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- RATIFYTo give formal consent to; make officially valid, to sign off on.
- RATIOA number representing a comparison between two named things.
- RATIONALCapable of reasoning.
- RATIONALEAn explanation of the basis or fundamental reasons for something.
- RATITEPertaining to running, flightless birds with no keels on their sternums (as opposed to carinate).
- RAUCIDHoarse, raucous.
- RAUCITIESHarshness of sound; rough utterance
- RAUCITYHarshness of sound; rough utterance
- RAUCOUSHarsh and rough-sounding.
- RAVELINAn outwork. A fortification outside a castle used to split an attacking force; composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon
- RAVINEA deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water.
- RAVISHTo seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.
- RAZETo level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish. To completely remove (someone or something), especially from a place, a situation, etc.; also, to remov
- REACTIONAn action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event.
- REAGENTA compound or mixture of compounds used to treat or test materials, samples, other compounds or reactants in a laboratory or sometimes an industrial setting.
- REALIAObjects from real life or from the real world, as opposed to theoretical constructs or fabricated examples.
- REALITYThe state of being actual or real; realness.
- REALMA territory or state, as ruled by an absolute authority, especially by a king; a kingdom. An otherworldly dimension or domain — magical, ethereal, or otherwise. The spiritual state
- REASONABLEHaving the faculty of reason; rational, reasoning.
- REBELA person who resists an established authority, often violently.
- REBELLIONArmed resistance to an established government or ruler.
- REBOANTThat reverberates or resounds loudly.
- REBOATIONA loud reverberation; the echo of a bellow or roar.
- RECANTTo withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.
- RECEIVETo be given, sent, or paid something.
- RECENTHaving happened a short while ago.
- RECEPTAn idea that is formed by the repetition of percepts.
- RECEPTIBLEreceivable
- RECEPTIONThe act of receiving.
- RECESSIONThe act or an instance of receding or withdrawing.
- RECIDIVOUSProne to relapse into immoral or antisocial behavior.
- RECIPEA formula for preparing or using a medicine; a prescription; also, a medicine prepared from such instructions.
- RECIPIENTOne who receives.
- RECISIONThe act of cutting off.
- RECITATIONThe act of publicly reciting something previously memorized.
- RECITATIVEdialogue, in an opera etc, that, rather than being sung as an aria, is reproduced with the rhythms of normal speech, often with simple musical accompaniment or harpsichord continuo
- RECITETo repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.
- RECLAIMTo return land to a suitable condition for use.
- RECLAMATIONThe act of reclaiming or the state of being reclaimed.
- RECLINETo cause to lean back; to bend back.
- RECLUSESequestered; secluded, isolated.
- RECLUSORYThe place someone uses as a recluse; a hermitage.
- RECOGNITIVEConnected with recognition.
- RECOILA starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking.
- RECOLLECTTo recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.
- RECOLLECTIONThe act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory.
- RECOMPENSEAn equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital.
- RECOMPOSETo compose or construct again.
- RECONCILETo restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony.
- RECOURSEThe act of seeking assistance or advice.
- RECRIMINATETo accuse in return, state an accusation in return, make a countercharge.
- RECTANGLEAny quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.
- RECTIFYTo heal (an organ or part of the body).
- RECTILINEARIn a straight line.
- RECTIONregimen; government; the rules governing the syntax, rules of agreement of a language.
- RECTITUDEStraightness; the state or quality of having a constant direction and not being crooked or bent.
- RECTOThe front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.
- RECTORYAny of certain residences for clergy members.
- RECTUMThe terminal part of the large intestine through which feces pass after exiting the colon, but before leaving the body through the anus or cloaca.
- RECTUSAny of several straight muscles in various parts of the body, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye etc.
- RECUMBENTLying down.
- RECURSIONThe act of recurring.
- RECUSANTSomeone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the 16th and early 19th centuries, whether a Protestant dissident or a Roman Catholic.
- RECUSATIONThe act of disqualifying a judge or jury in a specific case on the grounds of possible partiality or prejudice.
- RECUSETo reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.). Of a judge, juror, or prosecutor: to declare (oneself) unable to participate in a court case due to an actu
- REDACTTo censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.
- REDACTIONAn edited or censored version of a document; a product resulting from the process of editing or censoring.
- REDEEMTo recover ownership of something by buying it back.
- REDEMPTIONThe act of redeeming or something redeemed.
- REDOLENTFragrant or aromatic; having a sweet scent.
- REDOUBTA small, temporary, military fortification.
- REDRESSTo put in order again; to set right; to revise.
- REDUCETo bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
- REDUCTIONThe act, process, or result of reducing.
- REDUCTIVEPertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory.
- REDUNDANTSuperfluous; exceeding what is necessary (and therefore no longer needed because other things fulfill its task or purpose).
- REDUPLICATEdoubled
- REDUXOf a topic, redone, restored, brought back, or revisited.
- REEDIFYTo edify anew; to build again after destruction.
- REFECTIONMental or spiritual refreshment.
- REFECTORYA dining hall, especially in an institution such as a college or monastery.
- REFELTo refute, disprove (an argument); to confute (someone).
- REFLECTTo bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.
- REFLECTIONThe act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
- REFLEXAn automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
- REFLEXIONDated spelling of reflection.
- REFLUENTFlowing back.
- REFOCILLATETo revive or refresh.
- REFORMATIONAn improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices, etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social, polit
- REFRACTOf a medium, substance, object, etc.: to deflect the course of (light rays), esp. when they enter the medium, etc., at an oblique angle; to cause refraction of (light, other electr
- REFRACTIONThe turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.
- REFRAINTo hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
- REFRANGIBLEThat may be refracted.
- REFUGEA state of safety, protection or shelter.
- REFUGIUMAny local environment that has escaped regional ecological change and therefore provides a habitat for endangered species.
- REFULGENCEthe quality of being refulgent; refulgency
- REFULGENCYThe property of being refulgent.
- REFULGENTResplendent, or shining brightly and radiantly.
- REFUNDTo return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.
- REFUTABLEAble to be refuted, or shown to be false.