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   rammer
         n 1: a tool for driving something with force

English Dictionary: Ranier by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ranier
n
  1. a mountain peak in central Washington; highest peak in the Cascade Range; (14,410 feet high)
    Synonym(s): Ranier, Mount Ranier, Mt. Ranier, Mount Tacoma
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reamer
n
  1. a squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruit
    Synonym(s): reamer, juicer, juice reamer
  2. a drill that is used to shape or enlarge holes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Reaumur
n
  1. French physicist who invented the alcohol thermometer (1683-1757)
    Synonym(s): Reaumur, Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
remarry
v
  1. marry, not for the first time; "After her divorce, she remarried her high school sweetheart"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
remora
n
  1. marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects
    Synonym(s): remora, suckerfish, sucking fish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Renoir
n
  1. French impressionist painter (1841-1919) [syn: Renoir, Pierre Auguste Renoir]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rhinorrhea
n
  1. persistent watery mucus discharge from the nose (as in the common cold)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rhymer
n
  1. a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)
    Synonym(s): rhymer, rhymester, versifier, poetizer, poetiser
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roamer
n
  1. someone who leads a wandering unsettled life [syn: wanderer, roamer, rover, bird of passage]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roomer
n
  1. a tenant in someone's house [syn: lodger, boarder, roomer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ruiner
n
  1. a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of gravestones"
    Synonym(s): destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rummer
n
  1. a large drinking glass (ovoid bowl on a stem) for drinking toasts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rumohra
n
  1. leatherleaf ferns: in some classifications included in genus Polystichum
    Synonym(s): Rumohra, genus Rumohra
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rumor
n
  1. gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
    Synonym(s): rumor, rumour, hearsay
v
  1. tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"
    Synonym(s): rumor, rumour, bruit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rumour
n
  1. gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
    Synonym(s): rumor, rumour, hearsay
v
  1. tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"
    Synonym(s): rumor, rumour, bruit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
runner
n
  1. someone who imports or exports without paying duties [syn: smuggler, runner, contrabandist, moon curser, moon-curser]
  2. someone who travels on foot by running
  3. a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; "he sent a runner over with the contract"
  4. a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
    Synonym(s): base runner, runner
  5. a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
    Synonym(s): stolon, runner, offset
  6. a trained athlete who competes in foot races
  7. (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
    Synonym(s): ball carrier, runner
  8. a long narrow carpet
  9. device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
  10. fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
    Synonym(s): runner, blue runner, Caranx crysos
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   R82aumur \R[82]`au`mur"\, a.
      Of or pertaining to Ren[82] Antoine Ferchault de R[82]aumur;
      conformed to the scale adopted by R[82]aumur in graduating
      the thermometer he invented. -- n. A R[82]aumur thermometer
      or scale.
  
      Note: The R[82]aumur thermometer is so graduated that 0[deg]
               marks the freezing point and 80[deg] the boiling point
               of water. Frequently indicated by R. Cf. {Centigrade},
               and {Fahrenheit}. See Illust. of {Thermometer}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rammer \Ram"mer\, n.
      One who, or that which, rams or drives. Specifically:
      (a) An instrument for driving anything force; as, a rammer
            for driving stones or piles, or for beating the earth to
            more solidity.
      (b) A rod for forcing down the charge of a gun; a ramrod.
      (c) (Founding) An implement for pounding the sand of a mold
            to render it compact.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reamer \Ream"er\, n.
      One who, or that which, reams; specifically, an instrument
      with cutting or scraping edges, used, with a twisting motion,
      for enlarging a round hole, as a bore of a cannon, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remarry \Re*mar"ry\ (r?-m?r"rr?), v. t. & i.
      To marry again.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Remora \[d8]Rem"o*ra\ (r?m"?*r?), n. [L.: cf. F. r[82]mora.]
      1. Delay; obstacle; hindrance. [Obs.] --Milton.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of fishes belonging
            to {Echeneis}, {Remora}, and allied genera. Called also
            {sucking fish}.
  
      Note: The anterior dorsal fin is converted into a large
               sucking disk, having two transverse rows of lamell[91],
               situated on the top of the head. They adhere firmly to
               sharks and other large fishes and to vessels by this
               curious sucker, letting go at will. The pegador, or
               remora of sharks ({Echeneis naucrates}), and the
               swordfish remora ({Remora brachyptera}), are common
               American species.
  
      3. (Surg.) An instrument formerly in use, intended to retain
            parts in their places. --Dunglison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Renewer \Re*new"er\ (-?r), n.
      One who, or that which, renews.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Renner \Ren"ner\ (-n?r), n.
      A runner. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rhymer \Rhym"er\, n.
      One who makes rhymes; a versifier; -- generally in contempt;
      a poor poet; a poetaster.
  
               This would make them soon perceive what despicaple
               creatures our common rhymers and playwriters be.
                                                                              --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rhymery \Rhym"er*y\, n.
      The art or habit of making rhymes; rhyming; -- in contempt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rimer \Rim"er\, n.
      A rhymer; a versifier.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rimer \Rim"er\, n.
      A tool for shaping the rimes of a ladder.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rimmer \Rim"mer\, n.
      An implement for cutting, trimming, or ornamenting the rim of
      anything, as the edges of pies, etc.; also, a reamer.
      --Knight.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Roamer \Roam"er\, n.
      One who roams; a wanderer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Roomer \Room"er\, n.
      A lodger. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Roomer \Room"er\, adv. [See {Room}, a.]
      At a greater distance; farther off. [Obs.] --Sir J.
      Harrington.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ruiner \Ru"in*er\, n.
      One who, or that which, ruins.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rummer \Rum"mer\, n. [D. roemer, romer, akin to G. r[94]mer, Sw.
      remmare; perhaps properly, Roman.]
      A large and tall glass, or drinking cup. [Obs.] --J. Philips.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rumor \Ru"mor\, n. [F. rumeur, L. rumor; cf. rumificare,
      rumitare to rumor, Skr. ru to cry.] [Written also {rumour}.]
      1. A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public
            fame; notoriety.
  
                     This rumor of him went forth throughout all Judea,
                     and throughout all the region round about. --Luke
                                                                              vii. 17.
  
                     Great is the rumor of this dreadful knight. --Shak.
  
      2. A current story passing from one person to another,
            without any known authority for its truth; -- in this
            sense often personified.
  
                     Rumor next, and Chance, And Tumult, and Confusion,
                     all embroiled.                                    --Milton.
  
      3. A prolonged, indistinct noise. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rumor \Ru"mor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rumored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Rumoring}.]
      To report by rumor; to tell.
  
               'T was rumored My father 'scaped from out the citadel.
                                                                              --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rumor \Ru"mor\, n. [F. rumeur, L. rumor; cf. rumificare,
      rumitare to rumor, Skr. ru to cry.] [Written also {rumour}.]
      1. A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public
            fame; notoriety.
  
                     This rumor of him went forth throughout all Judea,
                     and throughout all the region round about. --Luke
                                                                              vii. 17.
  
                     Great is the rumor of this dreadful knight. --Shak.
  
      2. A current story passing from one person to another,
            without any known authority for its truth; -- in this
            sense often personified.
  
                     Rumor next, and Chance, And Tumult, and Confusion,
                     all embroiled.                                    --Milton.
  
      3. A prolonged, indistinct noise. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Runer \Ru"ner\, n.
      A bard, or learned man, among the ancient Goths. --Sir W.
      Temple.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Runner \Run"ner\, n. [From {Run}.]
      1. One who, or that which, runs; a racer.
  
      2. A detective. [Slang, Eng.] --Dickens.
  
      3. A messenger. --Swift.
  
      4. A smuggler. [Colloq.] --R. North.
  
      5. One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat,
            hotel, shop, etc. [Cant, U.S.]
  
      6. (Bot.) A slender trailing branch which takes root at the
            joints or end and there forms new plants, as in the
            strawberry and the common cinquefoil.
  
      7. The rotating stone of a set of millstones.
  
      8. (Naut.) A rope rove through a block and used to increase
            the mechanical power of a tackle. --Totten.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scratch player \Scratch player\, runner \runner\, etc.
      One that starts from the scratch; hence, one of first-rate
      ability.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Runner \Run"ner\, n. [From {Run}.]
      1. One who, or that which, runs; a racer.
  
      2. A detective. [Slang, Eng.] --Dickens.
  
      3. A messenger. --Swift.
  
      4. A smuggler. [Colloq.] --R. North.
  
      5. One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat,
            hotel, shop, etc. [Cant, U.S.]
  
      6. (Bot.) A slender trailing branch which takes root at the
            joints or end and there forms new plants, as in the
            strawberry and the common cinquefoil.
  
      7. The rotating stone of a set of millstones.
  
      8. (Naut.) A rope rove through a block and used to increase
            the mechanical power of a tackle. --Totten.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scratch player \Scratch player\, runner \runner\, etc.
      One that starts from the scratch; hence, one of first-rate
      ability.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rainier, OR (city, FIPS 60850)
      Location: 46.09233 N, 122.94643 W
      Population (1990): 1674 (672 housing units)
      Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 2.6 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 97048
   Rainier, WA (town, FIPS 57220)
      Location: 46.89052 N, 122.68460 W
      Population (1990): 991 (357 housing units)
      Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 98576

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Ramer, AL
      Zip code(s): 36069
   Ramer, TN (city, FIPS 61520)
      Location: 35.07029 N, 88.61775 W
      Population (1990): 337 (142 housing units)
      Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 38367

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Ranier, MN (city, FIPS 53134)
      Location: 48.61322 N, 93.34659 W
      Population (1990): 199 (94 housing units)
      Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 56668

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Raymer, CO (town, FIPS 63045)
      Location: 40.60728 N, 103.84387 W
      Population (1990): 98 (43 housing units)
      Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Raymore, MO (city, FIPS 60752)
      Location: 38.81119 N, 94.45726 W
      Population (1990): 5592 (2101 housing units)
      Area: 35.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 64083

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Remer, MN (city, FIPS 53782)
      Location: 47.05805 N, 93.91367 W
      Population (1990): 342 (181 housing units)
      Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 56672

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Renner, SD
      Zip code(s): 57055

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Riner, VA
      Zip code(s): 24149
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