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rabbit hutch
n 1: a hutch for rabbits

English Dictionary: rabbitwood	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rabbit-weed n low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads Synonym(s): rabbitweed, rabbit-weed, snakeweed, broom snakeweed, broom snakeroot, turpentine weed, Gutierrezia sarothrae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rabbitweed n low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads Synonym(s): rabbitweed, rabbit-weed, snakeweed, broom snakeweed, broom snakeroot, turpentine weed, Gutierrezia sarothrae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rabbitwood n shrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes Synonym(s): rabbitwood, buffalo nut, Pyrularia pubera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rabidity n unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm; "poetry is a sort of divine madness" Synonym(s): madness, rabidity, rabidness
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Raffia taedigera n a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes Synonym(s): jupati, jupaty, jupati palm, Raffia taedigera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Raphidiidae n a family of arthropods of the suborder Megaloptera, including snakeflies Synonym(s): Raphidiidae, family Raphidiidae
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rapidity n a rate that is rapid [syn: celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness]
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reef whitetip shark n smooth dogfish of Pacific and Indian Oceans and Red Sea having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins Synonym(s): whitetip shark, reef whitetip shark, Triaenodon obseus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
refutation n the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions; "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"; "in defense he said the other man started it" Synonym(s): refutation, defense, defence any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something Synonym(s): disproof, falsification, refutation the act of determining that something is false Synonym(s): falsification, falsifying, disproof, refutation, refutal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repeated adj recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements" Synonym(s): perennial, recurrent, repeated
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repeatedly adv several time; "it must be washed repeatedly"
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repetition n an event that repeats; "the events today were a repeat of yesterday's" Synonym(s): repeat, repetition the act of doing or performing again Synonym(s): repetition, repeating the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repetitious adj characterized by repetition; "repetitive movement" [syn: repetitive, repetitious] Antonym(s): nonrepetitive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repetitiousness n verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions [syn: repetitiveness, repetitiousness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repetitive adj repetitive and persistent; "the bluejay's insistent cry" Synonym(s): insistent, repetitive characterized by repetition; "repetitive movement" Synonym(s): repetitive, repetitious Antonym(s): nonrepetitive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repetitively adv in a repetitive manner; "this type of border display is used repetitively in advertising"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repetitiveness n verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions [syn: repetitiveness, repetitiousness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repudiate v cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" Synonym(s): disown, renounce, repudiate refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement" refuse to recognize or pay; "repudiate a debt" reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repudiation n rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated" Synonym(s): repudiation, renunciation refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities); "the repudiation of the debt by the city" the exposure of falseness or pretensions; "the debunking of religion has been too successful" Synonym(s): repudiation, debunking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repudiative adj rejecting emphatically; e.g. refusing to pay or disowning; "a veto is a repudiative act"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reputation n the state of being held in high esteem and honor [syn: repute, reputation] Antonym(s): discredit, disrepute notoriety for some particular characteristic; "his reputation for promiscuity" the general estimation that the public has for a person; "he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing"; "he was a person of bad report" Synonym(s): reputation, report
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reputedly adv by repute; according to general belief; "fish with reputedly poisonous flesh"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ribbed toad n western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ Synonym(s): tailed frog, bell toad, ribbed toad, tailed toad, Ascaphus trui
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riptide n a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current Synonym(s): rip, riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore Synonym(s): riptide, rip current
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rabbet \Rab"bet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rabbeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rabbeting}.] [F. raboter to plane, plane down,rabot a plane; pref. re- re- + OF. abouter, aboter. See {Abut}, and cf. {Rebut}.] 1. To cut a rabbet in; to furnish with a rabbet. 2. To unite the edges of, as boards, etc., in a rabbet joint.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rabdoidal \Rab*doid"al\, a. [Gr. [?] a rod + -oid + -al.] (Anat.) See {Sagittal}. [Written also {rhabdoidal}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sagittal \Sag"it*tal\, a. [L. sagitta an arrow: cf. F. sagittal.] 1. Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage. 2. (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the sagittal suture; rabdoidal; as, the sagittal furrow, or groove, on the inner surface of the roof of the skull. (b) In the mesial plane; mesial; as, a sagittal section of an animal. {Sagittal suture} (Anat.), the suture between the two parietal bones in the top of the skull; -- called also {rabdoidal suture}, and {interparietal suture}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rabidity \Rabid"ity\, n. Rabidness; furiousness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raft \Raft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rafted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rafting}.] To transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rapidity \Rapid"ity\, n. [L. rapiditas: cf. F. rapidit[82].] The quality or state of being rapid; swiftness; celerity; velocity; as, the rapidity of growth or improvement. Syn: -- Rapidness; haste; speed; celerity; velocity; swiftness; fleetness; quickness; agility.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Raptores \[d8]Rapto"res\ (r[acr]pt[omac]"e[emac]z), n. pl. [NL. See {Raptor}.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Accipitres}. Called also {Raptatores}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Rebated cross}, a cross which has the extremities of the arms bent back at right angles, as in the fylfot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rebut \Re*but"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rebutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rebutting}.] [OF. reb[?][?]ter to repulse, drive back; pref. re- + bouter to push, thrust. See 1st {Butt}, {Boutade}.] 1. To drive or beat back; to repulse. Who him, recount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight, Perforce rebutted back. --Spenser. 2. (Law) To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof. --Abbott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Refutation \Ref`uta"tion\ (r?f`?t?"sh?n), n. [L. refutatio: cf. F. r[82]futation.] The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of being refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by argument or countervailing proof. Same of his blunders seem rather to deserve a flogging than a refutation. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Refutatory \Refut"atory\ (r?f?t"?t?r?), a. [L. refutatorius: cf. F. r[82]futatoire.] Tending tu refute; refuting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Refute \Refute"\ (r?F3t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Refuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Refuting}.] [F. r[82]futer, L. refuteare to repel, refute. Cf. {Confute}, {Refuse} to deny.] To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or theories; to refute a disputant. There were so many witnesses in these two miracles that it is impossible to refute such multitudes. --Addison. Syn: To confute; disprove. See {Confute}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repeat \Re*peat"\ (-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repeated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Repeating}.] [F. r[82]p[82]ter, L. repetere; pref. re- re- + petere to fall upon, attack. See {Petition}.] 1. To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem. [bd]I will repeat our former communication.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia). Not well conceived of God; who, though his power Creation could repeat, yet would be loth Us to abolish. --Milton. 2. To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again. [Obs.] --Waller. 3. (Scots Law) To repay or refund (an excess received). {To repeat one's self}, to do or say what one has already done or said. {To repeat signals}, to make the same signals again; specifically, to communicate, by repeating them, the signals shown at headquarters. Syn: To reiterate; iterate; renew; recite; relate; rehearse; recapitulate. See {Reiterate}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Twinning \Twin"ning\, n. (Crystallog.) The assemblage of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other in accordance with some definite law; also, rarely, in artificial twinning (accomplished for example by pressure), the process by which this reversal is brought about. {Polysynthetic twinning}, repeated twinning of crystal lamell[91], as that of the triclinic feldspars. {Repeated twinning}, twinning of more than two crystals, or parts of crystals. {Twinning axis}, {Twinning plane}. See the Note under {Twin}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repeatedly \Repeat"edly\, adv. More than once; again and again; indefinitely.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repedation \Rep"e*da"tion\ (r?p`?-da"sh?n), n. [L. repedare to step back; pref. re- re- + pes, pedis, foot.] A stepping or going back. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repetition \Rep`e*ti"tion\ (r[ecr]p`[esl]-t[icr]sh"[ucr]n), n. [L. repetitio: cf. F. r[82]p[82]tition. See {Repeat}.] 1. The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration. I need not be barren of accusations; he hath faults, with surplus to tire in repetition. --Shak. 2. Recital from memory; rehearsal. 3. (Mus.) The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note. 4. (Rhet.) Reiteration, or repeating the same word, or the same sense in different words, for the purpose of making a deeper impression on the audience. 5. (Astron. & Surv.) The measurement of an angle by successive observations with a repeating instrument. Syn: Iteration; rehearsal. See {Tautology}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repetitional \Rep`eti"tional\ (-al). Repetitionary \Rep`eti"tiona*ry\ (-?-r?), a. Of the nature of, or containing, repetition. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repetitional \Rep`eti"tional\ (-al). Repetitionary \Rep`eti"tiona*ry\ (-?-r?), a. Of the nature of, or containing, repetition. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repetitioner \Rep`eti"tioner\ (-?r), n. One who repeats. [Obs.]
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Repetitious \Rep`e*ti"tious\ (-t?sh"?s), a. Repeating; containing repetition. [U.S.] --Dr. T. Dwight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repetitive \Repet"itive\ (r?-p?t"?-t?v), a. Containing repetition; repeating. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reptation \Rep*ta"tion\ (r?p-t?"sh?n), n. [L. reptatio, from reptare: cf. F. reptation.] (Zo[94]l.) The act of creeping.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reptatory \Rep"tatory\ (r?p"t?-t?-r?), a. (Zo[94]l.) Creeping.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repudiate \Repu"diate\ (-?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repudiated} (-?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repudiating}.] [L. repudiatus, p. p. of repudiare to repudiate, reject, fr. repudium separation, divorce; pref. re- re- + pudere to be ashamed.] 1. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject. Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care. --Prynne. 2. To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry. His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated not long afterward. --Bolingbroke. 3. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repudiate \Repu"diate\ (-?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repudiated} (-?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repudiating}.] [L. repudiatus, p. p. of repudiare to repudiate, reject, fr. repudium separation, divorce; pref. re- re- + pudere to be ashamed.] 1. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject. Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care. --Prynne. 2. To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry. His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated not long afterward. --Bolingbroke. 3. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repudiate \Repu"diate\ (-?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repudiated} (-?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repudiating}.] [L. repudiatus, p. p. of repudiare to repudiate, reject, fr. repudium separation, divorce; pref. re- re- + pudere to be ashamed.] 1. To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject. Servitude is to be repudiated with greater care. --Prynne. 2. To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry. His separation from Terentis, whom he repudiated not long afterward. --Bolingbroke. 3. To refuse to acknowledge or to pay; to disclaim; as, the State has repudiated its debts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repudiation \Repu`dia"tion\ (-[b5]"sh?n), n. [Cf.F. r[82]pudiation, L. repudiatio.] The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repudiation \Repu`dia"tion\, n. One who favors repudiation, especially of a public debt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repudiator \Repu"dia`tor\ (r?-p?"d?-?`t?r), n. [L., a rejecter, contemner.] One who repudiates.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reputation \Rep`u*ta"tion\ (-t?"sh?n), n. [F. r[82]putation, L. reputatio a reckoning, consideration. See {Repute}, v. t.] 1. The estimation in which one is held; character in public opinion; the character attributed to a person, thing, or action; repute. The best evidence of reputation is a man's whole life. --Ames. 2. (Law) The character imputed to a person in the community in which he lives. It is admissible in evidence when he puts his character in issue, or when such reputation is otherwise part of the issue of a case. 3. Specifically: Good reputation; favorable regard; public esteem; general credit; good name. I see my reputation is at stake. --Shak. The security of his reputation or good name. --Blackstone. 4. Account; value. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [/Christ] made himself of no reputation. --Phil. ii. 7. Syn: Credit; repute; regard; estimation; esteem; honor; fame. See the Note under {Character}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reputatively \Reput"ative*ly\ (r?-p?t"?-t?v-l?), adv. By repute.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repute \Re*pute"\ (r?-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reputed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reputing}.] [F. r[82]puter, L. reputare to count over, think over; pref. re- re- + putare to count, think. See {Putative}.] To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon. Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? --Job xviii. 3. The king your father was reputed for A prince most prudent. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reputedly \Reput"edly\ (r?-p?t"?d-l?), adv. In common opinion or estimation; by repute.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Revet \Revet"\ (r[esl]v[ecr]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Revetted};p. pr. & vb. n. {Revetting}.] [See {Revetment}.] (Mil. & Civil Engineering) To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rhabdite \Rhab"dite\, n. [Gr. "ra`bdos a rod.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A minute smooth rodlike or fusiform structure found in the tissues of many Turbellaria. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the hard parts forming the ovipositor of insects.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rhabdoidal \Rhab*doid"al\, a. See {Sagittal}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rabdoidal \Rab*doid"al\, a. [Gr. [?] a rod + -oid + -al.] (Anat.) See {Sagittal}. [Written also {rhabdoidal}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rhabdoidal \Rhab*doid"al\, a. See {Sagittal}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rabdoidal \Rab*doid"al\, a. [Gr. [?] a rod + -oid + -al.] (Anat.) See {Sagittal}. [Written also {rhabdoidal}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rift \Rift\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rifted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rifting}.] To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds. --Longfellow. To dwell these rifted rocks between. --Wordsworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rivet \Riv"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Riveted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Riveting}.] 1. To fasten with a rivet, or with rivets; as, to rivet two pieces of iron. 2. To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a sort of head. 3. Hence, to fasten firmly; to make firm, strong, or immovable; as, to rivet friendship or affection. Rivet and nail me where I stand, ye powers! --Congreve. Thus his confidence was riveted and confirmed. --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rivet \Riv"et\, n. [F., fr. river to rivet; perh. fr. Icel. rifa to fasten together. Cf. {Reef} part of a sail.] A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends. With busy hammers closing rivets up. --Shak. {Rivet joint}, [or] {Riveted joint}, a joint between two or more pieces secured by rivets.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
repetitive strain disorder {overuse strain injury}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
repetitive strain injury {overuse strain injury}