Government; guidance.
Rectorship (n.) The office
or rank of a rector; rectorate.
Rectories (pl. ) of
Rectory
Rectory (n.) The province
of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with all its
rights, tithes, and glebes.
Rectory (n.) A rector's
mansion; a parsonage house.
Recto-uterine (a.) Of or
pertaining to both the rectum and the uterus.
Rectovaginal (a.) Of or
pertaining to both the rectum and the vagina.
Recto-vesical (a.) Of or
pertaining to both the rectum and the bladder.
Rectress (n.) A rectoress.
Rectrices (pl. ) of
Rectrix
Rectrix (n.) A governess;
a rectoress.
Rectrix (n.) One of the
quill feathers of the tail of a bird.
Rectum (n.) The terminal
part of the large intestine; -- so named because supposed by the old anatomists
to be straight. See Illust. under Digestive.
Recti (pl. ) of Rectus
Rectus (n.) A straight
muscle; as, the recti of the eye.
Recubation (n.)
Recumbence.
Recule (v. i.) To recoil.
Recule (n.) Alt. of
Reculement
Reculement (n.) Recoil.
Recumb (v. i.) To lean; to
recline; to repose.
Recumbence (n.) The act of
leaning, resting, or reclining; the state of being recumbent.
Recumbency (n.)
Recumbence.
Recumbent (a.) Leaning;
reclining; lying; as, the recumbent posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence,
figuratively; Resting; inactive; idle.
Recuperable (a.)
Recoverable.
Recuperated (imp. &. p. p.)
of Recuperate
Recuperating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Recuperate
Recuperate (v. i.) To
recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.
Recuperate (v. t.) To
recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength.
Recuperation (n..)
Recovery, as of anything lost, especially of the health or strength.
Recuperative (a.) Alt. of
Recuperatory
Recuperatory (a.) Of or
pertaining to recuperation; tending to recovery.
Recuperator (n.) Same as
Regenerator.
Recurred (imp. & p. p.) of
Recur
Recurring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Recur
Recur (v. i.) To come
back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.
Recur (v. i.) To occur at
a stated interval, or according to some regular rule; as, the fever will recur
to-night.
Recur (v. i.) To resort;
to have recourse; to go for help.
Recure (v. t.) To arrive
at; to reach; to attain.
Recure (v. t.) To recover;
to regain; to repossess.
Recure (v. t.) To restore,
as from weariness, sickness; or the like; to repair.
Recure (v. t.) To be a
cure for; to remedy.
Recure (n.) Cure; remedy;
recovery.
Recureless (a.) Incapable
of cure.
Recurrence (n.) Alt. of
Recurrency
Recurrency (n.) The act of
recurring, or state of being recurrent; return; resort; recourse.
Recurrent (a.) Returning
from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains.
Recurrent (a.) Running
back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery.
Recursant (a.) Displayed
with the back toward the spectator; -- said especially of an eagle.
Recursion (n.) The act of
recurring; return.
Recurvate (a.) Recurved.
Recurvate (v. t.) To bend
or curve back; to recurve.
Recurvation (n.) The act
of recurving, or the state of being recurved; a bending or flexure backward.
Recurve (v. t.) To curve
in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down.
Recurved (a.) Curved in an
opposite or uncommon direction; bent back; as, a bird with a recurved bill;
flowers with recurved petals.
Recurviroster (n.) A bird
whose beak bends upward, as the avocet.
Recurvirostral (a.) Having
the beak bent upwards.
Recurvity (n.)
Recurvation.
Recurvous (a.) Recurved.
Recusancy (n.) The state
of being recusant; nonconformity.
Recusant (a.) 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.
Recusant (n.) One who is
obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or
opinion.
Recusant (n.) A person who
refuses to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in matters of religion; as, a
Roman Catholic recusant, who acknowledges the supremacy of the pope.
Recusant (n.) One who
refuses communion with the Church of England; a nonconformist.
Recusation (n.) Refusal.
Recusation (n.) The act of
refusing a judge or challenging that he shall not try the cause, on account of
his supposed partiality.
Recusative (a.) Refusing;
denying; negative.
Recuse (v. t.) To refuse
or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause.
Recussion (n.) The act of
beating or striking back.
Red () . imp. & p. p. of Read.
Red (v. t.) To put on
order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; --
generally with up; as, to red up a house.
Red (superl.) Of the color
of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the
rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part.
Red (n.) The color of
blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint
resembling these.
Red (n.) A red pigment.
Red (n.) An abbreviation
for Red Republican. See under Red, a.
Red (a.) The menses.
Redact (v. t.) To reduce
to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for
publication); to edit.
Redacteur (n.) See
Redactor.
Redaction (n.) The act of
redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.
Redactor (n.) One who
redacts; one who prepares matter for publication; an editor.
Redan (n.) A work having
two parapets whose faces unite so as to form a salient angle toward the enemy.
Redan (n.) A step or
vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level.
Redargued (imp. & p. p.)
of Redargue
Redarguing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Redargue
Redargue (v. t.) To
disprove; to refute; toconfute; to reprove; to convict.
Redargution (n.) The act
of redarguing; refutation.
Redargutory (a.)
Pertaining to, or containing, redargution; refutatory.
Redback (n.) The dunlin.
Redbelly (n.) The char.
Redbird (n.) The cardinal
bird.
Redbird (n.) The summer
redbird (Piranga rubra).
Redbird (n.) The scarlet
tanager. See Tanager.
Redbreast (n.) The
European robin.
Redbreast (n.) The
American robin. See Robin.
Redbreast (n.) The knot,
or red-breasted snipe; -- called also robin breast, and robin snipe. See Knot.
Redbreast (n.) The
long-eared pondfish. See Pondfish.
Redbud (n.) A small
ornamental leguminous tree of the American species of the genus Cercis. See
Judas tree, under Judas.
Redcap (n.) The European
goldfinch.
Redcap (n.) A specter
having long teeth, popularly supposed to haunt old castles in Scotland.
Redcoat (n.) One who wears
a red coat; specifically, a red-coated British soldier.
Redde () obs. imp. of Read, or
Rede.
Reddened (imp. & p. p.) of
Redden
Reddening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Redden
Redden (a.) To make red or
somewhat red; to give a red color to.
Redden (v. i.) To grow or
become red; to blush.
Reddendum (n.) 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 (a.) Somewhat red;
moderately red.
Reddition (n.)
Restoration: restitution: surrender.
Reddition (n.)
Explanation; representation.
Redditive (a.) Answering
to an interrogative or inquiry; conveying a reply; as, redditive words.
Reddle (n.) Red chalk. See
under Chalk.
Reddour (n.) Rigor;
violence.
Rede (v. t.) To advise or
counsel.
Rede (v. t.) To interpret;
to explain.
Rede (n.) Advice; counsel;
suggestion.
Rede (n.) A word or
phrase; a motto; a proverb; a wise saw.
Redeemed (imp. & p. p.) of
Redeem
Redeeming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Redeem
Redeem (v. t.) To purchase
back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase.
Redeem (v. t.) To recall,
as an estate, or to regain, as mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by
force of the mortgage.
Redeem (v. t.) To regain
by performing the obligation or condition stated; to discharge the obligation
mentioned in, as a promissory note, bond, or other evidence of debt; as, to
redeem bank notes with coin.
Redeem (v. t.) To ransom,
liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or
liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom;
to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like.
Redeem (v. t.) Hence, to
rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated
law.
Redeem (v. t.) To make
good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one's promises.
Redeem (v. t.) To pay the
penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an equivalent or offset for; to
atone for; to compensate; as, to redeem an error.
Redeemability (n.)
Redeemableness.
Redeemable (a.) Capable of
being redeemed; subject to repurchase; held under conditions permitting
redemption; as, a pledge securing the payment of money is redeemable.
Redeemable (a.) Subject to
an obligation of redemtion; conditioned upon a promise of redemtion; payable;
due; as, bonds, promissory notes, etc. , redeemabble in gold, or in current
money, or four months after date.
Redeemableness (n.) The
quality or state of being redeemable; redeemability.
Redeemer (n.) One who
redeems.
Redeemer (n.)
Specifically, the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ.
Redeless (a.) Without rede
or counsel.
Redeliberate (v. t. & i.)
To deliberate again; to reconsider.
Redeliver (v. t.) To
deliver or give back; to return.
Redeliver (v. t.) To
deliver or liberate a second time or again.
Redeliver (v. t.) To
report; to deliver the answer of.
Redeliverance (n.) A
second deliverance.
Redelivery (n.) Act of
delivering back.
Redelivery (n.) A second
or new delivery or liberation.
Redemand (v. t.) To demand
back; to demand again.
Redemand (n.) A demanding
back; a second or renewed demand.
Redemise (v. t.) To demise
back; to convey or transfer back, as an estate.
Redemise (n.) The transfer
of an estate back to the person who demised it; reconveyance; as, the demise and
redemise of an estate. See under Demise.
Redemonstrate (v. t.) To
demonstrate again, or anew.
Redemptible (a.)
Redeemable.
Re-demption (n.) 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.
Re-demption (n.) The
liberation of an estate from a mortgage, or the taking back of property
mortgaged, upon performance of the terms or conditions on which it was conveyed;
also, the right of redeeming and reentering upon an estate mortgaged. See Equity
of redemption, under Equity.
Re-demption (n.)
Performance of the obligation stated in a note, bill, bond, or other evidence of
debt, by making payment to the holder.
Re-demption (n.) The
procuring of God's favor by the sufferings and death of Christ; the ransom or
deliverance of sinners from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's
violated law.
Redemptionary (n.) One who
is, or may be, redeemed.
Redemptioner (n.) One who
redeems himself, as from debt or servitude.
Redemptioner (n.)
Formerly, one who, wishing to emigrate from Europe to America, sold his services
for a stipulated time to pay the expenses of his passage.
Redemptionist (n.) 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 (a.) Serving or
tending to redeem; redeeming; as, the redemptive work of Christ.
Redemptorist (n.) 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 (a.) Paid for
ransom; serving to redeem.
Redempture (n.)
Redemption.
Redented (a.) Formed like
the teeth of a saw; indented.
Redeposit (v. t.) To
deposit again.
Redescend (v. i.) To
descend again.
Redeye (n.) The rudd.
Redeye (n.) Same as
Redfish (d).
Redeye (n.) The
goggle-eye, or fresh-water rock bass.
Redfin (n.) 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 (n.) The European
linnet.
Redfish (n.) The blueback
salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also nerka. See Blueback (b).
Redfish (n.) The rosefish.
Redfish (n.) A large
California labroid food fish (Trochocopus pulcher); -- called also fathead.
Redfish (n.) The red bass,
red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under Drumfish.
Red-gum (n.) An eruption
of red pimples upon the face, neck, and arms, in early infancy; tooth rash;
strophulus.
Red-gum (n.) A name of
rust on grain. See Rust.
Red-hand (a. / adv.) Alt.
of Red-handed
Red-handed (a. / adv.)
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 (n.) A person
having red hair.
Redhead (n.) An American
duck (Aythya Americana) highly esteemed as a game bird. It is closely allied to
the canvasback, but is smaller and its head brighter red. Called also red-headed
duck. American poachard, grayback, and fall duck. See Illust. under Poachard.
Redhead (n.) The
red-headed woodpecker. See Woodpecker.
Redhead (n.) A kind of
milkweed (Asclepias Curassavica) with red flowers. It is used in medicine.
Redhibition (n.) The
annulling of a sale, and the return by the buyer of the article sold, on account
of some defect.
Redhibitory (a.) Of or
pertaining to redhibition; as, a redhibitory action or fault.
Redhoop (n.) The male of
the European bullfinch.
Redhorn (n.) Any species
of a tribe of butterflies (Fugacia) including the common yellow species and the
cabbage butterflies. The antennae are usually red.
Red-hot (a.) Red with
heat; heated to redness; as, red-hot iron; red-hot balls. Hence, figuratively,
excited; violent; as, a red-hot radical.
Rediae (pl. ) of Redia
Redias (pl. ) of Redia
Redia (n.) 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 (a.) Returning.
Redigest (v. t.) To
digest, or reduce to form, a second time.
Rediminish (v. t.) To
diminish again.
Redingote (n.) A long
plain double-breasted outside coat for women.
Redintegrate (a.) Restored
to wholeness or a perfect state; renewed.
Redintegrate (v. t.) To
make whole again; a renew; to restore to integrity or soundness.
Redintegration (n.)
Restoration to a whole or sound state; renewal; renovation.
Redintegration (n.)
Restoration of a mixed body or matter to its former nature and state.
Redintegration (n.) The
law that objects which have been previously combined as part of a single mental
state tend to recall or suggest one another; -- adopted by many philosophers to
explain the phenomena of the association of ideas.
Redirect (a.) Applied to
the examination of a witness, by the party calling him, after the
cross-examination.
Redisburse (v. t.) To
disburse anew; to give, or pay, back.
Rediscover (v. t.) To
discover again.
Redispose (v. t.) To
dispose anew or again; to readjust; to rearrange.
Redisseize (v. t.) To
disseize anew, or a second time.
Redisseizin (n.) 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 (n.) One who
redisseizes.
Redissolve (v. t.) To
dissolve again.
Redistill (v. t.) To
distill again.
Redistrainer (n.) One who
distrains again.
Redistribute (v. t.) To
distribute again.
Redistrict (v. t.) To
divide into new districts.
Redition (n.) Act of
returning; return.
Redivide (v. t.) To divide
anew.
Redleg (n.) Alt. of
Redlegs
Redlegs (n.) The redshank.
Redlegs (n.) The
turnstone.
Red-letter (a.) Of or
pertaining to a red letter; marked by red letters.
Redly (adv.) In a red
manner; with redness.
Redmouth (n.) 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 (n.) The quality
or state of being red; red color.
Redolence (n.) Alt. of
Redolency
Redolency (n.) The quality
of being redolent; sweetness of scent; pleasant odor; fragrance.
Redolent (a.) Diffusing
odor or fragrance; spreading sweet scent; scented; odorous; smelling; -- usually
followed by of.
Redouble (v. t.) To double
again or repeatedly; to increase by continued or repeated additions; to augment
greatly; to multiply.
Redouble (v. i.) To become
greatly or repeatedly increased; to be multiplied; to be greatly augmented; as,
the noise redoubles.
Redoubt (n.) 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.
Redoubt (n.) In permanent
works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of
Ravelin.
Redoubt (v. t.) To stand
in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread.
Redoubtable (a.)
Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant; --
often in contempt or burlesque.
Redoubted (a.) Formidable;
dread.
Redoubting (n.) Reverence;
honor.
Redounded (imp. & p. p.)
of Redound
Redounding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Redound
Redound (v. i.) 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.
Redound (v. i.) To be in
excess; to remain over and above; to be redundant; to overflow.
Redound (n.) The coming
back, as of consequence or effect; result; return; requital.
Redound (n.) Rebound;
reverberation.
Redowa (n.) 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 (n.) Same as
Redpoll.
Redpoll (n.) 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.
Redpoll (n.) The common
European linnet.
Redpoll (n.) The American
redpoll warbler (Dendroica palmarum).
Redraft (v. t.) To draft
or draw anew.
Redraft (n.) A second
draft or copy.
Redraft (n.) A new bill of
exchange which the holder of a protected bill draws on the drawer or indorsers,
in order to recover the amount of the protested bill with costs and charges.
Redrew (imp.) of Redraw
Redrawn (p. p.) of Redraw
Redrawing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Redraw
Redraw (v. t.) To draw
again; to make a second draft or copy of; to redraft.
Redraw (v. i.) To draw a
new bill of exchange, as the holder of a protested bill, on the drawer or
indorsers.
Redress (v. t.) To dress
again.
Redress (v. t.) To put in
order again; to set right; to emend; to revise.
Redress (v. t.) To set
right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to
relieve from.
Redress (v. t.) To make
amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to
bestow relief upon.
Redress (n.) The act of
redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.
Redress (n.) A setting
right, as of wrong, injury, or opression; as, the redress of grievances; hence,
relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification.
Redress (n.) One who, or
that which, gives relief; a redresser.
Redressal (n.) Redress.
Redresser (n.) One who
redresses.
Redressible (a.) Such as
may be redressed.
Redressive (a.) Tending to
redress.
Redressless (a.) Not
having redress; such as can not be redressed; irremediable.
Redressment (n.) The act
of redressing; redress.
Red-riband (n.) The
European red band fish, or fireflame. See Rend fish.
Redroot (n.) 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 (v. i.) To be
brittle when red-hot; to be red-short.
Redshank (n.) 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.
Redshank (n.) The
fieldfare.
Redshank (n.) A
bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch
Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs.
Red-short (a.) Hot-short;
brittle when red-hot; -- said of certain kinds of iron.
Redskin (n.) A common
appellation for a North American Indian; -- so called from the color of the
skin.
Redstart (n.) 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.
Redstart (n.) An American
fly-catching warbler (Setophaga ruticilla). The male is black, with large
patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with
yellow patches.
Redstreak (n.) A kind of
apple having the skin streaked with red and yellow, -- a favorite English cider
apple.
Redstreak (n.) Cider
pressed from redstreak apples.
Redtail (n.) The
red-tailed hawk.
Redtail (n.) The European
redstart.
Red-tailed (a.) Having a
red tail.
Red-tape (a.) Pertaining
to, or characterized by, official formality. See Red tape, under Red, a.
Red-tapism (n.) Strict
adherence to official formalities.
Red-tapist (n.) One who is
tenacious of a strict adherence to official formalities.
Redthroat (n.) A small
Australian singing bird (Phyrrholaemus brunneus). The upper parts are brown, the
center of the throat red.
Redtop (n.) 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 (v. t.) To refit; to
repair, or make reparation for; hence, to repay or requite.
Reduced (imp. & p. p.) of
Reduce
Reducing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reduce
Reduce (n.) To bring or
lead back to any former place or condition.
Reduce (n.) To bring to
any inferior state, with respect to rank, size, quantity, quality, value, etc.;
to diminish; to lower; to degrade; to impair; as, to reduce a sergeant to the
ranks; to reduce a drawing; to reduce expenses; to reduce the intensity of heat.
Reduce (n.) To bring to
terms; to humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture; as, to reduce a province or
a fort.
Reduce (n.) To bring to a
certain state or condition by grinding, pounding, kneading, rubbing, etc.; as,
to reduce a substance to powder, or to a pasty mass; to reduce fruit, wood, or
paper rags, to pulp.
Reduce (n.) To bring into
a certain order, arrangement, classification, etc.; to bring under rules or
within certain limits of descriptions and terms adapted to use in computation;
as, to reduce animals or vegetables to a class or classes; to reduce a series of
observations in astronomy; to reduce language to rules.
Reduce (n.) To change, as
numbers, from one denomination into another without altering their value, or
from one denomination into others of the same value; as, to reduce pounds,
shillings, and pence to pence, or to reduce pence to pounds; to reduce days and
hours to minutes, or minutes to days and hours.
Reduce (n.) To change the
form of a quantity or expression without altering its value; as, to reduce
fractions to their lowest terms, to a common denominator, etc.
Reduce (n.) To bring to
the metallic state by separating from impurities; hence, in general, to remove
oxygen from; to deoxidize; to combine with, or to subject to the action of,
hydrogen; as, ferric iron is reduced to ferrous iron; or metals are reduced from
their ores; -- opposed to oxidize.
Reduce (n.) To restore to
its proper place or condition, as a displaced organ or part; as, to reduce a
dislocation, a fracture, or a hernia.
Reducement (n.) Reduction.
Reducent (a.) Tending to
reduce.
Reducent (n.) A reducent
agent.
Reducer (n.) One who, or
that which, reduces.
Reducible (a.) Capable of
being reduced.
Reducibleness (n.) Quality
of being reducible.
Reducing () a & n. from Reduce.
Reduct (v. t..) To reduce.
Reductibility (n.) The
quality of being reducible; reducibleness.
Reduction (n.) 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.
Reduction (n.) The act or
process of reducing. See Reduce, v. t., 6. and To reduce an equation, To reduce
an expression, under Reduce, v. t.
Reduction (v. t.) The
correction of observations for known errors of instruments, etc.
Reduction (v. t.) The
preparation of the facts and measurements of observations in order to deduce a
general result.
Reduction (v. t.) The
process of making a copy of something, as a figure, design, or draught, on a
smaller scale, preserving the proper proportions.
Reduction (v. t.) The
bringing of a syllogism in one of the so-called imperfect modes into a mode in
the first figure.
Reduction (v. t.) The act,
process, or result of reducing; as, the reduction of iron from its ores; the
reduction of aldehyde from alcohol.
Reduction (v. t.) The
operation of restoring a dislocated or fractured part to its former place.
Reductive (a.) Tending to
reduce; having the power or effect of reducing.
Reductive (n.) A reductive
agent.
Reductively (adv.) By
reduction; by consequence.
Reduit (n.) A central or
retired work within any other work.
Redundance (n.) Alt. of
Redundancy
Redundancy (n.) The
quality or state of being redundant; superfluity; superabundance; excess.
Redundancy (n.) That which
is redundant or in excess; anything superfluous or superabundant.
Redundancy (n.) Surplusage
inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the
validity of what remains.
Redundant (a.) Exceeding
what is natural or necessary; superabundant; exuberant; as, a redundant quantity
of bile or food.
Redundant (a.) Using more
worrds or images than are necessary or useful; pleonastic.
Redundantly (adv.) In a
refundant manner.
Reduplicate (a.) Double;
doubled; reduplicative; repeated.
Reduplicate (a.) Valvate
with the margins curved outwardly; -- said of the /stivation of certain flowers.
Reduplicate (v. t.) To
redouble; to multiply; to repeat.
Reduplicate (v. t.) To
repeat the first letter or letters of (a word). See Reduplication, 3.
Reduplication (n.) The act
of doubling, or the state of being doubled.
Reduplication (n.) A
figure in which the first word of a verse is the same as the last word of the
preceding verse.
Reduplication (n.) The
doubling of a stem or syllable (more or less modified), with the effect of
changing the time expressed, intensifying the meaning, or making the word more
imitative; also, the syllable thus added; as, L. tetuli; poposci.
Reduplicative (a.) Double;
formed by reduplication; reduplicate.
Reduvid (n.) 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 (n.) The red poppy
(Papaver Rhoeas).
Redwing (n.) 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 (n.) A west
Indian climbing shrub (Combretum Jacquini) with slender reddish branchlets.
Redwood (n.) A gigantic
coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of California, and its light and durable
reddish timber. See Sequoia.
Redwood (n.) An East
Indian dyewood, obtained from Pterocarpus santalinus, Caesalpinia Sappan, and
several other trees.
Ree (n.) See Rei.
Ree (v. t.) To riddle; to
sift; to separate or throw off.
Reebok (n.) The peele.
Reecho (v. t.) To echo
back; to reverberate again; as, the hills reecho the roar of cannon.
Reecho (v. i.) To give
echoes; to return back, or be reverberated, as an echo; to resound; to be
resonant.
Reecho (n.) The echo of an
echo; a repeated or second echo.
Reechy (a.) Smoky; reeky;
hence, begrimed with dirt.
Reed (a.) Red.
Reed (v. & n.) Same as
Rede.
Reed (n.) The fourth
stomach of a ruminant; rennet.
Reed (n.) A name given to
many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often
jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the common
reed of Europe and North America (Phragmites communis).
Reed (n.) A musical
instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe.
Reed (n.) An arrow, as
made of a reed.
Reed (n.) Straw prepared
for thatching a roof.
Reed (n.) A small piece of
cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in
vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe
and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube.
Reed (n.) One of the thin
pieces of metal, the vibration of which produce the tones of a melodeon,
accordeon, harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets or registers
of pipes in an organ.
Reed (n.) A frame having
parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set
in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley. See
Batten.
Reed (n.) A tube
containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
Reed (n.) Same as Reeding.
Reedbird (n.) The
bobolink.
Reedbird (n.) One of
several small Asiatic singing birds of the genera Sch/nicola and Eurycercus; --
called also reed babbler.
Reedbuck (n.) See Rietboc.
Reeded (a.) Civered with
reeds; reedy.
Reeded (a.) Formed with
channels and ridges like reeds.
Reeden (a.) Consisting of
a reed or reeds.
Reedification (n.) The act
reedifying; the state of being reedified.
Reedify (v. t.) To edify
anew; to build again after destruction.
Reeding (n.) 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.
Reeding (n.) The nurling
on the edge of a coin; -- commonly called milling.
Reedless (a.) Destitute of
reeds; as, reedless banks.
Reedling (n.) The European
bearded titmouse (Panurus biarmicus); -- called also reed bunting, bearded
pinnock, and lesser butcher bird.
Reed-mace (n.) The
cat-tail.
Reedwork (n.) A collective
name for the reed stops of an organ.
Reedy (a.) Abounding with
reeds; covered with reeds.
Reedy (a.) Having the
quality of reed in tone, that is, ///// and thin^ as some voices.
Reef (n.) A chain or range
of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under
Coral.
Reef (n.) A large vein of
auriferous quartz; -- so called in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding
valuable ore.
Reef (v. t.) That part of
a sail which is taken in or let out by means of the reef points, in order to
adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.
Reefed (imp. & p. p.) of
Reef
Reefing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reef
Reef (v. t.) To reduce the
extent of (as a sail) by roiling or folding a certain portion of it and making
it fast to the yard or spar.
Reef-band (n.) A piece of
canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes
for reefing are made.
Reefer (n.) One who reefs;
-- a name often given to midshipmen.
Reefer (n.) A
close-fitting lacket or short coat of thick cloth.
Reefing (n.) The process
of taking in a reef.
Reefy (a.) Full of reefs
or rocks.
Reek (n.) A rick.
Reek (n.) Vapor; steam;
smoke; fume.
Reeked (imp. & p. p.) of
Reek
Reeking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reek
Reek (v. i.) To emit
vapor, usually that which is warm and moist; to be full of fumes; to steam; to
smoke; to exhale.
Reeky (a.) Soiled with
smoke or steam; smoky; foul.
Reeky (a.) Emitting reek.
Reel (n.) A lively dance
of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called
Scotch reel.
Reel (n.) A frame with
radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads,
lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel;
a garden reel.
Reel (n.) A machine on
which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, -- for cotton or linen it
is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches.
Reel (n.) A device
consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting
machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
Reeled (imp. & p. p.) of
Reel
Reeling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reel
Reel (v. t.) To roll.
Reel (v. t.) To wind upon
a reel, as yarn or thread.
Reel (v. i.) To incline,
in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger.
Reel (v. i.) To have a
whirling sensation; to be giddy.
Reel (n.) The act or
motion of reeling or staggering; as, a drunken reel.
Reelect (v. t.) To elect
again; as, to reelect the former governor.
Reelection (n.) Election a
second time, or anew; as, the reelection of a former chief.
Reeler (n.) One who reels.
Reeler (n.) The
grasshopper warbler; -- so called from its note.
Reeligible (a.) Eligible
again; capable of reelection; as, reeligible to the same office.
Reem (n.) The Hebrew name
of a horned wild animal, probably the Urus.
Reem (v. t.) To open (the
seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them.
Reembark (v. t. & i.) To
put, or go, on board a vessel again; to embark again.
Reembarkation (n.) A
putting, or going, on board a vessel again.
Reembody (v. t.) To embody
again.
Reembrace (v. i.) To
embrace again.
Reemerge (v. i.) To emerge
again.
Reemergence (n.) Act of
reemerging.
Reenact (v. t.) To enact
again.
Reenaction (n.) The act of
reenacting; the state of being reenacted.
Reenactment (n.) The
enacting or passing of a law a second time; the renewal of a law.
Reencourage (v. t.) To
encourage again.
Reendow (v. t.) To endow
again.
Reenforce (v. t.) 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.
Reenforce (v.) Something
which reenforces or strengthens.
Reenforce (v.) That part
of a cannon near the breech which is thicker than the rest of the piece, so as
better to resist the force of the exploding powder. See Illust. of Cannon.
Reenforce (v.) (b)
Reenforce (v.) An
additional thickness of canvas, cloth, or the like, around an eyelet,
buttonhole, etc.
Reenforcement (n.) The act
of reenforcing, or the state of being reenforced.
Reenforcement (n.) That
which reenforces; additional force; especially, additional troops or force to
augment the strength of any army, or ships to strengthen a navy or fleet.
Reengage (v. t. & i.) To
engage a second time or again.
Reengagement (n.) A
renewed or repeated engagement.
Reengrave (v. t.) To
engrave anew.
Reenjoy (v. i.) To enjoy
anew.
Reenjoyment (n.) Renewed
enjoyment.
Reenkindle (v. t.) To
enkindle again.
Reenlist (v. t. & i.) To
enlist again.
Reenlistment (n.) A
renewed enlistment.
Reenslave (v. t.) To
enslave again.
Reenter (v. t.) To enter
again.
Reenter (v. t.) To cut
deeper, as engraved lines on a plate of metal, when the engraving has not been
deep enough, or the plate has become worn in printing.
Reenter (v. i.) To enter
anew or again.
Reentering (n.) The
process of applying additional colors, by applications of printing blocks, to
patterns already partly colored.
Reenthrone (v. t.) To
enthrone again; to replace on a throne.
Reenthronement (n.) A
second enthroning.
Reentrance (n.) The act
entereing again; re/ntry.
Reentrant (a.) Reentering;
pointing or directed inwardds; as, a re/ntrant angle.
Reentry (n.) A second or
new entry; as, a reentry into public life.
Reentry (n.) A resuming or
retaking possession of what one has lately foregone; -- applied especially to
land; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant
to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease.
Reerect (v. t.) To erect
again.
Reermouse (n.) See
Rearmouse.
Reestablish (v. t.) To
establish anew; to fix or confirm again; to restore; as, to reestablish a
covenant; to reestablish health.
Reestablisher (n.) One who
establishes again.
Reestablishment (n.) The
act reestablishing; the state of being reestablished.
Reestate (v. t.) To
reestablish.
Reeve (n.) The female of
the ruff.
Rove (imp. & p. p.) of
Reeve
Reeving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reeve
Reeve (v. t.) To pass, as
the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt,
cringle, or the like.
Reeve (n.) an officer,
steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now
written sheriff; portreeve, etc.
Reexaminable (a.)
Admitting of being reexamined or reconsidered.
Reexamination (n.) A
repeated examination. See under Examination.
Reexamine (v. t.) To
examine anew.
Reexchange (v. t.) To
exchange anew; to reverse (a previous exchange).
Reexchange (n.) A renewed
exchange; a reversal of an exchange.
Reexchange (n.) The
expense chargeable on a bill of exchange or draft which has been dishonored in a
foreign country, and returned to the country in which it was made or indorsed,
and then taken up.
Reexhibit (v. t.) To
exhibit again.
Reexpel (v. t.) To expel
again.
Reexperience (n.) A
renewed or repeated experience.
Reexport (v. t.) To export
again, as what has been imported.
Reexport (n.) Any
commodity reexported; -- chiefly in the plural.
Reexportation (n.) The act
of reexporting, or of exporting an import.
Reexpulsion (n.) Renewed
or repeated expulsion.
Reezed (a.) Grown rank;
rancid; rusty.
Refaction (n.) Recompense;
atonement; retribution.
Refar (v. t.) To go over
again; to repeat.
Refashion (v. t.) To
fashion anew; to form or mold into shape a second time.
Refashionment (n.) The act
of refashioning, or the state of being refashioned.
Refasten (v. t.) To fasten
again.
Refect (v. t.) To restore
after hunger or fatigue; to refresh.
Refection (n.) Refreshment
after hunger or fatigue; a repast; a lunch.
Refective (a.) Refreshing;
restoring.
Refective (n.) That which
refreshes.
Refectories (pl. ) of
Refectory
Refectory (n.) A room for
refreshment; originally, a dining hall in monasteries or convents.
Refel (v. t.) To refute;
to disprove; as, to refel the tricks of a sophister.
Referred (imp. & p. p.) of
Refer
Referring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Refer
Refer (v. t.) To carry or
send back.
Refer (v. t.) Hence: To
send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid,
information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to
refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill
to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for
investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal.
Refer (v. t.) To place in
or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause,
source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation; as, he referred the
phenomena to electrical disturbances.
Refer (v. i.) To have
recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self; as, to refer to a
dictionary.
Refer (v. i.) To have
relation or reference; to relate; to point; as, the figure refers to a footnote.
Refer (v. i.) To carry the
mind or thought; to direct attention; as, the preacher referred to the late
election.
Refer (v. i.) To direct
inquiry for information or a guarantee of any kind, as in respect to one's
integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like; as, I referred to his
employer for the truth of his story.
Referable (a.) Capable of
being referred, or considered in relation to something else; assignable;
ascribable.
Referee (n.) 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 (n.) The act of
referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for
guidance.
Reference (n.) That which
refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a
text-book.
Reference (n.) Relation;
regard; respect.
Reference (n.) One who, or
that which, is referred to.
Reference (n.) One of whom
inquires can be made as to the integrity, capacity, and the like, of another.
Reference (n.) A work, or
a passage in a work, to which one is referred.
Reference (n.) The act of
submitting a matter in dispute to the judgment of one or more persons for
decision.
Reference (n.) The process
of sending any matter, for inquiry in a cause, to a master or other officer, in
order that he may ascertain facts and report to the court.
Reference (n.) Appeal.
Referendary (n.) One to
whose decision a cause is referred; a referee.
Referendary (n.) An
officer who delivered the royal answer to petitions.
Referendary (n.) Formerly,
an officer of state charged with the duty of procuring and dispatching diplomas
and decrees.
Referendum (n.) A
diplomatic agent's note asking for instructions from his government concerning a
particular matter or point.
Referendum (n.) The right
to approve or reject by popular vote a meassure passed upon by a legislature.
Referential (a.)
Containing a reference; pointing to something out of itself; as, notes for
referential use.
Referment (n.) The act of
referring; reference.
Re-ferment (v. t. & i.) To
ferment, or cause to ferment, again.
Referrer (n.) One who
refers.
Referrible (a.) Referable.
Refigure (v. t.) To figure
again.
Refill (v. t. & i.) To
fill, or become full, again.
Refind (v. t.) To find
again; to get or experience again.
Refined (imp. & p. p.) of
Refine
Refining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Refine
Refine (v. t.) 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.
Refine (v. t.) To purify
from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make
elegant or exellent; to polish; as, to refine the manners, the language, the
style, the taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings.
Refine (v. i.) To become
pure; to be cleared of feculent matter.
Refine (v. i.) To improve
in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
Refine (v. i.) To affect
nicety or subtilty in thought or language.
Refined (a.) Freed from
impurities or alloy; purifed; polished; cultured; delicate; as; refined gold;
refined language; refined sentiments.
Refinement (n.) The act of
refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals;
refinement of ideas.
Refinement (n.) That which
is refined, elaborated, or polished to excess; an affected subtilty; as,
refinements of logic.
Refiner (n.) One who, or
that which, refines.
Refineries (pl. ) of
Refinery
Refinery (n.) The building
and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp. metals and sugar.
Refinery (n.) A furnace in
which cast iron is refined by the action of a blast on the molten metal.
Refit (v. t.) 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.
Refit (v. t.) To fit out
or supply a second time.
Refit (v. i.) To obtain
repairs or supplies; as, the fleet returned to refit.
Refitment (n.) The act of
refitting, or the state of being refitted.
Refix (v. t.) To fix again
or anew; to establish anew.
Reflame (v. i.) To kindle
again into flame.
Reflected (imp. & p. p.)
of Reflect
Reflecting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reflect
Reflect (v.) 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.
Reflect (v.) To give back
an image or likeness of; to mirror.
Reflect (v. i.) To throw
back light, heat, or the like; to return rays or beams.
Reflect (v. i.) To be sent
back; to rebound as from a surface; to revert; to return.
Reflect (v. i.) To throw
or turn back the thoughts upon anything; to contemplate. Specifically: To attend
earnestly to what passes within the mind; to attend to the facts or phenomena of
consciousness; to use attention or earnest thought; to meditate; especially, to
think in relation to moral truth or rules.
Reflect (v. i.) To cast
reproach; to cause censure or dishonor.
Reflected (a.) Thrown back
after striking a surface; as, reflected light, heat, sound, etc.
Reflected (a.) Hence: Not
one's own; received from another; as, his glory was reflected glory.
Reflected (a.) Bent
backward or outward; reflexed.
Reflectent (a.) Bending or
flying back; reflected.
Reflectent (a.)
Reflecting; as, a reflectent body.
Reflectible (a.) Capable
of being reflected, or thrown back; reflexible.
Reflecting (a.) Throwing
back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other surface.
Reflecting (a.) Given to
reflection or serious consideration; reflective; contemplative; as, a reflecting
mind.
Reflectingly (adv.) With
reflection; also, with censure; reproachfully.
Reflection (n.) The act of
reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected.
Reflection (n.) The return
of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a surface. See Angle of reflection,
below.
Reflection (n.) The
reverting of the mind to that which has already occupied it; continued
consideration; meditation; contemplation; hence, also, that operation or power
of the mind by which it is conscious of its own acts or states; the capacity for
judging rationally, especially in view of a moral rule or standard.
Reflection (n.) Shining;
brightness, as of the sun.
Reflection (n.) That which
is produced by reflection.
Reflection (n.) An image
given back from a reflecting surface; a reflected counterpart.
Reflection (n.) A part
reflected, or turned back, at an angle; as, the reflection of a membrane.
Reflection (n.) Result of
meditation; thought or opinion after attentive consideration or contemplation;
especially, thoughts suggested by truth.
Reflection (n.) Censure;
reproach cast.
Reflection (n.) The
transference of an excitement from one nerve fiber to another by means of the
nerve cells, as in reflex action. See Reflex action, under Reflex.
Reflective (a.) Throwing
back images; as, a reflective mirror.
Reflective (a.) Capable of
exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective reason.
Reflective (a.) Addicted
to introspective or meditative habits; as, a reflective person.
Reflective (a.) Reflexive;
reciprocal.
Reflector (n.) One who, or
that which, reflects.
Reflector (n.) Something
having a polished surface for reflecting light or heat, as a mirror, a speculum,
etc.
Reflector (n.) A
reflecting telescope.
Reflector (n.) A device
for reflecting sound.
Reflex (a.) Directed back;
attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective.
Reflex (a.) Produced in
reaction, in resistance, or in return.
Reflex (a.) Of, pertaining
to, or produced by, stimulus or excitation without the necessary intervention of
consciousness.
Reflex (n.) Reflection;
the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
Reflex (n.) An involuntary
movement produced by reflex action.
Reflex (v. t.) To reflect.
Reflex (v. t.) To bend
back; to turn back.
Reflexed (a.) Bent
backward or outward.
Reflexibility (n.) The
quality or capability of being reflexible; as, the reflexibility of the rays of
light.
Reflexible (a.) Capable of
being reflected, or thrown back.
Reflexion (n.) See
Reflection.
Reflexity (n.) The state
or condition of being reflected.
Reflexive (a.) Bending or
turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.
Reflexive (a.) Implying
censure.
Reflexive (a.) Having for
its direct object a pronoun which refers to the agent or subject as its
antecedent; -- said of certain verbs; as, the witness perjured himself; I
bethought myself. Applied also to pronouns of this class; reciprocal;
reflective.
Reflexly (adv.) In a
reflex manner; reflectively.
Refloat (n.) Reflux; ebb.
Reflorescence (n.) A
blossoming anew of a plant after it has apparently ceased blossoming for the
season.
Reflourish (v. t. & i.) To
flourish again.
Reflow (v. i.) To flow
back; to ebb.
Reflower (v. i. & t.) To
flower, or cause to flower, again.
Refluctuation (n.) A
flowing back; refluence.
Refluence (n.) Alt. of
Refluency
Refluency (n.) The quality
of being refluent; a flowing back.
Refluent (a.) Flowing
back; returning; ebbing.
Reflueus (a.) Refluent.
Reflux (a.) Returning, or
flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action.
Reflux (n.) A flowing
back, as the return of a fluid; ebb; reaction; as, the flux and reflux of the
tides.
Refocillate (v. t.) To
refresh; to revive.
Refocillation (n.)
Restoration of strength by refreshment.
Refold (v. t.) To fold
again.
Refoment (v. t.) To foment
anew.
Reforestization (n.) The
act or process of reforestizing.
Reforestize (v. t.) To
convert again into a forest; to plant again with trees.
Reforge (v. t.) To forge
again or anew; hence, to fashion or fabricate anew; to make over.
Reforger (n.) One who
reforges.
Reform (v. t.) 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.
Reform (v. i.) To return
to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits; as, a man of
settled habits of vice will seldom reform.
Reform (n.) Amendment of
what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of
elections; reform of government.
Re-formed (imp. & p. p.)
of Re-form
Re-forming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Re-form
Re-form (v. t. & i.) 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 (a.) Capable of
being reformed.
Reformade (n.) A
reformado.
Reformado (v. t.) A monk
of a reformed order.
Reformado (v. t.) An
officer who, in disgrace, is deprived of his command, but retains his rank, and
sometimes his pay.
Reformalize (v. i.) To
affect reformation; to pretend to correctness.
Reformation (n.) 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.
Reformation (n.)
Specifically (Eccl. Hist.), the important religious movement commenced by Luther
early in the sixteenth century, which resulted in the formation of the various
Protestant churches.
Re-formation (n.) The act
of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the reformation of a column of
troops into a hollow square.
Reformative (a.) Forming
again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory.
Reformatory (a.) Tending
to produce reformation; reformative.
-ries (pl. ) of
Reformatory
Reformatory (n.) An
institution for promoting the reformation of offenders.
Reformed (a.) 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.
Reformed (a.) Amended in
character and life; as, a reformed gambler or drunkard.
Reformed (a.) Retained in
service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop; --
said of an officer.
Reformer (n.) One who
effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors for, or urges, reform; as, a
reformer of manners, or of abuses.
Reformer (n.) One of those
who commenced the reformation of religion in the sixteenth century, as Luther,
Melanchthon, Zwingli, and Calvin.
Reformist (n.) A reformer.
Reformly (adv.) In the
manner of a reform; for the purpose of reform.
Refortification (n.) A
fortifying anew, or a second time.
Refortify (v. t.) To
fortify anew.
Refossion (n.) The act of
digging up again.
Refound (v. t.) To found
or cast anew.
Refound (v. t.) To found
or establish again; to re/stablish.
Refound () imp. & p. p. of
Refind, v. t.
Refounder (n.) One who
refounds.
Refracted (imp. & p. p.)
of Refract
Refracting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Refract
Refract (n.) To bend
sharply and abruptly back; to break off.
Refract (n.) To break the
natural course of, as rays of light orr heat, when passing from one transparent
medium to another of different density; to cause to deviate from a direct course
by an action distinct from reflection; as, a dense medium refrcts the rays of
light as they pass into it from a rare medium.
Refractable (a.) Capable
of being refracted.
Refracted (a.) Bent
backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refracted stem or leaf.
Refracted (a.) Turned from
a direct course by refraction; as, refracted rays of light.
Refracting (a.) Serving or
tending to refract; as, a refracting medium.
Refraction (n.) The act of
refracting, or the state of being refracted.
Refraction (n.) The change
in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a
medium of a different density from that through which it has previously moved.
Refraction (n.) The change
in the direction of a ray of light, and, consequently, in the apparent position
of a heavenly body from which it emanates, arising from its passage through the
earth's atmosphere; -- hence distinguished as atmospheric refraction, or
astronomical refraction.
Refraction (n.) The
correction which is to be deducted from the apparent altitude of a heavenly body
on account of atmospheric refraction, in order to obtain the true altitude.
Refractive (a.) Serving or
having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction;
as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers.
Refractiveness (n.) The
quality or condition of being refractive.
Refractometer (n.) A
contrivance for exhibiting and measuring the refraction of light.
Refractor (n.) Anything
that refracts
Refractor (n.) A
refracting telescope, in which the image to be viewed is formed by the
refraction of light in passing through a convex lens.
Refractorily (adv.) In a
refractory manner; perversely; obstinately.
Refractoriness (n.) The
quality or condition of being refractory.
Refractory (a.) Obstinate
in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a
refractory beast.
Refractory (a.) Resisting
ordinary treatment; difficult of fusion, reduction, or the like; -- said
especially of metals and the like, which do not readily yield to heat, or to the
hammer; as, a refractory ore.
Refractory (n.) A
refractory person.
Refractory (n.)
Refractoriness.
Refractory (n.) OPottery)
A piece of ware covered with a vaporable flux and placed in a kiln, to
communicate a glaze to the other articles.
Refracture (n.) A second
breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.
Refracture (v. t.) To
break again, as a bone.
Refragable (a.) Capable of
being refuted; refutable.
Refragate (v. i.) To
oppose.
Refrained (imp. & p. p.)
of Refrain
Refraining (p. pr. & vb/ n.)
of Refrain
Refrain (v. t.) To hold
back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.
Refrain (v. t.) To abstain
from
Refrain (v. i.) To keep
one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.
Refrain (v.) The burden of
a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate
stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition.
Refrainer (n.) One who
refrains.
Refrainment (n.) Act of
refraining.
Reframe (v. t.) To frame
again or anew.
Refrangibility (n.) The
quality of being refrangible.
Refrangible (a.) Capable
of being refracted, or turned out of a direct course, in passing from one medium
to another, as rays of light.
Refrenation (v. t.) The
act of refraining.
Refreshed (imp. & p. p.)
of Refresh
Refreshing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Refresh
Refresh (a.) 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.
Refresh (a.) To make as if
new; to repair; to restore.
Refresh (n.) The act of
refreshing.
Refresher (n.) One who, or
that which, refreshes.
Refresher (n.) An extra
fee paid to counsel in a case that has been adjourned from one term to another,
or that is unusually protracted.
Refreshful (a.) Full of
power to refresh; refreshing.
Refreshing (a.) Reviving;
reanimating.
Refreshment (n.) 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.
Refreshment (n.) That
which refreshes; means of restoration or reanimation; especially, an article of
food or drink.
Refret (n.) Refrain.
Refreyd (v. t.) To chill;
to cool.
Refrication (n.) A rubbing
up afresh; a brightening.
Refrigerant (a.) Cooling;
allaying heat or fever.
Refrigerant (n.) That
which makes to be cool or cold; specifically, a medicine or an application for
allaying fever, or the symptoms of fever; -- used also figuratively.
Refrigerated (imp. & p. p.)
of Refrigerate
Refrigerating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Refrigerate
Refrigerate (v. t.) To
cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or cool.
Refrigeration (n.) The act
or process of refrigerating or cooling, or the state of being cooled.
Refrigerative (a.)
Cooling; allaying heat.
Refrigerative (n.) A
refrigerant.
Refrigerator (n.) That
which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool.
Refrigerator (n.) A box or
room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually by means of ice.
Refrigerator (n.) An
apparatus for rapidly cooling heated liquids or vapors, connected with a still,
etc.
Refrigeratory (a.)
Mitigating heat; cooling.
-ries (pl. ) of
Refrigeratory
Refrigeratory (n.) That
which refrigerates or cools.
Refrigeratory (n.) In
distillation, a vessel filled with cold water, surrounding the worm, the vapor
in which is thereby condensed.
Refrigeratory (n.) The
chamber, or tank, in which ice is formed, in an ice machine.
Refrigerium (n.) Cooling
refreshment; refrigeration.
Refringency (n.) The power
possessed by a substance to refract a ray; as, different substances have
different refringencies.
Refringent (a.) Pertaining
to, or possessing, refringency; refractive; refracting; as, a refringent prism
of spar.
Reft (imp. & p. p.)
Bereft.
Reft (n.) A chink; a rift.
See Rift.
Refuge (n.) Shelter or
protection from danger or distress.
Refuge (n.) That which
shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold
which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its
sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy.
Refuge (n.) An expedient
to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance.
Refuge (v. t.) To shelter;
to protect.
Refugee (n.) One who flees
to a shelter, or place of safety.
Refugee (n.) Especially,
one who, in times of persecution or political commotion, flees to a foreign
power or country for safety; as, the French refugees who left France after the
revocation of the edict of Nantes.
Refulgence (n.) Alt. of
Refulgency
Refulgency (n.) The
quality of being refulgent; brilliancy; splender; radiance.
Refulgent (a.) Casting a
bright light; radiant; brilliant; resplendent; shining; splendid; as, refulgent
beams.
Refund (v. t.) To fund
again or anew; to replace (a fund or loan) by a new fund; as, to refund a
railroad loan.
Refund (v. t.) To pour
back.
Refund (v. t.) To give
back; to repay; to restore.
Refund (v. t.) To supply
again with funds; to reimburse.
Refunder (n.) One who
refunds.
Refundment (n.) The act of
refunding; also, that which is refunded.
Refurbish (v. t.) To
furbish anew.
Refurnish (v. t.) To
furnish again.
Refurnishment (n.) The act
of refurnishing, or state of being refurnished.
Refusable (a.) Capable of
being refused; admitting of refusal.
Refusal (n.) The act of
refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance.
Refusal (n.) The right of
taking in preference to others; the choice of taking or refusing; option; as, to
give one the refusal of a farm; to have the refusal of an employment.
Refused (imp. & p. p.) of
Refuse
Refusing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Refuse
Refuse (v. t.) To deny, as
a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.
Refuse (v. t.) To throw
back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the
regular aligment when troops ar/ about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the
right wing while the left wing attacks.
Refuse (v. t.) To decline
to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a
suitor.
Refuse (v. t.) To disown.
Refuse (v. i.) To deny
compliance; not to comply.
Refuse (n.) Refusal.
Refuse (n.) That which is
refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.
Refuse (a.) Refused;
rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless.
Refuser (n.) One who
refuses or rejects.
Refusion (n.) New or
repeated melting, as of metals.
Refusion (n.) Restoration.
Refut (n.) Refuge.
Refutability (n.) The
quality of being refutable.
Refutable (a.) Admitting
of being refuted or disproved; capable of being proved false or erroneous.
Refutal (n.) Act of
refuting; refutation.
Refutation (n.) 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 (a.) Tending tu
refute; refuting.
Refuted (imp. & p. p.) of
Refute
Refuting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Refute
Refute (v. t.) 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 (n.) One who, or
that which, refutes.
Regain (v. t.) To gain
anew; to get again; to recover, as what has escaped or been lost; to reach
again.
Regal (a.) Of or
pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway.
Regal (n.) A small
portable organ, played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other,
-- used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Regale (n.) A prerogative
of royalty.
Regaled (imp. & p. p.) of
Regale
Regaling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Regale
Regale (v. t.) To enerta/n
in a regal or sumptuous manner; to enrtertain with something that delights; to
gratify; to refresh; as, to regale the taste, the eye, or the ear.
Regale (v. i.) To feast;
t/ fare sumtuously.
Regale (v. t.) A sumptuous
repast; a banquet.
Regalement (n.) The act of
regaling; anything which regales; refreshment; entertainment.
Regaler (n.) One who
regales.
Regalia (n. pl.) That
which belongs to royalty. Specifically: (a) The rights and prerogatives of a
king. (b) Royal estates and revenues. (c) Ensings, symbols, or paraphernalia of
royalty.
Regalia (n. pl.) Hence,
decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of Freemasons, Odd
Fellows,etc.
Regalia (n. pl.) Sumptuous
food; delicacies.
Regalia (n.) A kind of
cigar of large size and superior quality; also, the size in which such cigars
are classed.
Regalian (a.) Pertaining
to regalia; pertaining to the royal insignia or prerogatives.
Regalism (n.) The doctrine
of royal prerogative or supremacy.
Regality (n.) Royalty;
sovereignty; sovereign jurisdiction.
Regality (n.) An ensign or
badge of royalty.
Regally (adv.) In a regal
or royal manner.
Regarded (imp. & p. p.) of
Regard
Regarding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Regard
Regard (v. t.) To keep in
view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.
Regard (v. t.) Hence, to
look or front toward; to face.
Regard (v. t.) To look
closely at; to observe attentively; to pay attention to; to notice or remark
particularly.
Regard (v. t.) To look
upon, as in a certain relation; to hold as an popinion; to consider; as, to
regard abstinence from wine as a duty; to regard another as a friend or enemy.
Regard (v. t.) To consider
and treat; to have a certain feeling toward; as, to regard one with favor or
dislike.
Regard (v. t.) To pay
respect to; to treat as something of peculiar value, sanctity, or the like; to
care for; to esteem.
Regard (v. t.) To take
into consideration; to take account of, as a fact or condition.
Regard (v. t.) To have
relation to, as bearing upon; to respect; to relate to; to touch; as, an
argument does not regard the question; -- often used impersonally; as, I agree
with you as regards this or that.
Regard (v. i.) To look
attentively; to consider; to notice.
Regard (v. t.) A look;
aspect directed to another; view; gaze.
Regard (v. t.) Attention
of the mind with a feeling of interest; observation; heed; notice.
Regard (v. t.) That view
of the mind which springs from perception of value, estimable qualities, or
anything that excites admiration; respect; esteem; reverence; affection; as, to
have a high regard for a person; -- often in the plural.
Regard (v. t.) State of
being regarded, whether favorably or otherwise; estimation; repute; note;
account.
Regard (v. t.)
Consideration; thought; reflection; heed.
Regard (v. t.) Matter for
consideration; account; condition.
Regard (v. t.) Respect;
relation; reference.
Regard (v. t.) Object of
sight; scene; view; aspect.
Regard (v. t.)
Supervision; inspection.
Regardable (a.) Worthy of
regard or notice; to be regarded; observable.
Regardant (v. t.) Looking
behind; looking backward watchfully.
Regardant (v. t.) Looking
behind or backward; as, a lion regardant.
Regardant (v. t.) Annexed
to the land or manor; as, a villain regardant.
Regarder (n.) One who
regards.
Regarder (n.) An officer
appointed to supervise the forest.
Regardful (a.) Heedful;
attentive; observant.
Regarding (prep.)
Concerning; respecting.
Regardless (a.) Having no
regard; heedless; careless; as, regardless of life, consequences, dignity.
Regardless (a.) Not
regarded; slighted.
Regather (v. t.) To gather
again.
Regattas (pl. ) of Regatta
Regatta (n.) Originally, a
gondola race in Venice; now, a rowing or sailing race, or a series of such
races.
Regel (n.) See Rigel.
Regelate (v. i.) To freeze
together again; to undergo regelation, as ice.
Regelation (n.) The act or
process of freezing anew, or together,as two pieces of ice.
Regence (n.) Rule.
Regencies (pl. ) of
Regency
Regency (a.) The office of
ruler; rule; authority; government.
Regency (a.) Especially,
the office, jurisdiction, or dominion of a regent or vicarious ruler, or of a
body of regents; deputed or vicarious government.
Regency (a.) A body of men
intrusted with vicarious government; as, a regency constituted during a king's
minority, absence from the kingdom, or other disability.
Regeneracy (n.) The state
of being regenerated.
Regenerate (a.)
Reproduced.
Regenerate (a.) Born anew;
become Christian; renovated in heart; changed from a natural to a spiritual
state.
Regenerate (v. t.) To
generate or produce anew; to reproduce; to give new life, strength, or vigor to.
Regenerate (v. t.) To
cause to be spiritually born anew; to cause to become a Christian; to convert
from sin to holiness; to implant holy affections in the heart of.
Regenerate (v. t.) Hence,
to make a radical change for the better in the character or condition of; as, to
regenerate society.
Regenerateness (n.) The
quality or state of being rgenerate.
Regeneration (n.) The act
of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated.
Regeneration (n.) The
entering into a new spiritual life; the act of becoming, or of being made,
Christian; that change by which holy affectations and purposes are substituted
for the opposite motives in the heart.
Regeneration (n.) The
reproduction of a part which has been removed or destroyed; re-formation; -- a
process especially characteristic of a many of the lower animals; as, the
regeneration of lost feelers, limbs, and claws by spiders and crabs.
Regeneration (n.) The
reproduction or renewal of tissues, cells, etc., which have been used up and
destroyed by the ordinary processes of life; as, the continual regeneration of
the epithelial cells of the body, or the regeneration of the contractile
substance of muscle.
Regeneration (n.) The
union of parts which have been severed, so that they become anatomically
perfect; as, the regeneration of a nerve.
Regenerative (a.) Of or
pertaining to regeneration; tending to regenerate; as, regenerative influences.
Regeneratively (adv.) So
as to regenerate.
Regenerator (n.) One who,
or that which, regenerates.
Regenerator (n.) A device
used in connection with hot-air engines, gas-burning furnaces, etc., in which
the incoming air or gas is heated by being brought into contact with masses of
iron, brick, etc., which have been previously heated by the outgoing, or
escaping, hot air or gas.
Regeneratory (a.) Having
power to renew; tending to reproduce; regenerating.
Regenesis (n.) New birth;
renewal.
Regent (a.) Ruling;
governing; regnant.
Regent (a.) Exercising
vicarious authority.
Regent (a.) One who rules
or reigns; a governor; a ruler.
Regent (a.) Especially,
one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the
minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
Regent (a.) One of a
governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the
regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
Regent (a.) A resident
master of arts of less than five years' standing, or a doctor of less than twwo.
They were formerly privileged to lecture in the schools.
Regentess (n.) A female
regent.
Regentship (n.) The office
of a regent; regency.
Regerminate (v. i.) To
germinate again.
Regermination (n.) A
germinating again or anew.
Regest (n.) A register.
Reget (v. t.) To get
again.
Regian (n.) An upholder of
kingly authority; a royalist.
Regible (a.) Governable;
tractable.
Regicidal (a.) Pertaining
to regicide, or to one committing it; having the nature of, or resembling,
regicide.
Regicide (n.) One who
kills or who murders a king; specifically (Eng.Hist.), one of the judges who
condemned Charles I. to death.
Regicide (n.) The killing
or the murder of a king.
Regild (v. t.) To gild
anew.
Regime (n.) Mode or system
of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social
system.
Regime (n.) The condition
of a river with respect to the rate of its flow, as measured by the volume of
water passing different cross sections in a given time, uniform regime being the
condition when the flow is equal and uniform at all the cross sections.
Regimen (n.) Orderly
government; system of order; adminisration.
Regimen (n.) Any
regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual
operation
Regimen (n.) a systematic
course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health,
or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh;
-- sometimes used synonymously with hygiene.
Regimen (n.) A syntactical
relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in
respect to case or mood; government.
Regimen (n.) The word or
words governed.
Regiment (n.) Government;
mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen.
Regiment (n.) A region or
district governed.
Regiment (n.) A body of
men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of
a number of companies, usually ten.
Regimented (imp. & p. p.)
of Regiment
Regimenting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Regiment
Regiment (v. t.) To form
into a regiment or into regiments.
Regimental (a.) Belonging
to, or concerning, a regiment; as, regimental officers, clothing.
Regimentally (adv.) In or
by a regiment or regiments; as, troops classified regimentally.
Regimentals (n. pl.) The
uniform worn by the officers and soldiers of a regiment; military dress; --
formerly used in the singular in the same sense.
Regiminal (a.) Of or
relating to regimen; as, regiminal rules.
Region (n.) 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.
Region (n.) Tract, part,
or space, lying about and including anything; neighborhood; vicinity; sphere.
Region (n.) The upper air;
the sky; the heavens.
Region (n.) The
inhabitants of a district.
Region (n.) Place; rank;
station.
Regional (a.) Of or
pertaining to a particular region; sectional.
Regious (a.) Regal; royal.
Register (n.) A written
account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a
memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.
Register (n.) A record
containing a list and description of the merchant vessels belonging to a port or
customs district.
Register (n.) A
certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the
owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership,
and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as an
evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.
Register (n.) One who
registers or records; a registrar; a recorder; especially, a public officer
charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events; as, a
register of deeds.
Register (n.) That which
registers or records.
Register (n.) A
contrivance for automatically noting the performance of a machine or the
rapidity of a process.
Register (n.) The part of
a telegraphic apparatus which records automatically the message received.
Register (n.) A machine
for registering automatically the number of persons passing through a gateway,
fares taken, etc.; a telltale.
Register (n.) A lid,
stopper, or sliding plate, in a furnace, stove, etc., for regulating the
admission of air to the fuel; also, an arrangement containing dampers or
shutters, as in the floor or wall of a room or passage, or in a chimney, for
admitting or excluding heated air, or for regulating ventilation.
Register (n.) The inner
part of the mold in which types are cast.
Register (n.) The
correspondence of pages, columns, or lines on the opposite or reverse sides of
the sheet.
Register (n.) The
correspondence or adjustment of the several impressions in a design which is
printed in parts, as in chromolithographic printing, or in the manufacture of
paper hangings. See Register, v. i. 2.
Register (v. i.) The
compass of a voice or instrument; a specified portion of the compass of a voice,
or a series of vocal tones of a given compass; as, the upper, middle, or lower
register; the soprano register; the tenor register.
Register (v. i.) A stop or
set of pipes in an organ.
Registered (imp. & p. p.)
of Register
Registering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Register
Register (n.) To enter in
a register; to record formally and distinctly, as for future use or service.
Register (n.) To enroll;
to enter in a list.
Register (v. i.) To enroll
one's name in a register.
Register (v. i.) To
correspond in relative position; as, two pages, columns, etc. , register when
the corresponding parts fall in the same line, or when line falls exactly upon
line in reverse pages, or (as in chromatic printing) where the various colors of
the design are printed consecutively, and perfect adjustment of parts is
necessary.
Registering (a.)
Recording; -- applied to instruments; having an apparatus which registers; as, a
registering thermometer. See Recording.
Registership (n.) The
office of a register.
Registrant (n.) 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 (n.) One who
registers; a recorder; a keeper of records; as, a registrar of births, deaths,
and marriages. See Register, n., 3.
Registrarship (n.) The
office of a registrar.
Registrary (n.) A
registrar.
Registrate (v. t.) To
register.
Registration (v.) The act
of registering; registry; enrollment.
Registration (v.) The art
of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.
Registry (n.) The act of
recording or writing in a register; enrollment; registration.
Registry (n.) The place
where a register is kept.
Registry (n.) A record; an
account; a register.
Regius (a.) Of or
pertaining to a king; royal.
Regive (v. t.) To give
again; to give back.
Regle (v. t.) To rule; to
govern.
Reglement (n.) Regulation.
Reglementary (a.)
Regulative.
Reglet (n.) 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.
Reglet (n.) A strip of
wood or metal of the height of a quadrat, used for regulating the space between
pages in a chase, and also for spacing out title-pages and other open matter. It
is graded to different sizes, and designated by the name of the type that it
matches; as, nonpareil reglet, pica reglet, and the like.
Regma (n.) A kind of dry
fruit, consisting of three or more cells, each which at length breaks open at
the inner angle.
Regmacarp (n.) Any dry
dehiscent fruit.
Regnal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the reign of a monarch; as, regnal years.
Regnancy (n.) The
condition or quality of being regnant; sovereignty; rule.
Regnant (a.) Exercising
regal authority; reigning; as, a queen regnant.
Regnant (a.) Having the
chief power; ruling; predominant; prevalent.
Regnative (a.) Ruling;
governing.
Regne (n. & v.) See Reign.
Regorge (v. t.) To vomit
up; to eject from the stomach; to throw back.
Regorge (v. t.) To swallow
again; to swallow back.
Regrade (v. i.) To retire;
to go back.
Regraft (v. t.) To graft
again.
Regrant (v. t.) To grant
back; to grant again or anew.
Regrant (n.) The act of
granting back to a former proprietor.
Regrant (n.) A renewed of
a grant; as, the regrant of a monopoly.
Regrated (imp. & p. p.) of
Regrate
Regrating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Regrate
Regrate (v. t.) To remove
the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh
appearance.
Regrate (v. t.) To offend;
to shock.
Regrate (v. t.) To buy in
large quantities, as corn, provisions, etc., at a market or fair, with the
intention of selling the same again, in or near the same place, at a higher
price, -- a practice which was formerly treated as a public offense.
Regrater (n.) One who
regrates.
Regratery (n.) The act or
practice of regrating.
Regratiatory (n.) A
returning or giving of thanks.
Regrator (n.) One guilty
of regrating.
Regrede (v. i.) To go
back; to retrograde, as the apsis of a planet's orbit.
Regredience (n.) A going
back; a retrogression; a return.
Regreet (v. t.) To greet
again; to resalute; to return a salutation to; to greet.
Regreet (n.) A return or
exchange of salutation.
Regress (n.) The act of
passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of
man".
Regress (n.) The power or
liberty of passing back.
Regressed (imp. & p. p.)
of Regress
Regressing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Regress
Regress (v. i.) To go
back; to return to a former place or state.
Regression (n.) The act of
passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.
Regressive (a.) Passing
back; returning.
Regressive (a.)
Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive.
Regressively (adv.) In a
regressive manner.
Regret (v.) 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.
Regret (v.) Dislike;
aversion.
Regretted (imp. & p. p.)
of Regret
Regretting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Regret
Regret (v. t.) To
experience regret on account of; to lose or miss with a sense of regret; to feel
sorrow or dissatisfaction on account of (the happening or the loss of
something); as, to regret an error; to regret lost opportunities or friends.
Regretful (a.) Full of
regret; indulging in regrets; repining.
Regrow (v. i. & t.) To
grow again.
Regrowth (n.) The act of
regrowing; a second or new growth.
Reguardant (a.) Same as
Regardant.
Reguerdon (v. t.) To
reward.
Regulable (a.) Capable of
being regulated.
Regular (a.) 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.
Regular (a.) Governed by
rule or rules; steady or uniform in course, practice, or occurence; not subject
to unexplained or irrational variation; returning at stated intervals; steadily
pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular succession of day and night;
regular habits.
Regular (a.) Constituted,
selected, or conducted in conformity with established usages, rules, or
discipline; duly authorized; permanently organized; as, a regular meeting; a
regular physican; a regular nomination; regular troops.
Regular (a.) Belonging to
a monastic order or community; as, regular clergy, in distinction dfrom the
secular clergy.
Regular (a.) Thorough;
complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug.
Regular (a.) Having all
the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a
regular sea urchin.
Regular (a.) Same as
Isometric.
Regular (a.) A member of
any religious order or community who has taken the vows of poverty, chastity,
and obedience, and who has been solemnly recognized by the church.
Regular (a.) A soldier
belonging to a permanent or standing army; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Regularia (n. pl.) A
division of Echini which includes the circular, or regular, sea urchins.
Regularity (n.) The
condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity
of motion.
Regularize (v. t.) To
cause to become regular; to regulate.
Regularly (adv.) In a
regular manner; in uniform order; methodically; in due order or time.
Regularness (n.)
Regularity.
Regulated (imp. & p. p.)
of Regulate
Regulating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Regulate
Regulate (v. t.) To adjust
by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to
subject to governing principles or laws.
Regulate (v. t.) To put in
good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances.
Regulate (v. t.) To
adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate, degree, or condition; as,
to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a
machine, etc.
Regulation (n.) The act of
regulating, or the state of being regulated.
Regulation (n.) A rule or
order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating
principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society
or a school.
Regulative (a.) Tending to
regulate; regulating.
Regulative (a.)
Necessarily assumed by the mind as fundamental to all other knowledge;
furnishing fundamental principles; as, the regulative principles, or principles
a priori; the regulative faculty.
Regulator (n.) One who, or
that which, regulates.
Regulator (n.) A
contrivance for regulating and controlling motion, as: (a) The lever or index in
a watch, which controls the effective length of the hairspring, and thus
regulates the vibrations of the balance. (b) The governor of a steam engine. (c)
A valve for controlling the admission of steam to the steam chest, in a
locomotive.
Regulator (n.) A clock, or
other timepiece, used as a standard of correct time. See Astronomical clock (a),
under Clock.
Regulator (n.) A member of
a volunteer committee which, in default of the lawful authority, undertakes to
preserve order and prevent crimes; also, sometimes, one of a band organized for
the comission of violent crimes.
Reguline (a.) Of or
pertaining to regulus.
Regulize (v. t.) To reduce
to regulus; to separate, as a metal from extraneous matter; as, to regulize
antimony.
Reguluses (pl. ) of
Regulus
Reguli (pl. ) of Regulus
Regulus (n.) A petty king;
a ruler of little power or consequence.
Regulus (n.) The button,
globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impure state, which forms in the
bottom of the crucible in smelting and reduction of ores.
Regulus (n.) A star of the
first magnitude in the constellation Leo; -- called also the Lion's Heart.
Regurgitate (v. t.) To
throw or pour back, as from a deep or hollow place; to pour or throw back in
great quantity.
Regurgitate (v. i.) To be
thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.
Regurgitation (n.) The act
of flowing or pouring back by the orifice of entrance
Regurgitation (n.) the
reversal of the natural direction in which the current or contents flow through
a tube or cavity of the body.
Regurgitation (n.) The act
of swallowing again; reabsorption.
Rehabilitated (imp. & p. p.)
of Rehabilitate
Rehabilitating (p. pr. & vb.
n.) of Rehabilitate
Rehabilitate (v. t.) 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 (n.) The
act of rehabilitating, or the state of being rehabilitated.
Rehash (v. t.) To hash
over again; to prepare or use again; as, to rehash old arguments.
Rehash (n.) Something
hashed over, or made up from old materials.
Rehear (v. t.) To hear
again; to try a second time; as, to rehear a cause in Chancery.
Rehearsal (n.) 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 (imp. & p. p.)
of Rehearse
Rehearsing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rehearse
Rehearse (v. t.) To
repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.
Rehearse (v. t.) To
narrate; to relate; to tell.
Rehearse (v. t.) To recite
or repeat in private for experiment and improvement, before a public
representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy.
Rehearse (v. t.) To cause
to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal.
Rehearse (v. i.) To recite
or repeat something for practice.
Rehearser (n.) One who
rehearses.
Reheat (v. t.) To heat
again.
Reheat (v. t.) To revive;
to cheer; to cherish.
Rehibition (n.) The
returning of a thing purchased to the seller, on the ground of defect or frand.
Rehibitory (a.) Of or
relating to rehibition; as, a rehibitory action.
Rehire (v. t.) To hire
again.
Rehypothecate (v. t.) To
hypothecate again.
Reis (pl. ) of Rei
Rei (n.) A portuguese
money of account, in value about one tenth of a cent.
Reichsrath (n.) 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 (n.) A free
city of the former German empire.
Reichstag (n.) 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 (n.) Robbery; spoil.
Reigle (n.) A hollow cut
or channel for quiding anything; as, the reigle of a side post for a flood gate.
Reigle (v. t.) To
regulate; to govern.
Reiglement (n.) Rule;
regulation.
Reign (n.) Royal
authority; supreme power; sovereignty; rule; dominion.
Reign (n.) The territory
or sphere which is reigned over; kingdom; empire; realm; dominion.
Reign (n.) The time during
which a king, queen, or emperor possesses the supreme authority; as, it happened
in the reign of Elizabeth.
Reigned (imp. & p. p.) of
Reign
Reigning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reign
Reign (n.) To possess or
exercise sovereign power or authority; to exercise government, as a king or
emperor;; to hold supreme power; to rule.
Reign (n.) Hence, to be
predominant; to prevail.
Reign (n.) To have
superior or uncontrolled dominion; to rule.
Reigner (n.) One who
reigns.
Reillume (v. t.) To light
again; to cause to shine anew; to relume; to reillumine.
Reilluminate (v. t.) To
enlighten again; to reillumine.
Reillumination (n.) The
act or process of enlightening again.
Reillumine (v. t.) To
illumine again or anew; to reillume.
Reim (n.) A strip of
oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes,
etc.
Reimbark (v. t. & i.) See
Reembark.
Reimbody (v. t. & i.) To
imbody again.
Reimbursable (a.) Capable
of being repaid; repayable.
Reimbursed (imp. & p. p.)
of Reimburse
Reimbursing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reimburse
Reimburse (v. t.) 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.
Reimburse (v. t.) To make
restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to
indemnify; -- often reflexive; as, to reimburse one's self by successful
speculation.
Reimbursement (n.) The act
reimbursing.
Reimburser (n.) One who
reimburses.
Reimplant (v. t.) To
implant again.
Reimport (v. t.) To import
again; to import what has been exported; to bring back.
Reimportation (n.) The act
of reimporting; also, that which is reimported.
Reimportune (v. t.) To
importune again.
Reimpose (v. t.) To impose
anew.
Reimpregnate (v. t.) To
impregnate again or anew.
Reimpress (v. t.) To
impress anew.
Reimpression (n.) A second
or repeated impression; a reprint.
Reimprint (v. t.) To
imprint again.
Reimprison (v. t.) To
imprison again.
Reimprisonment (n.) The
act of reimprisoning, or the state of being reimprisoned.
Rein (n.) The strap of a
bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or
driver governs the horse.
Rein (n.) Hence, an
instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government;
restraint.
Reined (imp. & p. p.) of
Rein
Reining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rein
Rein (v. t.) To govern or
direct with the reins; as, to rein a horse one way or another.
Rein (v. t.) To restrain;
to control; to check.
Rein (v. i.) To be guided
by reins.
Reinaugurate (v. t.) To
inaugurate anew.
Reincit (v. t.) To incite
again.
Reincorporate (v. t.) To
incorporate again.
Reincrease (v. t.) To
increase again.
Reincur (v. t.) To incur
again.
Reindeer (n.) 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 (v. t.) To induce
again.
Reinette (n.) A name given
to many different kinds of apples, mostly of French origin.
Reinfect (v. t.) To infect
again.
Reinfectious (a.) Capable
of reinfecting.
Reinforce (v. t.) See
Reenforce, v. t.
Reinforce (n.) See
Reenforce, n.
Reinforcement (n.) See
Reenforcement.
Reinfund (v. i.) To flow
in anew.
Reingratiate (v. t.) To
ingratiate again or anew.
Reinhabit (v. t.) To
inhabit again.
Reinless (a.) Not having,
or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or restrained.
Reins (n. pl.) The
kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins.
Reins (n. pl.) The inward
impulses; the affections and passions; -- so called because formerly supposed to
have their seat in the part of the body where the kidneys are.
Reinsert (v. t.) To insert
again.
Reinsertion (n.) The act
of reinserting.
Reinspect (v. t.) To
inspect again.
Reinspection (n.) The act
of reinspecting.
Reinspire (v. t.) To
inspire anew.
Reinspirit (v. t.) To give
fresh spirit to.
Reinstall (v. t.) To
install again.
Reinstallment (n.) A
renewed installment.
Reinstate (v. t.) 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 (n.) The act
of reinstating; the state of being reinstated; re/stablishment.
Reinstation (n.)
Reinstatement.
Reinstruct (v. t.) To
instruct anew.
Reinsurance (n.) Insurance
a second time or again; renewed insurance.
Reinsurance (n.) A
contract by which an insurer is insured wholly or in part against the risk he
has incurred in insuring somebody else. See Reassurance.
Reinsure (v. t.) To insure
again after a former insuranse has ceased; to renew insurance on.
Reinsure (v. t.) To
insure, as life or property, in favor of one who has taken an insurance risk
upon it.
Reinsurer (n.) One who
gives reinsurance.
Reintegrate (v. t.) 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 (n.) A
renewing, or making whole again. See Redintegration.
Reinter (v. t.) To inter
again.
Reinterrogate (v. t.) To
interrogate again; to question repeatedly.
Reinthrone (v. t.) See
Reenthrone.
Reinthronize (v. t.) To
enthrone again.
Reintroduce (v. t.) To
introduce again.
Reinvest (v. t.) To invest
again or anew.
Reinvestigate (v. t.) To
investigate again.
Reinvestment (n.) The act
of investing anew; a second or repeated investment.
Reinvigorate (v. t.) To
invigorate anew.
Reinvolve (v. t.) To
involve anew.
Reis (n.) The word is used
as a Portuguese designation of money of account, one hundred reis being about
equal in value to eleven cents.
Reis (n.) A common title
in the East for a person in authority, especially the captain of a ship.
Reis Effendi () A title formerly
given to one of the chief Turkish officers of state. He was chancellor of the
empire, etc.
Reissner's membrane () The thin
membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in
the internal ear.
Reissuable (a.) Capable of
being reissued.
Reissue (v. t. & i.) To
issue a second time.
Reissue (n.) A second or
repeated issue.
Reit (n.) Sedge; seaweed.
Reiter (n.) A German
cavalry soldier of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Reiterant (a.)
Reiterating.
Reiterated (imp. & p. p.)
of Reiterate
Reiterating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reiterate
Reiterate (v. t.) To
repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes, to repeat.
Reiterate (a.) Reiterated;
repeated.
Reiteratedly (adv.)
Repeatedly.
Reiteration (n.) The act
of reiterating; that which is reiterated.
Reiterative (n.) A word
expressing repeated or reiterated action.
Reiterative (n.) A word
formed from another, or used to form another, by repetition; as, dillydally.
Reiver (n.) See Reaver.
Rejected (imp. & p. p.) of
Reject
Rejecting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reject
Reject (v. t.) To cast
from one; to throw away; to discard.
Reject (v. t.) To refuse
to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.
Reject (v. t.) To refuse
to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.
Rejectable (a.) Capable of
being, or that ought to be, rejected.
Rejectamenta (n. pl.)
Things thrown out or away; especially, things excreted by a living organism.
Rejectaneous (a.) Not
chosen or received; rejected.
Rejecter (n.) One who
rejects.
Rejection (n.) Act of
rejecting, or state of being rejected.
Rejectitious (a.) Implying
or requiring rejection; rejectable.
Rejective (a.) Rejecting,
or tending to reject.
Rejectment (n.) Act of
rejecting; matter rejected, or thrown away.
Rejoiced (imp. & p. p.) of
Rejoice
Rejoicing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rejoice
Rejoice (v. i.) To feel
joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have pleasurable satisfaction;
to be delighted.
Rejoice (v. t.) To enjoy.
Rejoice (v. t.) To give
joy to; to make joyful; to gladden.
Rejoice (n.) The act of
rejoicing.
Rejoicement (n.)
Rejoicing.
Rejoicer (n.) One who
rejoices.
Rejoicing (n.) Joy;
gladness; delight.
Rejoicing (n.) The
expression of joy or gladness.
Rejoicing (n.) That which
causes to rejoice; occasion of joy.
Rejoicingly (adv.) With
joi or exultation.
Rejoined (imp. & p. p.) of
Rejoin
Rejoining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rejoin
Rejoin (v. t.) To join
again; to unite after separation.
Rejoin (v. t.) To come, or
go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.
Rejoin (v. t.) To state in
reply; -- followed by an object clause.
Rejoin (v. i.) To answer
to a reply.
Rejoin (v. i.) To answer,
as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.
Rejoinder (n.) An answer
to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply.
Rejoinder (n.) The
defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication.
Rejoinder (v. i.) To make
a rejoinder.
Rejoindure (n.) Act of
joining again.
Rejoint (v. t.) To reunite
the joints of; to joint anew.
Rejoint (v. t.)
Specifically (Arch.), to fill up the joints of, as stones in buildings when the
mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather.
Rejolt (n.) A reacting
jolt or shock; a rebound or recoil.
Rejolt (v. t.) To jolt or
shake again.
Rejourn (v. t.) To
adjourn; to put off.
Rejournment (n.)
Adjournment.
Rejudge (v. t.) To judge
again; to reexamine; to review; to call to a new trial and decision.
Rejuvenate (v. t.) To
render young again.
Rejuvenation (n.)
Rejuvenescence.
Rejuvenescence (n.) A
renewing of youth; the state of being or growing young again.
Rejuvenescence (n.) A
method of cell formation in which the entire protoplasm of an old cell escapes
by rupture of the cell wall, and then develops a new cell wall. It is seen
sometimes in the formation of zoospores, etc.
Rejuvenescency (n.)
Rejuvenescence.
Rejuvenescent (a.)
Becoming, or causing to become, rejuvenated; rejuvenating.
Rejuvenize (v. t.) To
rejuvenate.
Rekindle (v. t. & i.) To
kindle again.
Rekne (v. t.) To reckon.
Relade (v. t.) To lade or
load again.
Relaid () imp. & p. p. of Relay.
Relais (n.) 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 (v. t.) To land
again; to put on land, as that which had been shipped or embarked.
Reland (v. i.) To go on
shore after having embarked; to land again.
Relapsed (imp. & p. p.) of
Relapse
Relapsing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Relapse
Relapse (v. i.) To slip or
slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back.
Relapse (v. i.) To slide
or turn back into a former state or practice; to fall back from some condition
attained; -- generally in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or
amended condition; as, to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism;
-- sometimes in a good sense; as, to relapse into slumber after being disturbed.
Relapse (v. i.) To fall
from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide.
Relapse (v.) A sliding or
falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals;
backsliding; the state of having fallen back.
Relapse (v.) One who has
relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after
recanting error, returns to it again.
Relapser (n.) One who
relapses.
Relapsing (a.) Marked by a
relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state.
Related (imp. & p. p.) of
Relate
Relating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Relate
Relate (v. t.) To bring
back; to restore.
Relate (v. t.) To refer;
to ascribe, as to a source.
Relate (v. t.) To recount;
to narrate; to tell over.
Relate (v. t.) To ally by
connection or kindred.
Relate (v. i.) To stand in
some relation; to have bearing or concern; to pertain; to refer; -- with to.
Relate (v. i.) To make
reference; to take account.
Related (p. p. & a.)
Allied by kindred; connected by blood or alliance, particularly by
consanguinity; as, persons related in the first or second degree.
Related (p. p. & a.)
Standing in relation or connection; as, the electric and magnetic forcec are
closely related.
Related (p. p. & a.)
Narrated; told.
Related (p. p. & a.) Same
as Relative, 4.
Relatedness (n.) The state
or condition of being related; relationship; affinity.
Relater (n.) One who
relates or narrates.
Relation (n.) The act of
relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration;
narrative; as, the relation of historical events.
Relation (n.) The state of
being related or of referring; what is apprehended as appertaining to a being or
quality, by considering it in its bearing upon something else; relative quality
or condition; the being such and such with regard or respect to some other
thing; connection; as, the relation of experience to knowledge; the relation of
master to servant.
Relation (n.) Reference;
respect; regard.
Relation (n.) Connection
by consanguinity or affinity; kinship; relationship; as, the relation of parents
and children.
Relation (n.) A person
connected by cosanguinity or affinity; a relative; a kinsman or kinswoman.
Relation (n.) The carrying
back, and giving effect or operation to, an act or proceeding frrom some
previous date or time, by a sort of fiction, as if it had happened or begun at
that time. In such case the act is said to take effect by relation.
Relation (n.) The act of a
relator at whose instance a suit is begun.
Relational (a.) Having
relation or kindred; related.
Relational (a.) Indicating
or specifying some relation.
Relationist (n.) A
relative; a relation.
Relationship (n.) The
state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance.
Relative (a.) Having
relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection;
pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject.
Relative (a.) Arising from
relation; resulting from connection with, or reference to, something else; not
absolute.
Relative (a.) Indicating
or expressing relation; refering to an antecedent; as, a relative pronoun.
Relative (a.)
Characterizing or pertaining to chords and keys, which, by reason of the
identify of some of their tones, admit of a natural transition from one to the
other.
Relative (n.) One who, or
that which, relates to, or is considered in its relation to, something else; a
relative object or term; one of two object or term; one of two objects directly
connected by any relation.
Relative (n.) A person
connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a
kinsman or kinswoman.
Relative (n.) A relative
pronoun; a word which relates to, or represents, another word or phrase, called
its antecedent; as, the relatives "who", "which", "that".
Relatively (adv.) In a
relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely.
Relativeness (n.) The
state of being relative, or having relation; relativity.
Relativity (n.) The state
of being relative; as, the relativity of a subject.
Relator (n.) One who
relates; a relater.
Relator (n.) A private
person at whose relation, or in whose behalf, the attorney-general allows an
information in the nature of a quo warranto to be filed.
Relatrix (n.) A female
relator.
Relaxed (imp. & p. p.) of
Relax
Relaxing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Relax
Relax (n.) 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.
Relax (n.) To make less
severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to
strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's
attention or endeavors.
Relax (n.) Hence, to
relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement
relaxes the mind.
Relax (n.) To relieve from
constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.
Relax (v. i.) To become
lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax.
Relax (v. i.) To abate in
severity; to become less rigorous.
Relax (v. i.) To remit
attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.
Relax (n.) Relaxation.
Relax (a.) Relaxed; lax;
hence, remiss; careless.
Relaxable (a.) Capable of
being relaxed.
Relaxant (n.) A medicine
that relaxes; a laxative.
Relaxation (n.) The act or
process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the
muscles; relaxation of a law.
Relaxation (n.) Remission
from attention and effort; indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement.
Relaxative (a.) Having the
quality of relaxing; laxative.
Relaxative (n.) A
relaxant.
Relaid (imp. & p. p.) of
Relay
Relaying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Relay
Relay (v. t.) To lay
again; to lay a second time; as, to relay a pavement.
Relay (n.) A supply of
anything arranged beforehand for affording relief from time to time, or at
successive stages; provision for successive relief.
Relay (n.) A supply of
horses placced at stations to be in readiness to relieve others, so that a
trveler may proceed without delay.
Relay (n.) A supply of
hunting dogs or horses kept in readiness at certain places to relive the tired
dogs or horses, and to continue the pursuit of the game if it comes that way.
Relay (n.) A number of men
who relieve others in carrying on some work.
Relay (n.) In various
forms of telegraphic apparatus, a magnet which receives the circuit current, and
is caused by it to bring into into action the power of a local battery for
performing the work of making the record; also, a similar device by which the
current in one circuit is made to open or close another circuit in which a
current is passing.
Relbun (n.) The roots of
the Chilian plant Calceolaria arachnoidea, -- used for dyeing crimson.
Releasable (a.) That may
be released.
Release (v. t.) To lease
again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
Released (imp. & p. p.) of
Release
Releasing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Release
Release (n.) To let loose
again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty
to, or to set at liberty; to let go.
Release (n.) To relieve
from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble,
obligation, penalty.
Release (n.) To let go, as
a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by
conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the
person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.
Release (n.) To loosen; to
relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance.
Release (n.) The act of
letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation
or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage.
Release (n.) Relief from
care, pain, or any burden.
Release (n.) Discharge
from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind;
acquittance.
Release (n.) A giving up
or relinquishment of some right or claim; a conveyance of a man's right in lands
or tenements to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim.
Release (n.) The act of
opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape.
Releasee (n.) One to whom
a release is given.
Releasement (n.) The act
of releasing, as from confinement or obligation.
Releaser (n.) One who
releases, or sets free.
Releasor (n.) One by whom
a release is given.
Relegated (imp. & p. p.)
of Relegate
Relegating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Relegate
Relegate (v. t.) To
remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically,
to send into exile; to banish.
Relegation (n.) The act of
relegating, or the state of being relegated; removal; banishment; exile.
Relented (imp. & p. p.) of
Relent
Relenting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Relent
Relent (v. i.) To become
less rigid or hard; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce.
Relent (v. i.) To become
less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, cruel, or the like; to
soften in temper; to become more mild and tender; to feel compassion.
Relent (v. t.) To slacken;
to abate.
Relent (v. t.) To soften;
to dissolve.
Relent (v. t.) To mollify
; to cause to be less harsh or severe.
Relent (n.) Stay; stop;
delay.
Relentless (a.) 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 (n.) The act or
process of relenting; the state of having relented.
Relesse (v. t.) To
release.
Relessee (n.) See
Releasee.
Relessor (n.) See
Releasor.
Re-let (v. t.) To let
anew, as a house.
Relevance (n.) Alt. of
Relevancy
Relevancy (n.) The quality
or state of being relevant; pertinency; applicability.
Relevancy (n.) Sufficiency
to infer the conclusion.
Relevant (a.) Relieving;
lending aid or support.
Relevant (a.) Bearing
upon, or properly applying to, the case in hand; pertinent; applicable.
Relevant (a.) Sufficient
to support the cause.
Relevantly (adv.) In a
relevant manner.
Relevation (n.) A raising
or lifting up.
Reliability (n.) The state
or quality of being reliable; reliableness.
Reliable (a.) Suitable or
fit to be relied on; worthy of dependance or reliance; trustworthy.
Reliance (n.) 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.
Reliance (n.) Anything on
which to rely; dependence; ground of trust; as, the boat was a poor reliance.
Reliant (a.) Having, or
characterized by, reliance; confident; trusting.
Relic (n.) That which
remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant.
Relic (n.) The body from
which the soul has departed; a corpse; especially, the body, or some part of the
body, of a deceased saint or martyr; -- usually in the plural when referring to
the whole body.
Relic (n.) Hence, a
memorial; anything preserved in remembrance; as, relics of youthful days or
friendships.
Relicly (adv.) In the
manner of relics.
Relict (n.) A woman whose
husband is dead; a widow.
Relicted (a.) Left
uncovered, as land by recession of water.
Reliction (n.) A leaving
dry; a recession of the sea or other water, leaving dry land; land left
uncovered by such recession.
Relief (n.) The act of
relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of
any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is
obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress.
Relief (n.) Release from a
post, or from the performance of duty, by the intervention of others, by
discharge, or by relay; as, a relief of a sentry.
Relief (n.) That which
removes or lessens evil, pain, discomfort, uneasiness, etc.; that which gives
succor, aid, or comfort; also, the person who relieves from performance of duty
by taking the place of another; a relay.
Relief (n.) A fine or
composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the
privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had
lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant.
Relief (n.) The projection
of a figure above the ground or plane on which it is formed.
Relief (n.) The appearance
of projection given by shading, shadow, etc., to any figure.
Relief (n.) The height to
which works are raised above the bottom of the ditch.
Relief (n.) The elevations
and surface undulations of a country.
Reliefful (a.) Giving
relief.
Reliefless (a.) Destitute
of relief; also, remediless.
Relier (n.) One who
relies.
Relievable (a.) Capable of
being relieved; fitted to recieve relief.
Relieved (imp. & p. p.) of
Relieve
Relieving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Relieve
Relieve (v. t.) To lift
up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.
Relieve (v. t.) To cause
to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to
set off by contrast.
Relieve (v. t.) To raise
up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony
or sameness of.
Relieve (v. t.) To raise
or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less
burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to
relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor.
Relieve (v. t.) To free,
wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give
ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support,
strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town.
Relieve (v. t.) To release
from a post, station, or duty; to put another in place of, or to take the place
of, in the bearing of any burden, or discharge of any duty.
Relieve (v. t.) To ease of
any imposition, burden, wrong, or oppression, by judicial or legislative
interposition, as by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses,
or the like; to right.
Relievement (n.) The act
of relieving, or the state of being relieved; relief; release.
Reliever (n.) One who, or
that which, relieves.
Relieving (a.) Serving or
tending to relieve.
Relievo (n.) See Relief,
n., 5.
Relight (v. t.) To light
or kindle anew.
Religieuse (n. m.) Alt. of
Religieux
Religieux (n. m.) A person
bound by monastic vows; a nun; a monk.
Religion (n.) 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.
Religion (n.)
Specifically, conformity in faith and life to the precepts inculcated in the
Bible, respecting the conduct of life and duty toward God and man; the Christian
faith and practice.
Religion (n.) A monastic
or religious order subject to a regulated mode of life; the religious state; as,
to enter religion.
Religion (n.) Strictness
of fidelity in conforming to any practice, as if it were an enjoined rule of
conduct.
Religionary (a.) Relating
to religion; pious; as, religionary professions.
Religionary (n.) Alt. of
Religioner
Religioner (n.) A
religionist.
Religionism (n.) The
practice of, or devotion to, religion.
Religionism (n.)
Affectation or pretense of religion.
Religionist (n.) One
earnestly devoted or attached to a religion; a religious zealot.
Religionize (v. t.) To
bring under the influence of religion.
Religionless (a.)
Destitute of religion.
Religiosity (n.) The
quality of being religious; religious feeling or sentiment; religiousness.
Religious (a.) 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.
Religious (a.) Possessing,
or conforming to, religion; pious; godly; as, a religious man, life, behavior,
etc.
Religious (a.)
Scrupulously faithful or exact; strict.
Religious (a.) Belonging
to a religious order; bound by vows.
Religious (n.) A person
bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a
life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun.
Religiously (adv.) In a
religious manner.
Religiousness (n.) The
quality of being religious.
Relik (n.) Relic.
Relinquent (a.)
Relinquishing.
Relinquent (n.) One who
relinquishes.
Relinquished (imp. & p. p.)
of Relinquish
Relinquishing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Relinquish
Relinquish (v. t.) To
withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to
relinquish a pursuit.
Relinquish (v. t.) To give
up; to renounce a claim to; resign; as, to relinquish a debt.
Relinquisher (n.) One who
relinquishes.
Relinquishment (n.) The
act of relinquishing.
-ries (pl. ) of Reliquary
Reliquary (n.) A
depositary, often a small box or casket, in which relics are kept.
Relique (n.) See Relic.
Reliquiae (n. pl.) Remains
of the dead; organic remains; relics.
Reliquiae (n. pl.) Same as
Induviae.
Reliquian (a.) Of or
pertaining to a relic or relics; of the nature of a relic.
Reliquidate (v. t.) To
liquidate anew; to adjust a second time.
Reliquidation (n.) A
second or renewed liquidation; a renewed adjustment.
Relished (imp. & p. p.) of
Relish
Relishing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Relish
Relish (v. t.) 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.
Relish (v. t.) To give a
relish to; to cause to taste agreeably.
Relish (v. i.) To have a
pleasing or appetizing taste; to give gratification; to have a flavor.
Relish (n.) A pleasing
taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of
pleasing.
Relish (n.) Savor;
quality; characteristic tinge.
Relish (n.) A taste for;
liking; appetite; fondness.
Relish (n.) That which is
used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it
more palatable or to stimulate the appetite; a condiment.
Relish (n.) The projection
or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.
Relishable (a.) Capable of
being relished; agreeable to the taste; gratifying.
Relive (v. i.) To live
again; to revive.
Relive (v. t.) To recall
to life; to revive.
Reload (v. t.) To load
again, as a gun.
Reloan (n.) A second
lending of the same thing; a renewal of a loan.
Relocate (v. t.) To locate
again.
Relocation (n.) A second
location.
Relocation (n.) Renewal of
a lease.
Relodge (v. t.) To lodge
again.
Relove (v. t.) To love in
return.
Relucent (a.) Reflecting
light; shining; glittering; glistening; bright; luminous; splendid.
Reluct (v. i.) To strive
or struggle against anything; to make resistance; to draw back; to feel or show
repugnance or reluctance.
Reluctance (n.) Alt. of
Reluctancy
Reluctancy (n.) 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 (a.) Striving
against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth.
Reluctant (a.) Proceeding
from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as, reluctant obedience.
Reluctantly (adv.) In a
reluctant manner.
Reluctate (v. i.) To
struggle against anything; to resist; to oppose.
Reluctation (n.)
Repugnance; resistance; reluctance.
Relumed (imp. & p. p.) of
Relume
Reluming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Relume
Relume (v. t.) To
rekindle; to light again.
Relumined (imp. & p. p.)
of Relumine
Relumining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Relumine
Relumine (v. t.) To light
anew; to rekindle.
Relumine (v. t.) To
illuminate again.
Relied (imp. & p. p.) of
Rely
Relying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rely
Rely (v. i.) 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 () imp. & p. p. of Remake.
Remained (imp. & p. p.) of
Remain
Remaining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Remain
Remain (v. i.) 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.
Remain (v. i.) To continue
unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide;
to stay; to endure; to last.
Remain (v. t.) To await;
to be left to.
Remain (n.) State of
remaining; stay.
Remain (n.) That which is
left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
Remain (n.) That which is
left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
Remain (n.) The posthumous
works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's
Remainder (n.) Anything
that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue;
remnant.
Remainder (n.) The
quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction.
Remainder (n.) An estate
in expectancy, generally in land, which becomes an estate in possession upon the
determination of a particular prior estate, created at the same time, and by the
same instrument; for example, if land be conveyed to A for life, and on his
death to B, A's life interest is a particuar estate, and B's interest is a
remainder, or estate in remainder.
Remainder (a.) Remaining;
left; left over; refuse.
Remainder-men (pl. ) of
Remainder-man
Remainder-man (n.) One who
has an estate after a particular estate is determined. See Remainder, n., 3.
Remake (v. t.) To make
anew.
Remanded (imp. & p. p.) of
Remand
Remanding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Remand
Remand (v. t.) To
recommit; to send back.
Remand (n.) The act of
remanding; the order for recommitment.
Remandment (n.) A remand.
Remanence (a.) Alt. of
Remanency
Remanency (a.) The state
of being remanent; continuance; permanence.
Remanent (a.) That which
remains; a remnant; a residue.
Remanent (a.) Remaining;
residual.
Remanet (n.) A case for
trial which can not be tried during the term; a postponed case.
Re-mark (v. t.) To mark
again, or a second time; to mark anew.
Remarked (imp. & p. p.) of
Remark
Remarking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Remark
Remark (n.) To mark in a
notable manner; to distinquish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to
piont out.
Remark (n.) To take notice
of, or to observe, mentally; as, to remark the manner of a speaker.
Remark (n.) To express in
words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; -- often with a
substantive clause; as, he remarked that it was time to go.
Remark (v. i.) To make a
remark or remarks; to comment.
Remark (n.) Act of
remarking or attentively noticing; notice or observation.
Remark (n.) The
expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; the mention
of that which is worthy of attention or notice; hence, also, a casual
observation, comment, or statement; as, a pertinent remark.
Remarkable (a.) Worthy of
being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon;
extraordinary.
Remarker (n.) One who
remarks.
Remarriage (n.) A second
or repeated marriage.
Remarry (v. t. & i.) To
marry again.
Remast (v. t.) To furnish
with a new mast or set of masts.
Remasticate (v. t.) To
chew or masticate again; to chew over and over, as the cud.
Remastication (n.) The act
of masticating or chewing again or repeatedly.
Remberge (n.) See
Ramberge.
Remblai (n.) Earth or
materials made into a bank after having been excavated.
Remble (v. t.) To remove.
Reme (n.) Realm.
Remean (v. t.) To give
meaning to; to explain the meaning of; to interpret.
Remeant (a.) Coming back;
returning.
Remeasure (v. t.) To
measure again; to retrace.
Remede (n.) Remedy.
Remediable (a.) Capable of
being remedied or cured.
Remedial (a.) Affording a
remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil; as,
remedial treatment.
Remedially (adv.) In a
remedial manner.
Remediate (a.) Remedial.
Remediless (a.) Not
admitting of a remedy; incapable of being restored or corrected; incurable;
irreparable; as, a remediless mistake or loss.
Remediless (a.) Not
answering as a remedy; ineffectual.
Remedies (pl. ) of Remedy
Remedy (n.) 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.
Remedy (n.) That which
corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive;
reparation; cure; -- followed by for or against, formerly by to.
Remedy (n.) The legal
means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong.
Remedied (imp. & p. p.) of
Remedy
Remedying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Remedy
Remedy (n.) To apply a
remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to
counteract.
Remelt (v. t.) To melt
again.
Remembered (imp. & p. p.)
of Remember
Remembering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Remember
Remember (v. t.) 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.
Remember (v. t.) To be
capable of recalling when required; to keep in mind; to be continually aware or
thoughtful of; to preserve fresh in the memory; to attend to; to think of with
gratitude, affection, respect, or any other emotion.
Remember (v. t.) To put in
mind; to remind; -- also used reflexively and impersonally.
Remember (v. t.) To
mention.
Remember (v. t.) To recall
to the mind of another, as in the friendly messages, remember me to him, he
wishes to be remembered to you, etc.
Remember (v. i.) To
execise or have the power of memory; as, some remember better than others.
Rememberable (a.) Capable
or worthy of being remembered.
Rememberer (n.) One who
remembers.
Remembrance (n.) The act
of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
Remembrance (n.) The state
of being remembered, or held in mind; memory; recollection.
Remembrance (n.) Something
remembered; a person or thing kept in memory.
Remembrance (n.) That
which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memorial; a token; a memento; a
souvenir; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered.
Remembrance (n.) Something
to be remembered; counsel; admoni//on; instruction.
Remembrance (n.) Power of
remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory
extends.
Remembrancer (n.) One who,
or that which, serves to bring to, or keep in, mind; a memento; a memorial; a
reminder.
Remembrancer (n.) A term
applied in England to several officers, having various functions, their duty
originally being to bring certain matters to the attention of the proper persons
at the proper time.
Rememorate (v. i.) To
recall something by means of memory; to remember.
Rememoration (n.) A
recalling by the faculty of memory; remembrance.
Rememorative (a.) Tending
or serving to remind.
Remenant (n.) A remnant.
Remercie (v. t.) Alt. of
Remercy
Remercy (v. t.) To thank.
Remerge (v. i.) To merge
again.
Remeve (v. t. & i.) Alt.
of Remewe
Remewe (v. t. & i.) To
remove.
Remiform (a.) Shaped like
an oar.
Remiges (n. pl.) The quill
feathers of the wings of a bird.
Remigrate (v. i.) To
migrate again; to go back; to return.
Remigration (n.) Migration
back to the place from which one came.
Remind (v. t.) To put
(one) in mind of something; to bring to the remembrance of; to bring to the
notice or consideration of (a person).
Reminder (n.) One who, or
that which, reminds; that which serves to awaken remembrance.
Remindful (a.) Tending or
adapted to remind; careful to remind.
Reminiscence (n.) The act
or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent;
remembrance; memory.
Reminiscence (n.) That
which is remembered, or recalled to mind; a statement or narration of remembered
experience; a recollection; as, pleasing or painful reminiscences.
Reminiscency (n.)
Reminiscence.
Reminiscent (a.) Recalling
to mind, or capable of recalling to mind; having remembrance; reminding one of
something.
Reminiscent (n.) One who
is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording reminiscences.
Reminiscential (a.) Of or
pertaining to reminiscence, or remembrance.
Remiped (a.) Having feet
or legs that are used as oars; -- said of certain crustaceans and insects.
Remiped (n.) An animal
having limbs like oars, especially one of certain crustaceans.
Remiped (n.) One of a
group of aquatic beetles having tarsi adapted for swimming. See Water beetle.
Remised (imp. & p. p.) of
Remise
Remising (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Remise
Remise (v. t.) To send,
give, or grant back; to release a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed; to
return.
Remise (n.) A giving or
granting back; surrender; return; release, as of a claim.
Remiss (a.) 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.
Remiss (n.) The act of
being remiss; inefficiency; failure.
Remissful (a.) Inclined to
remit punishment; lenient; clement.
Remissibility (n.) The
state or quality of being remissible.
Remissible (a.) Capable of
being remitted or forgiven.
Remission (n.) The act of
remitting, surrendering, resigning, or giving up.
Remission (n.) Discharge
from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon
of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc.
Remission (n.) Diminution
of intensity; abatement; relaxation.
Remission (n.) A temporary
and incomplete subsidence of the force or violence of a disease or of pain, as
destinguished from intermission, in which the disease completely leaves the
patient for a time; abatement.
Remission (n.) The act of
sending back.
Remission (n.) Act of
sending in payment, as money; remittance.
Remissive (a.) Remitting;
forgiving; abating.
Remissly (adv.) In a
remiss or negligent manner; carelessly.
Remissness (n.) Quality or
state of being remiss.
Remissory (a.) Serving or
tending to remit, or to secure remission; remissive.
Remitted (imp. & p. p.) of
Remit
Remitting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Remit
Remit (v. t.) To send
back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.
Remit (v. t.) To restore.
Remit (v. t.) To transmit
or send, esp. to a distance, as money in payment of a demand, account, draft,
etc.; as, he remitted the amount by mail.
Remit (v. t.) To send off
or away; hence: (a) To refer or direct (one) for information, guidance, help,
etc. "Remitting them . . . to the works of Galen." Sir T. Elyot. (b) To submit,
refer, or leave (something) for judgment or decision.
Remit (v. t.) To relax in
intensity; to make less violent; to abate.
Remit (v. t.) To forgive;
to pardon; to remove.
Remit (v. t.) To refrain
from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation.
Remit (v. i.) To abate in
force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to
relax; as, a fever remits; the severity of the weather remits.
Remit (v. i.) To send
money, as in payment.
Remitment (n.) The act of
remitting, or the state of being remitted; remission.
Remittal (n.) A remitting;
a giving up; surrender; as, the remittal of the first fruits.
Remittance (n.) 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.
Remittance (n.) The sum or
thing remitted.
Remittee (n.) One to whom
a remittance is sent.
Remittent (a.) Remitting;
characterized by remission; having remissions.
Remitter (n.) One who
remits.
Remitter (n.) One who
pardons.
Remitter (n.) One who
makes remittance.
Remitter (n.) The sending
or placing back of a person to a title or right he had before; the restitution
of one who obtains possession of property under a defective title, to his rights
under some valid title by virtue of which he might legally have entered into
possession only by suit.
Remittitur (n.) A
remission or surrender, -- remittitur damnut being a remission of excess of
damages.
Remittitur (n.) A sending
back, as when a record is remitted by a superior to an inferior court.
Remittor (n.) One who
makes a remittance; a remitter.
Remix (v. t.) To mix again
or repeatedly.
Remnant (a.) Remaining;
yet left.
Remnant (a.) That which
remains after a part is removed, destroyed, used up, performed, etc.; residue.
Remnant (a.) A small
portion; a slight trace; a fragment; a little bit; a scrap.
Remnant (a.) An unsold end
of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.
Remodel (v. t.) To model
or fashion anew; to change the form of.
Remodification (n.) The
act of remodifying; the state of being remodified.
Remodify (v. t.) To modify
again or anew; to reshape.
Remolade (n.) Alt. of
Remoulad
Remoulad (n.) A kind of
piquant sauce or salad dressing resembling mayonnaise.
Remold (v. t.) Alt. of
Remould
Remould (v. t.) To mold or
shape anew or again; to reshape.
Remollient (a.)
Mollifying; softening.
Remonetization (n.) The
act of remonetizing.
Remonetize (v. t.) To
restore to use as money; as, to remonetize silver.
Remonstrance (n.) The act
of remonstrating
Remonstrance (n.) A
pointing out; manifestation; proof; demonstration.
Remonstrance (n.) Earnest
presentation of reason in opposition to something; protest; expostulation.
Remonstrance (n.) Same as
Monstrance.
Remonstrant (a.) Inclined
or tending to remonstrate; expostulatory; urging reasons in opposition to
something.
Remonstrant (n.) One who
remonstrates
Remonstrant (n.) one of
the Arminians who remonstrated against the attacks of the Calvinists in 1610,
but were subsequently condemned by the decisions of the Synod of Dort in 1618.
See Arminian.
Remonstrantly (adv.) In a
remonstrant manner.
Remonstrated (imp. & p. p.)
of Remonstrate
Remonstrating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Remonstrate
Remonstrate (v. t.) To
point out; to show clearly; to make plain or manifest; hence, to prove; to
demonstrate.
Remonstrate (v. i.) To
present and urge reasons in opposition to an act, measure, or any course of
proceedings; to expostulate; as, to remonstrate with a person regarding his
habits; to remonstrate against proposed taxation.
Remonstration (n.) The act
of remonstrating; remonstrance.
Remonstrative (a.) Having
the character of a remonstrance; expressing remonstrance.
Remonstrator (n.) One who
remonstrates; a remonsrant.
Remontant (a.) 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 (n.) See under
Escapement.
Remora (n.) Delay;
obstacle; hindrance.
Remora (n.) Any one of
several species of fishes belonging to Echeneis, Remora, and allied genera.
Called also sucking fish.
Remora (n.) An instrument
formerly in use, intended to retain parts in their places.
Remorate (v. t.) To
hinder; to delay.
Remord (v. t.) To excite
to remorse; to rebuke.
Remord (v. i.) To feel
remorse.
Remordency (n.) Remorse;
compunction; compassion.
Remorse (n.) 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.
Remorse (n.) Sympathetic
sorrow; pity; compassion.
Remorsed (a.) Feeling
remorse.
Remorseful (a.) Full of
remorse.
Remorseful (a.)
Compassionate; feeling tenderly.
Remorseful (a.) Exciting
pity; pitiable.
Remorseless (a.) Being
without remorse; having no pity; hence, destitute of sensibility; cruel;
insensible to distress; merciless.
Remote (superl.) Removed
to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to
place; as, remote ages; remote lands.
Remote (superl.) Hence,
removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative
uses.
Remote (superl.) Not
agreeing; alien; foreign.
Remote (superl.) Not
nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity.
Remote (superl.) Separate;
abstracted.
Remote (superl.) Not
proximate or acting directly; primary; distant.
Remote (superl.) Not
obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance.
Remote (superl.) Separated
by intervals greater than usual.
Remotion (n.) The act of
removing; removal.
Remotion (n.) The state of
being remote; remoteness.
Remould (v. t.) See
Remold.
Remount (v. t. & i.) To
mount again.
Remount (n.) The
opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting; specifically, a fresh
horse, with his equipments; as, to give one a remount.
Removable (a.) Admitting
of being removed.
Removal (n.) The act of
removing, or the state of being removed.
Removed (imp. & p. p.) of
Remove
Removing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Remove
Remove (v. t.) To move
away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to
remove a building.
Remove (v. t.) To cause to
leave a person or thing; to cause to cease to be; to take away; hence, to
banish; to destroy; to put an end to; to kill; as, to remove a disease.
Remove (v. t.) To dismiss
or discharge from office; as, the President removed many postmasters.
Remove (v. i.) To change
place in any manner, or to make a change in place; to move or go from one
residence, position, or place to another.
Remove (n.) The act of
removing; a removal.
Remove (n.) The transfer
of one's business, or of one's domestic belongings, from one location or
dwelling house to another; -- in the United States usually called a move.
Remove (n.) The state of
being removed.
Remove (n.) That which is
removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else.
Remove (n.) The distance
or space through which anything is removed; interval; distance; stage; hence, a
step or degree in any scale of gradation; specifically, a division in an English
public school; as, the boy went up two removes last year.
Remove (n.) The act of
resetting a horse's shoe.
Removed (a.) Changed in
place.
Removed (a.) Dismissed
from office.
Removed (a.) Distant in
location; remote.
Removed (a.) Distant by
degrees in relationship; as, a cousin once removed.
Remover (n.) One who
removes; as, a remover of landmarks.
Remuable (a.) That may be
removed; removable.
Remue (v. t.) To remove.
Remugient (a.)
Rebellowing.
Remunerable (a.)
Admitting, or worthy, of remuneration.
Remunerated (imp. & p. p.)
of Remunerate
Remunerating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Remunerate
Remunerate (v. t.) To pay
an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to
recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor.
Remuneration (n.) The act
of remunerating.
Remuneration (n.) That
which is given to remunerate; an equivalent given, as for services, loss, or
sufferings.
Remunerative (a.)
Affording remuneration; as, a remunerative payment for services; a remunerative
business.
Remuneratory (a.)
Remunerative.
Remurmur (v. t. & i.) To
murmur again; to utter back, or reply, in murmurs.
Ren (v. t. & i.) See
Renne.
Ren (n.) A run.
Renable (a.) Reasonable;
also, loquacious.
Renaissance (n.) A new
birth, or revival.
Renaissance (n.) The
transitional movement in Europe, marked by the revival of classical learning and
art in Italy in the 15th century, and the similar revival following in other
countries.
Renaissance (n.) The style
of art which prevailed at this epoch.
Renaissant (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Renaissance.
Renal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the kidneys; in the region of the kidneys.
Renal-portal (a.) Both
renal and portal. See Portal.
Rename (v. t.) To give a
new name to.
Renard (n.) A fox; -- so
called in fables or familiar tales, and in poetry.
Renardine (a.) Of or
pertaining to Renard, the fox, or the tales in which Renard is mentioned.
Renascence (n.) The state
of being renascent.
Renascence (n.) Same as
Renaissance.
Renascency (n.) State of
being renascent.
Renascent (a.) Springing
or rising again into being; being born again, or reproduced.
Renascent (a.) See
Renaissant.
Renascible (a.) Capable of
being reproduced; ablle to spring again into being.
Renate (a.) Born again;
regenerate; renewed.
Renavigate (v. t.) To
navigate again.
Renay (v. t.) To deny; to
disown.
Rencontre (n.) Same as
Rencounter, n.
Rencountered (imp. & p. p.)
of Rencounter
Rencountering (p. pr. & vb/ n.)
of Rencounter
Rencounter (v. t.) To meet
unexpectedly; to encounter.
Rencounter (v. t.) To
attack hand to hand.
Rencounter (v. i.) To meet
unexpectedly; to encounter in a hostile manner; to come in collision; to
skirmish.
Rencounter (n.) A meeting
of two persons or bodies; a collision; especially, a meeting in opposition or
contest; a combat, action, or engagement.
Rencounter (n.) A causal
combat or action; a sudden contest or fight without premeditation, as between
individuals or small parties.
Rent (imp. & p. p.) of
Rend
Rending (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rend
Rend (v. t.) 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.
Rend (v. t.) To part or
tear off forcibly; to take away by force.
Rend (v. i.) To be rent or
torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.
Render (n.) One who rends.
Rendered (imp. & p. p.) of
Render
Rendering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Render
Render (v. t.) To return;
to pay back; to restore.
Render (v. t.) To inflict,
as a retribution; to requite.
Render (v. t.) To give up;
to yield; to surrender.
Render (v. t.) Hence, to
furnish; to contribute.
Render (v. t.) To furnish;
to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment.
Render (v. t.) To cause to
be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a
fortress secure.
Render (v. t.) To
translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English.
Render (v. t.) To
interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an actor renders his part
poorly; a singer renders a passage of music with great effect; a painter renders
a scene in a felicitous manner.
Render (v. t.) To try out
or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render
tallow.
Render (v. t.) To plaster,
as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath.
Render (v. i.) To give an
account; to make explanation or confession.
Render (v. i.) To pass; to
run; -- said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.; as, a rope
renders well, that is, passes freely; also, to yield or give way.
Render (n.) A surrender.
Render (n.) A return; a
payment of rent.
Render (n.) An account
given; a statement.
Renderable (a.) Capable of
being rendered.
Renderer (n.) One who
renders.
Renderer (n.) A vessel in
which lard or tallow, etc., is rendered.
Rendering (n.) The act of
one who renders, or that which is rendered.
Rendering (n.) A version;
translation; as, the rendering of the Hebrew text.
Rendering (n.) In art, the
presentation, expression, or interpretation of an idea, theme, or part.
Rendering (n.) The act of
laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework.
Rendering (n.) The coat of
plaster thus laid on.
Rendering (n.) The process
of trying out or extracting lard, tallow, etc., from animal fat.
Rendezvouses (pl. ) of
Rendezvous
Rendezvous (n.) A place
appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
Rendezvous (n.)
Especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to
assemble; also, a place for enlistment.
Rendezvous (n.) A meeting
by appointment.
Rendezvous (n.) Retreat;
refuge.
Rendezvoused (imp. &. p. p.)
of Rendezvous
Rendezvousing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rendezvous
Rendezvous (v. i.) To
assemble or meet at a particular place.
Rendezvous (v. t.) To
bring together at a certain place; to cause to be assembled.
Rendible (a.) Capable of
being rent or torn.
Rendible (a.) Capable, or
admitting, of being rendered.
Rendition (n.) 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.
Rendition (n.)
Translation; rendering; version.
Rendrock (n.) A kind of
dynamite used in blasting.
Renegade (n.) One
faithless to principle or party.
Renegade (n.) An apostate
from Christianity or from any form of religious faith.
Renegade (n.) One who
deserts from a military or naval post; a deserter.
Renegade (n.) A common
vagabond; a worthless or wicked fellow.
Renegado (n.) See
Renegade.
Renegat (n.) A renegade.
Renegation (n.) A denial.
Renege (v. t.) To deny; to
disown.
Renege (v. i.) To deny.
Renege (v. i.) To revoke.
Renerve (v. t.) To nerve
again; to give new vigor to; to reinvigorate.
Reneved (imp. & p. p.) of
Renew
Renewing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Renew
Renew (v. t.) 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.
Renew (v. t.)
Specifically, to substitute for (an old obligation or right) a new one of the
same nature; to continue in force; to make again; as, to renew a lease, note, or
patent.
Renew (v. t.) To begin
again; to recommence.
Renew (v. t.) To repeat;
to go over again.
Renew (v. t.) To make new
spiritually; to regenerate.
Renew (v. i.) To become
new, or as new; to grow or begin again.
Renewability (n.) The
quality or state of being renewable.
Renewable (a.) Capable of
being renewed; as, a lease renewable at pleasure.
Renewal (n.) The act of
renewing, or the state of being renewed; as, the renewal of a treaty.
Renewedly (adv.) Again;
once more.
Renewedness (n.) The state
of being renewed.
Renewer (n.) One who, or
that which, renews.
Reneye (v. t.) To deny; to
reject; to renounce.
Reng (n.) A rank; a row.
Reng (n.) A rung or round
of a ladder.
Renidification (n.) The
act of rebuilding a nest.
Reniform (a.) Having the
form or shape of a kidney; as, a reniform mineral; a reniform leaf.
Renitence (n.) Alt. of
Renitency
Renitency (n.) The state
or quality of being renitent; resistance; reluctance.
Renitent (a.) Resisting
pressure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by elastic force.
Renitent (a.) Persistently
opposed.
Renne (v. t.) To plunder;
-- only in the phrase "to rape and renne." See under Rap, v. t., to snatch.
Renne (v. i.) To run.
Renner (n.) A runner.
Rennet (n.) A name of many
different kinds of apples. Cf. Reinette.
Rennet (v.) The inner, or
mucous, membrane of the fourth stomach of the calf, or other young ruminant;
also, an infusion or preparation of it, used for coagulating milk.
Renneted (a.) Provided or
treated with rennet.
Renneting (n.) Same as 1st
Rennet.
Rennin (n.) 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 (n.) See 2d
Rennet.
Renomee (n.) Renown.
Renounced (imp. & p. p.)
of Renounce
Renouncing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Renounce
Renounce (v. t.) 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.
Renounce (v. t.) To cast
off or reject deliberately; to disown; to dismiss; to forswear.
Renounce (v. t.) To
disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit.
Renounce (v. i.) To make
renunciation.
Renounce (v. i.) To
decline formally, as an executor or a person entitled to letters of
administration, to take out probate or letters.
Renounce (n.) Act of
renouncing.
Renouncement (n.) The act
of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation.
Renouncer (n.) One who
renounces.
Renovate (v. t.) To make
over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew.
Renovation (n.) The act or
process of renovating; the state of being renovated or renewed.
Renovator (n.) One who, or
that which, renovates.
Renovel (v. t.) To renew;
to renovate.
Renovelance (n.) Renewal.
Renowme (n.) Renown.
Renowmed (a.) Renowned.
Renown (v.) 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.
Renown (v.) Report of
nobleness or exploits; praise.
Renown (v. t.) To make
famous; to give renown to.
Renowned (a.) Famous;
celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities, or for grandeur;
eminent; as, a renowned king.
Renownedly (adv.) With
renown.
Renowner (n.) One who
gives renown.
Renownful (a.) Having
great renown; famous.
Renownless (a.) Without
renown; inglorius.
Rensselaerite (n.) A soft,
compact variety of talc,, being an altered pyroxene. It is often worked in a
lathe into inkstands and other articles.
Rent (v. i.) To rant.
Rent () imp. & p. p. of Rend.
Rent (n.) An opening made
by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear.
Rent (n.) Figuratively, a
schism; a rupture of harmony; a separation; as, a rent in the church.
Rent (v. t.) To tear. See
Rend.
Rent (n.) Income; revenue.
See Catel.
Rent (n.) Pay; reward;
share; toll.
Rent (n.) A certain
periodical profit, whether in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out
of lands and tenements in payment for the use; commonly, a certain pecuniary sum
agreed upon between a tenant and his landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the
lessee to the lessor, for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent for a
farm, a house, a park, etc.
Rented (imp. & p. p.) of
Rent
Renting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rent
Rent (n.) To grant the
possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate
or house rents it.
Rent (n.) To take and hold
under an agreement to pay rent; as, the tennant rents an estate of the owner.
Rent (v. i.) To be leased,
or let for rent; as, an estate rents for five hundred dollars a year.
Rentable (a.) Capable of
being rented, or suitable for renting.
Rentage (n.) Rent.
Rental (n.) A schedule,
account, or list of rents, with the names of the tenants, etc.; a rent roll.
Rental (n.) A sum total of
rents; as, an estate that yields a rental of ten thousand dollars a year.
Rente (n.) In France,
interest payable by government on indebtedness; the bonds, shares, stocks, etc.,
which represent government indebtedness.
Renter (n.) One who rents
or leases an estate; -- usually said of a lessee or tenant.
Rentered (imp. & p. p.) of
Renter
Rentering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Renter
Renter (v. t.) To sew
together so that the seam is scarcely visible; to sew up with skill and nicety;
to finedraw.
Renter (v. t.) To restore
the original design of, by working in new warp; -- said with reference to
tapestry.
Renterer (n.) One who
renters.
Rentier (n.) One who has a
fixed income, as from lands, stocks, or the like.
Renumerate (v. t.) To
recount.
Renunciation (n.) The act
of renouncing.
Renunciation (n.) Formal
declination to take out letters of administration, or to assume an office,
privilege, or right.
Renunciatory (a.)
Pertaining to renunciation; containing or declaring a renunciation; as,
renunciatory vows.
Renverse (v. t.) To
reverse.
Renverse (a.) Alt. of
Renverse
Renverse (a.) Reversed;
set with the head downward; turned contrary to the natural position.
Renversement (n.) A
reversing.
Renvoy (v. t.) To send
back.
Renvoy (n.) A sending
back.
Reobtain (v. t.) To obtain
again.
Reobtainable (a.) That may
be reobtained.
Reoccupy (v. t.) To occupy
again.
Reometer (n.) Same as
Rheometer.
Reopen (v. t. & i.) To
open again.
Reoppose (v. t.) To oppose
again.
Reordain (v. t.) To ordain
again, as when the first ordination is considered defective.
Reorder (v. t.) To order a
second time.
Reordination (n.) A second
ordination.
Reorganization (n.) The
act of reorganizing; a reorganized existence; as, reorganization of the troops.
Reorganize (v. t. & i.) To
organize again or anew; as, to reorganize a society or an army.
Reorient (a.) Rising
again.
Reostat (n.) See Rheostat.
Reotrope (n.) See
Rheotrope.
Rep (n.) A fabric made of
silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed
surface.
Rep (a.) Formed with a
surface closely corded, or ribbed transversely; -- applied to textile fabrics of
silk or wool; as, rep silk.
Repace (v. t.) To pace
again; to walk over again in a contrary direction.
Repacify (v. t.) To pacify
again.
Repack (v. t.) To pack a
second time or anew; as, to repack beef; to repack a trunk.
Repacker (n.) One who
repacks.
Repaganize (v. t.) To
paganize anew; to bring back to paganism.
Repaid () imp. & p. p. of Repay.
Repaint (v. t.) To paint
anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture.
Repair (v. i.) To return.
Repair (v. i.) To go; to
betake one's self; to resort; ass, to repair to sanctuary for safety.
Repair (n.) The act of
repairing or resorting to a place.
Repair (n.) Place to which
one repairs; a haunt; a resort.
Repaired (imp. & p. p.) of
Repair
Repairing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Repair
Repair (v. t.) To restore
to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial
destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a
shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune.
Repair (v. t.) To make
amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair
a loss or damage.
Repair (n.) Restoration to
a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply
of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or
of a city.
Repair (n.) Condition with
respect to soundness, perfectness, etc.; as, a house in good, or bad, repair;
the book is out of repair.
Repairable (a.) Reparable.
Repairer (n.) One who, or
that which, repairs, restores, or makes amends.
Repairment (n.) Act of
repairing.
Repand (a.) Having a
slightly undulating margin; -- said of leaves.
Reparability (n.) The
quality or state of being reparable.
Reparable (a.) Capable of
being repaired, restored to a sound or good state, or made good; restorable; as,
a reparable injury.
Reparably (adv.) In a
reparable manner.
Reparation (n.) 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.
Reparation (n.) The act of
making amends or giving satisfaction or compensation for a wrong, injury, etc.;
also, the thing done or given; amends; satisfaction; indemnity.
Reparative (a.) Repairing,
or tending to repair.
Reparative (n.) That which
repairs.
Reparel (n.) A change of
apparel; a second or different suit.
Repartee (n.) A smart,
ready, and witty reply.
Reparteed (imp. & p. p.)
of Repartee
Reparteeing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Repartee
Repartee (v. i.) To make
smart and witty replies.
Repartimiento (n.) A
partition or distribution, especially of slaves; also, an assessment of taxes.
Repartotion (n.) Another,
or an additional, separation into parts.
Repass (v. t.) 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.
Repass (v. i.) To pass or
go back; to move back; as, troops passing and repassing before our eyes.
Repassage (n.) The act of
repassing; passage back.
Repassant (a.)
Counterpassant.
Repast (n.) The act of
taking food.
Repast (n.) That which is
taken as food; a meal; figuratively, any refreshment.
Repast (v. t. & i.) To
supply food to; to feast; to take food.
Repaster (n.) One who
takes a repast.
Repasture (n.) Food;
entertainment.
Repatriate (v. t.) To
restore to one's own country.
Repatriation (n.)
Restoration to one's country.
Repaid (imp. & p. p.) of
Repay
Repaying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Repay
Repay (v. t.) To pay back;
to refund; as, to repay money borrowed or advanced.
Repay (v. t.) To make
return or requital for; to recompense; -- in a good or bad sense; as, to repay
kindness; to repay an injury.
Repay (v. t.) To pay anew,
or a second time, as a debt.
Repayable (a.) Capable of
being, or proper to be , repaid; due; as, a loan repayable in ten days; services
repayable in kind.
Repayment (n.) The act of
repaying; reimbursement.
Repayment (n.) The money
or other thing repaid.
Repealed (imp. & p. p.) of
Repeal
Repealing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Repeal
Repeal (v. t.) To recall;
to summon again, as persons.
Repeal (v. t.) To recall,
as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by
authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal a law.
Repeal (v. t.) To
suppress; to repel.
Repeal (n.) Recall, as
from exile.
Repeal (n.) Revocation;
abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.
Repealability (n.) The
quality or state of being repealable.
Repealable (a.) Capable of
being repealed.
Repealer (n.) 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 (n.) Recall, as
from banishment.
Repeated (imp. & p. p.) of
Repeat
Repeating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Repeat
Repeat (v. t.) 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.
Repeat (v. t.) To make
trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
Repeat (v. t.) To repay or
refund (an excess received).
Repeat (n.) The act of
repeating; repetition.
Repeat (n.) That which is
repeated; as, the repeat of a pattern; that is, the repetition of the engraved
figure on a roller by which an impression is produced (as in calico printing,
etc.).
Repeat (n.) A mark, or
series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage
to be repeated in performance.
Repeatedly (adv.) More
than once; again and again; indefinitely.
Repeater (n.) One who, or
that which, repeats.
Repeater (n.) A watch with
a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time,
usually in hours and quarters.
Repeater (n.) A repeating
firearm.
Repeater (n.) An
instrument for resending a telegraphic message automatically at an intermediate
point.
Repeater (n.) A person who
votes more than once at an election.
Repeater (n.) See
Circulating decimal, under Decimal.
Repeater (n.) A pennant
used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated.
Repeating (a.) Doing the
same thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession;
as, a repeating firearm; a repeating watch.
Repedation (n.) A stepping
or going back.
Repelled (imp. & p. p.) of
Repel
Repelling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Repel
Repel (v. t.) To drive
back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an
enemy or an assailant.
Repel (v. t.) To resist or
oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument.
Repel (v. i.) To act with
force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.
Repellence (n.) Alt. of
Repellency
Repellency (n.) The
principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.
Repellent (a.) Driving
back; able or tending to repel.
Repellent (n.) That which
repels.
Repellent (n.) A remedy to
repel from a tumefied part the fluids which render it tumid.
Repellent (n.) A kind of
waterproof cloth.
Repeller (n.) One who, or
that which, repels.
Repent (a.) Prostrate and
rooting; -- said of stems.
Repent (a.) Same as
Reptant.
Repented (imp. & p. p.) of
Repent
Repenting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Repent
Repent (v. i.) To feel
pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do.
Repent (v. i.) To change
the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction.
Repent (v. i.) To be sorry
for sin as morally evil, and to seek forgiveness; to cease to love and practice
sin.
Repent (v. t.) To feel
pain on account of; to remember with sorrow.
Repent (v. t.) To feel
regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively.
Repent (v. t.) To cause to
have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally.
Repentance (n.) 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 (a.) Penitent;
sorry for sin.
Repentant (a.) Expressing
or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; repentant ashes.
Repentant (n.) One who
repents, especially one who repents of sin; a penitent.
Repentantly (adv.) In a
repentant manner.
Repenter (n.) One who
repents.
Repentingly (adv.) With
repentance; penitently.
Repentless (a.)
Unrepentant.
Repeople (v. t.) To people
anew.
Reperception (n.) The act
of perceiving again; a repeated perception of the same object.
Repercussed (imp. & p. p.)
of Repercuss
Repercussing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Repercuss
Repercuss (v. t.) To drive
or beat back; hence, to reflect; to reverberate.
Repercussion (n.) The act
of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation;
as, the repercussion of sound.
Repercussion (n.) Rapid
reiteration of the same sound.
Repercussion (n.) The
subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent.
Repercussion (n.) In a
vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the
finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again
against the examining finger.
Repercussive (a.) Tending
or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate.
Repercussive (a.)
Repellent.
Repercussive (a.) Driven
back; rebounding; reverberated.
Repercussive (n.) A
repellent.
Repertitious (a.) Found;
gained by finding.
Repertoire (n.) A list of
dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
and is prepared to perform.
Repertory (n.) 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.
Repertory (n.) A treasury;
a magazine; a storehouse.
Repertory (n.) Same as
Repertoire.
Reperusal (n.) A second or
repeated perusal.
Reperuse (v. t.) To peruse
again.
Repetend (n.) 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 (n.) The act of
repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.
Repetition (n.) Recital
from memory; rehearsal.
Repetition (n.) The act of
repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time;
reiteration of a note.
Repetition (n.)
Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words,
for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience.
Repetition (n.) The
measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument.
Repetitional (a.) Alt. of
Repetitionary
Repetitionary (a.) Of the
nature of, or containing, repetition.
Repetitioner (n.) One who
repeats.
Repetitious (a.)
Repeating; containing repetition.
Repetitive (a.) Containing
repetition; repeating.
Repetitor (n.) A private
instructor.
Repine (v. i.) To fail; to
wane.
Repine (v. i.) To continue
pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy
or complaint; to murmur.
Repine (n.) Vexation;
mortification.
Repiner (n.) One who
repines.
Repiningly (adv.) With
repening or murmuring.
Repkie (n.) Any edible sea
urchin.
Replace (v. t.) To place
again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.
Replace (v. t.) To refund;
to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed.
Replace (v. t.) To supply
or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document.
Replace (v. t.) To take
the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfull the end or office of.
Replace (v. t.) To put in
a new or different place.
Replaceability (n.) The
quality, state, or degree of being replaceable.
Replaceable (a.) Capable
or admitting of being put back into a place.
Replaceable (a.) Admitting
of having its place supplied by a like thing or an equivalent; as, the lost book
is replaceable.
Replaceable (a.) Capable
of being replaced (by), or of being exchanged (for); as, the hydrogen of acids
is replaceable by metals or by basic radicals.
Replacement (n.) The act
of replacing.
Replacement (n.) The
removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes.
Replait (v. t.) To plait
or fold again; to fold, as one part over another, again and again.
Replant (v. t.) To plant
again.
Replantable (a.) That may
be planted again.
Replantation (n.) The act
of planting again; a replanting.
Replead (v. t. & i.) To
plead again.
Repleader (n.) A second
pleading, or course of pleadings; also, the right of pleading again.
Replenished (imp. & p. p.)
of Replenish
Replenishing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Replenish
Replenish (v. t.) To fill
again after having been diminished or emptied; to stock anew; hence, to fill
completely; to cause to abound.
Replenish (v. t.) To
finish; to complete; to perfect.
Replenish (v. i.) To
recover former fullness.
Replenisher (n.) One who
replenishes.
Replenishment (n.) The act
of replenishing, or the state of being replenished.
Replenishment (n.) That
which replenishes; supply.
Replete (a.) Filled again;
completely filled; full; charged; abounding.
Replete (v. t.) To fill
completely, or to satiety.
Repleteness (n.) The state
of being replete.
Repletion (n.) The state
of being replete; superabundant fullness.
Repletion (n.) Fullness of
blood; plethora.
Repletive (a.) Tending to
make replete; filling.
Repletory (a.) Repletive.
Repleviable (a.) Capable
of being replevied.
Replevin (n.) 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.
Replevin (n.) The writ by
which goods and chattels are replevied.
Replevin (v. t.) To
replevy.
Replevisable (a.)
Repleviable.
Replevied (imp. & p. p.)
of Replevy
Replevying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Replevy
Replevy (v. t.) 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.
Replevy (v. t.) To bail.
Replevy (n.) Replevin.
Replica (v. & n.) A copy
of a work of art, as of a picture or statue, made by the maker of the original.
Replica (v. & n.)
Repetition.
Replicant (n.) One who
replies.
Replicate (v. t.) To
reply.
Replicate (a.) Alt. of
Replicated
Replicated (a.) Folded
over or backward; folded back upon itself; as, a replicate leaf or petal; a
replicate margin of a shell.
Replication (n.) An
answer; a reply.
Replication (n.) The reply
of the plaintiff, in matters of fact, to the defendant's plea.
Replication (n.) Return or
repercussion, as of sound; echo.
Replication (n.) A
repetition; a copy.
Replier (n.) One who
replies.
Replum (n.) The framework
of some pods, as the cress, which remains after the valves drop off.
Replied (imp. & p. p.) of
Reply
Replying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reply
Reply (v. i.) To make a
return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.
Reply (v. i.) To answer a
defendant's plea.
Reply (v. i.)
Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a
signal; to reply to the fire of a battery.
Reply (v. t.) To return
for an answer.
Replies (pl. ) of Reply
Reply (v. i.) That which
is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by
another; an answer; a response.
Replyer (n.) See Replier.
Repolish (v. t.) To polish
again.
Repone (v. t.) To replace.
Repopulation (n.) The act
of repeopling; act of furnishing with a population anew.
Reported (imp. & p. p.) of
Report
Report (v. t.) To refer.
Report (v. t.) To bring
back, as an answer; to announce in return; to relate, as what has been
discovered by a person sent to examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger
reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported
progress.
Report (v. t.) To give an
account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate publicly, as a story; as, in the
common phrase, it is reported.
Report (v. t.) To give an
official account or statement of; as, a treasurer reports the receipts and
expenditures.
Report (v. t.) To return
or repeat, as sound; to echo.
Report (v. t.) To return
or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter
officially referred; as, the committee reported the bill witth amendments, or
reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry.
Report (v. t.) To make
minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the
lips of a speaker.
Report (v. t.) To write an
account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to report a public
celebration or a horse race.
Report (v. t.) To make a
statement of the conduct of, especially in an unfavorable sense; as, to report a
servant to his employer.
Report (v. i.) To make a
report, or response, in respect of a matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or
information expected; as, the committee will report at twelve o'clock.
Report (v. i.) To furnish
in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars
of an occurrence, etc., for publication.
Report (v. i.) To present
one's self, as to a superior officer, or to one to whom service is due, and to
be in readiness for orders or to do service; also, to give information, as of
one's address, condition, etc.; as, the officer reported to the general for
duty; to report weekly by letter.
Report (v. t.) That which
is reported.
Report (v. t.) An account
or statement of the results of examination or inquiry made by request or
direction; relation.
Report (v. t.) A story or
statement circulating by common talk; a rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation.
Report (v. t.) Sound;
noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon.
Report (v. t.) An official
statement of facts, verbal or written; especially, a statement in writing of
proceedings and facts exhibited by an officer to his superiors; as, the reports
of the heads af departments to Congress, of a master in chancery to the court,
of committees to a legislative body, and the like.
Report (v. t.) An account
or statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of case argued and determined
in a court of law, chancery, etc.; also, in the plural, the volumes containing
such reports; as, Coke's Reports.
Report (v. t.) A sketch,
or a fully written account, of a speech, debate, or the proceedings of a public
meeting, legislative body, etc.
Report (v. t.) Rapport;
relation; connection; reference.
Reportable (a.) Capable or
admitting of being reported.
Reportage (n.) SAme as
Report.
Reporter (n.) One who
reports.
Reporter (n.) An officer
or person who makes authorized statements of law proceedings and decisions, or
of legislative debates.
Reporter (n.) One who
reports speeches, the proceedings of public meetings, news, etc., for the
newspapers.
Reportingly (adv.) By
report or common fame.
Reportorial (a.) Of or
pertaining to a reporter or reporters; as, the reportorial staff of a newspaper.
Reposal (n.) The act or
state of reposing; as, the reposal of a trust.
Reposal (n.) That on which
one reposes.
Reposance (n.) Reliance.
Reposed (imp. & p. p.) of
Repose
Reposing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Repose
Repose (v.) To cause to
stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to
reposit.
Repose (v.) To lay at
rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, -- often reflexive; as,
to repose one's self on a couch.
Repose (v.) To place,
have, or rest; to set; to intrust.
Repose (v. i.) To lie at
rest; to rest.
Repose (v. i.)
Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.
Repose (v. i.) To lie; to
be supported; as, trap reposing on sand.
Repose (v.) A lying at
rest; sleep; rest; quiet.
Repose (v.) Rest of mind;
tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment.
Repose (v.) A rest; a
pause.
Repose (v.) That harmony
or moderation which affords rest for the eye; -- opposed to the scattering and
division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything
which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose.
Reposed (a.) Composed;
calm; tranquil; at rest.
Reposeful (a.) Full of
repose; quiet.
Reposer (n.) One who
reposes.
Reposited (imp. & p. p.)
of Reposit
Repositing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reposit
Reposit (v. t.) To cause
to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place;
to store.
Reposition (n.) The act of
repositing; a laying up.
Repositor (n.) An
instrument employed for replacing a displaced organ or part.
Repository (n.) A place
where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a
depository.
Repossess (v. t.) To
possess again; as, to repossess the land.
Repossession (n.) The act
or the state of possessing again.
Reposure (n.) Rest; quiet.
Repour (v. t.) To pour
again.
Repousse (a.) Formed in
relief, as a pattern on metal.
Repousse (a.) Ornamented
with patterns in relief made by pressing or hammering on the reverse side; --
said of thin metal, or of a vessel made of thin metal.
Repousse (n.) Repousse
work.
Reprefe (n.) Reproof.
Reprehended (imp. & p. p.)
of Reprehend
Reprehending (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reprehend
Reprehend (v. t.) 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 (n.) One who
reprehends.
Reprehensible (a.) Worthy
of reprehension; culpable; censurable; blamable.
Reprehension (n.) Reproof;
censure; blame; disapproval.
Reprehensive (a.)
Containing reprehension; conveying reproof.
Reprehensory (a.)
Containing reproof; reprehensive; as, reprehensory complaint.
Re-present (v. t.) To
present again; as, to re-present the points of an argument.
Represent (v. t.) 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.
Represent (v. t.) To
portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape
in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like.
Represent (v. t.) To
portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to
personate; as, to represent Hamlet.
Represent (v. t.) To stand
in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights,
or receive the share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act
the part of (another); as, an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney
represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in
Congress.
Represent (v. t.) To
exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own impressions and
judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an
account of; to describe.
Represent (v. t.) To serve
as a sign or symbol of; as, mathematical symbols represent quantities or
relations; words represent ideas or things.
Represent (v. t.) To bring
a sensation of into the mind or sensorium; to cause to be known, felt, or
apprehended; to present.
Represent (v. t.) To form
or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension
(something which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). See
Presentative, 3.
Representable (a.) Capable
of being represented.
Representance (n.)
Representation; likeness.
Representant (a.)
Appearing or acting for another; representing.
Representant (n.) A
representative.
Representation (n.) The
act of representing, in any sense of the verb.
Representation (n.) That
which represents.
Representation (n.) A
likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a representation of the human face, or
figure, and the like.
Representation (n.) A
dramatic performance; as, a theatrical representation; a representation of
Hamlet.
Representation (n.) A
description or statement; as, the representation of an historian, of a witness,
or an advocate.
Representation (n.) The
body of those who act as representatives of a community or society; as, the
representation of a State in Congress.
Representation (n.) Any
collateral statement of fact, made orally or in writing, by which an estimate of
the risk is affected, or either party is influenced.
Representation (n.) The
state of being represented.
Re-presentation (n.) The
act of re-presenting, or the state of being presented again; a new presentation;
as, re-presentation of facts previously stated.
Representationary (a.)
Implying representation; representative.
Representative (a.) Fitted
to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
Representative (a.)
Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a
council representative of the people.
Representative (a.)
Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people;
as, a representative government.
Representative (a.)
Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group;
typical; as, a representative genus in a family.
Representative (a.)
Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in different
regions; -- said of certain species and varieties.
Representative (a.)
Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative
knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See
Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8.
Representative (n.) One
who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or
similitude.
Representative (n.) An
agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others,
being invested with his or their authority.
Representative (n.) One
who represents, or stands in the place of, another.
Representative (n.) A
member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national
Congress.
Representative (n.) That
which presents the full character of the type of a group.
Representative (n.) A
species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in
another region.
Representatively (adv.) In
a representative manner; vicariously.
Representativeness (n.)
The quality or state of being representative.
Representer (n.) One who
shows, exhibits, or describes.
Representer (n.) A
representative.
Representment (n.)
Representation.
Repress (v. t.) To press
again.
Repress (v. t.) To press
back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress;
as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of
discontent.
Repress (v. t.) Hence, to
check; to restrain; to keep back.
Repress (n.) The act of
repressing.
Represser (n.) One who, or
that which, represses.
Repressible (a.) Capable
of being repressed.
Repression (n.) The act of
repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil
doers.
Repression (n.) That which
represses; check; restraint.
Repressive (a.) Having
power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures.
Reprevable (a.)
Reprovable.
Repreve (v. t.) To
reprove.
Repreve (n.) Reproof.
Repriefe (n.) Repreve.
Reprieval (n.) Reprieve.
Reprieved (imp. & p. p.)
of Reprieve
Reprieving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reprieve
Reprieve (v. t.) 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.
Reprieve (v. t.) To
relieve for a time, or temporarily.
Reprieve (n.) A temporary
suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death.
Reprieve (n.) Interval of
ease or relief; respite.
Reprimand (n.) Severe or
formal reproof; reprehension, private or public.
Reprimanded (imp. & p. p.)
of Reprimand
Reprimanding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reprimand
Reprimand (n.) To reprove
severely; to reprehend; to chide for a fault; to consure formally.
Reprimand (n.) To reprove
publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him
to be reprimanded.
Reprimander (n.) One who
reprimands.
Reprimer (n.) A machine or
implement for applying fresh primers to spent cartridge shells, so that the
shells be used again.
Reprint (v. t.) To print
again; to print a second or a new edition of.
Reprint (v. t.) To renew
the impression of.
Reprint (n.) A second or a
new impression or edition of any printed work; specifically, the publication in
one country of a work previously published in another.
Reprinter (n.) One who
reprints.
Reprisal (n.) The act of
taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity.
Reprisal (n.) Anything
taken from an enemy in retaliation.
Reprisal (n.) The act of
retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from
him, in retaliation for an act of inhumanity.
Reprisal (n.) Any act of
retaliation.
Reprise (n.) A taking by
way of retaliation.
Reprise (n.) Deductions
and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, rent seck,
pensions, annuities, and the like.
Reprise (n.) A ship
recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.
Reprise (v. t.) To take
again; to retake.
Reprise (v. t.) To
recompense; to pay.
Repristinate (v. t.) To
restore to an original state.
Repristination (n.)
Restoration to an original state; renewal of purity.
Reprive (v. t.) To take
back or away.
Reprive (v. t.) To
reprieve.
Reprize (v. t.) See
Reprise.
Reprizes (n. pl.) See
Reprise, n., 2.
Reproached (imp. & p. p.)
of Reproach
Reproaching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reproach
Reproach (v. t.) To come
back to, or come home to, as a matter of blame; to bring shame or disgrace upon;
to disgrace.
Reproach (v. t.) To
attribute blame to; to allege something disgraceful against; to charge with a
fault; to censure severely or contemptuously; to upbraid.
Reproach (v.) The act of
reproaching; censure mingled with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious language
toward any person; abusive reflections; as, severe reproach.
Reproach (v.) A cause of
blame or censure; shame; disgrace.
Reproach (v.) An object of
blame, censure, scorn, or derision.
Reproachablr (a.)
Deserving reproach; censurable.
Reproachablr (a.)
Opprobrius; scurrilous.
Reproacher (n.) One who
reproaches.
Reproachful (a.)
Expressing or containing reproach; upbraiding; opprobrious; abusive.
Reproachful (a.)
Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a reproachful life.
Reproachless (a.) Being
without reproach.
Reprobacy (n.)
Reprobation.
Reprobance (n.)
Reprobation.
Reprobate (a.) Not
enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed;
rejected.
Reprobate (a.) Abandoned
to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and lost; given up to vice; depraved.
Reprobate (a.) Of or
pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as, reprobate conduct.
Reprobate (n.) One morally
abandoned and lost.
Reprobated (imp. & p. p.)
of Reprobate
Reprobating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reprobate
Reprobate (v. t.) To
disapprove with detestation or marks of extreme dislike; to condemn as unworthy;
to disallow; to reject.
Reprobate (v. t.) To
abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.
Reprobateness (n.) The
state of being reprobate.
Reprobater (n.) One who
reprobates.
Reprobation (n.) The act
of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval or censure.
Reprobation (n.) The
predestination of a certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects
of condemnation and punishment.
Reprobationer (n.) One who
believes in reprobation. See Reprobation, 2.
Reprobative (a.) Of or
pertaining to reprobation; expressing reprobation.
Reprobatory (a.)
Reprobative.
Reproduce (v. t.) To
produce again.
Reproduce (v. t.) To bring
forward again; as, to reproduce a witness; to reproduce charges; to reproduce a
play.
Reproduce (v. t.) To cause
to exist again.
Reproduce (v. t.) To
produce again, by generation or the like; to cause the existence of (something
of the same class, kind, or nature as another thing); to generate or beget, as
offspring; as, to reproduce a rose; some animals are reproduced by gemmation.
Reproduce (v. t.) To make
an image or other representation of; to portray; to cause to exist in the memory
or imagination; to make a copy of; as, to reproduce a person's features in
marble, or on canvas; to reproduce a design.
Reproducer (n.) One who,
or that which, reproduces.
Reproduction (n.) The act
or process of reproducing; the state of being reproduced
Reproduction (n.) the
process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring.
Reproduction (n.) That
which is reproduced.
Reproductive (a.) Tending,
or pertaining, to reproduction; employed in reproduction.
Reproductory (a.)
Reproductive.
Reproof (n.) Refutation;
confutation; contradiction.
Reproof (n.) An expression
of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a
fault; chiding; reproach.
Reprovable (a.) Worthy of
reproof or censure.
Re proval (n.) Reproof.
Reproved (imp. & p. p.) of
Reprove
Reproving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reprove
Reprove (v. t.) To
convince.
Reprove (v. t.) To
disprove; to refute.
Reprove (v. t.) To chide
to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty; to censure.
Reprove (v. t.) To express
disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults.
Reprover (n.) One who, or
that which, reproves.
Reprovingly (adv.) In a
reproving manner.
Reprune (v. t.) To prune
again or anew.
Rep-silver (n.) Money
anciently paid by servile tenants to their lord, in lieu of the customary
service of reaping his corn or grain.
Reptant (a.) Same as
Repent.
Reptant (a.) Creeping;
crawling; -- said of reptiles, worms, etc.
Reptantia (n. pl.) A
division of gastropods; the Pectinibranchiata.
Reptation (n.) The act of
creeping.
Reptatory (a.) Creeping.
Reptile (a.) Creeping;
moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
Reptile (a.) Hence:
Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile vices.
Reptile (n.) An animal
that crawls, or moves on its belly, as snakes,, or by means of small, short
legs, as lizards, and the like.
Reptile (n.) One of the
Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia.
Reptile (n.) A groveling
or very mean person.
Reptilia (n. pl.) 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 (a.) Belonging
to the reptiles.
Reptilian (n.) One of the
Reptilia; a reptile.
Republic (a.) Common weal.
Republic (a.) A state in
which the sovereign power resides in the whole body of the people, and is
exercised by representatives elected by them; a commonwealth. Cf. Democracy, 2.
Republican (a.) Of or
pertaining to a republic.
Republican (a.) Consonant
with the principles of a republic; as, republican sentiments or opinions;
republican manners.
Republican (n.) One who
favors or prefers a republican form of government.
Republican (n.) A member
of the Republican party.
Republican (n.) The
American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many
together.
Republican (n.) A South
African weaver bird (Philetaerus socius). These weaver birds build many nests
together, under a large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw.
Republicanism (n.) A
republican form or system of government; the principles or theory of republican
government.
Republicanism (n.)
Attachment to, or political sympathy for, a republican form of government.
Republicanism (n.) The
principles and policy of the Republican party, so called
Republicanized (imp. & p. p.)
of Republicanize
Republicanizing (p. pr. & vb.
n.) of Republicanize
Republicanize (v. t.) To
change, as a state, into a republic; to republican principles; as, France was
republicanized; to republicanize the rising generation.
Republicate (v. t.) To
make public again; to republish.
Republication (n.) 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 (imp. & p. p.)
of Republish
Republishing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Republish
Republish (v. t.) 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 (n.) One who
republishes.
Repudiable (a.) Admitting
of repudiation; fit or proper to be put away.
Repudiated (imp. & p. p.)
of Repudiate
Repudiating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Repudiate
Repudiate (v. t.) To cast
off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.
Repudiate (v. t.) To
divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry.
Repudiate (v. t.) To
refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its
debts.
Repudiation (n.) The act
of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a
doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.
Repudiation (n.) One who
favors repudiation, especially of a public debt.
Repudiator (n.) One who
repudiates.
Repugn (v. t.) To fight
against; to oppose; to resist.
Repugnable (a.) Capable of
being repugned or resisted.
Repugnance (n.) Alt. of
Repugnancy
Repugnancy (n.) 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 (a.) 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 (adv.) In a
repugnant manner.
Repugnate (v. t.) To
oppose; to fight against.
Repugner (n.) One who
repugns.
Repullulate (v. i.) To bud
again.
Repullulation (n.) The act
of budding again; the state of having budded again.
Repulsed (imp. & p. p.) of
Repulse
Repulsing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Repulse
Repulse (v. t.) To repel;
to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy.
Repulse (v. t.) To repel
by discourtesy, coldness, or denial; to reject; to send away; as, to repulse a
suitor or a proffer.
Repulse (n.) The act of
repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back.
Repulse (n.) Figuratively:
Refusal; denial; rejection; failure.
Repulseless (a.) Not
capable of being repulsed.
Repulser (n.) One who
repulses, or drives back.
Repulsion (n.) The act of
repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled.
Repulsion (n.) A feeling
of violent offence or disgust; repugnance.
Repulsion (n.) The power,
either inherent or due to some physical action, by which bodies, or the
particles of bodies, are made to recede from each other, or to resist each
other's nearer approach; as, molecular repulsion; electrical repulsion.
Repulsive (a.) Serving, or
able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force.
Repulsive (a.) Cold;
forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners.
Repulsory (a.) Repulsive;
driving back.
Repurchase (v. t.) To buy
back or again; to regain by purchase.
Repurchase (n.) The act of
repurchasing.
Repurify (v. t.) To purify
again.
Reputable (a.) Having, or
worthy of, good repute; held in esteem; honorable; praiseworthy; as, a reputable
man or character; reputable conduct.
Reputation (v. t.) The
estimation in which one is held; character in public opinion; the character
attributed to a person, thing, or action; repute.
Reputation (v. t.) The
character imputed to a person in the community in which he lives. It is
admissible in evidence when he puts his character in issue, or when such
reputation is otherwise part of the issue of a case.
Reputation (v. t.)
Specifically: Good reputation; favorable regard; public esteem; general credit;
good name.
Reputation (v. t.)
Account; value.
Reputatively (adv.) By
repute.
Reputed (imp. & p. p.) of
Repute
Reputing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Repute
Repute (v. t.) To hold in
thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon.
Repute (n.) Character
reputed or attributed; reputation, whether good or bad; established opinion;
public estimate.
Repute (n.) Specifically:
Good character or reputation; credit or honor derived from common or public
opinion; -- opposed to disrepute.
Reputedly (adv.) In common
opinion or estimation; by repute.
Reputeless (a.) Not having
good repute; disreputable; disgraceful; inglorius.
Requere (v. t.) To
require.
Request (n.) The act of
asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation;
prayer; petition; entreaty.
Request (n.) That which is
asked for or requested.
Request (n.) A state of
being desired or held in such estimation as to be sought after or asked for;
demand.
Requested (imp. & p. p.)
of Request
Requesting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Request
Request (v. t.) To ask for
(something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to request his presence, or
a favor.
Request (v. t.) To address
with a request; to ask.
Requester (n.) One who
requests; a petitioner.
Requicken (v. t.) To
quicken anew; to reanimate; to give new life to.
Requiem (n.) A mass said
or sung for the repose of a departed soul.
Requiem (n.) Any grand
musical composition, performed in honor of a deceased person.
Requiem (n.) Rest; quiet;
peace.
Requietory (n.) A
sepulcher.
Requin (n.) The man-eater,
or white shark (Carcharodon carcharias); -- so called on account of its causing
requiems to be sung.
Requirable (a.) Capable of
being required; proper to be required.
Required (imp. & p. p.) of
Require
Requiring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Require
Require (v. t.) To demand;
to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to
require the surrender of property.
Require (v. t.) To demand
or exact as indispensable; to need.
Require (v. t.) To ask as
a favor; to request.
Requirement (n.) The act
of requiring; demand; requisition.
Requirement (n.) That
which is required; an imperative or authoritative command; an essential
condition; something needed or necessary; a need.
Requirer (n.) One who
requires.
Requisite (n.) That which
is required, or is necessary; something indispensable.
Requisite (a.) Required by
the nature of things, or by circumstances; so needful that it can not be
dispensed with; necessary; indispensable.
Requisition (n.) The act
of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority.
Requisition (n.) A formal
demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or
extradition of a fugitive from justice.
Requisition (n.) A
notarial demand of a debt.
Requisition (n.) A demand
by the invader upon the people of an invaded country for supplies, as of
provision, forage, transportation, etc.
Requisition (n.) A formal
application by one officer to another for things needed in the public service;
as, a requisition for clothing, troops, or money.
Requisition (n.) That
which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries.
Requisition (n.) A written
or normal call; an invitation; a summons; as, a reqisition for a public meeting.
Requisition (v. t.) To
make a reqisition on or for; as, to requisition a district for forage; to
requisition troops.
Requisition (v. t.) To
present a requisition to; to summon request; as, to requisition a person to be a
candidate.
Requisitionist (n.) One
who makes or signs a requisition.
Requisitive (a.)
Expressing or implying demand.
Requisitive (n.) One who,
or that which, makes requisition; a requisitionist.
Requisitor (n.) One who
makes reqisition; esp., one authorized by a requisition to investigate facts.
Requisitory (a.) Sought
for; demanded.
Requitable (a.) That may
be requited.
Requital (n.) 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 (imp. & p. p.) of
Requite
Requiting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Requite
Requite (v. t.) 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 (n.) Requital
Requiter (n.) One who
requites.
Rerebrace (n.) Armor for
the upper part of the arm.
Reredemain (n.) A backward
stroke.
Reredos (n.) A screen or
partition wall behind an altar.
Reredos (n.) The back of a
fireplace.
Reredos (n.) The open
hearth, upon which fires were lighted, immediately under the louver, in the
center of ancient halls.
Rerefief (n.) A fief held
of a superior feudatory; a fief held by an under tenant.
Rereign (v. i.) To reign
again.
Re-reiterate (v. t.) To
reiterate many times.
Reremouse (n.) A
rearmouse.
Re-resolve (v. t. & i.) To
resolve again.
Rereward (n.) The rear
guard of an army.
Res (pl. ) of Res
Res (n.) A thing; the
particular thing; a matter; a point.
Resail (v. t. & i.) To
sail again; also, to sail back, as to a former port.
Resale (n.) A sale at
second hand, or at retail; also, a second sale.
Resalgar (n.) Realgar.
Resalute (v. t.) To salute
again.
Resaw (v. t.) To saw
again; specifically, to saw a balk, or a timber, which has already been squared,
into dimension lumber, as joists, boards, etc.
Rescat (v. t.) To ransom;
to release; to rescue.
Rescat (n.) Ransom;
release.
Rescinded (imp. & p. p.)
of Rescind
Rescinding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rescind
Rescind (v. t.) To cut
off; to abrogate; to annul.
Rescind (v. t.)
Specifically, to vacate or make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or by
superior authority; to repeal; as, to rescind a law, a resolution, or a vote; to
rescind a decree or a judgment.
Rescindable (a.) Capable
of being rescinded.
Rescindment (n.) The act
of rescinding; rescission.
Rescission (n.) The act of
rescinding, abrogating, annulling, or vacating; as, the rescission of a law,
decree, or judgment.
Rescissory (a.) Tending to
rescind; rescinding.
Rescous (n.) Rescue;
deliverance.
Rescous (n.) See Rescue,
2.
Rescowe (v. t.) To rescue.
Rescribe (v. t.) To write
back; to write in reply.
Rescribe (v. t.) To write
over again.
Rescript (v. t.) The
answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some
difficult question; hence, an edict or decree.
Rescript (v. t.) The
official written answer of the pope upon a question of canon law, or morals.
Rescript (v. t.) A
counterpart.
Rescription (n.) A writing
back; the answering of a letter.
Rescriptive (a.)
Pertaining to, or answering the purpose of, a rescript; hence, deciding;
settling; determining.
Rescriptively (adv.) By
rescript.
Rescuable (a.) That may be
rescued.
Rescued (imp. & p. p.) of
Rescue
Rescuing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rescue
Rescue (v. t.) 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.
Rescue (v.) The act of
rescuing; deliverance from restraint, violence, or danger; liberation.
Rescue (v.) The forcible
retaking, or taking away, against law, of things lawfully distrained.
Rescue (v.) The forcible
liberation of a person from an arrest or imprisonment.
Rescue (v.) The retaking
by a party captured of a prize made by the enemy.
Rescueless (a.) Without
rescue or release.
Rescuer (n.) One who
rescues.
Rescussee (n.) The party
in whose favor a rescue is made.
Rescussor (n.) One who
makes an unlawful rescue; a rescuer.
Rese (v. i.) To shake; to
quake; to tremble.
Re-search (v. t.) To
search again; to examine anew.
Research (n.) Diligent
inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued
search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom.
Research (v. t.) To search
or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.
Researcher (n.) One who
researches.
Researchful (a.) Making
researches; inquisitive.
Reseat (v. t.) To seat or
set again, as on a chair, throne, etc.
Reseat (v. t.) To put a
new seat, or new seats, in; as, to reseat a theater; to reseat a chair or
trousers.
Resected (imp. & p. p.) of
Resect
Resecting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Resect
Resect (v. t.) To cut or
pare off; to remove by cutting.
Resection (n.) The act of
cutting or paring off.
Resection (n.) The removal
of the articular extremity of a bone, or of the ends of the bones in a false
articulation.
Reseda (n.) A genus of
plants, the type of which is mignonette.
Reseda (n.) A grayish
green color, like that of the flowers of mignonette.
Reseek (v. t.) To seek
again.
Reseize (v. t.) To seize
again, or a second time.
Reseize (v. t.) To put in
possession again; to reinstate.
Reseize (v. t.) To take
possession of, as lands and tenements which have been disseized.
Reseizer (n.) One who
seizes again.
Reseizer (n.) The taking
of lands into the hands of the king where a general livery, or oustre le main,
was formerly mis-sued, contrary to the form and order of law.
Reseizure (n.) A second
seizure; the act of seizing again.
Resell (v. t.) To sell
again; to sell what has been bought or sold; to retail.
Resemblable (a.) Admitting
of being compared; like.
Resemblance (n.) The
quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity.
Resemblance (n.) That
which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
Resemblance (n.) A
comparison; a simile.
Resemblance (n.)
Probability; verisimilitude.
Resemblant (a.) Having or
exhibiting resemblance; resembling.
Resembled (imp. & p. p.)
of Resemble
Resembling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Resemble
Resemble (v. t.) To be
like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or
qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other.
Resemble (v. t.) To liken;
to compare; to represent as like.
Resemble (v. t.) To
counterfeit; to imitate.
Resemble (v. t.) To cause
to imitate or be like.
Resembler (n.) One who
resembles.
Resemblingly (adv.) So as
to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
Reseminate (v. t.) To
produce again by means of seed.
Resend (v. t.) To send
again; as, to resend a message.
Resend (v. t.) To send
back; as, to resend a gift.
Resend (v. t.) To send on
from an intermediate station by means of a repeater.
Resented (imp. & p. p.) of
Resent
Resenting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Resent
Resent (v. t.) To be
sensible of; to feel
Resent (v. t.) In a good
sense, to take well; to receive with satisfaction.
Resent (v. t.) In a bad
sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at.
Resent (v. t.) To express
or exhibit displeasure or indignation at, as by words or acts.
Resent (v. t.) To
recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning
with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See Resent, v. i.
Resent (v. i.) To feel
resentment.
Resent (v. i.) To give
forth an odor; to smell; to savor.
Resenter (n.) One who
resents.
Resentful (a.) Inclined to
resent; easily provoked to anger; irritable.
Resentiment (n.)
Resentment.
Resentingly (adv.) With
deep sense or strong perception.
Resentingly (adv.) With a
sense of wrong or affront; with resentment.
Resentive (a.) Resentful.
Resentment (n.) The act of
resenting.
Resentment (n.) The state
of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being
inclined to reflect upon something; a state of consciousness; conviction;
feeling; impression.
Resentment (n.) In a good
sense, satisfaction; gratitude.
Resentment (n.) In a bad
sense, strong displeasure; anger; hostility provoked by a wrong or injury
experienced.
Reserate (v. t.) To
unlock; to open.
Reservance (n.)
Reservation.
Reservation (n.) The act
of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure;
reserve.
Reservation (n.) Something
withheld, either not expressed or disclosed, or not given up or brought forward.
Reservation (n.) A tract
of the public land reserved for some special use, as for schools, for the use of
Indians, etc.
Reservation (n.) The state
of being reserved, or kept in store.
Reservation (n.) A clause
in an instrument by which some new thing is reserved out of the thing granted,
and not in esse before.
Reservation (n.) A
proviso.
Reservation (n.) The
portion of the sacramental elements reserved for purposes of devotion and for
the communion of the absent and sick.
Reservation (n.) A term of
canon law, which signifies that the pope reserves to himself appointment to
certain benefices.
Reservative (a.) Tending
to reserve or keep; keeping; reserving.
Reservatory (v. t.) A
place in which things are reserved or kept.
Reserved (imp. & p. p.) of
Reserve
Reserving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reserve
Reserve (v. t.) To keep
back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.
Reserve (v. t.) Hence, to
keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for
another purpose or time; to keep; to retain.
Reserve (v. t.) To make an
exception of; to except.
Reserve (n.) The act of
reserving, or keeping back; reservation.
Reserve (n.) That which is
reserved, or kept back, as for future use.
Reserve (n.) That which is
excepted; exception.
Reserve (n.) Restraint of
freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
Reserve (n.) A tract of
land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut
Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the
Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy.
Reserve (n.) A body of
troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other
lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.
Reserve (n.) Funds kept on
hand to meet liabilities.
Reserved (a.) Kept for
future or special use, or for an exigency; as, reserved troops; a reserved seat
in a theater.
Reserved (a.) Restrained
from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's
thoughts and feelings; not free or frank.
Reservee (n.) One to, or
for, whom anything is reserved; -- contrasted with reservor.
Reserver (n.) One who
reserves.
Reservist (n.) A member of
a reserve force of soldiers or militia.
Reservoir (n.) 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.
Reservoir (n.) A small
intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other
secreted matter.
Reservor (n.) One who
reserves; a reserver.
Reset (v. t.) To set
again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond.
Reset (n.) The act of
resetting.
Reset (n.) That which is
reset; matter set up again.
Reset (n.) The receiving
of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw.
Reset (v. t.) To harbor or
secrete; to hide, as stolen goods or a criminal.
Resetter (n.) One who
receives or conceals, as stolen goods or criminal.
Resetter (n.) One who
resets, or sets again.
Resettle (v. t.) To settle
again.
Resettle (v. i.) To settle
again, or a second time.
Resettlement (n.) Act of
settling again, or state of being settled again; as, the resettlement of lees.
Reshape (v. t.) To shape
again.
Reship (v. t.) To ship
again; to put on board of a vessel a second time; to send on a second voyage;
as, to reship bonded merchandise.
Reship (v. i.) To engage
one's self again for service on board of a vessel after having been discharged.
Reshipment (n.) The act of
reshipping; also, that which is reshippped.
Reshipper (n.) One who
reships.
Resiance (n.) Residence;
abode.
Resiant (a.) Resident;
present in a place.
Resiant (n.) A resident.
Resided (imp. & p. p.) of
Reside
Residing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reside
Reside (v. i.) 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.
Reside (v. i.) To have a
seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.
Reside (v. i.) To sink; to
settle, as sediment.
Residence (n.) 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.
Residence (n.) The place
where one resides; an abode; a dwelling or habitation; esp., a settled or
permanent home or domicile.
Residence (n.) The
residing of an incumbent on his benefice; -- opposed to nonresidence.
Residence (n.) The place
where anything rests permanently.
Residence (n.) Subsidence,
as of a sediment.
Residence (n.) That which
falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
Residency (n.) Residence.
Residency (n.) A political
agency at a native court in British India, held by an officer styled the
Resident; also, a Dutch commercial colony or province in the East Indies.
Resident (a.) 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.
Resident (a.) Fixed;
stable; certain.
Resident (n.) One who
resides or dwells in a place for some time.
Resident (n.) A diplomatic
representative who resides at a foreign court; -- a term usualy applied to
ministers of a rank inferior to that of ambassadors. See the Note under
Minister, 4.
Residenter (n.) A
resident.
Residential (a.) Of or
pertaining to a residence or residents; as, residential trade.
Residential (a.) Residing;
residentiary.
Residentiary (a.) Having
residence; as, a canon residentary; a residentiary guardian.
Residentiary (n.) One who
is resident.
Residentiary (n.) An
ecclesiastic who keeps a certain residence.
Residentiaryship (n.) The
office or condition of a residentiary.
Residentship (n.) The
office or condition of a resident.
Resider (n.) One who
resides in a place.
Residual (a.) Pertaining
to a residue; remaining after a part is taken.
Residual (n.) The
difference of the results obtained by observation, and by computation from a
formula.
Residual (n.) The
difference between the mean of several observations and any one of them.
Residuary (a.) Consisting
of residue; as, residuary matter; pertaining to the residue, or part remaining;
as, the residuary advantage of an estate.
Residue (n.) That which
remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant;
remainder.
Residue (n.) That part of
a testeator's estate wwhich is not disposed of in his will by particular and
special legacies and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and
legacies.
Residue (n.) That which
remains of a molecule after the removal of a portion of its constituents; hence,
an atom or group regarded as a portion of a molecule; -- used as nearly
equivalent to radical, but in a more general sense.
Residue (n.) Any positive
or negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a given
modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given number, the numbers -5, 2,
16, 23, etc., are residues.
Residuous (a.) Remaining;
residual.
Residuum (n.) That which
is left after any process of separation or purification; that which remains
after certain specified deductions are made; residue.
Resiege (v. t.) To seat
again; to reinstate.
Re-sign (v. t.) To affix
one's signature to, a second time; to sign again.
Resigned (imp. & p. p.) of
Resign
Resigning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Resign
Resign (v. t.) 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.
Resign (v. t.) To
relinquish; to abandon.
Resign (v. t.) To commit
to the care of; to consign.
Re sign (n.) Resignation.
Resignation (n.) The act
of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like;
surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or comission.
Resignation (n.) The state
of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting
acquiescence; as, resignation to the will and providence of God.
Resigned (a.) Submissive;
yielding; not disposed to resist or murmur.
Resignedly (adv.) With
submission.
Resignee (n.) One to whom
anything is resigned, or in whose favor a resignation is made.
Resigner (n.) One who
resigns.
Resignment (n.) The act of
resigning.
Resiled (imp. & p. p.) of
Resile
Resiling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Resile
Resile (v. i.) To start
back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
Resilience (n.) Alt. of
Resiliency
Resiliency (n.) The act of
resiling, springing back, or rebounding; as, the resilience of a ball or of
sound.
Resiliency (n.) The
mechanical work required to strain an elastic body, as a deflected beam,
stretched spring, etc., to the elastic limit; also, the work performed by the
body in recovering from such strain.
Resilient (a.) Leaping
back; rebounding; recoiling.
Resilition (n.)
Resilience.
Resin (n.) 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 (a.) Having
the quality of resin; resinous.
Resinate (n.) Any one of
the salts the resinic acids.
Resinic (a.) Pertaining
to, or obtained from, resin; as, the resinic acids.
Resiniferous (a.) Yielding
resin; as, a resiniferous tree or vessel.
Resiniform (a.) Having the
form of resin.
Resino-electric (a.)
Containing or exhibiting resinous electricity.
Resinoid (a.) Somewhat
like resin.
Resinous (a.) Of or
pertaining to resin; of the nature of resin; resembling or obtained from resin.
Resinously (adv.) By
means, or in the manner, of resin.
Resinousness (n.) The
quality of being resinous.
Resiny (a.) Like resin;
resinous.
Resipiscence (n.) Wisdom
derived from severe experience; hence, repentance.
Resisted (imp. & p. p.) of
Resist
Resisting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Resist
Resist (v. t.) To stand
against; to withstand; to obstruct.
Resist (v. t.) To strive
against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition
to; to oppose.
Resist (v. t.) To
counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.
Resist (v. t.) To be
distasteful to.
Resist (v. i.) To make
opposition.
Resist (n.) A substance
used to prevent a color or mordant from fixing on those parts to which it has
been applied, either by acting machanically in preventing the color, etc., from
reaching the cloth, or chemically in changing the color so as to render it
incapable of fixing itself in the fibers.. The pastes prepared for this purpose
are called resist pastes.
Resistance (n.) The act of
resisting; opposition, passive or active.
Resistance (n.) The
quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body
which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which
prevents the effect of another power; as, the resistance of the air to a body
passing through it; the resistance of a target to projectiles.
Resistance (n.) A means or
method of resisting; that which resists.
Resistance (n.) A certain
hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge
offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity,
-- good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or
insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm.
Resistant (a.) Making
resistance; resisting.
Resistant (n.) One who, or
that which, resists.
Resister (n.) One who
resists.
Resistful (a.) Making much
resistance.
Resistibility (n..) The
quality of being resistible; resistibleness.
Resistibility (n..) The
quality of being resistant; resitstance.
Resistible (a.) Capable of
being resisted; as, a resistible force.
Resisting (a.) Making
resistance; opposing; as, a resisting medium.
Resistive (a.) Serving to
resist.
Resistless (a.) Having no
power to resist; making no opposition.
Resistless (a.) Incapable
of being resisted; irresistible.
Resoluble (a.) Admitting
of being resolved; resolvable; as, bodies resoluble by fire.
Resolute (v. t. & i.)
Having a decided purpose; determined; resolved; fixed in a determination; hence,
bold; firm; steady.
Resolute (v. t. & i.)
Convinced; satisfied; sure.
Resolute (v. t. & i.)
Resolving, or explaining; as, the Resolute Doctor Durand.
Resolute (n.) One who is
resolute; hence, a desperado.
Resolute (n.) Redelivery;
repayment.
Resolutely (adv.) In a
resolute manner; with fixed purpose; boldly; firmly; steadily; with
perseverance.
Resoluteness (n.) The
quality of being resolute.
Resolution (n.) 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.
Resolution (n.) The state
of being relaxed; relaxation.
Resolution (n.) The state
of being resolved, settled, or determined; firmness; steadiness; constancy;
determination.
Resolution (n.) That which
is resolved or determined; a settled purpose; determination. Specifically: A
formal expression of the opinion or will of an official body or a public
assembly, adopted by vote; as, a legislative resolution; the resolutions of a
public meeting.
Resolution (n.) The state
of being resolved or firm in opinion or thought; conviction; assurance.
Resolution (n.) The act or
process of solving; solution; as, the resolution of an equation or problem.
Resolution (n.) A breaking
up, disappearance; or termination, as of a fever, a tumor, or the like.
Resolution (n.) The
passing of a dissonant into a consonant chord by the rising or falling of the
note which makes the discord.
Resolutioner (n.) 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 (n.) One who
makes a resolution.
Resolutive (a.) Serving to
dissolve or relax.
Resolutory (a.)
Resolutive.
Resolvability (n.) The
quality or condition of being resolvable; resolvableness.
Resolvable (a.) 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 (n.) The
quality of being resolvable; resolvability.
Resolved (imp. & p. p.) of
Resolve
Resolving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Resolve
Resolve (v. i.) To
separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said
of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.
Resolve (v. i.) To reduce
to simple or intelligible notions; -- said of complex ideas or obscure
questions; to make clear or certain; to free from doubt; to disentangle; to
unravel; to explain; hence, to clear up, or dispel, as doubt; as, to resolve a
riddle.
Resolve (v. i.) To cause
to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to
make certain.
Resolve (v. i.) To
determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle; as, he
was resolved by an unexpected event.
Resolve (v. i.) To
express, as an opinion or determination, by resolution and vote; to declare or
decide by a formal vote; -- followed by a clause; as, the house resolved (or, it
was resolved by the house) that no money should be apropriated (or, to
appropriate no money).
Resolve (v. i.) To change
or convert by resolution or formal vote; -- used only reflexively; as, the house
resolved itself into a committee of the whole.
Resolve (v. i.) To solve,
as a problem, by enumerating the several things to be done, in order to obtain
what is required; to find the answer to, or the result of.
Resolve (v. i.) To dispere
or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor.
Resolve (v. i.) To let the
tones (as of a discord) follow their several tendencies, resulting in a concord.
Resolve (v. i.) To relax;
to lay at ease.
Resolve (v. i.) To be
separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo
resolution.
Resolve (v. i.) To melt;
to dissolve; to become fluid.
Resolve (v. i.) To be
settled in opinion; to be convinced.
Resolve (v. i.) To form a
purpose; to make a decision; especially, to determine after reflection; as, to
resolve on a better course of life.
Resolve (n.) The act of
resolving or making clear; resolution; solution.
Resolve (n.) That which
has been resolved on or determined; decisive conclusion; fixed purpose;
determination; also, legal or official determination; a legislative declaration;
a resolution.
Resolved (p. p. & a.)
Having a fixed purpose; determined; resolute; -- usually placed after its noun;
as, a man resolved to be rich.
Resolvedly (adv.) So as to
resolve or clear up difficulties; clearly.
Resolvedly (adv.)
Resolutely; decidedly; firmly.
Resolvedness (n.)
Fixedness of purpose; firmness; resolution.
Resolvent (a.) Having
power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.
Resolvent (n.) That which
has the power of resolving, or causing solution; a solvent.
Resolvent (n.) That which
has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumors; a discutient; anything which
aids the absorption of effused products.
Resolvent (n.) An equation
upon whose solution the solution of a given pproblem depends.
Resolver (n.) That which
decomposes, or dissolves.
Resolver (n.) That which
clears up and removes difficulties, and makes the mind certain or determined.
Resolver (n.) One who
resolves, or formal a firm purpose.
Resonance (n.) The act of
resounding; the quality or state of being resonant.
Resonance (n.) A
prolongation or increase of any sound, either by reflection, as in a cavern or
apartment the walls of which are not distant enough to return a distinct echo,
or by the production of vibrations in other bodies, as a sounding-board, or the
bodies of musical instruments.
Resonancy (n.) Resonance.
Resonant (a.) Returning,
or capable of returning, sound; fitted to resound; resounding; echoing back.
Resonantly (adv.) In a
resonant manner.
Resonator (n.) 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 (v. t.) To swallow
up.
Resorbent (a.) Swallowing
up.
Resorcin (n.) 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 (a.) Of, or
pertaining to, or producing, resorcin; as, resorcylic acid.
Resorption (n.) The act of
resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again; reabsorption.
Resort (n.) Active power
or movement; spring.
Resorted (imp. & p. p.) of
Resort
Resorting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Resort
Resort (v. i.) To go; to
repair; to betake one's self.
Resort (v. i.) To fall
back; to revert.
Resort (v. i.) To have
recourse; to apply; to one's self for help, relief, or advantage.
Resort (v.) The act of
going to, or making application; a betaking one's self; the act of visiting or
seeking; recourse; as, a place of popular resort; -- often figuratively; as, to
have resort to force.
Resort (v.) A place to
which one betakes himself habitually; a place of frequent assembly; a haunt.
Resort (v.) That to which
one resorts or looks for help; resource; refuge.
Resorter (n.) One who
resorts; a frequenter.
Resoun (n.) Reason.
Resoun (v. i. & t.) To
resound.
Re-sound (v. t. & i.) To
sound again or anew.
Resounded (imp. & p. p.)
of Resound
Resounding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Resound
Resound (v. i.) To sound
loudly; as, his voice resounded far.
Resound (v. i.) To be
filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song.
Resound (v. i.) To be
echoed; to be sent back, as sound.
Resound (v. i.) To be
mentioned much and loudly.
Resound (v. i.) To echo or
reverberate; to be resonant; as, the earth resounded with his praise.
Resound (v. t.) To throw
back, or return, the sound of; to echo; to reverberate.
Resound (v. t.) To praise
or celebrate with the voice, or the sound of instruments; to extol with sounds;
to spread the fame of.
Resound (n.) Return of
sound; echo.
Resource (n.) That to
which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of
overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient.
Resource (n.) Pecuniary
means; funds; money, or any property that can be converted into supplies;
available means or capabilities of any kind.
Resourceful (a.) Full of
resources.
Resourceless (a.)
Destitute of resources.
Resow (v. t.) To sow
again.
Resown (v.) To resound.
Respeak (v. t.) To speak
or utter again.
Respeak (v. t.) To answer;
to echo.
Respected (imp. & p. p.)
of Respect
Respecting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Respect
Respect (v. t.) To take
notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special
consideration; hence, to care for; to heed.
Respect (v. t.) To
consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor.
Respect (v. t.) To look
toward; to front upon or toward.
Respect (v. t.) To regard;
to consider; to deem.
Respect (v. t.) To have
regard to; to have reference to; to relate to; as, the treaty particularly
respects our commerce.
Respect (v.) The act of
noticing with attention; the giving particular consideration to; hence, care;
caution.
Respect (v.) Esteem;
regard; consideration; honor.
Respect (v.) An expression
of respect of deference; regards; as, to send one's respects to another.
Respect (v.) Reputation;
repute.
Respect (v.) Relation;
reference; regard.
Respect (v.) Particular;
point regarded; point of view; as, in this respect; in any respect; in all
respects.
Respect (v.)
Consideration; motive; interest.
Respectability (n.) The
state or quality of being respectable; the state or quality which deserves or
commands respect.
Respectable (a.) Worthy of
respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not
mean; as, a respectable citizen.
Respectable (a.) Moderate
in degree of excellence or in number; as, a respectable performance; a
respectable audience.
Respectant (a.) Placed so
as to face one another; -- said of animals.
Respecter (n.) One who
respects.
Respectful (a.) Marked or
characterized by respect; as, respectful deportment.
Respecting (prep.) With
regard or relation to; regarding; concerning; as, respecting his conduct there
is but one opinion.
Respection (n.) The act of
respecting; respect; regard.
Respective (a.) Noticing
with attention; hence, careful; wary; considerate.
Respective (a.) Looking
towardl having reference to; relative, not absolute; as, the respective
connections of society.
Respective (a.) Relating
to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; own; as, they
returned to their respective places of abode.
Respective (a.) Fitted to
awaken respect.
Respective (a.) Rendering
respect; respectful; regardful.
Respectively (adv.) 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.
Respectively (adv.)
Relatively; not absolutely.
Respectively (adv.)
Partially; with respect to private views.
Respectively (adv.) With
respect; regardfully.
Respectless (a.) Having no
respect; without regard; regardless.
Respectuous (a.)
Respectful; as, a respectuous silence.
Respectuous (a.)
Respectable.
Respell (v. t.) To spell
again.
Resperse (v. t.) To
sprinkle; to scatter.
Respersion (n.) The act of
sprinkling or scattering.
Respirability (n.) The
quality or state of being respirable; respirableness.
Respirable (a.) Suitable
for being breathed; adapted for respiration.
Respiration (n.) The act
of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath.
Respiration (n.) Relief
from toil or suffering: rest.
Respiration (n.) Interval;
intermission.
Respiration (n.) The act
of resping or breathing; the act of taking in and giving out air; the aggregate
of those processes bu which oxygen is introduced into the system, and carbon
dioxide, or carbonic acid, removed.
Respirational (a.) Of or
pertaining to respiration; as, respirational difficulties.
Respirative (a.) Of or
pertaining to respiration; as, respirative organs.
Respirator (n.) 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 (a.) Of or
pertaining to respiration; serving for respiration; as, the respiratory organs;
respiratory nerves; the respiratory function; respiratory changes.
Respired (imp. & p. p.) of
Respire
Respiring (p. pr. & vvb. n.)
of Respire
Respire (v. i.) To take
breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.
Respire (v. i.) To
breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively,
for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the blood.
Respire (v. t.) To breathe
in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to breathe.
Respire (v. t.) To breathe
out; to exhale.
Respite (n.) A putting off
of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.
Respite (n.) Temporary
intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause;
delay.
Respite (n.) Temporary
suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.
Respite (n.) The delay of
appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
Respited (imp. & p. p.) of
Respite
Respiting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Respite
Respite (n.) To give or
grant a respite to.
Respite (n.) To delay or
postpone; to put off.
Respite (n.) To keep back
from execution; to reprieve.
Respite (n.) To relieve by
a pause or interval of rest.
Respiteless (a.) Without
respite.
Resplendence (n.) Alt. of
Resplendency
Resplendency (n.) The
quality or state of being resplendent; brilliant luster; vivid brightness;
splendor.
Resplendent (a.) Shining
with brilliant luster; very bright.
Resplendishant (a.)
Resplendent; brilliant.
Resplendishing (a.)
Resplendent.
Resplit (v. t. & i.) To
split again.
Responded (imp. & p. p.)
of Respond
Responding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Respond
Respond (v. i.) To say
somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an
argument.
Respond (v. i.) To show
some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond;
to suit.
Respond (v. i.) To render
satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages.
Respond (v. t.) To answer;
to reply.
Respond (v. t.) To suit or
accord with; to correspond to.
Respond (n.) An answer; a
response.
Respond (n.) A short
anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.
Respond (n.) A half pier
or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch.
Respondence (n.) Alt. of
Respondency
Respondency (n.) The act
of responding; the state of being respondent; an answering.
Respondent (a.) Disposed
or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.
Respondent (n.) One who
responds. It corresponds in general to defendant.
Respondent (n.) One who
answers in certain suits or proceedings, generally those which are not according
to the course of the common law, as in equity and admiralty causes, in petitions
for partition, and the like; -- distinquished from appellant.
Respondent (n.) One who
maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or
overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent.
Respondentia (n.) A loan
upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs from bottomry, which is a loan on
the ship itself.
Responsal (a.) Answerable.
Responsal (n.) One who is
answerable or responsible.
Responsal (n.) Response.
Response (n.) The act of
responding.
Response (n.) An answer or
reply.
Response (n.) Reply to an
objection in formal disputation.
Response (n.) The answer
of the people or congregation to the priest or clergyman, in the litany and
other parts of divine service.
Response (n.) A kind of
anthem sung after the lessons of matins and some other parts of the office.
Response (n.) A repetition
of the given subject in a fugue by another part on the fifth above or fourth
below.
Responseless (a.) Giving
no response.
-ties (pl. ) of
Responsibility
Responsibility (n.) The
state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or
obligation.
Responsibility (n.) That
for which anyone is responsible or accountable; as, the resonsibilities of
power.
Responsibility (n.)
Ability to answer in payment; means of paying.
Responsible (a.) 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.
Responsible (a.) Able to
respond or answer for one's conduct and obligations; trustworthy, financially or
otherwise; as, to have a responsible man for surety.
Responsible (a.) Involving
responsibility; involving a degree of accountability on the part of the person
concerned; as, a responsible office.
Responsion (n.) The act of
answering.
Responsion (n.) The first
university examination; -- called also little go. See under Little, a.
Responsive (a.) That
responds; ready or inclined to respond.
Responsive (a.) Suited to
something else; correspondent.
Responsive (a.)
Responsible.
Responsorial (a.)
Responsory; antiphonal.
Responsory (a.) Containing
or making answer; answering.
-ries (pl. ) of Responsory
Responsory (n.) The answer
of the people to the priest in alternate speaking, in church service.
Responsory (n.) A versicle
sung in answer to the priest, or as a refrain.
Responsory (n.) An
antiphonary; a response book.
Rest (v. t.) To arrest.
Rest (n.) A state of quiet
or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; as, rest from mental
exertion; rest of body or mind.
Rest (n.) Hence, freedom
from everything which wearies or disturbs; peace; security.
Rest (n.) Sleep; slumber;
hence, poetically, death.
Rest (n.) That on which
anything rests or leans for support; as, a rest in a lathe, for supporting the
cutting tool or steadying the work.
Rest (n.) A projection
from the right side of the cuirass, serving to support the lance.
Rest (n.) A place where
one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
Rest (n.) A short pause in
reading verse; a c/sura.
Rest (n.) The striking of
a balance at regular intervals in a running account.
Rest (n.) A set or game at
tennis.
Rest (n.) Silence in music
or in one of its parts; the name of the character that stands for such silence.
They are named as notes are, whole, half, quarter,etc.
Rested (imp. & p. p.) of
Rest
Resting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rest
Rest (n.) To cease from
action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist
from labor or exertion.
Rest (n.) To be free from
whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still.
Rest (n.) To lie; to
repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch.
Rest (n.) To stand firm;
to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal.
Rest (n.) To sleep; to
slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead.
Rest (n.) To lean in
confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's
promise.
Rest (n.) To be satisfied;
to acquiesce.
Rest (v. t.) To lay or
place at rest; to quiet.
Rest (v. t.) To place, as
on a support; to cause to lean.
Rest (n.) That which is
left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in
contemplation; remainder; residue.
Rest (n.) Those not
included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
Rest (n.) A surplus held
as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of
England, the balance of assets above liabilities.
Rest (v. i.) To be left;
to remain; to continue to be.
Restagnant (a.) Stagnant;
motionless.
Restagnate (v. i.) To
stagnate; to cease to flow.
Restagnation (n.)
Stagnation.
Restant (a.) Persistent.
Restate (v. t.) To state
anew.
Restaurant (n.) An eating
house.
Restaurate (v. t.) To
restore.
Restaurateur (n.) The
keeper of an eathing house or a restaurant.
Restauration (n.)
Restoration.
Restem (v. t.) To force
back against the current; as, to restem their backward course.
Restem (v. t.) To stem, or
move against; as, to restem a current.
Restful (a.) Being at
rest; quiet.
Restful (a.) Giving rest;
freeing from toil, trouble, etc.
Rest-harrow (n.) A
European leguminous plant (Ononis arvensis) with long, tough roots.
Restiff (a.) Restive.
Restiff (n.) A restive or
stubborn horse.
Restiffness (n.)
Restiveness.
Restiform (a.) Formed like
a rope; -- applied especially to several ropelike bundles or masses of fibers on
the dorsal side of the medulla oblongata.
Restily (adv.) In a resty
manner.
Restinction (n.) Act of
quenching or extingishing.
Restiness (n.) The quality
or state of being resty; sluggishness.
Resting () a. & n. from Rest, v.
t. & i.
Restinguish (v. t.) To
quench or extinguish.
Restitute (v. t.) To
restore to a former state.
Restitute (n.) That which
is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute.
Restitution (v.) 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.
Restitution (v.) That
which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or
destroved; compensation.
Restitution (v.) The act
of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an
elastic body.
Restitution (v.) The
movement of rotetion which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been
delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was
directed at the beginning of labor.
Restitutor (n.) One who
makes restitution.
Restive (a.) Unwilling to
go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back.
Restive (a.) Inactive;
sluggish.
Restive (a.) Impatient
under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory.
Restive (a.) Uneasy;
restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting about; -- applied especially to
horses.
Restless (a.) Never
resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; as, a restless child.
Restless (a.) Not
satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose or quiet; eager for
change; discontented; as, restless schemers; restless ambition; restless
subjects.
Restless (a.) Deprived of
rest or sleep.
Restless (a.) Passed in
unquietness; as, the patient has had a restless night.
Restless (a.) Not
affording rest; as, a restless chair.
Restorable (a.) Admitting
of being restored; capable of being reclaimed; as, restorable land.
Restoral (n.) Restoration.
Restoration (n.) 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.
Restoration (n.) The state
of being restored; recovery of health, strength, etc.; as, restoration from
sickness.
Restoration (n.) That
which is restored or renewed.
Restorationer (n.) A
Restorationist.
Restorationism (n.) The
belief or doctrines of the Restorationists.
Restorationist (n.) One
who believes in a temporary future punishment and a final restoration of all to
the favor and presence of God; a Universalist.
Restorative (a.) Of or
pertaining to restoration; having power to restore.
Restorative (n.) Something
which serves to restore; especially, a restorative medicine.
Restoratively (adv.) In a
restorative manner.
Restorator (n.) A
restaurateur.
Restoratory (a.)
Restorative.
Re-store (v. t.) To store
again; as, the goods taken out were re-stored.
Restored (imp. & p. p.) of
Restore
Restoring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Restore
Restore (v. t.) 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.
Restore (v. t.) To give or
bring back, as that which has been lost., or taken away; to bring back to the
owner; to replace.
Restore (v. t.) To renew;
to reestablish; as, to restore harmony among those who are variance.
Restore (v. t.) To give in
place of, or as satisfaction for.
Restore (v. t.) To make
good; to make amends for.
Restore (v. t.) To bring
back from a state of injury or decay, or from a changed condition; as, to
restore a painting, statue, etc.
Restore (v. t.) To form a
picture or model of, as of something lost or mutilated; as, to restore a ruined
building, city, or the like.
Restore (n.) Restoration.
Restorement (n.)
Restoration.
Restorer (n.) One who, or
that which, restores.
Restrained (imp. & p. p.)
of Restrain
Restraining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Restrain
Restrain (v. t.) 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.
Restrain (v. t.) To draw
back toghtly, as a rein.
Restrain (v. t.) To hinder
from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge.
Restrain (v. t.) To limit;
to confine; to restrict.
Restrain (v. t.) To
withhold; to forbear.
Restrainable (a.) Capable
of being restrained; controllable.
Restrainedly (adv.) With
restraint.
Restrainer (n.) One who,
or that which, restrains.
Restrainment (n.) The act
of restraining.
Restraint (n.) 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.
Restraint (n.) The state
of being restrained.
Restraint (n.) That which
restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the like; limitation; restriction.
Restrengthen (v. t.) To
strengthen again; to fortify anew.
Restrict (a.) Restricted.
Restricted (imp. & p. p.)
of Restrict
Restricting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Restrict
Restrict (v. t.) To
restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a
particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.
Restriction (n.) The act
of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or
bounds.
Restriction (n.) That
which restricts; limitation; restraint; as, restrictions on trade.
Restrictionary (a.)
Restrictive.
Restrictive (a.) Serving
or tending to restrict; limiting; as, a restrictive particle; restrictive laws
of trade.
Restrictive (a.)
Astringent or styptic in effect.
Restringed (imp. & p. p.)
of Restringe
Restringing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Restringe
Restringe (v. t.) To
confine; to contract; to stringe.
Restringency (n.) Quality
or state of being restringent; astringency.
Restringent (a.)
Restringing; astringent; styptic.
Restringent (n.) A
restringent medicine.
Restrive (v. i.) To strive
anew.
Resty (a.) Disposed to
rest; indisposed toexercton; sluggish; also, restive.
Resubjection (n.) A second
subjection.
Resublime (v. t.) To
sublime again.
Resudation (n.) Act of
sweating again.
Resulted (imp. & p. p.) of
Result
Resulting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Result
Result (v. i.) To leap
back; to rebound.
Result (v. i.) To come
out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; -- followed by in;
as, this measure will result in good or in evil.
Result (v. i.) To proceed,
spring, or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination
of circumstances, consultation, thought, or endeavor.
Result (n.) A flying back;
resilience.
Result (n.) That which
results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads,
or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect; as, the
result of a course of action; the result of a mathematical operation.
Result (n.) The decision
or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
Resultance (n.) The act of
resulting; that which results; a result.
Resultant (a.) Resulting
or issuing from a combination; existing or following as a result or consequence.
Resultant (n.) That which
results.
Resultant (n.) A reultant
force or motion.
Resultant (n.) An
eliminant.
Resultate (n.) A result.
Resultful (a.) HAving
results or effects.
Resultive (a.) Resultant.
Resultless (a.) Being
without result; as, resultless investigations.
Resumable (a.) Capable of,
or admitting of, being resumed.
Resume (n.) A summing up;
a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation.
Resumed (imp. & p. p.) of
Resume
Resuming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Resume
Resume (v. t.) To take
back.
Resume (v. t.) To enter
upon, or take up again.
Resume (v. t.) To begin
again; to recommence, as something which has been interrupted; as, to resume an
argument or discourse.
Resummon (v. t.) To summon
again.
Resummons (n.) A second
summons.
Resumption (n.) The act of
resuming; as, the resumption of a grant, of delegated powers, of an argument, of
specie payments, etc.
Resumption (n.) The taking
again into the king's hands of such lands or tenements as he had granted to any
man on false suggestions or other error.
Resumptive (a.) Taking
back; resuming, or tending toward resumption; as, resumptive measures.
Resupinate (a.) Inverted
in position; appearing to be upside down or reversed, as the flowers of the
orchis and the leaves of some plants.
Resupinated (a.)
Resupinate.
Resupination (n.) The
state of luing on the back; the state of being resupinate, or reversed.
Resupine (a.) Lying on the
back; supine; hence, careless.
Resupply (v. t.) To supply
again.
Resurgence (n.) The act of
rising again; resurrection.
Resurgent (a.) Rising
again, as from the dead.
Resurgent (n.) One who
rises again, as from the dead.
Resurrect (v. t.) To take
from the grave; to disinter.
Resurrect (v. t.) To
reanimate; to restore to life; to bring to view (that which was forgotten or
lost).
Resurrection (n.) A rising
again; the resumption of vigor.
Resurrection (n.)
Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption of life by the dead;
as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ; the general resurrection of all the dead
at the Day of Judgment.
Resurrection (n.) State of
being risen from the dead; future state.
Resurrection (n.) The
cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead.
Resurrectionist (n.) One
who steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection.
Resurrectionize (v. t.) To
raise from the dead.
Resurvey (v. t.) To survey
again or anew; to review.
Resurvey (n.) A second or
new survey.
Resuscitable (a.) Capable
of resuscitation; as, resuscitable plants.
Resuscitant (n.) One who,
or that which resuscitates. Also used adjectively.
Resuscitate (a.) Restored
to life.
Resuscitated (imp. & p. p.)
of Resuscitate
Resuscitating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Resuscitate
Resuscitate (v. t.) To
revivify; to revive; especially, to recover or restore from apparent death; as,
to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered plants.
Resuscitate (v. i.) To
come to life again; to revive.
Resuscitation (n.) The act
of resuscitating, or state of being resuscitated.
Resuscitative (a.) Tending
to resuscitate; reviving; revivifying.
Resuscitator (n.) One who,
or that which, resuscitates.
Ret (v. t.) See Aret.
Ret (v. t.) To prepare for
use, as flax, by separating the fibers from the woody part by process of
soaking, macerating, and other treatment.
Retable (n.) A shelf
behind the altar, for display of lights, vases of wlowers, etc.
Retail (v.) The sale of
commodities in small quantities or parcels; -- opposed to wholesale; sometimes,
the sale of commodities at second hand.
Retail (a.) Done at
retail; engaged in retailing commodities; as a retail trade; a retail grocer.
Retailed (imp. & p. p.) of
Retail
Retailing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Retail
Retail (n.) To sell in
small quantities, as by the single yard, pound, gallon, etc.; to sell directly
to the consumer; as, to retail cloth or groceries.
Retail (n.) To sell at
second hand.
Retail (n.) To distribute
in small portions or at second hand; to tell again or to many (what has been
told or done); to report; as, to retail slander.
Retailer (n.) One who
retails anything; as, a retailer of merchandise; a retailer of gossip.
Retailment (n.) The act of
retailing.
Retained (imp. & p. p.) of
Retain
Retaining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Retain
Retain (v. t.) To continue
to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain
from departure, escape, or the like.
Retain (v. t.) To keep in
pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a
counselor.
Retain (v. t.) To
restrain; to prevent.
Retain (v. i.) To belong;
to pertain.
Retain (v. i.) To keep; to
continue; to remain.
Retainable (a.) Capable of
being retained.
Retainal (n.) The act of
retaining; retention.
Retainer (n.) One who, or
that which, retains.
Retainer (n.) One who is
retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on.
Retainer (n.) Hence, a
servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's
livery.
Retainer (n.) The act of a
client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause.
Retainer (n.) The act of
withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right.
Retainer (n.) A fee paid
to engage a lawyer or counselor to maintain a cause, or to prevent his being
employed by the opposing party in the case; -- called also retaining fee.
Retainer (n.) The act of
keeping dependents, or the state of being in dependence.
Retainment (n.) The act of
retaining; retention.
Retake (v. t.) To take or
receive again.
Retake (v. t.) To take
from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners.
Retaker (n.) One who takes
again what has been taken; a recaptor.
Retaliated (imp. & p. p.)
of Retaliate
Retaliating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Retaliate
Retaliate (v. t.) 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.]
Retaliate (v. i.) To
return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate
upon an enemy.
Retaliation (n.) 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 (a.) Same as
Retaliatory.
Retaliatory (a.) Tending
to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; as retaliatory measures.
Retarded (imp. & p. p.) of
Retard
Retarding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Retard
Retard (v. t.) 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.
Retard (v. t.) To put off;
to postpone; as, to retard the attacks of old age; to retard a rupture between
nations.
Retard (v. i.) To stay
back.
Retard (n.) Retardation;
delay.
Retardation (n.) The act
of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion
of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration.
Retardation (n.) That
which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.
Retardation (n.) The
keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones
of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from
suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.
Retardation (n.) The
extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of retarding or delay.
Retardative (a.) Tending,
or serving, to retard.
Retarder (n.) One who, or
that which, retards.
Retardment (n.) The act of
retarding; retardation.
Retched (imp. & p. p.) of
Retch
Retching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Retch
Retch (v. i.) To make an
effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting.
Retch (v. t. & i.) To care
for; to heed; to reck.
Retchless (a.) Careless;
reckless.
Rete (n.) A net or
network; a plexus; particularly, a network of blood vessels or nerves, or a part
resembling a network.
Retecious (a.) Resembling
network; retiform.
Retection (n.) Act of
disclosing or uncovering something concealed.
Retell (v. t.) To tell
again.
Retene (n.) A white
crystalline hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene. It is extracted from pine tar,
and is also found in certain fossil resins.
Retent (n.) That which is
retained.
Retention (n.) The act of
retaining, or the state of being ratined.
Retention (n.) The power
of retaining; retentiveness.
Retention (n.) That which
contains something, as a tablet; a //// of preserving impressions.
Retention (n.) The act of
withholding; retraint; reserve.
Retention (n.) Place of
custody or confinement.
Retention (n.) The right
of withholding a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person
claiming the right be duly paid; a lien.
Retentive (a.) Having
power to retain; as, a retentive memory.
Retentive (n.) That which
retains or confines; a restraint.
Retentively (adv.) In a
retentive manner.
Retentiveness (n.) The
quality of being retentive.
Retentivity (n.) The power
of retaining; retentive force; as, the retentivity of a magnet.
Retentor (n.) A muscle
which serves to retain an organ or part in place, esp. when retracted. See
Illust. of Phylactolemata.
Retepore (n.) Any one of
several species of bryozoans of the genus Retepora. They form delicate
calcareous corals, usually composed of thin fenestrated fronds.
Retex (v. t.) To annual,
as orders.
Retexture (n.) The act of
weaving or forming again.
Rethor (n.) A rhetorician;
a careful writer.
Rethoryke (n.) Rhetoric.
Retiarius (n.) A gladiator
armed with a net for entangling his adversary and a trident for despatching him.
Retiary (n.) Any spider
which spins webs to catch its prey.
Retiary (n.) A retiarius.
Retiary (a.) Netlike.
Retiary (a.) Constructing
or using a web, or net, to catch prey; -- said of certain spiders.
Retiary (a.) Armed with a
net; hence, skillful to entangle.
Reticence (n.) 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.
Reticence (n.) A figure by
which a person really speaks of a thing while he makes a show as if he would say
nothingon the subject.
Reticency (n.) Reticence.
Reticent (a.) Inclined to
keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.
Reticle (n.) A small net.
Reticle (n.) A reticule.
See Reticule, 2.
Reticular (a.) Having the
form of a net, or of network; formed with interstices; retiform; as, reticular
cartilage; a reticular leaf.
Reticular (a.) Of or
pertaining to a reticulum.
Reticularia (n. pl.) 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 (n.) One of
the Reticularia.
Reticularly (adv.) In a
reticular manner.
Reticulate (a.) Alt. of
Reticulated
Reticulated (a.)
Resembling network; having the form or appearance of a net; netted; as, a
reticulated structure.
Reticulated (a.) Having
veins, fibers, or lines crossing like the threads or fibers of a network; as, a
reticulate leaf; a reticulated surface; a reticulated wing of an insect.
Reticulation (n.) The
quality or state of being reticulated, or netlike; that which is reticulated;
network; an organization resembling a net.
Reticule (n..) A little
bag, originally of network; a woman's workbag, or a little bag to be carried in
the hand.
Reticule (n..) A system of
wires or lines in the focus of a telescope or other instrument; a reticle.
Reticulosa (n. pl.) Same
as Reticularia.
Reticulose (a.) Forming a
network; characterized by a reticulated sructure.
Reticula (pl. ) of
Reticulum
Reticulum (n.) The second
stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal
cells; -- also called the honeycomb stomach.
Reticulum (n.) The
neuroglia.
Retiform (a.) Composed of
crossing lines and interstices; reticular; netlike; as, the retiform coat of the
eye.
Retina (n.) 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 (pl. ) of
Retinaculum
Retinaculum (n.) A
connecting band; a fraenum; as, the retinacula of the ileocaecal and ileocolic
valves.
Retinaculum (n.) One of
the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger
joints, as at the wrist and ankle.
Retinaculum (n.) One of
the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.
Retinaculum (n.) A small
gland or process to which bodies are attached; as, the glandular retinacula to
which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds
in many acanthaceous plants.
Retinal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the retina.
Retinalite (n.) A
translucent variety of serpentine, of a honey yellow or greenish yellow color,
having a waxy resinlike luster.
Retinasphalt (n.) Alt. of
Retinasphaltum
Retinasphaltum (n.)
Retinite.
Retinerved (a.) Having
reticulated veins.
Retinea (pl. ) of Retineum
Retineum (n.) That part of
the eye of an invertebrate which corresponds in function with the retina of a
vertebrate.
Retinic (a.) Of or
pertaining to resin; derived from resin; specifically, designating an acid found
in certain fossil resins and hydrocarbons.
Retinite (n.) An
inflammable mineral resin, usually of a yellowish brown color, found in roundish
masses, sometimes with coal.
Retinitis (n.)
Inflammation of the retina.
Retinoid (a.) Resinlike,
or resinform; resembling a resin without being such.
Retinol (n.) A hydrocarbon
oil obtained by the distillation of resin, -- used in printer's ink.
Retiniphorae (pl. ) of
Retinophora
Retinophora (n.) 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 (a.) Of or
pertaining to retinophorae.
Retinoscopy (n.) The study
of the retina of the eye by means of the ophthalmoscope.
Retinue (n.) The body of
retainers who follow a prince or other distinguished person; a train of
attendants; a suite.
Retinulae (pl. ) of
Retinula
Retinula (n.) One of the
group of pigmented cells which surround the retinophorae of invertebrates. See
Illust. under Ommatidium.
Retinulate (a.) Having, or
characterized by, retinul/.
Retiped (n.) A bird having
small polygonal scales covering the tarsi.
Retiracy (n.) Retirement;
-- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way.
Retirade (n.) 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 (imp. & p. p.) of
Retire
Retiring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Retire
Retire (v. t.) To
withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
Retire (v. t.) To withdraw
from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds;
to retire a note.
Retire (v. t.) To cause to
retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to
place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.
Retire (v. i.) To go back
or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from
observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the
world, or from notice.
Retire (v. i.) To retreat
from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from
battle.
Retire (v. i.) To withdraw
from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he
retired.
Retire (v. i.) To recede;
to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.
Retire (v. i.) To go to
bed; as, he usually retires early.
Retire (n.) The act of
retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.
Retire (n.) A call sounded
on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
Retired (a.) Private;
secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits.
Retired (a.) Withdrawn
from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician.
Retirement (n.) The act of
retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the
retirement of an officer.
Retirement (n.) A place of
seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private
abode.
Retirer (n.) One who
retires.
Retiring (a.) Reserved;
shy; not forward or obtrusive; as, retiring modesty; retiring manners.
Retiring (a.) Of or
pertaining to retirement; causing retirement; suited to, or belonging to,
retirement.
Retistene (n.) A white
crystalline hydrocarbon produced indirectly from retene.
Retitelae (n. pl.) A group
of spiders which spin irregular webs; -- called also Retitelariae.
Retold () imp. & p. p. of Retell.
Retorsion (n.) Same as
Retortion.
Retorted (imp. & p. p.) of
Retort
Retorting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Retort
Retort (n.) To bend or
curve back; as, a retorted line.
Retort (n.) To throw back;
to reverberate; to reflect.
Retort (n.) To return, as
an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of
vanity.
Retort (v. i.) To return
an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.
Retort (v. t.) The return
of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism;
a quick and witty or severe response.
Retort (v. t.) A vessel in
which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is
made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass
with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a
cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works.
Retorter (n.) One who
retorts.
Retortion (v. t.) Act of
retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back.
Retortion (v. t.)
Retaliation.
Retortive (a.) Containing
retort.
Retoss (v. t.) To toss
back or again.
Retouch (v. t.) To touch
again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an
essay.
Retouch (v. t.) To correct
or change, as a negative, by handwork.
Retouch (n.) A partial
reworking,as of a painting, a sculptor's clay model, or the like.
Retoucher (n.) One who
retouches.
Retrace (v. t.) To trace
back, as a line.
Retrace (v. t.) To go
back, in or over (a previous course); to go over again in a reverse direction;
as, to retrace one's steps; to retrace one's proceedings.
Retrace (v. t.) To trace
over again, or renew the outline of, as a drawing; to draw again.
Retracted (imp. & p. p.)
of Retract
Retracting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Retract
Retract (v. t.) To draw
back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a
muscle.
Retract (v. t.) To
withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an
accusation or an assertion.
Retract (v. t.) To take
back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke.
Retract (v. i.) To draw
back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation.
Retract (v. i.) To take
back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration.
Retract (n.) The pricking
of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
Retractable (a.) Capable
of being retracted; retractile.
Retractate (v. t.) To
retract; to recant.
Retractation (n.) The act
of retracting what has been said; recantation.
Retractible (a.)
Retractable.
Retractile (a.) Capable of
retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are
retractile.
Retraction (n.) The act of
retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of
a cat's claws.
Retraction (n.) The act of
withdrawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change
of opinion; recantation.
Retraction (n.) The act of
retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction
of a sinew.
Retraction (n.) The state
or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body.
Retractive (a.) Serving to
retract; of the nature of a retraction.
Retractive (n.) That which
retracts, or withdraws.
Retractor (n.) One who, or
that which, retracts.
Retractor (n.) In
breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the
barrel.
Retractor (n.) An
instrument for holding apart the edges of a wound during amputation.
Retractor (n.) A bandage
to protect the soft parts from injury by the saw during amputation.
Retractor (n.) A muscle
serving to draw in any organ or part. See Illust. under Phylactolaemata.
Retraict (n.) Retreat.
Retrait (n.) A portrait; a
likeness.
Retransform (v. t.) To
transform anew or back.
Retranslate (v. t.) To
translate anew; especially, to translate back into the original language.
Retraxit (n.) The
withdrawing, or open renunciation, of a suit in court by the plaintiff, by which
he forever lost his right of action.
Retread (v. t. & i.) To
tread again.
Retreat (n.) The act of
retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or
disagreeable.
Retreat (n.) The place to
which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum.
Retreat (n.) The retiring
of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied
to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position.
Retreat (n.) The
withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an
engagement or escaping after defeat.
Retreat (n.) A signal
given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or
bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action.
Retreat (n.) A special
season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises.
Retreat (n.) A period of
several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive
occupation in the duties of devotion; as, to appoint or observe a retreat.
Retreated (imp. & p. p.)
of Retreat
Retreating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Retreat
Retreat (v. i.) To make a
retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated
army retreated from the field.
Retreatful (a.) Furnishing
or serving as a retreat.
Retreatment (n.) The act
of retreating; specifically, the Hegira.
Retrenched (imp. & p. p.)
of Retrench
Retrenching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Retrench
Retrench (v. t.) To cut
off; to pare away.
Retrench (v. t.) To
lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench superfluities or expenses.
Retrench (v. t.) To
confine; to limit; to restrict.
Retrench (v. t.) To
furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench bastions.
Retrench (v. i.) To cause
or suffer retrenchment; specifically, to cut down living expenses; as, it is
more reputable to retrench than to live embarrassed.
Retrenchment (n.) The act
or process of retrenching; as, the retrenchment of words in a writing.
Retrenchment (n.) A work
constructed within another, to prolong the defense of the position when the
enemy has gained possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders till
they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation.
Retrial (n.) A secdond
trial, experiment, or test; a second judicial trial, as of an accused person.
Retribute (v. t.) 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 (n.) One who
makes retribution.
Retribution (n.) The act
of retributing; repayment.
Retribution (n.) That
which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or
deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong.
Retribution (n.)
Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment.
Retributive (a.) Alt. of
Retributory
Retributory (a.) Of or
pertaining to retribution; of the nature of retribution; involving retribution
or repayment; as, retributive justice; retributory comforts.
Retrievable (a.) That may
be retrieved or recovered; admitting of retrieval.
Retrieval (n.) The act
retrieving.
Retrieved (imp. & p. p.)
of Retrieve
Retrieving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Retrieve
Retrieve (v. t.) To find
again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve
one's character; to retrieve independence.
Retrieve (v. t.) To
recall; to bring back.
Retrieve (v. t.) To remedy
the evil consequence of, to repair, as a loss or damadge.
Retrieve (v. i.) To
discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally
inclined to retrieve.
Retrieve (n.) A seeking
again; a discovery.
Retrieve (n.) The recovery
of game once sprung; -- an old sporting term.
Retrievement (n.)
Retrieval.
Retriever (n.) One who
retrieves.
Retriever (n.) A dor, or a
breed of dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve, or to find and recover game birds
that have been killed or wounded.
Retrim (v. t.) To trim
again.
Retriment (n.) Refuse;
dregs.
Retro- () A prefix or combining
form signifying backward, back; as, retroact, to act backward; retrospect, a
looking back.
Retroact (v. i.) To act
backward, or in return; to act in opposition; to be retrospective.
Retroaction (n.) Action
returned, or action backward.
Retroaction (n.) Operation
on something past or preceding.
Retroactive (a.) Fitted or
designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past;
retrospective.
Retroactively (adv.) In a
retroactive manner.
Retrocede (v. t.) To cede
or grant back; as, to retrocede a territory to a former proprietor.
Retrocede (v. i.) To go
back.
Retrocedent (a.) Disposed
or likely to retrocede; -- said of diseases which go from one part of the body
to another, as the gout.
Retrocession (n.) The act
of retroceding.
Retrocession (n.) The
state of being retroceded, or granted back.
Retrocession (n.)
Metastasis of an eruption or a tumor from the surface to the interior of the
body.
Retrochoir (n.) 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 (a.)
Copulating backward, or from behind.
Retrocopulation (n.)
Copulation from behind.
Retroduction (n.) A
leading or bringing back.
Retroflex (a.) Alt. of
Retroflexed
Retroflexed (a.) Reflexed;
bent or turned abruptly backward.
Retroflexion (n.) The act
of reflexing; the state of being retroflexed. Cf. Retroversion.
Retrofract (a.) Alt. of
Retrofracted
Retrofracted (a.)
Refracted; as, a retrofract stem.
Retrogenerative (a.)
Begetting young by retrocopulation.
Retrogradation (n.) The
act of retrograding, or moving backward.
Retrogradation (n.) The
state of being retrograde; decline.
Retrograde (a.) Apparently
moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east
to west, as a planet.
Retrograde (a.) Tending or
moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; --
opposed to progressive.
Retrograde (a.) Declining
from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas,
morals, etc.
Retrograded (imp. & p. p.)
of Retrograde
Retrograding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Retrograde
Retrograde (v. i.) To go
in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet.
Retrograde (v. i.) Hence,
to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence.
Retrogradingly (adv.) By
retrograding; so as to retrograde.
Retrogress (n.)
Retrogression.
Retrogression (n.) The act
of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation.
Retrogression (n.)
Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization
or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly
organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship.
Called also retrograde development, and regressive metamorphism.
Retrogressive (a.) Tending
to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse
state.
Retrogressive (a.) Passing
from a higher to a lower condition; declining from a more perfect state of
organization; regressive.
Retrogressively (adv.) In
a retrogressive manner.
Retromingency (n.) The
quality or state of being retromingent.
Retromingent (a.)
Organized so as to discharge the urine backward.
Retromingent (n.) An
animal that discharges its urine backward.
Retropulsive (a.) Driving
back; repelling.
Retrorse (a.) Bent
backward or downward.
Retrospect (v. i.) To look
backward; hence, to affect or concern what is past.
Retrospect (n.) A looking
back on things past; view or contemplation of the past.
Retrospection (n.) The
act, or the faculty, of looking back on things past.
Retrospective (a.) Looking
backward; contemplating things past; -- opposed to prospective; as, a
retrospective view.
Retrospective (a.) Having
reference to what is past; affecting things past; retroactive; as, a
retrospective law.
Retrospectively (adv.) By
way of retrospect.
Retrousse (a.) Turned up;
-- said of a pug nose.
Retrovaccination (n.) The
inoculation of a cow with human vaccine virus.
Retroversion (n.) A
turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward;
displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus.
Retroverted (imp. & p. p.)
of Retrovert
Retroverting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Retrovert
Retrovert (v. t.) To turn
back.
Retroverted (a.) In a
state of retroversion.
Retruded (imp. & p. p.) of
Retrude
Retruding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Retrude
Retrude (v. t.) To thrust
back.
Retruse (a.) Abstruse.
Retrusion (n.) The act of
retruding, or the state of being retruded.
Retry (v. t.) To try (esp.
judicially) a second time; as, to retry a case; to retry an accused person.
Rette (v. t.) See Aret.
Rettery (n.) A place or
establishment where flax is retted. See Ret.
Retting (n.) The act or
process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and kindred processes;
-- also called rotting. See Ret.
Retting (n.) A place where
flax is retted; a rettery.
Retund (v. t.) To blunt;
to turn, as an edge; figuratively, to cause to be obtuse or dull; as, to retund
confidence.
Re-turn (v. t. & i.) To
turn again.
Returned (imp. & p. p.) of
Return
Returning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Return
Return (v. i.) To turn
back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.
Return (v. i.) To come
back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular; to appear again.
Return (v. i.) To speak in
answer; to reply; to respond.
Return (v. i.) To revert;
to pass back into possession.
Return (v. i.) To go back
in thought, narration, or argument.
Return (v. t.) To bring,
carry, send, or turn, back; as, to return a borrowed book, or a hired horse.
Return (v. t.) To repay;
as, to return borrowed money.
Return (v. t.) To give in
requital or recompense; to requite.
Return (v. t.) To give
back in reply; as, to return an answer; to return thanks.
Return (v. t.) To retort;
to throw back; as, to return the lie.
Return (v. t.) To report,
or bring back and make known.
Return (v. t.) To render,
as an account, usually an official account, to a superior; to report officially
by a list or statement; as, to return a list of stores, of killed or wounded; to
return the result of an election.
Return (v. t.) Hence, to
elect according to the official report of the election officers.
Return (v. t.) To bring or
send back to a tribunal, or to an office, with a certificate of what has been
done; as, to return a writ.
Return (v. t.) To convey
into official custody, or to a general depository.
Return (v. t.) To bat (the
ball) back over the net.
Return (v. t.) To lead in
response to the lead of one's partner; as, to return a trump; to return a
diamond for a club.
Return (n.) The act of
returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same place or condition; as, the
return of one long absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons, or
of an anniversary.
Return (n.) The act of
returning (transitive), or sending back to the same place or condition;
restitution; repayment; requital; retribution; as, the return of anything
borrowed, as a book or money; a good return in tennis.
Return (n.) That which is
returned.
Return (n.) A payment; a
remittance; a requital.
Return (n.) An answer; as,
a return to one's question.
Return (n.) An account, or
formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or
statistics, and the like; as, election returns; a return of the amount of goods
produced or sold; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics
prepared for general information.
Return (n.) The profit on,
or advantage received from, labor, or an investment, undertaking, adventure,
etc.
Return (n.) The
continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a
building, face of a building, or any member, as a molding or mold; -- applied to
the shorter in contradistinction to the longer; thus, a facade of sixty feet
east and west has a return of twenty feet north and south.
Return (n.) The rendering
back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court.
Return (n.) The
certificate of an officer stating what he has done in execution of a writ,
precept, etc., indorsed on the document.
Return (n.) The sending
back of a commission with the certificate of the commissioners.
Return (n.) A day in bank.
See Return day, below.
Return (n.) An official
account, report, or statement, rendered to the commander or other superior
officer; as, the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number of the
sick; the return of provisions, etc.
Return (n.) The turnings
and windings of a trench or mine.
Returnable (a.) Capable
of, or admitting of, being returned.
Returnable (a.) Legally
required to be returned, delivered, given, or rendered; as, a writ or precept
returnable at a certain day; a verdict returnable to the court.
Returner (n.) One who
returns.
Returnless (a.) Admitting
no return.
Retuse (a.) Having the end
rounded and slightly indented; as, a retuse leaf.
Reule (n.& v.) Rule.
Reume (n.) Realm.
Reunion (n.) 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.
Reunion (n.) An assembling
of persons who have been separated, as of a family, or the members of a
disbanded regiment; an assembly so composed.
Reunite (v. t. & i.) To
unite again; to join after separation or variance.
Reunitedly (adv.) In a
reunited manner.
Reunition (n.) A second
uniting.
Reurge (v. t.) To urge
again.
Revaccinate (v. t.) To
vaccinate a second time or again.
Revalescence (n.) The act
of growing well; the state of being revalescent.
Revalescent (a.) Growing
well; recovering strength.
Revaluation (n.) A second
or new valuation.
Revamp (v. t.) To vamp
again; hence, to patch up; to reconstruct.
Reve (v. t.) To reave.
Reve (n.) An officer,
steward, or governor.
Revealed (imp. & p. p.) of
Reveal
Revealing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reveal
Reveal (v. t.) To make
known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to
show.
Reveal (v. t.)
Specifically, to communicate (that which could not be known or discovered
without divine or supernatural instruction or agency).
Reveal (n.) A revealing; a
disclosure.
Reveal (n.) The side of an
opening for a window, doorway, or the like, between the door frame or window
frame and the outer surface of the wall; or, where the opening is not filled
with a door, etc., the whole thickness of the wall; the jamb.
Revealability (n.) The
quality or state of being revealable; revealableness.
Revealable (a.) Capable of
being revealed.
Revealer (n.) One who, or
that which, reveals.
Revealment (n.) Act of
revealing.
Revegetate (v. i.) To
vegetate anew.
Reveille (n.) 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 (n.) See Reveal.
Revel (v. i.) A feast with
loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal.
Reveled (imp. & p. p.) of
Revel
Revelled () of Revel
Reveling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Revel
Revelling () of Revel
Revel (v. i.) To feast in
a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry.
Revel (v. i.) To move
playfully; to indulge without restraint.
Revel (v. t.) To draw
back; to retract.
Revelate (v. t.) To
reveal.
Revelation (n.) The act of
revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them.
Revelation (n.) That which
is revealed.
Revelation (n.) The act of
revealing divine truth.
Revelation (n.) That which
is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible.
Revelation (n.)
Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of
St. John; the Apocalypse.
Revelator (n.) One who
makes a revelation; a revealer.
Reveler (n.) One who
revels.
Revellent (v. t.) Causing
revulsion; revulsive.
Revellent (n.) A revulsive
medicine.
Revelment (n.) The act of
reveling.
Revelous (a.) Fond of
festivity; given to merrymaking or reveling.
Revel-rout (n.) Tumultuous
festivity; revelry.
Revel-rout (n.) A rabble;
a riotous assembly; a mob.
Revelry (n.) The act of
engaging in a revel; noisy festivity; reveling.
Revendicated (imp. & p. p.)
of Revendicate
Revendicating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Revendicate
Revendicate (v. t.) To
reclaim; to demand the restoration of.
Revendication (n.) The act
of revendicating.
Revenged (imp. & p. p.) of
Revenge
Revenging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Revenge
Revenge (v. t.) 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.
Revenge (v. t.) To inflict
injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for
maliciously.
Revenge (v. i.) To take
vengeance; -- with
Revenge (n.) The act of
revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil.
Revenge (n.) The
disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an
injury.
Revengeable (a.) Capable
of being revenged; as, revengeable wrong.
Revengeance (n.)
Vengeance; revenge.
Revengeful (a.) Full of,
or prone to, revenge; vindictive; malicious; revenging; wreaking revenge.
Revengeless (a.)
Unrevenged.
Revengement (n.) Revenge.
Revenger (n.) One who
revenges.
Revenging (a.) Executing
revenge; revengeful.
Revenue (n.) 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.
Revenue (n.) Hence,
return; reward; as, a revenue of praise.
Revenue (n.) The annual
yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, etc., which a nation, state, or
municipality collects and receives into the treasury for public use.
Reverb (v. t.) To echo.
Reverberant (a.) Having
the quality of reverberation; reverberating.
Reverberate (a.)
Reverberant.
Reverberate (a.) Driven
back, as sound; reflected.
Reverberated (imp. & p. p.)
of Reverberate
Reverberating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reverberate
Reverberate (v. t.) To
return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as
light, as light or heat.
Reverberate (v. t.) To
send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a
furnace.
Reverberate (v. t.) Hence,
to fuse by reverberated heat.
Reverberate (v. i.) To
resound; to echo.
Reverberate (v. i.) To be
driven back; to be reflected or repelled, as rays of light; to be echoed, as
sound.
Reverberation (n.) 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 (a.) Of the
nature of reverberation; tending to reverberate; reflective.
Reverberator (n.) One who,
or that which, produces reverberation.
Reverberatory (a.)
Producing reverberation; acting by reverberation; reverberative.
Reverberatory (n.) A
reverberatory furnace.
Reverdure (v. t.) To cover
again with verdure.
Revered (imp. & p. p.) of
Revere
Revering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Revere
Revere (v. t.) To regard
with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to
venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation.
Reverence (n.) Profound
respect and esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or
place; the disposition to revere; veneration.
Reverence (n.) The act of
revering; a token of respect or veneration; an obeisance.
Reverence (n.) That which
deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity;
state.
Reverence (n.) A person
entitled to be revered; -- a title applied to priests or other ministers with
the pronouns his or your; sometimes poetically to a father.
Reverenced (imp. & p. p.)
of Reverence
Reverencing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reverence
Reverence (v. t.) To
regard or treat with reverence; to regard with respect and affection mingled
with fear; to venerate.
Reverencer (n.) One who
regards with reverence.
Reverend (a.) Worthy of
reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection; venerable.
Reverendly (adv.)
Reverently.
Reverent (a.) Disposed to
revere; impressed with reverence; submissive; humble; respectful; as, reverent
disciples.
Reverent (a.) Expressing
reverence, veneration, devotion, or submission; as, reverent words; reverent
behavior.
Reverential (a.)
Proceeding from, or expressing, reverence; having a reverent quality; reverent;
as, reverential fear or awe.
Reverentially (adv.) In a
reverential manner.
Reverently (adv.) In a
reverent manner; in respectful regard.
Reverer (n.) One who
reveres.
Reveries (pl. ) of Revery
Reverie (n.) Alt. of
Revery
Revery (n.) A loose or
irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing;
daydream.
Revery (n.) An extravagant
conceit of the fancy; a vision.
Reversal (a.) Intended to
reverse; implying reversal.
Reversal (n.) The act of
reversing; the causing to move or face in an opposite direction, or to stand or
lie in an inverted position; as, the reversal of a rotating wheel; the reversal
of objects by a convex lens.
Reversal (n.) A change or
overthrowing; as, the reversal of a judgment, which amounts to an official
declaration that it is false; the reversal of an attainder, or of an outlawry,
by which the sentence is rendered void.
Reverse (a.) Turned
backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary
in kind; as, the reverse order or method.
Reverse (a.) Turned upside
down; greatly disturbed.
Reverse (a.) Reversed; as,
a reverse shell.
Reverse (a.) That which
appears or is presented when anything, as a lance, a line, a course of conduct,
etc., is reverted or turned contrary to its natural direction.
Reverse (a.) That which is
directly opposite or contrary to something else; a contrary; an opposite.
Reverse (a.) The act of
reversing; complete change; reversal; hence, total change in circumstances or
character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or
defeat; as, the enemy met with a reverse.
Reverse (a.) The back
side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that
is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse.
Reverse (a.) A thrust in
fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
Reverse (a.) A turn or
fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
Reversed (imp. & p. p.) of
Reverse
Reversing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reverse
Reverse (a.) To turn back;
to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart.
Reverse (a.) To cause to
return; to recall.
Reverse (a.) To change
totally; to alter to the opposite.
Reverse (a.) To turn
upside down; to invert.
Reverse (a.) Hence, to
overthrow; to subvert.
Reverse (a.) To overthrow
by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to
reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree.
Reverse (v. i.) To return;
to revert.
Reverse (v. i.) To become
or be reversed.
Reversed (a.) Turned side
for side, or end for end; changed to the contrary; specifically (Bot. & Zool.),
sinistrorse or sinistral; as, a reversed, or sinistral, spiral or shell.
Reversed (a.) Annulled and
the contrary substituted; as, a reversed judgment or decree.
Reversedly (adv.) In a
reversed way.
Reverseless (a.)
Irreversible.
Reversely (adv.) In a
reverse manner; on the other hand; on the opposite.
Reverser (n.) One who
reverses.
Reversibility (n.) The
quality of being reversible.
Reversible (a.) Capable of
being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a reversible back; a reversible
judgment or sentence.
Reversible (a.) Hence,
having a pattern or finished surface on both sides, so that either may be used;
-- said of fabrics.
Reversibly (adv.) In a
reversible manner.
Reversing (a.) Serving to
effect reversal, as of motion; capable of being reversed.
Reversion (n.) The act of
returning, or coming back; return.
Reversion (n.) That which
reverts or returns; residue.
Reversion (n.) The
returning of an esttate to the grantor or his heirs, by operation of law, after
the grant has terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor
or owner thereof, to take effect in possession, by operation of law, after the
termination of a limited or less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him.
Reversion (n.) Hence, a
right to future possession or enjoiment; succession.
Reversion (n.) A payment
which is not to be received, or a benefit which does not begin, until the
happening of some event, as the death of a living person.
Reversion (n.) A return
towards some ancestral type or character; atavism.
Reversionary (a.) 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.
Reversionary (n.) That
which is to be received in reversion.
Reversioner (n.) One who
has a reversion, or who is entitled to lands or tenements, after a particular
estate granted is terminated.
Reversis (n.) A certain
game at cards.
Reverted (imp. & p. p.) of
Revert
Reverting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Revert
Revert (v. t.) To turn
back, or to the contrary; to reverse.
Revert (v. t.) To throw
back; to reflect; to reverberate.
Revert (v. t.) To change
back. See Revert, v. i.
Revert (v. i.) To return;
to come back.
Revert (v. i.) To return
to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him.
Revert (v. i.) To return,
wholly or in part, towards some preexistent form; to take on the traits or
characters of an ancestral type.
Revert (v. i.) To change
back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric
acid in certain fertilizers reverts.
Revert (n.) One who, or
that which, reverts.
Reverted (a.) Turned back;
reversed. Specifically: (Her.) Bent or curved twice, in opposite directions, or
in the form of an S.
Revertent (n.) A remedy
which restores the natural order of the inverted irritative motions in the
animal system.
Reverter (n.) One who, or
that which, reverts.
Reverter (n.) Reversion.
Revertible (a.) Capable
of, or admitting of, reverting or being reverted; as, a revertible estate.
Revertive (a.) Reverting,
or tending to revert; returning.
Revery (n.) Same as
Reverie.
Revest (v. t.) To clothe
again; to cover, as with a robe; to robe.
Revest (v. t.) To vest
again with possession or office; as, to revest a magistrate with authority.
Revest (v. i.) To take
effect or vest again, as a title; to revert to former owner; as, the title or
right revests in A after alienation.
Revestiary (n.) The
apartment, in a church or temple, where the vestments, etc., are kept; -- now
contracted into vestry.
Revestry (n.) Same as
Revestiary.
Revestture (n.) Vesture.
Revetted (imp. & p. p.) of
Revet
Revetting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Revet
Revet (v. t.) To face, as
an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material.
Revetment (v. t.) 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 (v. i.) To
vibrate back or in return.
Revict (v. t.) To
reconquer.
Reviction (n.) Return to
life.
Revictual (v. t.) To
victual again.
Revie (v. t.) To vie with,
or rival, in return.
Revie (v. t.) To meet a
wager on, as on the taking of a trick, with a higher wager.
Revie (v. i.) To exceed an
adversary's wager in card playing.
Revie (v. i.) To make a
retort; to bandy words.
Review/d (imp. & p. p.) of
Review
Reveiwing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Review
Review (n.) To view or see
again; to look back on.
Review (n.) To go over and
examine critically or deliberately.
Review (n.) To reconsider;
to revise, as a manuscript before printing it, or a book for a new edition.
Review (n.) To go over
with critical examination, in order to discover exellences or defects; hence, to
write a critical notice of; as, to review a new novel.
Review (n.) To make a
formal or official examination of the state of, as troops, and the like; as, to
review a regiment.
Review (n.) To reexamine
judically; as, a higher court may review the proceedings and judgments of a
lower one.
Review (n.) To retrace; to
go over again.
Review (v. i.) To look
back; to make a review.
Review (n.) A second or
repeated view; a reexamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again;
as, a review of one's studies; a review of life.
Review (n.) An examination
with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author's review of his
works.
Review (n.) A critical
examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique.
Review (n.) A periodical
containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in
literature, art, etc.
Review (n.) An inspection,
as of troops under arms or of a naval force, by a high officer, for the purpose
of ascertaining the state of discipline, equipments, etc.
Review (n.) The judicial
examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher.
Review (n.) A lesson
studied or recited for a second time.
Reviewable (a.) Capable of
being reviewed.
Reviewal (n.) A review.
Reviewer (n.) 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 (a.) Having new
vigor or strength; invigorated anew.
Revigorate (v. t.) To give
new vigor to.
Reviled (imp. & p. p.) of
Revile
Reviling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Revile
Revile (v. t. & i.) To
address or abuse with opprobrious and contemptuous language; to reproach.
Revile (n.) Reproach;
reviling.
Revilement (n.) The act of
reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse.
Reviler (n.) One who
reviles.
Reviling (n.) Reproach;
abuse; vilification.
Reviling (a.) Uttering
reproaches; containing reproaches.
Revince (v. t.) To
overcome; to refute, as error.
Revindicate (v. t.) To
vindicate again; to reclaim; to demand and take back.
Revirescence (n.) A
growing green or fresh again; renewal of youth or vigor.
Revisable (a.) That may be
revised.
Revisal (n.) 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 (imp. & p. p.) of
Revise
Revising (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Revise
Revise (v. t.) 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.
Revise (v. t.) To compare
(a proof) with a previous proof of the same matter, and mark again such errors
as have not been corrected in the type.
Revise (v. t.) To review,
alter, and amend; as, to revise statutes; to revise an agreement; to revise a
dictionary.
Revise (n.) A review; a
revision.
Revise (n.) A second proof
sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.
Reviser (n.) One who
revises.
Revision (n.) 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.
Revision (n.) That which
is made by revising.
Revisional (a.) Alt. of
Revisionary
Revisionary (a.) Of or
pertaining to revision; revisory.
Revisit (v. t.) To visit
again.
Revisit (v. t.) To revise.
Revisitation (n.) The act
of revisiting.
Revisory (a.) Having the
power or purpose to revise; revising.
Revitalize (v. t.) To
restore vitality to; to bring back to life.
Revivable (a.) That may be
revived.
Revival (n.) The act of
reviving, or the state of being revived.
Revival (n.) Renewed
attention to something, as to letters or literature.
Revival (n.) Renewed
performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and literature.
Revival (n.) Renewed
interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious
awakening; special religious interest.
Revival (n.) Reanimation
from a state of langour or depression; -- applied to the health, spirits, and
the like.
Revival (n.) Renewed
pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce,
arts, agriculture.
Revival (n.) Renewed
prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion.
Revival (n.) Restoration
of force, validity, or effect; renewal; as, the revival of a debt barred by
limitation; the revival of a revoked will, etc.
Revival (n.)
Revivification, as of a metal. See Revivification, 2.
Revivalism (n.) The spirit
of religious revivals; the methods of revivalists.
Revivalist (n.) 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 (a.)
Pertaining to revivals.
Revived (imp. & p. p.) of
Revive
Reviving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Revive
Revive (v. i.) To return
to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or
reinvigorated.
Revive (v. i.) Hence, to
recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as,
classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.
Revive (v. i.) To recover
its natural or metallic state, as a metal.
Revive (v. i.) To restore,
or bring again to life; to reanimate.
Revive (v. i.) To raise
from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a
suspension.
Revive (v. i.) Hence, to
recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.
Revive (v. i.) To renew in
the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to
reawaken.
Revive (v. i.) To restore
or reduce to its natural or metallic state; as, to revive a metal after
calcination.
Revivement (n.) Revival.
Reviver (n.) One who, or
that which, revives.
Revivificate (v. t.) To
revive; to recall or restore to life.
Revivification (n.)
Renewal of life; restoration of life; the act of recalling, or the state of
being recalled, to life.
Revivification (n.) The
reduction of a metal from a state of combination to its metallic state.
Revivify (v. t.) To cause
to revive.
Reviving (a. & n.)
Returning or restoring to life or vigor; reanimating.
Reviviscence (n.) Alt. of
Reviviscency
Reviviscency (n.) The act
of reviving, or the state of being revived; renewal of life.
Reviviscent (a.) Able or
disposed to revive; reviving.
Revivor (n.) Revival of a
suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties, -- done by
a bill of revivor.
Revocability (n.) The
quality of being revocable; as, the revocability of a law.
Revocable (a.) Capable of
being revoked; as, a revocable edict or grant; a revocable covenant.
Revocate (v. t.) To
recall; to call back.
Revocation (n.) The act of
calling back, or the state of being recalled; recall.
Revocation (n.) The act by
which one, having the right, annuls an act done, a power or authority given, or
a license, gift, or benefit conferred; repeal; reversal; as, the revocation of
an edict, a power, a will, or a license.
Revocatory (a.) Of or
pertaining to revocation; tending to, or involving, a revocation; revoking;
recalling.
Revoice (v. t.) To
refurnish with a voice; to refit, as an organ pipe, so as to restore its tone.
Revoked (imp. & p. p.) of
Revoke
Revoking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Revoke
Revoke (v. t.) To call or
bring back; to recall.
Revoke (v. t.) Hence, to
annul, by recalling or taking back; to repeal; to rescind; to cancel; to
reverse, as anything granted by a special act; as, , to revoke a will, a
license, a grant, a permission, a law, or the like.
Revoke (v. t.) To hold
back; to repress; to restrain.
Revoke (v. t.) To draw
back; to withdraw.
Revoke (v. t.) To call
back to mind; to recollect.
Revoke (v. i.) To fail to
follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the
game; to renege.
Revoke (n.) The act of
revoking.
Revokement (n.)
Revocation.
Revoker (n.) One who
revokes.
Revokingly (adv.) By way
of revocation.
Revolted (imp. & p. p.) of
Revolt
Revolting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Revolt
Revolt (n.) To turn away;
to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with
abhorrence.
Revolt (n.) Hence, to be
faithless; to desert one party or leader for another; especially, to renounce
allegiance or subjection; to rise against a government; to rebel.
Revolt (n.) To be
disgusted, shocked, or grossly offended; hence, to feel nausea; -- with at; as,
the stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty.
Revolt (v. t.) To cause to
turn back; to roll or drive back; to put to flight.
Revolt (v. t.) To do
violence to; to cause to turn away or shrink with abhorrence; to shock; as, to
revolt the feelings.
Revolt (n.) The act of
revolting; an uprising against legitimate authority; especially, a renunciation
of allegiance and subjection to a government; rebellion; as, the revolt of a
province of the Roman empire.
Revolt (n.) A revolter.
Revolter (n.) One who
revolts.
Revolting (a.) Causing
abhorrence mixed with disgust; exciting extreme repugnance; loathsome; as,
revolting cruelty.
Revoluble (a.) Capable of
revolving; rotatory; revolving.
Revolute (a.) Rolled
backward or downward.
Revolution (n.) 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.
Revolution (n.) Return to
a point before occupied, or to a point relatively the same; a rolling back;
return; as, revolution in an ellipse or spiral.
Revolution (n.) The space
measured by the regular return of a revolving body; the period made by the
regular recurrence of a measure of time, or by a succession of similar events.
Revolution (n.) The motion
of any body, as a planet or satellite, in a curved line or orbit, until it
returns to the same point again, or to a point relatively the same; --
designated as the annual, anomalistic, nodical, sidereal, or tropical
revolution, according as the point of return or completion has a fixed relation
to the year, the anomaly, the nodes, the stars, or the tropics; as, the
revolution of the earth about the sun; the revolution of the moon about the
earth.
Revolution (n.) The motion
of a point, line, or surface about a point or line as its center or axis, in
such a manner that a moving point generates a curve, a moving line a surface
(called a surface of revolution), and a moving surface a solid (called a solid
of revolution); as, the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of its
sides generates a cone; the revolution of a semicircle about the diameter
generates a sphere.
Revolution (n.) A total or
radical change; as, a revolution in one's circumstances or way of living.
Revolution (n.) A
fundamental change in political organization, or in a government or
constitution; the overthrow or renunciation of one government, and the
substitution of another, by the governed.
Revolutionary (a.) Of or
pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution;
as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators.
Revolutionary (n.) A
revolutionist.
Revolutioner (n.) One who
is engaged in effecting a revolution; a revolutionist.
Revolutionism (n.) The
state of being in revolution; revolutionary doctrines or principles.
Revolutionist (n.) One
engaged in effecting a change of government; a favorer of revolution.
Revolutioniezed (imp. & p. p.)
of Revolutionize
Revolutionizing (p. pr. & vb.
n.) of Revolutionize
Revolutionize (v. t.) To
change completely, as by a revolution; as, to revolutionize a government.
Revolutive (a.) Inclined
to revolve things in the mind; meditative.
Revolvable (a.) That may
be revolved.
Revolved (imp. & p. p.) of
Revolve
Revolving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Revolve
Revolve (v. i.) 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.
Revolve (v. i.) To move in
a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun.
Revolve (v. i.) To pass in
cycles; as, the centuries revolve.
Revolve (v. i.) To return;
to pass.
Revolve (v. t.) To cause
to turn, as on an axis.
Revolve (v. t.) Hence, to
turn over and over in the mind; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all
aspects of.
Revolvement (n.) Act of
revolving.
Revolvency (n.) The act or
state of revolving; revolution.
Revolver (n.) 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.
Revolving (a.) Making a
revolution or revolutions; rotating; -- used also figuratively of time, seasons,
etc., depending on the revolution of the earth.
Revulse (v. t.) To pull
back with force.
Revulsion (n.) A strong
pulling or drawing back; withdrawal.
Revulsion (n.) A sudden
reaction; a sudden and complete change; -- applied to the feelings.
Revulsion (n.) The act of
turning or diverting any disease from one part of the body to another. It
resembles derivation, but is usually applied to a more active form of counter
irritation.
Revulsive (a.) Causing, or
tending to, revulsion.
Revulsive (n.) That which
causes revulsion; specifically (Med.), a revulsive remedy or agent.
Rew (n.) A row.
Rewake (v. t. & i.) To
wake again.
Rewarded (imp. & p. p.) of
Reward
Rewarding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Reward
Reward (v. t.) To give in
return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to
recompense; to repay; to compensate.
Reward (n.) Regard;
respect; consideration.
Reward (n.) That which is
given in return for good or evil done or received; esp., that which is offered
or given in return for some service or attainment, as for excellence in studies,
for the return of something lost, etc.; recompense; requital.
Reward (n.) Hence, the
fruit of one's labor or works.
Reward (n.) Compensation
or remuneration for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or
forbearing to do, some act.
Rewardable (a.) Worthy of
reward.
Rewarder (n.) One who
rewards.
Rewardful (a.) Yielding
reward.
Rewardless (a.) Having, or
affording, no reward.
Rewe (v. t. & i.) To rue.
Rewel bone () An obsolete phrase
of disputed meaning, -- perhaps, smooth or polished bone.
Rewet (n.) A gunlock.
Rewful (a.) Rueful.
Rewin (v. t.) To win
again, or win back.
Rewle (n. & v.) Rule.
Rewme (n.) Realm.
Reword (v. t.) To repeat
in the same words; to reecho.
Reword (v. t.) To alter
the wording of; to restate in other words; as, to reword an idea or a passage.
Rewrite (v. t.) To write
again.
Rewth (n.) Ruth.
Reges (pl. ) of Rex
Rex (n.) A king.
Reyn (n.) Rain or rein.
Reynard (n.) An appelation
applied after the manner of a proper name to the fox. Same as Renard.
Reyse (v. t.) To raise.
Reyse (v. i.) To go on a
military expedition.
Rhabarbarate (a.)
Impregnated or tinctured with rhubarb.
Rhabarbarin (n.) Alt. of
Rhabarbarine
Rhabarbarine (n.)
Chrysophanic acid.
Rhabdite (n.) A minute
smooth rodlike or fusiform structure found in the tissues of many Turbellaria.
Rhabdite (n.) One of the
hard parts forming the ovipositor of insects.
Rhabdocoela (n. pl.) A
suborder of Turbellaria including those that have a simple cylindrical, or
saclike, stomach, without an intestine.
Rhabdocoelous (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Rhabdocoela.
Rhabdoidal (a.) See
Sagittal.
Rhabdolith (n.) 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 (n.) Same as
Rabdology.
Rhabdom (n.) 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 (n.) Same as
Rabdomancy.
Rhabdomere (n.) One of the
several parts composing a rhabdom.
Rhabdophora (n. pl.) An
extinct division of Hydrozoa which includes the graptolities.
Rhabdopleura (n.) 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 (n.) A minute
sphere composed of rhabdoliths.
Rhachialgia (n.) See
Rachialgia.
Rhachidian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the rhachis; as, the rhachidian teeth of a mollusk.
Rhachiglossa (n. pl.) 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 (n.) A branch of
inflorescence; the zigzag axis on which the florets are arranged in the
spikelets of grasses.
Rhachiodont (a.) 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 (pl. ) of
Rhachis
Rhachides (pl. ) of
Rhachis
Rhachis (n.) The spine.
Rhachis (n.) The continued
stem or midrib of a pinnately compound leaf, as in a rose leaf or a fern.
Rhachis (n.) The principal
axis in a raceme, spike, panicle, or corymb.
Rhachis (n.) The shaft of
a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is called the
hyporhachis.
Rhachis (n.) The central
cord in the stem of a crinoid.
Rhachis (n.) The median
part of the radula of a mollusk.
Rhachis (n.) A central
cord of the ovary of nematodes.
Rhachitis (n.) See
Rachitis.
Rhadamanthine (a.) Of or
pertaining to Rhadamanthus; rigorously just; as, a Rhadamanthine judgment.
Rhadamanthus (n.) One of
the three judges of the infernal regions; figuratively, a strictly just judge.
Rh/tian (a & n.) Rhetain.
Rh/tic (a.) 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 (n.) A variety
of the mineral cyanite.
Rhamadan (n.) See Ramadan.
Rhamnaceous (a.) 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 (n.) 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 (n.) A
genus of pterodactyls in which the elongated tail supported a leathery expansion
at the tip.
Rhamphothecae (pl. ) of
Rhamphotheca
Rhamphotheca (n.) The
horny covering of the bill of birds.
Rhaphe (n.) The
continuation of the seed stalk along the side of an anatropous ovule or seed,
forming a ridge or seam.
Rhaphides (n. pl.) Minute
transparent, often needle-shaped, crystals found in the tissues of plants.
Rhaponticine (n.)
Chrysophanic acid.
Rhapsode (n.) A
rhapsodist.
Rhapsoder (n.) A
rhapsodist.
Rhapsodic (a.) Alt. of
Rhapsodic
Rhapsodic (a.) Of or
pertaining to rhapsody; consisting of rhapsody; hence, confused; unconnected.
Rhapsodist (n.) Anciently,
one who recited or composed a rhapsody; especially, one whose profession was to
recite the verses of Hormer and other epic poets.
Rhapsodist (n.) Hence, one
who recites or sings poems for a livelihood; one who makes and repeats verses
extempore.
Rhapsodist (n.) One who
writes or speaks disconnectedly and with great excitement or affectation of
feeling.
Rhapsodized (imp. & p. p.)
of Rhapsodize
Rhapsodizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rhapsodize
Rhapsodize (v. t.) To
utter as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody
Rhapsodize (v. i.) To
utter rhapsodies.
Rhapsodomancy (n.)
Divination by means of verses.
Rhapsodies (pl. ) of
Rhapsody
Rhapsody (n.) 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.
Rhapsody (n.) A
disconnected series of sentences or statements composed under excitement, and
without dependence or natural connection; rambling composition.
Rhapsody (n.) A
composition irregular in form, like an improvisation; as, Liszt's "Hungarian
Rhapsodies."
Rhatany (n.) Alt. of
Rhatanhy
Rhatanhy (n.) The
powerfully astringent root of a half-shrubby Peruvian plant (Krameria triandra).
It is used in medicine and to color port wine.
Rhea (n.) The ramie or
grass-cloth plant. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass.
Rhea (n.) Any one of three
species of large South American ostrichlike birds of the genera Rhea and
Pterocnemia. Called also the American ostrich.
Rheae (n. pl.) A suborder
of struthious birds including the rheas.
Rheeboc (n.) The peele.
Rheic (a.) Pertaining to,
or designating, an acid (commonly called chrysophanic acid) found in rhubarb
(Rheum).
Rhein (n.) Chrysophanic
acid.
Rheinberry (n.) One of the
berries or drupes of the European buckthorn; also, the buckthorn itself.
Rhematic (a.) Having a
verb for its base; derived from a verb; as, rhematic adjectives.
Rhematic (n.) The doctrine
of propositions or sentences.
Rhemish (a.) Of or
pertaining to Rheimis, or Reima, in France.
Rhenish (a.) Of or
pertaining to the river Rhine; as, Rhenish wine.
Rhenish (n.) Rhine wine.
Rheochord (n.) 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 (n.) An
instrument for measuring currents, especially the force or intensity of
electrical currents; a galvanometer.
Rheometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the velocity of the blood current in the arteries.
Rheometric (a.) Of or
pertaining to a rheometer or rheometry.
Rheometry (n.) The
measurement of the force or intensity of currents.
Rheometry (n.) The
calculus; fluxions.
Rheomotor (n.) Any
apparatus by which an electrical current is originated.
Rheophore (n.) A
connecting wire of an electric or voltaic apparatus, traversed by a current.
Rheophore (n.) One of the
poles of a voltaic battery; an electrode.
Rheoscope (n.) An
instrument for detecting the presence or movement of currents, as of
electricity.
Rheostat (n.) 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 (n.) An
instrument which periodically or otherwise interrupts an electric current.
Rheotrope (n.) An
instrument for reversing the direction of an electric current.
Rhesus (n.) A monkey; the
bhunder.
Rhetian (a.) 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 (a.) Same as
Rhaetic.
Rhetizite (n.) Same as
Rhaetizite.
Rhetor (n.) A rhetorician.
Rhetoric (n.) The art of
composition; especially, elegant composition in prose.
Rhetoric (n.) Oratory; the
art of speaking with propriety, elegance, and force.
Rhetoric (n.) Hence,
artificial eloquence; fine language or declamation without conviction or earnest
feeling.
Rhetoric (n.) Fig. : The
power of persuasion or attraction; that which allures or charms.
Rhetorical (a.) Of or
pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as,
the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish.
Rhetoricate (v. i.) To
play the orator.
Rhetorication (n.)
Rhetorical amplification.
Rhetorician (n.) One well
versed in the rules and principles of rhetoric.
Rhetorician (n.) A teacher
of rhetoric.
Rhetorician (n.) An
orator; specifically, an artificial orator without genuine eloquence; a
declaimer.
Rhetorician (a.) Suitable
to a master of rhetoric.
Rhetorized (imp. & p. p.)
of Rhetorize
Rhetorizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rhetorize
Rhetorize (v. i.) To play
the orator.
Rhetorize (v. t.) To
represent by a figure of rhetoric, or by personification.
Rheum (n.) A genus of
plants. See Rhubarb.
Rheum (n.) A serous or
mucous discharge, especially one from the eves or nose.
Rheumatic (a.) Derived
from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic.
Rheumatic (a.) Of or
pertaining to rheumatism; as, rheumatic pains or affections; affected with
rheumatism; as, a rheumatic old man; causing rheumatism; as, a rheumatic day.
Rheumatic (n.) One
affected with rheumatism.
Rheumatism (n.) 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 (a.) Of or
pertaining to rheumatism.
Rheumatismoid (a.) Of or
resembling rheum or rheumatism.
Rheumic (a.) Pertaining
to, or characterized by, rheum.
Rheumides (n. pl.) The
class of skin disease developed by the dartrous diathesis. See under Dartrous.
Rheumy (a.) Of or
pertaining to rheum; abounding in, or causing, rheum; affected with rheum.
Rhigolene (n.) 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 (n.) See Rhyme.
Rhinal (a.) Og or
pertaining to the nose or olfactory organs.
Rhinaster (n.) The borele.
Rhine (n.) A water course;
a ditch.
Rhinencephalic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the rhinencephalon.
Rhinencephala (pl. ) of
Rhinencephalon
Rhinencephalon (n.) The
division of the brain in front of the prosencephalon, consisting of the two
olfactory lobes from which the olfactory nerves arise.
Rhinestone (n.) A
colorless stone of high luster, made of paste. It is much used as an inexpensive
ornament.
Rhinitis (n.)
Infllammation of the nose; esp., inflammation of the mucous membrane of the
nostrils.
Rhino (n.) Gold and
silver, or money.
Rhino- () A combining form from
Greek //, ///, the nose, as in rhinolith, rhinology.
Rhinocerial (a.) Alt. of
Rhinocerical
Rhinocerical (a.) Of or
pertaining to the rhinoceros; resembling the rhinoceros, or his horn.
Rhinoceros (n.) 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 (n.) A
rhinoceros.
Rhinocerotic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the rhinoceros.
Rhinolite (n.) Alt. of
Rhinolith
Rhinolith (n.) A
concretion formed within the cavities of the nose.
Rhinological (a.) Of or
pertaining to rhinology.
Rhinologist (n.) One
skilled in rhinology.
Rhinology (n.) The science
which treats of the nose, and its diseases.
Rhinolophid (n.) Any
species of the genus Rhinilophus, or family Rhinolophidae, having a
horseshoe-shaped nasal crest; a horseshoe bat.
Rhinolophine (a.) Like or
pertaining to the rhinolophids, or horseshoe bats.
Rhinophore (n.) 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 (a.) Of or
pertaining to rhinoplasty; as, a rhinoplastic operation.
Rhinoplasty (n.) 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 (n.) Any
old-world bat of the genus Rhinopoma. The rhinopomes have a long tail extending
beyond the web, and inhabit caves and tombs.
Rhinoscleroma (n.) 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 (n.) A small
mirror for use in rhinoscopy.
Rhinoscopic (a.) Of or
pertaining to rhinoscopy.
Rhinoscopy (n.) The
examination or study of the soft palate, posterior nares, etc., by means of a
laryngoscopic mirror introduced into the pharynx.
Rhinothecae (pl. ) of
Rhinotheca
Rhinotheca (n.) The sheath
of the upper mandible of a bird.
Rhipidoglossa (n. pl.) 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 (n.) One of the
Rhipiptera, a group of insects having wings which fold like a fan; a
strepsipter.
Rhipipteran (n.) Same as
Rhipipter.
Rhizanthous (a.) Producing
flowers from a rootstock, or apparently from a root.
Rhizine (n.) A rootlike
filament or hair growing from the stems of mosses or on lichens; a rhizoid.
Rhizocarpous (a.) Having
perennial rootstocks or bulbs, but annual flowering stems; -- said of all
perennial herbs.
Rhizocephala (n. pl.) A
division of Pectostraca including saclike parasites of Crustacea. They adhere by
rootlike extensions of the head. See Illusration in Appendix.
Rhizodont (n.) A reptile
whose teeth are rooted in sockets, as the crocodile.
Rhizogan (a.) Prodicing
roots.
Rhizogen (n.) One of a
proposed class of flowering plants growning on the roots of other plants and
destitute of green foliage.
Rhizoid (n.) A rootlike
appendage.
Rhizomata (pl. ) of
Rhizoma
Rhizoma (n.) SAme as
Rhizome.
Rhizomatous (a.) Having
the nature or habit of a rhizome or rootstock.
Rhizome (n.) A rootstock.
See Rootstock.
Rhizophaga (n. pl.) A
division of marsupials. The wombat is the type.
Rhizophagous (a.) Feeding
on roots; root-eating.
Rhizophora (n.) A genus of
trees including the mangrove. See Mangrove.
Rhizophorous (a.) Bearing
roots.
Rhizopod (n.) One of the
Rhizopoda.
Rhizopoda (n. pl.) 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 (a.) Of or
pertaining to the rhizopods.
Rhizostomata (n. pl.) 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 (n.) One of the
Rhizostomata.
Rhizotaxis (n.) The
arrangement of the roots of plants.
Rhob (n.) See 1st Rob.
Rhodammonium (a.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, rhodium and ammonia; -- said of
certain complex compounds.
Rhodanate (n.) A salt of
rhodanic acid; a sulphocyanate.
Rhodanic (a.) Pertaining
to, or designating, an acid (commonly called sulphocyanic acid) which frms a red
color with ferric salts.
Rhodeoretin (n.) Same as
Convolvuln.
Rhodian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Rhodes, an island of the Mediterranean.
Rhodian (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Rhodes.
Rhodic (a.) Of or
pertaining to rhodium; containing rhodium.
Rhodium (n.) 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 (a.) 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 (n.)
Manganese carbonate, a rose-red mineral sometimes occuring crystallized, but
generally massive with rhombohedral cleavage like calcite; -- called also
dialogite.
Rhodocrinite (n.) A rose
encrinite.
Rhododendron (n.) A genus
of shrubs or small trees, often having handsome evergreen leaves, and remarkable
for the beauty of their flowers; rosebay.
Rhodomontade (n.) See
Rodomontade.
Rhodomontader (n.) See
Rodomontador.
Rhodonite (n.) Manganese
spar, or silicate of manganese, a mineral occuring crystallised and in rose-red
masses. It is often used as an ornamental stone.
Rhodophane (n.) The red
pigment contained in the inner segments of the cones of the retina in animals.
See Chromophane.
Rhodopsin (n.) The visual
purple. See under Visual.
Rhodosperm (n.) Any
seaweed with red spores.
Rhomb (n.) 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.
Rhomb (n.) A rhombohedron.
Rhombic (a.) Shaped like a
rhomb.
Rhombic (a.) Same as
Orthorhombic.
Rhomboganoid (n.) A ganoid
fish having rhombic enameled scales; one of the Rhomboganoidei.
Rhomboganoidei (n. pl.)
Same as Ginglymodi.
Rhombogene (n.) A dicyemid
which produces infusorialike embryos; -- opposed to nematogene. See Dicyemata.
Rhombohedral (a.) 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 (a.)
Rhombohedral.
Rhombohedron (n.) A solid
contained by six rhomboids; a parallelopiped.
Rhomboid (n.) An
oblique-angled parallelogram like a rhomb, but having only the opposite sides
equal, the length and with being different.
Rhomboid (a.) Same as
Rhomboidal.
Rhomboidal (a.) Having, or
approaching, the shape of a rhomboid.
Rhomboides (n.) A
rhomboid.
Rhomboid-ovate (a.)
Between rhomboid and ovate, or oval, in shape.
Rhomb spar () A variety of
dolomite.
Rhombus (n.) Same as
Rhomb, 1.
Rhonchal (a.) Rhonchial.
Rhonchial (a.) Of or
pertaining to a rhonchus; produced by rhonchi.
Rhonchisonant (a.) Making
a snorting noise; snorting.
Rhonchi (pl. ) of Rhonchus
Rhonchus (n.) 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 (a.) Applied to a
line or verse in which each successive word has one more syllable than the
preceding.
Rhopalia (pl. ) of
Rhopalium
Rhopalium (n.) One of the
marginal sensory bodies of medusae belonging to the Discophora.
Rhopalocera (n. pl.) A
division of Lepidoptera including all the butterflies. They differ from other
Lepidoptera in having club-shaped antennae.
Rhotacism (n.) 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 (n.) The name of
several large perennial herbs of the genus Rheum and order Polygonaceae.
Rhubarb (n.) The large and
fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus. They
are pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery. Called also pieplant.
Rhubarb (n.) The root of
several species of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine.
Rhubarby (a.) Like
rhubarb.
Rhumb (n.) A line which
crosses successive meridians at a constant angle; -- called also rhumb line, and
loxodromic curve. See Loxodromic.
Rhus (n.) A genus of
shrubs and small treets. See Sumac.
Rhusma (n.) A mixtire of
caustic lime and orpiment, or tersulphide of arsenic, -- used in the depilation
of hides.
Rhyme (n.) An expression
of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale;
poetry; harmony of language.
Rhyme (n.) Correspondence
of sound in the terminating words or syllables of two or more verses, one
succeeding another immediately or at no great distance. The words or syllables
so used must not begin with the same consonant, or if one begins with a vowel
the other must begin with a consonant. The vowel sounds and accents must be the
same, as also the sounds of the final consonants if there be any.
Rhyme (n.) Verses, usually
two, having this correspondence with each other; a couplet; a poem containing
rhymes.
Rhyme (n.) A word
answering in sound to another word.
Rhymed (imp. & p. p.) of
Rhyme
Rhyming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rhyme
Rhyme (n.) To make rhymes,
or verses.
Rhyme (n.) To accord in
rhyme or sound.
Rhyme (v. t.) To put into
rhyme.
Rhyme (v. t.) To influence
by rhyme.
Rhymeless (a.) Destitute
of rhyme.
Rhymer (n.) One who makes
rhymes; a versifier; -- generally in contempt; a poor poet; a poetaster.
Rhymery (n.) The art or
habit of making rhymes; rhyming; -- in contempt.
Rhymester (n.) A rhymer; a
maker of poor poetry.
Rhymic (a.) Pertaining to
rhyme.
Rhymist (n.) A rhymer; a
rhymester.
Rhynchobdellea (n. pl.) A
suborder of leeches including those that have a protractile proboscis, without
jaws. Clepsine is the type.
Rhynchocephala (n. pl.) 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 (n. pl.) Same
as Nemertina.
Rhyncholite (n.) A fossil
cephalopod beak.
Rhynchonella (n.) A genus
of brachiopods of which some species are still living, while many are found
fossil.
Rhynchophora (n. pl.) A
group of Coleoptera having a snoutlike head; the snout beetles, curculios, or
weevils.
Rhynchophore (n.) One of
the Rhynchophora.
Rhynchota (n. pl.) Same as
Hemiptera.
Rhyolite (n.) A quartzose
trachyte, an igneous rock often showing a fluidal structure.
Rhyparography (n.) In
ancient art, the painting of genre or still-life pictures.
Rhysimeter (n.) 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 (n.) 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.
Rhythm (n.) Movement in
musical time, with periodical recurrence of accent; the measured beat or pulse
which marks the character and expression of the music; symmetry of movement and
accent.
Rhythm (n.) A division of
lines into short portions by a regular succession of arses and theses, or
percussions and remissions of voice on words or syllables.
Rhythm (n.) The harmonious
flow of vocal sounds.
Rhythmer (n.) One who
writes in rhythm, esp. in poetic rhythm or meter.
Rhythmic (a.) Alt. of
Rhythmical
Rhythmical (a.) Pertaining
to, or of the nature of, rhythm
Rhythmically (adv.) In a
rhythmical manner.
Rhythmics (n.) The
department of musical science which treats of the length of sounds.
Rhythming (a.) Writing
rhythm; verse making.
Rhythmless (a.) Being
without rhythm.
Rhythmometer (n.) An
instrument for marking time in musical movements. See Metronome.
Rhythmus (n.) Rhythm.
Rhytina (n.) See Rytina.
Rial (n.) A Spanish coin.
See Real.
Rial (a.) Royal.
Rial (n.) A gold coin
formerly current in England, of the value of ten shillings sterling in the reign
of Henry VI., and of fifteen shillings in the reign of Elizabeth.
Riant (a.) Laughing;
laughable; exciting gayety; gay; merry; delightful to the view, as a landscape.
Rib (n.) One of the curved
bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the
thorax.
Rib (n.) That which
resembles a rib in form or use.
Rib (n.) One of the
timbers, or bars of iron or steel, that branch outward and upward from the keel,
to support the skin or planking, and give shape and strength to the vessel.
Rib (n.) A ridge, fin, or
wing, as on a plate, cylinder, beam, etc., to strengthen or stiffen it.
Rib (n.) One of the rods
on which the cover of an umbrella is extended.
Rib (n.) A prominent line
or ridge, as in cloth.
Rib (n.) A longitudinal
strip of metal uniting the barrels of a double-barreled gun.
Rib (n.) The chief nerve,
or one of the chief nerves, of a leaf.
Rib (n.) Any longitudinal
ridge in a plant.
Rib (n.) In Gothic
vaulting, one of the primary members of the vault. These are strong arches,
meeting and crossing one another, dividing the whole space into triangles, which
are then filled by vaulted construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation
of one of these in wood, plaster, or the like.
Rib (n.) A projecting
mold, or group of moldings, forming with others a pattern, as on a ceiling,
ornamental door, or the like.
Rib (n.) Solid coal on the
side of a gallery; solid ore in a vein.
Rib (n.) An elongated
pillar of ore or coal left as a support.
Rib (n.) A wife; -- in
allusion to Eve, as made out of Adam's rib.
Ribbed (imp. & p. p.) of
Rib
Ribbing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rib
Rib (v. t.) To furnish
with ribs; to form with rising lines and channels; as, to rib cloth.
Rib (v. t.) To inclose, as
with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
Ribald (n./) A low,
vulgar, brutal, foul-mouthed wretch; a lewd fellow.
Ribald (a.) Low; base;
mean; filthy; obscene.
Ribaldish (a.) Like a
ribald.
Ribaldrous (a.) Of a
ribald quality.
Ribaldry (n.) 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 (n.) See Ribbon.
Riband (n.) See Ribbon.
Riband (n.) See Rib-band.
Ribanded (a.) Ribboned.
Ribaud (n.) A ribald.
Ribaudequin (n.) 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.
Ribaudequin (n.) A huge
bow fixed on the wall of a fortified town for casting javelins.
Ribaudred (a.) Alt. of
Ribaudrous
Ribaudrous (a.) Filthy;
obscene; ribald.
Ribaudry (n.) Ribaldry.
Ribaudy (n.) Ribaldry.
Ribauld (n.) A ribald.
Ribband (n.) A ribbon.
Ribband (n.) A long,
narrow strip of timber bent and bolted longitudinally to the ribs of a vessel,
to hold them in position, and give rigidity to the framework.
Ribbed (a.) Furnished or
formed with ribs; as, a ribbed cylinder; ribbed cloth.
Ribbed (a.) Intercalated
with slate; -- said of a seam of coal.
Ribbing (n.) An assemblage
or arrangement of ribs, as the timberwork for the support of an arch or coved
ceiling, the veins in the leaves of some plants, ridges in the fabric of cloth,
or the like.
Ribbon (n.) 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.
Ribbon (n.) A narrow strip
or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons.
Ribbon (n.) Same as
Rib-band.
Ribbon (n.) Driving reins.
Ribbon (n.) A bearing
similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
Ribbon (n.) A silver.
Ribboned (imp. & p. p.) of
Ribbon
Ribboning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ribbon
Ribbon (v. t.) To adorn
with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes resembling ribbons.
Ribbonism (n.) The
principles and practices of the Ribbonmen. See Ribbon Society, under Ribbon.
-men (pl. ) of Ribbonman
Ribbonman (n.) A member of
the Ribbon Society. See Ribbon Society, under Ribbon.
Ribbonwood (n.) A
malvaceous tree (Hoheria populnea) of New Zealand, the bark of which is used for
cordage.
Ribes (n.) A genus of
shrubs including gooseberries and currants of many kinds.
Ribibe (n.) A sort of
stringed instrument; a rebec.
Ribibe (n.) An old woman;
-- in contempt.
Ribibe (n.) A bawd; a
prostitute.
Ribible (n.) A small
threestringed viol; a rebec.
Ribless (a.) Having no
ribs.
Ribroast (v. t.) To beat
soundly.
Ribwort (n.) A species of
plantain (Plantago lanceolata) with long, narrow, ribbed leaves; -- called also
rib grass, ripple grass, ribwort plantain.
-ric () A suffix signifying
dominion, jurisdiction; as, bishopric, the district over which a bishop
exercises authority.
Rice (n.) 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 (n.) The Java
sparrow.
Ricebird (n.) The
bobolink.
Rice-shell (n.) Any one of
numerous species of small white polished marine shells of the genus Olivella.
Rich (superl.) 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.
Rich (superl.) Hence, in
general, well supplied; abounding; abundant; copious; bountiful; as, a rich
treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop.
Rich (superl.) Yielding
large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful; as, rich soil or land; a rich
mine.
Rich (superl.) Composed of
valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly
valued; precious; sumptuous; costly; as, a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich
presents.
Rich (superl.) Abounding
in agreeable or nutritive qualities; -- especially applied to articles of food
or drink which are high-seasoned or abound in oleaginous ingredients, or are
sweet, luscious, and high-flavored; as, a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich
pastry; rich wine or fruit.
Rich (superl.) Not faint
or delicate; vivid; as, a rich color.
Rich (superl.) Full of
sweet and harmonius sounds; as, a rich voice; rich music.
Rich (superl.) Abounding
in beauty; gorgeous; as, a rich landscape; rich scenery.
Rich (superl.) Abounding
in humor; exciting amusement; entertaining; as, the scene was a rich one; a rich
incident or character.
Rich (v. t.) To enrich.
Riches (a.) That which
makes one rich; an abundance of land, goods, money, or other property; wealth;
opulence; affluence.
Riches (a.) That which
appears rich, sumptuous, precious, or the like.
Richesse (n.) Wealth;
riches. See the Note under Riches.
Richly (adv.) In a rich
manner.
Richness (n.) The quality
or state of being rich (in any sense of the adjective).
Richweed (n.) An herb
(Pilea pumila) of the Nettle family, having a smooth, juicy, pellucid stem; --
called also clearweed.
Ricinelaidic (a.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric modification of ricinoleic acid
obtained as a white crystalline solid.
Ricinelaidin (n.) The
glycerin salt of ricinelaidic acid, obtained as a white crystalline waxy
substance by treating castor oil with nitrous acid.
Ricinic (a.) Pertaining
to, or derived from, castor oil; formerly, designating an acid now called
ricinoleic acid.
Ricinine (n.) A bitter
white crystalline alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the castor-oil plant.
Ricinoleate (n.) A salt of
ricinoleic acid; -- formerly called palmate.
Ricinoleic (a.) 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 (n.) The
glycerin salt of ricinoleic acid, occuring as a characteristic constituent of
castor oil; -- formerly called palmin.
Ricinolic (a.) Ricinoleic.
Ricinus (n.) 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 (n.) A stack or pile,
as of grain, straw, or hay, in the open air, usually protected from wet with
thatching.
Rick (v. t.) To heap up in
ricks, as hay, etc.
Ricker (n.) A stout pole
for use in making a rick, or for a spar to a boat.
Ricketish (a.) Rickety.
Rickets (n. pl.) 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 (a.) Affected with
rickets.
Rickety (a.) Feeble in the
joints; imperfect; weak; shaky.
Rickrack (n.) A kind of
openwork edging made of serpentine braid.
Rickstand (n.) A flooring
or framework on which a rick is made.
Ricochet (n.) 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 (imp. & p. p.)
of Ricochet
Ricochetting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ricochet
Ricochet (v. t.) To
operate upon by ricochet firing. See Ricochet, n.
Ricochet (v. i.) To skip
with a rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone on the surface of water, or a cannon
ball on the ground. See Ricochet, n.
Rictal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the rictus; as, rictal bristles.
Ricture (n.) A gaping.
Rictus (n.) The gape of
the mouth, as of birds; -- often resricted to the corners of the mouth.
Rid () imp. & p. p. of Ride, v.
i.
Rid (imp. & p. p.) of Rid
Ridded () of Rid
Ridding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rid
Rid (v. t.) To save; to
rescue; to deliver; -- with out of.
Rid (v. t.) To free; to
clear; to disencumber; -- followed by of.
Rid (v. t.) To drive away;
to remove by effort or violence; to make away with; to destroy.
Rid (v. t.) To get over;
to dispose of; to dispatch; to finish.
Ridable (a.) Suitable for
riding; as, a ridable horse; a ridable road.
Riddance (n.) The act of
ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up or out.
Riddance (n.) The state of
being rid or free; freedom; escape.
Ridden () p. p. of Ride.
Ridder (n.) One who, or
that which, rids.
Riddle (n.) 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.
Riddle (n.) A board having
a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.
Riddled (imp. & p. p.) of
Riddle
Riddling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Riddle
Riddle (v. t.) To
separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as,
riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel.
Riddle (v. t.) To
perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house
riddled with shot.
Riddle (n.) Something
proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an
ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling.
Riddle (v. t.) To explain;
to solve; to unriddle.
Riddle (v. i.) To speak
ambiguously or enigmatically.
Riddler (n.) One who
riddles (grain, sand, etc.).
Riddler (n.) One who
speaks in, or propounds, riddles.
Riddling (a.) Speaking in
a riddle or riddles; containing a riddle.
Rode (imp.) of Ride
Rid () of Ride
Ridden (p. p.) of Ride
Rid () of Ride
Riding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ride
Ride (v. i.) To be carried
on the back of an animal, as a horse.
Ride (v. i.) To be borne
in a carriage; as, to ride in a coach, in a car, and the like. See Synonym,
below.
Ride (v. i.) To be borne
or in a fluid; to float; to lie.
Ride (v. i.) To be
supported in motion; to rest.
Ride (v. i.) To manage a
horse, as an equestrian.
Ride (v. i.) To support a
rider, as a horse; to move under the saddle; as, a horse rides easy or hard,
slow or fast.
Ride (v. t.) To sit on, so
as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to ride a bicycle.
Ride (v. t.) To manage
insolently at will; to domineer over.
Ride (v. t.) To convey, as
by riding; to make or do by riding.
Ride (v. t.) To overlap
(each other); -- said of bones or fractured fragments.
Ride (n.) The act of
riding; an excursion on horseback or in a vehicle.
Ride (n.) A saddle horse.
Ride (n.) A road or avenue
cut in a wood, or through grounds, to be used as a place for riding; a riding.
Rideau (n.) A small mound
of earth; ground slightly elevated; a small ridge.
Riden () imp. pl. & p. p. of
Ride.
Rident (a.) Laughing.
Rider (n.) One who, or
that which, rides.
Rider (n.) Formerly, an
agent who went out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial
traveler.
Rider (n.) One who breaks
or manages a horse.
Rider (n.) An addition or
amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate
piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill
while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed.
Rider (n.) A problem of
more than usual difficulty added to another on an examination paper.
Rider (n.) A Dutch gold
coin having the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it.
Rider (n.) Rock material
in a vein of ore, dividing it.
Rider (n.) An interior rib
occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of
the lower deck, to strengthen her frame.
Rider (n.) The second tier
of casks in a vessel's hold.
Rider (n.) A small forked
weight which straddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the
manner of the weight on a steelyard.
Rider (n.) A robber.
Riderless (a.) Having no
rider; as, a riderless horse.
Ridge (n.) The back, or
top of the back; a crest.
Ridge (n.) A range of
hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation
between valleys.
Ridge (n.) A raised line
or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches,
or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc.
Ridge (n.) The
intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the
top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault.
Ridge (n.) The highest
portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
Ridged (imp. & p. p.) of
Ridge
Ridging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ridge
Ridge (v. t.) To form a
ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges.
Ridge (v. t.) To form into
ridges with the plow, as land.
Ridge (v. t.) To wrinkle.
Ridgeband (n.) The part of
a harness which passes over the saddle, and supports the shafts of a cart; --
called also ridgerope, and ridger.
Ridgebone (n.) The
backbone.
Ridgel (n.) Same as
Ridgelling.
Ridgelet (n.) A little
ridge.
Ridgeling (n.) A
half-castrated male animal.
Ridgepiece (n.) Alt. of
Ridgeplate
Ridgeplate (n.) See
Ridgepole.
Ridgepole (n.) The timber
forming the ridge of a roof, into which the rafters are secured.
Ridgerope (n.) See Life
line (a), under Life.
Ridgingly (adv.) So as to
form ridges.
Ridgy (a.) Having a ridge
or ridges; rising in a ridge.
Ridicle (n.) Ridicule.
Ridicule (n.) An object of
sport or laughter; a laughingstock; a laughing matter.
Ridicule (n.) Remarks
concerning a subject or a person designed to excite laughter with a degree of
contempt; wit of that species which provokes contemptuous laughter;
disparagement by making a person an object of laughter; banter; -- a term
lighter than derision.
Ridicule (n.) Quality of
being ridiculous; ridiculousness.
Ridiculed (imp. & p. p.)
of Ridicule
Ridiculing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ridicule
Ridicule (v. t.) To laugh
at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting.
Ridicule (a.) Ridiculous.
Ridiculer (n.) One who
ridicules.
Ridiculize (v. t.) To make
ridiculous; to ridicule.
Ridiculosity (n.) The
quality or state of being ridiculous; ridiculousness; also, something
ridiculous.
Ridiculous (a.) Fitted to
excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration; as, a
ridiculous dress or behavior.
Ridiculous (a.) Involving
or expressing ridicule.
Riding (n.) One of the
three jurisdictions into which the county of York, in England, is divided; --
formerly under the government of a reeve. They are called the North, the East,
and the West, Riding.
Riding (a.) Employed to
travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk.
Riding (a.) Used for
riding on; as, a riding horse.
Riding (a.) Used for
riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a riding whip; a riding habit; a
riding day.
Riding (n.) The act or
state of one who rides.
Riding (n.) A festival
procession.
Riding (n.) Same as Ride,
n., 3.
Riding (n.) A district in
charge of an excise officer.
Ridotto (n.) A favorite
Italian public entertainment, consisting of music and dancing, -- held generally
on fast eves.
Ridotto (v. i.) To hold
ridottos.
Rie (n.) See Rye.
Rief (n.) Robbery.
Rietboc (n.) 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 (a.) Prevailing;
prevalent; abounding.
Rife (a.) Having power;
active; nimble.
Riffle (n.) 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 (n.) A curved file
used in carving wool and marble.
Riffraff (n.) Sweepings;
refuse; the lowest order of society.
Rifled (imp. & p. p.) of
Rifle
Rifling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rifle
Rifle (v. t.) To seize and
bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
Rifle (v. t.) To strip; to
rob; to pillage.
Rifle (v. t.) To raffle.
Rifle (v. i.) To raffle.
Rifle (v. i.) To commit
robbery.
Rifle (n.) A gun, the
inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a
rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it
has superseded the musket.
Rifle (n.) A body of
soldiers armed with rifles.
Rifle (n.) A strip of wood
covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.
Rifle (v. t.) To grove; to
channel; especially, to groove internally with spiral channels; as, to rifle a
gun barrel or a cannon.
Rifle (v. t.) To whet with
a rifle. See Rifle, n., 3.
Riflebird (n.) 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 (pl. ) of
Rifleman
Rifleman (n.) A soldier
armed with a rifle.
Rifler (n.) One who
rifles; a robber.
Rifling (n.) The act or
process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
Rifling (n.) The system of
grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon.
Rift () p. p. of Rive.
Rift (n.) An opening made
by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure.
Rift (n.) A shallow place
in a stream; a ford.
Rifted (imp. & p. p.) of
Rift
Rifting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rift
Rift (v. t.) To cleave; to
rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds.
Rift (v. i.) To burst
open; to split.
Rift (v. i.) To belch.
Rifter (n.) A rafter.
Rig (n.) A ridge.
Rigged (imp. & p. p.) of
Rig
Rigging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rig
Rig (v. t.) To furnish
with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.
Rig (v. t.) To dress; to
equip; to clothe, especially in an odd or fanciful manner; -- commonly followed
by out.
Rig (n.) The peculiar
fitting in shape, number, and arrangement of sails and masts, by which different
types of vessels are distinguished; as, schooner rig, ship rig, etc. See
Illustration in Appendix.
Rig (n.) Dress; esp., odd
or fanciful clothing.
Rig (n.) A romp; a wanton;
one given to unbecoming conduct.
Rig (n.) A sportive or
unbecoming trick; a frolic.
Rig (n.) A blast of wind.
Rig (v. i.) To play the
wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
Rig (v. t.) To make free
with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
Rigadoon (n.) A gay,
lively dance for one couple, -- said to have been borrowed from Provence in
France.
Riga fir () 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 (n.) See
Irrigation.
Rigel (n.) A fixed star of
the first magnitude in the left foot of the constellation Orion.
Rigescent (a.) Growing
stiff or numb.
Rigger (n.) One who rigs
or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship.
Rigger (n.) A cylindrical
pulley or drum in machinery.
Rigging (n.) DRess;
tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and
spars of a vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. See
Illustr. of Ship and Sails.
Riggish (a.) Like a rig or
wanton.
Riggle (v. i.) See
Wriggle.
Riggle (n.) The European
lance fish.
Right (a.) Straight;
direct; not crooked; as, a right line.
Right (a.) Upright; erect
from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as, right ascension; a right
pyramid or cone.
Right (a.) Conformed to
the constitution of man and the will of God, or to justice and equity; not
deviating from the true and just; according with truth and duty; just; true.
Right (a.) Fit; suitable;
proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man in the right place; the right way
from London to Oxford.
Right (a.) Characterized
by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not spurious.
Right (a.) According with
truth; passing a true judgment; conforming to fact or intent; not mistaken or
wrong; not erroneous; correct; as, this is the right faith.
Right (a.) Most favorable
or convenient; fortunate.
Right (a.) Of or
pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action is
usually stronger than on the other side; -- opposed to left when used in
reference to a part of the body; as, the right side, hand, arm. Also applied to
the corresponding side of the lower animals.
Right (a.) Well placed,
disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well regulated; correctly done.
Right (a.) Designed to be
placed or worn outward; as, the right side of a piece of cloth.
Right (adv.) In a right
manner.
Right (adv.) In a right or
straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood
right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right
after the guide.
Right (adv.) Exactly;
just.
Right (adv.) According to
the law or will of God; conforming to the standard of truth and justice;
righteously; as, to live right; to judge right.
Right (adv.) According to
any rule of art; correctly.
Right (adv.) According to
fact or truth; actually; truly; really; correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story
right.
Right (adv.) In a great
degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as, right humble; right
noble; right valiant.
Right (a.) That which is
right or correct.
Right (a.) The straight
course; adherence to duty; obedience to lawful authority, divine or human;
freedom from guilt, -- the opposite of moral wrong.
Right (a.) A true
statement; freedom from error of falsehood; adherence to truth or fact.
Right (a.) A just judgment
or action; that which is true or proper; justice; uprightness; integrity.
Right (a.) That to which
one has a just claim.
Right (a.) That which one
has a natural claim to exact.
Right (a.) That which one
has a legal or social claim to do or to exact; legal power; authority; as, a
sheriff has a right to arrest a criminal.
Right (a.) That which
justly belongs to one; that which one has a claim to possess or own; the
interest or share which anyone has in a piece of property; title; claim;
interest; ownership.
Right (a.) Privilege or
immunity granted by authority.
Right (a.) The right side;
the side opposite to the left.
Right (a.) In some
legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those members collectively who are
conservatives or monarchists. See Center, 5.
Right (a.) The outward or
most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
Righted (imp. & p. p.) of
Right
Righting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Right
Right (a.) To bring or
restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or
straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct.
Right (a.) To do justice
to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights
of; as, to right the oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate.
Right (v. i.) To recover
the proper or natural condition or position; to become upright.
Right (v. i.) Hence, to
regain an upright position, as a ship or boat, after careening.
Right-about (n.) 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 (a.)
Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.
Righten (v. t.) To do
justice to.
Righteous (a.) 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 (a.) Made
righteous.
Righteously (adv.) In a
righteous manner; as, to judge righteously.
Righteousness (n.) The
quality or state of being righteous; holiness; purity; uprightness; rectitude.
Righteousness (n.) A
righteous act, or righteous quality.
Righteousness (n.) The act
or conduct of one who is righteous.
Righteousness (n.) The
state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the
ground of justification.
Righter (n.) One who sets
right; one who does justice or redresses wrong.
Rightful (a.) Righteous;
upright; just; good; -- said of persons.
Rightful (a.) Consonant to
justice; just; as, a rightful cause.
Rightful (a.) Having the
right or just claim according to established laws; being or holding by right;
as, the rightful heir to a throne or an estate; a rightful king.
Rightful (a.) Belonging,
held, or possessed by right, or by just claim; as, a rightful inheritance;
rightful authority.
Rightfully (adv.)
According to right or justice.
Rightfulness (n.) The
quality or state of being rightful; accordance with right and justice.
Rightfulness (n.) Moral
rectitude; righteousness.
Right-hand (a.) Situated
or being on the right; nearer the right hand than the left; as, the right-hand
side, room, or road.
Right-hand (a.) Chiefly
relied on; almost indispensable.
Right-handed (a.) Using
the right hand habitually, or more easily than the left.
Right-handed (a.) Having
the same direction or course as the movement of the hands of a watch seen in
front; -- said of the motion of a revolving object looked at from a given
direction.
Right-handed (a.) Having
the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See
Illust. of Scalaria.
Right-handedness (n.) The
state or quality of being right-handed; hence, skill; dexterity.
Right-hearted (a.) Having
a right heart or disposition.
Rightless (a.) Destitute
of right.
Right-lined (a.) Formed by
right lines; rectilineal; as, a right-lined angle.
Rightly (adv.) Straightly;
directly; in front.
Rightly (adv.) According
to justice; according to the divine will or moral rectitude; uprightly; as, duty
rightly performed.
Rightly (adv.) Properly;
fitly; suitably; appropriately.
Rightly (adv.) According
to truth or fact; correctly; not erroneously; exactly.
Right-minded (a.) Having a
right or honest mind.
Rightness (n.)
Straightness; as, the rightness of a line.
Rightness (n.) The quality
or state of being right; right relation.
Right-running (a.)
Straight; direct.
Rightward (adv.) Toward
the right.
Right whale () The bowhead,
Arctic, or Greenland whale (Balaena mysticetus), from whose mouth the best
whalebone is obtained.
Right whale () Any other whale
that produces valuable whalebone, as the Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale
(Balaena cisarctica), and the Pacific right whale (B. Sieboldii); a bone whale.
Rightwise (a.) Righteous.
Rightwise (v. t.) To make
righteous.
Rightwisely (adv.)
Righteously.
Rightwiseness (n.)
Righteousness.
Rigid (a.) Firm; stiff;
unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.
Rigid (a.) Hence, not lax
or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a rigid father or master; rigid
discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid sentence.
Rigidity (n.) 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.
Rigidity (n.) Stiffness of
appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
Rigidity (n.) Severity;
rigor.
Rigidly (v.) In a rigid
manner; stiffly.
Rigidness (n.) The quality
or state of being rigid.
Rigidulous (a.) Somewhat
rigid or stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle.
Riglet (n.) See Reglet.
Rigmarole (n.) A
succession of confused or nonsensical statements; foolish talk; nonsense.
Rigmarole (a.) Consisting
of rigmarole; frovolous; nonsensical; foolish.
Rigol (n.) A circle;
hence, a diadem.
Rigoll (n.) 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 (n.) Rigidity;
stiffness.
Rigor (n.) A sense of
chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as
in the chill preceding a fever.
Rigor (n.) The becoming
stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness.
Rigor (n.) See 1st Rigor,
2.
Rigor (n.) Severity of
climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of winter.
Rigor (n.) Stiffness of
opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity;
hard-heartedness; cruelty.
Rigor (n.) Exactness
without allowance, deviation, or indulgence; strictness; as, the rigor of
criticism; to execute a law with rigor; to enforce moral duties with rigor; --
opposed to lenity.
Rigor (n.) Severity of
life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification.
Rigor (n.) Violence;
force; fury.
Rigorism (n.) Rigidity in
principle or practice; strictness; -- opposed to laxity.
Rigorism (n.) Severity, as
of style, or the like.
Rigorist (n.) One who is
rigorous; -- sometimes applied to an extreme Jansenist.
Rigorous (a.) 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.
Rigorous (a.) Severe;
intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter.
Rigorous (a.) Violent.
Rigsdaler (n.) A Danish
coin worth about fifty-four cents. It was the former unit of value in Denmark.
Rig-Veda () See Veda.
Riksdaler (n.) A Swedish
coin worth about twenty-seven cents. It was formerly the unit of value in
Sweden.
Riled (imp. & p. p.) of
Rile
Riling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rile
Rile (v. t.) To render
turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.
Rile (v. t.) To stir up in
feelings; to make angry; to vex.
Rilievo (n.) Same as
Relief, n., 5.
Rill (n.) A very small
brook; a streamlet.
Rill (n.) See Rille.
Rill (v. i.) To run a
small stream.
Rille (n.) One of certain
narrow, crooked valleys seen, by aid of the telescope, on the surface of the
moon.
Rillet (n.) A little rill.
Rily (a.) Roily.
Rim (n.) The border, edge,
or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving; as, the rim of a
kettle or basin.
Rim (n.) The lower part of
the abdomen.
Rimmed (imp. & p. p.) of
Rim
Rimming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rim
Rim (v. t.) To furnish
with a rim; to border.
Rimae (pl. ) of Rima
Rima (n.) A narrow and
elongated aperture; a cleft; a fissure.
Rimau dahan () The clouded tiger
cat (Felis marmorata) of Southern Asia and the East Indies.
Rimbase (n.) A short
cylinder connecting a trunnion with the body of a cannon. See Illust. of Cannon.
Rime (n.) A rent or long
aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.
Rime (n.) White frost;
hoarfrost; congealed dew or vapor.
Rimed (imp. & p. p.) of
Rime
Riming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rime
Rime (v. i.) To freeze or
congeal into hoarfrost.
Rime (n.) A step or round
of a ladder; a rung.
Rime (n.) Rhyme. See
Rhyme.
Rime (v. i. & t.) To
rhyme. See Rhyme.
Rimer (n.) A rhymer; a
versifier.
Rimer (n.) A tool for
shaping the rimes of a ladder.
Rimey (v. t.) To compose
in rhyme; to versify.
Rimmer (n.) An implement
for cutting, trimming, or ornamenting the rim of anything, as the edges of pies,
etc.; also, a reamer.
Rimose (a.) Full of rimes,
fissures, or chinks.
Rimose (a.) Having long
and nearly parallel clefts or chinks, like those in the bark of trees.
Rimosely (adv.) In a
rimose manner.
Rimosity (n.) State of
being rimose.
Rimous (a.) Rimose.
Rimple (n.) A fold or
wrinkle. See Rumple.
Rimpled (imp. & p. p.) of
Rimple
Rimpling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rimple
Rimple (v. t. & i.) To
rumple; to wrinkle.
Rimy (a.) Abounding with
rime; frosty.
Rind (n.) The external
covering or coat, as of flesh, fruit, trees, etc.; skin; hide; bark; peel;
shell.
Rind (v. t.) To remove the
rind of; to bark.
Rinderpest (n.) 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 (n.) A small water
course or gutter.
Rindless (a.) Destitute of
a rind.
Rindy (a.) Having a rind
or skin.
Rine (n.) See Rind.
Rined (a.) Having a rind
Rinforzando (a.)
Increasing; strengthening; -- a direction indicating a sudden increase of force
(abbreviated rf., rfz.) Cf. Forzando, and Sforzando.
Rang (imp.) of Ring
Rung () of Ring
Rung (p. p.) of Ring
Ringing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ring
Ring (v. t.) To cause to
sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell.
Ring (v. t.) To make (a
sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound.
Ring (v. t.) To repeat
often, loudly, or earnestly.
Ring (v. i.) To sound, as
a bell or other sonorous body, particularly a metallic one.
Ring (v. i.) To practice
making music with bells.
Ring (v. i.) To sound
loud; to resound; to be filled with a ringing or reverberating sound.
Ring (v. i.) To continue
to sound or vibrate; to resound.
Ring (v. i.) To be filled
with report or talk; as, the whole town rings with his fame.
Ring (n.) A sound;
especially, the sound of vibrating metals; as, the ring of a bell.
Ring (n.) Any loud sound;
the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
Ring (n.) A chime, or set
of bells harmonically tuned.
Ring (n.) A circle, or a
circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop.
Ring (n.) Specifically, a
circular ornament of gold or other precious material worn on the finger, or
attached to the ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a wedding
ring.
Ring (n.) A circular area
in which races are or run or other sports are performed; an arena.
Ring (n.) An inclosed
space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively, prize fighting.
Ring (n.) A circular group
of persons.
Ring (n.) The plane figure
included between the circumferences of two concentric circles.
Ring (n.) The solid
generated by the revolution of a circle, or other figure, about an exterior
straight line (as an axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other
figure.
Ring (n.) An instrument,
formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring
suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray
entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.
Ring (n.) An elastic band
partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium.
Ring (n.) A clique; an
exclusive combination of persons for a selfish purpose, as to control the
market, distribute offices, obtain contracts, etc.
Ringed (imp. & p. p.) of
Ring
Ringing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ring
Ring (v. t.) To surround
with a ring, or as with a ring; to encircle.
Ring (v. t.) To make a
ring around by cutting away the bark; to girdle; as, to ring branches or roots.
Ring (v. t.) To fit with a
ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout.
Ring (v. i.) To rise in
the air spirally.
Ringbill (n.) The
ring-necked scaup duck; -- called also ring-billed blackhead. See Scaup.
Ringbird (n.) The reed
bunting. It has a collar of white feathers. Called also ring bunting.
Ringbolt (n.) An eyebolt
having a ring through the eye.
Ringbone (n.) A morbid
growth or deposit of bony matter between or on the small pastern and the great
pastern bones.
Ringdove (n.) 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.
Ringed (a.) Encircled or
marked with, or as with, a ring or rings.
Ringed (a.) Wearning a
wedding ring; hence, lawfully wedded.
Ringent (a.) Having the
lips widely separated and gaping like an open mouth; as a ringent bilabiate
corolla.
Ringer (n.) One who, or
that which, rings; especially, one who rings chimes on bells.
Ringer (n.) A crowbar.
Ringer (n.) A horse that
is not entitled to take part in a race, but is fraudulently got into it.
Ringhead (n.) An
instrument used for stretching woolen cloth.
Ringing () a & n. from Ring, v.
Ringingly (adv.) In a
ringing manner.
Ringleader (n.) The leader
of a circle of dancers; hence, the leader of a number of persons acting
together; the leader of a herd of animals.
Ringleader (n.)
Opprobriously, a leader of a body of men engaged in the violation of law or in
an illegal enterprise, as rioters, mutineers, or the like.
Ringlestone (n.) The
ringed dotterel, or ring plover.
Ringlet (n.) A small ring;
a small circle; specifically, a fairy ring.
Ringlet (n.) A curl;
especially, a curl of hair.
Ringmen (pl. ) of Ringman
Ringman (n.) The ring
finger.
Ringmaster (n.) One in
charge of the performances (as of horses) within the ring in a circus.
Ringneck (n.) 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.
Ringneck (n.) The
ring-necked duck.
Ring-necked (a.) Having a
well defined ring of color around the neck.
Ringsail (n.) See
Ringtail, 2.
Ringstraked (a.)
Ring-streaked.
Ring-streaked (a.) Having
circular streaks or lines on the body; as, ring-streaked goats.
Ringtail (n.) A bird
having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier.
Ringtail (n.) A light sail
set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail.
Ring-tailed (a.) Having
the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color.
Ringtoss (n.) A game in
which the object is to toss a ring so that it will catch upon an upright stick.
Ringworm (n.) 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 (n.) The smooth and
level extent of ice marked off for the game of curling.
Rink (n.) An artificial
sheet of ice, generally under cover, used for skating; also, a floor prepared
for skating on with roller skates, or a building with such a floor.
Rinker (n.) One who skates
at a rink.
Rinking (n.) Skating in a
rink.
Rinsed (imp. & p. p.) of
Rinse
Rinsing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rinse
Rinse (v. t.) To wash
lightly; to cleanse with a second or repeated application of water after
washing.
Rinse (v. t.) To cleancse
by the introduction of water; -- applied especially to hollow vessels; as, to
rinse a bottle.
Rinse (n.) The act of
rinsing.
Rinser (n.) One who, or
that which, rinses.
Riot (n.) Wanton or
unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
Riot (n.) Excessive and
exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
Riot (n.) The tumultuous
disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons
in the execution of some private object.
Rioted (imp. & p. p.) of
Riot
Rioting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Riot
Riot (v. i.) To engage in
riot; to act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of
luxury, feasting, or the like; to revel; to run riot; to go to excess.
Riot (v. i.) To disturb
the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See Riot, n., 3.
Riot (v. t.) To spend or
pass in riot.
Rioter (n.) One who riots;
a reveler; a roisterer.
Rioter (n.) One who
engages in a riot. See Riot, n., 3.
Riotise (n.) Excess;
tumult; revelry.
Riotour (n.) A rioter.
Riotous (a.) Involving, or
engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious.
Riotous (a.) Partaking of
the nature of an unlawful assembly or its acts; seditious.
Riotry (n.) The act or
practice of rioting; riot.
Rip (n.) A wicker fish
basket.
Ripped (imp. & p. p.) of
Rip
Ripping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rip
Rip (v. t.) To divide or
separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to
tear off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to
rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; -- commonly used with up, open,
off.
Rip (v. t.) To get by, or
as by, cutting or tearing.
Rip (v. t.) To tear up for
search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover;
to disclose; -- usually with up.
Rip (v. t.) To saw (wood)
lengthwise of the grain or fiber.
Rip (n.) A rent made by
ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration.
Rip (n.) A term applied to
a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute,
or a worn-out horse.
Rip (n.) A body of water
made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents.
Riparian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the bank of a river; as, riparian rights.
Riparious (a.) Growing
along the banks of rivers; riparian.
Ripe (n.) The bank of a
river.
Ripe (superl.) Ready for
reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits,
seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
Ripe (superl.) Advanced to
the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
Ripe (superl.) Having
attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
Ripe (superl.) Maturated
or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
Ripe (superl.) Ready for
action or effect; prepared.
Ripe (superl.) Like
ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
Ripe (superl.)
Intoxicated.
Ripe (v. i.) To ripen; to
grow ripe.
Ripe (v. t.) To mature; to
ripen.
Ripely (adv.) Maturely; at
the fit time.
Ripened (imp. & p. p.) of
Ripen
Ripening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ripen
Ripen (v. i.) To grow
ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen
in the sun.
Ripen (v. i.) To approach
or come to perfection.
Ripen (v. t.) To cause to
mature; to make ripe; as, the warm days ripened the corn.
Ripen (v. t.) To mature;
to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection; as, to ripen the judgment.
Ripeness (n.) The state or
quality of being ripe; maturity;; completeness; perfection; as, the ripeness of
grain; ripeness of manhood; ripeness of judgment.
Ripidolite (n.) 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 (n.) A player in
the ripieno portion of an orchestra. See Ripieno.
Ripieno (a.) 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 (n.) Alt. of Ripper
Ripper (n.) One who brings
fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns.
Ripost (n.) In fencing, a
return thrust after a parry.
Ripost (n.) A quick and
sharp refort; a repartee.
Ripper (n.) One who, or
that which, rips; a ripping tool.
Ripper (n.) A tool for
trimming the edges of roofing slates.
Ripper (n.) Anything huge,
extreme, startling, etc.
Ripple (v.) An implement,
with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from
flax, broom corn, etc.
Ripple (v. t.) To remove
the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.
Ripple (v. t.) Hence, to
scratch or tear.
Rippled (imp. & p. p.) of
Ripple
Rippling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ripple
Ripple (v. i.) To become
fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a
rough bottom; to be covered with small waves or undulations, as a field of
grain.
Ripple (v. i.) To make a
sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples
on the shore.
Ripple (v. t.) To fret or
dimple, as the surface of running water; to cover with small waves or
undulations; as, the breeze rippled the lake.
Ripple (n.) The fretting
or dimpling of the surface, as of running water; little curling waves.
Ripple (n.) A little wave
or undulation; a sound such as is made by little waves; as, a ripple of
laughter.
Ripple (n.) a small wave
on the surface of water or other liquids for which the driving force is not
gravity, but surface tension.
Ripple (n.) the residual
AC component in the DC current output from a rectifier, expressed as a
percentage of the steady component of the current.
Ripple-marked (a.) Having
ripple marks.
Ripplet (n.) A small
ripple.
Ripplingly (adv.) In a
rippling manner.
Ripply (a.) Having
ripples; as, ripply water; hence, resembling the sound of rippling water; as,
ripply laughter; a ripply cove.
Riprap (n.) A foundation
or sustaining wall of stones thrown together without order, as in deep water or
on a soft bottom.
Riprapped (imp. & p. p.)
of Riprap
Riprapping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Riprap
Riprap (v. t.) To form a
riprap in or upon.
Ripsaw (v. t.) 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 (n.) A gratuity
given to tenants after they had reaped their lord's corn.
Ris (n.) A bough or
branch; a twig.
Rose (imp.) of Rise
Risen (p. p.) of Rise
Rising (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rise
Rise (v.) 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.
Rise (v.) To ascend or
float in a fluid, as gases or vapors in air, cork in water, and the like.
Rise (v.) To move upward
under the influence of a projecting force; as, a bullet rises in the air.
Rise (v.) To grow upward;
to attain a certain height; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet.
Rise (v.) To reach a
higher level by increase of quantity or bulk; to swell; as, a river rises in its
bed; the mercury rises in the thermometer.
Rise (v.) To become erect;
to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall.
Rise (v.) To leave one's
bed; to arise; as, to rise early.
Rise (v.) To tower up; to
be heaved up; as, the Alps rise far above the sea.
Rise (v.) To slope upward;
as, a path, a line, or surface rises in this direction.
Rise (v.) To retire; to
give up a siege.
Rise (v.) To swell or puff
up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like.
Rise (v.) To have the
aspect or the effect of rising.
Rise (v.) To appear above
the horizont, as the sun, moon, stars, and the like.
Rise (v.) To become
apparent; to emerge into sight; to come forth; to appear; as, an eruption rises
on the skin; the land rises to view to one sailing toward the shore.
Rise (v.) To become
perceptible to other senses than sight; as, a noise rose on the air; odor rises
from the flower.
Rise (v.) To have a
beginning; to proceed; to originate; as, rivers rise in lakes or springs.
Rise (v.) To increase in
size, force, or value; to proceed toward a climax.
Rise (v.) To increase in
power or fury; -- said of wind or a storm, and hence, of passion.
Rise (v.) To become of
higher value; to increase in price.
Rise (v.) To become
larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like.
Rise (v.) To increase in
intensity; -- said of heat.
Rise (v.) To become
louder, or higher in pitch, as the voice.
Rise (v.) To increase in
amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations.
Rise (v.) In various
figurative senses.
Rise (v.) To become
excited, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
Rise (v.) To attain to a
better social position; to be promoted; to excel; to succeed.
Rise (v.) To become more
and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; -- said of
style, thought, or discourse; as, to rise in force of expression; to rise in
eloquence; a story rises in interest.
Rise (v.) To come to mind;
to be suggested; to occur.
Rise (v.) To come; to
offer itself.
Rise (v.) To ascend from
the grave; to come to life.
Rise (v.) To terminate an
official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the
report.
Rise (v.) To ascend on a
musical scale; to take a higher pith; as, to rise a tone or semitone.
Rise (v.) To be lifted, or
to admit of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the
type; -- said of a form.
Rise (n.) The act of
rising, or the state of being risen.
Rise (n.) The distance
through which anything rises; as, the rise of the thermometer was ten degrees;
the rise of the river was six feet; the rise of an arch or of a step.
Rise (n.) Land which is
somewhat higher than the rest; as, the house stood on a rise of land.
Rise (n.) Spring; source;
origin; as, the rise of a stream.
Rise (n.) Appearance above
the horizon; as, the rise of the sun or of a planet.
Rise (n.) Increase;
advance; augmentation, as of price, value, rank, property, fame, and the like.
Rise (n.) Increase of
sound; a swelling of the voice.
Rise (n.) Elevation or
ascent of the voice; upward change of key; as, a rise of a tone or semitone.
Rise (n.) The spring of a
fish to seize food (as a fly) near the surface of the water.
Risen () p. p. & a. from Rise.
Risen (p. p. & a.) Obs.
imp. pl. of Rise.
Riser (n.) One who rises;
as, an early riser.
Riser (n.) The upright
piece of a step, from tread to tread.
Riser (n.) Any small
upright face, as of a seat, platform, veranda, or the like.
Riser (n.) A shaft
excavated from below upward.
Riser (n.) A feed head.
See under Feed, n.
Rish (n.) A rush (the
plant).
Risibility (n.) The
quality of being risible; as, risibility is peculiar to the human species.
Risible (a.) Having the
faculty or power of laughing; disposed to laugh.
Risible (a.) Exciting
laughter; worthy to be laughed at; amusing.
Risible (a.) Used in, or
expressing, laughter; as, risible muscles.
Rising (a.) Attaining a
higher place; taking, or moving in, an upward direction; appearing above the
horizon; ascending; as, the rising moon.
Rising (a.) Increasing in
wealth, power, or distinction; as, a rising state; a rising character.
Rising (a.) Growing;
advancing to adult years and to the state of active life; as, the rising
generation.
Rising (prep.) More than;
exceeding; upwards of; as, a horse rising six years of age.
Rising (n.) The act of one
who, or that which, rises (in any sense).
Rising (n.) That which
rises; a tumor; a boil.
Risk (n.) Hazard; danger;
peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.
Risk (n.) Hazard of loss;
liabillity to loss in property.
Risked (imp. & p. p.) of
Risk
Risking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Risk
Risk (n.) To expose to
risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to
risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication.
Risk (n.) To incur the
risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.
Risker (n.) One who risks
or hazards.
Riskful (a.) Risky.
Risky (a.) Attended with
risk or danger; hazardous.
Risorial (a.) Pertaining
to, or producing, laughter; as, the risorial muscles.
Risotto (n.) A kind of
pottage.
Risse () imp. of Rise.
Rissoid (n.) 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 (n.) A small ball
of rich minced meat or fish, covered with pastry and fried.
Rist () 3d pers. sing. pres. of
Rise, contracted from riseth.
Rit () 3d pers. sing. pres. of
Ride, contracted from rideth.
Ritardando (a.) Retarding;
-- a direction for slower time; rallentado.
Rite (n.) 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 (a.) Held back;
holding back; ritardando.
Ritornelle (n.) Alt. of
Ritornello
Ritornello (n.) A short
return or repetition; a concluding symphony to an air, often consisting of the
burden of the song.
Ritornello (n.) A short
intermediate symphony, or instrumental passage, in the course of a vocal piece;
an interlude.
Ritratto (n.) A picture.
Ritual (a.) Of or
pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law.
Ritual (n.) A prescribed
form of performing divine service in a particular church or communion; as, the
Jewish ritual.
Ritual (n.) Hence, the
code of ceremonies observed by an organization; as, the ritual of the
freemasons.
Ritual (n.) A book
containing the rites to be observed.
Ritualism (n.) A system
founded upon a ritual or prescribed form of religious worship; adherence to, or
observance of, a ritual.
Ritualism (n.)
Specifically :(a) The principles and practices of those in the Church of
England, who in the development of the Oxford movement, so-called, have insisted
upon a return to the use in church services of the symbolic ornaments (altar
cloths, encharistic vestments, candles, etc.) that were sanctioned in the second
year of Edward VI., and never, as they maintain, forbidden by competennt
authority, although generally disused. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. (b) Also, the
principles and practices of those in the Protestant Episcopal Church who
sympathize with this party in the Church of England.
Ritualist (n.) One skilled
un, or attached to, a ritual; one who advocates or practices ritualism.
Ritualistic (a.)
Pertaining to, or in accordance with, a ritual; adhering to ritualism.
Ritually (adv.) By rites,
or by a particular rite.
Rivage (n.) A bank, shore,
or coast.
Rivage (n.) A duty paid to
the crown for the passage of vessels on certain rivers.
Rival (n.) A person having
a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
Rival (n.) One who is in
pursuit of the same object as another; one striving to reach or obtain something
which another is attempting to obtain, and which one only can posses; a
competitor; as, rivals in love; rivals for a crown.
Rival (a.) Having the same
pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority; as, rival
lovers; rival claims or pretensions.
Rivaled (imp. & p. p.) of
Rival
Rivalled () of Rival
Rivaling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rival
Rivalling () of Rival
Rival (v. t.) To stand in
competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival
one in love.
Rival (v. t.) To strive to
equal or exel; to emulate.
Rival (v. i.) To be in
rivalry.
Rivaless (n.) A female
rival.
Rivality (n.) Rivalry;
competition.
Rivality (n.) Equality, as
of right or rank.
Rivalries (pl. ) of
Rivalry
Rivalry (n.) The act of
rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition.
Rivalship (n.) Rivalry.
Rived (imp.) of Rive
Rived (p. p.) of Rive
Riven () of Rive
Riving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rive
Rive (v. t.) To rend
asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles.
Rive (v. i.) To be split
or rent asunder.
Rive (n.) A place torn; a
rent; a rift.
Riveled (imp. & p. p.) of
Rivel
Riveling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rivel
Rivel (v. t.) To contract
into wrinkles; to shrivel; to shrink; as, riveled fruit; riveled flowers.
Rivel (n.) A wrinkle; a
rimple.
Riven () p. p. & a. from Rive.
River (n.) One who rives
or splits.
River (n.) A large stream
of water flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake,
or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook.
River (n.) Fig.: A large
stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil.
River (v. i.) To hawk by
the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl.
Rivered (a.) Supplied with
rivers; as, a well rivered country.
Riveret (n.) A rivulet.
Riverhood (n.) The quality
or state of being a river.
Riverling (n.) A rivulet.
Riverside (n.) The side or
bank of a river.
Rivery (a.) Having rivers;
as, a rivery country.
Rivet (n.) 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 (imp. & p. p.) of
Rivet
Riveting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rivet
Rivet (v. t.) To fasten
with a rivet, or with rivets; as, to rivet two pieces of iron.
Rivet (v. t.) To spread
out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or
pressing, so as to form a sort of head.
Rivet (v. t.) Hence, to
fasten firmly; to make firm, strong, or immovable; as, to rivet friendship or
affection.
Riveter (n.) One who
rivets.
Riveting (n.) The act of
joining with rivets; the act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a
rivet, by beating or pressing.
Riveting (n.) The whole
set of rivets, collectively.
Rivose (a.) Marked with
sinuate and irregular furrows.
Rivulet (n.) A small
stream or brook; a streamlet.
Rixation (n.) A brawl or
quarrel.
Rixatrix (n.) A scolding
or quarrelsome woman; a scold.
Rixdaler (n.) A Dutch
silver coin, worth about $1.00.
Rix-dollar (n.) 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 (v. t.) To dry in
the sun; as, rizzared haddock.
Roach (n.) A cockroach.
Roach (n.) A European
fresh-water fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus rutilus). It is silver-white,
with a greenish back.
Roach (n.) An American
chub (Semotilus bullaris); the fallfish.
Roach (n.) The redfin, or
shiner.
Roach (n.) A convex curve
or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit.
Roach (v. t.) To cause to
arch.
Roach (v. t.) To cut off,
as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall stand upright.
Roach-backed (a.) Having a
back like that of roach; -- said of a horse whose back a convex instead of a
concave curve.
Road (n.) A journey, or
stage of a journey.
Road (n.) An inroad; an
invasion; a raid.
Road (n.) A place where
one may ride; an open way or public passage for vehicles, persons, and animals;
a track for travel, forming a means of communication between one city, town, or
place, and another.
Road (n.) A place where
ships may ride at anchor at some distance from the shore; a roadstead; -- often
in the plural; as, Hampton Roads.
Roadbed (n.) 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 (a.) Destitute of
roads.
Roadmaker (n.) One who
makes roads.
Roadside (n.) Land
adjoining a road or highway; the part of a road or highway that borders the
traveled part. Also used ajectively.
Roadstead (n.) An
anchorage off shore. Same as Road, 4.
Roadster (n.) A clumsy
vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides.
Roadster (n.) A horse that
is accustomed to traveling on the high road, or is suitable for use on ordinary
roads.
Roadster (n.) A bicycle or
tricycle adapted for common roads rather than for the racing track.
Roadster (n.) One who
drives much; a coach driver.
Roadster (n.) A hunter who
keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds across country.
Roadway (n.) A road;
especially, the part traveled by carriages.
Roamed (imp. & p. p.) of
Roam
Roaming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Roam
Roam (v. i.) To go from
place to place without any certain purpose or direction; to rove; to wander.
Roam (v. t.) To range or
wander over.
Roam (n.) The act of
roaming; a wandering; a ramble; as, he began his roam o'er hill amd dale.
Roamer (n.) One who roams;
a wanderer.
Roan (a.) Having a bay,
chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; --
said of a horse.
Roan (a.) Made of the
leather called roan; as, roan binding.
Roan (n.) The color of a
roan horse; a roan color.
Roan (n.) A roan horse.
Roan (n.) A kind of
leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with
sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
Roared (imp. & p. p.) of
Roar
Roaring (p. pr. & vvb. n.)
of Roar
Roar (v. i.) To cry with a
full, loud, continued sound.
Roar (v. i.) To bellow, or
utter a deep, loud cry, as a lion or other beast.
Roar (v. i.) To cry
loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger.
Roar (v. i.) To make a
loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing vehicles, a crowd of persons when
shouting together, or the like.
Roar (v. i.) To be
boisterous; to be disorderly.
Roar (v. i.) To laugh out
loudly and continuously; as, the hearers roared at his jokes.
Roar (v. i.) To make a
loud noise in breathing, as horses having a certain disease. See Roaring, 2.
Roar (v. t.) To cry aloud;
to proclaim loudly.
Roar (n.) The sound of
roaring.
Roar (n.) The deep, loud
cry of a wild beast; as, the roar of a lion.
Roar (n.) The cry of one
in pain, distress, anger, or the like.
Roar (n.) A loud,
continuous, and confused sound; as, the roar of a cannon, of the wind, or the
waves; the roar of ocean.
Roar (n.) A boisterous
outcry or shouting, as in mirth.
Roarer (n.) One who, or
that which, roars.
Roarer (n.) A riotous
fellow; a roaring boy.
Roarer (n.) A horse
subject to roaring. See Roaring, 2.
Roarer (n.) The barn owl.
Roaring (n.) A loud, deep,
prolonged sound, as of a large beast, or of a person in distress, anger, mirth,
etc., or of a noisy congregation.
Roaring (n.) An affection
of the windpipe of a horse, causing a loud, peculiar noise in breathing under
exertion; the making of the noise so caused. See Roar, v. i., 5.
Roaringly (adv.) In a
roaring manner.
Roasted (imp. & p. p.) of
Roast
Roasting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Roast
Roast (v. t.) 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.
Roast (v. t.) To cook by
surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes.
Roast (v. t.) To dry and
parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts.
Roast (v. t.) Hence, to
heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
Roast (v. t.) To dissipate
by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.
Roast (v. t.) To banter
severely.
Roast (v. i.) To cook
meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven.
Roast (v. i.) To undergo
the process of being roasted.
Roast (n.) That which is
roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable for being
roasted.
Roast (a.) Roasted; as,
roast beef.
Roaster (n.) One who
roasts meat.
Roaster (n.) A contrivance
for roasting.
Roaster (n.) A pig, or
other article of food fit for roasting.
Roasting () a. & n., from Roast,
v.
Rob (n.) 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 (imp. & p. p.) of
Rob
Robbing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rob
Rob (v. t.) To take
(something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to
steal from.
Rob (v. t.) To take the
property of (any one) from his person, or in his presence, feloniously, and
against his will, by violence or by putting him in fear.
Rob (v. t.) To deprive of,
or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud; as, to rob one of his
rest, or of his good name; a tree robs the plants near it of sunlight.
Rob (v. i.) To take that
which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence.
Roband (n.) See Roperand.
Robber (n.) 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 (pl. ) of
Robbery
Robbery (n.) The act or
practice of robbing; theft.
Robbery (n.) The crime of
robbing. See Rob, v. t., 2.
Robbin (n.) 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.
Robbin (n.) See Ropeband.
Robe (v. t.) An outer
garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress
of state, rank, office, or the like.
Robe (v. t.) A skin of an
animal, especially, a skin of the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a
wrap.
Robed (imp. & p. p.) of
Robe
Robing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Robe
Robe (v. t.) To invest
with a robe or robes; to dress; to array; as, fields robed with green.
Robe-de-chambre (n.) A
dressing gown, or morning gown.
-men (pl. ) of Robertsman
Roberdsman (n.) Alt. of
Robertsman
Robertsman (n.) A bold,
stout robber, or night thief; -- said to be so called from Robin Hood.
Robert (n.) See Herb
Robert, under Herb.
Robin (n.) A small
European singing bird (Erythacus rubecula), having a reddish breast; -- called
also robin redbreast, robinet, and ruddock.
Robin (n.) An American
singing bird (Merula migratoria), having the breast chestnut, or dull red. The
upper parts are olive-gray, the head and tail blackish. Called also robin
redbreast, and migratory thrush.
Robin (n.) Any one of
several species of Australian warblers of the genera Petroica, Melanadrays, and
allied genera; as, the scarlet-breasted robin (Petroica mullticolor).
Robin (n.) Any one of
several Asiatic birds; as, the Indian robins. See Indian robin, below.
Robinet (n.) The
chaffinch; -- called also roberd.
Robinet (n.) The European
robin.
Robinet (n.) A military
engine formerly used for throwing darts and stones.
Robing (n.) The act of
putting on a robe.
Robin Goodfellow () A celebrated
fairy; Puck. See Puck.
Robinia (n.) A genus of
leguminous trees including the common locust of North America (Robinia
Pseudocacia).
Roborant (a.)
Strengthening.
Roborant (n.) A
strengthening medicine; a tonic.
Roborate (v. t.) To give
strength or support to; to confirm.
Roboration (n.) The act of
strengthening.
Roborean (a.) Alt. of
Roboreous
Roboreous (a.) Made of
oak.
Robust (a.) Evincing
strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound;
as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health.
Robust (a.) Violent;
rough; rude.
Robust (a.) Requiring
strength or vigor; as, robust employment.
Robustious (a.) Robust.
Robustly (adv.) In a
robust manner.
Robustness (n.) The
quality or state of being robust.
Roc (n.) A monstrous bird
of Arabian mythology.
Rocambole (n.) A name of
Allium Scorodoprasum and A. Ascalonium, two kinds of garlic, the latter of which
is also called shallot.
Roccellic (a.) 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 (n.) 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 (n.) Rock.
Roche alum () 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 (n.) Lime in the
lump after it is burned; quicklime.
Rochelle (n.) A seaport
town in France.
Roche moutonnee () See Sheepback.
Rochet (n.) 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.
Rochet (n.) A frock or
outer garment worn in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
Rochet (n.) The red
gurnard, or gurnet. See Gurnard.
Roching cask () A tank in which
alum is crystallized from a solution.
Rock (n.) See Roc.
Rock (n.) A distaff used
in spinning; the staff or frame about which flax is arranged, and from which the
thread is drawn in spinning.
Rock (n.) A large
concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.
Rock (n.) Any natural
deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not,
including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds.
Rock (n.) That which
resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge.
Rock (n.) Fig.: Anything
which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
Rock (n.) The striped
bass. See under Bass.
Rocked (imp. & p. p.) of
Rock
Rocking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rock
Rock (v. t.) To cause to
sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as, to rock a
cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter.
Rock (v. t.) To move as in
a cradle; hence, to put to sleep by rocking; to still; to quiet.
Rock (v. i.) To move or be
moved backward and forward; to be violently agitated; to reel; to totter.
Rock (v. i.) To roll or
saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair.
Rockaway () 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 (n.) Alt. of
Rocklay
Rocklay (n.) See Rokelay.
Rocker (n.) One who rocks;
specifically, one who rocks a cradle.
Rocker (n.) One of the
curving pieces of wood or metal on which a cradle, chair, etc., rocks.
Rocker (n.) Any implement
or machine working with a rocking motion, as a trough mounted on rockers for
separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water.
Rocker (n.) A play horse
on rockers; a rocking-horse.
Rocker (n.) A chair
mounted on rockers; a rocking-chair.
Rocker (n.) A skate with a
curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle.
Rocker (n.) Same as Rock
shaft.
Rockered (a.) Shaped like
a rocker; curved; as, a rockered keel.
Rockery (n.) A mound
formed of fragments of rock, earth, etc., and set with plants.
Rocket (n.) A cruciferous
plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad.
Rocket (n.) Damewort.
Rocket (n.) Rocket
larkspur. See below.
Rocket (n.) An artificial
firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with a
composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and
fastened to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the air by the
force arising from the expansion of the gases liberated by combustion of the
composition. Rockets are used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals,
and also for pyrotechnic display.
Rocket (n.) A blunt lance
head used in the joust.
Rocketed (imp. & p. p.) of
Rocket
Rocketing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rocket
Rocket (v. i.) To rise
straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an
adjective.
Rocketer (n.) A bird,
especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a
rocket.
Rockfish (n.) 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.
Rockfish (n.) The striped
bass. See Bass.
Rockfish (n.) Any one of
several species of Florida and Bermuda groupers of the genus Epinephelus.
Rockfish (n.) An American
fresh-water darter; the log perch.
Rockiness (n.) The state
or quality of being rocky.
Rocking (a.) Having a
swaying, rolling, or back-and-forth movement; used for rocking.
Rocking-chair (n.) A chair
mounted on rockers, in which one may rock.
Rocking-horse (n.) The
figure of a horse, mounted upon rockers, for children to ride.
Rocking-stone (n.) 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 (a.) Being
without rocks.
Rockling (n.) 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 (n.) 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 () 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 (v. i.) An
oscillating bar in a machine, as the lever of the bellows of a forge.
Rocksucker (n.) A lamprey.
Rockweed (n.) Any coarse
seaweed growing on sea-washed rocks, especially Fucus.
Rockwood (n.) Ligniform
asbestus; also, fossil wood.
Rockwork (n.) Stonework in
which the surface is left broken and rough.
Rockwork (n.) A rockery.
Rocky (a.) Full of, or
abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore.
Rocky (a.) Like a rock;
as, the rocky orb of a shield.
Rocky (a.) Fig.: Not
easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate; as, a rocky bosom.
Rocoa (n.) The
orange-colored pulp covering the seeds of the tropical plant Bixa Orellana, from
which annotto is prepared. See Annoto.
Rococo (n.) A florid style
of ornamentation which prevailed in Europe in the latter part of the eighteenth
century.
Rococo (a.) Of or
pertaining to the style called rococo; like rococo; florid; fantastic.
Rod (n.) A straight and
slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to
various purposes).
Rod (n.) An instrument of
punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement.
Rod (n.) A kind of
sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny;
oppression.
Rod (n.) A support for a
fishing line; a fish pole.
Rod (n.) A member used in
tension, as for sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and compression, as
for transmitting reciprocating motion, etc.; a connecting bar.
Rod (n.) An instrument for
measuring.
Rod (n.) A measure of
length containing sixteen and a half feet; -- called also perch, and pole.
Roddy (a.) Full of rods or
twigs.
Roddy (a.) Ruddy.
Rode (n.) Redness;
complexion.
Rode () imp. of Ride.
Rode (n.) See Rood, the
cross.
Rodent (v. t.) Gnawing;
biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.
Rodent (v. t.) Gnawing.
Rodent (v. t.) Of or
pertaining to the Rodentia.
Rodent (n.) One of the
Rodentia.
Rodentia (a.) 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 (n.) A round-up. See
Round-up.
Rodge (n.) The gadwall.
Rodomel (n.) Juice of
roses mixed with honey.
Rodomont (n.) A vain or
blustering boaster; a braggart; a braggadocio.
Rodomont (a.) Bragging;
vainly boasting.
Rodomontade (n.) Vain
boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant.
Rodomontade (v. i.) To
boast; to brag; to bluster; to rant.
Rodomontadist (n.) One who
boasts.
Rodomontado (n.)
Rodomontade.
Rodomontador (n.) A
rodomontadist.
Rodsmen (pl. ) of Rodsman
Rodsman (n.) One who
carries and holds a leveling staff, or rod, in a surveying party.
Rody (a.) Ruddy.
Roe (n.) A roebuck. See
Roebuck.
Roe (n.) The female of any
species of deer.
Roe (n.) The ova or spawn
of fishes and amphibians, especially when still inclosed in the ovarian
membranes. Sometimes applied, loosely, to the sperm and the testes of the male.
Roe (n.) A mottled
appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.
Roebuck (n.) 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 (a.) Filled with roe.
Roedeer (n.) The roebuck.
Roestone (n.) Same as
Oolite.
Rogation (n.) The demand,
by the consuls or tribunes, of a law to be passed by the people; a proposed law
or decree.
Rogation (n.) Litany;
supplication.
Rogatory (a.) Seeking
information; authorized to examine witnesses or ascertain facts; as, a rogatory
commission.
Rogue (n.) A vagrant; an
idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
Rogue (n.) A deliberately
dishonest person; a knave; a cheat.
Rogue (n.) One who is
pleasantly mischievous or frolicsome; hence, often used as a term of endearment.
Rogue (n.) An elephant
that has separated from a herd and roams about alone, in which state it is very
savage.
Rogue (n.) A worthless
plant occuring among seedlings of some choice variety.
Rogue (v. i.) To wander;
to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.
Rogue (v. t.) To give the
name or designation of rogue to; to decry.
Rogue (v. t.) To destroy
(plants that do not come up to a required standard).
Roguery (n.) The life of a
vargant.
Roguery (n.) The practices
of a rogue; knavish tricks; cheating; fraud; dishonest practices.
Roguery (n.) Arch tricks;
mischievousness.
Rogueship (n.) The quality
or state of being a rogue.
Roguish (a.) Vagrant.
Roguish (a.) Resembling,
or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish.
Roguish (a.) Pleasantly
mischievous; waggish; arch.
Roguy (a.) Roguish.
Rohob (n.) An inspissated
juice. See Rob.
Roial (a.) Royal.
Roiled (imp. & p. p.) of
Roil
Roiling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Roil
Roil (v.) 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.
Roil (v.) To disturb, as
the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to
perplex.
Roil (v. i.) To wander; to
roam.
Roil (v. i.) To romp.
Roily (a.) Turbid; as,
roily water.
Roin (v. t.) See Royne.
Roin (n.) A scab; a scurf,
or scurfy spot.
Roinish (a.) See Roynish.
Roint (interj.) See
Aroint.
Roist (v. i.) See Roister.
Roister (v. i.) To
bluster; to swagger; to bully; to be bold, noisy, vaunting, or turbulent.
Roister (n.) See
Roisterer.
Roisterer (n.) A
blustering, turbulent fellow.
Roisterly (a.) Blustering;
violent.
Roisterly (adv.) In a
roistering manner.
Rokambole (n.) See
Rocambole.
Roke (n.) Mist; smoke;
damp
Roke (n.) A vein of ore.
Rokeage (n.) Alt. of Rokee
Rokee (n.) Parched Indian
corn, pounded up and mixed with sugar; -- called also yokeage.
Rokelay (n.) A short
cloak.
Roky (a.) Misty; foggy;
cloudy.
Role (n.) 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 (imp. & p. p.) of
Roll
Rolling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Roll
Roll (n.) 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.
Roll (n.) To wrap round on
itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and
over; as, to roll a sheet of paper; to roll parchment; to roll clay or putty
into a ball.
Roll (n.) To bind or
involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; -- often with up; as, to roll up
a parcel.
Roll (n.) To drive or
impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling; as, a river rolls its waters
to the ocean.
Roll (n.) To utter
copiously, esp. with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; -- often with
forth, or out; as, to roll forth some one's praises; to roll out sentences.
Roll (n.) To press or
level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers; as, to
roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails, etc.
Roll (n.) To move, or
cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
Roll (n.) To beat with
rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
Roll (n.) To apply (one
line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one
line or surface) into successive contact with another, in suck manner that at
every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
Roll (n.) To turn over in
one's mind; to revolve.
Roll (v. i.) To move, as a
curved object may, along a surface by rotation without sliding; to revolve upon
an axis; to turn over and over; as, a ball or wheel rolls on the earth; a body
rolls on an inclined plane.
Roll (v. i.) To move on
wheels; as, the carriage rolls along the street.
Roll (v. i.) To be wound
or formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls
well.
Roll (v. i.) To fall or
tumble; -- with over; as, a stream rolls over a precipice.
Roll (v. i.) To perform a
periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution; as, the rolling
year; ages roll away.
Roll (v. i.) To turn; to
move circularly.
Roll (v. i.) To move, as
waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
Roll (v. i.) To incline
first to one side, then to the other; to rock; as, there is a great difference
in ships about rolling; in a general semse, to be tossed about.
Roll (v. i.) To turn over,
or from side to side, while lying down; to wallow; as, a horse rolls.
Roll (v. i.) To spread
under a roller or rolling-pin; as, the paste rolls well.
Roll (v. i.) To beat a
drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.
Roll (v. i.) To make a
loud or heavy rumbling noise; as, the thunder rolls.
Roll (v.) The act of
rolling, or state of being rolled; as, the roll of a ball; the roll of waves.
Roll (v.) That which
rolls; a roller.
Roll (v.) A heavy cylinder
used to break clods.
Roll (v.) One of a set of
revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or
smoothed, as in a rolling mill; as, to pass rails through the rolls.
Roll (v.) That which is
rolled up; as, a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.
Roll (v.) A document
written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled
up; a scroll.
Roll (v.) Hence, an
official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list.
Roll (v.) A quantity of
cloth wound into a cylindrical form; as, a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon.
Roll (v.) A cylindrical
twist of tobacco.
Roll (v.) A kind of
shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself.
Roll (v.) The oscillating
movement of a vessel from side to side, in sea way, as distinguished from the
alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching.
Roll (v.) A heavy,
reverberatory sound; as, the roll of cannon, or of thunder.
Roll (v.) The uniform
beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the
ear.
Roll (v.) Part; office;
duty; role.
Rollable (a.) Capable of
being rolled.
Roller (n.) One who, or
that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone,
metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts.
Roller (n.) A bandage; a
fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery.
Roller (n.) One of series
of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather.
Roller (n.) A long,
belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; -- called also roller
towel.
Roller (n.) A cylinder
coated with a composition made principally of glue and molassess, with which
forms of type are inked previously to taking an impression from them.
Roller (n.) A long
cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the roller of a man.
Roller (n.) A small wheel,
as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
Roller (n.) ANy insect
whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf roller. see Tortrix.
Roller (n.) Any one of
numerous species of Old World picarian birds of the family Coraciadae. The name
alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or "tumbling" in flight.
Roller (n.) Any species of
small ground snakes of the family Tortricidae.
Rolley (n.) A small wagon
used for the underground work of a mine.
Rollicked (imp. & p. p.)
of Rollic
Rollicking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rollic
Rollic (v. i.) To move or
play in a careless, swaggering manner, with a frolicsome air; to frolic; to
sport; commonly in the form rollicking.
Rolling (a.) Rotating on
an axis, or moving along a surface by rotation; turning over and over as if on
an axis or a pivot; as, a rolling wheel or ball.
Rolling (a.) Moving on
wheels or rollers, or as if on wheels or rollers; as, a rolling chair.
Rolling (a.) Having
gradual, rounded undulations of surface; as, a rolling country; rolling land.
Rolling-pin (n.) A
cylindrical piece of wood or other material, with which paste or dough may be
rolled out and reduced to a proper thickness.
Rollway (n.) A place
prepared for rolling logs into a stream.
Rolly-poly (n.) A kind of
pudding made of paste spread with fruit, rolled into a cylindrical form, and
boiled or steamed.
Rolly-poly (a.) Shaped
like a rolly-poly; short and stout.
Rolly-pooly (n.) A game in
which a ball, rolling into a certain place, wins.
Roly-poly (n. & a.)
Rolly-poly.
Romage (n. & v.) See
Rummage.
Romaic (a.) Of or relating
to modern Greece, and especially to its language.
Romaic (n.) The modern
Greek language, now usually called by the Greeks Hellenic or Neo-Hellenic.
Roman (a.) 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.
Roman (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion; professing that religion.
Roman (a.) Upright; erect;
-- said of the letters or kind of type ordinarily used, as distinguished from
Italic characters.
Roman (a.) Expressed in
letters, not in figures, as I., IV., i., iv., etc.; -- said of numerals, as
distinguished from the Arabic numerals, 1, 4, etc.
Roman (n.) A native, or
permanent resident, of Rome; a citizen of Rome, or one upon whom certain rights
and privileges of a Roman citizen were conferred.
Roman (n.) Roman type,
letters, or print, collectively; -- in distinction from Italics.
Romance (n.) 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.
Romance (n.) An adventure,
or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances; as,
his courtship, or his life, was a romance.
Romance (n.) A dreamy,
imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real; as, a girl full
of romance.
Romance (n.) The
languages, or rather the several dialects, which were originally forms of
popular or vulgar Latin, and have now developed into Italian. Spanish, French,
etc. (called the Romanic languages).
Romance (n.) A short lyric
tale set to music; a song or short instrumental piece in ballad style; a
romanza.
Romance (a.) Of or
pertaining to the language or dialects known as Romance.
Romanced (imp. & p. p.) of
Romance
Romancing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Romance
Romance (v. i.) To write
or tell romances; to indulge in extravagant stories.
Romancer (n.) One who
romances.
Romancist (n.) A romancer.
Romancy (a.) Romantic.
Romanesque (a.) 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.
Romanesque (a.) Of or
pertaining to romance or fable; fanciful.
Romanesque (n.) Romanesque
style.
Romanic (n.) Of or
pertaining to Rome or its people.
Romanic (n.) Of or
pertaining to any or all of the various languages which, during the Middle Ages,
sprung out of the old Roman, or popular form of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish,
Portuguese, French, Provencal, etc.
Romanic (n.) Related to
the Roman people by descent; -- said especially of races and nations speaking
any of the Romanic tongues.
Romanish (a.) Pertaining
to Romanism.
Romanism (n.) The tenets
of the Church of Rome; the Roman Catholic religion.
Romanist (n.) One who
adheres to Romanism.
Romanized (imp. & p. p.)
of Romanize
Romanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Romanize
Romanize (v. t.) To
Latinize; to fill with Latin words or idioms.
Romanize (v. t.) To
convert to the Roman Catholic religion.
Romanize (v. i.) To use
Latin words and idioms.
Romanize (v. i.) To
conform to Roman Catholic opinions, customs, or modes of speech.
Romanizer (n.) One who
Romanizes.
Romansch (n.) The language
of the Grisons in Switzerland, a corruption of the Latin.
Romant (n.) A romaunt.
Romantic (a.) Of or
pertaining to romance; involving or resembling romance; hence, fanciful;
marvelous; extravagant; unreal; as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a
romantic undertaking.
Romantic (a.) Entertaining
ideas and expectations suited to a romance; as, a romantic person; a romantic
mind.
Romantic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the style of the Christian and popular literature of the Middle
Ages, as opposed to the classical antique; of the nature of, or appropriate to,
that style; as, the romantic school of poets.
Romantic (a.)
Characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of adventure; suited to
romance; wild; picturesque; -- applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape.
Romantical (a.) Romantic.
Romanticaly (adv.) In a
romantic manner.
Romanticism (n.) 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 (n.) One who
advocates romanticism in modern literature.
Romanticly (adv.)
Romantically.
Romanticness (n.) The
state or quality of being romantic; widness; fancifulness.
Romany (n.) A gypsy.
Romany (n.) The language
spoken among themselves by the gypsies.
Romanza (n.) See Romance,
5.
Romaunt (n.) A romantic
story in verse; as, the "Romaunt of the Rose."
Romble (v.& n.) Rumble.
Rombowline (n.) Old,
condemned canvas, rope, etc., unfit for use except in chafing gear.
Romeine (n.) Alt. of
Romeite
Romeite (n.) A mineral of
a hyacinth or honey-yellow color, occuring in square octahedrons. It is an
antimonate of calcium.
Romekin (n.) A drinking
cup.
Rome penny () Alt. of Rome scot
Rome scot () See Peter pence,
under Peter.
Romeward (adv.) Toward
Rome, or toward the Roman Catholic Church.
Romeward (a.) Tending or
directed toward Rome, or toward the Roman Catholic Church.
Romic (n.) 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 (a.) 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 (n.) A Roman
Catholic.
Romped (imp. & p. p.) of
Romp
Romping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Romp
Romp (v. i.) To play
rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play.
Romp (n.) A girl who
indulges in boisterous play.
Romp (n.) Rude, boisterous
play or frolic; rough sport.
Romping (a.) Inclined to
romp; indulging in romps.
Rompingly (adv.) In a
romping manner.
Rompish (a.) Given to rude
play; inclined to romp.
Rompu (a.) Broken, as an
ordinary; cut off, or broken at the top, as a chevron, a bend, or the like.
Roncador (n.) 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 (n.) An American
marine food fish (Bathymaster signatus) of the North Pacific coast, allied to
the tilefish.
Ronco (n.) See Croaker,
n., 2. (a).
Rondache (n.) A circular
shield carried by foot soldiers.
Ronde (n.) A kind of
script in which the heavy strokes are nearly upright, giving the characters when
taken together a round look.
Rondeau (n.) 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.
Rondeau (n.) See Rondo, 1.
Rondel (n.) A small round
tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
Rondel (n.) Same as
Rondeau.
Rondel (n.) Specifically,
a particular form of rondeau containing fourteen lines in two rhymes, the
refrain being a repetition of the first and second lines as the seventh and
eighth, and again as the thirteenth and fourteenth.
Rondeletia (n.) A tropical
genus of rubiaceous shrubs which often have brilliant flowers.
Rondle (n.) A rondeau.
Rondle (n.) A round mass,
plate, or disk; especially (Metal.), the crust or scale which forms upon the
surface of molten metal in the crucible.
Rondo (n.) A composition,
vocal or instrumental, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the
first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
Rondo (n.) See Rondeau, 1.
Rondure (n.) A round; a
circle.
Rondure (n.) Roundness;
plumpness.
Rong () imp. & p. p. of Ring.
Rong (n.) Rung (of a
ladder).
Rongeur (n.) An instrument
for removing small rough portions of bone.
Ronion (n.) Alt. of Ronyon
Ronyon (n.) A mangy or
scabby creature.
Ronne () obs. imp. pl.
Ronnen () obs. p. p. of Renne, to
run.
Ront (n.) A runt.
Rood (n.) A representation
in sculpture or in painting of the cross with Christ hanging on it.
Rood (n.) A measure of
five and a half yards in length; a rod; a perch; a pole.
Rood (n.) The fourth part
of an acre, or forty square rods.
Roodebok (n.) The pallah.
Roody (a.) Rank in growth.
Roof (n.) 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.
Roof (n.) That which
resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or the ceiling of a house; as, the
roof of a cavern; the roof of the mouth.
Roof (n.) The surface or
bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
Roofed (imp. & p. p.) of
Roof
Roofing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Roof
Roof (v. t.) To cover with
a roof.
Roof (v. t.) To inclose in
a house; figuratively, to shelter.
Roofer (n.) One who puts
on roofs.
Roofing (n.) The act of
covering with a roof.
Roofing (n.) The materials
of which a roof is composed; materials for a roof.
Roofing (n.) Hence, the
roof itself; figuratively, shelter.
Roofing (n.) The wedging,
as of a horse or car, against the top of an underground passage.
Roofless (a.) Having no
roof; as, a roofless house.
Roofless (a.) Having no
house or home; shelterless; homeless.
Rooflet (n.) A small roof,
covering, or shelter.
Rooftree (n.) The beam in
the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself.
Roofy (a.) Having roofs.
Rook (n.) Mist; fog. See
Roke.
Rook (v. i.) To squat; to
ruck.
Rook (n.) One of the four
pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.
Rook (n.) A European bird
(Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple
and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are
covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is
gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species.
Rook (n.) A trickish,
rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.
Rooked (imp. & p. p.) of
Rook
Rooking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rook
Rook (v. t. & i.) To
cheat; to defraud by cheating.
Rookeries (pl. ) of
Rookery
Rookery (n.) The breeding
place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves.
Rookery (n.) A breeding
place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc.
Rookery (n.) The breeding
ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals.
Rookery (n.) A dilapidated
building with many rooms and occupants; a cluster of dilapidated or mean
buildings.
Rookery (n.) A brothel.
Rooky (a.) Misty; gloomy.
Room (n.) 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.
Room (n.) A particular
portion of space appropriated for occupancy; a place to sit, stand, or lie; a
seat.
Room (n.) Especially,
space in a building or ship inclosed or set apart by a partition; an apartment
or chamber.
Room (n.) Place or
position in society; office; rank; post; station; also, a place or station once
belonging to, or occupied by, another, and vacated.
Room (n.) Possibility of
admission; ability to admit; opportunity to act; fit occasion; as, to leave room
for hope.
Roomed (imp. & p. p.) of
Room
Rooming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Room
Room (v. i.) To occupy a
room or rooms; to lodge; as, they arranged to room together.
Room (a.) Spacious; roomy.
Roomage (n.) Space; place;
room.
Roomer (n.) A lodger.
Roomer (a.) At a greater
distance; farther off.
Roomful (a.) Abounding
with room or rooms; roomy.
Roomfuls (pl. ) of Roomful
Roomful (n.) As much or
many as a room will hold; as, a roomful of men.
Roomily (adv.) Spaciously.
Roominess (n.) The quality
or state of being roomy; spaciousness; as, the roominess of a hall.
Roomless (a.) Being
without room or rooms.
Roommate (n.) One of twe
or more occupying the same room or rooms; one who shares the occupancy of a room
or rooms; a chum.
Roomsome (a.) Roomy.
Roomth (n.) Room; space.
Roomthy (a.) Roomy;
spacious.
Roomy (a.) Having ample
room; spacious; large; as, a roomy mansion; a roomy deck.
Roon (a. & n.) Vermilion
red; red.
Roop (n.) See Roup.
Roorback (n.) Alt. of
Roorbach
Roorbach (n.) A defamatory
forgery or falsehood published for purposes of political intrigue.
Roosa oil () The East Indian name
for grass oil. See under Grass.
Roost (n.) Roast.
Roost (v. t.) See Roust,
v. t.
Roost (n.) The pole or
other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch.
Roost (n.) A collection of
fowls roosting together.
Roosted (imp. & p. p.) of
Roost
Roosting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Roost
Roost (v. i.) To sit,
rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch.
Roost (v. i.) Fig.; To
lodge; to rest; to sleep.
Roostcock (n.) The male of
the domestic fowl; a cock.
Rooster (n.) The male of
the domestic fowl; a cock.
Root (v. i.) To turn up
the earth with the snout, as swine.
Root (v. i.) Hence, to
seek for favor or advancement by low arts or groveling servility; to fawn
servilely.
Root (v. t.) To turn up or
to dig out with the snout; as, the swine roots the earth.
Root (n.) The underground
portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in
the potato, the onion, or the sweet flag.
Root (n.) The descending,
and commonly branching, axis of a plant, increasing in length by growth at its
extremity only, not divided into joints, leafless and without buds, and having
for its offices to fix the plant in the earth, to supply it with moisture and
soluble matters, and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of nutriment for future
growth. A true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be attached to
a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the air, as in some
epiphytic orchids.
Root (n.) An edible or
esculent root, especially of such plants as produce a single root, as the beet,
carrot, etc.; as, the root crop.
Root (n.) That which
resembles a root in position or function, esp. as a source of nourishment or
support; that from which anything proceeds as if by growth or development; as,
the root of a tooth, a nail, a cancer, and the like.
Root (n.) An ancestor or
progenitor; and hence, an early race; a stem.
Root (n.) A primitive form
of speech; one of the earliest terms employed in language; a word from which
other words are formed; a radix, or radical.
Root (n.) The cause or
occasion by which anything is brought about; the source.
Root (n.) That factor of a
quantity which when multiplied into itself will produce that quantity; thus, 3
is a root of 9, because 3 multiplied into itself produces 9; 3 is the cube root
of 27.
Root (n.) The fundamental
tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is
composed.
Root (n.) The lowest
place, position, or part.
Root (n.) The time which
to reckon in making calculations.
Rooted (imp. & p. p.) of
Root
Rooting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Root
Root (v. i.) To fix the
root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
Root (v. i.) To be firmly
fixed; to be established.
Root (v. t.) To plant and
fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth; to implant firmly; hence, to make
deep or radical; to establish; -- used chiefly in the participle; as, rooted
trees or forests; rooted dislike.
Root (v. t.) To tear up by
the root; to eradicate; to extirpate; -- with up, out, or away.
Rootcap (n.) A mass of
parenchymatous cells which covers and protects the growing cells at the end of a
root; a pileorhiza.
Rooted (a.) Having taken
root; firmly implanted; fixed in the heart.
Rooter (n.) One who, or
that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots.
Rootery (n.) A pile of
roots, set with plants, mosses, etc., and used as an ornamental object in
gardening.
Rootless (a.) Destitute of
roots.
Rootlet (n.) A radicle; a
little root.
Rootstock (n.) A perennial
underground stem, producing leafly s/ems or flower stems from year to year; a
rhizome.
Rooty (a.) Full of roots;
as, rooty ground.
Ropalic (a.) See Rhopalic.
Rope (n.) 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.
Rope (n.) A row or string
consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a
rope of onions.
Rope (n.) The small
intestines; as, the ropes of birds.
Roped (imp. & p. p.) of
Rope
Roping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rope
Rope (v. i.) To be formed
into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread, as by means of any
glutinous or adhesive quality.
Rope (v. t.) To bind,
fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a bale of goods.
Rope (v. t.) To connect or
fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope.
Rope (v. t.) To partition,
separate, or divide off, by means of a rope, so as to include or exclude
something; as, to rope in, or rope off, a plot of ground; to rope out a crowd.
Rope (v. t.) To lasso (a
steer, horse).
Rope (v. t.) To draw, as
with a rope; to entice; to inveigle; to decoy; as, to rope in customers or
voters.
Rope (v. t.) To prevent
from winning (as a horse), by pulling or curbing.
Ropeband (n.) A small
piece of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the head of the sail to the spar.
Ropedancer (n.) One who
dances, walks, or performs acrobatic feats, on a rope extended through the air
at some height.
Roper (n.) A maker of
ropes.
Roper (n.) One who ropes
goods; a packer.
Roper (n.) One fit to be
hanged.
Ropery (n.) A place where
ropes are made.
Ropery (n.) Tricks
deserving the halter; roguery.
Rope's-end (v. t.) To
punish with a rope's end.
Ropewalk (a.) A long,
covered walk, or a low, level building, where ropes are manufactured.
Ropewalker (n.) A
ropedancer.
Rope-yarn (n.) the yarn or
thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made.
Ropily (adv.) In a ropy
manner; in a viscous or glutinous manner.
Ropiness (n.) Quality of
being ropy; viscosity.
Ropish (a.) Somewhat ropy.
Ropy (a.) capable of being
drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious;
glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees.
Roquelaure (n.) A cloak
reaching about to, or just below, the knees, worn in the 18th century.
Roquet (v. t.) To hit, as
another's ball, with one's own ball.
Roquet (v. i.) To hit
another's ball with one's own.
Roral (a.) Of or
pertaining to dew; consisting of dew; dewy.
Roration (n.) A falling of
dew.
Roric (a.) Of or
pertaining to dew; resembling dew; dewy.
Rorid (a.) Dewy; bedewed.
Roriferous (a.) generating
or producing dew.
Rorifluent (a.) Flowing
with dew.
Rorqual (n.) 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 (a.) Full of, or
abounding in, dew.
Rorulent (a.) Having the
surface appearing as if dusty, or covered with fine dew.
Rory (a.) Dewy.
Rosaceous (a.) 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.
Rosaceous (a.) Like a rose
in shape or appearance; as, a rosaceous corolla.
Rosaceous (a.) Of a pure
purpish pink color.
Rosacic (a.) Pertaining
to, or designating, an acid (called also lithic acid) found in certain red
precipitates of urine. See Uric.
Rosalgar (n.) realgar.
Rosalia (n.) 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 (n.) 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 (n.) A cultivator
of roses.
Rosaries (pl. ) of Rosary
Rosary (n.) A bed of
roses, or place where roses grow.
Rosary (n.) A series of
prayers (see Note below) arranged to be recited in order, on beads; also, a
string of beads by which the prayers are counted.
Rosary (n.) A chapelet; a
garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary
selections.
Rosary (n.) A coin bearing
the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for
a penny.
Roscid (a.) Containing, or
consisting of, dew; dewy.
Roscoelite (n.) A green
micaceous mineral occurring in minute scales. It is essentially a silicate of
aluminia and potash containing vanadium.
Rose () imp. of Rise.
Rose (n.) A flower and
shrub of any species of the genus Rosa, of which there are many species, mostly
found in the morthern hemispere
Rose (n.) A knot of ribbon
formed like a rose; a rose knot; a rosette, esp. one worn on a shoe.
Rose (n.) A rose window.
See Rose window, below.
Rose (n.) A perforated
nozzle, as of a pipe, spout, etc., for delivering water in fine jets; a
rosehead; also, a strainer at the foot of a pump.
Rose (n.) The erysipelas.
Rose (n.) The card of the
mariner's compass; also, a circular card with radiating lines, used in other
instruments.
Rose (n.) The color of a
rose; rose-red; pink.
Rose (n.) A diamond. See
Rose diamond, below.
Rose (v. t.) To render
rose-colored; to redden; to flush.
Rose (v. t.) To perfume,
as with roses.
Roseal (a.) resembling a
rose in smell or color.
Roseate (a.) Full of
roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers.
Roseate (a.) resembling a
rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, roseate
beauty; her roseate lips.
Rosebay (n.) the oleander.
Rosebay (n.) Any shrub of
the genus Rhododendron.
Rosebay (n.) An herb
(Epilobium spicatum) with showy purple flowers, common in Europe and North
America; -- called also great willow herb.
Rosebud (n.) The flower of
a rose before it opens, or when but partially open.
Rosebush (n.) The bush or
shrub which bears roses.
Rose-colored (a.) Having
the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color.
Rose-colored (a.)
Uncommonly beautiful; hence, extravagantly fine or pleasing; alluring; as,
rose-colored anticipations.
Rose-cut (a.) 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 (n.) A lozenge
having a rose flavor.
Rosedrop (n.) A kind of
earring.
Rosedrop (n.) A ruddy
eruption upon the nose caused by drinking ardent spirits; a grog blossom.
Rosefinch (n.) 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 (n.) 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 (n.) See Rose,
n., 4.
Rosehead (n.) A many-sided
pyramidal head upon a nail; also a nail with such a head.
Roseine (n.) See Magenta.
Roselite (n.) A hydrous
arsenite of cobalt, occuring in small red crystals, allied to erythrite.
Rosella (n.) 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 (n.) 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 (n.) The liquid
storax of the East Indian Liquidambar orientalis.
Rosemary (n.) 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 (a.) Consisting of
roses; rosy.
Rosenmuller's organ () The
parovarium.
Roseo- () 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 (n.) 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 (a.) Having a
pink color like that of the rose, or like the pigment called rose pink. See Rose
pink, under Rose.
Rose-pink (a.) Disposed to
clothe everything with roseate hues; hence, sentimental.
Roser (n.) A rosier; a
rosebush.
Rose-red (a.) Red as a
rose; specifically (Zool.), of a pure purplish red color.
Rose-rial (n.) A name of
several English gold coins struck in different reigns and having having
different values; a rose noble.
Roseroot (n.) A
fleshy-leaved herb (Rhodiola rosea); rosewort; -- so called because the roots
have the odor of roses.
Rosery (n.) A place where
roses are cultivated; a nursery of roses. See Rosary, 1.
Roset (n.) A red color
used by painters.
Ro-setta stone () 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 () An east Indian
wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is
occasionally used for cabinetwork.
Rosette (n.) An imitation
of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, -- used as an ornament or a
badge.
Rosette (n.) An ornament
in the form of a rose or roundel, -much used in decoration.
Rosette (n.) A red color.
See Roset.
Rosette (n.) A rose
burner. See under Rose.
Rosette (n.) Any structure
having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the
upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins. See Illust. of
Spicule, and Sand dollar, under Sand.
Rosette (n.) A flowerlike
color marking; as, the rosettes on the leopard.
Rose water () Water tinctured
with roses by distillation.
Rose-water (a.) Having the
odor of rose water; hence, affectedly nice or delicate; sentimental.
Rosewood (n.) 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 (n.) 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 (n.) Roseroot.
Rosewort (n.) Any plant
nearly related to the rose.
Rosicrucian (n.) 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.
Rosicrucian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Rosicrucians, or their arts.
Rosied (a.) Decorated with
roses, or with the color of roses.
Rosier (n.) A rosebush;
roses, collectively.
Rosily (adv.) In a rosy
manner.
Rosin (n.) The hard,
amber-colored resin left after distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine;
colophony.
Rosin (v. t.) To rub with
rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin.
Rosiness (n.) The quality
of being rosy.
Rosinweed (n.) The compass
plant. See under Compass.
Rosinweed (n.) A name
given in California to various composite plants which secrete resins or have a
resinous smell.
Rosiny (a.) like rosin, or
having its qualities.
Rosland (n.) heathy land;
land full of heather; moorish or watery land.
Rosmarine (n.) Dew from
the sea; sea dew.
Rosmarine (n.) Rosemary.
Rosmarine (n.) A fabulous
sea animal which was reported to climb by means of its teeth to the tops of
rocks to feed upon the dew.
Rosolic (a.) 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 (n.) The rough, scaly
matter on the surface of the bark of trees.
Ross (v. t.) To divest of
the ross, or rough, scaly surface; as, to ross bark.
Rossel (n.) Light land;
rosland.
Rossel current () A portion of
the southern equatorial current flowing westward from the Fiji Islands to New
Guinea.
Rosselly (a.) Loose;
light.
Rost (n.) See Roust.
Rostel (n.) same as
Rostellum.
Rostellar (a.) Pertaining
to a rostellum.
Rostellate (a.) Having a
rostellum, or small beak; terminating in a beak.
Rostelliform (a.) Having
the form of a rostellum, or small beak.
Rostella (pl. ) of
Rostellum
Rostellum (n.) 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 (n.) A register or
roll showing the order in which officers, enlisted men, companies, or regiments
are called on to serve.
Rostra (n. pl.) See
Rostrum, 2.
Rostral (a.) 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 (a.) Alt. of
Rostrated
Rostrated (a.) Having a
process resembling the beak of a bird; beaked; rostellate.
Rostrated (a.) Furnished
or adorned with beaks; as, rostrated galleys.
Rostrifera (n. pl.) A
division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, having the head prolonged into a snout
which is not retractile.
Rostriform (a.) Having the
form of a beak.
Rostrula (pl. ) of
Rostrulum
Rostrulum (n.) A little
rostrum, or beak, as of an insect.
Rostra (pl. ) of Rostrum
Rostrums (pl. ) of Rostrum
Rostrum (n.) The beak or
head of a ship.
Rostrum (n.) The Beaks;
the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues,
etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned
with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms
erected in Rome for the use of public orators.
Rostrum (n.) Hence, a
stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform occupied by an orator or
public speaker.
Rostrum (n.) Any beaklike
prolongation, esp. of the head of an animal, as the beak of birds.
Rostrum (n.) The beak, or
sucking mouth parts, of Hemiptera.
Rostrum (n.) The snout of
a gastropod mollusk. See Illust. of Littorina.
Rostrum (n.) The anterior,
often spinelike, prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean, as in the lobster
and the prawn.
Rostrum (n.) Same as
Rostellum.
Rostrum (n.) The pipe to
convey the distilling liquor into its receiver in the common alembic.
Rostrum (n.) A pair of
forceps of various kinds, having a beaklike form.
Rosulate (a.) Arranged in
little roselike clusters; -- said of leaves and bracts.
Rosy (superl.) Resembling
a rose in color, form, or qualities; blooming; red; blushing; also, adorned with
roses.
Rotted (imp. & p. p.) of
Rot
Rotting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rot
Rot (v. i.) 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.
Rot (v. i.) Figuratively:
To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt.
Rot (v. t.) To make
putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes; as,
to rot vegetable fiber.
Rot (v. t.) To expose, as
flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber;
to ret.
Rot (n.) Process of
rotting; decay; putrefaction.
Rot (n.) A disease or
decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See
Bitter rot, Black rot, etc., below.
Rot (n.) A fatal distemper
which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a
parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2.
Rota (n.) An
ecclesiastical court of Rome, called also Rota Romana, that takes cognizance of
suits by appeal. It consists of twelve members.
Rota (n.) A short-lived
political club established in 1659 by J.Harrington to inculcate the democratic
doctrine of election of the principal officers of the state by ballot, and the
annual retirement of a portion of Parliament.
Rota (n.) A species of
zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle Ages in church music; --
written also rotta.
Rotacism (n.) See
Rhotacism.
Rotal (a.) Relating to
wheels or to rotary motion; rotary.
Rotalite (n.) Any fossil
foraminifer of the genus Rotalia, abundant in the chalk formation. See Illust.
under Rhizopod.
Rotary (a.) Turning, as a
wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its
axis; rotatory; as, rotary motion.
Rotascope (n.) Same as
Gyroscope, 1.
Rotate (a.) 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 (imp. & p. p.) of
Rotate
Rotating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rotate
Rotate (v. i.) To turn, as
a wheel, round an axis; to revolve.
Rotate (v. i.) To perform
any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate
in office.
Rotate (v. i.) To cause to
turn round or revolve, as a wheel around an axle.
Rotate (v. i.) To cause to
succeed in turn; esp., to cause to succeed some one, or to be succeeded by some
one, in office.
Rotated (a.) Turned round,
as a wheel; also, wheel-shaped; rotate.
Rotation (n.) 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.
Rotation (n.) Any return
or succesion in a series.
Rotation (a.) Pertaining
to, or resulting from, rotation; of the nature of, or characterized by,
rotation; as, rotational velocity.
Rotative (a.) turning, as
a wheel; rotary; rotational.
Rotator (n.) that which
gives a rotary or rolling motion, as a muscle which partially rotates or turns
some part on its axis.
Rotator (n.) A revolving
reverberatory furnace.
Rotatoria (n. pl.) Same as
Rotifera.
Rotatory (a.) Turning as
on an axis; rotary.
Rotatory (a.) Going in a
circle; following in rotation or succession; as, rotatory assembles.
Rotatory (a.) Producing
rotation of the plane of polarization; as, the rotatory power of bodies on
light. See the Note under polarization.
Rotatory (n.) A rotifer.
Rotche (n.) 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 (n.) The European
red gurnard (Trigla pini).
Rote (n.) A root.
Rote (n.) A kind of
guitar, the notes of which were produced by a small wheel or wheel-like
arrangement; an instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.
Rote (n.) The noise
produced by the surf of the sea dashing upon the shore. See Rut.
Rote (n.) A frequent
repetition of forms of speech without attention to the meaning; mere repetition;
as, to learn rules by rote.
Roted (imp. & p. p.) of
Rote
Roting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rote
Rote (v. t.) To learn or
repeat by rote.
Rote (v. i.) To go out by
rotation or succession; to rotate.
Rotella (n.) Any one of
numerous species of small, polished, brightcolored gastropods of the genus
Rotella, native of tropical seas.
Rotgut (n.) Bad small
beer.
Rotgut (n.) Any bad
spirituous liquor, especially when adulterated so as to be very deleterious.
Rother (a.) Bovine.
Rother (n.) A bovine
beast.
Rother (n.) A rudder.
Rotifer (n.) One of the
Rotifera. See Illust. in Appendix.
Rotifera (n.) 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 (a.)
Wheel-shaped; as, rotiform appendages.
Rotiform (a.) Same as
Rotate.
Rotta (n.) See Rota.
Rotten (a.) Having rotted;
putrid; decayed; as, a rotten apple; rotten meat.
Rotten (a.) Offensive to
the smell; fetid; disgusting.
Rotten (a.) Not firm or
trusty; unsound; defective; treacherous; unsafe; as, a rotten plank, bone,
stone.
Rotula (n.) The patella,
or kneepan.
Rotular (a.) Of or
pertaining to the rotula, or kneepan.
Rotund (a.) Round;
circular; spherical.
Rotund (a.) Hence,
complete; entire.
Rotund (a.) Orbicular, or
nearly so.
Rotund (n.) A rotunda.
Rotunda (a.) 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 (a.) Rounded;
especially, rounded at the end or ends, or at the corners.
Rotundifolious (a.) Having
round leaves.
Rotundity (n.) The state
or quality of being rotu/; roundness; sphericity; circularity.
Rotundity (n.) Hence,
completeness; entirety; roundness.
Rotundness (n.) Roundness;
rotundity.
Rotundo (n.) See Rotunda.
Roturer (n.) A roturier.
Roturier (n.) A person who
is not of noble birth; specif., a freeman who during the prevalence of feudalism
held allodial land.
Roty (v. t.) To make
rotten.
Rouble (n.) A coin. See
Ruble.
Rouche (n.) See Ruche.
Roue (n.) One devoted to a
life of sensual pleasure; a debauchee; a rake.
Rouet (n.) A small wheel
formerly fixed to the pan of firelocks for discharging them.
Rouge (a.) red.
Rouge (n.) A red amorphous
powder consisting of ferric oxide. It is used in polishing glass, metal, or
gems, and as a cosmetic, etc. Called also crocus, jeweler's rouge, etc.
Rouge (n.) A cosmetic used
for giving a red color to the cheeks or lips. The best is prepared from the
dried flowers of the safflower, but it is often made from carmine.
Rouged (imp. & p. p.) of
Rouge
Rouging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rouge
Rouge (v. i.) To paint the
face or cheeks with rouge.
Rouge (v. t.) To tint with
rouge; as, to rouge the face or the cheeks.
Rougecroix (n.) One of the
four pursuivants of the English college of arms.
Rouge dragon (n.) One of
the four pursuivants of the English college of arms.
Rough (n.) Having
inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as,
a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.
Rough (n.) Not level;
having a broken surface; uneven; -- said of a piece of land, or of a road.
Rough (n.) Not polished;
uncut; -- said of a gem; as, a rough diamond.
Rough (n.) Tossed in
waves; boisterous; high; -- said of a sea or other piece of water.
Rough (n.) Marked by
coarseness; shaggy; ragged; disordered; -- said of dress, appearance, or the
like; as, a rough coat.
Rough (n.) Hence,
figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish.
Rough (n.) Not courteous
or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper.
Rough (n.) Marked by
severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions.
Rough (n.) Loud and
hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, voice, and the
like; as, a rough tone; rough numbers.
Rough (n.) Austere; harsh
to the taste; as, rough wine.
Rough (n.) Tempestuous;
boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day.
Rough (n.) Hastily or
carelessly done; wanting finish; incomplete; as, a rough estimate; a rough
draught.
Rough (n.) Produced
offhand.
Rough (n.) Boisterous
weather.
Rough (n.) A rude fellow;
a coarse bully; a rowdy.
Rough (adv.) In a rough
manner; rudely; roughly.
Rough (v. t.) To render
rough; to roughen.
Rough (v. t.) To break in,
as a horse, especially for military purposes.
Rough (v. t.) To cut or
make in a hasty, rough manner; -- with out; as, to rough out a carving, a
sketch.
Roughcast (v. t.) To form
in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish.
Roughcast (v. t.) To mold
without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities.
Roughcast (v. t.) To
plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to roughcast a
building.
Roughcast (n.) A rude
model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing.
Roughcast (n.) A kind of
plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering
buildings.
Roughcaster (n.) One who
roughcasts.
Roughdraw (v. t.) To draw
or delineate rapidly and by way of a first sketch.
Roughdry (v. t.) in
laundry work, to dry without smoothing or ironing.
Roughened (imp. & p. p.)
of Roughen
Roughening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Roughen
Roughen (v. t.) To make
rough.
Roughen (v. i.) To grow or
become rough.
Rough-footed (a.)
Feather-footed; as, a rough-footed dove.
Rough-grained (a.) Having
a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character;
not polished; brisque.
Roughhead (n.) The redfin.
Roughhew (v. t.) To hew
coarsely, without smoothing; as, to roughhew timber.
Roughhew (v. t.) To give
the first form or shape to; to form rudely; to shape approximately and rudely;
to roughcast.
Roughhewer (n.) One who
roughhews.
Roughhewn (a.) Hewn
coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished.
Roughhewn (a.) Of coarse
manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained.
Roughing-in (n.) The first
coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.
Roughings (n. pl.) Rowen.
Roughish (a.) Somewhat
rough.
Roughleg (n.) 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 (a.) Having
the legs covered with feathers; -- said of a bird.
Roughly (adv.) In a rough
manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely.
Roughness (n.) The quality
or state of being rough.
Roughrider (n.) One who
breaks horses; especially (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer in the British
cavalry, whose duty is to assist the riding master.
Roughscuff (n.) A rough,
coarse fellow; collectively, the lowest class of the people; the rabble; the
riffraff.
Roughsetter (n.) A mason
who builds rough stonework.
Roughshod (a.) Shod with
shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse.
Roughstrings (n. pl.)
Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their
support.
Rought () imp. of Reach.
Rought () imp. of Reck, to care.
Roughtail (n.) Any species
of small ground snakes of the family Uropeltidae; -- so called from their rough
tails.
Roughwork (v. t.) To work
over coarsely, without regard to nicety, smoothness, or finish.
Roughwrought (a.) Wrought
in a rough, unfinished way; worked over coarsely.
Rouk (v. i.) See 5th Ruck,
and Roke.
Roulade (n.) A smoothly
running passage of short notes (as semiquavers, or sixteenths) uniformly
grouped, sung upon one long syllable, as in Handel's oratorios.
Rouleaux (pl. ) of Rouleau
Rouleaus (pl. ) of Rouleau
Rouleau (n.) A little
roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something resembling such a roll.
Roulette (n.) 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.
Roulette (n.) A small
toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to order to
produce rows of dots.
Roulette (n.) A similar
wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a
mezzotint.
Roulette (n.) the curve
traced by any point in the plane of a given curve when the latter rolls, without
sliding, over another fixed curve. See Cycloid, and Epycycloid.
Rouly-pouly (n.) See
Rolly-pooly.
Roun (v. i. & t.) Alt. of
Rown
Rown (v. i. & t.) To
whisper.
Rounce (n.) 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 (a.) Large;
strong; -- from the gigantic bones shown at Roncesvalles, and alleged to be
those of old heroes.
Rounceval (n.) A giant;
anything large; a kind of pea called also marrowfat.
Rouncy (n.) A common
hackney horse; a nag.
Round (v. i. & t.) To
whisper.
Round (a.) Having every
portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center;
spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape;
orbicular; globular; as, a round ball.
Round (a.) Having the form
of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round.
Round (a.) Having a curved
outline or form; especially, one like the arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a
portion of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or
pointed; as, a round arch; round hills.
Round (a.) Full; complete;
not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds,
thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers.
Round (a.) Not
inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price.
Round (a.) Uttered or
emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note.
Round (a.) Modified, as a
vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round
in shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11.
Round (a.) Outspoken;
plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a
round oath.
Round (a.) Full and
smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of
style, or of authors with reference to their style.
Round (a.) Complete and
consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct.
Round (n.) Anything round,
as a circle, a globe, a ring. "The golden round" [the crown].
Round (n.) A series of
changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in
continuance; a cycle; a periodical revolution; as, the round of the seasons; a
round of pleasures.
Round (n.) A course of
action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after
another, as if seated in a circle.
Round (n.) A series of
duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
Round (n.) A circular
dance.
Round (n.) That which goes
round a whole circle or company; as, a round of applause.
Round (n.) Rotation, as in
office; succession.
Round (n.) The step of a
ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of
a chair.
Round (n.) A course ending
where it began; a circuit; a beat; especially, one freguently or regulary
traversed; also, the act of traversing a circuit; as, a watchman's round; the
rounds of the postman.
Round (n.) A walk
performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among
sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe; also, the
guard or officer, with his attendants, who performs this duty; -- usually in the
plural.
Round (n.) A general
discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
Round (n.) Ammunition for
discharging a piece or pieces once; as, twenty rounds of ammunition were given
out.
Round (n.) A short vocal
piece, resembling a catch in which three or four voices follow each other round
in a species of canon in the unison.
Round (n.) The time during
which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as
prescribed by their rules; a bout.
Round (n.) A brewer's
vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the
bunghole.
Round (n.) A vessel
filled, as for drinking.
Round (n.) An assembly; a
group; a circle; as, a round of politicians.
Round (n.) See Roundtop.
Round (n.) Same as Round
of beef, below.
Round (adv.) On all sides;
around.
Round (adv.) Circularly;
in a circular form or manner; by revolving or reversing one's position; as, to
turn one's head round; a wheel turns round.
Round (adv.) In
circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round.
Round (adv.) From one side
or party to another; as to come or turn round, -- that is, to change sides or
opinions.
Round (adv.) By or in a
circuit; by a course longer than the direct course; back to the starting point.
Round (adv.) Through a
circle, as of friends or houses.
Round (adv.) Roundly;
fully; vigorously.
Round (prep.) On every
side of, so as to encompass or encircle; around; about; as, the people atood
round him; to go round the city; to wind a cable round a windlass.
Rounded (imp. & p. p.) of
Round
Rounding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Round
Round (v. t.) To make
circular, spherical, or cylindrical; to give a round or convex figure to; as, to
round a silver coin; to round the edges of anything.
Round (v. t.) To surround;
to encircle; to encompass.
Round (v. t.) To bring to
fullness or completeness; to complete; hence, to bring to a fit conclusion.
Round (v. t.) To go round
wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or point); as, to round a corner; to
round Cape Horn.
Round (v. t.) To make
full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in writing.
Round (v. i.) To grow
round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
Round (v. i.) To go round,
as a guard.
Round (v. i.) To go or
turn round; to wheel about.
Roundabout (a.)
Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech.
Roundabout (a.)
Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive.
Roundabout (n.) A
horizontal wheel or frame, commonly with wooden horses, etc., on which children
ride; a merry-go-round.
Roundabout (n.) A dance
performed in a circle.
Roundabout (n.) A short,
close jacket worn by boys, sailors, etc.
Roundabout (n.) A state or
scene of constant change, or of recurring labor and vicissitude.
Roundaboutness (n.) The
quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
Round-arm (a.) Applied to
the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally.
Round-backed (a.) Having a
round back or shoulders; round-shouldered.
Rounded (a.) Modified by
contraction of the lip opening; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation,
/ 11.
Roundel (a.) A rondelay.
Roundel (a.) Anything
having a round form; a round figure; a circle.
Roundel (a.) A small
circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in
the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Roundel (a.) A circular
spot; a sharge in the form of a small circle.
Roundel (a.) A bastion of
a circular form.
Roundelay (n.) See
Rondeau, and Rondel.
Roundelay (n.) A tune in
which a simple strain is often repeated; a simple rural strain which is short
and lively.
Roundelay (n.) A dance in
a circle.
Roundelay (n.) Anything
having a round form; a roundel.
Rounder (n.) One who
rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly.
Rounder (n.) A tool for
making an edge or surface round.
Rounder (n.) An English
game somewhat resembling baseball; also, another English game resembling the
game of fives, but played with a football.
Roundfish (n.) Any
ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other
flatfishes.
Roundfish (n.) A lake
whitefish (Coregonus quadrilateralis), less compressed than the common species.
It is very abundant in British America and Alaska.
Roundhead (n.) A nickname
for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Roundheaded (a.) Having a
round head or top.
Roundhouse (n.) A
constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house.
Roundhouse (n.) A cabin or
apartament on the after part of the quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof;
-- sometimes called the coach.
Roundhouse (n.) A privy
near the bow of the vessel.
Roundhouse (n.) A house
for locomotive engines, built circularly around a turntable.
Rounding (a.) Round or
nearly round; becoming round; roundish.
Rounding (n.) Small rope,
or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; --
called also service.
Rounding (n.) Modifying a
speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See
Guide to Pronunciation, / 11.
Roundish (a.) Somewhat
round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure.
Roundlet (n.) A little
circle.
Roundly (adv.) In a round
form or manner.
Roundly (adv.) Openly;
boldly; peremptorily; plumply.
Roundly (adv.) Briskly;
with speed.
Roundly (adv.) Completely;
vigorously; in earnest.
Roundly (adv.) Without
regard to detail; in gross; comprehensively; generally; as, to give numbers
roundly.
Roundness (n.) 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.
Roundness (n.) Fullness;
smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a period; the roundness of a note;
roundness of tone.
Roundness (n.) Openess;
plainess; boldness; positiveness; as, the roundness of an assertion.
Roundridge (v. t.) To form
into round ridges by plowing.
Round-shouldered (a.)
Having the shoulders stooping or projecting; round-backed.
Roundsmen (pl. ) of
Roundsman
Roundsman (n.) A
patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the
patrolmen.
Roundtop (n.) A top; a
platform at a masthead; -- so called because formerly round in shape.
Round-up (n.) The act of
collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and
driving them in.
Roundure (n.) Roundness; a
round or circle.
Roundworm (n.) A nematoid
worm.
Roundy (a.) Round.
Roup (v. i. & t.) To cry
or shout; hence, to sell by auction.
Roup (n.) An outcry;
hence, a sale of gods by auction.
Roup (n.) A disease in
poultry. See Pip.
Rousant (a.) Rising; --
applied to a bird in the attitude of rising; also, sometmes, to a bird in
profile with wings addorsed.
Rouse (v. i. & t.) To pull
or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of
mechanical appliances.
Rouse (n.) A bumper in
honor of a toast or health.
Rouse (n.) A carousal; a
festival; a drinking frolic.
Roused (imp. & p. p.) of
Rouse
Rousing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rouse
Rouse (v.) To cause to
start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the
chase.
Rouse (v.) To wake from
sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly.
Rouse (v.) To excite to
lively thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or
indifference; as, to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions.
Rouse (v.) To put in
motion; to stir up; to agitate.
Rouse (v.) To raise; to
make erect.
Rouse (v. i.) To get or
start up; to rise.
Rouse (v. i.) To awake
from sleep or repose.
Rouse (v. i.) To be exited
to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention.
Rouser (n.) One who, or
that which, rouses.
Rouser (n.) Something very
exciting or great.
Rouser (n.) A stirrer in a
copper for boiling wort.
Rousing (a.) Having power
to awaken or excite; exciting.
Rousing (a.) Very great;
violent; astounding; as, a rousing fire; a rousing lie.
Rousingly (adv.) In a
rousing manner.
Roussette (n.) 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.
Roussette (n.) Any small
shark of the genus Scyllium; -- called also dogfish. See Dogfish.
Roust (v. t.) To rouse; to
disturb; as, to roust one out.
Roust (n.) A strong tide
or current, especially in a narrow channel.
Roustabout (n.) 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 (v. i.) To roar; to
bellow; to snort; to snore loudly.
Rout (n.) A bellowing; a
shouting; noise; clamor; uproar; disturbance; tumult.
Rout (v. t.) To scoop out
with a gouge or other tool; to furrow.
Rout (v. i.) To search or
root in the ground, as a swine.
Rout (n.) A troop; a
throng; a company; an assembly; especially, a traveling company or throng.
Rout (n.) A disorderly and
tumultuous crowd; a mob; hence, the rabble; the herd of common people.
Rout (n.) The state of
being disorganized and thrown into confusion; -- said especially of an army
defeated, broken in pieces, and put to flight in disorder or panic; also, the
act of defeating and breaking up an army; as, the rout of the enemy was
complete.
Rout (n.) A disturbance of
the peace by persons assembled together with intent to do a thing which, if
executed, would make them rioters, and actually making a motion toward the
executing thereof.
Rout (n.) A fashionable
assembly, or large evening party.
Routed (imp. & p. p.) of
Rout
Routing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rout
Rout (v. t.) To break the
ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder; to put to rout.
Rout (v. i.) To assemble
in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company.
Route (n.) 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 (n.) A plane made
like a spokeshave, for working the inside edges of circular sashes.
Router (n.) A plane with a
hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing the bottom of a cavity.
Routhe (n.) Ruth; sorrow.
Routinary (a.) Involving,
or pertaining to, routine; ordinary; customary.
Routine (n.) A round of
business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a
course of business or offical duties regularly or frequently returning.
Routine (n.) Any regular
course of action or procedure rigidly adhered to by the mere force of habit.
Routinism (n.) the
practice of doing things with undiscriminating, mechanical regularity.
Routinist (n.) One who
habituated to a routine.
Routish (a.) Uproarious;
riotous.
Routously (adv.) With that
violation of law called a rout. See 5th Rout, 4.
Roux (n.) A thickening,
made of flour, for soups and gravies.
Rove (v. t.) To draw
through an eye or aperture.
Rove (v. t.) To draw out
into flakes; to card, as wool.
Rove (v. t.) To twist
slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly
before spinning.
Rove (n.) A copper washer
upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.
Rove (n.) A roll or sliver
of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process;
a roving.
Roved (imp. & p. p.) of
Rove
Roving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rove
Rove (v. i.) To practice
robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy.
Rove (v. i.) Hence, to
wander; to ramble; to rauge; to go, move, or pass without certain direction in
any manner, by sailing, walking, riding, flying, or otherwise.
Rove (v. i.) To shoot at
rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers
usually being beyond the point-blank range).
Rove (v. t.) To wander
over or through.
Rove (v. t.) To plow into
ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
Rove (n.) The act of
wandering; a ramble.
Rover (v. i.) One who
practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.
Rover (v. i.) One who
wanders about by sea or land; a wanderer; a rambler.
Rover (v. i.) Hence, a
fickle, inconstant person.
Rover (v. i.) A ball which
has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is
continued in play; also, the player of such a ball.
Rover (v. i.) Casual marks
at uncertain distances.
Rover (v. i.) A sort of
arrow.
Roving (n.) The operatin
of forming the rove, or slightly twisted sliver or roll of wool or cotton, by
means of a machine for the purpose, called a roving frame, or roving machine.
Roving (n.) A roll or
sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slightly twisted; a rove. See 2d Rove, 2.
Roving (n.) The act of one
who roves or wanders.
Rovingly (adv.) In a
wandering manner.
Rovingness (n.) The state
of roving.
Row (a. & adv.) Rough;
stern; angry.
Row (n.) A noisy,
turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl.
Row (n.) A series of
persons or things arranged in a continued line; a line; a rank; a file; as, a
row of trees; a row of houses or columns.
Rowed (imp. & p. p.) of
Row
Rowing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Row
Row (v. t.) To propel with
oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water; as, to row a boat.
Row (v. t.) To transport
in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge.
Row (v. i.) To use the
oar; as, to row well.
Row (v. i.) To be moved by
oars; as, the boat rows easily.
Row (n.) The act of
rowing; excursion in a rowboat.
Rowable (a.) That may be
rowed, or rowed upon.
Rowan (n.) Rowan tree.
Rowan tree () 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 (n.) A boat
designed to be propelled by oars instead of sails.
Rowdies (pl. ) of Rowdy
Rowdy (n.) One who engages
in rows, or noisy quarrels; a ruffianly fellow.
Rowdydow (n.) Hubbub;
uproar.
Rowdydowdy (a.)
Uproarious.
Rowdyish (a.) Resembling a
rowdy in temper or conduct; characteristic of a rowdy.
Rowdyism (n.) the conduct
of a rowdy.
Rowed (a.) Formed into a
row, or rows; having a row, or rows; as, a twelve-rowed ear of corn.
Rowel (n.) The little
wheel of a spur, with sharp points.
Rowel (n.) A little flat
ring or wheel on horses' bits.
Rowel (n.) A roll of hair,
silk, etc., passed through the flesh of horses, answering to a seton in human
surgery.
Roweled (imp. & p. p.) of
Rowel
Rowelled () of Rowel
Roweling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rowel
Rowelling () of Rowel
Rowel (v. t.) To insert a
rowel, or roll of hair or silk, into (as the flesh of a horse).
Rowel bone () See rewel bone.
Rowen (n.) A stubble field
left unplowed till late in the autumn, that it may be cropped by cattle.
Rowen (n.) The second
growth of grass in a season; aftermath.
Rower (n.) One who rows
with an oar.
Rowett (n.) See Rowen.
Rowlock (n.) 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.
Rown (v. i. & t.) see
Roun.
Rowport (n.) An opening in
the side of small vessels of war, near the surface of the water, to facilitate
rowing in calm weather.
Roxburgh (n.) 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 (n.) A king.
Roy (a.) Royal.
Royal (a.) 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.
Royal (a.) Noble;
generous; magnificent; princely.
Royal (a.) Under the
patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal
Academy of Arts; the Royal Society.
Royal (n.) Printing and
writing papers of particular sizes. See under paper, n.
Royal (n.) A small sail
immediately above the topgallant sail.
Royal (n.) One of the
upper or distal branches of an antler, as the third and fourth tynes of the
antlers of a stag.
Royal (n.) A small mortar.
Royal (n.) One of the
soldiers of the first regiment of foot of the British army, formerly called the
Royals, and supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe; -- now called the
Royal Scots.
Royal (n.) An old English
coin. See Rial.
Royalet (n.) A petty or
powerless king.
Royalism (n.) the
principles or conduct of royalists.
Royalist (n.) An adherent
of a king (as of Charles I. in England, or of the Bourbons in france); one
attached to monarchical government.
Royalization (n.) The act
of making loyal to a king.
Royalize (v. t.) to make
royal.
Royally (adv.) In a royal
or kingly manner; like a king; as becomes a king.
Royalties (pl. ) of
Royalty
Royalty (n.) The state of
being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly
office; sovereignty.
Royalty (n.) The person of
a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the presence of royalty.
Royalty (n.) An emblem of
royalty; -- usually in the plural, meaning regalia.
Royalty (n.) Kingliness;
spirit of regal authority.
Royalty (n.) Domain;
province; sphere.
Royalty (n.) That which is
due to a sovereign, as a seigniorage on gold and silver coined at the mint,
metals taken from mines, etc.; the tax exacted in lieu of such share;
imperiality.
Royalty (n.) A share of
the product or profit (as of a mine, forest, etc.), reserved by the owner for
permitting another to use the property.
Royalty (n.) Hence (Com.),
a duty paid by a manufacturer to the owner of a patent or a copyright at a
certain rate for each article manufactured; or, a percentage paid to the owner
of an article by one who hires the use of it.
Royne (v. t.) To bite; to
gnaw.
Roynish (a.) Mangy;
scabby; hence, mean; paltry; troublesome.
Royster (n.) Alt. of
Roysterer
Roysterer (n.) same as
Roister, Roisterer.
Royston crow () See Hooded crow,
under Hooded.
Roytelet (n.) A little
king.
Roytish (a.) Wild;
irregular.
Rubbed (imp. & p. p.) of
Rub
Rubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rub
Rub (v. t.) 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.
Rub (v. t.) To move over
the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the
boat rubs the ground.
Rub (v. t.) To cause (a
body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand
over the body.
Rub (v. t.) To spread a
substance thinly over; to smear.
Rub (v. t.) To scour; to
burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; -- often with up or over; as, to
rub up silver.
Rub (v. t.) To hinder; to
cross; to thwart.
Rub (v. i.) To move along
the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the
gatepost.
Rub (v. i.) To fret; to
chafe; as, to rub upon a sore.
Rub (v. i.) To move or
pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the
world.
Rub (n.) The act of
rubbing; friction.
Rub (n.) That which rubs;
that which tends to hinder or obstruct motion or progress; hindrance;
obstruction, an impediment; especially, a difficulty or obstruction hard to
overcome; a pinch.
Rub (n.) Inequality of
surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness.
Rub (n.) Something grating
to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub.
Rub (n.) Imperfection;
failing; fault.
Rub (n.) A chance.
Rub (n.) A stone, commonly
flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; -- called also rubstone.
Ruba-dub (n.) The sound of
a drum when continuously beaten; hence, a clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter.
Rubato (a.) Robbed;
borrowed.
Rubbage (n.) Rubbish.
Rubber (n.) One who, or
that which, rubs.
Rubber (n.) An instrument
or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or cleaning.
Rubber (n.) A coarse file,
or the rough part of a file.
Rubber (n.) A whetstone; a
rubstone.
Rubber (n.) An eraser,
usually made of caoutchouc.
Rubber (n.) The cushion of
an electrical machine.
Rubber (n.) One who
performs massage, especially in a Turkish bath.
Rubber (n.) Something that
chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a
rub.
Rubber (n.) In some games,
as whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, when there is a tie between
the players; as, to play the rubber; also, a contest determined by the winning
of two out of three games; as, to play a rubber of whist.
Rubber (n.) India rubber;
caoutchouc.
Rubber (n.) An overshoe
made of India rubber.
Rubbidge (n.) Rubbish.
Rubbing () a. & n. from Rub, v.
Rubbish (n.) Waste or
rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially,
fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; debris.
Rubbish (a.) Of or
pertaining to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy.
Rubble (n.) Water-worn or
rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in coarse masonry, or to fill up
between the facing courses of walls.
Rubble (n.) Rough stone as
it comes from the quarry; also, a quarryman's term for the upper fragmentary and
decomposed portion of a mass of stone; brash.
Rubble (n.) A mass or
stratum of fragments or rock lying under the alluvium, and derived from the
neighboring rock.
Rubble (n.) The whole of
the bran of wheat before it is sorted into pollard, bran, etc.
Rubblestone (n.) See
Rubble, 1 and 2.
Rubblework (n.) Masonry
constructed of unsquared stones that are irregular in size and shape.
Rubbly (a.) Relating to,
or containing, rubble.
Rubedinous (a.) Reddish.
Rubefacient (a.) Making
red.
Rubefacient (n.) An
external application which produces redness of the skin.
Rubefaction (n.) The act
or process of making red.
Rubelet (n.) A little
ruby.
Rubella (n.) An acute
specific disease with a dusky red cutaneous eruption resembling that of measles,
but unattended by catarrhal symptoms; -- called also German measles.
Rubelle (n.) A red color
used in enameling.
Rubellite (n.) A variety
of tourmaline varying in color from a pale rose to a deep ruby, and containing
lithium.
Rubeola (n.) the measles.
Rubeola (n.) Rubella.
Ruberythrinic (a.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid extracted from madder root. It is a
yellow crystalline substance from which alizarin is obtained.
Rubescence (n.) The
quality or state of being rubescent; a reddening; a flush.
Rubescent (a.) Growing or
becoming red; tending to redness.
Rubiaceous (a.) 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 (n.) A substance
found in madder root, and probably identical with ruberythrinic acid.
Rubian (n.) One of several
color-producing glycosides found in madder root.
Rubianic (a.) pertaining
to, or derived from, rubian; specifically, designating an acid called also
ruberythrinic acid.
Ru bible (n.) A ribble.
Rubican (a.) Colored a
prevailing red, bay, or black, with flecks of white or gray especially on the
flanks; -- said of horses.
Rubicelle (n.) A variety
of ruby of a yellowish red color, from Brazil.
Rubicon (n.) A small river
which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the province alloted to Julius
Caesar.
Rubicund (a.) Inclining to
redness; ruddy; red.
Rubicundity (n.) The
quality or state of being rubicund; ruddiness.
Rubidic (a.) Of or
pertaining to rubidium; containing rubidium.
Rubidine (n.) A
nitrogenous base homologous with pyridine, obtained from coal tar as an oily
liquid, C11H17N; also, any one of the group od metameric compounds of which
rubidine is the type.
Rubidium (n.) A rare
metallic element. It occurs quite widely, but in small quantities, and always
combined. It is isolated as a soft yellowish white metal, analogous to potassium
in most of its properties. Symbol Rb. Atomic weight, 85.2.
Rubific (a.) Making red;
as, rubific rays.
Rubification (n.) The act
of making red.
Rubiform (a.) Having the
nature or quality of red; as, the rubiform rays of the sun.
Rubify (v. t.) To redden.
Rubiginose (a.) Alt. of
Rubiginous
Rubiginous (a.) Having the
appearance or color of iron rust; rusty-looking.
Rubigo (n.) same as Rust,
n., 2.
Rubin (n.) A ruby.
Rubious (a.) Red; ruddy.
Rubiretin (n.) One of the
red dye products extracted from madder root, and probably identical with
ruberythrinic acid.
Ruble (n.) The unit of
monetary value in Russia. It is divided into 100 copecks, and in the gold coin
of the realm (as in the five and ten ruble pieces) is worth about 77 cents. The
silver ruble is a coin worth about 60 cents.
Rubric (n.) That part of
any work in the early manuscripts and typography which was colored red, to
distinguish it from other portions.
Rubric (n.) A titlepage,
or part of it, especially that giving the date and place of printing; also, the
initial letters, etc., when printed in red.
Rubric (n.) The title of a
statute; -- so called as being anciently written in red letters.
Rubric (n.) The directions
and rules for the conduct of service, formerly written or printed in red; hence,
also, an ecclesiastical or episcopal injunction; -- usually in the plural.
Rubric (n.) Hence, that
which is established or settled, as by authority; a thing definitely settled or
fixed.
Rubric (v. t.) To adorn
ith red; to redden; to rubricate.
Rubric (a.) Alt. of
Rubrical
Rubrical (a.) Colored in,
or marked with, red; placed in rubrics.
Rubrical (a.) Of or
pertaining to the rubric or rubrics.
Rubricate (n.) Marked with
red.
Rubricate (v. t.) To mark
or distinguished with red; to arrange as in a rubric; to establish in a settled
and unchangeable form.
Rubrician (n.) Alt. of
Rubricist
Rubricist (n.) One skilled
in, or tenaciously adhering to, the rubric or rubrics.
Rubricity (n.) Redness.
Rubstone (n.) A stone for
scouring or rubbing; a whetstone; a rub.
Rubus (n.) A genus of
rosaceous plants, including the raspberry and blackberry.
Rubies (pl. ) of Ruby
Ruby (n.) A precious stone
of a carmine red color, sometimes verging to violet, or intermediate between
carmine and hyacinth red. It is a red crystallized variety of corundum.
Ruby (n.) The color of a
ruby; carmine red; a red tint.
Ruby (n.) That which has
the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence, a red blain or carbuncle.
Ruby (n.) See Agate, n.,
2.
Ruby (n.) Any species of
South American humming birds of the genus Clytolaema. The males have a
ruby-colored throat or breast.
Ruby (a.) Ruby-colored;
red; as, ruby lips.
Rubied (imp. & p. p.) of
Ruby
Rubying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ruby
Ruby (v. t.) To make red;
to redden.
Rubytail (n.) A European
gold wasp (Chrysis ignita) which has the under side of the abdomen bright red,
and the other parts deep bluish green with a metallic luster. The larva is
parasitic in the nests of other wasps and of bees.
Ruby-tailed (a.) Having
the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red.
Rubythroat (n.) Any one of
numerous species of humming birds belonging to Trochilus, Calypte, Stellula, and
allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers
having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the Eastern United
States (Trochilus colubris).
Rubywood (n.) red
sandalwood. See under Sandalwood.
Rucervine (a.) Of, like,
or pertaining to, a deer of the genus Rucervus, which includes the swamp deer of
India.
Ruche (n.) A plaited,
quilled, or goffered strip of lace, net, ribbon, or other material, -- used in
place of collars or cuffs, and as a trimming for women's dresses and bonnets.
Ruche (n.) A pile of
arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn.
Ruching (n.) A ruche, or
ruches collectively.
Ruck (n.) A roc.
Rucked (imp. & p. p.) of
Ruck
Rucking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ruck
Ruck (v. t. & i.) To draw
into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet.
Ruck (v. t.) A wrinkle or
crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework.
Ruck (v. i.) To cower; to
huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs.
Ruck (n.) A heap; a rick.
Ruck (n.) The common sort,
whether persons or things; as, the ruck in a horse race.
Ructation (n.) The act of
belching wind.
Ruction (n.) An uproar; a
quarrel; a noisy outbreak.
Rud (n.) Redness; blush.
Rud (n.) Ruddle; red
ocher.
Rud (n.) The rudd.
Rud (v. t.) To make red.
Rudd (n.) A fresh-water
European fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus erythrophthalmus). It is about the
size and shape of the roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter
body, and red irises. Called also redeye, roud, finscale, and shallow. A blue
variety is called azurine, or blue roach.
Rudder (n.) A riddle or
sieve.
Rudder (n.) The mechanical
appliance by means of which a vessel is guided or steered when in motion. It is
a broad and flat blade made of wood or iron, with a long shank, and is fastened
in an upright position, usually by one edge, to the sternpost of the vessel in
such a way that it can be turned from side to side in the water by means of a
tiller, wheel, or other attachment.
Rudder (n.) Fig.: That
which resembles a rudder as a guide or governor; that which guides or governs
the course.
Rudderhead (n.) The upper
end of the rudderpost, to which the tiller is attached.
Rudderhole (n.) The hole
in the deck through which the rudderpost passes.
Rudderless (a.) Without a
rudder.
Rudderpost (n.) The shank
of a rudder, having the blade at one end and the attachments for operating it at
the other.
Rudderstock (n.) The main
part or blade of the rudder, which is connected by hinges, or the like, with the
sternpost of a vessel.
Ruddied (a.) Made ruddy or
red.
Ruddily (adv.) In a ruddy
manner.
Ruddiness (n.) The quality
or state of being ruddy; as, the ruddiness of the cheeks or the sky.
Ruddle (v. t.) To raddle
or twist.
Ruddle (n.) A riddle or
sieve.
Ruddle (n.) A species of
red earth colored by iron sesquioxide; red ocher.
Ruddle (v. t.) To mark
with ruddle; to raddle; to rouge.
Ruddock (n.) The European
robin.
Ruddock (n.) A piece of
gold money; -- probably because the gold of coins was often reddened by copper
alloy. Called also red ruddock, and golden ruddock.
Ruddy (n.) Of a red color;
red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy flame.
Ruddy (n.) Of a lively
flesh color, or the color of the human skin in high health; as, ruddy cheeks or
lips.
Ruddy (v. t.) To make
ruddy.
Rude (superl.)
Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement;
coarse.
Rude (superl.) Unformed by
taste or skill; not nicely finished; not smoothed or polished; -- said
especially of material things; as, rude workmanship.
Rude (superl.) Of untaught
manners; unpolished; of low rank; uncivil; clownish; ignorant; raw; unskillful;
-- said of persons, or of conduct, skill, and the like.
Rude (superl.) Violent;
tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; -- said of the weather, of
storms, and the like; as, the rude winter.
Rude (superl.) Barbarous;
fierce; bloody; impetuous; -- said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the rude
shock of armies.
Rude (superl.) Not
finished or complete; inelegant; lacking chasteness or elegance; not in good
taste; unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; -- said of literature, language,
style, and the like.
Rudenture (n.) Cabling.
See Cabling.
Ruderary (a.) Of or
pertaining to rubbish..
Rudesby (n.) An uncivil,
turbulent fellow.
Rudesheimer (n.) A German
wine made near Rudesheim, on the Rhine.
Rudiment (n.) That which
is unformed or undeveloped; the principle which lies at the bottom of any
development; an unfinished beginning.
Rudiment (n.) Hence, an
element or first principle of any art or science; a beginning of any knowledge;
a first step.
Rudiment (n.) An imperfect
organ or part, or one which is never developed.
Rudiment (v. t.) To
furnish with first principles or rules; to insrtuct in the rudiments.
Rudimental (a.)
Rudimentary.
Rudimentary (a.) Of or
pertaining to rudiments; consisting in first principles; elementary; initial;
as, rudimental essays.
Rudimentary (a.) Very
imperfectly developed; in an early stage of development; embryonic.
Rudish (a.) Somewhat rude.
Rudistes (n. pl.) An
extinct order or suborder of bivalve mollusks characteristic of the Cretaceous
period; -- called also Rudista. See Illust. under Hippurite.
Rudity (n.) Rudeness;
ignorance.
Rudmasday (n.) Either of
the feasts of the Holy Cross, occuring on May 3 and September 14, annually.
Rudolphine (a.) Pertaining
to, or designating, a set of astronomical tables computed by Kepler, and founded
on the observations of Tycho Brahe; -- so named from Rudolph II., emperor of
Germany.
Rue (n.) A perennial
suffrutescent plant (Ruta graveolens), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter
taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.
Rue (n.) Fig.: Bitterness;
disappointment; grief; regret.
Rued (imp. & p. p.) of Rue
Ruing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of
Rue
Rue (v. t.) To lament; to
regret extremely; to grieve for or over.
Rue (v. t.) To cause to
grieve; to afflict.
Rue (v. t.) To repent of,
and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from.
Rue (v. i.) To have
compassion.
Rue (v. i.) To feel sorrow
and regret; to repent.
Rue (v. t.) Sorrow;
repetance.
Rueful (a.) Causing one to
rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful.
Rueful (a.) Expressing
sorrow.
Ruell bone () See rewel bone.
Ruelle (n.) A private
circle or assembly at a private house; a circle.
Rufescent (a.) Reddish;
tinged with red.
Ruff (n.) A game similar
to whist, and the predecessor of it.
Ruff (n.) The act of
trumping, especially when one has no card of the suit led.
Ruff (v. i. & t.) To
trump.
Ruff (n.) A muslin or
linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only
by women and children.
Ruff (n.) Something formed
with plaits or flutings, like the collar of this name.
Ruff (n.) An exhibition of
pride or haughtiness.
Ruff (n.) Wanton or
tumultuous procedure or conduct.
Ruff (n.) A low, vibrating
beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; a ruffle.
Ruff (n.) A collar on a
shaft ot other piece to prevent endwise motion. See Illust. of Collar.
Ruff (n.) A set of
lengthened or otherwise modified feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird.
Ruff (n.) A limicoline
bird of Europe and Asia (Pavoncella, / Philommachus, pugnax) allied to the
sandpipers. The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile
feathers, variable in their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles
on the face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the
breeding season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve.
Ruff (n.) A variety of the
domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck.
Ruffed (imp. & p. p.) of
Ruff
Ruffing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ruff
Ruff (v. t.) To ruffle; to
disorder.
Ruff (v. t.) To beat with
the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
Ruff (v. t.) To hit, as
the prey, without fixing it.
Ruff (n.) Alt. of Ruffe
Ruffe (n.) A small
freshwater European perch (Acerina vulgaris); -- called also pope, blacktail,
and stone, / striped, perch.
Ruffed (a.) Furnished with
a ruff.
Ruffian (n.) A pimp; a
pander; also, a paramour.
Ruffian (n.) A boisterous,
cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a
cutthroat.
Ruffian (a.) brutal;
cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage.
Ruffian (v. i.) To play
the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.
Ruffianage (n.) Ruffians,
collectively; a body of ruffians.
Ruffianish (a.) Having the
qualities or manners of a ruffian; ruffianly.
Ruffianlike (a.)
Ruffianly.
Ruffianly (a.) Like a
ruffian; bold in crimes; characteristic of a ruffian; violent; brutal.
Ruffianous (a.) Ruffianly.
Ruffin (a.) Disordered.
Ruffled (imp. & p. p.) of
Ruffle
Ruffling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ruffle
Ruffle (v. t.) To make
into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
Ruffle (v. t.) To furnish
with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.
Ruffle (v. t.) To oughen
or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion.
Ruffle (v. t.) To erect in
a ruff, as feathers.
Ruffle (v. t.) To beat
with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
Ruffle (v. t.) To
discompose; to agitate; to disturb.
Ruffle (v. t.) To throw
into disorder or confusion.
Ruffle (v. t.) To throw
together in a disorderly manner.
Ruffle (v. i.) To grow
rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
Ruffle (v. i.) To become
disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
Ruffle (v. i.) To be
rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
Ruffle (v. t. & i.) That
which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth,
plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a
frill.
Ruffle (v. t. & i.) A
state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to
put the mind in a ruffle.
Ruffle (v. t. & i.) A low,
vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff.
Ruffle (v. t. & i.) The
connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of any one of several
species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. See Ootheca.
Ruffleless (a.) Having no
ruffle.
Rufflement (n.) The act of
ruffling.
Ruffler (n.) One who
ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian.
Ruffler (n.) That which
ruffles; specifically, a sewing machine attachment for making ruffles.
Rufigallic (a.) Pertaining
to, or designating, an acid which is obtained from gallic acid as a brown or red
crystalline substance, and is related to rufiopin and anthracene.
Rufiopin (n.) A yellowish
red crystalline substance related to anthracene, and obtained from opianic acid.
Rufol (n.) A phenol
derivative of anthracene obtained as a white crystalline substance, which on
oxidation produces a red dyestuff related to anthraquinone.
Rufous (a.) Reddish; of a
yellowish red or brownish red color; tawny.
Ruft (n.) Eructation;
belching.
Rufterhood (n.) A kind of
hood for a hawk.
Rug (a.) A kind of coarse,
heavy frieze, formerly used for garments.
Rug (a.) A piece of thick,
nappy fabric, commonly made of wool, -- used for various purposes, as for
covering and ornamenting part of a bare floor, for hanging in a doorway as a
potiere, for protecting a portion of carpet, for a wrap to protect the legs from
cold, etc.
Rug (a.) A rough, woolly,
or shaggy dog.
Rug (v. t.) To pull
roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
Rugae (pl. ) of Ruga
Ruga (n.) A wrinkle; a
fold; as, the rugae of the stomach.
Rugate (a.) Having
alternate ridges and depressions; wrinkled.
Rugged (n.) Full of
asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or irregular points, or otherwise
uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a rugged mountain; a rugged road.
Rugged (n.) Not neat or
regular; uneven.
Rugged (n.) Rough with
bristles or hair; shaggy.
Rugged (n.) Harsh; hard;
crabbed; austere; -- said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons.
Rugged (n.) Stormy;
turbulent; tempestuous; rude.
Rugged (n.) Rough to the
ear; harsh; grating; -- said of sound, style, and the like.
Rugged (n.) Sour; surly;
frowning; wrinkled; -- said of looks, etc.
Rugged (n.) Violent; rude;
boisterrous; -- said of conduct, manners, etc.
Rugged (n.) Vigorous;
robust; hardy; -- said of health, physique, etc.
Rugging (n.) A coarse kind
of woolen cloth, used for wrapping, blanketing, etc.
Rug-gowned (a.) Wearing a
coarse gown or shaggy garment made of rug.
Ruggy (a.) Rugged; rough.
Rug-headed (a.) Having
shaggy hair; shock-headed.
Rugin (n.) A nappy cloth.
Rugine (n.) An instrument
for scraping the periosteum from bones; a raspatory.
Rugine (v. t.) To scrape
or rasp, as a bone; to scale.
Rugosa (n. pl.) An extinct
tribe of fossil corals, including numerous species, many of them of large size.
They are characteristic of the Paleozoic formations. The radiating septs, when
present, are usually in multiples of four. See Cyathophylloid.
Rugose (a.) Wrinkled; full
of wrinkles; specifically (Bot.), having the veinlets sunken and the spaces
between them elevated, as the leaves of the sage and horehound.
Rugosity (n.) The quality
or state of being rugose.
Rugous (a.) Wrinkled;
rugose.
Rugulose (a.) Somewhat
rugose.
Ruhmkorff's coil () See Induction
coil, under Induction.
Ruin (n.) The act of
falling or tumbling down; fall.
Ruin (n.) Such a change of
anything as destroys it, or entirely defeats its object, or unfits it for use;
destruction; overthrow; as, the ruin of a ship or an army; the ruin of a
constitution or a government; the ruin of health or hopes.
Ruin (n.) That which is
fallen down and become worthless from injury or decay; as, his mind is a ruin;
especially, in the plural, the remains of a destroyed, dilapidated, or desolate
house, fortress, city, or the like.
Ruin (n.) The state of
being dcayed, or of having become ruined or worthless; as, to be in ruins; to go
to ruin.
Ruin (n.) That which
promotes injury, decay, or destruction.
Ruined (imp. & p. p.) of
Ruin
Ruining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ruin
Ruin (n.) To bring to
ruin; to cause to fall to pieces and decay; to make to perish; to bring to
destruction; to bring to poverty or bankruptcy; to impair seriously; to damage
essentially; to overthrow.
Ruin (v. i.) To fall to
ruins; to go to ruin; to become decayed or dilapidated; to perish.
Ruinable (a.) Capable of
being ruined.
Ruinate (v. t.) To
demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty; to ruin.
Ruinate (v. t.) To cause
to fall; to cast down.
Ruinate (v. i.) To fall;
to tumble.
Ruinate (a.) Involved in
ruin; ruined.
Ruination (n.) The act of
ruining, or the state of being ruined.
Ruiner (n.) One who, or
that which, ruins.
Ruiniform (a.) Having the
appearance of ruins, or of the ruins of houses; -- said of certain minerals.
Ruinous (a.) Causing, or
tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project.
Ruinous (a.) Characterized
by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous
state.
Ruinous (a.) Composed of,
or consisting in, ruins.
Rukh (n.) The roc.
Rukh (n.) A large bird,
supposed by some to be the same as the extinct Epiornis of Madagascar.
Rulable (a.) That may be
ruled; subject to rule; accordant or conformable to rule.
Rule (a.) That which is
prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction
for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a
prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing
a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket.
Rule (a.) Uniform or
established course of things.
Rule (a.) Systematic
method or practice; as, my ule is to rise at six o'clock.
Rule (a.) Ordibary course
of procedure; usual way; comon state or condition of things; as, it is a rule to
which there are many exeptions.
Rule (a.) Conduct in
general; behavior.
Rule (a.) The act of
ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
Rule (a.) An order
regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an
action or a suit.
Rule (a.) A determinate
method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result;
as, a rule for extracting the cube root.
Rule (a.) A general
principle concerning the formation or use of words, or a concise statement
thereof; thus, it is a rule in England, that s or es , added to a noun in the
singular number, forms the plural of that noun; but "man" forms its plural
"men", and is an exception to the rule.
Rule (a.) A straight strip
of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as a guide in drawing a straight line;
a ruler.
Rule (a.) A measuring
instrument consisting of a graduated bar of wood, ivory, metal, or the like,
which is usually marked so as to show inches and fractions of an inch, and
jointed so that it may be folded compactly.
Rule (a.) A thin plate of
metal (usually brass) of the same height as the type, and used for printing
lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.
Rule (a.) A composing
rule. See under Conposing.
Ruled (imp. & p. p.) of
Rule
Ruling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rule
Rule (n.) To control the
will and actions of; to exercise authority or dominion over; to govern; to
manage.
Rule (n.) To control or
direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion; to guide; -- used chiefly in the
passive.
Rule (n.) To establish or
settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by
common practice.
Rule (n.) To require or
command by rule; to give as a direction or order of court.
Rule (n.) To mark with
lines made with a pen, pencil, etc., guided by a rule or ruler; to print or mark
with lines by means of a rule or other contrivance effecting a similar result;
as, to rule a sheet of paper of a blank book.
Rule (v. i.) To have power
or command; to exercise supreme authority; -- often followed by over.
Rule (v. i.) To lay down
and settle a rule or order of court; to decide an incidental point; to enter a
rule.
Rule (v. i.) To keep
within a (certain) range for a time; to be in general, or as a rule; as, prices
ruled lower yesterday than the day before.
Ruleless (a.) Destitute of
rule; lawless.
Rule-monger (n.) A
stickler for rules; a slave of rules
Ruler (n.) One who rules;
one who exercises sway or authority; a governor.
Ruler (n.) A straight or
curved strip of wood, metal, etc., with a smooth edge, used for guiding a pen or
pencil in drawing lines. Cf. Rule, n., 7 (a).
Ruling (a.) Predominant;
chief; reigning; controlling; as, a ruling passion; a ruling sovereign.
Ruling (a.) Used in
marking or engraving lines; as, a ruling machine or pen.
Ruling (n.) The act of one
who rules; ruled lines.
Ruling (n.) A decision or
rule of a judge or a court, especially an oral decision, as in excluding
evidence.
Rulingly (adv.) In a
ruling manner; so as to rule.
Rullichies (n. pl.)
Chopped meat stuffed into small bags of tripe. They are cut in slices and fried.
Ruly (a.) Orderly; easily
restrained; -- opposed to unruly.
Rum (n.) A kind of
intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings of the
boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former
distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective
name for intoxicating liquor.
Rum (a.) Old-fashioned;
queer; odd; as, a rum idea; a rum fellow.
Rum (n.) A queer or odd
person or thing; a country parson.
Rumble (v. i.) To make a
low, heavy, continued sound; as, the thunder rumbles at a distance.
Rumble (v. i.) To murmur;
to ripple.
Rumble (n.) A noisy
report; rumor.
Rumble (n.) A low, heavy,
continuous sound like that made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder;
a confused noise; as, the rumble of a railroad train.
Rumble (n.) A seat for
servants, behind the body of a carriage.
Rumble (n.) A rotating
cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against
each other.
Rumble (v. t.) To cause to
pass through a rumble, or shaking machine. See Rumble, n., 4.
Rumbler (n.) One who, or
that which, rumbles.
Rumbling () a. & n. from Rumble,
v. i.
Rumblingly (adv.) In a
rumbling manner.
Rumbo (n.) Grog.
Rumbowline (n.) Same as
Rombowline.
Rumen (n.) The first
stomach of ruminants; the paunch; the fardingbag. See Illust. below.
Rumen (n.) The cud of a
ruminant.
Rumicin (n.) A yellow
crystalline substance found in the root of yellow dock (Rumex crispus) and
identical with chrysophanic acid.
Ruminal (a.) Ruminant;
ruminating.
Ruminant (a.) Chewing the
cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to
the Ruminantia.
Ruminant (n.) A ruminant
animal; one of the Ruminantia.
Ruminantia (n. pl.) A
division of Artiodactyla having four stomachs. This division includes the
camels, deer, antelopes, goats, sheep, neat cattle, and allies.
Ruminantly (adv.) In a
ruminant manner; by ruminating, or chewing the cud.
Ruminated (imp. & p. p.)
of Ruminate
Ruminating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ruminate
Ruminate (v. i.) To chew
the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.
Ruminate (v. i.) To think
again and again; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to reflect.
Ruminate (v. t.) To chew
over again.
Ruminate (v. t.) To
meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
Ruminate (a.) Alt. of
Ruminated
Ruminated (a.) Having a
hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the
nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
Rumination (n.) The act or
process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud.
Rumination (n.) The state
of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection.
Rumination (n.) The
regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, --
occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man.
Ruminative (a.) Inclined
to, or engaged in, rumination or meditation.
Ruminator (n.) One who
ruminates or muses; a meditator.
Rumkin (n.) A popular or
jocular name for a drinking vessel.
Rummage (n.) A place or
room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the
pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; -- formerly
written romage.
Rummage (n.) A searching
carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over.
Rummaged (imp. & p. p.) of
Rummage
Rummaging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rummage
Rummage (v. t.) To make
room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to
permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written roomage, and
romage.
Rummage (v. t.) To search
or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing
goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after
leaf.
Rummage (v. i.) To search
a place narrowly.
Rummager (n.) One who
rummages.
Rummager (n.) A person on
shipboard whose business was to take charge of stowing the cargo; -- formerly
written roomager, and romager.
Rummer (n.) A large and
tall glass, or drinking cup.
Rummy (a.) Of or
pertaining to rum; characteristic of rum; as a rummy flavor.
Rummies (pl. ) of Rummy
Rummy (n.) One who drinks
rum; an habitually intemperate person.
Rummy (a.) Strange; odd.
Rumney (n.) A sort of
Spanish wine.
Rumor (n.) A flying or
popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.
Rumor (n.) A current story
passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth;
-- in this sense often personified.
Rumor (n.) A prolonged,
indistinct noise.
Rumored (imp. & p. p.) of
Rumor
Rumoring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rumor
Rumor (v. t.) To report by
rumor; to tell.
Rumorer (n.) A teller of
news; especially, one who spreads false reports.
Rumorous (a.) Of or
pertaining to a rumor; of the nature of rumors.
Rumorous (a.) Famous;
notorious.
Rumorous (a.) Murmuring.
Rump (n.) The end of the
backbone of an animal, with the parts adjacent; the buttock or buttocks.
Rump (n.) Among butchers,
the piece of beef between the sirloin and the aitchbone piece. See Illust. of
Beef.
Rump (n.) The hind or tail
end; a fag-end; a remnant.
Rumper (n.) A member or a
supporter of the Rump Parliament.
Rump-fed (a.) A
Shakespearean word of uncertain meaning. Perhaps "fattened in the rump,
pampered."
Rumpled (imp. & p. p.) of
Rumple
Rumpling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rumple
Rumple (v. t. & i.) To
make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to
rumple an apron or a cravat.
Rumple (n.) A fold or
plait; a wrinkle.
Rumpled (a.) Wrinkled;
crumpled.
Rumpless (a.) Destitute of
a rump.
Rumply (a.) Rumpled.
Rumpus (n.) A disturbance;
noise and confusion; a quarrel.
Rumseller (n.) One who
sells rum; one who deals in intoxicating liquors; especially, one who sells
spirituous beverages at retail.
Ran (imp.) of Run
Run () of Run
Run (p. p.) of Run
Running (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Run
Run (a.) To move, proceed,
advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; -- said
of things animate or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a
stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a
person, a horse, a dog.
Run (a.) To go swiftly; to
pass at a swift pace; to hasten.
Run (a.) To flee, as from
fear or danger.
Run (a.) To steal off; to
depart secretly.
Run (a.) To contend in a
race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for
Congress.
Run (a.) To pass from one
state or condition to another; to come into a certain condition; -- often with
in or into; as, to run into evil practices; to run in debt.
Run (a.) To exert
continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle.
Run (a.) To pass or go
quickly in thought or conversation; as, to run from one subject to another.
Run (a.) To discuss; to
continue to think or speak about something; -- with on.
Run (a.) To make numerous
drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank; -- with on.
Run (a.) To creep, as
serpents.
Run (a.) To flow, as a
liquid; to ascend or descend; to course; as, rivers run to the sea; sap runs up
in the spring; her blood ran cold.
Run (a.) To proceed along
a surface; to extend; to spread.
Run (a.) To become fluid;
to melt; to fuse.
Run (a.) To turn, as a
wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round.
Run (a.) To travel; to
make progress; to be moved by mechanical means; to go; as, the steamboat runs
regularly to Albany; the train runs to Chicago.
Run (a.) To extend; to
reach; as, the road runs from Philadelphia to New York; the memory of man
runneth not to the contrary.
Run (a.) To go back and
forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the
station.
Run (a.) To make progress;
to proceed; to pass.
Run (a.) To continue in
operation; to be kept in action or motion; as, this engine runs night and day;
the mill runs six days in the week.
Run (a.) To have a course
or direction; as, a line runs east and west.
Run (a.) To be in form
thus, as a combination of words.
Run (a.) To be popularly
known; to be generally received.
Run (a.) To have growth or
development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly.
Run (a.) To tend, as to an
effect or consequence; to incline.
Run (a.) To spread and
blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing.
Run (a.) To have a legal
course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow;
to go in company; as, certain covenants run with the land.
Run (a.) To continue
without falling due; to hold good; as, a note has thirty days to run.
Run (a.) To discharge pus
or other matter; as, an ulcer runs.
Run (a.) To be played on
the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six
months.
Run (a.) To sail before
the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing closehauled; -- said of
vessels.
Run (a.) Specifically, of
a horse: To move rapidly in a gait in which each leg acts in turn as a propeller
and a supporter, and in which for an instant all the limbs are gathered in the
air under the body.
Run (a.) To move rapidly
by springing steps so that there is an instant in each step when neither foot
touches the ground; -- so distinguished from walking in athletic competition.
Run (v. t.) To cause to
run (in the various senses of Run, v. i.); as, to run a horse; to run a stage;
to run a machine; to run a rope through a block.
Run (v. i.) To pursue in
thought; to carry in contemplation.
Run (v. i.) To cause to
enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail
into the foot.
Run (v. i.) To drive or
force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
Run (v. i.) To fuse; to
shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the like.
Run (v. i.) To cause to be
drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine; as, to run a line.
Run (v. i.) To cause to
pass, or evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; -- said of contraband or
dutiable goods.
Run (v. i.) To go through
or accomplish by running; as, to run a race; to run a certain career.
Run (v. i.) To cause to
stand as a candidate for office; to support for office; as, to run some one for
Congress.
Run (v. i.) To encounter
or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of losing one's life. See To
run the chances, below.
Run (v. i.) To put at
hazard; to venture; to risk.
Run (v. i.) To discharge;
to emit; to give forth copiously; to be bathed with; as, the pipe or faucet runs
hot water.
Run (v. i.) To be charged
with, or to contain much of, while flowing; as, the rivers ran blood.
Run (v. i.) To conduct; to
manage; to carry on; as, to run a factory or a hotel.
Run (v. i.) To tease with
sarcasms and ridicule.
Run (v. i.) To sew, as a
seam, by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally
taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
Run (v. i.) To migrate or
move in schools; -- said of fish; esp., to ascend a river in order to spawn.
Run (n.) The act of
running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run.
Run (n.) A small stream; a
brook; a creek.
Run (n.) That which runs
or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain time; as, a
run of must in wine making; the first run of sap in a maple orchard.
Run (n.) A course; a
series; that which continues in a certain course or series; as, a run of good or
bad luck.
Run (n.) State of being
current; currency; popularity.
Run (n.) Continued
repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred
successive nights.
Run (n.) A continuing
urgent demand; especially, a pressure on a bank or treasury for payment of its
notes.
Run (n.) A range or extent
of ground for feeding stock; as, a sheep run.
Run (n.) The aftermost
part of a vessel's hull where it narrows toward the stern, under the quarter.
Run (n.) The distance
sailed by a ship; as, a good run; a run of fifty miles.
Run (n.) A voyage; as, a
run to China.
Run (n.) A pleasure
excursion; a trip.
Run (n.) The horizontal
distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license of the proprietor of
a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of
ore or other substance takes.
Run (n.) A roulade, or
series of running tones.
Run (n.) The greatest
degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the
double-quick, but with greater speed.
Run (n.) The act of
migrating, or ascending a river to spawn; -- said of fish; also, an assemblage
or school of fishes which migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of
spawning.
Run (n.) In baseball, a
complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables him to score one;
in cricket, a passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point is
scored; as, a player made three runs; the side went out with two hundred runs.
Run (n.) A pair or set of
millstones.
Run (a.) Melted, or made
from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead.
Run (a.) Smuggled; as, run
goods.
Runagate (n.) A fugitive;
a vagabond; an apostate; a renegade. See Renegade.
Runaway (n.) One who, or
that which, flees from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; a fugitive.
Runaway (n.) The act of
running away, esp. of a horse or teams; as, there was a runaway yesterday.
Runaway (a.) Running away;
fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; as, runaway soldiers; a runaway
horse.
Runaway (a.) Accomplished
by running away or elopement, or during flight; as, a runaway marriage.
Runaway (a.) Won by a long
lead; as, a runaway victory.
Runaway (a.) Very
successful; accomplishing success quickly; as, a runaway bestseller.
Runcation (n.) A weeding.
Runch (n.) The wild
radish.
Runcinate (a.) Pinnately
cut with the lobes pointing downwards, as the leaf of the dandelion.
Rundel (n.) A moat with
water in it; also, a small stream; a runlet.
Rundel (n.) A circle.
Rundle (n.) A round; a
step of a ladder; a rung.
Rundle (n.) A ball.
Rundle (n.) Something
which rotates about an axis, as a wheel, or the drum of a capstan.
Rundle (n.) One of the
pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
Rundlet (n.) A small
barrel of no certain dimensions. It may contain from 3 to 20 gallons, but it
usually holds about 14/ gallons.
Rune (n.) A letter, or
character, belonging to the written language of the ancient Norsemen, or
Scandinavians; in a wider sense, applied to the letters of the ancient nations
of Northern Europe in general.
Rune (n.) Old Norse poetry
expressed in runes.
Runer (n.) A bard, or
learned man, among the ancient Goths.
Rung () imp. & p. p. of Ring.
Rung (n.) A floor timber
in a ship.
Rung (n.) One of the
rounds of a ladder.
Rung (n.) One of the
stakes of a cart; a spar; a heavy staff.
Rung (n.) One of the
radial handles projecting from the rim of a steering wheel; also, one of the
pins or trundles of a lantern wheel.
Runghead (n.) The upper
end of a floor timber in a ship.
Runic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a rune, to runes, or to the Norsemen; as, runic verses; runic
letters; runic names; runic rhyme.
Runlet (n.) A little run
or stream; a streamlet; a brook.
Runlet (n.) Same as
Rundlet.
Runnel (n.) A rivulet or
small brook.
Runner (n.) One who, or
that which, runs; a racer.
Runner (n.) A detective.
Runner (n.) A messenger.
Runner (n.) A smuggler.
Runner (n.) One employed
to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat, hotel, shop, etc.
Runner (n.) A slender
trailing branch which takes root at the joints or end and there forms new
plants, as in the strawberry and the common cinquefoil.
Runner (n.) The rotating
stone of a set of millstones.
Runner (n.) A rope rove
through a block and used to increase the mechanical power of a tackle.
Runner (n.) One of the
pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides; also the part or blade of a skate which
slides on the ice.
Runner (n.) A horizontal
channel in a mold, through which the metal flows to the cavity formed by the
pattern; also, the waste metal left in such a channel.
Runner (n.) A trough or
channel for leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed.
Runner (n.) The movable
piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached.
Runner (n.) A food fish
(Elagatis pinnulatus) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also skipjack,
shoemaker, and yellowtail. The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from
the water.
Runner (n.) Any cursorial
bird.
Runner (n.) A movable slab
or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone.
Runner (n.) A tool on
which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding.
Runnet (n.) See Rennet.
Running (a.) Moving or
advancing by running.
Running (a.) Having a
running gait; not a trotter or pacer.
Running (a.) trained and
kept for running races; as, a running horse.
Running (a.) Successive;
one following the other without break or intervention; -- said of periods of
time; as, to be away two days running; to sow land two years running.
Running (a.) Flowing;
easy; cursive; as, a running hand.
Running (a.) Continuous;
keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation.
Running (a.) Extending by
a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine.
Running (a.) Discharging
pus; as, a running sore.
Running (n.) The act of
one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow.
Running (n.) That which
runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during
a certain operation; as, the first running of a still.
Running (n.) The discharge
from an ulcer or other sore.
Runningly (adv.) In a
running manner.
Runnion (n.) See Ronion.
Runology (n.) The science
of runes.
Runround (n.) A felon or
whitlow.
Runt (a.) Any animal which
is unusually small, as compared with others of its kind; -- applied particularly
to domestic animals.
Runt (a.) A variety of
domestic pigeon, related to the barb and carrier.
Runt (a.) A dwarf; also, a
mean, despicable, boorish person; -- used opprobriously.
Runt (a.) The dead stump
of a tree; also, the stem of a plant.
Runty (a.) Like a runt;
diminutive; mean.
Runway (n.) The channel of
a stream.
Runway (n.) The beaten
path made by deer or other animals in passing to and from their feeding grounds.
Rupee (n.) A silver coin,
and money of account, in the East Indies.
Rupellary (n.) Rocky.
Rupert's drop () A kind of glass
drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is
remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail
broken; -- so called from Prince Rupert, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were
first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball, and glass tear.
Rupia (n.) An eruption
upon the skin, consisting of vesicles with inflamed base and filled with serous,
purulent, or bloody fluid, which dries up, forming a blackish crust.
Rupial (a.) Of or
pertaining to rupia.
Rupicola (n.) A genus of
beautiful South American passerine birds, including the cock of the rock.
Rupicoline (a.)
Rock-inhabiting.
Ruption (n.) A breaking or
bursting open; breach; rupture.
Ruptuary (n.) One not of
noble blood; a plebeian; a roturier.
Rupture (n.) The act of
breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the
rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a
lutestring.
Rupture (n.) Breach of
peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations;
interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture.
Rupture (n.) Hernia. See
Hernia.
Rupture (n.) A bursting
open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See
Explosion.
Ruptured (imp. & p. p.) of
Rupture
Rupturing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rupture
Rupture (v. t.) To part by
violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel.
Rupture (v. t.) To produce
a hernia in.
Rupture (v. i.) To suffer
a breach or disruption.
Ruptured (a.) Having a
rupture, or hernia.
Rupturewort (n.) Same as
Burstwort.
Rupturewort (n.) A West
Indian plant (Alternanthera polygonoides) somewhat resembling burstwort.
Rural (a.) Of or
pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the
country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a
rural prospect.
Rural (a.) Of or
pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy.
Rurales (n. pl.) The
gossamer-winged butterflies; a family of small butterflies, including the
hairstreaks, violets, and theclas.
Ruralism (n.) The quality
or state of being rural; ruralness.
Ruralism (n.) A rural
idiom or expression.
Ruralist (n.) One who
leads a rural life.
ties (pl. ) of Rurality
Rurality (n.) The quality
or state of being rural.
Rurality (n.) A rural
place.
Ruralized (imp. & p. p.)
of Ruralize
Ruralizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ruralize
Ruralize (v. t.) To render
rural; to give a rural appearance to.
Ruralize (v. i.) To become
rural; to go into the country; to rusticate.
Rurally (adv.) In a rural
manner; as in the country.
Ruralness (n.) The quality
or state of being rural.
Ruricolist (n.) An
inhabitant of the country.
Ruridecanal (a.) Of or
pertaining to a rural dean; as, a ruridecanal district; the ruridecanal
intellect.
Rurigenous (a.) Born in
the country.
Ruse (n.) An artifice;
trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.
Rush (n.) A name given to
many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the
species of Juncus and Scirpus.
Rush (n.) The merest
trifle; a straw.
Rushed (imp. & p. p.) of
Rush
Rushing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rush
Rush (v. i.) To move
forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies
rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.
Rush (v. i.) To enter into
something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and
preparation; as, to rush business or speculation.
Rush (v. t.) To push or
urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.
Rush (v. t.) To recite (a
lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.
Rush (n.) A moving forward
with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of
troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water.
Rush (n.) Great activity
with pressure; as, a rush of business.
Rush (n.) A perfect
recitation.
Rush (n.) A rusher; as,
the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush.
Rush (n.) The act of
running with the ball.
Rush-bearing (n.) A kind
of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought
rushes to strew the church.
Rushbuckler (n.) A
bullying and violent person; a braggart; a swashbuckler.
Rushed (a.) Abounding or
covered with rushes.
Rusher (n.) One who
rushes.
Rusher (n.) One who
strewed rushes on the floor at dances.
Rushiness (n.) The quality
or state of abounding with rushes.
Rushingly (adv.) In a
rushing manner.
Rushlight (n.) A rush
candle, or its light; hence, a small, feeble light.
Rushlike (a.) Resembling a
rush; weak.
Rushy (a.) Abounding with
rushes.
Rushy (a.) Made of rushes.
Rusine (a.) Of, like, or
pertaining to, a deer of the genus Rusa, which includes the sambur deer (Rusa
Aristotelis) of India.
Rusk (n.) A kind of light,
soft bread made with yeast and eggs, often toasted or crisped in an oven; or, a
kind of sweetened biscuit.
Rusk (n.) A kind of light,
hard cake or bread, as for stores.
Rusk (n.) Bread or cake
which has been made brown and crisp, and afterwards grated, or pulverized in a
mortar.
Rusma (n.) A depilatory
made of orpiment and quicklime, and used by the Turks. See Rhusma.
Russ (n. sing. & pl.) A
Russian, or the Russians.
Russ (n. sing. & pl.) The
language of the Russians.
Russ (a.) Of or pertaining
to the Russians.
Russet (a.) Of a reddish
brown color, or (by some called) a red gray; of the color composed of blue, red,
and yellow in equal strength, but unequal proportions, namely, two parts of red
to one each of blue and yellow; also, of a yellowish brown color.
Russet (a.) Coarse;
homespun; rustic.
Russet (n.) A russet
color; a pigment of a russet color.
Russet (n.) Cloth or
clothing of a russet color.
Russet (n.) A country
dress; -- so called because often of a russet color.
Russet (n.) An apple, or a
pear, of a russet color; as, the English russet, and the Roxbury russet.
Russeting (n.) See Russet,
n., 2 and 4.
Russety (a.) Of a russet
color; russet.
Russia (n.) A country of
Europe and Asia.
Russian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Russia, its inhabitants, or language.
Russian (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Russia; the language of Russia.
Russianize (v. t.) To make
Russian, or more or less like the Russians; as, to Russianize the Poles.
Russification (n.) The act
or process of Russifying, or the state of being Russified.
Russify (v. t.) To
Russianize; as, to Russify conquered tribes.
Russophile (n.) Alt. of
Russophilist
Russophilist (n.) One who,
not being a Russian, favors Russian policy and aggrandizement.
Russophobe () Alt. of
Russophobist
Russophobist () One who dreads
Russia or Russian influence.
Russophobia (n.) Morbid
dread of Russia or of Russian influence.
Rust (n.) The reddish
yellow coating formed on iron when exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric
oxide or hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film of corrosion.
Rust (n.) A minute mold or
fungus forming reddish or rusty spots on the leaves and stems of cereal and
other grasses (Trichobasis Rubigo-vera), now usually believed to be a form or
condition of the corn mildew (Puccinia graminis). As rust, it has solitary
reddish spores; as corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish.
Rust (n.) That which
resembles rust in appearance or effects.
Rust (n.) A composition
used in making a rust joint. See Rust joint, below.
Rust (n.) Foul matter
arising from degeneration; as, rust on salted meat.
Rust (n.) Corrosive or
injurious accretion or influence.
Rusted (imp. & p. p.) of
Rust
Rusting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rust
Rust (v. i.) To contract
rust; to be or become oxidized.
Rust (v. i.) To be
affected with the parasitic fungus called rust; also, to acquire a rusty
appearance, as plants.
Rust (v. i.) To degenerate
in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction.
Rust (v. t.) To cause to
contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of any kind.
Rust (v. t.) To impair by
time and inactivity.
Rustful (a.) Full of rust;
resembling rust; causing rust; rusty.
Rustic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the country; rural; as, the rustic gods of antiquity.
Rustic (a.) Rude; awkward;
rough; unpolished; as, rustic manners.
Rustic (a.) Coarse; plain;
simple; as, a rustic entertainment; rustic dress.
Rustic (a.) Simple;
artless; unadorned; unaffected.
Rustic (n.) An inhabitant
of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or dull; a clown.
Rustic (n.) A rural person
having a natural simplicity of character or manners; an artless, unaffected
person.
Rustical (a.) Rustic.
Rusticated (imp. & p. p.)
of Rusticate
Rusticating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rusticate
Rusticate (v. i.) To go
into or reside in the country; to ruralize.
Rusticate (v. t.) To
require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily;
to impose rustication on.
Rusticated (a.) Resembling
rustic work. See Rustic work (a), under Rustic.
Rustication (n.) The act
of rusticating, or the state of being rusticated; specifically, the punishment
of a student for some offense, by compelling him to leave the institution for a
time.
Rustication (n.) Rustic
work.
Rusticity (n.) The quality
or state of being rustic; rustic manners; rudeness; simplicity; artlessness.
Rusticly (adv.) In a
rustic manner; rustically.
Rustily (adv.) In a rusty
state.
Rustiness (n.) The quality
or state of being rusty.
Rustled (imp. & p. p.) of
Rustle
Rustling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rustle
Rustle (v. i.) To make a
quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or
dry leaves.
Rustle (v. i.) To stir
about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about.
Rustle (v. t.) To cause to
rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.
Rustle (n.) A quick
succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or
straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling.
Rustler (n.) One who, or
that which, rustles.
Rustler (n.) A bovine
animal that can care for itself in any circumstances; also, an alert, energetic,
driving person.
Rustless (a.) Free from
rust.
Rusty (superl.) Covered or
affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat.
Rusty (superl.) Impaired
by inaction, disuse, or neglect.
Rusty (superl.) Discolored
and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon.
Rusty (superl.) Surly;
morose; crusty; sullen.
Rusty (superl.)
Rust-colored; dark.
Rusty (superl.)
Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy.
Rusty (superl.)
Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust;
rubiginous.
Rut (n.) Sexual desire or
oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period
during which the oestrus exists.
Rut (n.) Roaring, as of
waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote.
Rutted (imp. & p. p.) of
Rut
Rutting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Rut
Rut (v. i.) To have a
strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc.
Rut (v. t.) To cover in
copulation.
Rut (n.) A track worn by a
wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also
used figuratively.
Rut (v. t.) To make a rut
or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a
rutted road.
Ruta-baga (n.) A kind of
turnip commonly with a large and long or ovoid yellowish root; a Swedish turnip.
See Turnip.
Rutaceous (a.) Of or
pertaining to plants of a natural order (Rutaceae) of which the rue is the type,
and which includes also the orange, lemon, dittany, and buchu.
Rutate (n.) A salt of
rutic acid.
Ruth (v.) Sorrow for the
misery of another; pity; tenderness.
Ruth (v.) That which
causes pity or compassion; misery; distress; a pitiful sight.
Ruthenic (a.) Pertaining
to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which
it has a higher valence as contrasted with ruthenious compounds.
Ruthenious (a.) Pertaining
to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which
it has a lower valence as contrasted with ruthenic compounds.
Ruthenium (n.) A rare
element of the light platinum group, found associated with platinum ores, and
isolated as a hard, brittle steel-gray metal which is very infusible. Symbol Ru.
Atomic weight 103.5. Specific gravity 12.26. See Platinum metals, under
Platinum.
Ruthful (a.) Full of ruth
Ruthful (a.) Pitiful;
tender.
Ruthful (a.) Full of
sorrow; woeful.
Ruthful (a.) Causing
sorrow.
Ruthless (a.) Having no
ruth; cruel; pitiless.
Rutic (a.) Pertaining to,
or obtained from, rue (Ruta); as, rutic acid, now commonly called capric acid.
Rutilant (a.) Having a
reddish glow; shining.
Rutilate (v. i.) To shine;
to emit rays of light.
Rutile (n.) A mineral
usually of a reddish brown color, and brilliant metallic adamantine luster,
occurring in tetragonal crystals. In composition it is titanium dioxide, like
octahedrite and brookite.
Rutilian (n.) Any species
of lamellicorn beetles belonging to Rutila and allied genera, as the spotted
grapevine beetle (Pelidnota punctata).
Rutin (n.) A glucoside
resembling, but distinct from, quercitrin. Rutin is found in the leaves of the
rue (Ruta graveolens) and other plants, and obtained as a bitter yellow
crystalline substance which yields quercitin on decomposition.
Rutinose. () A disaccharide
present in glycosides.
Rutter (n.) A horseman or
trooper.
Rutter (n.) That which
ruts.
Rutterkin (n.) An old
crafty fox or beguiler -- a word of contempt.
Ruttier (n.) A chart of a
course, esp. at sea.
Ruttish (a.) Inclined to
rut; lustful; libidinous; salacious.
Ruttle (n.) A rattling
sound in the throat arising from difficulty of breathing; a rattle.
Rutty (a.) Ruttish;
lustful.
Rutty (a.) Full of ruts;
as, a rutty road.
Rutty (a.) Rooty.
Rutylene (n.) A liquid
hydrocarbon, C10H18, of the acetylene series. It is produced artificially.
Ryal (a.) Royal.
Ryal (n.) See Rial, an old
English coin.
Ryder (n.) A clause added
to a document; a rider. See Rider.
Ryder (n.) A gold coin of
Zealand [Netherlands] equal to 14 florins, about $ 5.60.
Rye (n.) A grain yielded
by a hardy cereal grass (Secale cereale), closely allied to wheat; also, the
plant itself. Rye constitutes a large portion of the breadstuff used by man.
Rye (n.) A disease in a
hawk.
Rynd (n.) A piece of iron
crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the
spindle.
Ryot (n.) A peasant or
cultivator of the soil.
Rypophagous (a.) Eating,
or subsisting on, filth.
Rys (n.) A branch.
Rysh (n.) Rush, a plant.
Rysimeter (n.) See
Rhysimeter.
Ryth (n.) A ford.
Rytina (n.) A genus of
large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one
species (R. Stelleri); -- called also Steller's sea cow.
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