rare
         adj 1: not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness;
                  "a rare word"; "rare books"
         2: recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total
            eclipses are rare events"
         3: not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green
            in the desert"
         4: having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the
            rarefied mountain air" [syn: {rare}, {rarefied}, {rarified}]
         5: marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or
            extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in
            June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of
            humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree" [syn: {rare},
            {uncommon}]
         6: (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast
            beef"

English Dictionary: rare	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rear adj located in or toward the back or rear; "the chair's rear legs"; "the rear door of the plane"; "on the rearward side" Synonym(s): rear(a), rearward(a) n the back of a military formation or procession; "infantrymen were in the rear" Antonym(s): head the side of an object that is opposite its front; "his room was toward the rear of the hotel" Synonym(s): rear, backside, back end Antonym(s): forepart, front, front end the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store" Synonym(s): back, rear Antonym(s): front the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" Synonym(s): buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" Synonym(s): rear, back Antonym(s): front v stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror" Synonym(s): rear, rise up bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" Synonym(s): rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent rise up; "The building rose before them" Synonym(s): rise, lift, rear cause to rise up Synonym(s): rear, erect construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" Synonym(s): raise, erect, rear, set up, put up Antonym(s): dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rehear v hear or try a court case anew Synonym(s): rehear, retry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rewa-rewa n slender elegant tree of New Zealand having racemes of red flowers and yielding valuable mottled red timber Synonym(s): rewa-rewa, New Zealand honeysuckle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rewire v provide with new wiring; "the university rewired the dormitories when most students brought computers and television sets"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
RIRA n a radical terrorist group that broke away in 1997 when the mainstream Provisional IRA proposed a cease-fire; has continued terrorist activities in opposition to any peace agreement Synonym(s): Real IRA, Real Irish Republican Army, RIRA, Dissident Irish Republican Army
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roar n a deep prolonged loud noise [syn: boom, roar, roaring, thunder] a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" Synonym(s): bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl the sound made by a lion v make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles; "The wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the chute" Synonym(s): roar, howl utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared" Synonym(s): thunder, roar emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow" Synonym(s): howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way; "desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town"-R.A.Billington make a loud noise, as of animal; "The bull bellowed" Synonym(s): bellow, roar laugh unrestrainedly and heartily Synonym(s): roar, howl
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rower n someone who rows a boat Synonym(s): oarsman, rower
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ruhr n a tributary of the Rhine Synonym(s): Ruhr, Ruhr River a major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of the Ruhr river in northwestern Germany Synonym(s): Ruhr, Ruhr Valley
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rare \Rare\, a. [Compar. {Rarer}; superl. {Rarest}.] [F., fr. L.       rarus thin, rare.]       1. Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a             rare event.          2. Of an uncommon nature; unusually excellent; valuable to a             degree seldom found.                         Rare work, all filled with terror and delight.                                                                               --Cowley.                         Above the rest I judge one beauty rare. --Dryden.          3. Thinly scattered; dispersed.                         Those rare and solitary, three in flocks. --Milton.          4. Characterized by wide separation of parts; of loose             texture; not thick or dense; thin; as, a rare atmosphere             at high elevations.                         Water is nineteen times lighter, and by consequence                      nineteen times rarer, than gold.         --Sir I.                                                                               Newton.          Syn: Scarce; infrequent; unusual; uncommon; singular;                extraordinary; incomparable.          Usage: {Rare}, {Scarce}. We call a thing rare when but few                   examples, specimens, or instances of it are ever to be                   met with; as, a rare plant. We speak of a thing as                   scarce, which, though usually abundant, is for the                   time being to be had only in diminished quantities;                   as, a bad harvest makes corn scarce.                               A perfect union of wit and judgment is one of                            the rarest things in the world.   --Burke.                               When any particular piece of money grew very                            scarce, it was often recoined by a succeeding                            emperor.                                       --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rare \Rare\ (r[acir]r), a. [Cf. {Rather}, {Rath}.]       Early. [Obs.]                   Rude mechanicals that rare and late Work in the market                place.                                                   --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rare \Rare\, a. [Compar. {Rarer}; superl. {Rarest}.] [Cf. AS.       hr[emac]r, or E. rare early.]       Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked;       underdone; as, rare beef or mutton.                   New-laid eggs, which Baucis' busy care Turned by a                gentle fire, and roasted rare.               --Dryden.          Note: This word is in common use in the United States, but in                England its synonym underdone is preferred.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raw \Raw\, a. [Compar {Rawer}; superl. {Rawest}.] [AS. hre[a0]w;       akin to D. raauw, LG. rau, G. roh, OHG. r[omac], Icel.       hr[be]r, Dan. raa, Sw. r[86], L. crudus, Gr. kre`as flesh,       Skr. kravis raw flesh. [root]18. Cf. {Crude}, {Cruel}.]       1. Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the             action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked;             not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not             done; as, raw meat.          2. Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe;             unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw             soldiers; a raw recruit.                         Approved himself to the raw judgment of the                      multitude.                                          --De Quincey.          3. Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by             art; unwrought. Specifically:             (a) Not distilled; as, raw water. [Obs.] --Bacon.             (b) Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton.             (c) Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits.             (d) Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow.             (e) Not tanned; as, raw hides.             (f) Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw                   edge of a piece of metal or of cloth.          4. Not covered; bare. Specifically:             (a) Bald. [Obs.] [bd]With scull all raw.[b8] --Spencer             (b) Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore.             (c) Sore, as if by being galled.                               And all his sinews waxen weak and raw Through                            long imprisonment.                        --Spenser.          5. Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; as, a raw wind. [bd]A             raw and gusty day.[b8] --Shak.          {Raw material}, material that has not been subjected to a             (specified) process of manufacture; as, ore is the raw             material used in smelting; leather is the raw material of             the shoe industry.          {Raw pig}, cast iron as it comes from the smelting furnace.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ray grass \Ray" grass`\, [Etymol. of ray is uncertain.] (Bot.)       A perennial European grass ({Lolium perenne}); -- called also       {rye grass}, and {red darnel}. See {Darnel}, and {Grass}.          {Italian} {ray, [or] rye}, {grass}. See {Darnel}, and             {Grass}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rear \Rear\, a.       Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear       rank of a company.          {Rear admiral}, an officer in the navy, next in rank below a             vice admiral, and above a commodore. See {Admiral}.          {Rear front} (Mil.), the rear rank of a body of troops when             faced about and standing in that position.          {Rear guard} (Mil.), the division of an army that marches in             the rear of the main body to protect it; -- used also             figuratively.          {Rear line} (Mil.), the line in the rear of an army.          {Rear rank} (Mil.), the rank or line of a body of troops             which is in the rear, or last in order.          {Rear sight} (Firearms), the sight nearest the breech.          {To bring up the rear}, to come last or behind.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rear \Rear\, adv.       Early; soon. [Prov. Eng.]                   Then why does Cuddy leave his cot so rear! --Gay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rear \Rear\, n. [OF. riere behind, backward, fr. L. retro. Cf.       {Arrear}.]       1. The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last             on order; -- opposed to {front}.                         Nipped with the lagging rear of winter's frost.                                                                               --Milton.          2. Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes             last, or is stationed behind the rest.                         When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear.                                                                               --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rear \Rear\, v. i.       To rise up on the hind legs, as a horse; to become erect.          {Rearing bit}, a bit designed to prevent a horse from lifting             his head when rearing. --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rear \Rear\, v. t.       To place in the rear; to secure the rear of. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rear \Rear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reared}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Rearing}.] [AS. r[aemac]ran to raise, rear, elevate, for       r[aemac]san, causative of r[c6]san to rise. See {Rise}, and       cf. {Raise}.]       1. To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect,             etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith.                         In adoration at his feet I fell Submiss; he reared                      me.                                                   --Milton.                         It reareth our hearts from vain thoughts. --Barrow.                         Mine [shall be] the first hand to rear her banner.                                                                               --Ld. Lytton.          2. To erect by building; to set up; to construct; as, to rear             defenses or houses; to rear one government on the ruins of             another.                         One reared a font of stone.               --Tennyson.          3. To lift and take up. [Obs. or R.]                         And having her from Trompart lightly reared, Upon                      his set the lovely load.                     --Spenser.          4. To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to             instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring.                         He wants a father to protect his youth, And rear him                      up to virtue.                                    --Southern.          5. To breed and raise; as, to rear cattle.          6. To rouse; to strip up. [Obs.]                         And seeks the tusky boar to rear.      --Dryden.          Syn: To lift; elevate; erect; raise, build; establish. See                the Note under {Raise}, 3             (c) .
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rehear \Re*hear"\ (r?*h?r"), v. t.       To hear again; to try a second time; as, to rehear a cause in       Chancery.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rehire \Re*hire"\ (r?*h?r"), v. t.       To hire again.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roar \Roar\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roared}; p. pr. & vvb. n.       {Roaring}.] [OE. roren, raren, AS. r[be]rian; akin to G.       r[94]hten, OHG. r[?]r[?]n. [root]112.]       1. To cry with a full, loud, continued sound. Specifically:             (a) To bellow, or utter a deep, loud cry, as a lion or                   other beast.                               Roaring bulls he would him make to tame.                                                                               --Spenser.             (b) To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger.                               Sole on the barren sands, the suffering chief                            Roared out for anguish, and indulged his grief.                                                                               --Dryden.                               He scorned to roar under the impressions of a                            finite anger.                              --South.          2. To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing             vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or             the like.                         The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar.                                                                               --Milton.                         How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar.                                                                               --Gay.          3. To be boisterous; to be disorderly.                         It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance.                                                                               --Bp. Burnet.          4. To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the hearers             roared at his jokes.          5. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a             certain disease. See {Roaring}, 2.          {Roaring boy}, a roaring, noisy fellow; -- name given, at the             latter end Queen Elizabeth's reign, to the riotous fellows             who raised disturbances in the street. [bd]Two roaring             boys of Rome, that made all split.[b8] --Beau. & Fl.          {Roaring forties} (Naut.), a sailor's name for the stormy             tract of ocean between 40[deg] and 50[deg] north latitude.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roar \Roar\, v. t.       To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.                   This last action will roar thy infamy.   --Ford.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roar \Roar\, n.       The sound of roaring. Specifically:       (a) The deep, loud cry of a wild beast; as, the roar of a             lion.       (b) The cry of one in pain, distress, anger, or the like.       (c) A loud, continuous, and confused sound; as, the roar of a             cannon, of the wind, or the waves; the roar of ocean.                         Arm! arm! it is, it is the cannon's opening roar!                                                                               --Byron.       (d) A boisterous outcry or shouting, as in mirth.                         Pit, boxes, and galleries were in a constant roar                      of laughter.                                    --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rory \Ro"ry\, a. [L. ros, roris, dew.]       Dewy. [R.]                   And shook his wings with rory May-dew wet. --Fairfax.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rower \Row"er\, n.       One who rows with an oar.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ririe, ID (city, FIPS 67960)       Location: 43.63134 N, 111.77343 W       Population (1990): 596 (237 housing units)       Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 83443
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rohwer, AR       Zip code(s): 71666
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RARE          {Réseaux Associés pour la Recherche Européenne}