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   rabbit ears
         n 1: an indoor TV antenna; consists of two extendible rods that
               form a V
         2: the long ears of a rabbit

English Dictionary: rebutter	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rabbit warren n an overcrowded residential area [syn: warren, {rabbit warren}] a series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits Synonym(s): warren, rabbit warren
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rabbit-eared bandicoot n bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit [syn: {rabbit- eared bandicoot}, rabbit bandicoot, bilby, Macrotis lagotis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rafter n one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof Synonym(s): rafter, balk, baulk someone who travels by raft Synonym(s): raftsman, raftman, rafter v provide (a ceiling) with rafters
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
raftered adj having the rafters especially having them visible; "a raftered ceiling"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rapid transit n an urban public transit system using underground or elevated trains Synonym(s): rapid transit, mass rapid transit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
raptor n any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals Synonym(s): bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Raptores n term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped together birds of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes Synonym(s): Raptores, order Raptores
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
raptorial adj relating to or characteristic of birds of prey; "raptorial claws and bill for seizing prey" living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal" Synonym(s): predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
raptorial bird n any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals Synonym(s): bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rapture n a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens Synonym(s): ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation, raptus a state of elated bliss Synonym(s): ecstasy, rapture
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rapturous adj feeling great rapture or delight [syn: ecstatic, enraptured, rapturous, rapt, rhapsodic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rapturously adv in an ecstatic manner; "he reacted ecstatically to my plan to travel to Africa" Synonym(s): ecstatically, rapturously, rhapsodically
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rebutter n a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument Synonym(s): rebutter, disprover, refuter, confuter (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder Synonym(s): rebutter, rebuttal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
refuter n a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument Synonym(s): rebutter, disprover, refuter, confuter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repatriate n a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored v send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees admit back into the country Antonym(s): deport, exile, expatriate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repatriation n the act of returning to the country of origin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repeater n a person who repeats; "the audience consisted largely of repeaters who had seen the movie many times" someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) Synonym(s): recidivist, repeater, habitual criminal a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading Synonym(s): repeating firearm, repeater (electronics) electronic device that amplifies a signal before transmitting it again; "repeaters can be used in computer networks to extend cabling distances"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
riveter n a worker who inserts and hammers rivets [syn: riveter, rivetter] a machine for driving rivets Synonym(s): riveting machine, riveter, rivetter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rivetter n a worker who inserts and hammers rivets [syn: riveter, rivetter] a machine for driving rivets Synonym(s): riveting machine, riveter, rivetter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rooftree n a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters Synonym(s): ridge, ridgepole, rooftree
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rupture n state of being torn or burst open a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" Synonym(s): rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out the act of making a sudden noisy break v separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper" Synonym(s): tear, rupture, snap, bust
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ruptured intervertebral disc n a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region Synonym(s): herniated disc, ruptured intervertebral disc, slipped disc
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rupturewort n common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures Synonym(s): rupturewort, Hernaria glabra
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Rabbit warren}, a piece of ground appropriated to the breeding and preservation of rabbits. --Wright. {Rock rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Daman}, and {Klipdas}. {Welsh rabbit}, a dish of which the chief constituents are toasted bread and toasted cheese, prepared in various ways. The name is said to be a corruption of {Welsh rare bit}, but perhaps it is merely a humorous designation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rabbitry \Rab"bit*ry\, n. A place where rabbits are kept; especially, a collection of hutches for tame rabbits.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rafter \Raft"er\, n. A raftsman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rafter \Raft"er\, n. [AS. r[91]fter; akin to E. raft, n. See {Raft}.] (Arch.) Originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber. Now, commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping, according to the inclination of the roof. See Illust. of {Queen-post}. [Courtesy] oft is sooner found in lowly sheds, With smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rafter \Raft"er\, v. t. 1. To make into rafters, as timber. 2. To furnish with rafters, as a house. 3. (Agric.) To plow so as to turn the grass side of each furrow upon an unplowed ridge; to ridge. [Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rapter \Rap"ter\ (r[acr]p"t[etil]r), n. A raptor. [Obs.] --Drayton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raptor \Rap"tor\ (r[acr]p"t[etil]r), n. [L. raptor, from rapere to ravish. See {Rapid}.] A ravisher; a plunderer. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raptorial \Rapto"rial\ (-r[icr]*[ait]l), a. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Rapacious; living upon prey; -- said especially of certain birds. (b) Adapted for seizing prey; -- said of the legs, claws, etc., of insects, birds, and other animals. (c) Of or pertaining to the Raptores. See Illust. (f) of Aves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raptorious \Rapto"rious\ (-[ucr]s), a. [L. raptorius.] (Zo[94]l.) Raptorial.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rapture \Rap"ture\ (r[acr]p"t[usl]r; 135), n. [L. rapere, raptum, to carry off by force. See {Rapid}.] 1. A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence. [Obs.] That 'gainst a rock, or flat, her keel did dash With headlong rapture. --Chapman. 2. The state or condition of being rapt, or carried away from one's self by agreeable excitement; violence of a pleasing passion; extreme joy or pleasure; ecstasy. Music, when thus applied, raises in the mind of the hearer great conceptions; it strengthens devotion, and advances praise into rapture. --Addison. You grow correct that once with rapture writ. --Pope. 3. A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium. [Obs.] --Shak. Syn: Bliss; ecstasy; transport; delight; exultation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rapture \Rap"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raptured} (-t[usl]rd; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rapturing}.] To transport with excitement; to enrapture. [Poetic] --Thomson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rapture \Rap"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raptured} (-t[usl]rd; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rapturing}.] To transport with excitement; to enrapture. [Poetic] --Thomson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rapture \Rap"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raptured} (-t[usl]rd; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rapturing}.] To transport with excitement; to enrapture. [Poetic] --Thomson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rapturist \Rap"tur*ist\, n. An enthusiast. [Obs.] --J. Spencer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rapturize \Rap"tur*ize\, v. i. & i. To put, or be put, in a state of rapture. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rapturous \Rap"tur*ous\, a. Ecstatic; transporting; ravishing; feeling, expressing, or manifesting rapture; as, rapturous joy, pleasure, or delight; rapturous applause.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rapturously \Rap"turously\, adv. In a rapturous manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rebutter \Re*but"ter\, n. (Law) The answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Refuter \Re*fut"er\ (-f?t"?r), n. One who, or that which, refutes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rehibitory \Rehib"itory\ (r?h?b"?t?r?), a. (Law) Of or relating to rehibition; as, a rehibitory action.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repatriate \Repa"triate\ (r?-p?"tr?-?t), v. t. [L. repatriare. See 1st {Repair}.] To restore to one's own country.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repatriation \Repa`tria"tion\ (-?"sh?n), n. [Cf. LL. repatriatio return to one's country.] Restoration to one's country.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repeater \Re*peat"er\ (-?r), n. One who, or that which, repeats. Specifically: (a) A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters. (b) A repeating firearm. (c) (Teleg.) An instrument for resending a telegraphic message automatically at an intermediate point.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ribaudred \Rib"audred\, Ribaudrous \Rib"audrous\, a. Filthy; obscene; ribald. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ribaudred \Rib"audred\, Ribaudrous \Rib"audrous\, a. Filthy; obscene; ribald. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ribaudry \Rib"aud*ry\, n. Ribaldry. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rifter \Rift"er\, n. A rafter. [Obs.] --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Riveter \Riv"et*er\, n. One who rivets.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rooftree \Roof"tree`\, n. The beam in the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself. Now for me the woods may wither, now for me the rooftree fall. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rope \Rope\, n. [AS. r[be]p; akin to D. reep, G. reif ring hoop, Icel. reip rope, Sw. rep, Dan. reb, reeb Goth. skaudaraip latchet.] 1. A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference, made of strands twisted or braided together. It differs from cord, line, and string, only in its size. See {Cordage}. 2. A row or string consisting of a number of things united, as by braiding, twining, etc.; as, a rope of onions. 3. pl. The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds. {Rope ladder}, a ladder made of ropes. {Rope mat}., a mat made of cordage, or strands of old rope. {Rope of sand}, something of no cohession or fiber; a feeble union or tie; something not to be relied upon. {Rope pump}, a pump in which a rapidly running endless rope raises water by the momentum communicated to the water by its adhesion to the rope. {Rope transmission} (Mach.), a method of transmitting power, as between distant places, by means of endless ropes running over grooved pulleys. {Rope's end}, a piece of rope; especially, one used as a lash in inflicting punishment. {To give one rope}, to give one liberty or license; to let one go at will uncheked.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rubythroat \Ru"by*throat`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging to {Trochilus}, {Calypte}, {Stellula}, and allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the Eastern United States ({Trochilus colubris}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rufterhood \Ruf"ter*hood\, n. [Cf. {Ruff} a plaited collar.] (Falconry) A kind of hood for a hawk.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruptuary \Rup"tuary\ (?; 135), n. [Cf. Roturier.] One not of noble blood; a plebeian; a roturier. [R.] The exclusion of the French ruptuaries ([bd]roturiers,[b8] for history must find a word for this class when it speaks of other nations) from the order of nobility. --Chenevix.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rupture \Rup"ture\, v. i. To suffer a breach or disruption.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rupture \Rup"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. ruptura, fr. rumpere, ruptum to break: cf. F. rupture. See {Reave}, and cf. {Rout} a defeat.] 1. The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring. --Arbuthnot. Hatch from the egg, that soon, Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young. --Milton. 2. Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture. He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family. --E. Everett. 3. (Med.) Hernia. See {Hernia}. 4. A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See {Explosion}. {Modulus of rupture}. (Engin.) See under {Modulus}. Syn: Fracture; breach; break; burst; disruption; dissolution. See {Fracture}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rupture \Rup"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruptured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rupturing}.] 1. To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel. 2. To produce a hernia in.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hernia \Her"ni*a\, n.; pl. E. {Hernias}, L. {Herni[91]}. [L.] (Med.) A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also {rupture}. {Strangulated hernia}, a hernia so tightly compressed in some part of the channel through which it has been protruded as to arrest its circulation, and produce swelling of the protruded part. It may occur in recent or chronic hernia, but is more common in the latter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rupture \Rup"ture\, v. i. To suffer a breach or disruption.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rupture \Rup"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. ruptura, fr. rumpere, ruptum to break: cf. F. rupture. See {Reave}, and cf. {Rout} a defeat.] 1. The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring. --Arbuthnot. Hatch from the egg, that soon, Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young. --Milton. 2. Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations; as, the parties came to a rupture. He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family. --E. Everett. 3. (Med.) Hernia. See {Hernia}. 4. A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See {Explosion}. {Modulus of rupture}. (Engin.) See under {Modulus}. Syn: Fracture; breach; break; burst; disruption; dissolution. See {Fracture}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rupture \Rup"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruptured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rupturing}.] 1. To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel. 2. To produce a hernia in.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hernia \Her"ni*a\, n.; pl. E. {Hernias}, L. {Herni[91]}. [L.] (Med.) A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also {rupture}. {Strangulated hernia}, a hernia so tightly compressed in some part of the channel through which it has been protruded as to arrest its circulation, and produce swelling of the protruded part. It may occur in recent or chronic hernia, but is more common in the latter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruptured \Rup"tured\ (?; 135), a. (Med.) Having a rupture, or hernia.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rupture \Rup"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruptured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rupturing}.] 1. To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel. 2. To produce a hernia in.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rupturewort \Rup"ture*wort"\ (?; 135), n. (Bot.) (a) Same as {Burstwort}. (b) A West Indian plant ({Alternanthera polygonoides}) somewhat resembling burstwort.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rupture \Rup"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruptured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rupturing}.] 1. To part by violence; to break; to burst; as, to rupture a blood vessel. 2. To produce a hernia in.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rafter J Ranch, WY (CDP, FIPS 63100) Location: 43.42625 N, 110.79844 W Population (1990): 1092 (493 housing units) Area: 8.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rapid River, MI Zip code(s): 49878
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Rapidwrite A method for translating set of abbreviations into the much more verbose {COBOL} code. [Sammet 1969, p. 338]. (1995-05-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
repeater A network or communications device which propagates electrical signals from one cable to another, amplifying them to restore them to full strength in the process. Repeaters are used to counter the attenuation which occurs when signals travel long distances (e.g. across an ocean). A network repeater is less intelligent than a {bridge}, {gateway} or {router} since it works at the {physical layer}. (1998-07-16)