English Dictionary: right atrium | by the DICT Development Group |
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Racket \Rack"et\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Racketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Racketing}.] 1. To make a confused noise or racket. 2. To engage in noisy sport; to frolic. --Sterne. 3. To carouse or engage in dissipation. [Slang] | |
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Re89state \Re`[89]s*tate"\ (-t?t), v. t. To re[89]stablish. [Obs.] --Walis. | |
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Recede \Re*cede"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Receded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Receding}.] [L. recedere, recessum; pref. re- re- + cedere to go, to go along: cf. F. rec[82]der. See {Cede}.] 1. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw. Like the hollow roar Of tides receding from the instituted shore. --Dryden. All bodies moved circularly endeavor to recede from the center. --Bentley. 2. To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition. Syn: To retire; retreat; return; retrograde; withdraw; desist. | |
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Recitation \Rec`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. recitatio: cf. F. r[82]citation. See {Recite}.] 1. The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences. --Hammond. 2. The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered. 3. (Colleges and Schools) The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor. | |
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Recitative \Rec`i*ta*tive"\, n. [It. recitativo, or F. r[82]citatif. See {Recite}.] (Mus.) A species of musical recitation in which the words are delivered in manner resembling that of ordinary declamation; also, a piece of music intended for such recitation; -- opposed to melisma. | |
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Recitative \Rec`i*ta*tive"\, a. Of or pertaining to recitation; intended for musical recitation or declamation; in the style or manner of recitative. -- {Rec`i*ta*tive"ly}, adv. | |
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Recitative \Rec`i*ta*tive"\, a. Of or pertaining to recitation; intended for musical recitation or declamation; in the style or manner of recitative. -- {Rec`i*ta*tive"ly}, adv. | |
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Recitativo \Rec`i*ta*ti"vo\, n. [It.] (Mus.) Recitative. | |
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Recite \Re*cite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reciting}.] [F. r[82]citer, fr. L. recitare, recitatum; pref. re- re- + citare to call or name, to cite. See {Cite}.] 1. To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse; as, to recite the words of an author, or of a deed or covenant. 2. To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage. 3. To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor. 4. (Law) To state in or as a recital. See {Recital}, 5. Syn: To rehearse; narrate; relate; recount; describe; recapitulate; detail; number; count. | |
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Rectitude \Rec"ti*tude\ (r?k"t?*t?d), n. [L. rectitudo, fr. rectus right, straight: cf. F. rectitude. See {Right}.] 1. Straightness. [R.] --Johnson. 2. Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind; uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice. 3. Right judgment. [R.] --Sir G. C. Lewis. Syn: See {Justice}. | |
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Recto-uterine \Rec`to-u"ter*ine\ (-?"t?r*?n or *?n), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the uterus. | |
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Reostat \Re"o*stat\ (r?"?-st?t), n. (Physics) See {Rheostat}. | |
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Requite \Re"quite"\ (r?-kw?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Requited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Requiting}.] [Pref. re- + quit.] To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to punish. He can requite thee; for he knows the charma That call fame on such gentle acts as these. --Milton. Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand. --Ps. x. 14. Syn: To repay; reward; pay; compensate; remunerate; satisfy; recompense; punish; revenge. | |
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Mignonette \Mi`gnon*ette"\, n. [F. mignonnette, dim. of mignon darling. See 2d {Minion}.] (Bot.) A plant ({Reseda odorata}) having greenish flowers with orange-colored stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb. {Mignonette pepper}, coarse pepper. | |
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Reside \Re*side"\ (r?-z?d"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Resided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Residing}.] [F. r[82]sider, L. residere; pref. re- re- + sedere to sit. See {Sit}. ] 1. To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have one's domicile of home; to remain for a long time. At the moated grange, resides this dejected Mariana. --Shak. In no fixed place the happy souls reside. --Dryden. 2. To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element. In such like acts, the duty and virtue of contentedness doth especially reside. --Barrow. 3. To sink; to settle, as sediment. [Obs.] --Boyle. Syn: To dwell; inhabit; sojourn; abide; remain; live; domiciliate; domicile. | |
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Restate \Re*state"\ (r?*st?t"), v. t. To state anew. --Palfrey. | |
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Rest \Rest\ (r[ecr]st), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Resting}.] [AS. restan. See {Rest}, n.] 1. To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion. God . . . rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. --Gen. ii. 2. Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest. --Ex. xxiii. 12. 2. To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still. There rest, if any rest can harbor there. --Milton. 3. To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch. 4. To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal. 5. To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead. Fancy . . . then retries Into her private cell when Nature rests. --Milton. 6. To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise. On him I rested, after long debate, And not without considering, fixed [?][?] fate. --Dryden. 7. To be satisfied; to acquiesce. To rest in Heaven's determination. --Addison. {To rest with}, to be in the power of; to depend upon; as, it rests with him to decide. | |
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Restitute \Res"ti*tute\, n. That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute. [R.] | |
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Restitute \Res"ti*tute\ (r?s"t?*t?t), v. t. [L. restitutus, p. p. of restituere; pref. re- re- + statuere to put, place. See {Statute}.] To restore to a former state. [R.] --Dyer. | |
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Restitution \Res`ti*tu"tion\ (r?s`t?*t?"sh?n), n. [F. restitution, L. restitutio. See {Restitute}, v.] 1. The act of restoring anything to its rightful owner, or of making good, or of giving an equivalent for any loss, damage, or injury; indemnification. A restitution of ancient rights unto the crown. --Spenser. He restitution to the value makes. --Sandys. 2. That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation. 3. (Physics) The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body. 4. (Med.) The movement of rotetion which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labor. Syn: Restoration; return; indemnification; reparation; compensation; amends; remuneration. | |
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Restitutor \Res"ti*tu`tor\ (r?s"t?*t?`t?r), n. [L.: cf. F. restituteur.] One who makes restitution. [R]. | |
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Resudation \Re`su*da"tion\, n. [L. resudare to sweat again. See {Sudation}.] Act of sweating again. | |
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Rheostat \Rhe"o*stat\, n. [Gr. "rei^n + stato`s standing still.] (Elec.) A contrivance for adjusting or regulating the strength of electrical currents, operating usually by the intercalation of resistance which can be varied at will. --Wheatstone. --{Rhe`o*stat"ic}, a. | |
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Rheostat \Rhe"o*stat\, n. [Gr. "rei^n + stato`s standing still.] (Elec.) A contrivance for adjusting or regulating the strength of electrical currents, operating usually by the intercalation of resistance which can be varied at will. --Wheatstone. --{Rhe`o*stat"ic}, a. | |
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Right \Right\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Righted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Righting}.] [AS. rihtan. See {Right}, a.] 1. To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct. 2. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate. So just is God, to right the innocent. --Shak. All experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. --Jefferson. {To right a vessel} (Naut.), to restore her to an upright position after careening. {To right the helm} (Naut.), to place it in line with the keel. | |
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Rigidity \Ri*gid"i*ty\, n. [L. rigiditas: cf. F. rigidit[82]. See {Rigid}.] 1. The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form; -- opposed to {flexibility}, {ductility}, {malleability}, and {softness}. 2. Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance. --Sir H. Wotton. 3. Severity; rigor. [Obs. orR.] --Bp. Burnet. Syn: Stiffness; rigidness; inflexibility. | |
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Roast \Roast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Roasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Roasting}.] [OE. rosten, OF. rostir, F. r[93]tir; of German origin; cf. OHG. r[omac]sten, G. r[94]sten, fr. OHG. r[omac]st, r[omac]sta, gridiron, G. rost; cf. AS. hyrstan to roast.] 1. To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a close oven. 2. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes. In eggs boiled and roasted there is scarce difference to be discerned. --BAcon. 3. To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts. 4. Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. [bd]Roasted in wrath and fire.[b8] --Shak. 5. (Metal.) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores. 6. To banter severely. [Colloq.] --Atterbury. | |
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Rocket \Rock"et\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rocketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rocketing}.] (Sporting) To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective. [Eng.] An old cock pheasant came rocketing over me. --H. R. Haggard. | |
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Roost \Roost\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roosted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Roosting}.] 1. To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch. --Wordsworth. 2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep. O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid, O, let me roost and nestle there. --Herbert. | |
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Roseate \Ro"se*ate\, a. [Cf. L. roseus, rosatus, prepared from roses. See {Roseal}, {Rose}.] 1. Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers. 2. resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate lips. {Roseate tern} (Zo[94]l.), an American and European tern ({Sterna Dougalli}) whose breast is roseate in the breeding season. | |
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Rosetta wood \Ro*set"ta wood`\ An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork. --Ure. | |
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Ructation \Ruc*ta"tion\, n. [L. ructatio, fr. ructare to belch: cf. F. ructation.] The act of belching wind. | |
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Rug-headed \Rug"-head`ed\, a. Having shaggy hair; shock-headed. [Obs.] Those rough rug-headed kerns. --Shak. | |
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Rush \Rush\, n. [OE. rusche, rische, resche, AS. risce, akin to LG. rusk, risch, D. & G. rusch; all probably fr. L. ruscum butcher's broom; akin to Goth. raus reed, G. rohr.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of {Juncus} and {Scirpus}. Note: Some species are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting mats, and the pith is used in some places for wicks to lamps and rushlights. 2. The merest trifle; a straw. John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush. --Arbuthnot. {Bog rush}. See under {Bog}. {Club rush}, any rush of the genus {Scirpus}. {Flowering rush}. See under {Flowering}. {Nut rush} (a) Any plant of the genus {Scleria}, rushlike plants with hard nutlike fruits. (b) A name for several species of {Cyperus} having tuberous roots. {Rush broom}, an Australian leguminous plant ({Viminaria denudata}), having long, slender branches. Also, the Spanish broom. See under {Spanish}. {Rush candle}, See under {Candle}. {Rush grass}, any grass of the genus {Vilfa}, grasses with wiry stems and one-flowered spikelets. {Rush toad} (Zo[94]l.), the natterjack. {Scouring rush}. (Bot.) Same as {Dutch rush}, under {Dutch.} {Spike rush}, any rushlike plant of the genus {Eleocharis}, in which the flowers grow in dense spikes. {Sweet rush}, a sweet-scented grass of Arabia, etc. ({Andropogon sch[d2]nanthus}), used in Oriental medical practice. {Wood rush}, any plant of the genus {Luzula}, which differs in some technical characters from {Juncus}. | |
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Rust \Rust\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rusted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rusting}.] [AS. rustian.] 1. To contract rust; to be or become oxidized. If gold ruste, what shall iron do? --Chaucer. Our armors now may rust. --Dryden. 2. To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust; also, to acquire a rusty appearance. as plants. 3. Fig.: To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction. Must I rust in Egypt? never more Appear in arms, and be the chief of Greece? --Dryden. | |
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Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. [?].] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet. That finer matter, called sand, is no other than very small pebbles. --Woodward. 2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] --Shak. 3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life. The sands are numbered that make up my life. --Shak. 4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide. [bd]The Libyan sands.[b8] --Milton. [bd]The sands o' Dee.[b8] --C. Kingsley. 5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang] {Sand badger} (Zo[94]l.), the Japanese badger ({Meles ankuma}). {Sand bag}. (a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc. (b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by assassins. {Sand ball}, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use at the toilet. {Sand bath}. (a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed. (b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand. {Sand bed}, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a reducing furnace. {Sand birds} (Zo[94]l.), a collective name for numerous species of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers, tattlers, and many others; -- called also {shore birds}. {Sand blast}, a process of engraving and cutting glass and other hard substances by driving sand against them by a steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the process. {Sand box}. (a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling paper with sand. (b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent slipping. {Sand-box tree} (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Hura crepitans}). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of {Regma}. {Sand bug} (Zo[94]l.), an American anomuran crustacean ({Hippa talpoidea}) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under {Anomura}. {Sand canal} (Zo[94]l.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in function. {Sand cock} (Zo[94]l.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand collar}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand saucer}, below. {Sand crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The lady crab. (b) A land crab, or ocypodian. {Sand crack} (Far.), a crack extending downward from the coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes lameness. {Sand cricket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large terrestrial crickets of the genus {Stenophelmatus} and allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western United States. {Sand cusk} (Zo[94]l.), any ophidioid fish. See {Illust.} under {Ophidioid}. {Sand dab} (Zo[94]l.), a small American flounder ({Limanda ferruginea}); -- called also {rusty dab}. The name is also applied locally to other allied species. {Sand darter} (Zo[94]l.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio valley ({Ammocrypta pellucida}). {Sand dollar} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms, especially {Echinarachnius parma} of the American coast. {Sand drift}, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted sand. {Sand eel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A lant, or launce. (b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus {Gonorhynchus}, having barbels about the mouth. {Sand flag}, sandstone which splits up into flagstones. {Sand flea}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in, sandy places, especially the common dog flea. (b) The chigoe. (c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or orchestian. See {Beach flea}, under {Beach}. {Sand flood}, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind. --James Bruce. {Sand fluke}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sandnecker. (b) The European smooth dab ({Pleuronectes microcephalus}); -- called also {kitt}, {marysole}, {smear dab}, {town dab}. {Sand fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Simulium}, abounding on sandy shores, especially {Simulium nocivum} of the United States. They are very troublesome on account of their biting habits. Called also {no-see-um}, {punky}, and {midge}. {Sand gall}. (Geol.) See {Sand pipe}, below. {Sand grass} (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in sand; especially, a tufted grass ({Triplasis purpurea}) with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves, growing on the Atlantic coast. | |
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