| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| recanted | imp. & past participle | of Recant |
| recanter | noun | One who recants. |
| recapper | noun | A tool used for applying a fresh percussion cap or primer to a cartridge shell in reloading it. |
| recaptor | noun | One who recaptures; one who takes a prize which had been previously taken. |
| receding | present participle & vb. noun | of Recede |
| received | imp. & past participle | of Receive |
| receiver | noun | One who takes or receives in any manner., A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases., One who takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen., A vessel connected with an alembic, a retort, or the like, for receiving and condensing the product of distillation., A vessel for receiving and containing gases., The glass vessel in which the vacuum is produced, and the objects of experiment are put, in experiments with an air pump. Cf. Bell jar, and see Illust. of Air pump., A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound engine., A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine., That portion of a telephonic apparatus, or similar system, at which the message is received and made audible; — opposed to transmitter. |
| recenter | verb t. | To center again; to restore to the center. |
| recently | adverb | Newly; lately; freshly; not long since; as, advices recently received. |
| recessed | imp. & past participle | of Recess, Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall., Withdrawn; secluded. |
| rechange | verb t. & i. | To change again, or change back. |
| recharge | verb t. & i. | To charge or accuse in return., To attack again; to attack anew. |
| rechless | adjective | Reckless. |
| rechoose | verb t. | To choose again. |
| reciprok | adjective | Reciprocal. |
| recision | noun | The act of cutting off. |
| reciting | present participle & vb. noun | of Recite |
| reckless | adjective | Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent., Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless. |
| reckling | adjective | Needing care; weak; feeble; as, a reckling child., A weak child or animal. |
| reckoned | imp. & past participle | of Reckon |
| reckoner | noun | One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculations, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning. |
| reclined | imp. & past participle | of Recline, Falling or turned downward; reclinate. |
| recliner | noun | One who, or that which, reclines. |
| reclothe | verb t. | To clothe again. |
| recoiled | imp. & past participle | of Recoil |
| recoiler | noun | One who, or that which, recoils. |
| recollet | noun | Same as Recollect, n. |
| recommit | verb t. | To commit again; to give back into keeping; specifically, to refer again to a committee; as, to recommit a bill to the same committee. |
| reconvey | verb t. | To convey back or to the former place; as, to reconvey goods., To transfer back to a former owner; as, to reconvey an estate. |
| recorded | imp. & past participle | of Record |
| recorder | noun | One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions., The title of the chief judical officer of some cities and boroughs; also, of the chief justice of an East Indian settlement. The Recorder of London is judge of the Lord Mayor’s Court, and one of the commissioners of the Central Criminal Court., A kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet. |
| recouper | noun | One who recoups. |
| recourse | noun | A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence., Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like; access or application for aid; resort., Access; admittance., To return; to recur., To have recourse; to resort. |
| recovery | noun | The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession., Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of fright, etc., The obtaining in a suit at law of a right to something by a verdict and judgment of court., The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had., In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for making a new stroke. |
| recreant | adjective | Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven., Apostate; false; unfaithful., One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch. |
| recreate | verb t. | To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to gratify., To take recreation. |
| rectitis | noun | Proctitis. |
| rectoral | adjective | Pertaining to a rector or governor. |
| rectress | noun | A rectoress. |
| recurred | imp. & past participle | of Recur |
| recurved | adjective | Curved in an opposite or uncommon direction; bent back; as, a bird with a recurved bill; flowers with recurved petals. |
| recusant | adjective | Obstinate in refusal; specifically, in English history, refusing to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in the churc, or to conform to the established rites of the church; as, a recusant lord., One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion., A person who refuses to acknowledge the supremacy of the king in matters of religion; as, a Roman Catholic recusant, who acknowledges the supremacy of the pope., One who refuses communion with the Church of England; a nonconformist. |