Word
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Definition
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raad | electric catfish
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rabanna | raffia fabric of Madagascar
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rabbet | groove cut to receive an edge
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rabble | device for stirring molten iron in a furnace
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Rabelaisian | coarsely hilarious
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rabic | of, like or pertaining to rabies
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rabulous | scurrilous
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racemation | cluster or bundle of grapes or any other thing
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raceme | central stem with flowers on small stalks
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racemiferous | bearing clusters or bunches
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rach | dog that hunts by scent
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rachidian | of or concerning the spine
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rachiometer | instrument for measuring the spine
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rachis | spine or axis of a feather; the spinal cord
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rachitogenic | causing rickets
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raciology | study of racial differences
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rackrent | excessive rent
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racloir | scraper used by early hominids
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raconteur | teller of anecdotes
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radappertization | treatment of food with ionizing radiation to kill bacteria
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radarscope | instrument for detecting radar signals
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raddle | flexible rod used to make hurdles or fences
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raddle | red ochre used to make marks
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radicated | rooted; established
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radiciform | like a root
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radicivorous | eating roots
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radicle | rootlike organ or part
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radicolous | living on roots
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radiesthesia | sensitivity to radiation from any source
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radiogenic | produced by radioactive disintegration
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radiogoniometer | instrument for finding direction through radio signals
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radiography | use of X-rays or other radiation to make images
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radiology | study of X-rays and their medical applications
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radiometeorograph | instrument for measuring atmospheric conditions at high altitude
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radiometer | instrument measuring radiation energy
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radioscope | instrument for viewing objects using X-rays
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radiosonde | radio transmitter in balloon used to gather weather data
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radix | root; root-number or numerical base; root word or stem
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radular | coarse; scraping; raspy
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raduliform | like a rasp or file
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rafale | burst of artillery in quick rounds
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raffish | disreputable; vulgar
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ragabash | idle worthless fellow
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raglan | having sleeves going all the way to the neck
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ragmatical | wild; ill-behaved
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raguly | in heraldry, having short alternating projections and depressions
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railophone | telephone installed in a train
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raisonneur | person in a play or book embodying author's viewpoint
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rake | the inclination of a mast or another part of a ship
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ramage | boughs of a tree
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ramate | branched
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rameal | of, like or pertaining to branches
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ramellose | having small branches
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ramentum | chaffy scale on plants
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ramie | strong lustrous fabric resembling linen or silk
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ramiferous | bearing branches
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ramiform | branching; shaped like branches
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rampallion | scoundrel; villain
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rampant | heraldic animal portrayed on its hind legs
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rampick | dead tree or tree decayed at top
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ramuliferous | bearing small branches
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ramulus | small branch
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ramus | branch of anything
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ranarian | froggy
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ranarium | place where frogs are kept
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rancelman | local constable or law officer in Orkney and Shetland
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rancescent | becoming rancid
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rand | border; edge; margin
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randan | uproar; din; riotous conduct
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randem | with three horses in single file
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rangiferine | of, like or pertaining to or like reindeer
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raniform | frog-like
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ranine | of, like or pertaining to or like frogs
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ranivorous | eating frogs
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rannygazoo | foolish nonsense
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rantipole | wild; disorderly
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rantize | to sprinkle with water during baptism
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ranunculaceous | of, like or pertaining to buttercups
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raploch | coarse undyed woollen cloth
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rappel | call to arms by the beating of a drum
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rapprochement | establishment of or state of cordial relations
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raptorial | predacious; of, like or pertaining to a bird of prey
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raptus | trance; rapture; seizure
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rarissima | extremely rare books
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ras | headland
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raschel | light loosely kitted cloth
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rash | smooth silk or worsted fabric
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rasophore | lowest rank of Greek Orthodox monk
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rasorial | scraping the ground for food
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raster | pattern of parallel lines or grid used in certain scanning devices
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rasure | act of scraping; erasure; obliteration
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rataplan | drumming sound
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ratel | honey-eating Old World badger
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ratemeter | instrument for measuring counting rate of electronic counters
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rath | prehistoric hill fort
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rathe | quick; early; eager
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ratheripe | early ripe
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raticide | substance or person who kills rats
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ratihabition | ratification
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ratiné | rough bulky plain-woven fabric
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ratiocinate | to reason or argue logically
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rationalism | belief that reason is the fundamental source of knowledge
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ratite | of, like or pertaining to flightless birds
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ratline | small rope forming a rung of a rope ladder on a ship
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ratten | to practise sabotage against
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ravanastron | ancient Hindu stringed instrument played with a bow
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ravelin | detached work with two embankments
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razzmatazz | meaningless talk; hype; nonsense
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realism | doctrine that objects of cognition are real
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reast | to become rancid
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rebarbative | repellent; repulsive
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rebatement | abatement; reduction; discount
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rebec | medieval musical instrument like a mandolin or viol
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reboant | marked by reverberation; resounding
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rebullition | act of boiling up or effervescing
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rebus | picture puzzle representing a word
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recadency | relapsing; falling back
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recalesce | to display again a state of glowing heat
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recaption | reprisal; taking back that which is unlawfully obtained
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recense | to revise critically
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recept | idea or imaged formed by repeated similar perceptions
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receptacular | serving as a receptacle
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recherché | carefully chosen, rare or exotic
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recidivism | habit of relapsing into crime
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recipiangle | old instrument with two arms used for measuring angles
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reciprocornous | having horns that turn backward and then forward
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recision | cutting back; rescinding
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récit | solo part for voice or instrument; narrative tale
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reckling | smallest or weakest of a litter
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réclame | art or practice by which publicity or notoriety is secured
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reclinate | bent down or back
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recoct | to cook again; to concoct; to improvise
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recondite | out of the way; little known
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recreant | craven; false; apostate
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recrement | waste; dross; secretion that is reabsorbed; excess matter
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recriminate | to charge one's accuser
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recrudescence | a resurgence after a period of abatement
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rectalgia | pain in the butt
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recte | correctly; which should be
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rectigrade | moving in a straight line
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rectiserial | in vertical ranks
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rectitudinous | manifesting overly obvious moral correctness
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recto | front side of a bookleaf; on the front
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rectrix | quill feathers of a bird's tail
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recumbent | reclining; lying comfortably
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recure | to cure; to heal; to bring back to health
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recusant | one who refuses to attend Catholic church services; nonconformist
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redact | to edit; work into shape; to frame
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redan | field fortification with two parapets meeting at an angle
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redargue | to refute; to confute
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reddendum | reserving clause in a lease
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rede | to counsel or advise
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redhibition | return of defective product and cancellation of sale
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redintegrate | to make whole again; to restore
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redivivus | resuscitated; come to life again
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redolent | fragrant; smelling of; suggestive of
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redoubt | rough and temporary fortification
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redoubtable | formidable; valiant
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redound | recoil back on; make contribution for own benefit
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redshort | brittle at red-heat
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reductionism | belief that complex phenomena are reducible to simple ones
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reduit | inner fortified retreat for a garrison
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reebok | small South African antelope
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reedbuck | antelope frequenting reeds
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reef | to reduce area of a sail by rolling or folding part of it
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reel | lively dance of the Scottish Highlands
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reeve | to pass a rope through a ring
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refection | refreshment or relief; a meal
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refectory | dining-hall of a monastery or other institution
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refel | to refute; to disprove; to confute
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reflation | increase in amount of economic activity and spending
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reflectography | method of revealing hidden drawing lines beneath painting
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reflectometer | instrument for measuring reflectance of radiant energy
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reflet | iridescent or metallic lustre
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reflexology | study of reflexes
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refluent | flowing back; ebbing; tidal
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reflux | an ebb; boiling using a condenser to avoid liquid loss
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refocillate | to refresh; to cherish
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refractometer | instrument measuring refraction of light
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refractory | unruly; unmanageable; perverse; obstinate
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refrangible | that may be refracted
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refringency | refractivity
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refugium | area that has retained earlier geographic conditions
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refulgent | casting a flood of light; radiant; beaming
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regal | a small portable organ
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regalism | doctrine of the monarch's supremacy in church affairs
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regardant | in profile and looking to the rear
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regelation | freezing together again
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reginal | of, like or pertaining to a queen
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régisseur | stage manager; director; manager
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regius | royal
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reglementation | regulation
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reglet | strip for spacing between lines in printing
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regnal | of a reign
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regolith | layer of loose rock overlaying solid rock
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regorge | to disgorge; to regurgitate
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regrate | to buy and sell again in or near the same market
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regrede | to retrograde
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regreet | to exchange greetings
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reguerdon | to reward
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regula | rule of a religious order
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regulus | impure metal; intermediate product in ore smelting
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reinfund | to flow in again
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rejectamenta | refuse; excrement
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rejoinder | sharp and clever answer
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relâche | relaxation; rest; no performance
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relationism | doctrine that relations between entities (space, time) are themselves entities
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relative | indicating relation or a prepositional object
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relativism | doctrine that knowledge and truth are relative to contexts
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reliabilism | theory that justified belief is reached by reliable cognitive processes
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relict | left behind; surviving
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reliction | recession of sea leaving bare land
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religate | to tie together; to restrain
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reliquary | a small box or shrine used to hold relics
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reliquiae | remains
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relucent | reflecting; shining
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relume | to light or light up again
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remanent | a remainder; a remnant
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remanet | postponed case or parliamentary bill
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remeant | returning; coming back
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remex | quill feather of a bird's wing
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remiform | oar-shaped
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remigate | to row
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remittitur | act of sending case from appellate court back to trial court
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remonstrate | to protest; to expostulate
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remontant | flowering more than once per season
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remora | delay; obstacle
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remotion | separation; removal; removal of a person from an office
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remuant | restless; fidgety
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remueur | person who turns the bottles in wine-making
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renal | of, like or pertaining to the kidneys
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renascent | coming into renewed life or vitality
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rencounter | chance meeting; encounter; casual combat
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reniform | shaped like a kidney
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renitent | resistant; reluctant; recalcitrant
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renography | radiographic examination of the kidneys
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renverse | to reverse; to upset
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rep | plain-woven fabric with crosswise ribs
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repetend | figures, words, notes or numbers that are repeated
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repine | to feel or express discontent or dejection
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replevin | repossession of stolen goods pending outcome of lawsuit
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repository | side altar in Catholic church
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repoussé | raised in relief by hammering from behind or within
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reprehend | to rebuke
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representamen | the product of representation
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representationalism | doctrine that ideas rather than external objects are basis of knowledge
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reprobate | reprehensible or immoral person
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reprography | reproduction of graphic or typeset material
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reptant | creeping; crawling
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reptation | act of squirming along a smooth-walled narrow passage
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repugn | to fight against; to oppose
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repunit | number consisting of two or more identical integers
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requiem | lament or mass for the dead
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requiescat | prayer for the dead
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requital | act of payment in return; repayment; vengeance
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rerebrace | armour for the upper arm
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reredos | screen behind altar
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reremouse | bat
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rescript | answer of pope or emperor to any legal question; edict or decree
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réseau | network of lines used in star photographs
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resection | cutting away a part of; especially the end
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resiant | resident
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resile | to recoil; to rebound; to draw back from a position
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resiniferous | bearing resin
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resinography | study or description of resins
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resipiscence | recognition of error; change to better frame of mind
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resistentialism | humorous theory that inanimate objects display malice towards humans
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resofincular | resembling a wire hanger
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resorb | to absorb back; to reabsorb
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respirometer | instrument for measuring and studying respiration
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respondentia | loan on ship's cargo payable on safe arrival
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responsory | set of responses sung or said after liturgical reading
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restiform | shaped like a cord
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resupine | lying on the back
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ret | to expose to moisture; to soak; to soften by soaking
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retable | shelf or ornamental setting for panels behind an altar
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rete | network or net; stylized star-map of an astrolabe
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retiary | of nets; using nets as a weapon; catching insects in webs
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reticella | old Venetian lace-like fabric
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reticello | glass formed with decorative network of fine glass threads
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reticle | set of intersecting wires used to facilitate accurate observations
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reticular | of, like or pertaining to nets; intricate
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reticulate | divide or be divided into a network
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reticule | small woven lady's handbag
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reticulose | of the nature of a network
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retiform | shaped like a net
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retinaculum | connecting band; means of retention
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retinise | to read mechanically by sight alone
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retinoid | like resin
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retinoscope | instrument for measuring and viewing the retina
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retiracy | seclusion; enough to retire on
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retorse | bent backwards
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retrad | backwards
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retrahent | drawing back
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retral | at or toward the rear
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retree | slightly damaged paper
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retrenchment | cutting down on; reduction in amount of
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retro | in the past
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retrocede | to move back; to cede back; to grant back
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retrochoir | space in choir behind high altar
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retrocognition | extrasensory knowledge of past events
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retrograde | moving or directed backwards; degenerating; inverse
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retrogress | backward movement; degeneration
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retroject | to throw backwards
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retromancy | divination by looking over one's shoulder
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retromingent | urinating rearwards
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retromorphosis | change for the worse
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retronym | new name as modification of older term used alone
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retrophilia | love of things of the past
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retropulsion | pushing backwards
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retrorse | turned back or downward
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retroussé | turned up; especially of the nose
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retrovert | to turn back
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rev | to run an engine before bringing it into use
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revalescent | convalescent
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revalorize | to give new value to; to restore value of currency
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revanche | revenge; policy directed towards recovery of territory
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revehent | carrying back
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revendicate | to make formal claim to; to try to retrieve lost goods
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revers | any part of a garment which is turned back
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revest | reinstate; reinvest
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revet | to face with masonry
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revetment | retaining wall
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revie | to stake more than an opponent has proposed on
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revirescent | growing young or strong again
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reviviscent | reviving
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revolute | rolled back at the edges
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rhabdoid | rodlike
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rhabdology | knowledge or learning concerning divining rods or numbering rods
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rhabdomancy | divination using a rod or stick
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rhabdos | magic wand
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rhadamanthine | like a stern judge
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rhaebosis | curvature; bandiness
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rhagades | small fissures or chaps on the skin
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rhamphoid | hooked beak shaped
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rhapsodomancy | divination by opening works of poetry at random
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rhathymia | personality factor leading to optimism and cheerfulness
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rheid | substance that flows viscously when below its melting point
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rhema | word; verb
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rhematic | of words or verbs; forming a word or words
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rheme | speech element that expresses an idea
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rheography | measurement of blood flow
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rheology | science of the deformation or flow of matter
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rheometer | instrument that measures current
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rheophile | living or thriving in running water
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rheostat | instrument for measuring electric resistance
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rheotaxis | direction of movement by water
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rheotropism | change in orientation or location of an organism due to running water
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rhetoricaster | petty rhetorician
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rheum | watery discharge from eyes and nose
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rheumatology | study of rheumatism
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rhexis | rupture of a blood-vessel
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rhigosis | sensation of cold; ability to feel cold
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rhinal | of, like or pertaining to the nose
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rhinocerial | very heavy; of or like a rhinoceros
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rhinocerotic | of, like or pertaining to the rhinoceros
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rhinogenous | deriving from the nose
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rhinology | study of the nose
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rhinoscope | instrument for examining the nose
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rhinotillexomania | compulsive nose picking
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rhipidate | fan-shaped
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rhizic | of the root of an equation
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rhizogenic | producing or growing roots
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rhizoid | root-like
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rhizome | root-like stalk or stem of a plant
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rhizophagous | root-eating
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rhizophilous | growing or thriving on or near roots
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rhochrematics | science of inventory management and the movement of products
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rhodopsin | visual purple
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rhomboid | shaped like a parallelogram
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rhombos | bull-roarer
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rhonchial | of, like or pertaining to snoring
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rhonchisonant | making a snorting or snoring noise
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rhopalic | having each word one syllable longer than that before
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rhopography | painting in still life
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rhotacism | excessive or incorrect pronunciation of the letter “r”
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rhubarb | nonsense; actors' nonsense background chatter
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rhumb | compass point
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rhynchodont | having a toothed beak
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rhyparography | genre or still-life pictures of sordid subjects
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rhypophagy | eating filth
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rhysimeter | instrument for measuring speed of current or watercraft
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rhythmometer | instrument for measuring speed of rhythms
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rhytidectomy | wrinkle-removing operation
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rhyton | drinking cup with hole in the point to drink by
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ria | normal drowned valley; long wide creek
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riant | laughing; merry
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ribibe | an old crone, past the age of sexual attractiveness
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rictal | of the gape; of the corner of the mouth
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rictus | gaping mouth; orifice
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riddle-me-ree | nonsense language
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rideau | ridge or mound of earth used for defense
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ridel | altar curtain
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rident | laughing or smiling radiantly; beaming
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ridgeling | half-castrated animal
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ridibund | easily moved to laughter
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ridotto | social gathering with music and dancing
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riem | rawhide thong
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rifacimento | recasting of a literary or musical work
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riffler | small file with curved ends used in woodworking
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rigadoon | lively Baroque period dance
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rigescent | becoming numb or stiff
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rigidulous | somewhat stiff
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rillet | small brook or stream
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rillmark | marking produced by water running down a bank or beach
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rima | narrow fissure
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rimiform | having a long furrow
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rimose | full of chinks; covered with cracks
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rimple | to wrinkle
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rindle | small watercourse
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ringent | gaping
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rinkomania | obsession with skating
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riometer | instrument for measuring absorbed cosmic radio waves
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riparian | of or inhabiting a riverbank; a riverside inhabitant
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ripienist | supplementary instrumentalist
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ripieno | supplementary or reinforcing music
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ripple | toothed tool for removing seeds from flax or hemp
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riqq | Middle Eastern tambourine
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risible | laughable
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risorgimento | revival; rebirth
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risorial | of, like or pertaining to or causing laughter
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risus | a laugh; a grin
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ritornel | short instrumental prelude or interlude in opera
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rittmaster | captain of a troop of horse
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rivage | shore; bank
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rivel | to shrivel; to shrink
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rivulation | irregular marks of colour
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rivulose | marked with winding and haphazard lines
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riziform | shaped like a grain of rice
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roach | curved cut in edge of sail for preventing chafing
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roadster | light carriage
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roband | piece of yarn used to fasten a sail to a spar
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robinet | ancient light cannon
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roborant | strengthening drug or tonic
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roborate | to strengthen; to corroborate
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roborean | strong; like an oak
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robur | hard-wooded oak
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roc | enormous legendary Arabian bird
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rocaille | artificial rockwork or similar ornament
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roche | rock or cliff; a rocky height
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rochet | surplice-like vestment of a bishop or abbot
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rockaway | light four-wheeled carriage with fixed top and open sides
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rodenticide | killing of rodents
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rodomontade | bluster; boasting; bragging speech
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roentgen | unit of x-radiation or gamma radiation
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roentgenography | imagery or examination using X-rays
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rogation | asking or supplication, especially in an ecclesiastical sense
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rogatory | asking for the intervention of a foreign court in examining a witness
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rollick | exuberant jollity; to frolic gaily
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rolly | truck; trolley
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rom | a gypsy man
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romage | tumult
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romal | handkerchief or headcloth; silk or cotton fabric
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rondeau | poem of thirteen lines
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rondure | gracefully rounded curvature
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rood | cross or crucifix at entrance to church chancel
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rood | old unit of land area equal to 1/4 acre
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roodge | to push or lift with effort
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rooibok | impala
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rooirhebok | reddish South African antelope
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rookery | state of confusion
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roorback | defamatory falsehood published for political effect
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roric | dewy
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roriferous | producing or bearing dew
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rorqual | large whale with dorsal fin
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rorulent | dew-covered
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rosarian | rose-fancier
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rosarium | rose garden
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roscid | dewy
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roseaceous | of the rose family; roselike
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roseate | resembling a rose; overly optimistic
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rosella | bright-coloured Australian parakeet
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rosette | knot or radiating loops of ribbon concentrically arranged
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rosin | resin applied to bows for stringed instruments
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rosmarine | mythical walrus-like sea animal that feeds on dew
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rosorial | rodentine
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rostel | small beak or similar outgrowth
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rostelliform | shaped like a small beak
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rostrum | platform for public speaking; conductor's dais
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rostrum | spike on prow of warship for ramming
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rota | roster
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rotameter | instrument consisting of glass tube with free float for measuring liquid flow
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rotameter | old instrument for measuring length of curved lines
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rotiferous | bearing rotifers
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rotocracy | government by those who control rotten boroughs
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rotograph | photograph made by laying negative on sensitive paper
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rottack | rubbish; nonsense
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rotula | kneecap
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rotundate | rounded off; orbicular
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roturier | plebeian
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roué | man devoted to life of pleasure; rake
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roulade | melodic embellishment sung to one syllable
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rounce | handle for moving carriage on hand printing press
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rounceval | a large, boisterous woman; a mannish woman; a lesbian
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round | dance in a ring
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roundel | anything circular; circle; disc; ring-dance
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roundel | round metal disc used to protect joints of armour
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roundelay | song with a refrain
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roup | poultry disease
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roussette | fruit-bat
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rowel | small; spiked wheel on a spur
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rowen | second mowing of grass in the same season; aftermath
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rowlock | contrivance serving as a fulcrum for an oar
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royal | small sail on royal mast just above topgallant sail
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rua | Maori pit for storing root vegetables
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ruana | South American cape or poncho
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rubaboo | pemmican broth
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rubashka | Russian peasant shirt
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rubedinous | ruddy
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rubefaction | reddening
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rubefy | to redden
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rubescent | growing red; blushing
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rubican | of a horse, black or red with flecks of white
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rubicund | ruddy
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rubiginous | rusty-coloured
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rubigo | mildew; blight
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rubinetto | faucet
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rubious | ruby red; rusty
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rubor | redness of body part due to excess blood
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rubricality | ceremony
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rubricate | to mark in red; to fix like a ritual
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rubricist | one who adheres closely to liturgical rules
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rubster | lesbian
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ruche | frill of lace or other material
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ructation | the act of belching
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ruction | disturbance; uproar
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ruddock | European robin
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rudenture | architectural moulding in the shape of a rope
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ruderal | growing in wasteland or among rubbish
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ruderary | of or relating to rubbish
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ruderate | to fill or cover with small pebbles
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rudicle | small spatula or spoon
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rudstay | strap over horse's back to which a wagon can be attached
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ruelle | space between bed and wall
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rufescent | inclining to redness
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ruffianize | to behave violently or brutally
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rufous | reddish or brownish-red
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rug | coarse woollen cloth
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rugate | wrinkled
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rugelach | crescent-shaped Jewish pastry
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rugible | capable of roaring
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rugine | surgeon's scraping instrument
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rugous | wrinkled; covered with sunken lines
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rugulous | having small wrinkles
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ruiniferous | bearing many ruins
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ruiniform | having the form or appearance of ruins
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rulley | flat four-wheeled wagon for carrying goods
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rullion | a rawhide shoe
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rumbustious | boisterous
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rumchunder | fine silk
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rumfustian | hot alcoholic drink made from rum and various spices
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rummer | large drinking-glass
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runagate | fugitive; vagabond
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runcation | action of weeding
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runcinate | having irregular saw-toothed divisions
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rundale | system of holding land in single detached pieces
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rundle | rung of a ladder
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rundlet | old liquid measure equal to about 15 gallons
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runnel | little brook
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runology | study of runes
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rupellary | rocky
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rupestrian | composed of rock; inscribed on rock
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rupicaprine | of, like or pertaining to chamoises
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rupicoline | rock-dwelling
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ruptile | easily breakable
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ruridecanal | concerning a rural dean and his jurisdiction
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rurigenous | living or born in the country
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rushlight | a type of candle dipped in grease
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russel | ribbed cotton and wool
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russet | coarse homespun cloth
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russet | reddish brown
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Russophile | one who admires Russia or the Russians
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Russophobia | fear of Russia or Russians
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rusticate | to send into the country; to banish to rural areas
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rusticity | rustic manner; simplicity; rudeness
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ruth | pity; remorse; sorrow
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rutherford | unit of radioactive decay equal to 1 million disintegrations per second
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ruthful | piteous; sorrowful
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rutidosis | wrinkling
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rutilant | shining; glowing ruddily
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rya | colourful Scandinavian knotted-pile rug
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