English Dictionary: rock wren | by the DICT Development Group |
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Rack-rent \Rack"-rent`\, n. A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it; an excessive or unreasonably high rent. --Blackstone. | |
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Rack-rent \Rack"-rent`\, v. t. To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant. | |
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Rack-renter \Rack"-rent`er\, n. 1. One who is subjected to playing rack-rent. 2. One who exacts rack-rent. | |
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Reassurance \Re`as*sur"ance\, n. 1. Assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated. --Prynne. 2. (Law) Same as {Reinsurance}. | |
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Recarnify \Re*car"ni*fy\, v. t. To convert again into flesh. [Obs.] --Howell. | |
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Recreance \Rec"re*ance\ (r?k"r?*?ns), n. Recreancy. | |
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Recreancy \Rec"re*an*cy\ (-an*s?), n. The quality or state of being recreant. | |
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Recreant \Rec"re*ant\, n. One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch. --Blackstone. You are all recreants and dastards! --Shak. | |
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Recreant \Rec"re*ant\ (-ant), a. [OF., cowardly, fr. recroire, recreire, to forsake, leave, tire, discourage, regard as conquered, LL. recredere se to declare one's self conquered in combat; hence, those are called recrediti or recreanti who are considered infamous; L. pref. re- again, back + credere to believe, to be of opinion; hence, originally, to disavow one's opinion. See {Creed}.] 1. Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven. [bd]This recreant knight.[b8] --Spenser. 2. Apostate; false; unfaithful. Who, for so many benefits received, Turned recreant to God, ingrate and false. --Milton. | |
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Recrement \Rec"re*ment\ (r?k"r?*ment), n. [L. recrementum; pref. re- re- + cernere, cretum, to separate, sift: cf. F. r[82]cr[82]ment.] 1. Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria; as, the recrement of ore. 2. (Med.) (a) Excrement. [Obs.] (a) A substance secreted from the blood and again absorbed by it. | |
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Recremental \Rec`re*men"tal\ (-m?n"tal), a. Recrementitious. | |
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Recrementitial \Rec`re*men*ti"tial\ (-m?n*t?sh"al), a. [Cf. F. r[82]cr[82]mentitiel.] (Med.) Of the nature of a recrement. See {Recrement}, 2 (b) . [bd]Recrementitial fluids.[b8] --Dunglison. | |
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Recrementitious \Rec`re*men*ti"tious\ (-t?sh"?s), a. Of or pertaining to recrement; consisting of recrement or dross. --Boyle. | |
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Recriminate \Re*crim"i*nate\ (r?*kr?m"?*n?t), v. i. [Pref. re- + criminate: cf. F. r[82]criminer, LL. recriminare.] To return one charge or accusation with another; to charge back fault or crime upon an accuser. It is not my business to recriminate, hoping sufficiently to clear myself in this matter. --Bp. Stillingfleet. | |
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Recriminate \Re*crim"i*nate\, v. t. To accuse in return. --South. | |
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Recrimination \Re*crim`i*na"tion\ (-n?"sh?n), n. [F. r[82]crimination, LL. recriminatio.] The act of recriminating; an accusation brought by the accused against the accuser; a counter accusation. Accusations and recriminations passed backward and forward between the contending parties. --Macaulay. | |
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Recriminative \Re*crim"i*na*tive\ (-n?*t?v), a. Recriminatory. | |
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Recriminator \Re*crim"i*na`tor\ (-n?`t?r), n. One who recriminates. | |
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Recriminatory \Re*crim"i*na*to*ry\ (-n?*t?*r?), a. [Cf. F. r[82]criminatoire.] Having the quality of recrimination; retorting accusation; recriminating. | |
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Recurrence \Re*cur"rence\ (r?*k?r"rens), Recurrency \Re*cur"ren*cy\ (-ren*s?), n. [Cf. F. r[82]currence.] The act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return; resort; recourse. I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent recurrence to the dangerous preparations. --I. Taylor. | |
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Recurrence \Re*cur"rence\ (r?*k?r"rens), Recurrency \Re*cur"ren*cy\ (-ren*s?), n. [Cf. F. r[82]currence.] The act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return; resort; recourse. I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent recurrence to the dangerous preparations. --I. Taylor. | |
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Recurrent \Re*cur"rent\ (-rent), a. [L. recurrens, -entis, p. pr. of recurrere: cf.F. r[82]current. See {Recur}.] 1. Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains. 2. (Anat.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery. {Recurrent fever}. (Med.) See {Relapsing fever}, under {Relapsing}. {Recurrent pulse} (Physiol.), the pulse beat which appears (when the radial artery is compressed at the wrist) on the distal side of the point of pressure through the arteries of the palm of the hand. {Recurrent sensibility} (Physiol.), the sensibility manifested by the anterior, or motor, roots of the spinal cord (their stimulation causing pain) owing to the presence of sensory fibers from the corresponding sensory or posterior roots. | |
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Recurrent \Re*cur"rent\ (-rent), a. [L. recurrens, -entis, p. pr. of recurrere: cf.F. r[82]current. See {Recur}.] 1. Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains. 2. (Anat.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery. {Recurrent fever}. (Med.) See {Relapsing fever}, under {Relapsing}. {Recurrent pulse} (Physiol.), the pulse beat which appears (when the radial artery is compressed at the wrist) on the distal side of the point of pressure through the arteries of the palm of the hand. {Recurrent sensibility} (Physiol.), the sensibility manifested by the anterior, or motor, roots of the spinal cord (their stimulation causing pain) owing to the presence of sensory fibers from the corresponding sensory or posterior roots. | |
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Recurrent \Re*cur"rent\ (-rent), a. [L. recurrens, -entis, p. pr. of recurrere: cf.F. r[82]current. See {Recur}.] 1. Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains. 2. (Anat.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery. {Recurrent fever}. (Med.) See {Relapsing fever}, under {Relapsing}. {Recurrent pulse} (Physiol.), the pulse beat which appears (when the radial artery is compressed at the wrist) on the distal side of the point of pressure through the arteries of the palm of the hand. {Recurrent sensibility} (Physiol.), the sensibility manifested by the anterior, or motor, roots of the spinal cord (their stimulation causing pain) owing to the presence of sensory fibers from the corresponding sensory or posterior roots. | |
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Recurrent \Re*cur"rent\ (-rent), a. [L. recurrens, -entis, p. pr. of recurrere: cf.F. r[82]current. See {Recur}.] 1. Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains. 2. (Anat.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery. {Recurrent fever}. (Med.) See {Relapsing fever}, under {Relapsing}. {Recurrent pulse} (Physiol.), the pulse beat which appears (when the radial artery is compressed at the wrist) on the distal side of the point of pressure through the arteries of the palm of the hand. {Recurrent sensibility} (Physiol.), the sensibility manifested by the anterior, or motor, roots of the spinal cord (their stimulation causing pain) owing to the presence of sensory fibers from the corresponding sensory or posterior roots. | |
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Recur \Re*cur"\ (r?*k?r"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Recurred} (-k?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Recurring}.] [L. recurrere; pref. re- re- + currere to run. See {Current}.] 1. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind. When any word has been used to signify an idea, the old idea will recur in the mind when the word is heard. --I. Watts. 2. To occur at a stated interval, or according to some regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night. 3. To resort; to have recourse; to go for help. If, to avoid succession in eternal existence, they recur to the [bd]punctum stans[b8] of the schools, they will thereby very little help us to a more positive idea of infinite duration. --Locke. {Recurring decimal} (Math.), a circulating decimal. See under {Decimal}. {Recurring series} (Math.), an algebraic series in which the coefficients of the several terms can be expressed by means of certain preceding coefficients and constants in one uniform manner. | |
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Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, n. A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction. {Circulating}, [or] {Circulatory}, {decimal}, a decimal fraction in which the same figure, or set of figures, is constantly repeated; as, 0.354354354; -- called also {recurring decimal}, {repeating decimal}, and {repetend}. | |
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Recur \Re*cur"\ (r?*k?r"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Recurred} (-k?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Recurring}.] [L. recurrere; pref. re- re- + currere to run. See {Current}.] 1. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind. When any word has been used to signify an idea, the old idea will recur in the mind when the word is heard. --I. Watts. 2. To occur at a stated interval, or according to some regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night. 3. To resort; to have recourse; to go for help. If, to avoid succession in eternal existence, they recur to the [bd]punctum stans[b8] of the schools, they will thereby very little help us to a more positive idea of infinite duration. --Locke. {Recurring decimal} (Math.), a circulating decimal. See under {Decimal}. {Recurring series} (Math.), an algebraic series in which the coefficients of the several terms can be expressed by means of certain preceding coefficients and constants in one uniform manner. | |
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Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, n. A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction. {Circulating}, [or] {Circulatory}, {decimal}, a decimal fraction in which the same figure, or set of figures, is constantly repeated; as, 0.354354354; -- called also {recurring decimal}, {repeating decimal}, and {repetend}. | |
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Recur \Re*cur"\ (r?*k?r"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Recurred} (-k?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Recurring}.] [L. recurrere; pref. re- re- + currere to run. See {Current}.] 1. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind. When any word has been used to signify an idea, the old idea will recur in the mind when the word is heard. --I. Watts. 2. To occur at a stated interval, or according to some regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night. 3. To resort; to have recourse; to go for help. If, to avoid succession in eternal existence, they recur to the [bd]punctum stans[b8] of the schools, they will thereby very little help us to a more positive idea of infinite duration. --Locke. {Recurring decimal} (Math.), a circulating decimal. See under {Decimal}. {Recurring series} (Math.), an algebraic series in which the coefficients of the several terms can be expressed by means of certain preceding coefficients and constants in one uniform manner. | |
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Relapsing \Re*laps"ing\, a. Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state. {Relapsing fever} (Med.), an acute, epidemic, contagious fever, which prevails also endemically in Ireland, Russia, and some other regions. It is marked by one or two remissions of the fever, by articular and muscular pains, and by the presence, during the paroxism of spiral bacterium ({Spiroch[91]te}) in the blood. It is not usually fatal. Called also {famine fever}, and {recurring fever}. | |
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Recur \Re*cur"\ (r?*k?r"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Recurred} (-k?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Recurring}.] [L. recurrere; pref. re- re- + currere to run. See {Current}.] 1. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind. When any word has been used to signify an idea, the old idea will recur in the mind when the word is heard. --I. Watts. 2. To occur at a stated interval, or according to some regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night. 3. To resort; to have recourse; to go for help. If, to avoid succession in eternal existence, they recur to the [bd]punctum stans[b8] of the schools, they will thereby very little help us to a more positive idea of infinite duration. --Locke. {Recurring decimal} (Math.), a circulating decimal. See under {Decimal}. {Recurring series} (Math.), an algebraic series in which the coefficients of the several terms can be expressed by means of certain preceding coefficients and constants in one uniform manner. | |
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Regerminate \Re*ger"mi*nate\ (r?*j?r"m?*n?t), v. i. [Pref. re- + germinate: cf. L. regerminare.] To germinate again. Perennial plants regerminate several years successively. --J. Lee. | |
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Regermination \Re*ger`mi*na"tion\ (-n?"sh?n), n. [L. regerminatio.] A germinating again or anew. | |
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Regrant \Re*grant"\, n. 1. The act of granting back to a former proprietor. 2. A renewed of a grant; as, the regrant of a monopoly. | |
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Regrant \Re*grant"\ (r?*gr?nt"), v. t. To grant back; to grant again or anew. --Ayliffe. | |
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Rejourn \Re*journ"\ (r?-j?rn"), v. t. [Cf. F. r[82]ajourner. See {Adjourn}.] To adjourn; to put off. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Rejournment \Re*journ"ment\ (-m[eit]nt), n. Adjournment. [Obs.] | |
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Requirement \Re*quire"ment\ (-ment), n. 1. The act of requiring; demand; requisition. 2. That which is required; an imperative or authoritative command; an essential condition; something needed or necessary; a need. One of those who believe that they can fill up every requirement contained in the rule of righteousness. --J. M. Mason. God gave her the child, and gave her too an instinctive knowledge of its nature and requirements. --Hawthorne. | |
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Require \Re*quire"\ (r?-kw?r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Required} (-kw?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Requiring}.] [OE. requeren, requiren, OF. requerre, F. requ[?]rir; L. pref. re- re- + quaerere to ask; cf. L. requirere. See {Query}, and cf. {Request}, {Requisite}.] 1. To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property. Shall I say to C[91]sar What you require of him? --Shak. By nature did what was by law required. --Dryden. 2. To demand or exact as indispensable; to need. just gave what life required, and gave no more. --Goldsmith. The two last [biographies] require to be particularly noticed. --J. A. Symonds. 3. To ask as a favor; to request. I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way. --Ezra viii. 22. Syn: To claim; exact; enjoin; prescribe; direct; order; demand; need. | |
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Rigarion \Ri*ga"rion\, n. [L. rigatio, fr. rigare to water.] See {Irrigation}. [Obs.] | |
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Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds. 3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii. 2. 4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}. Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built, rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like. {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a rock.] Same as {Roche alum}. {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides}) very abundant on rocks washed by tides. {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}. (b) The goggle-eye. (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called rock bass. {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the corals and Foraminifera. {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous slate. {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure sugar which are very hard, whence the name. {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}. {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod found about rocks andledges. (b) A California rockfish. {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}). (b) A rockling. {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture. {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See Illust. under {Cancer}. {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata}, etc. {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under {Crystal}. {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock doo}. {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp., a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for drilling holes for blasting, etc. {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck. {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}. {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex. {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}. {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}. {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny lobster}, and {sea crayfish}. {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite occuring as an efflorescence. {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}. {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}. {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish green. {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia}) Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}. {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}. {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover. (b) The rock snipe. {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black patches on the back. {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}. {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet. {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation from sea water in large basins or cavities. {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}. {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and allied genera. {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons; as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}. {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover}, {winter snipe}. {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy feel, and adhering to the tongue. {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe. (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}). {Rock tar}, petroleum. {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout. {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases of extremity. {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and {starling}. {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}. {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of Lower California and Mexico. | |
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Rosarian \Ro*sa"ri*an\, n. A cultivator of roses. | |
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Roseworm \Rose"worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous insects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the rose, especially {Cac[91]cia rosaceana}, which rolls up the leaves for a nest, and devours both the leaves and buds. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Russia \Rus"sia\, n. A country of Europe and Asia. {Russia iron}, a kind of sheet iron made in Russia, having a lustrous blue-black surface. {Russia leather}, a soft kind of leather, made originally in Russia but now elsewhere, having a peculiar odor from being impregnated with an oil obtained from birch bark. It is much used in bookbinding, on account of its not being subject to mold, and being proof against insects. {Russia matting}, matting manufactured in Russia from the inner bark of the linden ({Tilia Europ[91]a}). | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rio Grande, NJ (CDP, FIPS 63180) Location: 39.02197 N, 74.87772 W Population (1990): 2505 (1252 housing units) Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 08242 Rio Grande, OH (village, FIPS 67258) Location: 38.88166 N, 82.37862 W Population (1990): 995 (301 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rio Grande City, TX (CDP, FIPS 62168) Location: 26.37845 N, 98.82625 W Population (1990): 9891 (2958 housing units) Area: 18.6 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78582 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rio Grande County, CO (county, FIPS 105) Location: 37.60650 N, 106.38801 W Population (1990): 10770 (5277 housing units) Area: 2363.6 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ri]o Grande zona, PR (urbana, FIPS 71136) Location: 18.38069 N, 65.83933 W Population (1990): 15428 (4530 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Roger Mills County, OK (county, FIPS 129) Location: 35.68673 N, 99.70311 W Population (1990): 4147 (2048 housing units) Area: 2957.6 sq km (land), 11.9 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Rosharon, TX Zip code(s): 77583 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
requirements defines what the potential users want the system to do. In modern methods these requirements should be testable, and will usually be traceable in later development stages. A common feature of nearly all software is that the requirements change during its lifetime. See {software life-cycle}. (1995-11-11) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Requirements Acquisition and Controlled Evolution {requirements engineering}. The method, is being pieced together through a series of intermediate research studies. In essence, the approach has been to establish requirements for RACE, identify individual techniques that meet those requirements, experiment with the combined use of the techniques, and finally assemble the method. In practice, RACE has been influenced significantly by Checkland and Wilson's {Soft Systems Methodology} (SSM) and this forms the core of the method. (1995-11-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
requirements analysis determine the business needs and {functional requirements} that a system must meet. (1996-08-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Requirements Engineering accurately representing the user's {requirements} so that they can be correctly embodied in systems which meet those requirements (i.e. are of good quality). {DOORS} is one product to help with this task. (1995-11-11) |