| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| readeption | noun | A regaining; recovery of something lost. |
| readership | noun | The office of reader. |
| readjuster | noun | One who, or that which, readjusts; in some of the States of the United States, one who advocates a refunding, and sometimes a partial repudiation, of the State debt without the consent of the State’s creditors. |
| ready-made | adjective | Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes. |
| reafforest | verb t. | To convert again into a forest, as a region of country. |
| realizable | adjective | Capable of being realized. |
| realliance | noun | A renewed alliance. |
| reapproach | verb i. & t. | To approach again or anew. |
| reargument | noun | An arguing over again, as of a motion made in court. |
| rear-horse | noun | A mantis. |
| reasonable | noun | Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being., Governed by reason; being under the influence of reason; thinking, speaking, or acting rationally, or according to the dictates of reason; agreeable to reason; just; rational; as, the measure must satisfy all reasonable men., Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper; as, a reasonable demand, amount, price., Reasonably; tolerably. |
| reasonably | adverb | In a reasonable manner., Moderately; tolerably. |
| reasonless | adjective | Destitute of reason; as, a reasonless man or mind., Void of reason; not warranted or supported by reason; unreasonable. |
| reassemble | verb t. & i. | To assemble again. |
| rebaptizer | noun | One who rebaptizes. |
| rebatement | noun | Same as 3d Rebate. |
| rebellious | adjective | Engaged in rebellion; disposed to rebel; of the nature of rebels or of rebellion; resisting government or lawful authority by force. |
| rebukingly | adverb | By way of rebuke. |
| rebuttable | adjective | Capable of being rebutted. |
| recallable | adjective | Capable of being recalled. |
| recallment | noun | Recall. |
| recarriage | noun | Act of carrying back. |
| receipting | present participle & vb. noun | of Receipt |
| receivable | adjective | Capable of being received. |
| recentness | noun | Quality or state of being recent. |
| receptacle | noun | That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository., The apex of the flower stalk, from which the organs of the flower grow, or into which they are inserted. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary., The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers., An intercellular cavity containing oil or resin or other matters., A special branch which bears the fructification in many cryptogamous plants. |
| receptible | adjective | Such as may be received; receivable. |
| recidivate | verb i. | To backslide; to fall again. |
| recidivous | adjective | Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former condition or habit. |
| recipience | noun | Alt. of Recipiency |
| recipiency | noun | The quality or state of being recipient; a receiving; reception; receptiveness. |
| reciprocal | adjective | Recurring in vicissitude; alternate., Done by each to the other; interchanging or interchanged; given and received; due from each to each; mutual; as, reciprocal love; reciprocal duties., Mutually interchangeable., Reflexive; — applied to pronouns and verbs, but sometimes limited to such pronouns as express mutual action., Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities. See the Phrases below., That which is reciprocal to another thing., The quotient arising from dividing unity by any quantity; thus, / is the reciprocal of 4; 1/(a +b) is the reciprocal of a + b. The reciprocal of a fraction is the fraction inverted, or the denominator divided by the numerator. |
| reciproque | adjective & noun | Reciprocal. |
| recitation | noun | The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences., The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered., The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor. |
| recitative | noun | A species of musical recitation in which the words are delivered in a manner resembling that of ordinary declamation; also, a piece of music intended for such recitation; — opposed to melisma., Of or pertaining to recitation; intended for musical recitation or declamation; in the style or manner of recitative. |
| recitativo | noun | Recitative. |
| reclaiming | present participle & vb. noun | of Reclaim |
| reclaimant | noun | One who reclaims; one who cries out against or contradicts. |
| recognitor | noun | One of a jury impaneled on an assize. |
| recognized | imp. & past participle | of Recognize |
| recognizee | noun | The person in whose favor a recognizance is made. |
| recognizer | noun | One who recognizes; a recognizor. |
| recognizor | noun | One who enters into a recognizance. |
| recognosce | verb t. | To recognize. |
| recoilment | noun | Recoil. |
| re-collect | verb t. | To collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to re-collect routed troops. |
| recolonize | verb t. | To colonize again. |
| recommence | verb i. | To commence or begin again., To begin anew to be; to act again as., To commence again or anew. |
| recompense | verb t. | To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate., To return an equivalent for; to give compensation for; to atone for; to pay for., To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved., To give recompense; to make amends or requital., An equivalent returned for anything done, suffered, or given; compensation; requital; suitable return. |
| recomposed | imp. & past participle | of Recompose |
| recomposer | noun | One who recomposes. |
| reconciled | imp. & past participle | of Reconcile |
| reconciler | noun | One who reconciles. |
| recondense | verb t. | To condense again. |
| reconquest | noun | A second conquest. |
| reconsider | verb t. | To consider again; as, to reconsider a subject., To take up for renewed consideration, as a motion or a vote which has been previously acted upon. |
| recontinue | verb t. & i. | To continue anew. |
| recordance | noun | Remembrance. |
| recoupment | noun | The act of recouping. |
| recovering | present participle & vb. noun | of Recover |
| recreating | present participle & vb. noun | of Recreate |
| recreation | noun | The act of recreating, or the state of being recreated; refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion; sport; pastime. |
| recreative | adjective | Tending to recreate or refresh; recreating; giving new vigor or animation; reinvigorating; giving relief after labor or pain; amusing; diverting. |
| recrudency | noun | Recrudescence. |
| recruiting | present participle & vb. noun | of Recruit |
| rectangled | adjective | Rectangular. |
| rectifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Rectify |
| rectorship | noun | Government; guidance., The office or rank of a rector; rectorate. |
| recubation | noun | Recumbence. |
| reculement | noun | Recoil. |
| recumbence | noun | The act of leaning, resting, or reclining; the state of being recumbent. |
| recumbency | noun | Recumbence. |
| recuperate | verb i. | To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce., To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength. |
| recureless | adjective | Incapable of cure. |
| recurrence | noun | Alt. of Recurrency |
| recurrency | noun | The act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return; resort; recourse. |
| recusation | noun | Refusal., The act of refusing a judge or challenging that he shall not try the cause, on account of his supposed partiality. |
| recusative | adjective | Refusing; denying; negative. |
| redarguing | present participle & vb. noun | of Redargue |
| redeemable | adjective | Capable of being redeemed; subject to repurchase; held under conditions permitting redemption; as, a pledge securing the payment of money is redeemable., Subject to an obligation of redemtion; conditioned upon a promise of redemtion; payable; due; as, bonds, promissory notes, etc. , redeemabble in gold, or in current money, or four months after date. |
| redelivery | noun | Act of delivering back., A second or new delivery or liberation. |
| redemptive | adjective | Serving or tending to redeem; redeeming; as, the redemptive work of Christ. |
| redemptory | adjective | Paid for ransom; serving to redeem. |
| redempture | noun | Redemption. |
| red-handed | adjective / adverb | Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; — said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission of crime; as, he was taken red-hand or red-handed. |
| rediminish | verb t. | To diminish again. |
| redisburse | verb t. | To disburse anew; to give, or pay, back. |
| rediscover | verb t. | To discover again. |
| redisseize | verb t. | To disseize anew, or a second time. |
| redissolve | verb t. | To dissolve again. |
| redistrict | verb t. | To divide into new districts. |
| red-letter | adjective | Of or pertaining to a red letter; marked by red letters. |
| redoubting | noun | Reverence; honor. |
| redounding | present participle & vb. noun | of Redound |
| redressive | adjective | Tending to redress. |
| red-riband | noun | The European red band fish, or fireflame. See Rend fish. |
| red-tailed | adjective | Having a red tail. |
| red-tapism | noun | Strict adherence to official formalities. |
| red-tapist | noun | One who is tenacious of a strict adherence to official formalities. |
| reducement | noun | Reduction. |
| redundance | noun | Alt. of Redundancy |
| redundancy | noun | The quality or state of being redundant; superfluity; superabundance; excess., That which is redundant or in excess; anything superfluous or superabundant., Surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains. |
| reelection | noun | Election a second time, or anew; as, the reelection of a former chief. |
| reeligible | adjective | Eligible again; capable of reelection; as, reeligible to the same office. |
| reenaction | noun | The act of reenacting; the state of being reenacted. |
| reenkindle | verb t. | To enkindle again. |
| reentering | noun | The process of applying additional colors, by applications of printing blocks, to patterns already partly colored. |
| reenthrone | verb t. | To enthrone again; to replace on a throne. |
| reentrance | noun | The act entereing again; re/ntry. |
| reexchange | verb t. | To exchange anew; to reverse (a previous exchange)., A renewed exchange; a reversal of an exchange., The expense chargeable on a bill of exchange or draft which has been dishonored in a foreign country, and returned to the country in which it was made or indorsed, and then taken up. |
| referendum | noun | A diplomatic agent’s note asking for instructions from his government concerning a particular matter or point., The right to approve or reject by popular vote a meassure passed upon by a legislature. |
| re-ferment | verb t. & i. | To ferment, or cause to ferment, again. |
| referrible | adjective | Referable. |
| refinement | noun | The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas., That which is refined, elaborated, or polished to excess; an affected subtilty; as, refinements of logic. |
| refineries | plural | of Refinery |
| reflecting | present participle & vb. noun | of Reflect, Throwing back light, heat, etc., as a mirror or other surface., Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective; contemplative; as, a reflecting mind. |
| reflectent | adjective | Bending or flying back; reflected., Reflecting; as, a reflectent body. |
| reflection | noun | The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or the state of being reflected., The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a surface. See Angle of reflection, below., The reverting of the mind to that which has already occupied it; continued consideration; meditation; contemplation; hence, also, that operation or power of the mind by which it is conscious of its own acts or states; the capacity for judging rationally, especially in view of a moral rule or standard., Shining; brightness, as of the sun., That which is produced by reflection., An image given back from a reflecting surface; a reflected counterpart., A part reflected, or turned back, at an angle; as, the reflection of a membrane., Result of meditation; thought or opinion after attentive consideration or contemplation; especially, thoughts suggested by truth., Censure; reproach cast., The transference of an excitement from one nerve fiber to another by means of the nerve cells, as in reflex action. See Reflex action, under Reflex. |
| reflective | adjective | Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror., Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective reason., Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a reflective person., Reflexive; reciprocal. |
| reflexible | adjective | Capable of being reflected, or thrown back. |
| reflourish | verb t. & i. | To flourish again. |
| re-forming | present participle & vb. noun | of Re-form |
| reformable | adjective | Capable of being reformed. |
| refracting | present participle & vb. noun | of Refract, Serving or tending to refract; as, a refracting medium. |
| refraction | noun | The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted., The change in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a different density from that through which it has previously moved., The change in the direction of a ray of light, and, consequently, in the apparent position of a heavenly body from which it emanates, arising from its passage through the earth’s atmosphere; — hence distinguished as atmospheric refraction, or astronomical refraction., The correction which is to be deducted from the apparent altitude of a heavenly body on account of atmospheric refraction, in order to obtain the true altitude. |
| refractive | adjective | Serving or having power to refract, or turn from a direct course; pertaining to refraction; as, refractive surfaces; refractive powers. |
| refractory | adjective | Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast., Resisting ordinary treatment; difficult of fusion, reduction, or the like; — said especially of metals and the like, which do not readily yield to heat, or to the hammer; as, a refractory ore., A refractory person., Refractoriness., OPottery) A piece of ware covered with a vaporable flux and placed in a kiln, to communicate a glaze to the other articles. |
| refracture | noun | A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon., To break again, as a bone. |
| refragable | adjective | Capable of being refuted; refutable. |
| refraining | present participle & vb/ noun | of Refrain |
| refreshing | present participle & vb. noun | of Refresh, Reviving; reanimating. |
| refreshful | adjective | Full of power to refresh; refreshing. |
| refringent | adjective | Pertaining to, or possessing, refringency; refractive; refracting; as, a refringent prism of spar. |
| refulgence | noun | Alt. of Refulgency |
| refulgency | noun | The quality of being refulgent; brilliancy; splender; radiance. |
| refundment | noun | The act of refunding; also, that which is refunded. |
| refutation | noun | The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of being refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by argument or countervailing proof. |
| refutatory | adjective | Tending tu refute; refuting. |
| regalement | noun | The act of regaling; anything which regales; refreshment; entertainment. |
| regardable | adjective | Worthy of regard or notice; to be regarded; observable. |
| regardless | adjective | Having no regard; heedless; careless; as, regardless of life, consequences, dignity., Not regarded; slighted. |
| regelation | noun | The act or process of freezing anew, or together,as two pieces of ice. |
| regeneracy | noun | The state of being regenerated. |
| regenerate | adjective | Reproduced., Born anew; become Christian; renovated in heart; changed from a natural to a spiritual state., To generate or produce anew; to reproduce; to give new life, strength, or vigor to., To cause to be spiritually born anew; to cause to become a Christian; to convert from sin to holiness; to implant holy affections in the heart of., Hence, to make a radical change for the better in the character or condition of; as, to regenerate society. |
| regentship | noun | The office of a regent; regency. |
| regimented | imp. & past participle | of Regiment |
| regimental | adjective | Belonging to, or concerning, a regiment; as, regimental officers, clothing. |
| registered | imp. & past participle | of Register |
| registrant | noun | One who registers; esp., one who , by virtue of securing an official registration, obtains a certain right or title of possession, as to a trade-mark. |
| registrary | noun | A registrar. |
| registrate | verb t. | To register. |
| regressing | present participle & vb. noun | of Regress |
| regression | noun | The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation. |
| regressive | adjective | Passing back; returning., Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive. |
| regretting | present participle & vb. noun | of Regret |
| reguardant | adjective | Same as Regardant. |
| regularity | noun | The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion. |
| regularize | verb t. | To cause to become regular; to regulate. |
| regulating | present participle & vb. noun | of Regulate |
| regulation | noun | The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated., A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school. |
| regulative | adjective | Tending to regulate; regulating., Necessarily assumed by the mind as fundamental to all other knowledge; furnishing fundamental principles; as, the regulative principles, or principles a priori; the regulative faculty. |
| rehearsing | present participle & vb. noun | of Rehearse |
| rehibition | noun | The returning of a thing purchased to the seller, on the ground of defect or frand. |
| rehibitory | adjective | Of or relating to rehibition; as, a rehibitory action. |
| reichsrath | noun | The parliament of Austria (exclusive of Hungary, which has its own diet, or parliament). It consists of an Upper and a Lower House, or a House of Lords and a House of Representatives. |
| reiglement | noun | Rule; regulation. |
| reillumine | verb t. | To illumine again or anew; to reillume. |
| reimbursed | imp. & past participle | of Reimburse |
| reimburser | noun | One who reimburses. |
| reimprison | verb t. | To imprison again. |
| reincrease | verb t. | To increase again. |
| reinspirit | verb t. | To give fresh spirit to. |
| reinstruct | verb t. | To instruct anew. |
| reinthrone | verb t. | See Reenthrone. |
| reissuable | adjective | Capable of being reissued. |
| reiterated | imp. & past participle | of Reiterate |
| rejectable | adjective | Capable of being, or that ought to be, rejected. |
| rejectment | noun | Act of rejecting; matter rejected, or thrown away. |
| rejoindure | noun | Act of joining again. |
| rejuvenate | verb t. | To render young again. |
| rejuvenize | verb t. | To rejuvenate. |
| relational | adjective | Having relation or kindred; related., Indicating or specifying some relation. |
| relatively | adverb | In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely. |
| relativity | noun | The state of being relative; as, the relativity of a subject. |
| relaxation | noun | The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law., Remission from attention and effort; indulgence in recreation, diversion, or amusement. |
| relaxative | adjective | Having the quality of relaxing; laxative., A relaxant. |
| releasable | adjective | That may be released. |
| relegating | present participle & vb. noun | of Relegate |
| relegation | noun | The act of relegating, or the state of being relegated; removal; banishment; exile. |
| relentless | adjective | Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying; as, a prey to relentless despotism. |
| relentment | noun | The act or process of relenting; the state of having relented. |
| relevantly | adverb | In a relevant manner. |
| relevation | noun | A raising or lifting up. |
| reliefless | adjective | Destitute of relief; also, remediless. |
| relievable | adjective | Capable of being relieved; fitted to recieve relief. |
| religieuse | noun m. | Alt. of Religieux |
| religioner | noun | A religionist. |
| relinquent | adjective | Relinquishing., One who relinquishes. |
| relinquish | verb t. | To withdraw from; to leave behind; to desist from; to abandon; to quit; as, to relinquish a pursuit., To give up; to renounce a claim to; resign; as, to relinquish a debt. |
| relishable | adjective | Capable of being relished; agreeable to the taste; gratifying. |
| relocation | noun | A second location., Renewal of a lease. |
| reluctance | noun | Alt. of Reluctancy |
| reluctancy | noun | The state or quality of being reluctant; repugnance; aversion of mind; unwillingness; — often followed by an infinitive, or by to and a noun, formerly sometimes by against. |
| relumining | present participle & vb. noun | of Relumine |
| remandment | noun | A remand. |
| remarkable | adjective | Worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary. |
| remarriage | noun | A second or repeated marriage. |
| remediable | adjective | Capable of being remedied or cured. |
| remedially | adverb | In a remedial manner. |
| remediless | adjective | Not admitting of a remedy; incapable of being restored or corrected; incurable; irreparable; as, a remediless mistake or loss., Not answering as a remedy; ineffectual. |
| remembered | imp. & past participle | of Remember |
| rememberer | noun | One who remembers. |
| rememorate | verb i. | To recall something by means of memory; to remember. |
| remissible | adjective | Capable of being remitted or forgiven. |
| remissness | noun | Quality or state of being remiss. |
| remittance | noun | The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, esp. to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation., The sum or thing remitted. |
| remittitur | noun | A remission or surrender, — remittitur damnut being a remission of excess of damages., A sending back, as when a record is remitted by a superior to an inferior court. |
| remollient | adjective | Mollifying; softening. |
| remonetize | verb t. | To restore to use as money; as, to remonetize silver. |
| remordency | noun | Remorse; compunction; compassion. |
| remorseful | adjective | Full of remorse., Compassionate; feeling tenderly., Exciting pity; pitiable. |
| remunerate | verb t. | To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor. |
| renaissant | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Renaissance. |
| renascence | noun | The state of being renascent., Same as Renaissance. |
| renascency | noun | State of being renascent. |
| renascible | adjective | Capable of being reproduced; ablle to spring again into being. |
| renavigate | verb t. | To navigate again. |
| rencounter | verb t. | To meet unexpectedly; to encounter., To attack hand to hand., To meet unexpectedly; to encounter in a hostile manner; to come in collision; to skirmish., A meeting of two persons or bodies; a collision; especially, a meeting in opposition or contest; a combat, action, or engagement., A causal combat or action; a sudden contest or fight without premeditation, as between individuals or small parties. |
| renderable | adjective | Capable of being rendered. |
| rendezvous | noun | A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet., Especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment., A meeting by appointment., Retreat; refuge., To assemble or meet at a particular place., To bring together at a certain place; to cause to be assembled. |
| renegation | noun | A denial. |
| renouncing | present participle & vb. noun | of Renounce |
| renovation | noun | The act or process of renovating; the state of being renovated or renewed. |
| renownedly | adverb | With renown. |
| renownless | adjective | Without renown; inglorius. |
| renumerate | verb t. | To recount. |
| reorganize | verb t. & i. | To organize again or anew; as, to reorganize a society or an army. |
| repaganize | verb t. | To paganize anew; to bring back to paganism. |
| repairable | adjective | Reparable. |
| repairment | noun | Act of repairing. |
| reparation | noun | The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway; — in this sense, repair is oftener used., The act of making amends or giving satisfaction or compensation for a wrong, injury, etc.; also, the thing done or given; amends; satisfaction; indemnity. |
| reparative | adjective | Repairing, or tending to repair., That which repairs. |
| repatriate | verb t. | To restore to one’s own country. |
| repealable | adjective | Capable of being repealed. |
| repealment | noun | Recall, as from banishment. |
| repeatedly | adverb | More than once; again and again; indefinitely. |
| repedation | noun | A stepping or going back. |
| repellence | noun | Alt. of Repellency |
| repellency | noun | The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion. |
| repentance | noun | The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin. |
| repentless | adjective | Unrepentant. |
| repertoire | noun | A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform. |
| repetition | noun | The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration., Recital from memory; rehearsal., The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note., Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience., The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument. |
| repetitive | adjective | Containing repetition; repeating. |
| repiningly | adverb | With repening or murmuring. |
| replevying | present participle & vb. noun | of Replevy |
| replicated | adjective | Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself; as, a replicate leaf or petal; a replicate margin of a shell. |
| reportable | adjective | Capable or admitting of being reported. |
| repositing | present participle & vb. noun | of Reposit |
| reposition | noun | The act of repositing; a laying up. |
| repository | noun | A place where things are or may be reposited, or laid up, for safety or preservation; a depository. |
| re-present | verb t. | To present again; as, to re-present the points of an argument. |
| repression | noun | The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers., That which represses; check; restraint. |
| repressive | adjective | Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures. |
| reprevable | adjective | Reprovable. |
| reprieving | present participle & vb. noun | of Reprieve |
| reproached | imp. & past participle | of Reproach |
| reproacher | noun | One who reproaches. |
| reprobance | noun | Reprobation. |
| reprobated | imp. & past participle | of Reprobate |
| reprobater | noun | One who reprobates. |
| reproducer | noun | One who, or that which, reproduces. |
| reprovable | adjective | Worthy of reproof or censure. |
| rep-silver | noun | Money anciently paid by servile tenants to their lord, in lieu of the customary service of reaping his corn or grain. |
| republican | adjective | Of or pertaining to a republic., Consonant with the principles of a republic; as, republican sentiments or opinions; republican manners., One who favors or prefers a republican form of government., A member of the Republican party., The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many together., A South African weaver bird (Philetaerus socius). These weaver birds build many nests together, under a large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw. |
| repudiable | adjective | Admitting of repudiation; fit or proper to be put away. |
| repudiated | imp. & past participle | of Repudiate |
| repudiator | noun | One who repudiates. |
| repugnable | adjective | Capable of being repugned or resisted. |
| repugnance | noun | Alt. of Repugnancy |
| repugnancy | noun | The state or condition of being repugnant; opposition; contrariety; especially, a strong instinctive antagonism; aversion; reluctance; unwillingness, as of mind, passions, principles, qualities, and the like. |
| repurchase | verb t. | To buy back or again; to regain by purchase., The act of repurchasing. |
| reputation | verb t. | The estimation in which one is held; character in public opinion; the character attributed to a person, thing, or action; repute., The character imputed to a person in the community in which he lives. It is admissible in evidence when he puts his character in issue, or when such reputation is otherwise part of the issue of a case., Specifically: Good reputation; favorable regard; public esteem; general credit; good name., Account; value. |
| reputeless | adjective | Not having good repute; disreputable; disgraceful; inglorius. |
| requesting | present participle & vb. noun | of Request |
| requietory | noun | A sepulcher. |
| requirable | adjective | Capable of being required; proper to be required. |
| requisitor | noun | One who makes reqisition; esp., one authorized by a requisition to investigate facts. |
| requitable | adjective | That may be requited. |
| reredemain | noun | A backward stroke. |
| re-resolve | verb t. & i. | To resolve again. |
| rescinding | present participle & vb. noun | of Rescind |
| rescission | noun | The act of rescinding, abrogating, annulling, or vacating; as, the rescission of a law, decree, or judgment. |
| rescissory | adjective | Tending to rescind; rescinding. |
| rescueless | adjective | Without rescue or release. |
| researcher | noun | One who researches. |
| resemblant | adjective | Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. |
| resembling | present participle & vb. noun | of Resemble |
| reseminate | verb t. | To produce again by means of seed. |
| resentment | noun | The act of resenting., The state of holding something in the mind as a subject of contemplation, or of being inclined to reflect upon something; a state of consciousness; conviction; feeling; impression., In a good sense, satisfaction; gratitude., In a bad sense, strong displeasure; anger; hostility provoked by a wrong or injury experienced. |
| reservance | noun | Reservation. |
| reshipment | noun | The act of reshipping; also, that which is reshippped. |
| residenter | noun | A resident. |
| resignedly | adverb | With submission. |
| resignment | noun | The act of resigning. |
| resilience | noun | Alt. of Resiliency |
| resiliency | noun | The act of resiling, springing back, or rebounding; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound., The mechanical work required to strain an elastic body, as a deflected beam, stretched spring, etc., to the elastic limit; also, the work performed by the body in recovering from such strain. |
| resilition | noun | Resilience. |
| resiniform | adjective | Having the form of resin. |
| resinously | adverb | By means, or in the manner, of resin. |
| resistance | noun | The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active., The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance of a target to projectiles., A means or method of resisting; that which resists., A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, — good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm. |
| resistible | adjective | Capable of being resisted; as, a resistible force. |
| resistless | adjective | Having no power to resist; making no opposition., Incapable of being resisted; irresistible. |
| resolutely | adverb | In a resolute manner; with fixed purpose; boldly; firmly; steadily; with perseverance. |
| resolution | noun | The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of analyzing a complex notion, or solving a vexed question or difficult problem., The state of being relaxed; relaxation., The state of being resolved, settled, or determined; firmness; steadiness; constancy; determination., That which is resolved or determined; a settled purpose; determination. Specifically: A formal expression of the opinion or will of an official body or a public assembly, adopted by vote; as, a legislative resolution; the resolutions of a public meeting., The state of being resolved or firm in opinion or thought; conviction; assurance., The act or process of solving; solution; as, the resolution of an equation or problem., A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of a fever, a tumor, or the like., The passing of a dissonant into a consonant chord by the rising or falling of the note which makes the discord. |
| resolutive | adjective | Serving to dissolve or relax. |
| resolutory | adjective | Resolutive. |
| resolvable | adjective | Admitting of being resolved; admitting separation into constituent parts, or reduction to first principles; admitting solution or explanation; as, resolvable compounds; resolvable ideas or difficulties. |
| resolvedly | adverb | So as to resolve or clear up difficulties; clearly., Resolutely; decidedly; firmly. |
| resonantly | adverb | In a resonant manner. |
| resorcylic | adjective | Of, or pertaining to, or producing, resorcin; as, resorcylic acid. |
| resorption | noun | The act of resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again; reabsorption. |
| resounding | present participle & vb. noun | of Resound |
| respecting | present participle & vb. noun | of Respect, With regard or relation to; regarding; concerning; as, respecting his conduct there is but one opinion. |
| respectant | adjective | Placed so as to face one another; — said of animals. |
| respectful | adjective | Marked or characterized by respect; as, respectful deportment. |
| respection | noun | The act of respecting; respect; regard. |
| respective | adjective | Noticing with attention; hence, careful; wary; considerate., Looking towardl having reference to; relative, not absolute; as, the respective connections of society., Relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; own; as, they returned to their respective places of abode., Fitted to awaken respect., Rendering respect; respectful; regardful. |
| respersion | noun | The act of sprinkling or scattering. |
| respirable | adjective | Suitable for being breathed; adapted for respiration. |
| respirator | noun | A divice of gauze or wire, covering the mouth or nose, to prevent the inhalation of noxious substances, as dust or smoke. Being warmed by the breath, it tempers cold air passing through it, and may also be used for the inhalation of medicated vapors. |
| responding | present participle & vb. noun | of Respond |
| respondent | adjective | Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding., One who responds. It corresponds in general to defendant., One who answers in certain suits or proceedings, generally those which are not according to the course of the common law, as in equity and admiralty causes, in petitions for partition, and the like; — distinquished from appellant., One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; — distinguished from opponent. |
| responsion | noun | The act of answering., The first university examination; — called also little go. See under Little, a. |
| responsive | adjective | That responds; ready or inclined to respond., Suited to something else; correspondent., Responsible. |
| responsory | adjective | Containing or making answer; answering., The answer of the people to the priest in alternate speaking, in church service., A versicle sung in answer to the priest, or as a refrain., An antiphonary; a response book. |
| restagnant | adjective | Stagnant; motionless. |
| restagnate | verb i. | To stagnate; to cease to flow. |
| restaurant | noun | An eating house. |
| restaurate | verb t. | To restore. |
| restitutor | noun | One who makes restitution. |
| restorable | adjective | Admitting of being restored; capable of being reclaimed; as, restorable land. |
| restorator | noun | A restaurateur. |
| restrained | imp. & past participle | of Restrain |
| restrainer | noun | One who, or that which, restrains. |
| restricted | imp. & past participle | of Restrict |
| restringed | imp. & past participle | of Restringe |
| resudation | noun | Act of sweating again. |
| resultance | noun | The act of resulting; that which results; a result. |
| resultless | adjective | Being without result; as, resultless investigations. |
| resumption | noun | The act of resuming; as, the resumption of a grant, of delegated powers, of an argument, of specie payments, etc., The taking again into the king’s hands of such lands or tenements as he had granted to any man on false suggestions or other error. |
| resumptive | adjective | Taking back; resuming, or tending toward resumption; as, resumptive measures. |
| resupinate | adjective | Inverted in position; appearing to be upside down or reversed, as the flowers of the orchis and the leaves of some plants. |
| resurgence | noun | The act of rising again; resurrection. |
| retailment | noun | The act of retailing. |
| retainable | adjective | Capable of being retained. |
| retainment | noun | The act of retaining; retention. |
| retaliated | imp. & past participle | of Retaliate |
| retardment | noun | The act of retarding; retardation. |
| reticulate | adjective | Alt. of Reticulated |
| reticulosa | noun pl. | Same as Reticularia. |
| reticulose | adjective | Forming a network; characterized by a reticulated sructure. |
| retinacula | plural | of Retinaculum |
| retinalite | noun | A translucent variety of serpentine, of a honey yellow or greenish yellow color, having a waxy resinlike luster. |
| retinerved | adjective | Having reticulated veins. |
| retinulate | adjective | Having, or characterized by, retinul/. |
| retirement | noun | The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer., A place of seclusion or privacy; a place to which one withdraws or retreats; a private abode. |
| retracting | present participle & vb. noun | of Retract |
| retractate | verb t. | To retract; to recant. |
| retractile | adjective | Capable of retraction; capable of being drawn back or up; as, the claws of a cat are retractile. |
| retraction | noun | The act of retracting, or drawing back; the state of being retracted; as, the retraction of a cat’s claws., The act of withdrawing something advanced, stated, claimed, or done; declaration of change of opinion; recantation., The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew., The state or condition of a part when drawn back, or towards the center of the body. |
| retractive | adjective | Serving to retract; of the nature of a retraction., That which retracts, or withdraws. |
| retreating | present participle & vb. noun | of Retreat |
| retreatful | adjective | Furnishing or serving as a retreat. |
| retrenched | imp. & past participle | of Retrench |
| retributer | noun | One who makes retribution. |
| retrieving | present participle & vb. noun | of Retrieve |
| retrochoir | noun | Any extension of a church behind the high altar, as a chapel; also, in an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar. |
| retrofract | adjective | Alt. of Retrofracted |
| retrograde | adjective | Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet., Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; — opposed to progressive., Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc., To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet., Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence. |
| retrogress | noun | Retrogression. |
| retrospect | verb i. | To look backward; hence, to affect or concern what is past., A looking back on things past; view or contemplation of the past. |
| returnable | adjective | Capable of, or admitting of, being returned., Legally required to be returned, delivered, given, or rendered; as, a writ or precept returnable at a certain day; a verdict returnable to the court. |
| returnless | adjective | Admitting no return. |
| reunitedly | adverb | In a reunited manner. |
| revealable | adjective | Capable of being revealed. |
| revealment | noun | Act of revealing. |
| revegetate | verb i. | To vegetate anew. |
| revelation | noun | The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them., That which is revealed., The act of revealing divine truth., That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible., Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse. |
| revel-rout | noun | Tumultuous festivity; revelry., A rabble; a riotous assembly; a mob. |
| revengeful | adjective | Full of, or prone to, revenge; vindictive; malicious; revenging; wreaking revenge. |
| reverenced | imp. & past participle | of Reverence |
| reverencer | noun | One who regards with reverence. |
| reverendly | adverb | Reverently. |
| reverently | adverb | In a reverent manner; in respectful regard. |
| reversedly | adverb | In a reversed way. |
| reversible | adjective | Capable of being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a reversible back; a reversible judgment or sentence., Hence, having a pattern or finished surface on both sides, so that either may be used; — said of fabrics. |
| reversibly | adverb | In a reversible manner. |
| revertible | adjective | Capable of, or admitting of, reverting or being reverted; as, a revertible estate. |
| revestiary | noun | The apartment, in a church or temple, where the vestments, etc., are kept; — now contracted into vestry. |
| revestture | noun | Vesture. |
| reviewable | adjective | Capable of being reviewed. |
| revigorate | adjective | Having new vigor or strength; invigorated anew., To give new vigor to. |
| revilement | noun | The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse. |
| revisional | adjective | Alt. of Revisionary |
| revitalize | verb t. | To restore vitality to; to bring back to life. |
| revivalism | noun | The spirit of religious revivals; the methods of revivalists. |
| revivalist | noun | A clergyman or layman who promotes revivals of religion; an advocate for religious revivals; sometimes, specifically, a clergyman, without a particular charge, who goes about to promote revivals. Also used adjectively. |
| revivement | noun | Revival. |
| revocation | noun | The act of calling back, or the state of being recalled; recall., The act by which one, having the right, annuls an act done, a power or authority given, or a license, gift, or benefit conferred; repeal; reversal; as, the revocation of an edict, a power, a will, or a license. |
| revocatory | adjective | Of or pertaining to revocation; tending to, or involving, a revocation; revoking; recalling. |
| revokement | noun | Revocation. |
| revokingly | adverb | By way of revocation. |
| revolution | noun | The act of revolving, or turning round on an axis or a center; the motion of a body round a fixed point or line; rotation; as, the revolution of a wheel, of a top, of the earth on its axis, etc., Return to a point before occupied, or to a point relatively the same; a rolling back; return; as, revolution in an ellipse or spiral., The space measured by the regular return of a revolving body; the period made by the regular recurrence of a measure of time, or by a succession of similar events., The motion of any body, as a planet or satellite, in a curved line or orbit, until it returns to the same point again, or to a point relatively the same; — designated as the annual, anomalistic, nodical, sidereal, or tropical revolution, according as the point of return or completion has a fixed relation to the year, the anomaly, the nodes, the stars, or the tropics; as, the revolution of the earth about the sun; the revolution of the moon about the earth., The motion of a point, line, or surface about a point or line as its center or axis, in such a manner that a moving point generates a curve, a moving line a surface (called a surface of revolution), and a moving surface a solid (called a solid of revolution); as, the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of its sides generates a cone; the revolution of a semicircle about the diameter generates a sphere., A total or radical change; as, a revolution in one’s circumstances or way of living., A fundamental change in political organization, or in a government or constitution; the overthrow or renunciation of one government, and the substitution of another, by the governed. |
| revolutive | adjective | Inclined to revolve things in the mind; meditative. |
| revolvable | adjective | That may be revolved. |
| revolvency | noun | The act or state of revolving; revolution. |
| rewardable | adjective | Worthy of reward. |
| rewardless | adjective | Having, or affording, no reward. |
| rewel bone | An obsolete phrase of disputed meaning, — perhaps, smooth or polished bone. |