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   raiment
         n 1: especially fine or decorative clothing [syn: {array},
               {raiment}, {regalia}]
         v 1: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed
               and dress their child" [syn: {dress}, {clothe}, {enclothe},
               {garb}, {raiment}, {tog}, {garment}, {habilitate}, {fit
               out}, {apparel}] [ant: {discase}, {disrobe}, {peel},
               {strip}, {strip down}, {uncase}, {unclothe}, {undress}]

English Dictionary: ramontchi by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
raimentless
adj
  1. possessing no clothing [syn: clothesless, garmentless, raimentless]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rain-in-the-Face
n
  1. a chief of the Sioux; he was with Sitting Bull and others at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when General Custer's troops were massacred (1835-1905)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ramontchi
n
  1. small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums
    Synonym(s): governor's plum, governor plum, Madagascar plum, ramontchi, batoko palm, Flacourtia indica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Raymond B. Cattell
n
  1. American psychologist (born in England) who developed a broad theory of human behavior based on multivariate research (1905-1998)
    Synonym(s): Cattell, Ray Cattell, R. B. Cattell, Raymond B. Cattell, Raymond Bernard Cattell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Raymond Bernard Cattell
n
  1. American psychologist (born in England) who developed a broad theory of human behavior based on multivariate research (1905-1998)
    Synonym(s): Cattell, Ray Cattell, R. B. Cattell, Raymond B. Cattell, Raymond Bernard Cattell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Raymond Chandler
n
  1. United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959)
    Synonym(s): Chandler, Raymond Chandler, Raymond Thornton Chandler
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Raymond Lully
n
  1. Spanish philosopher (1235-1315) [syn: Lully, {Raymond Lully}, Ramon Lully]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Raymond Thornton Chandler
n
  1. United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959)
    Synonym(s): Chandler, Raymond Chandler, Raymond Thornton Chandler
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reanimate
v
  1. give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
    Synonym(s): animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reanimated
adj
  1. given fresh life or vigor or spirit; "stirred by revived hopes"
    Synonym(s): reanimated, revived
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
remain down
v
  1. be counted out; remain down while the referee counts to ten
    Synonym(s): take the count, remain down
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
remainder
n
  1. something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
    Synonym(s): remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest
  2. the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor
  3. the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
    Synonym(s): remainder, difference
  4. a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
    Synonym(s): end, remainder, remnant, oddment
v
  1. sell cheaply as remainders; "The publisher remaindered the books"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
remand
n
  1. the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)
v
  1. refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision
    Synonym(s): remit, remand, send back
  2. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
    Synonym(s): imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
remind
v
  1. put in the mind of someone; "Remind me to call Mother"
  2. assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
    Synonym(s): prompt, remind, cue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reminder
n
  1. a message that helps you remember something; "he ignored his wife's reminders"
  2. an experience that causes you to remember something
  3. someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
    Synonym(s): admonisher, monitor, reminder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
remindful
adj
  1. serving to bring to mind; "cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note"- Wilder Hobson; "a campaign redolent of machine politics"
    Synonym(s): evocative, redolent, remindful, reminiscent, resonant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
remnant
n
  1. a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
    Synonym(s): leftover, remnant
  2. a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
    Synonym(s): end, remainder, remnant, oddment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
remount
n
  1. a fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle
v
  1. mount again; "he remounted his horse"
  2. mount again, as after disassembling something
  3. provide with fresh horses; "remount a regiment"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rene Antoine Ferchault de 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]:
renowned
adj
  1. widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"
    Synonym(s): celebrated, famed, far-famed, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rheum emodi
n
  1. Asian herb (Himalayas) [syn: Himalayan rhubarb, {Indian rhubarb}, red-veined pie plant, Rheum australe, Rheum emodi]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Roman deity
n
  1. a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Roman mythology
n
  1. the mythology of the ancient Romans
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Roman nettle
n
  1. annual European nettle with stinging foliage and small clusters of green flowers
    Synonym(s): Roman nettle, Urtica pipulifera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Roman times
n
  1. the time period during which Rome dominated Europe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roman type
n
  1. a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions [syn: roman, roman type, roman letters, roman print]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
romantic
adj
  1. belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts; "romantic poetry"
    Synonym(s): romantic, romanticist, romanticistic
  2. expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; "her amatory affairs"; "amorous glances"; "a romantic adventure"; "a romantic moonlight ride"
    Synonym(s): amatory, amorous, romantic
  3. not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic; "as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood"; "a romantic disregard for money"; "a wild-eyed dream of a world state"
    Synonym(s): quixotic, romantic, wild- eyed
n
  1. a soulful or amorous idealist
  2. an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism
    Synonym(s): romanticist, romantic
    Antonym(s): classicist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Romantic Movement
n
  1. a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization; "Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality"
    Synonym(s): Romanticism, Romantic Movement
    Antonym(s): classicalism, classicism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
romantic realism
n
  1. the first coherent school of American art; active from 1825 to 1870; painted wilderness landscapes of the Hudson River valley and surrounding New England
    Synonym(s): Hudson River school, romantic realism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
romantically
adv
  1. in a romantic manner; "she fantasized romantically about eloping with her boyfriend"
    Antonym(s): unromantically
  2. in a romantic manner; "they were romantically linked"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
romanticisation
n
  1. the act of indulging in sentiment [syn: sentimentalization, sentimentalisation, romanticization, romanticisation]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
romanticise
v
  1. interpret romantically; "Don't romanticize this uninteresting and hard work!"
    Synonym(s): romanticize, romanticise, glamorize, glamourise
  2. make romantic in style; "The designer romanticized the little black dress"
    Synonym(s): romanticize, romanticise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
romanticism
n
  1. impractical romantic ideals and attitudes
  2. a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization; "Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality"
    Synonym(s): Romanticism, Romantic Movement
    Antonym(s): classicalism, classicism
  3. an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
    Synonym(s): romanticism, romance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
romanticist
adj
  1. belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts; "romantic poetry"
    Synonym(s): romantic, romanticist, romanticistic
n
  1. someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality [syn: sentimentalist, romanticist]
  2. an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism
    Synonym(s): romanticist, romantic
    Antonym(s): classicist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
romanticistic
adj
  1. belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts; "romantic poetry"
    Synonym(s): romantic, romanticist, romanticistic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
romanticization
n
  1. the act of indulging in sentiment [syn: sentimentalization, sentimentalisation, romanticization, romanticisation]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
romanticize
v
  1. interpret romantically; "Don't romanticize this uninteresting and hard work!"
    Synonym(s): romanticize, romanticise, glamorize, glamourise
  2. make romantic in style; "The designer romanticized the little black dress"
    Synonym(s): romanticize, romanticise
  3. act in a romantic way
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ruminate
v
  1. chew the cuds; "cows ruminate"
  2. reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
    Synonym(s): chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rumination
n
  1. a calm, lengthy, intent consideration [syn: contemplation, reflection, reflexion, rumination, musing, thoughtfulness]
  2. (of ruminants) chewing (the cud); "ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination"
  3. regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ruminative
adj
  1. deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man";
    Synonym(s): brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ruminator
n
  1. a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation
    Synonym(s): muser, muller, ponderer, ruminator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
run into
v
  1. be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"
    Synonym(s): run into, encounter
  2. collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole"
    Synonym(s): run into, bump into, jar against, butt against, knock against
  3. hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"
    Synonym(s): hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
    Antonym(s): miss
  4. come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"
    Synonym(s): meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Raiment \Rai"ment\, n. [Abbrev. fr. arraiment. See {Array}.]
      1. Clothing in general; vesture; garments; -- usually
            singular in form, with a collective sense.
  
                     Living, both food and raiment she supplies.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      2. An article of dress. [R. or Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rament \Ram"ent\, n. [L. ramenta, pl.]
      1. A scraping; a shaving. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ramentaceous \Ram`en*ta"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
      Covered with ramenta.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rayonnant \Ray"on*nant\, a. [F.] (Her.)
      Darting forth rays, as the sun when it shines out.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reanimate \Re*an"i*mate\, v. t.
      To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse
      new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to
      reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate
      disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits.
      --Glanvill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reanimation \Re*an"i*ma"tion\, n.
      The act or operation of reanimating, or the state of being
      reanimated; reinvigoration; revival.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remainder \Re*main"der\ (r?-m?n"d?r), n. [OF. remaindre, inf.
      See {Remain}.]
      1. Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation
            and removal of a part; residue; remnant. [bd]The last
            remainders of unhappy Troy.[b8] --Dryden.
  
                     If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes
                     off clear, the remainder yields no salt.
                                                                              --Arbuthnot.
  
      2. (Math.) The quantity or sum that is left after
            subtraction, or after any deduction.
  
      3. (Law) An estate in expectancy, generally in land, which
            becomes an estate in possession upon the determination of
            a particular prior estate, created at the same time, and
            by the same instrument; for example, if land be conveyed
            to A for life, and on his death to B, A's life interest is
            a particuar estate, and B's interest is a remainder, or
            estate in remainder.
  
      Syn: Balance; rest; residue; remnant; leavings.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remainder \Re*main"der\, a.
      Remaining; left; left over; refuse.
  
               Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit After a
               voyage.                                                   --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remainder-man \Re*main"der-man\ (- m[acr]n), n.; pl.
      {Remainder-men} (-m[ecr]n). (Law)
      One who has an estate after a particular estate is
      determined. See {Remainder}, n., 3. --Blackstone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remainder-man \Re*main"der-man\ (- m[acr]n), n.; pl.
      {Remainder-men} (-m[ecr]n). (Law)
      One who has an estate after a particular estate is
      determined. See {Remainder}, n., 3. --Blackstone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remain \Re*main"\ (r?-m?n"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Remained}
      (-m?nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Remaining}.] [OF. remaindre,
      remanoir, L. remanere; pref. re- re- + manere to stay,
      remain. See {Mansion}, and cf. {Remainder}, {Remnant}.]
      1. To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after
            others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a
            number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be
            left as not included or comprised.
  
                     Gather up the fragments that remain.   --John vi. 12.
  
                     Of whom the greater part remain unto this present,
                     but some are fallen asleep.               --1 Cor. xv.
                                                                              6.
  
                     That . . . remains to be proved.         --Locke.
  
      2. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or
            undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to
            last.
  
                     Remain a widow at thy father's house. --Gen.
                                                                              xxxviii. 11.
  
                     Childless thou art; childless remain. --Milton.
  
      Syn: To continue; stay; wait; tarry; rest; sojourn; dwell;
               abide; last; endure.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remand \Re*mand"\ (r?-m?nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Remanded}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Remanding}.] [F. remander to send word again,
      L. remandare; pref. re- re- + mandare to commit, order, send
      word. See {Mandate}.]
      To recommit; to send back.
  
               Remand it to its former place.               --South.
  
               Then were they remanded to the cage again. --Bunyan.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remand \Re*mand"\, n.
      The act of remanding; the order for recommitment.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remand \Re*mand"\ (r?-m?nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Remanded}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Remanding}.] [F. remander to send word again,
      L. remandare; pref. re- re- + mandare to commit, order, send
      word. See {Mandate}.]
      To recommit; to send back.
  
               Remand it to its former place.               --South.
  
               Then were they remanded to the cage again. --Bunyan.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remand \Re*mand"\ (r?-m?nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Remanded}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Remanding}.] [F. remander to send word again,
      L. remandare; pref. re- re- + mandare to commit, order, send
      word. See {Mandate}.]
      To recommit; to send back.
  
               Remand it to its former place.               --South.
  
               Then were they remanded to the cage again. --Bunyan.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remandment \Re*mand"ment\ (-ment), n.
      A remand.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remeant \Re"me*ant\ (r[?]"m[?]*ant), a. [L. remeans, -antis, p.
      pr. of remeare to go or come back.]
      Coming back; returning. [R.] [bd]Like the remeant sun.[b8]
      --C. Kingsley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remind \Re*mind"\ (r?-m?nd"), v. t.
      To put (one) in mind of something; to bring to the
      remembrance of; to bring to the notice or consideration of (a
      person).
  
               When age itself, which will not be defied, shall begin
               to arrest, seize, and remind us of our mortality.
                                                                              --South.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reminder \Re*mind"er\ (-?r), n.
      One who, or that which, reminds; that which serves to awaken
      remembrance.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remindful \Re**mind"ful\ (f?l), a.
      Tending or adapted to remind; careful to remind. --Southey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remnant \Rem"nant\, n. [OF. remanant. See {Remnant}, a.]
      1. That which remains after a part is removed, destroyed,
            used up, performed, etc.; residue. --Chaucer.
  
                     The remnant that are left of the captivity. --Neh.
                                                                              i. 3.
  
                     The remnant of my tale is of a length To tire your
                     patience.                                          --Dryden.
  
      2. A small portion; a slight trace; a fragment; a little bit;
            a scrap.
  
                     Some odd quirks and remnants of wit.   --Shak.
  
      3. (Com.) An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons,
            carpets, etc.
  
      Syn: Residue; rest; remains; remainder.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remnant \Rem"nant\ (r?m"nant), a. [OF. remanant, p. pr. of
      remanoir, remaindre. See {Remanent}, {Remain}.]
      Remaining; yet left. [R.] [bd]Because of the remnant dregs of
      his disease.[b8] --Fuller.
  
               And quiet dedicate her remnant life To the just duties
               of an humble wife.                                 --Prior.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remonetization \Re*mon`e*ti*za"tion\ (r?-m?n`?-t?-z?"sh?n [or]
      -m?n`-), n.
      The act of remonetizing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remonetize \Re*mon"e*tize\ (-t?z), v. t.
      To restore to use as money; as, to remonetize silver.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remontant \Re*mon"tant\ (-tant), a.[F.] (Hort.)
      Rising again; -- applied to a class of roses which bloom more
      than once in a season; the hybrid perpetual roses, of which
      the Jacqueminot is a well-known example.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remount \Re*mount"\ (r?-mount"), v. t. & i.
      To mount again.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remount \Re*mount"\, n.
      The opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting;
      specifically, a fresh horse, with his equipments; as, to give
      one a remount.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Renowmed \Re*nowmed"\ (r?-noumd"), a.
      Renowned. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Renowned \Re*nowned"\ (r?-nound"), a.
      Famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished
      qualities, or for grandeur; eminent; as, a renowned king.
      [bd]Some renowned metropolis with glistering spires.[b8]
      --Milton.
  
               These were the renowned of the congregation. --Num. i.
                                                                              61.
  
      Syn: Famous; famed; distinguished; noted; eminent;
               celebrated; remarkable; wonderful. See {Famous}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Renownedly \Re*nown"ed*ly\ (r?-noun"?d-l?), adv.
      With renown.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Emodin \Em"o*din\, n. (Chem.)
      An orange-red crystalline substance, {C15H10O5}, obtained
      from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a
      derivative of anthraquinone; -- so called from a species of
      rhubarb ({Rheum emodei}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rhubarb \Rhu"barb\, n. [F. rhubarbe, OF. rubarbe, rheubarbe,
      reubarbare, reobarbe, LL. rheubarbarum for rheum barbarum,
      Gr. [?][?][?] (and [?][?]) rhubarb, from the river Rha (the
      Volga) on whose banks it grew. Originally, therefore, it was
      the barbarian plant from the Rha. Cf. {Barbarous},
      {Rhaponticine}.]
      1. (Bot.) The name of several large perennial herbs of the
            genus {Rheum} and order {Polygonace[91]}.
  
      2. The large and fleshy leafstalks of {Rheum Rhaponticum} and
            other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid,
            and are used in cookery. Called also {pieplant}.
  
      3. (Med.) The root of several species of {Rheum}, used much
            as a cathartic medicine.
  
      {Monk's rhubarb}. (Bot.) See under {Monk}.
  
      {Turkey rhubarb} (Med.), the roots of {Rheum Emodi}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rattle \Rat"tle\, n.
      1. A rapid succession of sharp, clattering sounds; as, the
            rattle of a drum. --Prior.
  
      2. Noisy, rapid talk.
  
                     All this ado about the golden age is but an empty
                     rattle and frivolous conceit.            --Hakewill.
  
      3. An instrument with which a ratting sound is made;
            especially, a child's toy that rattle when shaken.
  
                     The rattles of Isis and the cymbals of Brasilea
                     nearly enough resemble each other.      --Sir W.
                                                                              Raleigh.
  
                     Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. --Pope.
  
      4. A noisy, senseless talker; a jabberer.
  
                     It may seem strange that a man who wrote with so
                     much perspicuity, vivacity, and grace, should have
                     been, whenever he took a part in conversation, an
                     empty, noisy, blundering rattle.         --Macaulay.
  
      5. A scolding; a sharp rebuke. [Obs.] --Heylin.
  
      6. (Zo[94]l.) Any organ of an animal having a structure
            adapted to produce a ratting sound.
  
      Note: The rattle of the rattlesnake is composed of the
               hardened terminal scales, loosened in succession, but
               not cast off, and so modified in form as to make a
               series of loose, hollow joints.
  
      7. The noise in the throat produced by the air in passing
            through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel; --
            chiefly observable at the approach of death, when it is
            called the death rattle. See {R[acir]le}.
  
      {To spring a rattle}, to cause it to sound.
  
      {Yellow rattle} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered herb ({Rhinanthus
            Crista-galli}), the ripe seeds of which rattle in the
            inflated calyx.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cockscomb \Cocks"comb`\ (k[ocr]ks"k[omac]m`), n. [1st cock, n. +
      comb crest.]
      1. See {Coxcomb}.
  
      2. (Bot.) A plant ({Celosia cristata}), of many varieties,
            cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant
            flowers; -- sometimes called {garden cockscomb}. Also the
            {Pedicularis}, or lousewort, the {Rhinanthus
            Crista-galli}, and the {Onobrychis Crista-galli}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Roan \Roan\, a. [F. rouan; cf. Sp. roano, ruano, It. rovano,
      roano.]
      1. Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray
            or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse.
  
                     Give my roan a drench.                        --Shak.
  
      2. Made of the leather called roan; as, roan binding.
  
      {Roan antelope} (Zo[94]l.), a very large South African
            antelope ({Hippotragus equinus}). It has long sharp horns
            and a stiff bright brown mane. Called also {mahnya},
            {equine antelope}, and {bastard gemsbok}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Romant \Ro*mant"\, n.
      A romaunt. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Romantic \Ro*man"tic\, a. [F. romantique, fr. OF. romant. See
      {Romance}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling
            romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal;
            as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic
            undertaking.
  
                     Can anything in nature be imagined more profane and
                     impious, more absurd, and undeed romantic, than such
                     a persuasion?                                    --South.
  
                     Zeal for the good of one's country a party of men
                     have represented as chimerical and romantic.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      2. Entertaining ideas and expectations suited to a romance;
            as, a romantic person; a romantic mind.
  
      3. Of or pertaining to the style of the Christian and popular
            literature of the Middle Ages, as opposed to the classical
            antique; of the nature of, or appropriate to, that style;
            as, the romantic school of poets.
  
      4. Characterized by strangeness or variety; suggestive of
            adventure; suited to romance; wild; picturesque; --
            applied to scenery; as, a romantic landscape.
  
      Syn: Sentimental; fanciful; fantastic; fictitious;
               extravagant; wild; chimerical. See {Sentimental}.
  
      {The romantic drama}. See under {Drama}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Romantical \Ro*man"tic*al\, a.
      Romantic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Romanticaly \Ro*man"tic*al*y\, adv.
      In a romantic manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Romanticism \Ro*man"ti*cism\, n. [CF. It. romanticismo, F.
      romantisme, romanticisme.]
      A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities;
      specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic
      effects; -- applied to the productions of a school of writers
      who sought to revive certain medi[?]val forms and methods in
      opposition to the so-called classical style.
  
               He [Lessing] may be said to have begun the revolt from
               pseudo-classicism in poetry, and to have been thus
               unconsciously the founder of romanticism. --Lowell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Romanticist \Ro*man"ti*cist\, n.
      One who advocates romanticism in modern literature. --J. R.
      Seeley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Romanticly \Ro*man"tic*ly\, adv.
      Romantically. [R.] --Strype.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Romanticness \Ro*man"tic*ness\, n.
      The state or quality of being romantic; widness;
      fancifulness. --Richardson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Romaunt \Ro*maunt"\, n. [See {Romance}.]
      A romantic story in verse; as, the [bd]Romaunt of the
      Rose.[b8]
  
               O, hearken, loving hearts and bold, Unto my wild
               romaunt.                                                --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Room \Room\ (r[oomac]m), n. [OE. roum, rum, space, AS. r[umac]m;
      akin to OS., OFries. & Icel. r[umac]m, D. ruim, G. raum, OHG.
      r[umac]m, Sw. & Dan. rum, Goth. r[umac]ms, and to AS.
      r[umac]m, adj., spacious, D. ruim, Icel. r[umac]mr, Goth.
      r[umac]ms; and prob. to L. rus country (cf. {Rural}), Zend
      rava[ndot]h wide, free, open, ravan a plain.]
      1. Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or
            devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or
            small; as, there is not room for a house; the table takes
            up too much room.
  
                     Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet
                     there is room.                                    --Luke xiv.
                                                                              22.
  
                     There was no room for them in the inn. --Luke ii. 7.
  
      2. A particular portion of space appropriated for occupancy;
            a place to sit, stand, or lie; a seat.
  
                     If he have but twelve pence in his purse, he will
                     give it for the best room in a playhouse.
                                                                              --Overbury.
  
                     When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit
                     not down in the highest room.            --Luke xiv. 8.
  
      3. Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set
            apart by a partition; an apartment or chamber.
  
                     I found the prince in the next room.   --Shak.
  
      4. Place or position in society; office; rank; post; station;
            also, a place or station once belonging to, or occupied
            by, another, and vacated. [Obs.]
  
                     When he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in
                     the room of his father Herod.            --Matt. ii.
                                                                              22.
  
                     Neither that I look for a higher room in heaven.
                                                                              --Tyndale.
  
                     Let Bianca take her sister's room.      --Shak.
  
      5. Possibility of admission; ability to admit; opportunity to
            act; fit occasion; as, to leave room for hope.
  
                     There was no prince in the empire who had room for
                     such an alliance.                              --Addison.
  
      {Room and space} (Shipbuilding), the distance from one side
            of a rib to the corresponding side of the next rib; space
            being the distance between two ribs, in the clear, and
            room the width of a rib.
  
      {To give room}, to withdraw; to leave or provide space
            unoccupied for others to pass or to be seated.
  
      {To make room}, to open a space, way, or passage; to remove
            obstructions; to give room.
  
                     Make room, and let him stand before our face.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      Syn: Space; compass; scope; latitude.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ruminate \Ru"mi*nate\, Ruminated \Ru"mi*na`ted\, a. (Bot.)
      Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled
      with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North
      American papaw.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ruminate \Ru"mi*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ruminated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Ruminating}.] [L. ruminatus, p. p. of ruminari,
      ruminare, fr. rumen, -inis, throat, akin to ructare to belch,
      erugere to belch out, Gr. [?], AS. roccettan.]
      1. To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly
            chewed and swallowed. [bd]Cattle free to ruminate.[b8]
            --Wordsworth.
  
      2. Fig.: To think again and again; to muse; to meditate; to
            ponder; to reflect. --Cowper.
  
                     Apart from the hope of the gospel, who is there that
                     ruminates on the felicity of heaven?   --I. Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ruminate \Ru"mi*nate\, v. t.
      1. To chew over again.
  
      2. Fig.: To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
  
                     Mad with desire, she ruminates her sin. --Dryden.
  
                     What I know Is ruminated, plotted, and set down.
                                                                              --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ruminate \Ru"mi*nate\, Ruminated \Ru"mi*na`ted\, a. (Bot.)
      Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled
      with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North
      American papaw.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ruminate \Ru"mi*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ruminated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Ruminating}.] [L. ruminatus, p. p. of ruminari,
      ruminare, fr. rumen, -inis, throat, akin to ructare to belch,
      erugere to belch out, Gr. [?], AS. roccettan.]
      1. To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly
            chewed and swallowed. [bd]Cattle free to ruminate.[b8]
            --Wordsworth.
  
      2. Fig.: To think again and again; to muse; to meditate; to
            ponder; to reflect. --Cowper.
  
                     Apart from the hope of the gospel, who is there that
                     ruminates on the felicity of heaven?   --I. Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ruminate \Ru"mi*nate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ruminated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Ruminating}.] [L. ruminatus, p. p. of ruminari,
      ruminare, fr. rumen, -inis, throat, akin to ructare to belch,
      erugere to belch out, Gr. [?], AS. roccettan.]
      1. To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly
            chewed and swallowed. [bd]Cattle free to ruminate.[b8]
            --Wordsworth.
  
      2. Fig.: To think again and again; to muse; to meditate; to
            ponder; to reflect. --Cowper.
  
                     Apart from the hope of the gospel, who is there that
                     ruminates on the felicity of heaven?   --I. Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rumination \Ru`mi*na"tion\, n. [L. ruminatio: cf. F.
      rumination.]
      1. The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the
            habit of chewing the cud.
  
                     Rumination is given to animals to enable them at
                     once to lay up a great store of food, and afterward
                     to chew it.                                       --Arbuthnot.
  
      2. The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder;
            deliberate meditation or reflection.
  
                     Retiring full of rumination sad.         --Thomson.
  
      3. (Physiol.) The regurgitation of food from the stomach
            after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a
            morbid phenomenon in man.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ruminative \Ru"mi*na*tive\, a.
      Inclined to, or engaged in, rumination or meditation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ruminator \Ru"mi*na`tor\, n. [L.]
      One who ruminates or muses; a meditator.

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   Raymond, CA
      Zip code(s): 93653
   Raymond, GA
      Zip code(s): 30263
   Raymond, IA (city, FIPS 65820)
      Location: 42.46685 N, 92.22825 W
      Population (1990): 619 (212 housing units)
      Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50667
   Raymond, IL (village, FIPS 62965)
      Location: 39.32022 N, 89.57374 W
      Population (1990): 820 (391 housing units)
      Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 62560
   Raymond, KS (city, FIPS 58550)
      Location: 38.27845 N, 98.41453 W
      Population (1990): 125 (62 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67573
   Raymond, ME
      Zip code(s): 04071
   Raymond, MN (city, FIPS 53296)
      Location: 45.01602 N, 95.23718 W
      Population (1990): 668 (276 housing units)
      Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 56282
   Raymond, MS (town, FIPS 61160)
      Location: 32.26030 N, 90.42271 W
      Population (1990): 2275 (477 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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      Zip code(s): 59256
   Raymond, NE (village, FIPS 40780)
      Location: 40.95655 N, 96.78148 W
      Population (1990): 167 (76 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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      Location: 43.03296 N, 71.17473 W
      Population (1990): 2516 (1041 housing units)
      Area: 11.9 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 03077
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      Zip code(s): 43067
   Raymond, SD (town, FIPS 53260)
      Location: 44.91114 N, 97.93656 W
      Population (1990): 96 (51 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 57258
   Raymond, WA (city, FIPS 57430)
      Location: 46.68348 N, 123.73694 W
      Population (1990): 2901 (1258 housing units)
      Area: 10.1 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 98577

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   Raymondville, MO (town, FIPS 60734)
      Location: 37.33975 N, 91.83581 W
      Population (1990): 425 (190 housing units)
      Area: 7.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 65555
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      Location: 26.47911 N, 97.78082 W
      Population (1990): 8880 (2838 housing units)
      Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 78580

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   Reminderville, OH (village, FIPS 66152)
      Location: 41.32740 N, 81.39727 W
      Population (1990): 2163 (818 housing units)
      Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 44202

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      Location: 36.18369 N, 82.07385 W
      Population (1990): 1220 (508 housing units)
      Area: 19.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 37687

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   Runnemede, NJ (borough, FIPS 65160)
      Location: 39.85145 N, 75.07511 W
      Population (1990): 9042 (3524 housing units)
      Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Remmon-methoar
      (Josh. 19:13), rendered correctly in the Revised Version,
      "Rimmon, which stretcheth unto Neah," a landmark of Zebulun;
      called also Rimmon (1 Chr. 6:77).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Romamti-ezer
      elevation of help, one of the sons of Heman, "the king's seer in
      the words of God, to lift up the horn." He was head of the
      "four-and-twentieth" course of singers (1 Chr. 25:4, 31).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Romamti-ezer, exaltation of help
  
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