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

religious music
church music noun genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies

religious orientation
noun an attitude toward religion or religious practices

religious person
noun a person who manifests devotion to a deity

religious residence
cloister noun residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)

religious right
noun United States political faction that advocates social and political conservativism, school prayer, and federal aid for religious groups and schools

religious rite
noun an established ceremony prescribed by a religion; `the rite of baptism`

religious school
noun a school run by a religious body

religious sect
religious order noun a subdivision of a larger religious group

religious service
divine service noun the act of public worship following prescribed rules; `the Sunday service`

Religious Society of Friends
Society of Friends noun a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers

religious song
noun religious music for singing

religious trance
ecstatic state noun a trance induced by intense religious devotion; does not show reduced bodily functions that are typical of other trances

religiously
sacredly adverb by religion; `religiously inspired art`

relinquished
surrendered adjective given up often unwillingly; `a relinquishment is a piece of relinquished or abandoned land`

relinquishment
relinquishing noun the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.

reliquary
noun a container where religious relics are stored or displayed (especially relics of saints)

relish
flavor noun the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

relistening
rehearing noun the act of hearing again

reliving
re-experiencing noun a recurrence of a prior experience; `the reliving of a strong emotion can be therapeutic`

relocated
resettled adjective settled in a new location

relocation
noun the act of changing your residence or place of business; `they say that three moves equal one fire`

reluctance
hesitancy noun a certain degree of unwillingness; `a reluctance to commit himself`; `his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition`; `after some hesitation he agreed`

reluctant
adjective not eager; `foreigners stubbornly uneager to accept our ways`; `fresh from college and uneager for the moment to marry him`; `reluctant to help`

reluctantly
adverb with reluctance

reluctivity
noun (physics) the resistance of a material to the establishment of a magnetic field in it

REM
noun (Roentgen Equivalent Man) the dosage of ionizing radiation that will cause the same amount of injury to human tissue as 1 roentgen of X-rays

remainder
difference noun the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend

remainder
remnant noun a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

remains
noun any object that is left unused or still extant; `I threw out the remains of my dinner`

remake
remaking noun creation that is created again or anew; `it is a remake of an old film`

remand
noun the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)

remand
send back verb refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision

remark
comment noun a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief; `from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account`

remarkable
singular adjective unusual or striking; `a remarkable sight`; `such poise is singular in one so young`

remarriage
noun the act of marrying again

Rembrandt
Rembrandt van Rijn noun influential Dutch artist (1606-1669)

Rembrandtesque
adjective in the manner of Rembrandt

remediable
adjective capable of being remedied or redressed ; `remediable problems`; `a remediable setback`; `not a crime but only a remediable blunder`

remedial
adjective tending or intended to rectify or improve; `a remedial reading course`; `remedial education`

remedy
curative noun a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

remember
verb keep in mind for attention or consideration; `Remember the Alamo`; `Remember to call your mother every day!`; `Think of the starving children in India!`

remembering
noun the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; `he can do it from memory`; `he enjoyed remembering his father`

remembrance
recollection noun the ability to recall past occurrences

Remembrance Day
Remembrance Sunday noun the Sunday nearest to November 11 when those who died in World War I and World War II are commemorated

Remilegia
genus Remilegia noun a genus of Echeneididae

remilitarization
remilitarisation noun the act of militarizing again

remind
cue verb assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned

reminder
noun an experience that causes you to remember something

reminiscently
adverb in a reminiscent manner; `she spoke reminiscently of her days in college`

remise
noun (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte)

remission
remittal noun an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); `his cancer is in remission`

remission
remit noun (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)

remit
send back verb refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision

remitment
remit noun (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)

remittance
remittal noun a payment of money sent to a person in another place

remittance man
noun an exile living on money sent from home

remittent
adjective (of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished severity; `a remittent fever`

remold
remould verb cast again; `The bell cracked and had to be recast`

remora
suckerfish noun marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects

remote control
remote noun a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance; `he lost the remote for his TV`

remote terminal
link-attached terminal noun a terminal connected to a computer by a data link

remote-control bomb
noun a bomb that can be detonated by remote control

remotely
adverb to a remote degree; `it is remotely possible`

remoulade sauce
noun a mayonnaise sauce flavored with herbs and mustard and capers; served with e.g. salad and cold meat

remount
noun a fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle

removable
adjective capable of being removed or taken away or dismissed; `a removable cord`; `removable partitions`

removable disk
noun a hard disk that can be removed from the disk drive; removal prevents unauthorized use

removal
remotion noun the act of removing; `he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy`

remove
noun degree of figurative distance or separation; `just one remove from madness` or `it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy`;

remove
verb dispose of; `Get rid of these old shoes!`; `The company got rid of all the dead wood`

remover
noun someone who works for a company that moves furniture

remuda
noun the herd of horses from which those to be used the next day are chosen

remuneration
noun the act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses; `adequate remuneration for his work`

Remus
noun (Roman mythology) the twin brother of Romulus

Renaissance
Renascence noun the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries

Renaissance
Renascence noun the revival of learning and culture

Renaissance man
noun a modern scholar who is in a position to acquire more than superficial knowledge about many different interests; `a statistician has to be something of a generalist`

renal artery
arteria renalis noun an artery originating from the abdominal aorta and supplying the kidneys and adrenal glands and ureters

renal colic
noun sharp pain in the lower back that radiates into the groin; associated with the passage of a renal calculus through the ureter

renal cortex
noun the cortex of the kidney containing the glomeruli and the convoluted tubules

renal failure
kidney failure noun inability of the kidneys to excrete wastes and to help maintain the electrolyte balance

renal insufficiency
noun insufficient excretion of wastes by the kidneys

renal pelvis
noun a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter

renal vein
vena renalis noun veins that accompany renal arteries; open into the vena cava at the level of the 2nd lumbar vertebra

render
noun a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls

render
verb bestow; `give homage`; `render thanks`

rendering
noun giving in acknowledgment of obligation

rendezvous
noun a meeting planned at a certain time and place

rending
ripping adjective resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; `the tree split with a great ripping sound`; `heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward`

rendition
noun a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.; `they heard a live rendition of three pieces by Schubert`

renegade
noun someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw

renegade
verb break with established customs

renewable
adjective that can be renewed or extended; `a renewable lease`; `renewable subscriptions`

renewable resource
noun any natural resource (as wood or solar energy) that can be replenished naturally with the passage of time

renewal
rehabilitation noun the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation

renewed
adjective restored to a new condition; `felt renewed strength`

renewing
restorative adjective tending to impart new life and vigor to; `the renewing warmth of the sunshine`

reniform
kidney-shaped adjective of a leaf or bean shape resembling the shape of kidney

reniform leaf
noun a simple kidney-shaped leaf

renin
noun a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys; catalyzes the formation of angiotensin and thus affects blood pressure