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- QUATRAINA poem in four lines.
- QUATREA card, die, or domino with four spots or pips.
- QUATREFOILA symmetrical shape that forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter.
- QUEASYExperiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness, often characterized by an unsettled stomach.
- QUEBRACHOAny of several trees of southern South America with produce very hard wood rich in tannin, especially those of the genus Schinopsis.
- QUENAA traditional flute of the Andes.
- QUERIDAdarling
- QUESTIONARYA questionnaire.
- QUINARYOf fifth rank or order.
- QUINATEFeaturing five leaflets growing from a single point; quinquefoliolate.
- QUINIELAA kind of bet in which the first- and second-place finishers must be predicted, but (unlike a perfecta) not necessarily in the correct order.
- QUINTAA country house in Madeira.
- QUINTALSynonym of hundredweight, 100 or 112 English or American pounds.
- QUINTEThe fifth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at knee height.
- QUIRTA rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.
- QUITCLAIMTo relinquish or release (a claim, title, etc.); to transfer (an interest in property).
- QUITETo the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.
- RABATA polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.
- RABATOStiff collar, wired or starched, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries; sometimes used as a support for the ruff.
- RABBETA longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of a plank of wood or other material; especially, one intended to fit another member to form a joint.
- RACEMOUSLYAlternative form of racemose.
- RACISMThe belief that there are distinct human races with inherent differences which determine their abilities, and generally that some are superior and others inferior.
- RACISTA person who believes in or supports racism; a person who believes that a particular race is superior to others, or who discriminates against other races.
- RACLETTEA dish, of Swiss origin, similar to a fondue, consisting of melted cheese traditionally served on boiled potatoes and accompanied with pickles.
- RACONTEUSEA female storyteller.
- RACQUETAlternative form of racket (“implement with a handle connected to a round frame”).
- RADIOACTIVEExhibiting radioactivity.
- RADISHA plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.
- RADIUMThe chemical element (symbol Ra) with an atomic number of 88. It is a soft, shiny and silvery radioactive alkaline earth metal. An atom of this element.
- RAFALEA short, intense burst of artillery fire from a number of weapons fired with the intention of overwhelming resistance or routing an attacking force.
- RAGOUTa stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
- RAGULEDRaguly.
- RAIDA quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
- RAIMENTClothing, garments, dress, material.
- RALEAn abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or s
- RAMADAA simple arbour or open porch, typically roofed with branches.
- RAMEQUINArchaic form of ramekin.
- RAMPANTRearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended.
- RANCHA large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
- RANCHEROa ranch or rancho worker
- RANCHOA simple hut, such as one with posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm workers would lodge at night.
- RAPINIA vegetable native to China, Brassica rapa subsp. ruvo, with green spiky leaves and a bitter taste.
- RAPPELDescent by means of a rope.
- RASCHELA kind of light loosely knitted cloth.
- RATAPLANA continuous, even drumming or rapping, as of the hooves of a galloping horse, or machine-gun fire.
- RATCHETA pawl, click, or detent for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc.
- RATIONA portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person, group or period.
- RATIONALISENon-Oxford British English standard spelling of rationalize.
- RATIONALIZETo make something rational or more rational.
- RATOONA shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped plant, especially sugar cane.
- RAUNCHYSmutty; indecent.
- RAVEAn enthusiastic review (such as of a play).
- RAVENOUSVery hungry.
- RAVIGOTEA lightly acidic sauce in French cuisine, based on a vegetable or meat broth strongly seasoned with herbs.
- RAVIOLIplural of raviolo
- RAYONA manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.
- RAZEEAn armed ship with its upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, such as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate.
- REALISATIONAlternative spelling of realization.
- REALISENon-Oxford British standard spelling of realize.
- REALIZATIONThe act of realizing, as: An act of figuring out or becoming aware.
- REALTYReal estate; a piece of real property; land.
- REBATEA deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.
- REBLOCHONA soft French cow's-milk cheese from the Alpine region of Savoie.
- REBOUNDThe recoil of an object bouncing off another.
- REBOZOA woman's garment of Mexico, a rectangular piece of fabric worn as a scarf or shawl and sometimes used to carry children or goods.
- REBUFFA sudden resistance or refusal.
- REBUTTo drive back or beat back; to repulse.
- RECALLTo withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).
- RECAMIERAn old-fashioned couch with headrest and footrest.
- RECEIPTThe act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.
- RECESSA depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.
- RECITA short story.
- RECLAIMANTOne who reclaims (in the various senses).
- RECONDITEDifficult, obscure. Difficult to grasp or understand; abstruse, profound.
- RECONQUESTThe act or process of conquering something again, such as a territory.
- RECOUNTNarration, account, description, rendering.
- RECOUPTo make back (an investment or similar).
- RECREANTHaving admitted defeat and surrendered; defeated.
- RECRUITA supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
- REDANA defensive fortification work in the shape of a V.
- REDIAthe larva of some trematodes, some of which become cercariae
- REDINGOTEA long coat or greatcoat for men.
- REDOUBLETo double, especially to double again; to increase considerably; to multiply; to intensify.
- REFLETlustre; brilliancy of a surface; used especially in ceramics to denote the peculiar metallic brilliancy seen in lustred pottery such as majolica
- REFUSEDiscarded, rejected.
- REGAINTo get back; to recover possession of.
- REGALIANOf or pertaining to a royal ruler
- REGESTA register.
- REGGAETONA style of Latin American popular music, originally developing from reggae in Panama but now more of a type of hip hop-dance music mainly associated with Puerto Rico.
- REGLETA strip of wood or metal of the height of a quadrat, used for regulating the space between pages in a chase, and also for spacing out title pages and other open matter.
- REJOICETo be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy.
- REJOINTo join again; to unite after separation.
- REJONA lance used in bullfighting.
- RELAYA new set of hounds.
- RELIGIEUXA man bound by monastic vows; a monk.
- REMAINDERA part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed or already occurred.
- REMBLAIEarth or materials made into an embankment after excavation.
- REMEIDRemedy. Legal redress of a wrong. Any correction of a wrong or undesirable thing. The proportion by which a coin may acceptably deviate from its ideal weight or proportion of preci
- REMISETo send or give back.
- REMISSIONA pardon of a sin; the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.