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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| relative
| indicating relation or a prepositional object
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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
|
| retrenchment
| cutting down on; reduction in amount of
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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
|
| 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
|
| retroussé
| turned up; especially of the nose
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| retrovert
| to turn back
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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
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| rhabdology
| art of calculating using 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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| rheology
| science of the deformation or flow of matter
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| rhodopsin
| visual purple
|
| rhomboid
| shaped like a parallelogram
|
| rhombos
| bull-roarer
|
| rhonchial
| of, like or pertaining to snoring
|
| rhonchisonant
| making a snorting or snoring noise
|
| rhopalic
| having each word one syllable longer than that before
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| rhopography
| painting in still life
|
| rhotacism
| excessive or incorrect pronunciation of the letter "r"
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| rhumb
| compass point
|
| rhynchodont
| having a toothed beak
|
| rhyparography
| genre or still-life pictures of sordid subjects
|
| rhypophagy
| eating filth
|
| rhysimeter
| instrument for measuring speed of current or watercraft
|
| rhythmometer
| instrument for measuring speed of rhythms
|
| rhytidectomy
| wrinkle-removing operation
|
| rhyton
| drinking cup with hole in the point to drink by
|
| ria
| normal drowned valley; long wide creek
|
| riant
| laughing; merry
|
| ribibe
| an old crone, past the age of sexual attractiveness
|
| rictal
| of the gape; of the corner of the mouth
|
| rictus
| gaping mouth; orifice
|
| rideau
| ridge or mound of earth used for defense
|
| ridel
| altar curtain
|
| rident
| laughing or smiling radiantly; beaming
|
| ridgeling
| half-castrated animal
|
| ridibund
| easily moved to laughter
|
| ridotto
| social gathering with music and dancing
|
| riem
| rawhide thong
|
| rifacimento
| recasting of a literary or musical work
|
| riffler
| small file with curved ends used in woodworking
|
| rigadoon
| lively Baroque period dance
|
| rigescent
| becoming numb or stiff
|
| rigidulous
| somewhat stiff
|
| rillet
| small brook or stream
|
| rillmark
| marking produced by water running down a bank or beach
|
| rima
| narrow fissure
|
| rimiform
| having a long furrow
|
| 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
|
| rinkomania
| obsession with skating
|
| riometer
| instrument for measuring absorbed cosmic radio waves
|
| riparian
| of or inhabiting a riverbank; a riverside inhabitant
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| ripienist
| supplementary instrumentalist
|
| ripieno
| supplementary or reinforcing music
|
| ripple
| toothed tool for removing seeds from flax or hemp
|
| risible
| laughable
|
| risorgimento
| revival; rebirth
|
| risorial
| of, like or pertaining to or causing laughter
|
| risus
| a laugh; a grin
|
| ritornel
| short instrumental prelude or interlude in opera
|
| rittmaster
| captain of a troop of horse
|
| rivage
| shore; bank
|
| rivel
| to shrivel; to shrink
|
| rivulation
| irregular marks of colour
|
| rivulose
| marked with winding and haphazard lines
|
| riziform
| shaped like a grain of rice
|
| roach
| curved cut in edge of sail for preventing chafing
|
| roadster
| light carriage
|
| roband
| piece of yarn used to fasten a sail to a spar
|
| robinet
| ancient light cannon
|
| roborant
| strengthening drug or tonic
|
| roborate
| to strengthen; to corroborate
|
| roborean
| strong; like an oak
|
| robur
| hard-wooded oak
|
| roc
| enormous legendary Arabian bird
|
| rocaille
| artificial rockwork or similar ornament
|
| roche
| rock or cliff; a rocky height
|
| rochet
| surplice-like vestment of a bishop or abbot
|
| rockaway
| light four-wheeled carriage with fixed top and open sides
|
| rodenticide
| killing of rodents
|
| rodomontade
| bluster; boasting; bragging speech
|
| roentgen
| unit of x-radiation or gamma radiation
|
| rogation
| asking or supplication, especially in an ecclesiastical sense
|
| rogatory
| asking for the intervention of a foreign court in examining a witness
|
| rollick
| exuberant jollity; to frolic gaily
|
| rolly
| truck; trolley
|
| rom
| a gypsy man
|
| romage
| tumult
|
| romal
| handkerchief or headcloth; silk or cotton fabric
|
| rondeau
| poem of thirteen lines
|
| rondure
| gracefully rounded curvature
|
| rood
| cross or crucifix at entrance to church chancel
|
| rood
| old unit of land area equal to 1/4 acre
|
| roodge
| to push or lift with effort
|
| rookery
| state of confusion
|
| roorback
| defamatory falsehood published for political effect
|
| roric
| dewy
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| roriferous
| producing or bearing dew
|
| rorulent
| dew-covered
|
| rosarian
| rose-fancier
|
| rosarium
| rose garden
|
| roscid
| dewy
|
| roseaceous
| of the rose family; roselike
|
| roseate
| resembling a rose; overly optimistic
|
| rosette
| knot or radiating loops of ribbon concentrically arranged
|
| rosin
| resin applied to bows for stringed instruments
|
| rosmarine
| mythical walrus-like sea animal that feeds on dew
|
| rosorial
| rodentine
|
| rostel
| small beak or similar outgrowth
|
| rostelliform
| shaped like a small beak
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| rostrum
| spike on prow of warship for ramming
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| rostrum
| platform for public speaking; conductor's dais
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| rota
| roster
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| rotameter
| old instrument for measuring length of curved lines
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| rotameter
| instrument consisting of glass tube with free float for measuring liquid flow
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| ruche
| frill of lace or other material
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| ruction
| disturbance; uproar
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| ruderal
| growing in wasteland or among rubbish
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| ruelle
| space between bed and wall
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| rufescent
| inclining to redness
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| rufous
| reddish or brownish-red
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| rugate
| wrinkled
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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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| 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
| reddish brown
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| russet
| coarse homespun cloth
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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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