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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

regard
noun (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone`s welfare; `give him my kind regards`; `my best wishes`

regard
noun a feeling of friendship and esteem; `she mistook his manly regard for love`; `he inspires respect`

regardant(ip)
adjective looking backward

regardless
irrespective adverb in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks; `he carried on regardless of the difficulties`

regardless
adjective (usually followed by `of`) without due thought or consideration; `careless of the consequences`; `crushing the blooms with regardless tread`

regatta
noun a meeting for boat races

Regency
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the style (especially the style of furniture) favored during the Regency (1811-1820)

regenerate
adjective reformed spiritually or morally; `a regenerate sinner`; `regenerate by redemption from error or decay`

regenerate
verb return to life; get or give new life or energy; `The week at the spa restored me`

regenerating
adjective that are generating anew; `regenerating fibers`

regeneration
noun the activity of spiritual or physical renewal

regent
noun someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country`s monarch

regent(ip)
adjective acting or functioning as a regent or ruler; `prince-regent`

reggae
noun popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar

Reggane
noun a town in central Algeria

regicide
noun the act of killing a king

regimen
regime noun (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including diet)

regiment
noun army unit smaller than a division

regimental
adjective belonging to or concerning a regiment; `regimental units`

regimentally
adverb in a regimental manner or by regiments

regimentals
noun the military uniform and insignia of a regiment

regimentation
noun the imposition of order or discipline

regimented
adjective strictly controlled

Regina
noun the provincial capital of Saskatchewan

Reginald Marsh
noun United States painter (1898-1954)

region
part noun the extended spatial location of something; `the farming regions of France`; `religions in all parts of the world`; `regions of outer space`

regional
adjective related or limited to a particular region; `a regional dialect`

regional anatomy
topographic anatomy noun the study of anatomy based on regions or divisions of the body and emphasizing the relations between various structures (muscles and nerves and arteries etc.) in that region

regional anesthesia
regional anaesthesia noun loss of sensation in a region of the body produced by application of an anesthetic agent to all the nerves supplying that region (as when an epidural anesthetic is administered to the pelvic region during childbirth)

regional enteritis
regional ileitis noun a serious chronic and progressive inflammation of the ileum producing frequent bouts of diarrhea with abdominal pain and nausea and fever and weight loss

regionalism
noun loyalty to the interests of a particular region

regionally
adverb in a regional manner; `regionally governed`

register
registry noun an official written record of names or events or transactions

register
verb indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; `The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero`; `The gauge read `empty``

register language
noun a tone language that uses different voice registers

registered
adjective (of a boat or vessel) furnished with necessary official documents specifying ownership etc

registered bond
noun a bond whose owner is recorded on the books of the issuer; can be transferred to another owner only when endorsed by the registered owner

registered mail
registered post noun mail that is registered by the post office when sent in order to assure safe delivery

registered nurse
RN noun a graduate nurse who has passed examinations for registration

registered security
noun a security whose owner`s name is recorded on the books of the issuer (or issuer`s agent)

registrant
noun a person who is formally entered (along with others) in a register (and who obtains certain rights thereby)

registrar
record-keeper noun someone responsible for keeping records

registration
enrollment noun the act of enrolling

registration fire
noun fire delivered to obtain accurate data for subsequent effective engagement of targets

Regius professor
noun holder of a British professorship created by a royal patron

Reglaecus
genus Regalecus noun type genus of the Regalecidae

regnant
reigning adjective exercising power or authority

regnellidium
Regnellidium diphyllum noun small latex-containing aquatic fern of southern Brazil

regosol
noun a type of soil consisting of unconsolidated material from freshly deposited alluvium or sand

regress
reasoning backward noun the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence

regression
simple regression noun the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)

regression analysis
noun the use of regression to make quantitative predictions of one variable from the values of another

regression coefficient
noun when the regression line is linear (y = ax + b) the regression coefficient is the constant (a) that represents the rate of change of one variable (y) as a function of changes in the other (x); it is the slope of the regression line

regression equation
regression of y on x noun the equation representing the relation between selected values of one variable (x) and observed values of the other (y); it permits the prediction of the most probable values of y

regression line
regression curve noun a smooth curve fitted to the set of paired data in regression analysis; for linear regression the curve is a straight line

regret
rue noun sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; `he drank to drown his sorrows`; `he wrote a note expressing his regret`; `to his rue, the error cost him the game`

regretful
adjective feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; `felt regretful over his vanished youth`; `regretful over mistakes she had made`; `he felt bad about breaking the vase`

regretfully
adverb with regret (used in polite formulas); `I must regretfully decline your kind invitation`

regrettable
too bad adjective deserving regret; `regrettable remarks`; `it`s regrettable that she didn`t go to college`; `it`s too bad he had no feeling himself for church`

regroup
verb organize anew, as after a setback

regular
steady adjective relating to a person who does something regularly; `a regular customer`; `a steady drinker`

regular dodecahedron
noun a dodecahedron with twelve regular pentagons as faces

regular hexagon
noun a hexagon with six sides of equal length

regular icosahedron
noun an icosahedron with twenty equilateral triangles as faces

regular octahedron
noun an octahedron with eight equilateral triangles as faces

regular payment
noun a payment made at regular times

regular polygon
noun a polygon with all sides and all angles equal

regular polyhedron
regular convex solid noun any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent

regular recurrence
noun recurring at regular intervals

regular tetrahedron
noun a tetrahedron with four equilateral triangular faces

regular(a)
veritable(a) adjective often used as intensifiers; `a regular morass of details`; `a regular nincompoop`; `he`s a veritable swine`

regularity
noun the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate; `he was famous for the regularity of his habits`

regularity
noun a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles

regularization
regularisation noun the condition of having been made regular (or more regular)

regularization
regularisation noun the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular

regularize
regularise verb bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; `We cannot regulate the way people dress`; `This town likes to regulate`

regularized
regularised adjective made regular

regularly
on a regular basis adverb in a regular manner; `letters arrived regularly from his children`

regulate
regularise verb bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; `We cannot regulate the way people dress`; `This town likes to regulate`

regulated
adjective controlled or governed according to rule or principle or law; `well regulated industries`; `houses with regulated temperature`

regulation
adjective prescribed by or according to regulation; `regulation army equipment`

regulation
regularisation noun the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular

regulation time
noun (sports) the normal prescribed duration of a game; `the game was finished in regulation time`

regulative
regulatory adjective restricting according to rules or principles; `a regulatory gene`

regulator
noun any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.

regulatory agency
regulatory authority noun a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest

regulatory gene
regulator gene noun a gene that produces a repressor substance that inhibits an operator gene

Regulus
genus Regulus noun a genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kinglets

regur
regur soil noun a rich black loam of India

regurgitation
noun recall after rote memorization; `he complained that school was just memorization and regurgitation`

rehabilitation program
noun a program for restoring someone to good health

rehabilitative
adjective designed to accomplish rehabilitation; `from a penal to a rehabilitative philosophy`- J.B.Costello; `rehabilitative treatment`

reharmonization
reharmonisation noun a piece of music whose original harmony has been revised

rehash
noun old material that is slightly reworked and used again; `merely a dull rehash of his first novel`

rehearsal
noun (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory

rehearsal
noun a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert); `he missed too many rehearsals`; `a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding`

Reich
noun the German state

Reich
noun Austrian born psychoanalyst who lived in the United States; advocated sexual freedom and believed that cosmic energy could be concentrated in a human being (1897-1957)

Reichstein
Tadeus Reichstein noun a Swiss chemist born in Poland; studied the hormones of the adrenal cortex

Reid
Thomas Reid noun Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796)