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English Word Dictionary

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reverberant

adjective · having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected

Example: a reverberant room

reverend

adjective · worthy of adoration or reverence

reverent

adjective · showing great reverence for god

Example: a godly man

reverentially

adverb · with reverence; in a reverent manner

Example: he gazed reverently at the handiwork

reverently

adverb · with reverence; in a reverent manner

Example: he gazed reverently at the handiwork

reverse stock split

noun · a decrease in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

reversibly

adverb · in a reversible manner

Example: reversibly convertible

reversion

noun · a failure to maintain a higher state

reversive

adjective · tending to be turned back

revisit

verb · visit again

Example: We revisited Rome after 25 years

revitalize

verb · restore strength

Example: This food revitalized the patient

revival meeting

noun · an evangelistic meeting intended to reawaken interest in religion

reviving

adjective · tending to impart new life and vigor to

Example: the renewing warmth of the sunshine

revokable

adjective · capable of being revoked or annulled

Example: a revocable order

revoltingly

adverb · in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree

Example: the beggar was disgustingly filthy

revolutionise

verb · change radically

Example: E-mail revolutionized communication in academe

rewire

verb · provide with new wiring

Example: the university rewired the dormitories when most students brought computers and television sets

reword

verb · express the same message in different words

rex harrison

noun · English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990)

rhabdomancy

noun · searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod

rhamnus purshianus

noun · shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada

rhapis humilis

noun · Chinese lady palm with more slender stems and finer sheath fibers than Rhapis excelsa

rhapsodically

adverb · in an ecstatic manner

Example: he reacted ecstatically to my plan to travel to Africa

rheologic

adjective · of or relating to rheology

rhesus factor

noun · a blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people; if an Rh-negative person receives a blood transfusion from an Rh-positive person it can result in hemolysis and anemia

rhetorically

adverb · in a rhetorical manner

Example: `What can be done?' he asked rhetorically

rheumatoid

adjective · of or pertaining to arthritis

Example: my creaky old joints

rhineland

noun · a picturesque region of Germany around the Rhine river

rhomboid

adjective · shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid

Example: rhomboidal shapes

rhomboidal

adjective · shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid

Example: rhomboidal shapes

rhus diversiloba

noun · poisonous shrub of the Pacific coast of North America that causes a rash on contact

rhythmically

adverb · in a rhythmic manner

Example: the chair rocked rhythmically back and forth

richly

adverb · in a rich and lavish manner

Example: lavishly decorated

rickety

adjective · lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

Example: a feeble old woman

ride the bench

verb · be out of the game

Example: Miller was riding the bench in Saturday's game

ridiculously

adverb · so as to arouse or deserve laughter

Example: her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well

riemannian geometry

noun · (mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry that regards space as like a sphere and a line as like a great circle

Example: Bernhard Riemann pioneered elliptic geometry

rifadin

noun · an antibacterial drug (trade names Rifadin and Rimactane) used to treat tuberculosis

rife

adjective · excessively abundant

rig out

verb · put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive

Example: She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera

rig up

verb · erect or construct, especially as a temporary measure

Example: Can he rig up a P.A. system?

rigger brush

noun · a long slender pointed sable brush used by artists

right

adjective · precisely accurate

Example: a veracious account

right along

adverb · all the time or over a period of time

Example: She had known all along

right away

adverb · without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

Example: he answered immediately

right on

adverb · an interjection expressing agreement

right to vote

noun · a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment

Example: American women got the vote in 1920

righteously

adverb · in a righteous manner

Example: righteously indignant

rightfully

adverb · by right

Example: baseball rightfully is the nation's pastime

rigidly

adverb · in a rigid manner

Example: the body was rigidly erect

rigorously

adverb · in a rigorous manner

Example: he had been trained rigorously by the monks

rigorousness

noun · excessive sternness

Example: severity of character

rimed

adjective · covered with frost-Wm.Faulkner

Example: a frosty glass

rinderpest

noun · an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes

ring out

verb · sound loudly

Example: a shot rang out

ring ouzel

noun · European thrush common in rocky areas; the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck