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Rabato
A kind of ruff for the neck; a turned-down collar; a rebato.
Raccoon
A North American nocturnal carnivore () allied to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail, banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with black and white. Called also , and .
Rachidian
Of or pertaining to the rachis; spinal; vertebral. Same as .
Racktail
An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock.
Raddle
To interweave or twist together.
Radically
In a radical manner; at, or from, the origin or root; fundamentally; .
Radication
The process of taking root, or state of being rooted; .
Radio-flagellata
A group of Protozoa having both flagella and pseudopodia.
Radish
The pungent fleshy root of a well-known cruciferous plant (); also, the whole plant.
Ragamuffin
A paltry or disreputable fellow; a mean wretch.
Ramshackle
Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.
Ranunculaceous
Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (), of which the buttercup is the type, and which includes also the virgin's bower, the monkshood, larkspur, anemone, meadow rue, and peony.
Raptorious
Raptorial.
Ratany
Same as .
Raton
A small rat.
Ratteen
A thick woolen stuff quilled or twilled.
Raught
of .
Reabsorb
To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; ; -- used esp. of fluids.
Reach
An effort to vomit.
Reappoint
To appoint again.
Rear
To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
Reasonless
Destitute of reason; .
Rebatement
Same as 3d ,
Receptiveness
The quality of being receptive.
Recitativo
Recitative.
Recline
To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; .
Recourse
A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence.
Recreate
To take recreation.
Recusancy
The state of being recusant; nonconformity.
Recusant
One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion.
Rede
Advice; counsel; suggestion.
Redif
A reserve force in the Turkish army, or a soldier of the reserve. See , above.
Redraft
A second draft or copy.
Redundantly
In a refundant manner.
Refer
To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self; .
Refractory
Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; .
Register
A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.
Rejolt
A reacting jolt or shock; a rebound or recoil.
Relish
The projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.
Remedial
Affording a remedy; intended for a remedy, or for the removal or abatement of an evil; .
Renege
To deny; to disown.
Repeal
To recall; to summon again, as persons.
Reputeless
Not having good repute; disreputable; disgraceful; inglorius.
Requiter
One who requites.
Rescueless
Without rescue or release.
Resolution
The act, operation, or process of resolving.
Resoun
Reason.
Rest
To lay or place at rest; to quiet.
Restorative
Something which serves to restore; especially, a restorative medicine.
Rethor
A rhetorician; a careful writer.
Retrospection
The act, or the faculty, of looking back on things past.
Reviewal
A review.
Rheometer
An instrument for measuring currents, especially the force or intensity of electrical currents; a galvanometer.
Rim
The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving; .
Ringed
Encircled or marked with, or as with, a ring or rings.
Rivered
Supplied with rivers; .
Roaring
A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast, or of a person in distress, anger, mirth, etc., or of a noisy congregation.
Roller bearing
A bearing containing friction rollers.
Romant
A romaunt.
Romp
To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play.
Rosefinch
Any one of numerous species of Asiatic finches of the genera , and , and allied genera, in which the male is more or less colored with rose red.
Roundly
In a round form or manner.
Roundsman
A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen.
Row
A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl.
Ruby
A precious stone of a carmine red color, sometimes verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and hyacinth red. It is a red crystallized variety of corundum.
Rumble
A noisy report; rumor.
Rumorer
A teller of news; especially, one who spreads false reports.
Rumseller
One who sells rum; one who deals in intoxicating liquors; especially, one who sells spirituous beverages at retail.
Runaway
Running away; fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; .
Rupee
A silver coin, and money of account, in the East Indies.
Rupia
An eruption upon the skin, consisting of vesicles with inflamed base and filled with serous, purulent, or bloody fluid, which dries up, forming a blackish crust.
Rupture
To suffer a breach or disruption.
Rustle
To cause to rustle; .