reliquiae
n. - pl. 'remains'. reliquian, adj. reliquism, n. worship of relics.
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relucent
adj. - reflecting; refulgent.
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remiform
adj. - oar-shaped. remigate, v.i. row. remiges, n. pl. ( sing. remex) quill feathers of bird's wing. remiped, n. & a. (creature) having legs or feet adapted for propelling it through water.
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remigrate
v. -i. migrate again; return. remigrant n. one who returns. remigration, n.
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remontado
n. - someone who has fled to the mountains; a person who has renounced civilization
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remontant
adj.,n. - (rose) flowering more than once in season.
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rémoulade
n. - cold sauce of mayonnaise flavoured with herbs, capers, etc.
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remplissage
n. - filling or padding used in music and literature
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remugient
adj. - rebellowing; roaring or shouting anew
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renable
adj. - fluent, eloquent
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renascible
adj. - capable of being reborn
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rencontre
n. - meeting; encounter; duel.
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renifleur
n. - one who gets sexual pleasure from body smells
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reniform
adj. - kidney-shaped.
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renitent
adj. - resisting or opposing stubbornly; recalcitrant
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rennet
n. - contents or part of stomach, or preparation therefrom, of young animal, used to curdle milk. rennin, n. gastric enzyme curdling milk.
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renography
n. - treatise on or description of kidneys.
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rentes
n. -pl. pl. government stock, bonds, etc. rentier, n. owner of rentes; one living on income from investments; one living on fixed income.
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renvoi
n. - expulsion of alien from country; Law, referral of dispute to another jurisdiction.
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repetend
n. - digit(s) repeated in recurring decimal; repetition of same or similar word in sentence; refrain.
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replevin
n. - Law, repossession of goods wrongfully taken, with pledge to return them if defeated in lawsuit on the matter; writ or action in such case. repleviable, replevisable, adj. replevisor, n. plaintiff in replevin action. replevy, v.
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repoussé
adj. - shaped in relief by being beaten up from under or reverse side; n. such artistic work. repoussage, n. art of doing such work.
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repristinate
v. - to revive; to restore
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reptant
adj. - creeping. reptation, n. reptatorial, reptatory, adj.
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requiescat
n. - 'may he (or she) rest'; n. prayer for dead. requiescat in pace,, 'may he (or she) rest in peace' (abbr. R.I.P.).
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reredos
n. - screen behind altar; erroneously, choir screen.
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res gestae
n. - n. pl. 'things done'; matters incident to question in lawsuit.
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rescript
n. - decree; rewriting or rewritten thing. rescriptive, adj.
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réseau
n. - network, especially of lines on astronomical photograph.
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resect
v. - Surgery, remove part of organ. resection, n. such surgical operation; determination of position by drawing lines on map from two or more known objects.
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reserpine
n. - sedative drug.
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resile
v. -i. draw back; return to first position or shape. resilient, adj. elastic; recovering quickly from shock, illness, etc. resilience, n.
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resipiscent
adj. - restored to sanity; learned from experience
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resorb
v. - reabsorb. resorbent, resorptive, adj. resorbence, resorption, n.
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responsions
n. -pl. pl. first examination for B.A. degree at Oxford University.
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resupinate
adj. - upside down. resupine, adj. supine. resupination, n.
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resupination
n. - turning to an upside-down position
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rete
n. - (pl. -tia,, network; net. retecious, retial, retiary, adj.
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reticulate
v. - mark with network-like lines; a. like network. reticular, adj. net-like; intricate. reticulation, n. reticulate marking. reticule, n. handbag, especially of net. reticulose, adj. reticulated. reticulum, n. (pl. - la) network; second stomach of ruminant. retiform a. net-like; reticulate.
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retine
n. - substance in animal tissue which retards tissue growth.
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retinoid
adj. - like resin.
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retortion
n. - turning or twisting back; retaliation.
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retroact
v. -i. act backwards or opposite; react. retroaction, n. retroactive, adj. taking effect as from a previous date.
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retrocede
v. - go back or inwards; cede back. retrocession, n. retrocessive, adj.
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retrochoir
n. - space in choir behind high altar.
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retroject
v. - throw back. retrojection, n.; Medicine, washing of cavity from within.
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retromancy
n. - fortunetelling by things seen over one'sshoulder
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retrometer
n. - device for transmitting sound by modifying a beam of light.
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retromingent
adj. - urinating backward
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retromorphosis
n. - degenerative metamorphosis; change for the worse.
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retrorse
adj. - turned back or down.
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retrostalsis
n. - reversed peristalsis. retrostaltic, adj.
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retroussé
adj. - turned up (applied to nose only).
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retuse
adj. - having a blunt end with a central notch, as some leaves.
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reus
n. - defendant in a courtroom trial
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revalescent
adj. - convalescent. revalescence, n.
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revalorize
v. - restore to original value, especially such monetary unit.
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revanche
n. - revenge; desire to regain lost territory; favour done in return. revanchism, n. policy of aggressively seeking recovery of lost territory. revanchist, n.
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revehent
adj. - carrying back.
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revenant
n. - person returning after supposed death or long absence; ghost.
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revers
n. - tuned-back edge or part of garment.
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revetment
n. - masonry etc. facing of embankment or trench. revet, v.
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revirescent
adj. - growing young or strong again. revirescence, n.
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reviviscent
adj. - capable of causing revival. reviviscence, n.
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revolute
adj. - rolled back, especially at edges.
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rhabdomancy
n. - divination by means of rod; water-divining. rhabdos, n. magic wand.
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rhabdomyoma
n. - tumour of striated muscle.
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rhabdophobia
n. - fear of being punished or severely criticized
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rhadamanthine
adj. - strictly and inflexibly honest and just
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Rhadamanthus
n. - in Greek mythology a judge of the souls of the dead; stern judge. Rhadamanthine, adj.
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rhaebosis
n. - curvature; bandiness.
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rhamphoid
adj. - beak-shaped.
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rhema
n. - word; verb. rheme, n. speech element expressing an idea. rhematic, adj. pertaining to formation of words; derived from verbs. rhematology, n. study of rhemes.
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rheology
n. - study of flow of matter. rheometer, n. instrument measuring or controlling currents. rheophile, adj. living in running water. rheophore, n. wire connection of electrical apparatus. rheoscope, n.galvanoscope. rheostat, n. variable electrical resistor. rheotaxis, n. direction of movement by water. rheotrope, n. commutator reversing electric current. rheotropism, n. direction of growth by water.
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rhexis
n. - rupture.
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rhigosis
n. - sensation of cold
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rhinal
adj. - nasal. rhinalgia, n. pain in nose. rhinencephalon, n. olfactory lobe of brain. rhinenchysis, n. injection into nose. rhinitis, n. inflammation of nose or its mucous membrane. rhinodynia, n. rhinalgia rhinogenic, rhinogenous, adj. deriving from nose. rhinolalia, n. nasal speech. rhinology, n. medical study of the nose. rhinophyma, n. acne of the nose. rhinoplasty, n. plastic surgery of nose. rhinorrhagia, n. nose-bleeding. rhinorrhoea, n. continuous nasal catarrh. rhinoscopy n. medical examination of nose.
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rhipidate
adj. - fan-shaped.
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rhizanthous
adj. - with flowers emerging from root.
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rhizocarpous
adj. - with perennial root, etc., but annual foliage and stems.
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rhizogenic
adj. - root-producing. rhizogenous, adj.
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rhizoid
n. - thin root-like filament of fern, etc.; a. root- like.
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rhodocyte
n. - red blood corpuscle.
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rhonchisonant
adj. - snorting; snoring
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rhonchus
n. - whistling sound heard in auscultation. rhonchial, adj.
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rhopalism
n. - a sentence or poem in which each word is one syllable longer than its predecessor
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rhotacism
n. - mispronunciation or overuse of sound r. rhotacize, v.i. rhotacistic, adj.
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rhumb
n. - point of compass; loxodrome.
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rhyparography
n. - painting or description of mean or sordid things; still-life or genre painting. rhyparographer, rhyparographist, n. rhyparographic, adj.
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rhysimeter
n. - instrument measuring speed of current or ship.
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rhytiscopia
n. - neurotic preoccupation with facial wrinkles
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ria
n. - long, wide creek.
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riant
adj. - laughing; jolly.
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rictus
n. - orifice; mouth, especially gaping; fixed grin or grimace. rictal, adj.
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rideau
n. - ridge or mound of earth, especially as protection.
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ridel, riddel
n. - altar-curtain.
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ridibund
adj. - easily moved to laughter.
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riffler
n. - type of file used in woodworking and sculpture
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rigescent
adj. - becoming numb or stiff. rigescence, n.
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rima
n. - (pl. -mae ) narrow fissure. rima oris, space between lips. rimal, adj. rimose, rimous, adj. having many rimae. rimulose, adj. having many small rimae. rimate, adj. having rima.
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rime
n. - frost; hoar-frost; ice formed from supercooled fog or cloud; v.t. cover with rime. rimy, adj.
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rinderpest
n. - cattle plague.
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riparian
adj. - pertaining to or on river bank or lake shore; n. person living on or owning river bank. riparial, riparious, ripicolous, adj. living on river banks.
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riprap
n. - stone wall used as a breakwater against waves
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risible
adj. - pertaining to or capable of laughter; used in laughing; laughable. risibles, n.pl. sense of humour; inclination to laugh. risibility, n.
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risorial
adj. - pertaining to or causing laughter.
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ritornel(le), ritornello
n. - short prelude or interlude for musical instrument in song or opera.
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rivière
n. - necklace of precious stones, especially having more than one string.
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rivose
adj. - bearing winding furrows. rivulation, n. having irregular marks of color. rivulose, adj. bearing winding and haphazard lines.
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rixation
n. - quarreling
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riziform
adj. - like a rice grain.
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roak
n. - seam in a metal bar
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roble
n. - several kinds of New World oak, or other hard-timbered tree.
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roborant
adj.,n. - tonic. roborate, v. strengthen; corroborate. roborative, adj.
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roborean
adj. - like an oak; strong. roboreous, adj.
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roc
n. - mythical Arabian bird of great size. roc's egg, unattainable object.
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rocaille
n. - florid, shell-like, 18th-century ornamentation; rococo scroll ornamentation.
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roche moutonnée
n. - n. (pl. roches moutonnées pron. same) 'sheep-like rock'; rock rounded by glacial action.
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rodomontade
n. - arrogant boasting; pretentious blustering, ranting, or bragging
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roi
n. - king. le roi le veult, 'the king wills it'; signification of royal assent to Act of parliament. roi fainéant, powerless king.
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roil
v. - vex; disturb; irritate; rile
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roinek
n. - 'red neck'; new immigrant, especially British; greenhorn.
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roinous
adj. - mean, nasty and contemptible
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roitelet
n. - a petty king
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rolley
n. - lorry; trolley.
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romal
n. - silk or cotton fabric; handkerchief of this.
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roman a clef
n. - a novel whose characters are actual peoplethinly disguised
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romaunt
n. - ancient romance in verse.
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rood
n. - crucifix or cross; one-quarter of acre; seven or eight yards. rood screen, screen bearing crucifix.
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roric
adj. - dewy.
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rorqual
n. - large whale-bone whale; finback.
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rorulent
adj. - covered with dew.
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rosarium
n. - rose garden. rosarian, n. cultivator of roses.
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Roscius
n. - famous ancient Roman actor; great actor.
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roseola
n. - rash of rose-colored patches; rose rash. roseoliform, roseolous, roseolar, adj.
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rosmarine
n. - walrus; mythical walrus-like sea animal believed to feed on dew; sea dew.
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rosorial
adj. - pertaining to rodents; gnawing.
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rostel(lum)
n. - small beak or beak-like outgrowth. rostellar, adj. rostellate, adj. having rostellum. rostelliform, adj. like rostellum.
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rosular, rosulate
adj. - in rosettes.
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rota
n. - roster; Roman Catholic tribunal; Music, round. rotameter, n. instrument measuring length of curved lines.
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rotifer
n. - microscopic, multicellular, fresh-water creature with rotating cilia at one end. rotiferal, rotiferous a. rotiform, adj. wheel- shaped.
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rotograph
n. - photograph of manuscript, etc., made direct on bromide paper without negative.
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rotula
n. - kneecap. rotulian, rotular, adj. rotuliform, adj. like rotula.
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roué
n. - debauched man; lecher. rouérie, n.
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roulade
n. - arpeggio-like musical figure sung to one syllable; rolled slice of meat.
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roundel
n. - rondeau; any round thing; badge, on aircraft, of concentric colored rings.
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rubedinous
adj. - ruddy. rubedity, n.
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rubefacient
adj. - (substance) causing redness of skin. rubefaction, n.
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rubescent
adj. - reddening; flushing. rubescence, n.
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rubiaceous
adj. - like or pertaining to madder plant; belonging to madder family of plants.
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rubican
adj. - red bay; sorrel.
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rubific
adj.,n. - rubefacient. rubification, n. rubificative, adj.
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rubiginous
adj. - rust-colored; rusty. rubiginose, adj.
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rubineous, rubious
adj. - ruby-colored.
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rubor
n. - redness due to excess of blood in part.
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rubric
n. - passage in book printed in red or other distinctive type, especially such direction in service book; any direction as to conduct or ceremony; title; heading. rubrical, adj. rubricality, n. ceremony. rubricate, v. mark in red; fix like a ritual. rubrication, n. rubrician, n. student of rubrics. rubricism, rubricity, n. strict adherence to rubric; formalism. rubricose, adj. ruddy.
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ructation
n. - belching
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ruderal
adj. - Botany, growing in refuse or waste ground.
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rudesby
n. - a loud-mouthed ill-mannered boor
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rudiment
n. - elementary principle; undeveloped part or organ. rudimental, rudimentary, adj.
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rufescent
adj. - ruddy; bronzy. rufescence, n.
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rufous
adj. - reddish; tawny; red-haired. rufulous, adj. somewhat rufous.
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rugose
adj. - having wrinkles
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rumal
n. - romal
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rumen
n. - (pl. -mina ) first stomach of ruminant; cud. rumenitis ,, n. inflammation of rumen. rumenotomy n. incision into rumen.
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runcible
adj. - sensuous
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runcinate
adj. - pinnate with lobes pointing downwards.
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runnel
n. - little brook
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rupestrian
n. - made of, or written on, rock. rupestral, adj. rupestrine, adj. living on or in rocks.
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rupicoline, rupicolous
adj. - rupestrine.
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ruridecanal
adj. - pertaining to rural dean and his jurisdiction.
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rusticate
v. - live in country; make rustic; punish by expelling from university for a period; Architecture, face with large, boldly textured blocks with deep grooves between. rustication, n.
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rutidosis
n. - wrinkling.
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rutilant
adj. - shining red. rutilous, adj.
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rynchosporous
adj. - having beaked fruit.
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