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Retreat, rē-trēt′, n. a drawing back or retracing one's steps: retirement: place of privacy: withdrawal: a place of security: a shelter: (mil.) the act of retiring in order from before the enemy, or from an advanced posi
English · e-38699-6208Retree, rē-trē′, n. in paper-making, broken or imperfect paper.
English · e-38699-6209 · brief source recordRetrench, rē-trensh′, v.t. to cut off or away: to render less: to curtail.—v.i. to live at less expense: to economise.—n. Retrench′ment, cutting off: lessening or abridging: reduction: economy: (fort.) a work within anot
English · e-38699-6210Retrial, rē-trī′al, n. a repetition of trial.
English · e-38699-6211 · brief source recordRetribute, rē-trib′ūt, v.t. to give back: to make repayment of.—ns. Rētrib′ūter, -or; Retribū′tion, repayment: suitable return: reward or punishment: retaliation.—adjs. Rētrib′ūtive, repaying: rewarding or punishing suit
English · e-38699-6212Retrieve, rē-trēv′, v.t. to recover: to recall or bring back: to bring back to a former state: to repair: to search for and fetch, as a dog does game—also n. (obs.).—adj. Retriev′able, that may be recovered.—n. Retriev′a
English · e-38699-6213Retrim, rē-trim′, v.t. to trim again.
English · e-38699-6214 · brief source recordRetriment, ret′ri-ment, n. dregs. [L. retrimentum.]
English · e-38699-6215 · brief source recordRetro-ocular, rē-trō-ok′ū-lar, adj. situated behind the eyeball.
English · e-38699-6229 · brief source recordRetro-operative, rē-trō-op′e-rā-tiv, adj. retrospective in effect.
English · e-38699-6230 · brief source recordRetroact, rē-trō-akt′, v.i. to act backward, or in return or opposition, or on something past or preceding.—n. Retroac′tion.—adj. Retroac′tive.—adv. Retroac′tively, in a retroactive manner: by operating on something past
English · e-38699-6216Retrobulbar, rē-trō-bul′bär, adj. being behind the eyeball.
English · e-38699-6217 · brief source recordRetrocede, rē-trō-sēd′, v.t. to go back: to relapse: to retire: to give back.—adj. Retrocē′dent.—n. Retroces′sion (med.), the disappearance of a tumour inwardly: a retreating outline: (Scots law) the act of retroceding,
English · e-38699-6218Retrochoir, rē′trō-kwīr, n. (archit.) an extension of a church behind the high altar, as a chapel.
English · e-38699-6219 · brief source recordRetroclusion, rē-trō-klōō′zhun, n. a method of using the pin in acupressure.
English · e-38699-6220 · brief source recordRetrocollic, rē-trō-kol′ik, adj. pertaining to the back of the neck.
English · e-38699-6221 · brief source recordRetrodate, rē′trō-dāt, v.t. to assign a date to a book earlier than its actual publication.
English · e-38699-6222 · brief source recordRetroduct, rē-trō-dukt′, v.t. to draw back: to withdraw.—n. Retroduc′tion.
English · e-38699-6223 · brief source recordRetroflex, rē′trō-fleks, adj. reflexed, bent backward—also Rē′troflexed.—n. Retroflec′tion. [L. retro, backward, flectĕre, flexum, to bend.]
English · e-38699-6224Retrofract, -ed, rē′trō-frakt, -ed, adj. (bot.) bent sharply back, so as to appear as if broken. [L. retro, backward, fractus, pa.p. of frangĕre, fractum, to break.]
English · e-38699-6225Retrograde, ret′rō-, or rē′trō-grād, adj. going backward: falling from better to worse: contrary: (biol.) becoming less highly organised, as 'a retrograde theory:' swimming backwards, as many animals: (astron.) moving we
English · e-38699-6226Retrolingual, rē-trō-ling′gwal, adj. serving to retract the tongue.
English · e-38699-6227 · brief source recordRetromingent, rē-trō-min′jent, adj. urinating backward.—n. Retromin′gency.—adv. Retromin′gently.
English · e-38699-6228 · brief source recordRetroposition, rē-trō-pō-zish′un, n. displacement backward.
English · e-38699-6231 · brief source recordRetropulsion, rē-trō-pul′shun, n. a disorder of locomotion: repulsion.—adj. Retropul′sive.
English · e-38699-6232 · brief source recordRetrorse, rē-trors′, adj. turned back or downward—adv. Retrorse′ly.
English · e-38699-6233 · brief source recordRetroserrate, rē-trō-ser′āt, adj. (entom.) armed with minute retrorse teeth.
English · e-38699-6234 · brief source recordRetrospect, ret′rō-spekt, or rē′-, n. a looking back: a contemplation of the past: the past.—n. Retrospec′tion, the act or faculty of looking back on the past.—adj. Retrospec′tive.—adv. Retrospec′tively. [L. retrospectus
English · e-38699-6235Retrosternal, rē-trō-ster′nal, adj. being behind the sternum.
English · e-38699-6236 · brief source recordRetrotarsal, rē-trō-tar′sal, adj. being behind the tarsus of the eye.
English · e-38699-6237 · brief source recordRetrotracheal, rē-trō-trā′kē-al, adj. being at the back of the trachea.
English · e-38699-6238 · brief source recordRetroussage, re-trōō-sazh′, n. a method of producing effective tones in the printing of etchings by skilful treatment of the ink in certain parts.
English · e-38699-6239Retroussé, re-trōō-sā′, adj. turned up: pug.
English · e-38699-6240 · brief source recordRetrovaccinate, rē-trō-vak′si-nāt, v.t. to vaccinate a cow with human virus.—ns. Retrovaccinā′tion; Retrovac′cine.
English · e-38699-6241 · brief source recordRetrovene, rē′trō-vēn, adj. inclined backward.
English · e-38699-6242 · brief source recordRetrovert, rē′trō-vėrt, v.t. to turn back.—n. one who returns to his original creed.—n. Retrover′sion, a turning or falling back. [L. retro, backward, vertĕre, to turn.]
English · e-38699-6243Retrovision, rē-trō-vizh′un, n. the power of mentally seeing past events.
English · e-38699-6244 · brief source recordRetrude, rē-trōōd′, v.t. to thrust back.—adj. Retruse′.—n. Retru′sion. [L. retrudĕre, retrusum.]
English · e-38699-6245 · brief source recordRetry, rē-trī′, v.t. to try again: to put on trial a second time.
English · e-38699-6246 · brief source recordRetting, ret′ing, n. the act or process of preparing flax for use by rotting the useless part of the plant.—n. Rett′ery. [Conn. with rot.]
English · e-38699-6247Retund, rē-tund′, v.t. to blunt, as the edge of a weapon.
English · e-38699-6248 · brief source recordReturn, rē-turn′, v.i. to come back to the same place or state: to answer: to retort: to turn back: to repeat: to revert: to recur: to reappear.—v.t. to bring or send back: to transmit: to give back: to repay: to give ba
English · e-38699-6249Retuse, rē-tūs′, adj. (bot.) terminating in a round end, with a centre somewhat depressed. [L. retusus—retundĕre, to blunt.]
English · e-38699-6250Retyre, rē-tīr′, n. (Spens.) retirement.
English · e-38699-6251 · brief source recordRetzia, ret′si-a, n. a genus of brachiopods.
English · e-38699-6252 · brief source recordReune, rē-ūn′, v.t. (obs.) to reunite.—v.i. to hold a reunion.—adjs. Reū′nient; Reū′nitive.
English · e-38699-6253 · brief source recordReunion, rē-ūn′yun, n. a union after separation: an assembly or social gathering. [Fr. réunion—re-, again, union, union.]
English · e-38699-6254Reunite, rē-ū-nīt′, v.t. to join after separation: to reconcile after variance.—v.i. to become united again: to join again.—v.t. Reū′nify.—adv. Reunī′tedly.—n. Reuni′tion.—adj. Reū′nitive.
English · e-38699-6255Reurge, rē-urj′, v.t. to urge again.
English · e-38699-6256 · brief source recordReus, rē′us, n. (law) a defendant. [L.]
English · e-38699-6257 · brief source recordReuse, rē-ūz′, v.t. to use again.—n. (rē-ūs′) repeated use.
English · e-38699-6258 · brief source recordReutilise, rē-ū′til-īz, v.t. to make use of a second time.
English · e-38699-6259 · brief source recordReutter, rē-ut′ėr, v.t. to utter again.
English · e-38699-6260 · brief source recordRev., an abridgment of Reverend, in addressing clergymen, as 'Rev. Thomas Davidson;' deans are styled 'Very Reverend,' also principals of universities in Scotland, if clergymen, and the moderator of the General Assembly
English · e-38699-6261Revaccinate, rē-vak′si-nāt, v.t. to vaccinate again.—n. Revaccinā′tion.
English · e-38699-6262 · brief source recordRevalenta, rev-a-len′ta, n. the ordinary name of lentil-meal.
English · e-38699-6263 · brief source recordRevalescent, rev-a-les′ent, adj. beginning to grow well.—n. Revales′cence.
English · e-38699-6264 · brief source recordRevalue, rē-val′ū, v.t. to value again.—n. Revaluā′tion.
English · e-38699-6265 · brief source recordRevamp, rē-vamp′, v.t. to patch up again.
English · e-38699-6266 · brief source recordReve, rev, v.i. (obs.) to dream. [Rave.]
English · e-38699-6267 · brief source recordReveal, rē-vēl′, v.t. to unveil: to make known, as by divine agency: to disclose.—n. Revealabil′ity.—adj. Reveal′able.—ns. Reveal′ableness; Reveal′er; Reveal′ment, revelation.—Revealed religion, that which has been super
English · e-38699-6268Reveal, rē-vēl′, n. (archit.) the square ingoing of a window, doorway, or the like, between the frame and the outer surface of the wall.—Also Revel′.
English · e-38699-6269Revehent, rē′vē-hent, adj. carrying forth: taking away.
English · e-38699-6270 · brief source recordReveille, re-vāl′ye, n. the sound of the drum or bugle at daybreak to awaken soldiers. [O. Fr. reveil—re-, again, esveiller, to awake—L. vigilāre, to watch.]
English · e-38699-6271Revel, rev′el, v.i. to feast in a riotous or noisy manner: to carouse.—v.i. to draw back:—pr.p. rev′elling; pa.t. and pa.p. rev′elled.—n. a riotous feast: carousal: a kind of dance: a wake.—ns. Rev′el-coil, Rev′el-dash (
English · e-38699-6272Revelation, rev-ē-lā′shun, n. the act of revealing: that which is revealed: the revealing divine truth: that which is revealed by God to man: the Apocalypse or last book of the New Testament.—adj. Revelā′tional.—n. Revel
English · e-38699-6273Revellent, rē-vel′ent, adj. causing revulsion.
English · e-38699-6274 · brief source recordRevenant, rev′ē-nant, n. one who returns after a long absence, esp. from the dead: a ghost. [Fr.]
English · e-38699-6275 · brief source recordRevenge, rē-venj′, v.t. to punish in return: to avenge.—v.i. to take vengeance.—n. the act of revenging: injury inflicted in return: a malicious injuring in return for an injury received: the passion for retaliation.—adj
English · e-38699-6276Revenue, rev′en-ū (earlier rē-ven′ū), n. the receipts or rents from any source: return, as a revenue of praise: income: the income of a state.—n. Rev′enue-cut′ter, an armed vessel employed by custom-house officers in pre
English · e-38699-6277Reverberate, rē-vėr′bėr-āt, v.t. to send back, echo: to reflect: to drive from side to side: to fuse.—v.i. to echo: to resound: to bound back: to be repelled: to use heat, as in the fusion of metals.—v.t. Reverb′ (Shak.)
English · e-38699-6278Reverdure, rē-ver′dūr, v.t. to cover again with verdure.
English · e-38699-6279 · brief source recordRevere, rē-vēr′, v.t. to regard with respectful awe: to venerate.—adj. Revēr′able, worthy of reverence.—n. Rev′erence, fear arising from high respect: respectful awe: veneration: honour: an act of revering or obeisance:
English · e-38699-6280Reverie, Revery, rev′e-ri, n. an irregular train of thoughts or fancies in meditation: voluntary inactivity of the external senses to the impressions of surrounding objects during wakefulness: mental abstraction: a wakin
English · e-38699-6281Revers, re-vār′ (gener. rē-vēr′), n. that part of a garment which is turned back, as the lapel of a coat.
English · e-38699-6282 · brief source recordReverse, rē-vėrs′, v.t. to place in the contrary order or position: to change wholly: to overthrow: to change by an opposite decision: to annul: to revoke, as a decree: to recall.—n. that which is reversed: the opposite:
English · e-38699-6283Revert, rē-vėrt′, v.t. to turn or drive back: to reverse.—v.i. to return: to fall back: to refer back: to return to the original owner or his heirs.—adjs. Rēver′tant (her.), flexed, bent twice at a sharp angle; Rēver′ted
English · e-38699-6284Revery. Same as Reverie.
English · e-38699-6285 · brief source recordRevest, rē-vest′, v.t. (Spens.) to clothe again: to vest again in a possession or office.—v.i. to take effect again: to return to a former owner. [Fr.,—L.,—revestīre—re-, again, vestīre, to clothe.]
English · e-38699-6286Revestiary, rē-ves′ti-ā-ri, n. an apartment in a church in which ecclesiastical garments are kept.
English · e-38699-6287 · brief source recordRevestu, rē-ves′tū, adj. (her.) covered by a square set diagonally, the corners of which touch the edges of the space covered. [O. Fr.]
English · e-38699-6288Revesture, rē-ves′tūr, n. (obs.) vesture.
English · e-38699-6289 · brief source recordRevet, rē-vet′, v.t. (fort.) to face with masonry, &c., as an embankment with a steep slope.—n. Revet′ment, a retaining wall, a facing of stone, wood, &c. [Fr. revêtir, to reclothe.]
English · e-38699-6290Revibrate, rē-vī′brāt, v.i. to vibrate back or in return.—n. Revibrā′tion.
English · e-38699-6291 · brief source recordRevict, rē-vikt′, v.t. (obs.) to reconquer.—n. Revic′tion, return to life, revival.
English · e-38699-6292 · brief source recordRevictual, rē-vit′l, v.t. to furnish again with provisions.
English · e-38699-6293 · brief source recordRevie, rē-vī′, v.t. to vie with, or rival: to stake a larger sum at cards: to outdo.—v.i. to exceed an adversary's wager in card-playing: to retort.
English · e-38699-6294Review, rē-vū′, v.t. to re-examine: to revise: to examine critically: to see again: to retrace: to inspect, as a body of troops.—n. a viewing again: a reconsideration: a revision: a careful or critical examination: a cri
English · e-38699-6295Revigorate, rē-vig′or-āt, v.t. to give new vigour to:—pr.p. revig′orāting: pa.p. revig′orāted.—p.adj. Revig′orāted, endued with new vigour or strength. [L. re-, again, vigorātus, vigorāre—vigor, vigour.]
English · e-38699-6296Revile, rē-vīl′, v.t. to reproach: to calumniate.—v.i. to speak contemptuously.—ns. Revile′ment, the act of reviling, reproach; Revil′er.—adv. Revil′ingly. [Pfx. re-, again, O. Fr. aviler, to make vile, from a—L. ad, vil
English · e-38699-6297Revince, rē-vins′, v.t. (obs.) to refute, to disprove.
English · e-38699-6298 · brief source recordRevindicate, rē-vin′di-kāt, v.t. to reclaim, to claim what has been illegally taken away.—n. Revindicā′tion. [Low L. revindicāre, -ātum—L. re-, again, vindicāre, -ātum, to lay claim to.]
English · e-38699-6299Revire, rē-vīr′, v.t. (obs.) to revive.—n. Revires′cence (Swinburne), renewal of youth or vigour.
English · e-38699-6300 · brief source recordRevise, rē-vīz′, v.t. to review and amend: to examine with a view to correction.—n. review: a second proof-sheet.—ns. Revī′sal, Revi′sion, review: re-examination; Revīsed′-ver′sion, a fresh English translation of the Bib
English · e-38699-6301Revisit, rē-viz′it, v.t. to visit again.—ns. Revis′it; Revis′itant.—adj. revisiting.—n. Revisitā′tion.
English · e-38699-6302 · brief source recordRevitalise, rē-vī′tal-īz, v.t. to restore vitality to.—n. Revitalisā′tion.
English · e-38699-6303 · brief source recordRevive, re-vīv′, v.i. to return to life, vigour, or fame: to recover from neglect, oblivion, or depression: to regain use or currency: to have the memory refreshed.—v.t. to restore to life again: to reawaken in the mind:
English · e-38699-6304Revoke, rē-vōk′, v.t. to annul by recalling: to repeal: to reverse: to neglect to follow suit (at cards).—n. revocation, recall: act of revoking at cards.—adj. Rev′ocable, that may be revoked.—ns. Rev′ocableness, Revocab
English · e-38699-6305Revolt, rē-vōlt′, v.i. to renounce allegiance: to be grossly offended: to mutiny: to be shocked.—v.t. to cause to rise in revolt: to shock.—n. a rebellion: insurrection, desertion: a change of sides: fickleness.—n. Revol
English · e-38699-6306Revolution, rev-ō-lū′shun, n. act of revolving: motion round a centre: course which brings to the same point or state: space measured by a revolving body: a radical change, as of one's way of living: fundamental change i
English · e-38699-6307Revolve, rē-volv′, v.i. to roll back: to roll round on an axis: to move round a centre: to rotate, as the planets: to meditate.—v.t. to cause to turn: to consider.—n. a radical change.—v.i. Rev′olute, to revolve.—adj. ro
English · e-38699-6308Revolver, rē-volv′ėr, n. that which revolves: a firearm having barrels or chambers which revolve upon a common centre, and are fired in turn by one lock mechanism: a revolving cannon.
English · e-38699-6309Revomit, rē-vom′it, v.t. to reject from the stomach.
English · e-38699-6310 · brief source recordRevulsion, rē-vul′shun, n. disgust: the diverting of a disease from one part to another: forced separation: a sudden change, esp. of feeling: a counter-irritant.—adj. Revul′sive, tending to revulsion.—n. Revul′sor, an ap
English · e-38699-6311Rew, rōō, v.t. (Spens.). Same as Rue.
English · e-38699-6312 · brief source recordRew, rōō, n. (Spens.). Same as Row.
English · e-38699-6313 · brief source recordRewaken, rē-wā′kn, v.i. to waken again.
English · e-38699-6314 · brief source recordReward, rē-wawrd′, n. that which is given in return for good or evil: recompense: retribution: the fruit of one's own labour: regard: requital: remuneration: guerdon: consideration.—v.t. to give in return: to requite, wh
English · e-38699-6315Reweigh, rē-wā′, v.t. to weigh again.
English · e-38699-6316 · brief source recordRewet, rōō′et, n. the revolving part of a wheel-lock.
English · e-38699-6317 · brief source recordRewin, rē-win′, v.t. to win back or again.
English · e-38699-6318 · brief source recordRewood, rē-wōōd′, v.t. to plant again.
English · e-38699-6319 · brief source recordReword, rē-wurd′, v.t. to repeat in the same words, to re-echo: to put into different words.
English · e-38699-6320 · brief source recordRewrite, rē-rīt′, v.t. to write a second time.
English · e-38699-6321 · brief source recordRex, reks, n. a king.—Play rex (obs.), to handle roughly. [L.; cf. Sans. rājan, Gael. righ.]
English · e-38699-6322 · brief source recordReynard, rā′nard, or ren′ard, n. a fox, from the name given to the fox in the famous beast epic of Low Ger. origin, Reynard the Fox—also Ren′ard.—adj. Ren′ardine. [Fr.,—Old Flem. Reinaerd, Reinaert—Mid. High Ger. Reinhar
English · e-38699-6323Rhabarbarate, ra-bär′ba-rāt, adj. (obs.) impregnated with rhubarb.—n. Rhabar′barum, rhubarb.
English · e-38699-6324 · brief source recordRhabarbarine, ra-bär′ba-rin, n. chrysophanic acid.
English · e-38699-6325 · brief source recordRhabdamminina, rab-da-mi-nī′na, n. a group of marine imperforate foraminiferous protozoans. [Gr. rhabdos, a rod, ammos, sand.]
English · e-38699-6326Rhabdite, rab′dīt, n. a smooth, rod-like structure found in the cells of the integument of most turbellarian worms: one of the hard parts composing the ovipositor of some insects.—adj. Rhabdit′ic. [Gr. rhabdos, a rod.]
English · e-38699-6327Rhabdocœla, rab-dō-sē′la, n. a prime division of turbellarian worms.—adjs. Rhabdocœ′lidan, Rhabdocœ′lous. [Gr. rhabdos, a rod, koilos, hollow.]
English · e-38699-6328Rhabdocrepida, rab-dō-krep′i-da, n. a sub-order of lithistidan sponges. [Gr. rhabdos, a rod, krēpis, a foundation.]
English · e-38699-6329 · brief source recordRhabdoid, rab′doid, n. a spindle-shaped body chemically related to the plastids, found in certain cells of irritable plants like Drosera, Dionæa, &c.—adj. Rhabdoid′al, rod-like: (anat.) sagittal. [Gr. rhabdos, a rod.]
English · e-38699-6330Rhabdolith, rab′dō-lith, n. a minute rhabdoidal concretion of calcareous matter forming the armature of a rhabdosphere.—adj. Rhabdolith′ic.
English · e-38699-6331Rhabdology, rab-dol′ō-ji, n. the art of computing by Napier's bones or rods.—Also Rabdol′ogy.
English · e-38699-6332 · brief source recordRhabdom, rab′dom, n. (entom.) a tubular rod-like structure in the eye, the central axis of a retinula.—adj. Rhab′dōmal.
English · e-38699-6333 · brief source recordRhabdomancy, rab′dō-man-si, n. divination by means of rods, esp. the impudent imposture of finding water, &c., by means of the divining-rod.—n. Rhab′domancer.—adj. Rhabdoman′tic. [Gr. rhabdos, rod, manteia, divination.]
English · e-38699-6334Rhabdome, rab′dōm, n. in sponges, the shaft of a cladose rhabdus, bearing the cladome.
English · e-38699-6335 · brief source recordRhabdomesodon, rab-dō-mes′ō-don, n. a genus of polyzoans. [Gr. rhabdos, a rod, mesos, middle, odous, odontos, a tooth.]
English · e-38699-6336 · brief source recordRhabdomyoma, rab-dō-mī-ō′ma, n. a myoma consisting of striated muscular fibres.
English · e-38699-6337 · brief source recordRhabdonema, rab-dō-nē′ma, n. a genus of small nematoid worms. [Gr. rhabdos, a rod, nēma, a thread.]
English · e-38699-6338 · brief source recordRhabdophane, rab′dō-fān, n. a rare phosphate of the yttrium and cerium earths. [Gr. rhabdos, a rod, phanēs, appearing.]
English · e-38699-6339 · brief source recordRhabdophora, rab-dof′ō-ra, n. a group of fossil organisms.—adjs. Rhabdoph′ōran, Rhabdoph′ōrous.
English · e-38699-6340 · brief source recordRhabdopleura, rab-dō-plōō′ra, n. a marine polyzoan. [Gr. rhabdos, a rod, pleuron, a rib.]
English · e-38699-6341 · brief source recordRhabdosphere, rab′dō-sfēr, n. a minute spherical body found in the depths of the Atlantic. [Gr. rhabdos, a rod, sphaira, sphere.]
English · e-38699-6342Rhabdosteidæ, rab-dos-tē′i-dē, n. a family of fossil-toothed cetaceans—its typical genus, Rhabdos′tēus. [Gr. rhabdos, rod, osteon, bone.]
English · e-38699-6343Rhabdostyla, rab-dō-stī′la, n. a genus of peritrichous ciliate infusorians. [Gr. rhabdos, rod, stylos, pillar.]
English · e-38699-6344 · brief source recordRhabdus, rab′dus, n. a simple, straight spicule.—adj. Rhab′dous. [Gr. rhabdos, a rod.]
English · e-38699-6345 · brief source recordRhachiomyelitis, rā-ki-ō-mī-e-lī′tis, n. inflammation of the spinal cord—myelitis.—ns. Rhachiot′omy, incision into the spinal canal; Rhachis′chisis, defective formation of the spinal canal—spina bifida. [Gr. rhachis, the
English · e-38699-6346Rhachitis=Rachitis (q.v.).
English · e-38699-6347 · brief source recordRhacochilus, rak-ō-kī′lus, n. a genus of embiotocoid fishes. [Gr. rhakos, a rag, cheilos, the lip.]
English · e-38699-6348 · brief source recordRhacophorus, rā-kof′ō-rus, n. a genus of batrachians, with long and webbed feet, adapting it for long leaps. [Gr. rhakos, a rag, pherein, to bear.]
English · e-38699-6349Rhadamanthine, ra-da-man′thin, n. of Rhadamanthus, judge of the lower world, with Minos and Æacus—applied generally to a solemn and final judgment.—Also Rhadaman′tine.
English · e-38699-6350Rhætian, rē′shi-an, adj. pertaining to the ancient Rhætians or their country Rhætia, a Roman province between the Po and the Danube—also Rhæ′tic.—adj. and n. Rhæ′to-Roman′ic, pertaining to a group of Romance dialects spo
English · e-38699-6351Rhagades, rag′a-dēz, n.pl. fissures of the skin. [Gr. rhagas (pl. rhagades), a crack.]
English · e-38699-6352 · brief source recordRhagodia, ra-gō′di-a, n. a genus of apetalous plants. [Gr. rhagōdēs, like grapes—rhax, rhagos, a grape.]
English · e-38699-6353 · brief source recordRhagon, rag′on, n. a form of sponge with clustered spherical flagellated endodermal chambers.—adjs. Rhag′onāte, Rhag′ose. [Gr. rhax, rhagos, a grape.]
English · e-38699-6354Rhamnaceæ, ram-nā′sē-ē, n. an order of polypetalous plants.—adj. Rhamnā′ceous.
English · e-38699-6355 · brief source recordRhamnus, ram′nus, n. a genus of polypetalous shrubs and trees, including the buckthorn. [Gr.]
English · e-38699-6356 · brief source recordRhamphastidæ, ram-fas′ti-dē, n. a family of picarian birds, toucans. [Gr. rhamphos, a beak.]
English · e-38699-6357 · brief source recordRhamphocelus, ram-fō-cē′lus, n. a remarkable genus of tanagers, native to South America.
English · e-38699-6358 · brief source recordRhamphodon, ram′fō-don, n. the saw-billed humming-bird. [Gr. rhamphos, a curved beak, odous, a tooth.]
English · e-38699-6359 · brief source recordRhamphoid, ram′foid, adj. beak-shaped.
English · e-38699-6360 · brief source recordRhampholeon, ram-fō′lē-on, n. a genus of chameleons. [Gr. rhamphos, a curved beak, leōn, lion.]
English · e-38699-6361 · brief source recordRhamphomicron, ram-fō-mik′ron, n. a genus of humming-birds. [Gr. rhamphos, a beak, mikros, little.]
English · e-38699-6362 · brief source recordRhamphorhynchus, ram-fō-ring′kus, n. a genus of pterodactyls. [Gr. rhamphos, a curved beak, rhyngchos, a beak.]
English · e-38699-6363 · brief source recordRhamphotheca, ram-fō-thē′ka, n. (ornith.) the integument of the whole beak. [Gr. rhamphos, a curved beak, thēkē, a sheath.]
English · e-38699-6364Rhapidophyllum, ra-pi-dō-fil′um, n. a genus of palms—the blue palmetto of Florida.—n. Rhā′pis, a genus of Chinese palms. [Gr. rhapis, rod, phyllon, leaf.]
English · e-38699-6365Rhapontic, rā-pon′tik, n. rhubarb. [L., 'Pontic rha.']
English · e-38699-6366 · brief source recordRhapsodic, -al, rap-sod′ik, -al, adj. pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling rhapsody: gushing.—adv. Rhapsod′ically.—v.t. and v.i. Rhap′sodise, to write or utter rhapsodies: to express with poetic feeling:—pr.p. rha
English · e-38699-6367Rhea, rē′a, n. the ramie plant or fibre.
English · e-38699-6368 · brief source recordRhea, rē′a, n. the daughter of Uranus and Ge, wife and sister of Kronos: the only three-toed ostrich: the fifth satellite of Jupiter.
English · e-38699-6369Rheic, rē′ik, adj. pertaining to rhubarb.—n. Rhē′ine, rheic acid.
English · e-38699-6370 · brief source recordRhein-berry, rīn′ber-i, n. the common buckthorn.—Also Rhine′-berr′y.
English · e-38699-6371 · brief source recordRhematic, rē-mat′ik, adj. derived from a verb.—n. the doctrine of propositions.
English · e-38699-6372 · brief source recordRhemish, rē′mish, adj. pertaining to Rheims in north-eastern France.—Rhemish version, the English translation of the New Testament used by Roman Catholics, prepared at Rheims in 1582, forming part of the Douay Bible—Old
English · e-38699-6373Rhenish, ren′ish, adj. pertaining to the river Rhine.—n. Rhine wine, hock, light and still. [L. Rhenus.]
English · e-38699-6374 · brief source recordRheocord, rē′ō-kord, n. a metallic wire used in measuring the resistance of an electric current. [Gr. rhein, to flow, chordē, a cord.]
English · e-38699-6375Rheometer, Reometer, rē-om′e-tėr, n. an instrument for measuring the strength of currents, as of electricity: a galvanometer.—adj. Rheomet′ric.—n. Rheom′etry, fluxions. [Gr. rhein, to flow, metron, measure.]
English · e-38699-6376Rheoscope, rē′ō-skōp, n. an electroscope.—adj. Rheoscop′ic. [Gr. rhein, to flow, skopein, to view.]
English · e-38699-6377 · brief source recordRheostat, rē′o-stat, n. the name given by Wheatstone to an instrument for varying an electric resistance between given limits.—adj. Rheostat′ic.—n. Rheostat′ics, the statics of fluids. [Gr. rhein, to flow, statos, verbal
English · e-38699-6378Rheotome, rē′ō-tōm, n. a means by which an electric current can be periodically interrupted. [Gr. rhein, to flow, temnein, to cut.]
English · e-38699-6379Rheotrope, rē′ō-trōp, n. an instrument for periodically changing the direction of an electric current.—n. Rheot′rōpism, the effect of a current of water upon the direction of plant growth. [Gr. rhein, to flow, trepein, t
English · e-38699-6380Rhesus, rē′sus, n. the boonder, one of the most widely distributed Indian monkeys, much venerated by the natives: (entom.) a genus of coleopterous insects.—adj. Rhē′sian. [Gr.]
English · e-38699-6381Rhetoric, ret′or-ik, n. the theory and practice of eloquence, whether spoken or written, the whole art of using language so as to persuade others: the art of speaking with propriety, elegance, and force: artificial orato
English · e-38699-6382Rheum, rōōm, n. the mucous discharge from the lungs or nostrils caused by cold: (obs.) spleen, choler: a genus of apetalous plants.—n. Rheumat′ic, one who suffers from rheumatism: (pl.) rheumatic pains (coll.).—adjs. Rhe
English · e-38699-6383Rhexia, rek′si-a, n. a genus of polypetalous plants, native to North America, of the tribe Rhexieæ (rek-sī′ē-ē). [L.,—Gr. rhēxis—rhēgnynai, to break.]
English · e-38699-6384Rhigolene, rig′ō-lēn, n. a volatile product of petroleum distillation. [Gr. rhigos, cold, elaion, oil.]
English · e-38699-6385 · brief source recordRhinacanthus, rī-na-kan′thus, n. a genus of gamopetalous plants in tropical Africa, India, &c. [Gr. rhis, rhinos, nose, akanthos, acanthus.]
English · e-38699-6386Rhinæ, rī′nē, n.pl. one of the main divisions of sharks. [L.,—Gr. rhinē, a file.]
English · e-38699-6387 · brief source recordRhinæsthesia, rī-nez-thē′si-a, n. sense of smell. [Gr. rhis, rhinos, nose, aisthēsis, perception.]
English · e-38699-6388 · brief source recordRhinal, rī′nal, adj. pertaining to the nose. [Gr. rhis, rhinos, nose.]
English · e-38699-6389 · brief source recordRhinalgia, rī-nal′ji-a, n. neuralgic pains in the nose. [Gr. rhis, rhinos, nose, algos, pain.]
English · e-38699-6390 · brief source recordRhinanthus, rī-nan′thus, n. a genus of gamopetalous plants. [Gr. rhis, rhinos, nose, anthos, flower.]
English · e-38699-6391 · brief source recordRhinarium, rī-nā′ri-um, n. (entom.) the nostril-piece. [Gr. rhis, rhinos, nose.]
English · e-38699-6392 · brief source recordRhinaster, rī-nas′tėr, n. the two-horned rhinoceros: the star-nosed moles. [Gr. rhis, nose, astēr, star.]
English · e-38699-6393 · brief source recordRhinencephalon, rī-nen-sef′a-lon, n. the olfactory lobe of the brain.—adjs. Rhinencephal′ic, Rhinenceph′alous. [Gr. rhis, nose, enkephalos, brain.]
English · e-38699-6394Rhinestone, rīn′stōn, n. an imitation gem-stone made of paste or strass.
English · e-38699-6395 · brief source recordRhineurynter, rī-nū-rin′tėr, n. a small inflatable bag used for plugging the nose. [Gr. rhis, rhinos, nose, eurynein, to widen.]
English · e-38699-6396Rhinichthys, rī-nik′this, n. a North American genus of cyprinoid fishes. [Gr. rhis, rhinos, nose, ichthys, fish.]
English · e-38699-6397 · brief source recordRhinidæ, rī′ni-dē, n. a family of plagiostomous fishes. [L. rhina, shark—Gr. rhinē.]
English · e-38699-6398 · brief source recordRhinitis, ri-nī′tis, n. inflammation of the nose. [Gr. rhis, rhinos, nose.]
English · e-38699-6399 · brief source recordRhino, rī′nō, n. (slang) money, cash.—Also Rī′no.
English · e-38699-6400 · brief source recordRhinobatus, rī-nob′a-tus, n. the typical genus of the Rhinobatidæ, or shark-rays: (entom.) a genus of coleopterous insects.
English · e-38699-6401Rhinoblennorrhea, rī-nō-blen-ō-rē′a, n. mucous discharges from the nose. [Gr. rhis, rhinos, nose, blennos, mucus, rhoia, flow.]
English · e-38699-6402Rhinocaul, rī′nō-kawl, n. the support of the olfactory bulb. [Gr. rhis, rhinos, nose, kaulos, stalk.]
English · e-38699-6403 · brief source recordRhinoceros, rī-nos′ėr-os, n. a genus forming a family of ungulate mammals, found in Africa and India, having a very thick skin lying in enormous folds, clumsy, and with one or two horns on the nose:—pl. Rhinoc′eroses.—ad
English · e-38699-6404Rhinochilus, rī-nō-kī′lus, n. a genus of harmless serpents. [Gr. rhis, rhinos, nose, cheilos, a lip.]
English · e-38699-6405 · brief source recordRhinocleisis, rī-nō-klī′sis, n. nasal obstruction. [Gr. rhis, rhinos, nose, kleisis, klēsis, a closing.]
English · e-38699-6406 · brief source recordRhinocrypta, rī-nō-krip′ta, n. a remarkable genus of rock-wrens. [Gr. rhis, rhinos, nose, kryptos, hidden.]
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