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

rest
sleep 1 eternal sleep noun euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); `she was laid to rest beside her husband`; `they had to put their family pet to sleep`

rest day
day of rest noun a day set aside for rest

rest energy
noun the energy equivalent to the mass of a particle at rest in an inertial frame of reference; equal to the rest mass times the square of the speed of light

rest house
noun a building used for shelter by travelers (especially in areas where there are no hotels)

rest mass
noun (physics) the mass of a body as measured when the body is at rest relative to an observer, an inherent property of the body

rest-cure
noun rest as a medical treatment for stress or anxiety etc.

rest-harrow
noun European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners

restatement
noun a revised statement

restaurant
eating house noun a building where people go to eat

restaurant chain
noun a chain of restaurants

restaurateur
restauranter noun the proprietor of a restaurant

rested
adjective not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing; `came back rested from her vacation`

rester
noun a person who rests

restfully
adverb in a restful manner; `the streets are restfully sunny and still for the town is at mass`

restfulness
noun the attribute of being restful; `he longed for the restfulness of home`

restharrow
noun European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners

resting potential
noun the potential difference between the two sides of the membrane of a nerve cell when the cell is not conducting an impulse

restitution
return 2 restoration 1 regaining noun getting something back again; `upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing`

restive
adjective impatient especially under restriction or delay; `the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive`

restively
adverb in a restive manner; `he sat down again, restively`

restless
ungratified adjective worried and uneasy

restless legs syndrome
restless legs noun feeling of uneasiness and restlessness in the legs after going to bed (sometimes causing insomnia); may be relieved temporarily by walking or moving the legs

restlessly
adverb in a restless manner; `he cracked his knuckles restlessly`

restlessness
uneasiness noun inability to rest or relax or be still

restoration
noun the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state

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

restrain
cumber verb hold back

restrained
adjective under restraint

restrainer
noun a person who directs and restrains

restraint
constraint noun a device that retards something`s motion; `the car did not have proper restraints fitted`

restraint of trade
noun any act that tends to prevent free competition in business

restrict
curb verb place restrictions on; `curtail drinking in school`

restricted
qualified adjective restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man` in `a tall man`)

restriction
limitation noun a principle that limits the extent of something; `I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements`

restriction endonuclease
restriction nuclease noun any of the enzymes that cut nucleic acid at specific restriction sites and produce restriction fragments; obtained from bacteria (where they cripple viral invaders); used in recombinant DNA technology

restriction fragment
noun the fragment of DNA that is produced by cleaving DNA with a restriction enzyme

restriction site
noun the specific sites at which a restriction enzyme will cleave DNA

restrictive
adjective (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports

restrictive clause
noun a subordinate clause that limits or restricts the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies

restrictively
adverb in a restrictive manner; `this relative clause is used restrictively`

restrictiveness
noun a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat` has a more specific meaning than `hat`)

result
resultant noun something that results; `he listened for the results on the radio`

resultant
end point noun the final point in a process

resultant role
noun the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause

resulting trust
noun a trust created by a court when it is judged that it was the intention of the parties to create a trust

resumption
recommencement noun beginning again

resurgence
revitalization noun bringing again into activity and prominence; `the revival of trade`; `a revival of a neglected play by Moliere`; `the Gothic revival in architecture`

resurgent
renascent adjective rising again as to new life and vigor; `resurgent nationalism`

resurrect
verb return from the dead; `Christ is risen!`; `The dead are to uprise`

Resurrection
Christ`s Resurrection noun (New Testament) the rising of Christ on the third day after the Crucifixion

resurrection plant
noun densely tufted fern ally of southwestern United States to Peru; curls up in a tight ball when dry and expands and grows under moist conditions

resurvey
noun a new survey or study

resuscitated
adjective restored to life or consciousness

resuscitation
noun the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness; `although he was apparently drowned, resuscitation was accomplished by artificial respiration`

resuscitator
noun a breathing apparatus used for resuscitation by forcing oxygen into the lungs of a person who has undergone asphyxia or arrest of respiration

resuspension
noun a renewed suspension of insoluble particles after they have been precipitated

retail
adjective selling or related to selling direct to the consumer; `retail trade`; `retail business`; `retail price`

retail chain
noun a chain of retail stores

retail price index
noun an index of changes in retail prices

retailer
retail merchant noun a merchant who sells goods at retail

retailing
noun the activities involved in selling commodities directly to consumers

retain
keep 2 keep on verb allow to remain in a place or position; `We cannot continue several servants any longer`; `She retains a lawyer`; `The family`s fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff`; `Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on`; `We kept the work going as long as we could`

retained
adjective continued in your keeping or use or memory; `in...the retained pattern of dancers and guests remembered`

retained object
noun an object in a passive construction

retainer
noun a dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in position after orthodontic treatment

retaining wall
noun a wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth)

retake
noun a shot or scene that is photographed again

retaliation
revenge noun action taken in return for an injury or offense

retaliatory
relatiative adjective of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; `retributive justice demands an eye for an eye`

retaliatory eviction
noun an eviction in reprisal for the tenant`s good-faith complaints against the landlord; illegal in many states

Retama
genus Retama noun small genus of Mediterranean shrubs; often included in genus Genista

retardant
retardent noun any agent that retards or delays or hinders; `flame-retardant`

retardation
mental retardation noun lack of normal development of intellectual capacities

retarded
adjective relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development; `providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded`

retarded depression
noun a state of clinical depression in which the individual is lethargic and slow to initiate action

retch
noun an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; `a bad case of the heaves`

rete testis
noun network of tubules carrying sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vasa efferentia

retem
raetam noun desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista

retention
keeping 2 holding noun the act of retaining something

retentive
recollective adjective good at remembering; `a retentive mind`; `tenacious memory`

retentively
adverb in a retentive manner

retentiveness
noun the property of retaining possessions that have been acquired

retentiveness
retention noun the power of retaining liquid; `moisture retentivity of soil`

retentivity
retention noun the power of retaining liquid; `moisture retentivity of soil`

reticent
self-effacing adjective reluctant to draw attention to yourself

reticently
adverb with reticence; in a reticent manner; `she answered the questions reticently`

reticle
reticule 1 graticule noun a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument

reticular activating system
RAS noun the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function

reticular formation
RF noun a complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem; monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone

reticulate
reticular adjective resembling or forming a network; `the reticulate veins of a leaf`; `a reticulated highway system`

reticulated python
Python reticulatus noun of southeast Asia and East Indies; the largest snake in the world

reticulation
noun an arrangement resembling a net or network; `the reticulation of a leaf`; `the reticulation of a photographic emulsion`

reticule
noun a woman`s drawstring handbag; usually made of net or beading or brocade; used in 18th and 19th centuries

Reticulitermes
genus Reticulitermes noun includes species highly destructive to structures and living trees

Reticulitermes flanipes
noun destructive United States termite

Reticulitermes lucifugus
noun destructive European termite

reticulocyte
noun an immature red blood cell containing a network of filaments or granules

reticuloendothelial system
RES noun a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells

reticulum
second stomach noun the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant

retina
noun the light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve