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

reprisal
noun a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime

reproach
noun a mild rebuke or criticism; `words of reproach`

reprobate
miscreant noun a person without moral scruples

reprobation
noun severe disapproval

reproducer
noun an audio system that can reproduce and amplify signals to produce sound

reproducibility
duplicability noun the quality of being reproducible

reproducible
adjective capable of being reproduced; `astonishingly reproducible results can be obtained`

reproducibly
adverb in a manner that is reproducible

reproduction
reproductive memory noun recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall

reproduction
noun the act of making copies; `Gutenberg`s reproduction of holy texts was far more efficient`

reproduction cost
physical value noun cost of reproducing physical property minus various allowances (especially depreciation)

reproductive cell
germ cell noun a spermatozoon or an ovum

reproductive cloning
noun making a full living copy of an organism; requires a surrogate mother

reproductive organ
sex organ noun any organ involved in sexual reproduction

reproductive structure
noun the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction

reproductive system
genital system noun organs and tissues involved in the production and maturation of gametes and in their union and subsequent development as offspring

reprovingly
reproachfully adverb in a reproving or reproachful manner; `she spoke to him reprovingly`

Reptantia
suborder Reptantia noun lobsters; crabs

reptile
reptilian noun any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles and extinct forms

reptile family
noun a family of reptiles

reptile genus
noun a genus of reptiles

reptile-like
adjective resembling a reptile

Reptilia
class Reptilia noun class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals

reptilian
adjective of or relating to the class Reptilia

Republic of the Congo
French Congo noun a republic in west-central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960

republican
adjective having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them or characteristic of such government; `the United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government`- United States Constitution; `a very republican notion`; `so little republican and so much aristocratic sentiment`- Philip Marsh; `our republican and artistic simplicity`-Nathaniel Hawthorne

Republican Guard
noun Iraq`s elite military unit whose primary role is to protect the government in Baghdad

Republican Party
GOP noun the younger of two major political parties in the United States; GOP is an acronym for grand old party

republicanism
noun the political orientation of those who hold that a republic is the best form of government

republication
republishing noun the act of publishing again

repudiation
debunking noun the exposure of falseness or pretensions; `the debunking of religion has been too successful`

repudiative
adjective rejecting emphatically; e.g. refusing to pay or disowning; `a veto is a repudiative act`

repugnance
repulsion noun intense aversion

repulsion
noun the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand

repulsive(a)
adjective possessing the ability to repel; `a repulsive force`

reputable
adjective having a good reputation; `a reputable business`; `a reputable scientist`; `a reputable wine`

reputably
adverb in a reputable manner

reputation
report noun the general estimation that the public has for a person; `he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing`; `he was a person of bad report`

repute
reputation noun the state of being held in high esteem and honor

repute
regard as verb look on as or consider; `she looked on this affair as a joke`; `He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician`; `He is reputed to be intelligent`

reputedly
adverb by repute; according to general belief; `fish with reputedly poisonous flesh`

request
asking noun the verbal act of requesting

request
noun a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

requested
adjective asked for; `the requested aid is forthcoming`

Requiem
noun a Mass celebrated for the dead

requiem shark
noun any of numerous sharks from small relatively harmless bottom-dwellers to large dangerous oceanic and coastal species

requiescat
noun a prayer for the repose of the soul of a dead person

require
verb consider obligatory; request and expect; `We require our secretary to be on time`; `Aren`t we asking too much of these children?`; `I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons`

required course
noun a course that all students are required to take

requirement
noun required activity; `the requirements of his work affected his health`; `there were many demands on his time`

requirements contract
noun a contract in which you agree to purchase all your requirements of a particular sort from one party

requisiteness
noun the state of being absolutely required

requisition
noun the act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use

requisition
noun an official form on which a request in made; `first you have to fill out the requisition`

requisition form
noun an official form on which a request in made; `first you have to fill out the requisition`

requital
noun an act of requiting; returning in kind

rerebrace
upper cannon noun cannon that provides plate armor for the upper arm

rerun
noun a program that is broadcast again; `she likes to watch `I love Lucy` reruns`

res gestae
noun things done

res ipsa loquitur
noun a rule of evidence whereby the negligence of an alleged wrongdoer can be inferred from the fact that the accident happened

res judicata
res adjudicata noun a matter already settled in court; cannot be raised again

resale
noun the selling of something purchased

rescindable
voidable adjective capable of being rescinded or voided; `the judgment was rescindable`; `voidable contracts`

rescue
deliverance noun recovery or preservation from loss or danger; `work is the deliverance of mankind`; `a surgeon`s job is the saving of lives`

rescue equipment
noun equipment used to rescue passengers in case of emergency

rescue operation
noun an operation organized to free from danger or confinement

rescue party
noun a party of rescuers

rescued
reclaimed adjective delivered from danger

rescuer
recoverer noun someone who saves something from danger or violence

research
noun systematic investigation to establish facts

research center
research facility noun a center where research is done

research colloquium
noun a colloquium at which the results of (scientific) research are reported

research director
director of research noun a supervisor in a research center

research staff
noun a group of associated research workers in a university or library or laboratory

research worker
researcher noun a scientist who devotes himself to doing research

reseau
noun a network of fine lines used by astronomers as a reference for measurements on star photographs

resection
noun surgical removal of part of a structure or organ

reseda
noun any plant of the genus Reseda

Resedaceae
family Resedaceae noun mainly Mediterranean herbs: mignonette

resemblance
noun similarity in appearance or external or superficial details

resentful
adjective full of or marked by resentment or indignant ill will; `resentful at the way he was treated`; `a sullen resentful attitude`

resentfully
adverb with resentment; in a resentful manner; `the best doctors would stay resentfully out of the national service, refusing to become the minions of a Minister`

resentment
bitterness noun a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

reserpine
Raudixin noun antihypertensive consisting of an alkaloid extracted from the plant Rauwolfia serpentina (trade names Raudixin or Rau-Sed or Sandril or Serpasil)

reservation
reserve noun a district that is reserved for particular purpose

reserve
reticence noun the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

reserve
second-stringer noun an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced

reserve account
reserve fund noun funds taken out of earnings to provide for anticipated future payments

reserve assets
noun capital held back from investment in order to meet probable or possible demands

reserve clause
noun a clause that used to be part of the contract with a professional athlete extending the contract for a year beyond its expiration; `the reserve clause was used to bind players to a particular ball club`

Reserve Officers Training Corps
ROTC noun a training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers

reserved
restrained adjective cool and formal in manner

reservedly
adverb with reserve; in a reserved manner

reservist
noun a member of a military reserve

reservoir
noun tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil)

reservoir
noun lake used to store water for community use

reset
noun device for resetting instruments or controls

reset button
noun a push button that you press to activate the reset mechanism

resettlement
noun the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind)

resh
noun the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet