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- 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).
- REFLATETo reinflate, to inflate again.
- 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.
- REFUTATIONAn act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness.
- REFUTETo prove (something) to be false or incorrect.
- REGALOf, pertaining to, or suitable for royalty.
- REGALIARoyal rights, prerogatives and privileges actually enjoyed by any sovereign, regardless of his title (emperor, grand duke etc.).
- REGALITYRoyalty; sovereignty; sovereign jurisdiction.
- REGENCYA system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule.
- REGENTOne who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled.
- REGESplural of rex (“a king, particularly in ancient Rome”)
- REGESTA register.
- REGICIDEThe killing of a king.
- REGIMEMode of rule or management.
- REGIMENOrderly government; system of order; administration.
- REGIMENTA unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units.
- REGINALOf, relating to, or resembling a queen.
- REGIONAny considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a pl
- REGIONALOf, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.
- REGISTERA formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.
- REGIUSOf or relating to a king; royal.
- REGNALOf or pertaining to the reign of a monarch (or pope).
- REGNUMA rank in the classification of organisms, below dominium and above divisio.
- REGRESSThe act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
- REGRESSIONAn action of regressing, a return to a previous state.
- REGULAA book of rules for a religious establishment.
- REGULARITYThe condition or quality of being regular
- REGULATETo dictate policy.
- REGULUSAn impure metal formed beneath slag during the smelting of ores.
- REIFYTo regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.
- REIGNThe exercise of sovereign power.
- REINA strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, other animal or young child.
- REJECTTo refuse to accept; to forswear.
- REJECTIONThe act of rejecting.
- RELAPSETo fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
- RELATETo tell in a descriptive way.
- RELATIONThe manner in which two things may be associated.
- RELATIVEConnected to or depending on something else; comparative.
- RELAXTo make something loose.
- RELAXATIONThe act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.
- RELAXEDMade slack or feeble; weak, soft.
- RELEGATEExile, banish, remove, or send away. Exile or banish to a particular place. Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere. Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time
- RELEGATIONThe act of being relegated Moving from one division to a lower one, due to finishing the season with fewer points than others.
- RELENTTo give in or be swayed; to become less hard, harsh, or cruel; to show clemency.
- RELEVANTRelated, connected, or pertinent to a topic. Directly related, connected, or pertinent, with important ramifications or implications.
- RELICThat which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion.
- RELICTSomething that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic. The surviving member of a married couple after one or the other has died; a w
- RELIEFThe removal of stress or discomfort.
- RELIGIOUSConcerning religion.
- RELIQUIAERemains, especially of fossil organisms.
- RELUCENTshining with reflected light.
- RELUCTTo be averse to.
- RELUCTANTNot wanting to take some action; unwilling to do something.
- RELYTo trust; to have confidence in.
- REMANDThe act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
- REMANETA bill that has been postponed or deferred to another session.
- REMEDIABLECapable of being remedied.
- REMEDIALcurative; providing a remedy
- REMEDIATETo correct or improve (a deficiency or problem).
- REMEDYSomething that corrects or counteracts.
- REMEXA quill.
- REMINISCETo recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically.