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Rabdomancy
Divination by means of rods or wands.
Radde
of , .
Radiomicrometer
A very sensitive modification or application of the thermopile, used for indicating minute changes of radiant heat, or temperature.
Rallier
One who rallies.
Ramentaceous
Covered with ramenta.
Rapid-fire mount
A mount permitting easy and quick elevation or depression and training of the gun, and fitted with a device for taking up the recoil.
Rapidness
Quality of being rapid; rapidity.
Ravishingly
In a ravishing manner.
razor-edged
having an edge as sharp as that of a razor; very sharp.
Reassert
To assert again or anew; to maintain after an omission to do so.
Rebel
To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See .
Rebound
To send back; to reverberate.
Recarriage
Act of carrying back.
Recluse
To shut up; to seclude.
Recoin
To coin anew or again.
Reconstruct
To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or anew.
Recourseful
Having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately.
Recursion
The act of recurring; return.
Redisseizor
One who redisseizes.
Redoubting
Reverence; honor.
Ree
See .
Reel
To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger.
Referendum
A diplomatic agent's note asking for instructions from his government concerning a particular matter or point.
Reformatory
Tending to produce reformation; reformative.
Reformer
One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors for, or urges, reform; .
Regard
A look; aspect directed to another; view; gaze.
Reglement
Regulation.
Regnal
Of or pertaining to the reign of a monarch; .
Rejoin
To answer to a reply.
Relax
Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.
Re-mark
To mark again, or a second time; to mark anew.
Remblai
Earth or materials made into a bank after having been excavated.
Renderer
One who renders.
Renew
To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again.
Repast
The act of taking food.
Reprinter
One who reprints.
Requisitionist
One who makes or signs a requisition.
Resolvableness
The quality of being resolvable; resolvability.
Rest
A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or labor; tranquillity; .
Restive
Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back.
Restorator
A restaurateur.
Retaliatory
Tending to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; as measures.
Retepore
Any one of several species of bryozoans of the genus . They form delicate calcareous corals, usually composed of thin fenestrated fronds.
Retexture
The act of weaving or forming again.
Retinol
A hydrocarbon oil , obtained by the distillation of resin, -- used as a solvent, as an antiseptic, and in printer's ink.
Retrieve
To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; .
Reverent
Disposed to revere; impressed with reverence; submissive; humble; respectful; .
Review
A second or repeated view; a rexamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; .
Rhachidian
Of or pertaining to the rhachis; .
Rib
To furnish with ribs; to form with rising lines and channels; .
Riding
The act or state of one who rides.
Rifter
A rafter.
Rime
Rhyme. See .
Ringbird
The reed bunting. It has a collar of white feathers. Called also .
Risk
Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.
Roching cask
A tank in which alum is crystallized from a solution.
rofecoxib
A chemical substance (, molecular weight 314.36) used in medicine as an to alleviate pain and inflammation; it is a synthetic compound, and is marketed by under the trade name , in tablets giving dosages of 12.5 or 25 milligrams. It is classed as (). Chemically, it is 4-[4-(methylsulfony)phenyl]-3-phenyl-2(5H) furanone. Its contains two phenyl rings and a furanone ring. It is believed to act by inhibition of prostaglandin biosynthesis, through inhibition of the enzyme cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2); unlike , it does not inhibit cyclooxygenase-1.
Roin
See .
Roister
See .
Romancist
A romancer.
Romany
A gypsy.
Ronchil
An American marine food fish () of the North Pacific coast, allied to the tilefish.
Rope's-end
To punish with a rope's end.
Rory
Dewy.
Roughness
The quality or state of being rough.
Row
To use the oar; .
Ruffle
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.
Rugine
To scrape or rasp, as a bone; to scale.
Rummy
One who drinks rum; an habitually intemperate person.
Rutaceous
Of or pertaining to plants of a natural order () of which the rue is the type, and which includes also the orange, lemon, dittany, and buchu.