| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| rabbate | verb t. | To abate or diminish., Abatement. |
| rabbies | plural | of Rabbi |
| rabbled | imp. & past participle | of Rabble |
| rabbler | noun | A scraping tool for smoothing metal. |
| rabidly | adverb | In a rabid manner; with extreme violence. |
| rabinet | noun | A kind of small ordnance formerly in use. |
| rabious | adjective | Fierce. |
| raccoon | noun | A North American nocturnal carnivore (Procyon lotor) allied to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail, banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with black and white. Called also coon, and mapach. |
| racemed | adjective | Arranged in a raceme, or in racemes. |
| racemic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in many kinds of grapes. It is also obtained from tartaric acid, with which it is isomeric, and from sugar, gum, etc., by oxidation. It is a sour white crystalline substance, consisting of a combination of dextrorotatory and levorotatory tartaric acids. |
| racking | present participle & vb. noun | of Rack, Spun yarn used in racking ropes. |
| rackett | noun | An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys. |
| rackety | adjective | Making a tumultuous noise. |
| racquet | noun | See Racket. |
| raddock | noun | The ruddock. |
| radiale | noun | The bone or cartilage of the carpus which articulates with the radius and corresponds to the scaphoid bone in man., Radial plates in the calyx of a crinoid. |
| radiant | adjective | Emitting or proceeding as from a center; resembling rays; radiating; radiate., Especially, emitting or darting rays of light or heat; issuing in beams or rays; beaming with brightness; emitting a vivid light or splendor; as, the radiant sun., Beaming with vivacity and happiness; as, a radiant face., Giving off rays; — said of a bearing; as, the sun radiant; a crown radiant., Having a raylike appearance, as the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; — said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers., The luminous point or object from which light emanates; also, a body radiating light brightly., A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve., The point in the heavens at which the apparent paths of shooting stars meet, when traced backward, or whence they appear to radiate. |
| radiary | noun | A radiate. |
| radiata | noun pl. | An extensive artificial group of invertebrates, having all the parts arranged radially around the vertical axis of the body, and the various organs repeated symmetrically in each ray or spheromere. |
| radiate | verb i. | To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine., To proceed in direct lines from a point or surface; to issue in rays, as light or heat., To emit or send out in direct lines from a point or points; as, to radiate heat., To enlighten; to illuminate; to shed light or brightness on; to irradiate., Having rays or parts diverging from a center; radiated; as, a radiate crystal., Having in a capitulum large ray florets which are unlike the disk florets, as in the aster, daisy, etc., Belonging to the Radiata., One of the Radiata. |
| radical | adjective | Of or pertaining to the root; proceeding directly from the root., Hence: Of or pertaining to the root or origin; reaching to the center, to the foundation, to the ultimate sources, to the principles, or the like; original; fundamental; thorough-going; unsparing; extreme; as, radical evils; radical reform; a radical party., Belonging to, or proceeding from, the root of a plant; as, radical tubers or hairs., Proceeding from a rootlike stem, or one which does not rise above the ground; as, the radical leaves of the dandelion and the sidesaddle flower., Relating, or belonging, to the root, or ultimate source of derivation; as, a radical verbal form., Of or pertaining to a radix or root; as, a radical quantity; a radical sign. See below., A primitive word; a radix, root, or simple, underived, uncompounded word; an etymon., A primitive letter; a letter that belongs to the radix., One who advocates radical changes in government or social institutions, especially such changes as are intended to level class inequalities; — opposed to conservative., A characteristic, essential, and fundamental constituent of any compound; hence, sometimes, an atom., Specifically, a group of two or more atoms, not completely saturated, which are so linked that their union implies certain properties, and are conveniently regarded as playing the part of a single atom; a residue; — called also a compound radical. Cf. Residue., A radical quantity. See under Radical, a., A radical vessel. See under Radical, a. |
| radicel | noun | A small branch of a root; a rootlet. |
| radicle | noun | The rudimentary stem of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the stem of the embryo; the caulicle., A rootlet; a radicel. |
| radioli | noun pl. | The barbs of the radii of a feather; barbules. |
| radious | adjective | Consisting of rays, as light., Radiating; radiant. |
| radices | plural | of Radix |
| radixes | plural | of Radix |
| radulae | plural | of Radula |
| raffing | present participle & vb. noun | of Raff |
| raffish | adjective | Resembling, or having the character of, raff, or a raff; worthless; low. |
| raffled | imp. & past participle | of Raffle |
| raffler | noun | One who raffles. |
| rafting | present participle & vb. noun | of Raft, The business of making or managing rafts. |
| ragging | present participle & vb. noun | of Rag |
| rageful | adjective | Full of rage; expressing rage. |
| ragious | adjective | Raging; furious; rageful. |
| raguled | adjective | Alt. of Ragguled |
| ragweed | noun | A common American composite weed (Ambrosia artemisiaefolia) with finely divided leaves; hogweed. |
| ragwork | noun | A kind of rubblework. In the United States, any rubblework of thin and small stones. |
| ragwort | noun | A name given to several species of the composite genus Senecio. |
| raiding | present participle & vb. noun | of Raid |
| railing | present participle & vb. noun | of Rail, Expressing reproach; insulting., A barrier made of a rail or of rails., Rails in general; also, material for making rails. |
| railway | noun | A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure., The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver. |
| raiment | noun | Clothing in general; vesture; garments; — usually singular in form, with a collective sense., An article of dress. |
| raining | present participle & vb. noun | of Rain |
| rainbow | noun | A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun’s rays in drops of falling rain. |
| raising | present participle & vb. noun | of Raise, The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life., Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising., The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning. |
| rajpoot | noun | Alt. of Rajput |
| rallier | noun | One who rallies. |
| ralline | adjective | Pertaining to the rails. |
| rallied | imp. & past participle | of Rally |
| rallies | plural | of Rally |
| ramming | present participle & vb. noun | of Ram |
| ramadan | noun | The ninth Mohammedan month., The great annual fast of the Mohammedans, kept during daylight through the ninth month. |
| rambled | imp. & past participle | of Ramble |
| rambler | noun | One who rambles; a rover; a wanderer. |
| ramekin | noun | See Ramequin. |
| ramenta | noun pl. | Thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns. |
| rameous | adjective | Ramal. |
| ramline | noun | A line used to get a straight middle line, as on a spar, or from stem to stern in building a vessel. |
| rammish | adjective | Like a ram; hence, rank; lascivious. |
| ramping | present participle & vb. noun | of Ramp |
| rampage | verb | Violent or riotous behavior; a state of excitement, passion, or debauchery; as, to be on the rampage., To leap or prance about, as an animal; to be violent; to rage. |
| rampant | verb | Ramping; leaping; springing; rearing upon the hind legs; hence, raging; furious., Ascending; climbing; rank in growth; exuberant., Rising with fore paws in the air as if attacking; — said of a beast of prey, especially a lion. The right fore leg and right hind leg should be raised higher than the left. |
| rampart | noun | That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark., A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification., To surround or protect with, or as with, a rampart or ramparts. |
| rampier | noun | See Rampart. |
| rampion | noun | A plant (Campanula Rapunculus) of the Bellflower family, with a tuberous esculent root; — also called ramps. |
| rampire | noun | A rampart., To fortify with a rampire; to form into a rampire. |
| rampler | noun | A rambler., Roving; rambling. |
| ramsted | noun | A yellow-flowered weed; — so named from a Mr. Ramsted who introduced it into Pennsylvania. See Toad flax. Called also Ramsted weed. |
| ramulus | noun | A small branch, or branchlet, of corals, hydroids, and similar organisms. |
| ranchos | plural | of Rancho |
| randing | noun | The act or process of making and applying rands for shoes., A kind of basket work used in gabions. |
| ranging | present participle & vb. noun | of Range |
| ranking | present participle & vb. noun | of Rank |
| rankled | imp. & past participle | of Rankle |
| ransack | verb t. | To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house., To plunder; to pillage completely., To violate; to ravish; to defiour., To make a thorough search., The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage. |
| ranting | present participle & vb. noun | of Rant |
| rantism | noun | Ranterism. |
| rapping | present participle & vb. noun | of Rap, of Rap |
| rapaces | noun pl. | Same as Accipitres. |
| raparee | noun | See Rapparee. |
| rapeful | adjective | Violent., Given to the commission of rape. |
| raphany | noun | A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock (Raphanus raphanistrum) had been mixed, but the condition is now known to be a form of ergotism. |
| rapidly | adverb | In a rapid manner. |
| rapilli | noun pl. | Lapilli. |
| rappage | noun | The enlargement of a mold caused by rapping the pattern. |
| rapport | noun | Relation; proportion; conformity; correspondence; accord. |
| rapture | noun | A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence., The state or condition of being rapt, or carried away from one’s self by agreeable excitement; violence of a pleasing passion; extreme joy or pleasure; ecstasy., A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium., To transport with excitement; to enrapture. |
| rarebit | noun | A dainty morsel; a Welsh rabbit. See Welsh rabbit, under Rabbit. |
| rasante | adjective | Sweeping; grazing; — applied to a style of fortification in which the command of the works over each other, and over the country, is kept very low, in order that the shot may more effectually sweep or graze the ground before them. |
| rashful | adjective | Rash; hasty; precipitate. |
| rasores | verb t. | An order of birds; the Gallinae. |
| rasping | present participle & vb. noun | of Rasp |
| ratting | present participle & vb. noun | of Rat, The conduct or practices of one who rats. See Rat, v. i., 1., The low sport of setting a dog upon rats confined in a pit to see how many he will kill in a given time. |
| ratable | adjective | Capable of being rated, or set at a certain value., Liable to, or subjected by law to, taxation; as, ratable estate., Made at a proportionate rate; as, ratable payments. |
| ratafia | noun | A spirituous liquor flavored with the kernels of cherries, apricots, peaches, or other fruit, spiced, and sweetened with sugar; — a term applied to the liqueurs called noyau, cura/ao, etc. |
| ratchel | noun | Gravelly stone. |
| ratchet | noun | A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc., A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch. |
| ratfish | noun | Same as Rat-tail. |
| ratitae | noun pl. | An order of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary, or absent, and the breastbone is destitute of a keel. The ostrich, emu, moa, and apteryx are examples. |
| ratlins | noun pl. | The small transverse ropes attached to the shrouds and forming the steps of a rope ladder. |
| ratteen | noun | A thick woolen stuff quilled or twilled. |
| rattled | imp. & past participle | of Rattle |
| rattler | noun | One who, or that which, rattles. |
| rattoon | noun | One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year’s growth from the root, or later. See Plant-cane., To sprout or spring up from the root, as sugar cane from the root of the previous year’s planting. |
| raucity | noun | Harshness of sound; rough utterance; hoarseness; as, the raucity of a trumpet, or of the human voice. |
| raucous | adjective | Hoarse; harsh; rough; as, a raucous, thick tone. |
| ravaged | imp. & past participle | of Ravage |
| ravager | noun | One who, or that which, ravages or lays waste; spoiler. |
| raveled | imp. & past participle | of Ravel |
| raveler | noun | One who ravels. |
| ravelin | noun | A detached work with two embankments which make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune, and half-moon. |
| ravened | imp. & past participle | of Raven |
| ravener | noun | One who, or that which, ravens or plunders., A bird of prey, as the owl or vulture. |
| rawbone | adjective | Rawboned. |
| rawhead | noun | A specter mentioned to frighten children; as, rawhead and bloodybones. |
| rawhide | noun | A cowhide, or coarse riding whip, made of untanned (or raw) hide twisted. |
| rawness | noun | The quality or state of being raw. |
| rayless | adjective | Destitute of rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, a rayless sky; rayless eyes. |
| reached | imp. & past participle | of Reach |
| reacher | noun | One who reaches., An exaggeration. |
| reading | present participle & vb. noun | of Read, The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read., Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading., A lecture or prelection; public recital., The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version., Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering., An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer., Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading., Addicted to reading; as, a reading community. |
| readept | verb t. | To regain; to recover. |
| readily | adverb | In a ready manner; quickly; promptly., Without delay or objection; without reluctance; willingly; cheerfully. |
| readmit | verb t. | To admit again; to give entrance or access to again. |
| readopt | verb t. | To adopt again. |
| readorn | verb t. | To adorn again or anew. |
| reagent | noun | A substance capable of producing with another a reaction, especially when employed to detect the presence of other bodies; a test. |
| reagree | verb i. | To agree again. |
| realgar | noun | Arsenic sulphide, a mineral of a brilliant red color; red orpiment. It is also an artificial product. |
| realism | noun | As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to realism the Universal exists ante rem (Plato), or in re (Aristotle)., As opposed to idealism, the doctrine that in sense perception there is an immediate cognition of the external object, and our knowledge of it is not mediate and representative., Fidelity to nature or to real life; representation without idealization, and making no appeal to the imagination; adherence to the actual fact. |
| realist | noun | One who believes in realism; esp., one who maintains that generals, or the terms used to denote the genera and species of things, represent real existences, and are not mere names, as maintained by the nominalists., An artist or writer who aims at realism in his work. See Realism, 2. |
| reality | noun | The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact., That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea., Loyalty; devotion., See 2d Realty, 2. |
| realize | verb t. | To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into the actual; to bring into concrete existence; to effectuate; to accomplish; as, to realize a scheme or project., To cause to seem real; to impress upon the mind as actual; to feel vividly or strongly; to make one’s own in apprehension or experience., To convert into real property; to make real estate of; as, to realize his fortune., To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get; as, to realize large profits from a speculation., To convert into actual money; as, to realize assets., To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, as shares in stock companies, bonds, etc. |
| re-ally | verb t. | To bring together again; to compose or form anew. |
| reaming | present participle & vb. noun | of Ream |
| reannex | verb t. | To annex again or anew; to reunite. |
| reaping | present participle & vb. noun | of Reap |
| reapply | verb t. & i. | To apply again. |
| rearing | present participle & vb. noun | of Rear |
| reargue | verb t. | To argue anew or again. |
| reaumur | adjective | Of or pertaining to Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur; conformed to the scale adopted by Reaumur in graduating the thermometer he invented., A Reaumur thermometer or scale. |
| reaving | present participle & vb. noun | of Reave |
| reawake | verb i. | To awake again. |
| rebloom | verb i. | To bloom again. |
| reboant | adjective | Rebellowing; resounding loudly. |
| rebound | verb i. | To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo., To give back an echo., To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse., To send back; to reverberate., The act of rebounding; resilience. |
| rebrace | verb t. | To brace again. |
| rebuild | verb t. | To build again, as something which has been demolished; to construct anew; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf, or a city. |
| rebuked | imp. & past participle | of Rebuke |
| rebuker | noun | One who rebukes. |
| rebuses | plural | of Rebus |
| recarry | verb t. | To carry back. |
| receded | imp. & past participle | of Recede |
| receipt | noun | The act of receiving; reception., Reception, as an act of hospitality., Capability of receiving; capacity., Place of receiving., Hence, a recess; a retired place., A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake., A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid., That which is received; that which comes in, in distinction from what is expended, paid out, sent away, and the like; — usually in the plural; as, the receipts amounted to a thousand dollars., To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff., To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill., To give a receipt, as for money paid. |
| receive | verb t. | To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter., Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace., To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to., To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one’s house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc., To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be able to take in., To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage., To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen., To bat back (the ball) when served., To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays., To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive. |
| recency | noun | The state or quality of being recent; newness; new state; late origin; lateness in time; freshness; as, the recency of a transaction, of a wound, etc. |
| recense | verb t. | To review; to revise. |
| rechase | verb t. | To chase again; to chase or drive back. |
| recheat | noun | A strain given on the horn to call back the hounds when they have lost track of the game., To blow the recheat. |
| recipes | plural | of Recipe |
| recital | noun | The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony., A telling in detail and due order of the particulars of anything, as of a law, an adventure, or a series of events; narration., That which is recited; a story; a narration., A vocal or instrumental performance by one person; — distinguished from concert; as, a song recital; an organ, piano, or violin recital., The formal statement, or setting forth, of some matter of fact in any deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded; the statement of matter in pleading introductory to some positive allegation. |
| recited | imp. & past participle | of Recite |
| reciter | noun | One who recites; also, a book of extracts for recitation. |
| roughte | of Reck | |
| recking | present participle & vb. noun | of Reck |
| reclaim | verb t. | To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of., To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call., To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting., To reduce from a wild to a tamed state; to bring under discipline; — said especially of birds trained for the chase, but also of other animals., Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc., To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform., To correct; to reform; — said of things., To exclaim against; to gainsay., To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions., To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform., To draw back; to give way., The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery. |
| reclasp | verb i. | To clasp or unite again. |
| recline | verb t. | To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand., To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall., To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch., Having a reclining posture; leaning; reclining. |
| reclose | verb t. | To close again. |
| reclude | verb t. | To open; to unclose. |
| recluse | adjective | Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life., A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells, usually attached to monasteries., The place where a recluse dwells., To shut up; to seclude. |
| recouch | verb i. | To retire again to a couch; to lie down again. |
| recount | verb t. | To count or reckon again., A counting again, as of votes., To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of; to rehearse; to enumerate; as, to recount one’s blessings. |
| recoupe | verb t. | To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct; as, where a landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction., To get an equivalent or compensation for; as, to recoup money lost at the gaming table; to recoup one’s losses in the share market., To reimburse; to indemnify; — often used reflexively and in the passive. |
| recover | verb t. | To cover again., To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain., To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time., To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal., To overcome; to get the better of, — as a state of mind or body., To rescue; to deliver., To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to., To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title to by judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant., To regain health after sickness; to grow well; to be restored or cured; hence, to regain a former state or condition after misfortune, alarm, etc.; — often followed by of or from; as, to recover from a state of poverty; to recover from fright., To make one’s way; to come; to arrive., To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit., Recovery. |
| recross | verb t. | To cross a second time. |
| recruit | verb t. | To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack or deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise recruit the spirits., Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate., To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; as, he recruited two regiments; the army was recruited for a campaign; also, to muster; to enlist; as, he recruited fifty men., To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures., To gain new supplies of men for military or other service; to raise or enlist new soldiers; to enlist troops., A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reenforcement., Specifically, a man enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier. |
| rectify | verb t. | To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders., To refine or purify by repeated distillation or sublimation, by which the fine parts of a substance are separated from the grosser; as, to rectify spirit of wine., To produce ( as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling low wines or ardent spirits (whisky, rum, etc.), flavoring substances, etc., being added. |
| rection | noun | See Government, n., 7. |
| rectory | noun | The province of a rector; a parish church, parsonage, or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes, and glebes., A rector’s mansion; a parsonage house. |
| rectrix | noun | A governess; a rectoress., One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird. |
| recurve | verb t. | To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down. |
| redback | noun | The dunlin. |
| redbird | noun | The cardinal bird., The summer redbird (Piranga rubra)., The scarlet tanager. See Tanager. |
| redcoat | noun | One who wears a red coat; specifically, a red-coated British soldier. |
| reddish | adjective | Somewhat red; moderately red. |
| reddour | noun | Rigor; violence. |
| redfish | noun | The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; — called also nerka. See Blueback (b)., The rosefish., A large California labroid food fish (Trochocopus pulcher); — called also fathead., The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under Drumfish. |
| red-gum | noun | An eruption of red pimples upon the face, neck, and arms, in early infancy; tooth rash; strophulus., A name of rust on grain. See Rust. |
| redhead | noun | A person having red hair., An American duck (Aythya Americana) highly esteemed as a game bird. It is closely allied to the canvasback, but is smaller and its head brighter red. Called also red-headed duck. American poachard, grayback, and fall duck. See Illust. under Poachard., The red-headed woodpecker. See Woodpecker., A kind of milkweed (Asclepias Curassavica) with red flowers. It is used in medicine. |
| redhoop | noun | The male of the European bullfinch. |
| redhorn | noun | Any species of a tribe of butterflies (Fugacia) including the common yellow species and the cabbage butterflies. The antennae are usually red. |
| red-hot | adjective | Red with heat; heated to redness; as, red-hot iron; red-hot balls. Hence, figuratively, excited; violent; as, a red-hot radical. |
| redient | adjective | Returning. |
| redlegs | noun | The redshank., The turnstone. |
| redness | noun | The quality or state of being red; red color. |
| redoubt | noun | A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected for a temporary purpose, and without flanking defenses, — used esp. in fortifying tops of hills and passes, and positions in hostile territory., In permanent works, an outwork placed within another outwork. See F and i in Illust. of Ravelin., To stand in dread of; to regard with fear; to dread. |
| redound | verb i. | To roll back, as a wave or flood; to be sent or driven back; to flow back, as a consequence or effect; to conduce; to contribute; to result., To be in excess; to remain over and above; to be redundant; to overflow., The coming back, as of consequence or effect; result; return; requital., Rebound; reverberation. |
| redpole | noun | Same as Redpoll. |
| redpoll | noun | Any one of several species of small northern finches of the genus Acanthis (formerly Aegiothus), native of Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or rosy. The male of the most common species (A. linarius) has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also redpoll linnet. See Illust. under Linnet., The common European linnet., The American redpoll warbler (Dendroica palmarum). |
| redraft | verb t. | To draft or draw anew., A second draft or copy., A new bill of exchange which the holder of a protected bill draws on the drawer or indorsers, in order to recover the amount of the protested bill with costs and charges. |
| redrawn | past participle | of Redraw |
| redress | verb t. | To dress again., To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise., To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from., To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon., The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment., A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or opression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnification., One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser. |
| redroot | noun | A name of several plants having red roots, as the New Jersey tea (see under Tea), the gromwell, the bloodroot, and the Lachnanthes tinctoria, an endogenous plant found in sandy swamps from Rhode Island to Florida. |
| redsear | verb i. | To be brittle when red-hot; to be red-short. |
| redskin | noun | A common appellation for a North American Indian; — so called from the color of the skin. |
| redtail | noun | The red-tailed hawk., The European redstart. |
| reduced | imp. & past participle | of Reduce |
| reducer | noun | One who, or that which, reduces. |
| reduvid | noun | Any hemipterous insect of the genus Redivius, or family Reduvidae. They live by sucking the blood of other insects, and some species also attack man. |
| redweed | noun | The red poppy (Papaver Rhoeas). |
| redwing | noun | A European thrush (Turdus iliacus). Its under wing coverts are orange red. Called also redwinged thrush. (b) A North American passerine bird (Agelarius ph/niceus) of the family Icteridae. The male is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered with orange, on each wing. Called also redwinged blackbird, red-winged troupial, marsh blackbird, and swamp blackbird. |
| redwood | noun | A gigantic coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of California, and its light and durable reddish timber. See Sequoia., An East Indian dyewood, obtained from Pterocarpus santalinus, Caesalpinia Sappan, and several other trees. |
| reedify | verb t. | To edify anew; to build again after destruction. |
| reeding | noun | A small convex molding; a reed (see Illust. (i) of Molding); one of several set close together to decorate a surface; also, decoration by means of reedings; — the reverse of fluting., The nurling on the edge of a coin; — commonly called milling. |
| reefing | present participle & vb. noun | of Reef, The process of taking in a reef. |
| reeking | present participle & vb. noun | of Reek |
| reeling | present participle & vb. noun | of Reel |
| reelect | verb t. | To elect again; as, to reelect the former governor. |
| reenact | verb t. | To enact again. |
| reendow | verb t. | To endow again. |
| reenjoy | verb i. | To enjoy anew. |
| reenter | verb t. | To enter again., To cut deeper, as engraved lines on a plate of metal, when the engraving has not been deep enough, or the plate has become worn in printing., To enter anew or again. |
| reentry | noun | A second or new entry; as, a reentry into public life., A resuming or retaking possession of what one has lately foregone; — applied especially to land; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease. |
| reerect | verb t. | To erect again. |
| reeving | present participle & vb. noun | of Reeve |
| reexpel | verb t. | To expel again. |
| referee | noun | One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it. |
| refined | imp. & past participle | of Refine, Freed from impurities or alloy; purifed; polished; cultured; delicate; as; refined gold; refined language; refined sentiments. |
| refiner | noun | One who, or that which, refines. |
| reflame | verb i. | To kindle again into flame. |
| reflect | verb | To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished metals reflect heat., To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror., To throw back light, heat, or the like; to return rays or beams., To be sent back; to rebound as from a surface; to revert; to return., To throw or turn back the thoughts upon anything; to contemplate. Specifically: To attend earnestly to what passes within the mind; to attend to the facts or phenomena of consciousness; to use attention or earnest thought; to meditate; especially, to think in relation to moral truth or rules., To cast reproach; to cause censure or dishonor. |
| refloat | noun | Reflux; ebb. |
| reforge | verb t. | To forge again or anew; hence, to fashion or fabricate anew; to make over. |
| re-form | verb t. & i. | To give a new form to; to form anew; to take form again, or to take a new form; as, to re-form the line after a charge. |
| refound | verb t. | To found or cast anew., To found or establish again; to re/stablish., imp. & p. p. of Refind, v. t. |
| refract | noun | To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off., To break the natural course of, as rays of light orr heat, when passing from one transparent medium to another of different density; to cause to deviate from a direct course by an action distinct from reflection; as, a dense medium refrcts the rays of light as they pass into it from a rare medium. |
| refrain | verb t. | To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern., To abstain from, To keep one’s self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain., The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition. |
| reframe | verb t. | To frame again or anew. |
| refresh | adjective | To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew; to reanimate; as, sleep refreshes the body and the mind., To make as if new; to repair; to restore., The act of refreshing. |
| refreyd | verb t. | To chill; to cool. |
| refugee | noun | One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety., Especially, one who, in times of persecution or political commotion, flees to a foreign power or country for safety; as, the French refugees who left France after the revocation of the edict of Nantes. |
| refusal | noun | The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance., The right of taking in preference to others; the choice of taking or refusing; option; as, to give one the refusal of a farm; to have the refusal of an employment. |
| refused | imp. & past participle | of Refuse |
| refuser | noun | One who refuses or rejects. |
| refutal | noun | Act of refuting; refutation. |
| refuted | imp. & past participle | of Refute |
| refuter | noun | One who, or that which, refutes. |
| regaled | imp. & past participle | of Regale |
| regaler | noun | One who regales. |
| regalia | noun pl. | That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: (a) The rights and prerogatives of a king. (b) Royal estates and revenues. (c) Ensings, symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty., Hence, decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of Freemasons, Odd Fellows,etc., Sumptuous food; delicacies., A kind of cigar of large size and superior quality; also, the size in which such cigars are classed. |
| regally | adverb | In a regal or royal manner. |
| regatta | noun | Originally, a gondola race in Venice; now, a rowing or sailing race, or a series of such races. |
| regence | noun | Rule. |
| regency | adjective | The office of ruler; rule; authority; government., Especially, the office, jurisdiction, or dominion of a regent or vicarious ruler, or of a body of regents; deputed or vicarious government., A body of men intrusted with vicarious government; as, a regency constituted during a king’s minority, absence from the kingdom, or other disability. |
| regible | adjective | Governable; tractable. |
| regimen | noun | Orderly government; system of order; adminisration., Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation, a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; — sometimes used synonymously with hygiene., A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government., The word or words governed. |
| regious | adjective | Regal; royal. |
| regnant | adjective | Exercising regal authority; reigning; as, a queen regnant., Having the chief power; ruling; predominant; prevalent. |
| regorge | verb t. | To vomit up; to eject from the stomach; to throw back., To swallow again; to swallow back. |
| regrade | verb i. | To retire; to go back. |
| regraft | verb t. | To graft again. |
| regrant | verb t. | To grant back; to grant again or anew., The act of granting back to a former proprietor., A renewed of a grant; as, the regrant of a monopoly. |
| regrate | verb t. | To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance., To offend; to shock., To buy in large quantities, as corn, provisions, etc., at a market or fair, with the intention of selling the same again, in or near the same place, at a higher price, — a practice which was formerly treated as a public offense. |
| regrede | verb i. | To go back; to retrograde, as the apsis of a planet’s orbit. |
| regreet | verb t. | To greet again; to resalute; to return a salutation to; to greet., A return or exchange of salutation. |
| regress | noun | The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. “The progress or regress of man”., The power or liberty of passing back., To go back; to return to a former place or state. |
| regular | adjective | Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry; a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice of law or medicine; a regular building., Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course, practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or irrational variation; returning at stated intervals; steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular succession of day and night; regular habits., Constituted, selected, or conducted in conformity with established usages, rules, or discipline; duly authorized; permanently organized; as, a regular meeting; a regular physican; a regular nomination; regular troops., Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy., Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug., Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a regular sea urchin., Same as Isometric., A member of any religious order or community who has taken the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and who has been solemnly recognized by the church., A soldier belonging to a permanent or standing army; — chiefly used in the plural. |
| regulus | noun | A petty king; a ruler of little power or consequence., The button, globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impure state, which forms in the bottom of the crucible in smelting and reduction of ores., A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Leo; — called also the Lion’s Heart. |
| reigned | imp. & past participle | of Reign |
| reigner | noun | One who reigns. |
| reining | present participle & vb. noun | of Rein |
| reincit | verb t. | To incite again. |
| reincur | verb t. | To incur again. |
| reinter | verb t. | To inter again. |
| reissue | verb t. & i. | To issue a second time., A second or repeated issue. |
| rejoice | verb i. | To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted., To enjoy., To give joy to; to make joyful; to gladden., The act of rejoicing. |
| rejoint | verb t. | To reunite the joints of; to joint anew., Specifically (Arch.), to fill up the joints of, as stones in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather. |
| rejourn | verb t. | To adjourn; to put off. |
| rejudge | verb t. | To judge again; to reexamine; to review; to call to a new trial and decision. |
| relapse | verb i. | To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back., To slide or turn back into a former state or practice; to fall back from some condition attained; — generally in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended condition; as, to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism; — sometimes in a good sense; as, to relapse into slumber after being disturbed., To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide., A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back., One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again. |
| related | imp. & past participle | of Relate, Allied by kindred; connected by blood or alliance, particularly by consanguinity; as, persons related in the first or second degree., Standing in relation or connection; as, the electric and magnetic forcec are closely related., Narrated; told., Same as Relative, 4. |
| relater | noun | One who relates or narrates. |
| relator | noun | One who relates; a relater., A private person at whose relation, or in whose behalf, the attorney-general allows an information in the nature of a quo warranto to be filed. |
| relaxed | imp. & past participle | of Relax |
| release | verb t. | To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back., To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go., To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty., To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit., To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of; as, to release an ordinance., The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage., Relief from care, pain, or any burden., Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance., A giving up or relinquishment of some right or claim; a conveyance of a man’s right in lands or tenements to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim., The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape. |
| relesse | verb t. | To release. |
| reliant | adjective | Having, or characterized by, reliance; confident; trusting. |
| relicly | adverb | In the manner of relics. |
| relieve | verb t. | To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise., To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast., To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of., To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor., To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town., To release from a post, station, or duty; to put another in place of, or to take the place of, in the bearing of any burden, or discharge of any duty., To ease of any imposition, burden, wrong, or oppression, by judicial or legislative interposition, as by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses, or the like; to right. |
| relievo | noun | See Relief, n., 5. |
| relight | verb t. | To light or kindle anew. |
| relique | noun | See Relic. |
| relodge | verb t. | To lodge again. |
| relumed | imp. & past participle | of Relume |
| relying | present participle & vb. noun | of Rely |
| remanet | noun | A case for trial which can not be tried during the term; a postponed case. |
| re-mark | verb t. | To mark again, or a second time; to mark anew. |
| remarry | verb t. & i. | To marry again. |
| remblai | noun | Earth or materials made into a bank after having been excavated. |
| remeant | adjective | Coming back; returning. |
| remercy | verb t. | To thank. |
| remerge | verb i. | To merge again. |
| remiges | noun pl. | The quill feathers of the wings of a bird. |
| remiped | adjective | Having feet or legs that are used as oars; — said of certain crustaceans and insects., An animal having limbs like oars, especially one of certain crustaceans., One of a group of aquatic beetles having tarsi adapted for swimming. See Water beetle. |
| remised | imp. & past participle | of Remise |
| remnant | adjective | Remaining; yet left., That which remains after a part is removed, destroyed, used up, performed, etc.; residue., A small portion; a slight trace; a fragment; a little bit; a scrap., An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc. |
| remodel | verb t. | To model or fashion anew; to change the form of. |
| remould | verb t. | To mold or shape anew or again; to reshape., See Remold. |
| remorse | noun | The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one’s past life., Sympathetic sorrow; pity; compassion. |
| remount | verb t. & i. | To mount again., The opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting; specifically, a fresh horse, with his equipments; as, to give one a remount. |
| removal | noun | The act of removing, or the state of being removed. |
| removed | imp. & past participle | of Remove, Changed in place., Dismissed from office., Distant in location; remote., Distant by degrees in relationship; as, a cousin once removed. |
| remover | noun | One who removes; as, a remover of landmarks. |
| renable | adjective | Reasonable; also, loquacious. |
| rending | present participle & vb. noun | of Rend |
| renegat | noun | A renegade. |
| renerve | verb t. | To nerve again; to give new vigor to; to reinvigorate. |
| reneved | imp. & past participle | of Renew |
| renewal | noun | The act of renewing, or the state of being renewed; as, the renewal of a treaty. |
| renewer | noun | One who, or that which, renews. |
| renning | noun | See 2d Rennet. |
| renomee | noun | Renown. |
| renovel | verb t. | To renew; to renovate. |
| renowme | noun | Renown. |
| renting | present participle & vb. noun | of Rent |
| rentage | noun | Rent. |
| rentier | noun | One who has a fixed income, as from lands, stocks, or the like. |
| reorder | verb t. | To order a second time. |
| reostat | noun | See Rheostat. |
| repaint | verb t. | To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture. |
| reparel | noun | A change of apparel; a second or different suit. |
| repiner | noun | One who repines. |
| replace | verb t. | To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like., To refund; to repay; to restore; as, to replace a sum of money borrowed., To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document., To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfull the end or office of., To put in a new or different place. |
| replait | verb t. | To plait or fold again; to fold, as one part over another, again and again. |
| replant | verb t. | To plant again. |
| replead | verb t. & i. | To plead again. |
| replete | adjective | Filled again; completely filled; full; charged; abounding., To fill completely, or to satiety. |
| replevy | verb t. | To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied., To bail., Replevin. |
| replica | verb & noun | A copy of a work of art, as of a picture or statue, made by the maker of the original., Repetition. |
| replier | noun | One who replies. |
| replied | imp. & past participle | of Reply |
| replies | plural | of Reply |
| replyer | noun | See Replier. |
| reposal | noun | The act or state of reposing; as, the reposal of a trust., That on which one reposes. |
| reposed | imp. & past participle | of Repose, Composed; calm; tranquil; at rest. |
| reposer | noun | One who reposes. |
| reposit | verb t. | To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store. |
| reprefe | noun | Reproof. |
| repress | verb t. | To press again., To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent., Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back., The act of repressing. |
| repreve | verb t. | To reprove., Reproof. |
| reprint | verb t. | To print again; to print a second or a new edition of., To renew the impression of., A second or a new impression or edition of any printed work; specifically, the publication in one country of a work previously published in another. |
| reprise | noun | A taking by way of retaliation., Deductions and duties paid yearly out of a manor and lands, as rent charge, rent seck, pensions, annuities, and the like., A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate., To take again; to retake., To recompense; to pay. |
| reprive | verb t. | To take back or away., To reprieve. |
| reprize | verb t. | See Reprise. |
| reproof | noun | Refutation; confutation; contradiction., An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding; reproach. |
| reprove | verb t. | To convince., To disprove; to refute., To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty; to censure., To express disapprobation of; as, to reprove faults. |
| reprune | verb t. | To prune again or anew. |
| reptant | adjective | Same as Repent., Creeping; crawling; — said of reptiles, worms, etc. |
| reptile | adjective | Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs., Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile vices., An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly, as snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and the like., One of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia., A groveling or very mean person. |
| repulse | verb t. | To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy., To repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial; to reject; to send away; as, to repulse a suitor or a proffer., The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back., Figuratively: Refusal; denial; rejection; failure. |
| reputed | imp. & past participle | of Repute |
| requere | verb t. | To require. |
| request | noun | The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty., That which is asked for or requested., A state of being desired or held in such estimation as to be sought after or asked for; demand., To ask for (something); to express desire ffor; to solicit; as, to request his presence, or a favor., To address with a request; to ask. |
| requiem | noun | A mass said or sung for the repose of a departed soul., Any grand musical composition, performed in honor of a deceased person., Rest; quiet; peace. |
| require | verb t. | To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property., To demand or exact as indispensable; to need., To ask as a favor; to request. |
| requite | verb t. | To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to punish. |
| reredos | noun | A screen or partition wall behind an altar., The back of a fireplace., The open hearth, upon which fires were lighted, immediately under the louver, in the center of ancient halls. |
| rereign | verb i. | To reign again. |
| rescind | verb t. | To cut off; to abrogate; to annul., Specifically, to vacate or make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or by superior authority; to repeal; as, to rescind a law, a resolution, or a vote; to rescind a decree or a judgment. |
| rescous | noun | Rescue; deliverance., See Rescue, 2. |
| rescowe | verb t. | To rescue. |
| rescued | imp. & past participle | of Rescue |
| rescuer | noun | One who rescues. |
| reseize | verb t. | To seize again, or a second time., To put in possession again; to reinstate., To take possession of, as lands and tenements which have been disseized. |
| reserve | verb t. | To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose., Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain., To make an exception of; to except., The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation., That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use., That which is excepted; exception., Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior., A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy., A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency., Funds kept on hand to meet liabilities. |
| reshape | verb t. | To shape again. |
| resiant | adjective | Resident; present in a place., A resident. |
| resided | imp. & past participle | of Reside |
| resider | noun | One who resides in a place. |
| residue | noun | That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder., That part of a testeator’s estate wwhich is not disposed of in his will by particular and special legacies and devises, and which remains after payment of debts and legacies., That which remains of a molecule after the removal of a portion of its constituents; hence, an atom or group regarded as a portion of a molecule; — used as nearly equivalent to radical, but in a more general sense., Any positive or negative number that differs from a given number by a multiple of a given modulus; thus, if 7 is the modulus, and 9 the given number, the numbers -5, 2, 16, 23, etc., are residues. |
| resiege | verb t. | To seat again; to reinstate. |
| re-sign | verb t. | To affix one’s signature to, a second time; to sign again. |
| re sign | noun | Resignation. |
| resiled | imp. & past participle | of Resile |
| resinic | adjective | Pertaining to, or obtained from, resin; as, the resinic acids. |
| resolve | verb i. | To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; — said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve., To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; — said of complex ideas or obscure questions; to make clear or certain; to free from doubt; to disentangle; to unravel; to explain; hence, to clear up, or dispel, as doubt; as, to resolve a riddle., To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain., To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle; as, he was resolved by an unexpected event., To express, as an opinion or determination, by resolution and vote; to declare or decide by a formal vote; — followed by a clause; as, the house resolved (or, it was resolved by the house) that no money should be apropriated (or, to appropriate no money)., To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; — used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole., To solve, as a problem, by enumerating the several things to be done, in order to obtain what is required; to find the answer to, or the result of., To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor., To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their several tendencies, resulting in a concord., To relax; to lay at ease., To be separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo resolution., To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid., To be settled in opinion; to be convinced., To form a purpose; to make a decision; especially, to determine after reflection; as, to resolve on a better course of life., The act of resolving or making clear; resolution; solution., That which has been resolved on or determined; decisive conclusion; fixed purpose; determination; also, legal or official determination; a legislative declaration; a resolution. |
| resound | verb i. | To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far., To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song., To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound., To be mentioned much and loudly., To echo or reverberate; to be resonant; as, the earth resounded with his praise., To throw back, or return, the sound of; to echo; to reverberate., To praise or celebrate with the voice, or the sound of instruments; to extol with sounds; to spread the fame of., Return of sound; echo. |
| respeak | verb t. | To speak or utter again., To answer; to echo. |
| respect | verb t. | To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed., To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor., To look toward; to front upon or toward., To regard; to consider; to deem., To have regard to; to have reference to; to relate to; as, the treaty particularly respects our commerce., The act of noticing with attention; the giving particular consideration to; hence, care; caution., Esteem; regard; consideration; honor., An expression of respect of deference; regards; as, to send one’s respects to another., Reputation; repute., Relation; reference; regard., Particular; point regarded; point of view; as, in this respect; in any respect; in all respects., Consideration; motive; interest. |
| respell | verb t. | To spell again. |
| respire | verb i. | To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment., To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the blood., To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to breathe., To breathe out; to exhale. |
| respite | noun | A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay., Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval of rest; pause; delay., Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve., The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term., To give or grant a respite to., To delay or postpone; to put off., To keep back from execution; to reprieve., To relieve by a pause or interval of rest. |
| resplit | verb t. & i. | To split again. |
| respond | verb i. | To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument., To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit., To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages., To answer; to reply., To suit or accord with; to correspond to., An answer; a response., A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter., A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch. |
| resting | present participle & vb. noun | of Rest, a. & n. from Rest, v. t. & i. |
| restant | adjective | Persistent. |
| restate | verb t. | To state anew. |
| restful | adjective | Being at rest; quiet., Giving rest; freeing from toil, trouble, etc. |
| restiff | adjective | Restive., A restive or stubborn horse. |
| restily | adverb | In a resty manner. |
| restive | adjective | Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back., Inactive; sluggish., Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory., Uneasy; restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting about; — applied especially to horses. |
| restore | verb t. | To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover., To give or bring back, as that which has been lost., or taken away; to bring back to the owner; to replace., To renew; to reestablish; as, to restore harmony among those who are variance., To give in place of, or as satisfaction for., To make good; to make amends for., To bring back from a state of injury or decay, or from a changed condition; as, to restore a painting, statue, etc., To form a picture or model of, as of something lost or mutilated; as, to restore a ruined building, city, or the like., Restoration. |
| resumed | imp. & past participle | of Resume |
| retable | noun | A shelf behind the altar, for display of lights, vases of wlowers, etc. |
| retaker | noun | One who takes again what has been taken; a recaptor. |
| retched | imp. & past participle | of Retch |
| retiary | noun | Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey., A retiarius., Netlike., Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; — said of certain spiders., Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle. |
| reticle | noun | A small net., A reticule. See Reticule, 2. |
| retinal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the retina. |
| retinea | plural | of Retineum |
| retinic | adjective | Of or pertaining to resin; derived from resin; specifically, designating an acid found in certain fossil resins and hydrocarbons. |
| retinol | noun | A hydrocarbon oil obtained by the distillation of resin, — used in printer’s ink. |
| retinue | noun | The body of retainers who follow a prince or other distinguished person; a train of attendants; a suite. |
| retiped | noun | A bird having small polygonal scales covering the tarsi. |
| retired | imp. & past participle | of Retire, Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits., Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician. |
| retirer | noun | One who retires. |
| retouch | verb t. | To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an essay., To correct or change, as a negative, by handwork., A partial reworking,as of a painting, a sculptor’s clay model, or the like. |
| retrace | verb t. | To trace back, as a line., To go back, in or over (a previous course); to go over again in a reverse direction; as, to retrace one’s steps; to retrace one’s proceedings., To trace over again, or renew the outline of, as a drawing; to draw again. |
| retract | verb t. | To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle., To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion., To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke., To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation., To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration., The pricking of a horse’s foot in nailing on a shoe. |
| retrait | noun | A portrait; a likeness. |
| retread | verb t. & i. | To tread again. |
| retreat | noun | The act of retiring or withdrawing one’s self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable., The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum., The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position., The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat., A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action., A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises., A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation in the duties of devotion; as, to appoint or observe a retreat., To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field. |
| retrial | noun | A secdond trial, experiment, or test; a second judicial trial, as of an accused person. |
| retrude | verb t. | To thrust back. |
| retruse | adjective | Abstruse. |
| rettery | noun | A place or establishment where flax is retted. See Ret. |
| retting | noun | The act or process of preparing flax for use by soaking, maceration, and kindred processes; — also called rotting. See Ret., A place where flax is retted; a rettery. |
| re-turn | verb t. & i. | To turn again. |
| reunion | noun | A second union; union formed anew after separation, secession, or discord; as, a reunion of parts or particles of matter; a reunion of parties or sects., An assembling of persons who have been separated, as of a family, or the members of a disbanded regiment; an assembly so composed. |
| reunite | verb t. & i. | To unite again; to join after separation or variance. |
| reveled | imp. & past participle | of Revel |
| reveler | noun | One who revels. |
| revelry | noun | The act of engaging in a revel; noisy festivity; reveling. |
| revenge | verb t. | To inflict harm in return for, as an injury, insult, etc.; to exact satisfaction for, under a sense of injury; to avenge; — followed either by the wrong received, or by the person or thing wronged, as the object, or by the reciprocal pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before the wrong done or the wrongdoer., To inflict injury for, in a spiteful, wrong, or malignant spirit; to wreak vengeance for maliciously., To take vengeance; — with, The act of revenging; vengeance; retaliation; a returning of evil for evil., The disposition to revenge; a malignant wishing of evil to one who has done us an injury. |
| revenue | noun | That which returns, or comes back, from an investment; the annual rents, profits, interest, or issues of any species of property, real or personal; income., Hence, return; reward; as, a revenue of praise., The annual yield of taxes, excise, customs, duties, rents, etc., which a nation, state, or municipality collects and receives into the treasury for public use. |
| revered | imp. & past participle | of Revere |
| reverer | noun | One who reveres. |
| reverie | noun | Alt. of Revery |
| reverse | adjective | Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method., Turned upside down; greatly disturbed., Reversed; as, a reverse shell., That which appears or is presented when anything, as a lance, a line, a course of conduct, etc., is reverted or turned contrary to its natural direction., That which is directly opposite or contrary to something else; a contrary; an opposite., The act of reversing; complete change; reversal; hence, total change in circumstances or character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or defeat; as, the enemy met with a reverse., The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse., A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke., A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed., To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart., To cause to return; to recall., To change totally; to alter to the opposite., To turn upside down; to invert., Hence, to overthrow; to subvert., To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree., To return; to revert., To become or be reversed. |
| reviled | imp. & past participle | of Revile |
| reviler | noun | One who reviles. |
| revince | verb t. | To overcome; to refute, as error. |
| revisal | noun | The act of revising, or reviewing and reexamining for correction and improvement; revision; as, the revisal of a manuscript; the revisal of a proof sheet; the revisal of a treaty. |
| revised | imp. & past participle | of Revise |
| reviser | noun | One who revises. |
| revisit | verb t. | To visit again., To revise. |
| revival | noun | The act of reviving, or the state of being revived., Renewed attention to something, as to letters or literature., Renewed performance of, or interest in, something, as the drama and literature., Renewed interest in religion, after indifference and decline; a period of religious awakening; special religious interest., Reanimation from a state of langour or depression; — applied to the health, spirits, and the like., Renewed pursuit, or cultivation, or flourishing state of something, as of commerce, arts, agriculture., Renewed prevalence of something, as a practice or a fashion., Restoration of force, validity, or effect; renewal; as, the revival of a debt barred by limitation; the revival of a revoked will, etc., Revivification, as of a metal. See Revivification, 2. |
| revived | imp. & past participle | of Revive |
| reviver | noun | One who, or that which, revives. |
| revivor | noun | Revival of a suit which is abated by the death or marriage of any of the parties, — done by a bill of revivor. |
| revoice | verb t. | To refurnish with a voice; to refit, as an organ pipe, so as to restore its tone. |
| revoked | imp. & past participle | of Revoke |
| revoker | noun | One who revokes. |
| revolve | verb i. | To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, — which is the more specific word in this sense., To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun., To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve., To return; to pass., To cause to turn, as on an axis., Hence, to turn over and over in the mind; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of. |
| revulse | verb t. | To pull back with force. |
| rewrite | verb t. | To write again. |
| reynard | noun | An appelation applied after the manner of a proper name to the fox. Same as Renard. |
| rhabdom | noun | One of numerous minute rodlike structures formed of two or more cells situated behind the retinulae in the compound eyes of insects, etc. See Illust. under Ommatidium. |
| rhachis | noun | The spine., The continued stem or midrib of a pinnately compound leaf, as in a rose leaf or a fern., The principal axis in a raceme, spike, panicle, or corymb., The shaft of a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is called the hyporhachis., The central cord in the stem of a crinoid., The median part of the radula of a mollusk., A central cord of the ovary of nematodes. |
| rh/tian | a & noun | Rhetain. |
| rhamnus | noun | A genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn. The California Rhamnus Purshianus and the European R. catharticus are used in medicine. The latter is used for hedges. |
| rhatany | noun | Alt. of Rhatanhy |
| rheeboc | noun | The peele. |
| rhemish | adjective | Of or pertaining to Rheimis, or Reima, in France. |
| rhenish | adjective | Of or pertaining to the river Rhine; as, Rhenish wine., Rhine wine. |
| rhetian | adjective | Pertaining to the ancient Rhaeti, or Rhaetians, or to Rhaetia, their country; as, the Rhetian Alps, now the country of Tyrol and the Grisons. |
| rheumic | adjective | Pertaining to, or characterized by, rheum. |
| rhizine | noun | A rootlike filament or hair growing from the stems of mosses or on lichens; a rhizoid. |
| rhizoid | noun | A rootlike appendage. |
| rhizoma | noun | SAme as Rhizome. |
| rhizome | noun | A rootstock. See Rootstock. |
| rhodian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Rhodes, an island of the Mediterranean., A native or inhabitant of Rhodes. |
| rhodium | noun | A rare element of the light platinum group. It is found in platinum ores, and obtained free as a white inert metal which it is very difficult to fuse. Symbol Rh. Atomic weight 104.1. Specific gravity 12. |
| rhombic | adjective | Shaped like a rhomb., Same as Orthorhombic. |
| rhombus | noun | Same as Rhomb, 1. |
| rhonchi | plural | of Rhonchus |
| rhubarb | noun | The name of several large perennial herbs of the genus Rheum and order Polygonaceae., The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery. Called also pieplant., The root of several species of Rheum, used much as a cathartic medicine. |
| rhyming | present participle & vb. noun | of Rhyme |
| rhymery | noun | The art or habit of making rhymes; rhyming; — in contempt. |
| rhymist | noun | A rhymer; a rhymester. |
| rhytina | noun | See Rytina. |
| ribbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Rib, An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as the timberwork for the support of an arch or coved ceiling, the veins in the leaves of some plants, ridges in the fabric of cloth, or the like. |
| ribaudy | noun | Ribaldry. |
| ribauld | noun | A ribald. |
| ribband | noun | A ribbon., A long, narrow strip of timber bent and bolted longitudinally to the ribs of a vessel, to hold them in position, and give rigidity to the framework. |
| ribible | noun | A small threestringed viol; a rebec. |
| ribless | adjective | Having no ribs. |
| ribwort | noun | A species of plantain (Plantago lanceolata) with long, narrow, ribbed leaves; — called also rib grass, ripple grass, ribwort plantain. |
| ricinic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, castor oil; formerly, designating an acid now called ricinoleic acid. |
| ricinus | noun | A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but one species (R. communis), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three-celled, and contains three large seeds from which castor oil iss expressed. See Palma Christi. |
| rickets | noun pl. | A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis. |
| rickety | adjective | Affected with rickets., Feeble in the joints; imperfect; weak; shaky. |
| ricture | noun | A gaping. |
| ridding | present participle & vb. noun | of Rid |
| ridable | adjective | Suitable for riding; as, a ridable horse; a ridable road. |
| riddled | imp. & past participle | of Riddle |
| riddler | noun | One who riddles (grain, sand, etc.)., One who speaks in, or propounds, riddles. |
| ridging | present participle & vb. noun | of Ridge |
| ridicle | noun | Ridicule. |
| ridotto | noun | A favorite Italian public entertainment, consisting of music and dancing, — held generally on fast eves., To hold ridottos. |
| rietboc | noun | The reedbuck, a South African antelope (Cervicapra arundinacea); — so called from its frequenting dry places covered with high grass or reeds. Its color is yellowish brown. Called also inghalla, and rietbok. |
| riffler | noun | A curved file used in carving wool and marble. |
| rifling | present participle & vb. noun | of Rifle, The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel., The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon. |
| rifting | present participle & vb. noun | of Rift |
| rigging | present participle & vb. noun | of Rig, DRess; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. See Illustr. of Ship and Sails. |
| riggish | adjective | Like a rig or wanton. |
| righted | imp. & past participle | of Right |
| righten | verb t. | To do justice to. |
| righter | noun | One who sets right; one who does justice or redresses wrong. |
| rightly | adverb | Straightly; directly; in front., According to justice; according to the divine will or moral rectitude; uprightly; as, duty rightly performed., Properly; fitly; suitably; appropriately., According to truth or fact; correctly; not erroneously; exactly. |
| rigidly | verb | In a rigid manner; stiffly. |
| rilievo | noun | Same as Relief, n., 5. |
| rimming | present participle & vb. noun | of Rim |
| rimbase | noun | A short cylinder connecting a trunnion with the body of a cannon. See Illust. of Cannon. |
| rimpled | imp. & past participle | of Rimple |
| ringing | present participle & vb. noun | of Ring, of Ring, a & n. from Ring, v. |
| ringent | adjective | Having the lips widely separated and gaping like an open mouth; as a ringent bilabiate corolla. |
| ringlet | noun | A small ring; a small circle; specifically, a fairy ring., A curl; especially, a curl of hair. |
| ringmen | plural | of Ringman |
| ringman | noun | The ring finger. |
| rinking | noun | Skating in a rink. |
| rinsing | present participle & vb. noun | of Rinse |
| rioting | present participle & vb. noun | of Riot |
| riotise | noun | Excess; tumult; revelry. |
| riotour | noun | A rioter. |
| riotous | adjective | Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious., Partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly or its acts; seditious. |
| ripping | present participle & vb. noun | of Rip |
| ripened | imp. & past participle | of Ripen |
| ripieno | adjective | Filling up; supplementary; supernumerary; — a term applied to those instruments which only swell the mass or tutti of an orchestra, but are not obbligato. |
| rippled | imp. & past participle | of Ripple |
| ripplet | noun | A small ripple. |
| risible | adjective | Having the faculty or power of laughing; disposed to laugh., Exciting laughter; worthy to be laughed at; amusing., Used in, or expressing, laughter; as, risible muscles. |
| risking | present participle & vb. noun | of Risk |
| riskful | adjective | Risky. |
| risotto | noun | A kind of pottage. |
| rissoid | noun | Any one of very numerous species of small spiral gastropods of the genus Rissoa, or family Rissoidae, found both in fresh and salt water. |
| rissole | noun | A small ball of rich minced meat or fish, covered with pastry and fried. |
| rivaled | imp. & past participle | of Rival |
| rivalry | noun | The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition. |
| riveled | imp. & past participle | of Rivel |
| rivered | adjective | Supplied with rivers; as, a well rivered country. |
| riveret | noun | A rivulet. |
| riveted | imp. & past participle | of Rivet |
| riveter | noun | One who rivets. |
| rivulet | noun | A small stream or brook; a streamlet. |
| roadbed | noun | In railroads, the bed or foundation on which the superstructure (ties, rails, etc.) rests; in common roads, the whole material laid in place and ready for travel. |
| roadway | noun | A road; especially, the part traveled by carriages. |
| roaming | present participle & vb. noun | of Roam |
| roaring | present participle & vvb. noun | of Roar, A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast, or of a person in distress, anger, mirth, etc., or of a noisy congregation., An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a loud, peculiar noise in breathing under exertion; the making of the noise so caused. See Roar, v. i., 5. |
| roasted | imp. & past participle | of Roast |
| roaster | noun | One who roasts meat., A contrivance for roasting., A pig, or other article of food fit for roasting. |
| robbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Rob |
| robbery | noun | The act or practice of robbing; theft., The crime of robbing. See Rob, v. t., 2. |
| robinet | noun | The chaffinch; — called also roberd., The European robin., A military engine formerly used for throwing darts and stones. |
| robinia | noun | A genus of leguminous trees including the common locust of North America (Robinia Pseudocacia). |
| rocking | present participle & vb. noun | of Rock, Having a swaying, rolling, or back-and-forth movement; used for rocking. |
| rocklay | noun | See Rokelay. |
| rockery | noun | A mound formed of fragments of rock, earth, etc., and set with plants. |
| rodomel | noun | Juice of roses mixed with honey. |
| rodsmen | plural | of Rodsman |
| rodsman | noun | One who carries and holds a leveling staff, or rod, in a surveying party. |
| roebuck | noun | A small European and Asiatic deer (Capreolus capraea) having erect, cylindrical, branched antlers, forked at the summit. This, the smallest European deer, is very nimble and graceful. It always prefers a mountainous country, or high grounds. |
| roedeer | noun | The roebuck. |
| roguery | noun | The life of a vargant., The practices of a rogue; knavish tricks; cheating; fraud; dishonest practices., Arch tricks; mischievousness. |
| roguish | adjective | Vagrant., Resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish., Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch. |
| roiling | present participle & vb. noun | of Roil |
| roinish | adjective | See Roynish. |
| roister | verb i. | To bluster; to swagger; to bully; to be bold, noisy, vaunting, or turbulent., See Roisterer. |
| rokeage | noun | Alt. of Rokee |
| rokelay | noun | A short cloak. |
| rolling | present participle & vb. noun | of Roll, Rotating on an axis, or moving along a surface by rotation; turning over and over as if on an axis or a pivot; as, a rolling wheel or ball., Moving on wheels or rollers, or as if on wheels or rollers; as, a rolling chair., Having gradual, rounded undulations of surface; as, a rolling country; rolling land. |
| rollway | noun | A place prepared for rolling logs into a stream. |
| romance | noun | A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like., An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances; as, his courtship, or his life, was a romance., A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real; as, a girl full of romance., The languages, or rather the several dialects, which were originally forms of popular or vulgar Latin, and have now developed into Italian. Spanish, French, etc. (called the Romanic languages)., A short lyric tale set to music; a song or short instrumental piece in ballad style; a romanza., Of or pertaining to the language or dialects known as Romance., To write or tell romances; to indulge in extravagant stories. |
| romancy | adjective | Romantic. |
| romanic | noun | Of or pertaining to Rome or its people., Of or pertaining to any or all of the various languages which, during the Middle Ages, sprung out of the old Roman, or popular form of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Provencal, etc., Related to the Roman people by descent; — said especially of races and nations speaking any of the Romanic tongues. |
| romanza | noun | See Romance, 5. |
| romaunt | noun | A romantic story in verse; as, the “Romaunt of the Rose.” |
| romeine | noun | Alt. of Romeite |
| romeite | noun | A mineral of a hyacinth or honey-yellow color, occuring in square octahedrons. It is an antimonate of calcium. |
| romekin | noun | A drinking cup. |
| romping | present participle & vb. noun | of Romp, Inclined to romp; indulging in romps. |
| rompish | adjective | Given to rude play; inclined to romp. |
| ronchil | noun | An American marine food fish (Bathymaster signatus) of the North Pacific coast, allied to the tilefish. |
| rondeau | noun | A species of lyric poetry so composed as to contain a refrain or repetition which recurs according to a fixed law, and a limited number of rhymes recurring also by rule., See Rondo, 1. |
| rondure | noun | A round; a circle., Roundness; plumpness. |
| rongeur | noun | An instrument for removing small rough portions of bone. |
| roofing | present participle & vb. noun | of Roof, The act of covering with a roof., The materials of which a roof is composed; materials for a roof., Hence, the roof itself; figuratively, shelter., The wedging, as of a horse or car, against the top of an underground passage. |
| rooflet | noun | A small roof, covering, or shelter. |
| rooking | present participle & vb. noun | of Rook |
| rookery | noun | The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves., A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc., The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals., A dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings., A brothel. |
| rooming | present participle & vb. noun | of Room |
| roomage | noun | Space; place; room. |
| roomful | adjective | Abounding with room or rooms; roomy., As much or many as a room will hold; as, a roomful of men. |
| roomily | adverb | Spaciously. |
| roomthy | adjective | Roomy; spacious. |
| roosted | imp. & past participle | of Roost |
| rooster | noun | The male of the domestic fowl; a cock. |
| rooting | present participle & vb. noun | of Root |
| rootcap | noun | A mass of parenchymatous cells which covers and protects the growing cells at the end of a root; a pileorhiza. |
| rootery | noun | A pile of roots, set with plants, mosses, etc., and used as an ornamental object in gardening. |
| rootlet | noun | A radicle; a little root. |
| ropalic | adjective | See Rhopalic. |
| rorqual | noun | A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale (Physalus antiquorum, or Balaenoptera physalus). It has a dorsal fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly. Called also razorback. |
| rosacic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also lithic acid) found in certain red precipitates of urine. See Uric. |
| rosalia | noun | A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a step or half step higher; a melodic sequence. |
| roseate | adjective | Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers., resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate lips. |
| rosebay | noun | the oleander., Any shrub of the genus Rhododendron., An herb (Epilobium spicatum) with showy purple flowers, common in Europe and North America; — called also great willow herb. |
| rosebud | noun | The flower of a rose before it opens, or when but partially open. |
| roseine | noun | See Magenta. |
| rosella | noun | A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet, the throat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, and the breast yellow. |
| roselle | noun | a malvaceous plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) cultivated in the east and West Indies for its fleshy calyxes, which are used for making tarts and jelly and an acid drink. |
| roseola | noun | A rose-colored efflorescence upon the skin, occurring in circumscribed patches of little or no elevation and often alternately fading and reviving; also, an acute specific disease which is characterized by an eruption of this character; — called also rose rash. |
| rosette | noun | An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, — used as an ornament or a badge., An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, -much used in decoration., A red color. See Roset., A rose burner. See under Rose., Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins. See Illust. of Spicule, and Sand dollar, under Sand., A flowerlike color marking; as, the rosettes on the leopard. |
| rosland | noun | heathy land; land full of heather; moorish or watery land. |
| rosolic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, a complex red dyestuff (called rosolic acid) which is analogous to rosaniline and aurin. It is produced by oxidizing a mixture of phenol and cresol, as a dark red amorphous mass, C20H16O3, which forms weak salts with bases, and stable ones with acids. Called also methyl aurin, and, formerly, corallin. |
| rostral | adjective | Of or pertaining to the beak or snout of an animal, or the beak of a ship; resembling a rostrum, esp., the rostra at Rome, or their decorations. |
| rostrum | noun | The beak or head of a ship., The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; — so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators., Hence, a stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform occupied by an orator or public speaker., Any beaklike prolongation, esp. of the head of an animal, as the beak of birds., The beak, or sucking mouth parts, of Hemiptera., The snout of a gastropod mollusk. See Illust. of Littorina., The anterior, often spinelike, prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean, as in the lobster and the prawn., Same as Rostellum., The pipe to convey the distilling liquor into its receiver in the common alembic., A pair of forceps of various kinds, having a beaklike form. |
| rotting | present participle & vb. noun | of Rot |
| rotated | imp. & past participle | of Rotate, Turned round, as a wheel; also, wheel-shaped; rotate. |
| rotator | noun | that which gives a rotary or rolling motion, as a muscle which partially rotates or turns some part on its axis., A revolving reverberatory furnace. |
| rotchet | noun | The European red gurnard (Trigla pini). |
| rotella | noun | Any one of numerous species of small, polished, brightcolored gastropods of the genus Rotella, native of tropical seas. |
| rotifer | noun | One of the Rotifera. See Illust. in Appendix. |
| rotular | adjective | Of or pertaining to the rotula, or kneepan. |
| rotunda | adjective | A round building; especially, one that is round both on the outside and inside, like the Pantheon at Rome. Less properly, but very commonly, used for a large round room; as, the rotunda of the Capitol at Washington. |
| rotundo | noun | See Rotunda. |
| roturer | noun | A roturier. |
| rouging | present participle & vb. noun | of Rouge |
| roughen | verb t. | To make rough., To grow or become rough. |
| roughly | adverb | In a rough manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely. |
| roulade | noun | A smoothly running passage of short notes (as semiquavers, or sixteenths) uniformly grouped, sung upon one long syllable, as in Handel’s oratorios. |
| rouleau | noun | A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something resembling such a roll. |
| rounded | imp. & past participle | of Round, Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11. |
| roundel | adjective | A rondelay., Anything having a round form; a round figure; a circle., A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries., A circular spot; a sharge in the form of a small circle., A bastion of a circular form. |
| rounder | noun | One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly., A tool for making an edge or surface round., An English game somewhat resembling baseball; also, another English game resembling the game of fives, but played with a football. |
| roundly | adverb | In a round form or manner., Openly; boldly; peremptorily; plumply., Briskly; with speed., Completely; vigorously; in earnest., Without regard to detail; in gross; comprehensively; generally; as, to give numbers roundly. |
| rousant | adjective | Rising; — applied to a bird in the attitude of rising; also, sometmes, to a bird in profile with wings addorsed. |
| rousing | present participle & vb. noun | of Rouse, Having power to awaken or excite; exciting., Very great; violent; astounding; as, a rousing fire; a rousing lie. |
| routing | present participle & vb. noun | of Rout |
| routine | noun | A round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or offical duties regularly or frequently returning., Any regular course of action or procedure rigidly adhered to by the mere force of habit. |
| routish | adjective | Uproarious; riotous. |
| rowable | adjective | That may be rowed, or rowed upon. |
| rowboat | noun | A boat designed to be propelled by oars instead of sails. |
| rowdies | plural | of Rowdy |
| roweled | imp. & past participle | of Rowel |
| rowlock | noun | A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the edge of the gunwale, sometimes of a single pin passing through the oar, or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the oar. |
| rowport | noun | An opening in the side of small vessels of war, near the surface of the water, to facilitate rowing in calm weather. |
| royalet | noun | A petty or powerless king. |
| royally | adverb | In a royal or kingly manner; like a king; as becomes a king. |
| royalty | noun | The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty., The person of a king or sovereign; majesty; as, in the presence of royalty., An emblem of royalty; — usually in the plural, meaning regalia., Kingliness; spirit of regal authority., Domain; province; sphere., That which is due to a sovereign, as a seigniorage on gold and silver coined at the mint, metals taken from mines, etc.; the tax exacted in lieu of such share; imperiality., A share of the product or profit (as of a mine, forest, etc.), reserved by the owner for permitting another to use the property., Hence (Com.), a duty paid by a manufacturer to the owner of a patent or a copyright at a certain rate for each article manufactured; or, a percentage paid to the owner of an article by one who hires the use of it. |
| roynish | adjective | Mangy; scabby; hence, mean; paltry; troublesome. |
| royster | noun | Alt. of Roysterer |
| roytish | adjective | Wild; irregular. |
| rubbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Rub, a. & n. from Rub, v. |
| rubbage | noun | Rubbish. |
| rubbish | noun | Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; debris., Of or pertaining to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy. |
| rubelet | noun | A little ruby. |
| rubella | noun | An acute specific disease with a dusky red cutaneous eruption resembling that of measles, but unattended by catarrhal symptoms; — called also German measles. |
| rubelle | noun | A red color used in enameling. |
| rubeola | noun | the measles., Rubella. |
| rubican | adjective | Colored a prevailing red, bay, or black, with flecks of white or gray especially on the flanks; — said of horses. |
| rubicon | noun | A small river which separated Italy from Cisalpine Gaul, the province alloted to Julius Caesar. |
| rubidic | adjective | Of or pertaining to rubidium; containing rubidium. |
| rubific | adjective | Making red; as, rubific rays. |
| rubious | adjective | Red; ruddy. |
| rubying | present participle & vb. noun | of Ruby |
| ruching | noun | A ruche, or ruches collectively. |
| rucking | present participle & vb. noun | of Ruck |
| ruction | noun | An uproar; a quarrel; a noisy outbreak. |
| ruddied | adjective | Made ruddy or red. |
| ruddily | adverb | In a ruddy manner. |
| ruddock | noun | The European robin., A piece of gold money; — probably because the gold of coins was often reddened by copper alloy. Called also red ruddock, and golden ruddock. |
| rudesby | noun | An uncivil, turbulent fellow. |
| ruffing | present participle & vb. noun | of Ruff |
| ruffian | noun | A pimp; a pander; also, a paramour., A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat., brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage., To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult. |
| ruffled | imp. & past participle | of Ruffle |
| ruffler | noun | One who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian., That which ruffles; specifically, a sewing machine attachment for making ruffles. |
| rugging | noun | A coarse kind of woolen cloth, used for wrapping, blanketing, etc. |
| ruining | present participle & vb. noun | of Ruin |
| ruinate | verb t. | To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty; to ruin., To cause to fall; to cast down., To fall; to tumble., Involved in ruin; ruined. |
| ruinous | adjective | Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project., Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state., Composed of, or consisting in, ruins. |
| rulable | adjective | That may be ruled; subject to rule; accordant or conformable to rule. |
| rumbler | noun | One who, or that which, rumbles. |
| rumicin | noun | A yellow crystalline substance found in the root of yellow dock (Rumex crispus) and identical with chrysophanic acid. |
| ruminal | adjective | Ruminant; ruminating. |
| rummage | noun | A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; — formerly written romage., A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over., To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; — formerly written roomage, and romage., To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf., To search a place narrowly. |
| rummies | plural | of Rummy |
| rumored | imp. & past participle | of Rumor |
| rumorer | noun | A teller of news; especially, one who spreads false reports. |
| rumpled | imp. & past participle | of Rumple, Wrinkled; crumpled. |
| running | present participle & vb. noun | of Run, Moving or advancing by running., Having a running gait; not a trotter or pacer., trained and kept for running races; as, a running horse., Successive; one following the other without break or intervention; — said of periods of time; as, to be away two days running; to sow land two years running., Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand., Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation., Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem; as, a running vine., Discharging pus; as, a running sore., The act of one who, or of that which runs; as, the running was slow., That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation; as, the first running of a still., The discharge from an ulcer or other sore. |
| runaway | noun | One who, or that which, flees from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; a fugitive., The act of running away, esp. of a horse or teams; as, there was a runaway yesterday., Running away; fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; as, runaway soldiers; a runaway horse., Accomplished by running away or elopement, or during flight; as, a runaway marriage., Won by a long lead; as, a runaway victory., Very successful; accomplishing success quickly; as, a runaway bestseller. |
| rundlet | noun | A small barrel of no certain dimensions. It may contain from 3 to 20 gallons, but it usually holds about 14/ gallons. |
| runnion | noun | See Ronion. |
| ruption | noun | A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture. |
| rupture | noun | The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring., Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture., Hernia. See Hernia., A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See Explosion., To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel., To produce a hernia in., To suffer a breach or disruption. |
| rurales | noun pl. | The gossamer-winged butterflies; a family of small butterflies, including the hairstreaks, violets, and theclas. |
| rurally | adverb | In a rural manner; as in the country. |
| rushing | present participle & vb. noun | of Rush |
| russety | adjective | Of a russet color; russet. |
| russian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Russia, its inhabitants, or language., A native or inhabitant of Russia; the language of Russia. |
| russify | verb t. | To Russianize; as, to Russify conquered tribes. |
| rusting | present participle & vb. noun | of Rust |
| rustful | adjective | Full of rust; resembling rust; causing rust; rusty. |
| rustily | adverb | In a rusty state. |
| rustled | imp. & past participle | of Rustle |
| rustler | noun | One who, or that which, rustles., A bovine animal that can care for itself in any circumstances; also, an alert, energetic, driving person. |
| rutting | present participle & vb. noun | of Rut |
| ruthful | adjective | Full of ruth, Pitiful; tender., Full of sorrow; woeful., Causing sorrow. |
| ruttier | noun | A chart of a course, esp. at sea. |
| ruttish | adjective | Inclined to rut; lustful; libidinous; salacious. |