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   recitation
         n 1: written matter that is recited from memory
         2: a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory)
            something prepared in advance; "the program included songs
            and recitations of well-loved poems" [syn: {recitation},
            {recital}, {reading}]
         3: a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study
            [syn: {course session}, {class period}, {recitation}]
         4: systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes
            perfect" [syn: {exercise}, {practice}, {drill}, {practice
            session}, {recitation}]

English Dictionary: recitation	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
recitative n a vocal passage of narrative text that a singer delivers with natural rhythms of speech
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rectitude n righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest Synonym(s): uprightness, rectitude
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Reseda odorata n Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance Synonym(s): mignonette, sweet reseda, Reseda odorata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
restate v to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" Synonym(s): repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
restatement n a revised statement
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rested adj not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing; "came back rested from her vacation" Antonym(s): tired
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
restitute v give or bring back; "Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner" Synonym(s): restore, restitute restore to a previous or better condition; "They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel" Synonym(s): renovate, restitute
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
restitution n a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury Synonym(s): damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress the act of restoring something to its original state getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing" Synonym(s): restitution, return, restoration, regaining
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rheostat n resistor for regulating current [syn: rheostat, {variable resistor}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
right atrioventricular valve n valve with three cusps; situated between the right atrium and the right ventricle; allows blood to pass from atrium to ventricle and closes to prevent backflow when the ventricle contracts Synonym(s): tricuspid valve, right atrioventricular valve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
right atrium n the right upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the venae cavae and coronary sinus Synonym(s): right atrium, right atrium of the heart, atrium dextrum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
right atrium of the heart n the right upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the venae cavae and coronary sinus Synonym(s): right atrium, right atrium of the heart, atrium dextrum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
right to due process n a right guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution; reaffirmed by the Fourteenth Amendment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
right to the pursuit of happiness n the right to try to find happiness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
right-eyed adj having only the right eye
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
righteyed flounder n flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head Synonym(s): righteye flounder, righteyed flounder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rigidity n the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending Synonym(s): rigidity, rigidness the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe Synonym(s): inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness Antonym(s): flexibility, flexibleness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roasted adj (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven [syn: roast, roasted]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rock-steady adj consistent in performance or behavior; "dependable in one's habits"; "a steady-going family man" Synonym(s): dependable, rock-steady, steady-going
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rusted adj having accumulated rust; "rusted hinges" [ant: rustless]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rusty woodsia n a common rock-inhabiting fern of northern temperate regions having rusty-brown stipes and lanceolate pinnate fronds Synonym(s): rusty woodsia, fragrant woodsia, oblong woodsia, Woodsia ilvensis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Racket \Rack"et\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Racketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Racketing}.] 1. To make a confused noise or racket. 2. To engage in noisy sport; to frolic. --Sterne. 3. To carouse or engage in dissipation. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Re89state \Re`[89]s*tate"\ (-t?t), v. t. To re[89]stablish. [Obs.] --Walis.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recede \Re*cede"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Receded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Receding}.] [L. recedere, recessum; pref. re- re- + cedere to go, to go along: cf. F. rec[82]der. See {Cede}.] 1. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw. Like the hollow roar Of tides receding from the instituted shore. --Dryden. All bodies moved circularly endeavor to recede from the center. --Bentley. 2. To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition. Syn: To retire; retreat; return; retrograde; withdraw; desist.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recitation \Rec`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. recitatio: cf. F. r[82]citation. See {Recite}.] 1. The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences. --Hammond. 2. The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered. 3. (Colleges and Schools) The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recitative \Rec`itative"\, n. [It. recitativo, or F. r[82]citatif. See {Recite}.] (Mus.) A species of musical recitation in which the words are delivered in manner resembling that of ordinary declamation; also, a piece of music intended for such recitation; -- opposed to melisma.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recitative \Rec`itative"\, a. Of or pertaining to recitation; intended for musical recitation or declamation; in the style or manner of recitative. -- {Rec`itative"ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recitative \Rec`itative"\, a. Of or pertaining to recitation; intended for musical recitation or declamation; in the style or manner of recitative. -- {Rec`itative"ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recitativo \Rec`itati"vo\, n. [It.] (Mus.) Recitative.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recite \Re*cite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reciting}.] [F. r[82]citer, fr. L. recitare, recitatum; pref. re- re- + citare to call or name, to cite. See {Cite}.] 1. To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse; as, to recite the words of an author, or of a deed or covenant. 2. To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage. 3. To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor. 4. (Law) To state in or as a recital. See {Recital}, 5. Syn: To rehearse; narrate; relate; recount; describe; recapitulate; detail; number; count.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rectitude \Rec"titude\ (r?k"t?t?d), n. [L. rectitudo, fr. rectus right, straight: cf. F. rectitude. See {Right}.] 1. Straightness. [R.] --Johnson. 2. Rightness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth, or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct, either by divine or human laws; uprightness of mind; uprightness; integrity; honesty; justice. 3. Right judgment. [R.] --Sir G. C. Lewis. Syn: See {Justice}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recto-uterine \Rec`to-u"terine\ (-?"t?r?n or *?n), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the rectum and the uterus.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reostat \Re"o*stat\ (r?"?-st?t), n. (Physics) See {Rheostat}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Requite \Re"quite"\ (r?-kw?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Requited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Requiting}.] [Pref. re- + quit.] To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to punish. He can requite thee; for he knows the charma That call fame on such gentle acts as these. --Milton. Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand. --Ps. x. 14. Syn: To repay; reward; pay; compensate; remunerate; satisfy; recompense; punish; revenge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mignonette \Mi`gnon*ette"\, n. [F. mignonnette, dim. of mignon darling. See 2d {Minion}.] (Bot.) A plant ({Reseda odorata}) having greenish flowers with orange-colored stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb. {Mignonette pepper}, coarse pepper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reside \Re*side"\ (r?-z?d"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Resided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Residing}.] [F. r[82]sider, L. residere; pref. re- re- + sedere to sit. See {Sit}. ] 1. To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have one's domicile of home; to remain for a long time. At the moated grange, resides this dejected Mariana. --Shak. In no fixed place the happy souls reside. --Dryden. 2. To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element. In such like acts, the duty and virtue of contentedness doth especially reside. --Barrow. 3. To sink; to settle, as sediment. [Obs.] --Boyle. Syn: To dwell; inhabit; sojourn; abide; remain; live; domiciliate; domicile.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Restate \Restate"\ (r?st?t"), v. t. To state anew. --Palfrey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rest \Rest\ (r[ecr]st), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Resting}.] [AS. restan. See {Rest}, n.] 1. To cease from action or motion, especially from action which has caused weariness; to desist from labor or exertion. God . . . rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. --Gen. ii. 2. Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest. --Ex. xxiii. 12. 2. To be free from whanever wearies or disturbs; to be quiet or still. There rest, if any rest can harbor there. --Milton. 3. To lie; to repose; to recline; to lan; as, to rest on a couch. 4. To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its pedestal. 5. To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead. Fancy . . . then retries Into her private cell when Nature rests. --Milton. 6. To lean in confidence; to trust; to rely; to repose without anxiety; as, to rest on a man's promise. On him I rested, after long debate, And not without considering, fixed [?][?] fate. --Dryden. 7. To be satisfied; to acquiesce. To rest in Heaven's determination. --Addison. {To rest with}, to be in the power of; to depend upon; as, it rests with him to decide.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Restitute \Res"ti*tute\, n. That which is restored or offered in place of something; a substitute. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Restitute \Res"titute\ (r?s"t?t?t), v. t. [L. restitutus, p. p. of restituere; pref. re- re- + statuere to put, place. See {Statute}.] To restore to a former state. [R.] --Dyer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Restitution \Res`titu"tion\ (r?s`t?t?"sh?n), n. [F. restitution, L. restitutio. See {Restitute}, v.] 1. The act of restoring anything to its rightful owner, or of making good, or of giving an equivalent for any loss, damage, or injury; indemnification. A restitution of ancient rights unto the crown. --Spenser. He restitution to the value makes. --Sandys. 2. That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation. 3. (Physics) The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body. 4. (Med.) The movement of rotetion which usually occurs in childbirth after the head has been delivered, and which causes the latter to point towards the side to which it was directed at the beginning of labor. Syn: Restoration; return; indemnification; reparation; compensation; amends; remuneration.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Restitutor \Res"titu`tor\ (r?s"t?t?`t?r), n. [L.: cf. F. restituteur.] One who makes restitution. [R].
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Resudation \Re`su*da"tion\, n. [L. resudare to sweat again. See {Sudation}.] Act of sweating again.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rheostat \Rhe"ostat\, n. [Gr. "rei^n + stato`s standing still.] (Elec.) A contrivance for adjusting or regulating the strength of electrical currents, operating usually by the intercalation of resistance which can be varied at will. --Wheatstone. --{Rhe`ostat"ic}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rheostat \Rhe"ostat\, n. [Gr. "rei^n + stato`s standing still.] (Elec.) A contrivance for adjusting or regulating the strength of electrical currents, operating usually by the intercalation of resistance which can be varied at will. --Wheatstone. --{Rhe`ostat"ic}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Right \Right\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Righted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Righting}.] [AS. rihtan. See {Right}, a.] 1. To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct. 2. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate. So just is God, to right the innocent. --Shak. All experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. --Jefferson. {To right a vessel} (Naut.), to restore her to an upright position after careening. {To right the helm} (Naut.), to place it in line with the keel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rigidity \Rigid"ity\, n. [L. rigiditas: cf. F. rigidit[82]. See {Rigid}.] 1. The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form; -- opposed to {flexibility}, {ductility}, {malleability}, and {softness}. 2. Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance. --Sir H. Wotton. 3. Severity; rigor. [Obs. orR.] --Bp. Burnet. Syn: Stiffness; rigidness; inflexibility.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roast \Roast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Roasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Roasting}.] [OE. rosten, OF. rostir, F. r[93]tir; of German origin; cf. OHG. r[omac]sten, G. r[94]sten, fr. OHG. r[omac]st, r[omac]sta, gridiron, G. rost; cf. AS. hyrstan to roast.] 1. To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a close oven. 2. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes. In eggs boiled and roasted there is scarce difference to be discerned. --BAcon. 3. To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts. 4. Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. [bd]Roasted in wrath and fire.[b8] --Shak. 5. (Metal.) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores. 6. To banter severely. [Colloq.] --Atterbury.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rocket \Rock"et\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rocketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rocketing}.] (Sporting) To rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective. [Eng.] An old cock pheasant came rocketing over me. --H. R. Haggard.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roost \Roost\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roosted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Roosting}.] 1. To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch. --Wordsworth. 2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep. O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid, O, let me roost and nestle there. --Herbert.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roseate \Ro"se*ate\, a. [Cf. L. roseus, rosatus, prepared from roses. See {Roseal}, {Rose}.] 1. Full of roses; rosy; as, roseate bowers. 2. resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with rose color; blooming; as, roseate beauty; her roseate lips. {Roseate tern} (Zo[94]l.), an American and European tern ({Sterna Dougalli}) whose breast is roseate in the breeding season.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rosetta wood \Ro*set"ta wood`\ An east Indian wood of a reddish orange color, handsomely veined with darker marks. It is occasionally used for cabinetwork. --Ure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ructation \Ruc*ta"tion\, n. [L. ructatio, fr. ructare to belch: cf. F. ructation.] The act of belching wind.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rug-headed \Rug"-head`ed\, a. Having shaggy hair; shock-headed. [Obs.] Those rough rug-headed kerns. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rush \Rush\, n. [OE. rusche, rische, resche, AS. risce, akin to LG. rusk, risch, D. & G. rusch; all probably fr. L. ruscum butcher's broom; akin to Goth. raus reed, G. rohr.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of {Juncus} and {Scirpus}. Note: Some species are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting mats, and the pith is used in some places for wicks to lamps and rushlights. 2. The merest trifle; a straw. John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush. --Arbuthnot. {Bog rush}. See under {Bog}. {Club rush}, any rush of the genus {Scirpus}. {Flowering rush}. See under {Flowering}. {Nut rush} (a) Any plant of the genus {Scleria}, rushlike plants with hard nutlike fruits. (b) A name for several species of {Cyperus} having tuberous roots. {Rush broom}, an Australian leguminous plant ({Viminaria denudata}), having long, slender branches. Also, the Spanish broom. See under {Spanish}. {Rush candle}, See under {Candle}. {Rush grass}, any grass of the genus {Vilfa}, grasses with wiry stems and one-flowered spikelets. {Rush toad} (Zo[94]l.), the natterjack. {Scouring rush}. (Bot.) Same as {Dutch rush}, under {Dutch.} {Spike rush}, any rushlike plant of the genus {Eleocharis}, in which the flowers grow in dense spikes. {Sweet rush}, a sweet-scented grass of Arabia, etc. ({Andropogon sch[d2]nanthus}), used in Oriental medical practice. {Wood rush}, any plant of the genus {Luzula}, which differs in some technical characters from {Juncus}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rust \Rust\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rusted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rusting}.] [AS. rustian.] 1. To contract rust; to be or become oxidized. If gold ruste, what shall iron do? --Chaucer. Our armors now may rust. --Dryden. 2. To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust; also, to acquire a rusty appearance. as plants. 3. Fig.: To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction. Must I rust in Egypt? never more Appear in arms, and be the chief of Greece? --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. [?].] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet. That finer matter, called sand, is no other than very small pebbles. --Woodward. 2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] --Shak. 3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life. The sands are numbered that make up my life. --Shak. 4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide. [bd]The Libyan sands.[b8] --Milton. [bd]The sands o' Dee.[b8] --C. Kingsley. 5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang] {Sand badger} (Zo[94]l.), the Japanese badger ({Meles ankuma}). {Sand bag}. (a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc. (b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by assassins. {Sand ball}, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use at the toilet. {Sand bath}. (a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed. (b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand. {Sand bed}, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a reducing furnace. {Sand birds} (Zo[94]l.), a collective name for numerous species of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers, tattlers, and many others; -- called also {shore birds}. {Sand blast}, a process of engraving and cutting glass and other hard substances by driving sand against them by a steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the process. {Sand box}. (a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling paper with sand. (b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent slipping. {Sand-box tree} (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Hura crepitans}). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of {Regma}. {Sand bug} (Zo[94]l.), an American anomuran crustacean ({Hippa talpoidea}) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under {Anomura}. {Sand canal} (Zo[94]l.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in function. {Sand cock} (Zo[94]l.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand collar}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand saucer}, below. {Sand crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The lady crab. (b) A land crab, or ocypodian. {Sand crack} (Far.), a crack extending downward from the coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes lameness. {Sand cricket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large terrestrial crickets of the genus {Stenophelmatus} and allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western United States. {Sand cusk} (Zo[94]l.), any ophidioid fish. See {Illust.} under {Ophidioid}. {Sand dab} (Zo[94]l.), a small American flounder ({Limanda ferruginea}); -- called also {rusty dab}. The name is also applied locally to other allied species. {Sand darter} (Zo[94]l.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio valley ({Ammocrypta pellucida}). {Sand dollar} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms, especially {Echinarachnius parma} of the American coast. {Sand drift}, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted sand. {Sand eel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A lant, or launce. (b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus {Gonorhynchus}, having barbels about the mouth. {Sand flag}, sandstone which splits up into flagstones. {Sand flea}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in, sandy places, especially the common dog flea. (b) The chigoe. (c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or orchestian. See {Beach flea}, under {Beach}. {Sand flood}, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind. --James Bruce. {Sand fluke}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sandnecker. (b) The European smooth dab ({Pleuronectes microcephalus}); -- called also {kitt}, {marysole}, {smear dab}, {town dab}. {Sand fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Simulium}, abounding on sandy shores, especially {Simulium nocivum} of the United States. They are very troublesome on account of their biting habits. Called also {no-see-um}, {punky}, and {midge}. {Sand gall}. (Geol.) See {Sand pipe}, below. {Sand grass} (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in sand; especially, a tufted grass ({Triplasis purpurea}) with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves, growing on the Atlantic coast.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
right outer join {outer join}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RSA Data Security, Inc. (After Rivest, Shamir, Adleman - see {RSA}) A recognised world leader in {cryptography}, with millions of copies of its software encryption and authentication installed and in use worldwide. RSA's technologies are the global {de facto standard} for {public key cryptography} and {digital signature}s, and are part of existing and proposed {standard}s for the {Internet}, {ITU-T}, {ISO}, {ANSI}, {PKCS}, {IEEE} and business and financial networks around the world. {(http://www.rsa.com/)}. (1994-12-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
rstat {netstat}