rambunctious
         adj 1: noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a
                  boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became
                  rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of
                  teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his
                  paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary
                  human beings"; "an unruly class" [syn: {boisterous},
                  {rambunctious}, {robustious}, {rumbustious}, {unruly}]

English Dictionary: rambunctious	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rampant adj unrestrained and violent; "rampant aggression" rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile; "a lion rampant" Synonym(s): rampant(ip), rearing (of a plant) having a lush and unchecked growth; "a rampant growth of weeds"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rampant arch n an arch whose support is higher on one side than on the other
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rampantly adv in an uncontrolled and rampant manner; "weeds grew rampantly around here" Synonym(s): rampantly, wild
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ramphomicron n thornbills Synonym(s): Ramphomicron, genus Ramphomicron
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rampion n bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad Synonym(s): rampion, rampion bellflower, Campanula rapunculus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rampion bellflower n bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad Synonym(s): rampion, rampion bellflower, Campanula rapunculus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reinvent v bring back into existence; "The candidate reinvented the concept of national health care so that he would get elected" create anew and make over; "He reinvented African music for American listeners"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rhinophyma n enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol Synonym(s): rhinophyma, hypertrophic rosacea, toper's nose, brandy nose, rum nose, rum-blossom, potato nose, hammer nose, copper nose
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rhombencephalon n the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem Synonym(s): hindbrain, rhombencephalon
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rain \Rain\, n. [OF. rein, AS. regen; akin to OFries. rein, D. &       G. regen, OS. & OHG. regan, Icel., Dan., & Sw. regn, Goth.       rign, and prob. to L. rigare to water, to wet; cf. Gr. [?] to       wet, to rain.]       Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water       from the clouds in drops.                   Rain is water by the heat of the sun divided into very                small parts ascending in the air, till, encountering                the cold, it be condensed into clouds, and descends in                drops.                                                   --Ray.                   Fair days have oft contracted wind and rain. --Milton.          Note: Rain is distinguished from mist by the size of the                drops, which are distinctly visible. When water falls                in very small drops or particles, it is called mist;                and fog is composed of particles so fine as to be not                only individually indistinguishable, but to float or be                suspended in the air. See {Fog}, and {Mist}.          {Rain band} (Meteorol.), a dark band in the yellow portion of             the solar spectrum near the sodium line, caused by the             presence of watery vapor in the atmosphere, and hence             sometimes used in weather predictions.          {Rain bird} (Zo[94]l.), the yaffle, or green woodpecker.             [Prov. Eng.] The name is also applied to various other             birds, as to {Saurothera vetula} of the West Indies.          {Rain fowl} (Zo[94]l.), the channel-bill cuckoo ({Scythrops             Nov[91]-Hollandi[91]}) of Australia.          {Rain gauge}, an instrument of various forms measuring the             quantity of rain that falls at any given place in a given             time; a pluviometer; an ombrometer.          {Rain goose} (Zo[94]l.), the red-throated diver, or loon.             [Prov. Eng.]          {Rain prints} (Geol.), markings on the surfaces of stratified             rocks, presenting an appearance similar to those made by             rain on mud and sand, and believed to have been so             produced.          {Rain quail}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Quail}, n., 1.          {Rain water}, water that has fallen from the clouds in rain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ramify \Ram"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ramified}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Ramifying}.] [F. ramifier, LL. ramificare, fr. L. ramus a       branch + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {-fy}.]       To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an       art, subject, scheme.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rampancy \Ramp"an*cy\, n.       The quality or state of being rampant; excessive action or       development; exuberance; extravagance. [bd]They are come to       this height and rampancy of vice.[b8] --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rampant \Ramp"ant\, a. [F., p. pr. of ramper to creep. See       {Ramp}, v.]       1. Ramping; leaping; springing; rearing upon the hind legs;             hence, raging; furious.                         The fierce lion in his kind Which goeth rampant                      after his prey.                                 --Gower.                         [The] lion . . . rampant shakes his brinded mane.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Ascending; climbing; rank in growth; exuberant.                         The rampant stalk is of unusual altitude. --I.                                                                               Taylor.          3. (Her.) Rising with fore paws in the air as if attacking;             -- said of a beast of prey, especially a lion. The right             fore leg and right hind leg should be raised higher than             the left.          {Rampant arch}.             (a) An arch which has one abutment higher than the other.             (b) Same as {Rampant vault}, below.          {Rampant gardant} (Her.), rampant, but with the face turned             to the front.          {Rampant regardant}, rampant, but looking backward.          {Rampant vault} (Arch.), a continuous wagon vault, or cradle             vault, whose two abutments are located on an inclined             planed plane, such as the vault supporting a stairway, or             forming the ceiling of a stairway.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rampant \Ramp"ant\, a. [F., p. pr. of ramper to creep. See       {Ramp}, v.]       1. Ramping; leaping; springing; rearing upon the hind legs;             hence, raging; furious.                         The fierce lion in his kind Which goeth rampant                      after his prey.                                 --Gower.                         [The] lion . . . rampant shakes his brinded mane.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Ascending; climbing; rank in growth; exuberant.                         The rampant stalk is of unusual altitude. --I.                                                                               Taylor.          3. (Her.) Rising with fore paws in the air as if attacking;             -- said of a beast of prey, especially a lion. The right             fore leg and right hind leg should be raised higher than             the left.          {Rampant arch}.             (a) An arch which has one abutment higher than the other.             (b) Same as {Rampant vault}, below.          {Rampant gardant} (Her.), rampant, but with the face turned             to the front.          {Rampant regardant}, rampant, but looking backward.          {Rampant vault} (Arch.), a continuous wagon vault, or cradle             vault, whose two abutments are located on an inclined             planed plane, such as the vault supporting a stairway, or             forming the ceiling of a stairway.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rampant \Ramp"ant\, a. [F., p. pr. of ramper to creep. See       {Ramp}, v.]       1. Ramping; leaping; springing; rearing upon the hind legs;             hence, raging; furious.                         The fierce lion in his kind Which goeth rampant                      after his prey.                                 --Gower.                         [The] lion . . . rampant shakes his brinded mane.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Ascending; climbing; rank in growth; exuberant.                         The rampant stalk is of unusual altitude. --I.                                                                               Taylor.          3. (Her.) Rising with fore paws in the air as if attacking;             -- said of a beast of prey, especially a lion. The right             fore leg and right hind leg should be raised higher than             the left.          {Rampant arch}.             (a) An arch which has one abutment higher than the other.             (b) Same as {Rampant vault}, below.          {Rampant gardant} (Her.), rampant, but with the face turned             to the front.          {Rampant regardant}, rampant, but looking backward.          {Rampant vault} (Arch.), a continuous wagon vault, or cradle             vault, whose two abutments are located on an inclined             planed plane, such as the vault supporting a stairway, or             forming the ceiling of a stairway.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rampant \Ramp"ant\, a. [F., p. pr. of ramper to creep. See       {Ramp}, v.]       1. Ramping; leaping; springing; rearing upon the hind legs;             hence, raging; furious.                         The fierce lion in his kind Which goeth rampant                      after his prey.                                 --Gower.                         [The] lion . . . rampant shakes his brinded mane.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Ascending; climbing; rank in growth; exuberant.                         The rampant stalk is of unusual altitude. --I.                                                                               Taylor.          3. (Her.) Rising with fore paws in the air as if attacking;             -- said of a beast of prey, especially a lion. The right             fore leg and right hind leg should be raised higher than             the left.          {Rampant arch}.             (a) An arch which has one abutment higher than the other.             (b) Same as {Rampant vault}, below.          {Rampant gardant} (Her.), rampant, but with the face turned             to the front.          {Rampant regardant}, rampant, but looking backward.          {Rampant vault} (Arch.), a continuous wagon vault, or cradle             vault, whose two abutments are located on an inclined             planed plane, such as the vault supporting a stairway, or             forming the ceiling of a stairway.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vault \Vault\ (v[add]lt; see Note, below), n. [OE. voute, OF.       voute, volte, F. vo[96]te, LL. volta, for voluta, volutio,       fr. L. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn about. See       {Voluble}, and cf. {Vault} a leap, {Volt} a turn, {Volute}.]       1. (Arch.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling             or canopy.                         The long-drawn aisle and fretted vault. --Gray.          2. An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use             for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the             like; a cell; a cellar. [bd]Charnel vaults.[b8] --Milton.                         The silent vaults of death.               --Sandys.                         To banish rats that haunt our vault.   --Swift.          3. The canopy of heaven; the sky.                         That heaven's vault should crack.      --Shak.          4. [F. volte, It. volta, originally, a turn, and the same             word as volta an arch. See the Etymology above.] A leap or             bound. Specifically:             (a) (Man.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.             (b) A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard,                   or the like.          Note: The l in this word was formerly often suppressed in                pronunciation.          {Barrel}, {Cradle}, {Cylindrical}, [or] {Wagon}, {vault}             (Arch.), a kind of vault having two parallel abutments,             and the same section or profile at all points. It may be             rampant, as over a staircase (see {Rampant vault}, under             {Rampant}), or curved in plan, as around the apse of a             church.          {Coved vault}. (Arch.) See under 1st {Cove}, v. t.          {Groined vault} (Arch.), a vault having groins, that is, one             in which different cylindrical surfaces intersect one             another, as distinguished from a barrel, or wagon, vault.                      {Rampant vault}. (Arch.) See under {Rampant}.          {Ribbed vault} (Arch.), a vault differing from others in             having solid ribs which bear the weight of the vaulted             surface. True Gothic vaults are of this character.          {Vault light}, a partly glazed plate inserted in a pavement             or ceiling to admit light to a vault below.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rampant \Ramp"ant\, a. [F., p. pr. of ramper to creep. See       {Ramp}, v.]       1. Ramping; leaping; springing; rearing upon the hind legs;             hence, raging; furious.                         The fierce lion in his kind Which goeth rampant                      after his prey.                                 --Gower.                         [The] lion . . . rampant shakes his brinded mane.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Ascending; climbing; rank in growth; exuberant.                         The rampant stalk is of unusual altitude. --I.                                                                               Taylor.          3. (Her.) Rising with fore paws in the air as if attacking;             -- said of a beast of prey, especially a lion. The right             fore leg and right hind leg should be raised higher than             the left.          {Rampant arch}.             (a) An arch which has one abutment higher than the other.             (b) Same as {Rampant vault}, below.          {Rampant gardant} (Her.), rampant, but with the face turned             to the front.          {Rampant regardant}, rampant, but looking backward.          {Rampant vault} (Arch.), a continuous wagon vault, or cradle             vault, whose two abutments are located on an inclined             planed plane, such as the vault supporting a stairway, or             forming the ceiling of a stairway.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rampantly \Ramp"ant*ly\, adv.       In a rampant manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ramp \Ramp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ramped} (?; 215); p. pr. & vb.       n. {Ramping}.] [F. ramper to creep, OF., to climb; of German       origin; cf. G. raffen to snatch, LG. & D. rapen. See {Rap} to       snatch, and cf. Romp.]       1. To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to             become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.          2. To move by leaps, or by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or             with violence.                         Their bridles they would champ,                         And trampling the fine element would fiercely ramp.                                                                               --Spenser.          3. To climb, as a plant; to creep up.                         With claspers and tendrils, they [plants] catch                      hold, . . . and so ramping upon trees, they mount up                      to a great height.                              --Ray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rampion \Ram"pi*on\, n. [Cf. F. raiponce, Sp. ruiponce,       reponche, L. raperonzo, NL. rapuntium, fr. L. rapum, rapa, a       turnip, rape. Cf. {Rape} a plant.] (Bot.)       A plant ({Campanula Rapunculus}) of the Bellflower family,       with a tuberous esculent root; -- also called {ramps}.          Note: The name is sometimes given to plants of the genus                {Phyteuma}, herds of the Bellflower family, and to the                American evening primrose ({Enothera biennis}), which                has run wild in some parts of Europe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reinfund \Re`in*fund"\ (-f?nd"), v. i. [Pref. re- + L. infundere       to pour in.]       To flow in anew. [Obs.] --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Remove \Re*move"\ (r?-m??v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Removed}       (-m??vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Removing}.] [OF. removoir,       remouvoir, L. removere, remotum; pref. re- re- + movere to       move. See {Move}.]       1. To move away from the position occupied; to cause to             change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.                         Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark.                                                                               --Deut. xix.                                                                               14.                         When we had dined, to prevent the ladies' leaving                      us, I generally ordered the table to be removed.                                                                               --Goldsmith.          2. To cause to leave a person or thing; to cause to cease to             be; to take away; hence, to banish; to destroy; to put an             end to; to kill; as, to remove a disease. [bd]King Richard             thus removed.[b8] --Shak.          3. To dismiss or discharge from office; as, the President             removed many postmasters.          Note: See the Note under {Remove}, v. i.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rhinopome \Rhi"no*pome\, n. [Rhino- + Gr. pw^ma a lid. ]       (Zo[94]l.)       Any old-world bat of the genus {Rhinopoma}. The rhinopomes       have a long tail extending beyond the web, and inhabit caves       and tombs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rome penny \Rome" pen`ny\, [or] Rome scot \Rome" scot`\       See {Peter pence}, under {Peter}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Romp \Romp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Romped}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Romping}.] [A variant of ramp. See {Ramp} to leap,       {Rampallian}.]       To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in       play.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Romping \Romp"ing\, a.       Inclined to romp; indulging in romps.                   A little romping girl from boarding school. --W.                                                                               Irving.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rompingly \Romp"ing*ly\, adv.       In a romping manner.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
reinvent the wheel v.   To design or implement a tool equivalent    to an existing one or part of one, with the implication that doing    so is silly or a waste of time.   This is often a valid criticism.    On the other hand, automobiles don't use wooden rollers, and some    kinds of wheel have to be reinvented many times before you get them    right.   On the third hand, people reinventing the wheel do tend to    come up with the moral equivalent of a trapezoid with an offset axle.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
reinvent the wheel          To design or implement a tool equivalent to an       existing one or part of one, with the implication that doing       so is silly or a waste of time.   This is often a valid       criticism.   On the other hand, automobiles don't use wooden       rollers, and some kinds of wheel have to be reinvented many       times before you get them right.   On the third hand, people       reinventing the wheel do tend to come up with the moral       equivalent of a trapezoid with an offset axle.          [{Jargon File}]          (1997-04-12)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Remphan       (Acts 7:43; R.V., "Rephan"). In Amos 5:26 the Heb. Chiun (q.v.)       is rendered by the LXX. "Rephan," and this name is adopted by       Luke in his narrative of the Acts. These names represent the       star-god Saturn or Moloch.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Remphan, prepared; arrayed