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   raffishly
         adv 1: in a rakish manner; "she wore her hat rakishly at an
                  angle" [syn: {rakishly}, {raffishly}, {carelessly}]

English Dictionary: Rhipsalis by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rapscallion
n
  1. a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel [syn: rogue, knave, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag, varlet]
  2. one who is playfully mischievous
    Synonym(s): imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
refusal
n
  1. the act of refusing
  2. a message refusing to accept something that is offered
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
revisal
n
  1. the act of rewriting something [syn: revision, revisal, revise, rescript]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rhipsalis
n
  1. large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and pendulous branches; flowers are small followed by berrylike fruits
    Synonym(s): Rhipsalis, genus Rhipsalis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rube Goldberg
n
  1. United States cartoonist who drew intricate diagrams of very complicated and impractical contraptions that accomplished little or nothing (1883-1970)
    Synonym(s): Goldberg, Rube Goldberg, Reuben Lucius Goldberg
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rubicelle
n
  1. a yellow or orange variety of ruby spinel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rubus loganobaccus
n
  1. red-fruited bramble native from Oregon to Baja California
    Synonym(s): loganberry, Rubus loganobaccus, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rupicola
n
  1. cock of the rocks
    Synonym(s): Rupicola, genus Rupicola
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rupicola peruviana
n
  1. bird of the Andes similar to Rupicola rupicola [syn: {cock of the rock}, Rupicola peruviana]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rupicola rupicola
n
  1. tropical bird of northern South America the male having brilliant red or orange plumage and an erectile disklike crest
    Synonym(s): cock of the rock, Rupicola rupicola
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rupicolous
adj
  1. composed of or inscribed on rock; "rupestral drawings in the caves of Northern Spain"
    Synonym(s): rupestral, rupicolous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rupicolous plant
n
  1. plants growing among rocks [syn: rupestral plant, rupestrine plant, rupicolous plant, saxicolous plant]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rapscallion \Rap*scal"lion\, n. [See {Rascallion}.]
      A rascal; a good-for-nothing fellow. [Colloq.] --Howitt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Refocillate \Re*foc"il*late\ (r?*f?s"?l*l?t), v. t. [L.
      refocillatus, p. p. of refocillare; pref. re- re- + focillare
      to revive by warmth.]
      To refresh; to revive. [Obs.] --Aubrey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Refocillation \Re*foc`il*la"tion\ (-l?"sh?n), n.
      Restoration of strength by refreshment. [Obs.] --Middleton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Refusal \Re*fus"al\ (-al), n.
      1. The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded,
            solicited, or offered for acceptance.
  
                     Do they not seek occasion of new quarrels, On my
                     refusal, to distress me more?            --Milton.
  
      2. The right of taking in preference to others; the choice of
            taking or refusing; option; as, to give one the refusal of
            a farm; to have the refusal of an employment.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reposal \Re*pos"al\ (r[esl]*p[omac]z"[ait]l), n. [From
      {Repose}.]
      1. The act or state of reposing; as, the reposal of a trust.
            --Shak.
  
      2. That on which one reposes. [Obs.] --Burton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rep-silver \Rep"-sil`ver\ (r?p"s?l`v?r), n. [See {Reap}.]
      Money anciently paid by servile tenants to their lord, in
      lieu of the customary service of reaping his corn or grain.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Revisal \Re*vis"al\, n. [From {Revise}.]
      The act of revising, or reviewing and re[89]xamining for
      correction and improvement; revision; as, the revisal of a
      manuscript; the revisal of a proof sheet; the revisal of a
      treaty.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rubicelle \Ru"bi*celle\, n. [Cf. F. rubacelle, rubicelle, fr. L.
      rubeus red, reddish.] (Min.)
      A variety of ruby of a yellowish red color, from Brazil.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
            Of rubies, sapphires, and pearles white.      --Chaucer.
  
      2. The color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint.
  
                     The natural ruby of your cheeks.         --Shak.
  
      3. That which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence,
            a red blain or carbuncle.
  
      4. (Print.) See {Agate}, n., 2. [Eng.]
  
      5. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of South American humming birds of
            the genus {Clytol[91]ma}. The males have a ruby-colored
            throat or breast.
  
      {Ruby of arsenic}, {Ruby of sulphur} (Chem.), a glassy
            substance of a red color and a variable composition, but
            always consisting chiefly of the disulphide of arsenic; --
            called also {ruby sulphur}.
  
      {Ruby of zinc} (Min.), zinc sulphide; the mineral zinc blende
            or sphalerite.
  
      {Ruby silver} (Min.), red silver. See under {Red}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Silver \Sil"ver\, n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor,
      siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar,
      OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar,
      G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. s[94]lv, Goth.
      silubr, Russ. serebro, Lith. sidabras; of unknown origin.]
      1. (Chem.) A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile,
            very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It
            is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic,
            antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite,
            proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of
            the [bd]noble[b8] metals, so-called, not being easily
            oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a
            great variety of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic
            weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5.
  
      Note: Silver was known under the name of luna to the ancients
               and also to the alchemists. Some of its compounds, as
               the halogen salts, are remarkable for the effect of
               light upon them, and are used in photography.
  
      2. Coin made of silver; silver money.
  
      3. Anything having the luster or appearance of silver.
  
      4. The color of silver.
  
      Note: Silver is used in the formation of many compounds of
               obvious meaning; as, silver-armed, silver-bright,
               silver-buskined, silver-coated, silver-footed,
               silver-haired, silver-headed, silver-mantled,
               silver-plated, silver-slippered, silver-sounding,
               silver-studded, silver-tongued, silver-white. See
               {Silver}, a.
  
      {Black silver} (Min.), stephanite; -- called also {brittle
            silver ore}, or {brittle silver glance}.
  
      {Fulminating silver}. (Chem.)
            (a) A black crystalline substance, {Ag2O.(NH3)2}, obtained
                  by dissolving silver oxide in aqua ammonia. When dry
                  it explodes violently on the slightest percussion.
            (b) Silver fulminate, a white crystalline substance,
                  {Ag2C2N2O2}, obtained by adding alcohol to a solution
                  of silver nitrate. When dry it is violently explosive.
                 
  
      {German silver}. (Chem.) See under {German}.
  
      {Gray silver}. (Min.) See {Freieslebenite}.
  
      {Horn silver}. (Min.) See {Cerargyrite}.
  
      {King's silver}. (O. Eng. Law) See {Postfine}.
  
      {Red silver}, [or] {Ruby silver}. (Min.) See {Proustite}, and
            {Pyrargyrite}.
  
      {Silver beater}, one who beats silver into silver leaf or
            silver foil.
  
      {Silver glance}, [or] {Vitreous silver}. (Min.) See
            {Argentine}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
            Of rubies, sapphires, and pearles white.      --Chaucer.
  
      2. The color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint.
  
                     The natural ruby of your cheeks.         --Shak.
  
      3. That which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence,
            a red blain or carbuncle.
  
      4. (Print.) See {Agate}, n., 2. [Eng.]
  
      5. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of South American humming birds of
            the genus {Clytol[91]ma}. The males have a ruby-colored
            throat or breast.
  
      {Ruby of arsenic}, {Ruby of sulphur} (Chem.), a glassy
            substance of a red color and a variable composition, but
            always consisting chiefly of the disulphide of arsenic; --
            called also {ruby sulphur}.
  
      {Ruby of zinc} (Min.), zinc sulphide; the mineral zinc blende
            or sphalerite.
  
      {Ruby silver} (Min.), red silver. See under {Red}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rufigallic \Ru`fi*gal"lic\, a. [Rufiopin + gallic.] (Chem.)
      Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained from
      gallic acid as a brown or red crystalline substance, and is
      related to rufiopin and anthracene.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cock \Cock\, n. [AS. coc; of unknown origin, perh. in imitation
      of the cry of the cock. Cf. {Chicken}.]
      1. The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or
            domestic fowls.
  
      2. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
  
                     Drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks! --Shak.
  
      3. A chief man; a leader or master. [Humorous]
  
                     Sir Andrew is the cock of the club, since he left
                     us.                                                   --Addison.
  
      4. The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning;
            cockcrow. [Obs.]
  
                     He begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      5. A faucet or valve.
  
      Note: Jonsons says, [bd]The handly probably had a cock on the
               top; things that were contrived to turn seem anciently
               to have had that form, whatever was the reason.[b8]
               Skinner says, because it used to be constructed in
               forma crit[91] galli, i.e., in the form of a cock's
               comb.
  
      6. The style of gnomon of a dial. --Chambers.
  
      7. The indicator of a balance. --Johnson.
  
      8. The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of
            a balance in a clock or watch. --Knight.
  
      {Ball cock}. See under {Ball}.
  
      {Chaparral cock}. See under {Chaparral}.
  
      {Cock and bull story}, {an extravagant}, boastful story; a
            canard.
  
      {Cock of the plains} (Zo[94]l.) See {Sage cock}.
  
      {Cock of the rock} (Zo[94]l.), a South American bird
            ({Rupicola aurantia}) having a beautiful crest.
  
      {Cock of the walk}, a chief or master; the hero of the hour;
            one who has overcrowed, or got the better of, rivals or
            competitors.
  
      {Cock of the woods}. See {Capercailzie}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rupicoline \Ru*pic"o*line\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Rock-inhabiting.
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