| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |