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   refuse heap
         n 1: an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter [syn:
               {garbage heap}, {junk heap}, {rubbish heap}, {scrapheap},
               {trash heap}, {junk pile}, {trash pile}, {refuse heap}]

English Dictionary: Rubus parviflorus by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reposeful
adj
  1. affording physical or mental rest; "she spent a restful night at home"
    Synonym(s): restful, reposeful, relaxing
    Antonym(s): restless, uneasy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
review copy
n
  1. a copy of a newly published book that is sent for review to a writer or periodical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
revocable
adj
  1. capable of being revoked or annulled; "a revocable order"
    Synonym(s): revocable, revokable
    Antonym(s): irrevocable, irrevokable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
revokable
adj
  1. capable of being revoked or annulled; "a revocable order"
    Synonym(s): revocable, revokable
    Antonym(s): irrevocable, irrevokable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ribes uva-crispa
n
  1. spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries
    Synonym(s): gooseberry, gooseberry bush, Ribes uva-crispa, Ribes grossularia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Robespierre
n
  1. French revolutionary; leader of the Jacobins and architect of the Reign of Terror; was himself executed in a coup d'etat (1758-1794)
    Synonym(s): Robespierre, Maxmillien Marie Isidore de Robespierre
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rubbish heap
n
  1. an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter [syn: garbage heap, junk heap, rubbish heap, scrapheap, trash heap, junk pile, trash pile, refuse heap]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rubus flagellaris
n
  1. of eastern North America [syn: Northern dewberry, American dewberry, Rubus flagellaris]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rubus fruticosus
n
  1. the true blackberry of Europe as well as any of numerous varieties having sweet edible black or dark purple berries
    Synonym(s): true blackberry, Rubus fruticosus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rubus parviflorus
n
  1. white-flowered raspberry of western North America and northern Mexico with thimble-shaped orange berries
    Synonym(s): salmonberry, salmon berry, thimbleberry, Rubus parviflorus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rubus phoenicolasius
n
  1. raspberry of China and Japan having pale pink flowers grown for ornament and for the small red acid fruits
    Synonym(s): wineberry, Rubus phoenicolasius
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rubus spectabilis
n
  1. large erect red-flowered raspberry of western North America having large pinkish-orange berries
    Synonym(s): salmonberry, Rubus spectabilis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ruby spinel
n
  1. a spinel used as a gemstone (usually dark red) [syn: spinel ruby, ruby spinel]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rupicapra
n
  1. chamois
    Synonym(s): Rupicapra, genus Rupicapra
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rupicapra rupicapra
n
  1. hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips
    Synonym(s): chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rebukable \Re*buk"a*ble\, a.
      Worthy of rebuke or reprehension; reprehensible. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rebukeful \Re*buke"ful\, a.
      Containing rebuke; of the nature of rebuke. [Obs.] --
      {Re*buke"ful*ly}, adv. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rebukeful \Re*buke"ful\, a.
      Containing rebuke; of the nature of rebuke. [Obs.] --
      {Re*buke"ful*ly}, adv. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Refusable \Re*fus"a*ble\ (r?*f?z"?*b'l), a. [Cf. F. refusable.
      See {Refuse}.]
      Capable of being refused; admitting of refusal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Repacify \Re*pac"i*fy\ (r?-p?s"?-f?), v. t.
      To pacify again.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reposeful \Re*pose"ful\ (r[esl]*p[omac]z"f[usdot]l), a.
      Full of repose; quiet.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Revisable \Re*vis"a*ble\, a.
      That may be revised.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Revocability \Rev`o*ca*bil"i*ty\, n.
      The quality of being revocable; as, the revocability of a
      law.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Revocable \Rev"o*ca*ble\, a. [L. revocabilis: cf. F.
      r[82]vocable. See {Revoke}.]
      Capable of being revoked; as, a revocable edict or grant; a
      revocable covenant. -- {Rev"o*ca*ble*ness}, n. --
      {Rev"o*ca*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Revocable \Rev"o*ca*ble\, a. [L. revocabilis: cf. F.
      r[82]vocable. See {Revoke}.]
      Capable of being revoked; as, a revocable edict or grant; a
      revocable covenant. -- {Rev"o*ca*ble*ness}, n. --
      {Rev"o*ca*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Revocable \Rev"o*ca*ble\, a. [L. revocabilis: cf. F.
      r[82]vocable. See {Revoke}.]
      Capable of being revoked; as, a revocable edict or grant; a
      revocable covenant. -- {Rev"o*ca*ble*ness}, n. --
      {Rev"o*ca*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rubbish \Rub"bish\, n. [OE. robows, robeux, rubble, originally
      an Old French plural from an assumed dim. of robe, probably
      in the sense of trash; cf. It. robaccia trash, roba stuff,
      goods, wares, robe. Thus, etymologically rubbish is the pl.
      of rubble. See {Robe}, and cf. {Rubble}.]
      Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless
      stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or
      fallen buildings; ruins; d[82]bris.
  
               What rubbish and what offal!                  --Shak.
  
               he saw the town's one half in rubbish lie. --Dryden.
  
      {Rubbish pulley}. See {Gin block}, under {Gin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gin \Gin\, n. [A contraction of engine.]
      1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. --Chaucer.
            Spenser.
  
      2.
            (a) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights,
                  consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the
                  top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc.
            (b) (Mining) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
  
      3. A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton
            gin.
  
      Note: The name is also given to an instrument of torture
               worked with screws, and to a pump moved by rotary
               sails.
  
      {Gin block}, a simple form of tackle block, having one wheel,
            over which a rope runs; -- called also {whip gin},
            {rubbish pulley}, and {monkey wheel}.
  
      {Gin power}, a form of horse power for driving a cotton gin.
           
  
      {Gin race}, [or] {Gin ring}, the path of the horse when
            putting a gin in motion. --Halliwell.
  
      {Gin saw}, a saw used in a cotton gin for drawing the fibers
            through the grid, leaving the seed in the hopper.
  
      {Gin wheel}.
            (a) In a cotton gin, a wheel for drawing the fiber through
                  the grid; a brush wheel to clean away the lint.
            (b) (Mining) the drum of a whim.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rubbish \Rub"bish\, n. [OE. robows, robeux, rubble, originally
      an Old French plural from an assumed dim. of robe, probably
      in the sense of trash; cf. It. robaccia trash, roba stuff,
      goods, wares, robe. Thus, etymologically rubbish is the pl.
      of rubble. See {Robe}, and cf. {Rubble}.]
      Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless
      stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or
      fallen buildings; ruins; d[82]bris.
  
               What rubbish and what offal!                  --Shak.
  
               he saw the town's one half in rubbish lie. --Dryden.
  
      {Rubbish pulley}. See {Gin block}, under {Gin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gin \Gin\, n. [A contraction of engine.]
      1. Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. --Chaucer.
            Spenser.
  
      2.
            (a) A machine for raising or moving heavy weights,
                  consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the
                  top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc.
            (b) (Mining) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
  
      3. A machine for separating the seeds from cotton; a cotton
            gin.
  
      Note: The name is also given to an instrument of torture
               worked with screws, and to a pump moved by rotary
               sails.
  
      {Gin block}, a simple form of tackle block, having one wheel,
            over which a rope runs; -- called also {whip gin},
            {rubbish pulley}, and {monkey wheel}.
  
      {Gin power}, a form of horse power for driving a cotton gin.
           
  
      {Gin race}, [or] {Gin ring}, the path of the horse when
            putting a gin in motion. --Halliwell.
  
      {Gin saw}, a saw used in a cotton gin for drawing the fibers
            through the grid, leaving the seed in the hopper.
  
      {Gin wheel}.
            (a) In a cotton gin, a wheel for drawing the fiber through
                  the grid; a brush wheel to clean away the lint.
            (b) (Mining) the drum of a whim.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Blackberry \Black"ber*ry\ (bl[acr]k"b[ecr]r*r[ycr]), n. [OE.
      blakberye, AS. bl[91]cberie; bl[91]c black + berie berry.]
      The fruit of several species of bramble ({Rubus}); also, the
      plant itself. {Rubus fruticosus} is the blackberry of
      England; {R. villosus} and {R. Canadensis} are the high
      blackberry and low blackberry of the United States. There are
      also other kinds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chamois \Cham"ois\, n. [F. chamois, prob. fr. OG. gamz, G.
      gemse.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A small species of antelope ({Rupicapra
            tragus}), living on the loftiest mountain ridges of
            Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses
            remarkable agility, and is a favorite object of chase.
  
      2. A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from
            sheepskin, etc.; -- called also {chamois leather}, and
            {chammy} or {shammy leather}. See {Shammy}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Reevesville, SC (town, FIPS 59380)
      Location: 33.20244 N, 80.64600 W
      Population (1990): 244 (111 housing units)
      Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 29471

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rivesville, WV (town, FIPS 68908)
      Location: 39.53159 N, 80.12075 W
      Population (1990): 1064 (461 housing units)
      Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 26588

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Ropesville, TX (city, FIPS 63140)
      Location: 33.41366 N, 102.15433 W
      Population (1990): 494 (192 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 79358

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   RBCSP
  
      Roper and Barter's CSP.
  
      ["A Communicating Sequential Process Language and
      Implementation", T. Roper & J. Barter, Soft Prac & Exp
      11(11):1215-1234 (Nov 1981)].
  
  
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