race runner
         n 1: very swift lizard of eastern and central United States
               [syn: {racerunner}, {race runner}, {six-lined racerunner},
               {Cnemidophorus sexlineatus}]

English Dictionary: recreant	by the DICT Development Group
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racerunner n very swift lizard of eastern and central United States Synonym(s): racerunner, race runner, six-lined racerunner, Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
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rack rent n an extortionate rent
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Raja erinacea n most plentiful skate in North American inshore waters in summer; to 21 inches Synonym(s): little skate, Raja erinacea
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reassurance n the act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence
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reassuring adj restoring confidence and relieving anxiety; "a very reassuring remark" Antonym(s): unreassuring, worrisome
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reassuringly adv in a reassuring manner; "the prime minister pointed reassuringly to the silence of the British press"
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rec room n a room equipped for informal entertaining [syn: {recreation room}, rec room]
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recreant adj having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper" Synonym(s): recreant, renegade lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; "the craven fellow turned and ran"; "a craven proposal to raise the white flag"; "this recreant knight"- Spenser Synonym(s): craven, recreant n an abject coward Synonym(s): poltroon, craven, recreant a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. Synonym(s): deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter
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recriminate v return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return
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recrimination n mutual accusations
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recriminative adj countering one charge with another; "recriminatory arguments" Synonym(s): recriminative, recriminatory
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recriminatory adj countering one charge with another; "recriminatory arguments" Synonym(s): recriminative, recriminatory
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recurrence n happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring" Synonym(s): recurrence, return
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recurrent adj recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements" Synonym(s): perennial, recurrent, repeated
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recurrent event n an event that recurs at intervals [syn: periodic event, recurrent event]
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recurrent fever n marked by recurring high fever and transmitted by the bite of infected lice or ticks; characterized by episodes of high fever and chills and headache and muscle pain and nausea that recur every week or ten days for several months Synonym(s): relapsing fever, recurrent fever
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recurrently adv in a recurrent manner
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recurring adj coming back; "a revenant ghost" [syn: recurring, revenant]
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recurring decimal n a decimal with a sequence of digits that repeats itself indefinitely Synonym(s): circulating decimal, recurring decimal, repeating decimal
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requirement n required activity; "the requirements of his work affected his health"; "there were many demands on his time" Synonym(s): requirement, demand anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained" Synonym(s): necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary Antonym(s): inessential, nonessential something that is required in advance; "Latin was a prerequisite for admission" Synonym(s): prerequisite, requirement
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requirements contract n a contract in which you agree to purchase all your requirements of a particular sort from one party
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Rhus aromatica n sweet-scented sumac of eastern America having ternate leaves and yellowish-green flowers in spikes resembling catkins followed by red hairy fruits Synonym(s): fragrant sumac, lemon sumac, Rhus aromatica
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rigor mortis n temporary stiffness of joints and muscular rigidity occurring after death muscular stiffening that begins 2 to 4 hours after death and lasts for about 4 days
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Rio Grande n a North American river; boundary between the United States and Mexico; flows into Gulf of Mexico Synonym(s): Rio Grande, Rio Bravo
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riser main n a vertical pipe in a building [syn: riser, riser pipe, riser pipeline, riser main]
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Rock Cornish n small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl
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Rock Cornish hen n flesh of a small fowl bred for roasting
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rock geranium n plant with basal leaves mottled with white and flowers in lax panicles on erect stems Synonym(s): rock geranium, Heuchera americana
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rock wren n short-tailed bird resembling a wren [syn: rock wren, Xenicus gilviventris] wren inhabiting badlands and mesa country of western United States and Mexico Synonym(s): rock wren, Salpinctes obsoletus
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Roger Huntington Sessions n United States composer who promoted 20th century music (1896-1985) Synonym(s): Sessions, Roger Sessions, Roger Huntington Sessions
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Rack-rent \Rack"-rent`\, n.       A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it;       an excessive or unreasonably high rent. --Blackstone.
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Rack-rent \Rack"-rent`\, v. t.       To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant.
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Rack-renter \Rack"-rent`er\, n.       1. One who is subjected to playing rack-rent.          2. One who exacts rack-rent.
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Reassurance \Re`as*sur"ance\, n.       1. Assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated. --Prynne.          2. (Law) Same as {Reinsurance}.
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Recarnify \Re*car"ni*fy\, v. t.       To convert again into flesh. [Obs.] --Howell.
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Recreance \Rec"re*ance\ (r?k"r?*?ns), n.       Recreancy.
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Recreancy \Rec"re*an*cy\ (-an*s?), n.       The quality or state of being recreant.
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Recreant \Rec"re*ant\, n.       One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a       mean-spirited, cowardly wretch. --Blackstone.                   You are all recreants and dastards!         --Shak.
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Recreant \Rec"re*ant\ (-ant), a. [OF., cowardly, fr. recroire,       recreire, to forsake, leave, tire, discourage, regard as       conquered, LL. recredere se to declare one's self conquered       in combat; hence, those are called recrediti or recreanti who       are considered infamous; L. pref. re- again, back + credere       to believe, to be of opinion; hence, originally, to disavow       one's opinion. See {Creed}.]       1. Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle;             yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven. [bd]This             recreant knight.[b8] --Spenser.          2. Apostate; false; unfaithful.                         Who, for so many benefits received, Turned recreant                      to God, ingrate and false.                  --Milton.
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Recrement \Rec"re*ment\ (r?k"r?*ment), n. [L. recrementum; pref.       re- re- + cernere, cretum, to separate, sift: cf. F.       r[82]cr[82]ment.]       1. Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful;             dross; scoria; as, the recrement of ore.          2. (Med.)             (a) Excrement. [Obs.]             (a) A substance secreted from the blood and again absorbed                   by it.
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Recremental \Rec`re*men"tal\ (-m?n"tal), a.       Recrementitious.
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Recrementitial \Rec`re*men*ti"tial\ (-m?n*t?sh"al), a. [Cf. F.       r[82]cr[82]mentitiel.] (Med.)       Of the nature of a recrement. See {Recrement}, 2       (b) . [bd]Recrementitial fluids.[b8] --Dunglison.
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Recrementitious \Rec`re*men*ti"tious\ (-t?sh"?s), a.       Of or pertaining to recrement; consisting of recrement or       dross. --Boyle.
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Recriminate \Re*crim"i*nate\ (r?*kr?m"?*n?t), v. i. [Pref. re- +       criminate: cf. F. r[82]criminer, LL. recriminare.]       To return one charge or accusation with another; to charge       back fault or crime upon an accuser.                   It is not my business to recriminate, hoping                sufficiently to clear myself in this matter. --Bp.                                                                               Stillingfleet.
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Recriminate \Re*crim"i*nate\, v. t.       To accuse in return. --South.
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Recrimination \Re*crim`i*na"tion\ (-n?"sh?n), n. [F.       r[82]crimination, LL. recriminatio.]       The act of recriminating; an accusation brought by the       accused against the accuser; a counter accusation.                   Accusations and recriminations passed backward and                forward between the contending parties.   --Macaulay.
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Recriminative \Re*crim"i*na*tive\ (-n?*t?v), a.       Recriminatory.
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Recriminator \Re*crim"i*na`tor\ (-n?`t?r), n.       One who recriminates.
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Recriminatory \Re*crim"i*na*to*ry\ (-n?*t?*r?), a. [Cf. F.       r[82]criminatoire.]       Having the quality of recrimination; retorting accusation;       recriminating.
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Recurrence \Re*cur"rence\ (r?*k?r"rens), Recurrency    \Re*cur"ren*cy\ (-ren*s?), n. [Cf. F. r[82]currence.]       The act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return;       resort; recourse.                   I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent                recurrence to the dangerous preparations. --I. Taylor.
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Recurrence \Re*cur"rence\ (r?*k?r"rens), Recurrency    \Re*cur"ren*cy\ (-ren*s?), n. [Cf. F. r[82]currence.]       The act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return;       resort; recourse.                   I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent                recurrence to the dangerous preparations. --I. Taylor.
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Recurrent \Re*cur"rent\ (-rent), a. [L. recurrens, -entis, p.       pr. of recurrere: cf.F. r[82]current. See {Recur}.]       1. Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent             pains.          2. (Anat.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent             nerve or artery.          {Recurrent fever}. (Med.) See {Relapsing fever}, under             {Relapsing}.          {Recurrent pulse} (Physiol.), the pulse beat which appears             (when the radial artery is compressed at the wrist) on the             distal side of the point of pressure through the arteries             of the palm of the hand.          {Recurrent sensibility} (Physiol.), the sensibility             manifested by the anterior, or motor, roots of the spinal             cord (their stimulation causing pain) owing to the             presence of sensory fibers from the corresponding sensory             or posterior roots.
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Recurrent \Re*cur"rent\ (-rent), a. [L. recurrens, -entis, p.       pr. of recurrere: cf.F. r[82]current. See {Recur}.]       1. Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent             pains.          2. (Anat.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent             nerve or artery.          {Recurrent fever}. (Med.) See {Relapsing fever}, under             {Relapsing}.          {Recurrent pulse} (Physiol.), the pulse beat which appears             (when the radial artery is compressed at the wrist) on the             distal side of the point of pressure through the arteries             of the palm of the hand.          {Recurrent sensibility} (Physiol.), the sensibility             manifested by the anterior, or motor, roots of the spinal             cord (their stimulation causing pain) owing to the             presence of sensory fibers from the corresponding sensory             or posterior roots.
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Recurrent \Re*cur"rent\ (-rent), a. [L. recurrens, -entis, p.       pr. of recurrere: cf.F. r[82]current. See {Recur}.]       1. Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent             pains.          2. (Anat.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent             nerve or artery.          {Recurrent fever}. (Med.) See {Relapsing fever}, under             {Relapsing}.          {Recurrent pulse} (Physiol.), the pulse beat which appears             (when the radial artery is compressed at the wrist) on the             distal side of the point of pressure through the arteries             of the palm of the hand.          {Recurrent sensibility} (Physiol.), the sensibility             manifested by the anterior, or motor, roots of the spinal             cord (their stimulation causing pain) owing to the             presence of sensory fibers from the corresponding sensory             or posterior roots.
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Recurrent \Re*cur"rent\ (-rent), a. [L. recurrens, -entis, p.       pr. of recurrere: cf.F. r[82]current. See {Recur}.]       1. Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent             pains.          2. (Anat.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent             nerve or artery.          {Recurrent fever}. (Med.) See {Relapsing fever}, under             {Relapsing}.          {Recurrent pulse} (Physiol.), the pulse beat which appears             (when the radial artery is compressed at the wrist) on the             distal side of the point of pressure through the arteries             of the palm of the hand.          {Recurrent sensibility} (Physiol.), the sensibility             manifested by the anterior, or motor, roots of the spinal             cord (their stimulation causing pain) owing to the             presence of sensory fibers from the corresponding sensory             or posterior roots.
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Recur \Re*cur"\ (r?*k?r"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Recurred}       (-k?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Recurring}.] [L. recurrere; pref.       re- re- + currere to run. See {Current}.]       1. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again             to mind.                         When any word has been used to signify an idea, the                      old idea will recur in the mind when the word is                      heard.                                                --I. Watts.          2. To occur at a stated interval, or according to some             regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night.          3. To resort; to have recourse; to go for help.                         If, to avoid succession in eternal existence, they                      recur to the [bd]punctum stans[b8] of the schools,                      they will thereby very little help us to a more                      positive idea of infinite duration.   --Locke.          {Recurring decimal} (Math.), a circulating decimal. See under             {Decimal}.          {Recurring series} (Math.), an algebraic series in which the             coefficients of the several terms can be expressed by             means of certain preceding coefficients and constants in             one uniform manner.
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Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, n.       A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and       almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal       fraction.          {Circulating}, [or] {Circulatory}, {decimal}, a decimal             fraction in which the same figure, or set of figures, is             constantly repeated; as, 0.354354354; -- called also             {recurring decimal}, {repeating decimal}, and {repetend}.
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Recur \Re*cur"\ (r?*k?r"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Recurred}       (-k?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Recurring}.] [L. recurrere; pref.       re- re- + currere to run. See {Current}.]       1. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again             to mind.                         When any word has been used to signify an idea, the                      old idea will recur in the mind when the word is                      heard.                                                --I. Watts.          2. To occur at a stated interval, or according to some             regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night.          3. To resort; to have recourse; to go for help.                         If, to avoid succession in eternal existence, they                      recur to the [bd]punctum stans[b8] of the schools,                      they will thereby very little help us to a more                      positive idea of infinite duration.   --Locke.          {Recurring decimal} (Math.), a circulating decimal. See under             {Decimal}.          {Recurring series} (Math.), an algebraic series in which the             coefficients of the several terms can be expressed by             means of certain preceding coefficients and constants in             one uniform manner.
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Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, n.       A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and       almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal       fraction.          {Circulating}, [or] {Circulatory}, {decimal}, a decimal             fraction in which the same figure, or set of figures, is             constantly repeated; as, 0.354354354; -- called also             {recurring decimal}, {repeating decimal}, and {repetend}.
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Recur \Re*cur"\ (r?*k?r"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Recurred}       (-k?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Recurring}.] [L. recurrere; pref.       re- re- + currere to run. See {Current}.]       1. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again             to mind.                         When any word has been used to signify an idea, the                      old idea will recur in the mind when the word is                      heard.                                                --I. Watts.          2. To occur at a stated interval, or according to some             regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night.          3. To resort; to have recourse; to go for help.                         If, to avoid succession in eternal existence, they                      recur to the [bd]punctum stans[b8] of the schools,                      they will thereby very little help us to a more                      positive idea of infinite duration.   --Locke.          {Recurring decimal} (Math.), a circulating decimal. See under             {Decimal}.          {Recurring series} (Math.), an algebraic series in which the             coefficients of the several terms can be expressed by             means of certain preceding coefficients and constants in             one uniform manner.
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Relapsing \Re*laps"ing\, a.       Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a       former worse state.          {Relapsing fever} (Med.), an acute, epidemic, contagious             fever, which prevails also endemically in Ireland, Russia,             and some other regions. It is marked by one or two             remissions of the fever, by articular and muscular pains,             and by the presence, during the paroxism of spiral             bacterium ({Spiroch[91]te}) in the blood. It is not             usually fatal. Called also {famine fever}, and {recurring             fever}.
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Recur \Re*cur"\ (r?*k?r"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Recurred}       (-k?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Recurring}.] [L. recurrere; pref.       re- re- + currere to run. See {Current}.]       1. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again             to mind.                         When any word has been used to signify an idea, the                      old idea will recur in the mind when the word is                      heard.                                                --I. Watts.          2. To occur at a stated interval, or according to some             regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night.          3. To resort; to have recourse; to go for help.                         If, to avoid succession in eternal existence, they                      recur to the [bd]punctum stans[b8] of the schools,                      they will thereby very little help us to a more                      positive idea of infinite duration.   --Locke.          {Recurring decimal} (Math.), a circulating decimal. See under             {Decimal}.          {Recurring series} (Math.), an algebraic series in which the             coefficients of the several terms can be expressed by             means of certain preceding coefficients and constants in             one uniform manner.
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Regerminate \Re*ger"mi*nate\ (r?*j?r"m?*n?t), v. i. [Pref. re- +       germinate: cf. L. regerminare.]       To germinate again.                   Perennial plants regerminate several years                successively.                                          --J. Lee.
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Regermination \Re*ger`mi*na"tion\ (-n?"sh?n), n. [L.       regerminatio.]       A germinating again or anew.
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Regrant \Re*grant"\, n.       1. The act of granting back to a former proprietor.          2. A renewed of a grant; as, the regrant of a monopoly.
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Regrant \Re*grant"\ (r?*gr?nt"), v. t.       To grant back; to grant again or anew. --Ayliffe.
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Rejourn \Re*journ"\ (r?-j?rn"), v. t. [Cf. F. r[82]ajourner. See       {Adjourn}.]       To adjourn; to put off. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Rejournment \Re*journ"ment\ (-m[eit]nt), n.       Adjournment. [Obs.]
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Requirement \Re*quire"ment\ (-ment), n.       1. The act of requiring; demand; requisition.          2. That which is required; an imperative or authoritative             command; an essential condition; something needed or             necessary; a need.                         One of those who believe that they can fill up every                      requirement contained in the rule of righteousness.                                                                               --J. M. Mason.                         God gave her the child, and gave her too an                      instinctive knowledge of its nature and                      requirements.                                    --Hawthorne.
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Require \Re*quire"\ (r?-kw?r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Required}       (-kw?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Requiring}.] [OE. requeren,       requiren, OF. requerre, F. requ[?]rir; L. pref. re- re- +       quaerere to ask; cf. L. requirere. See {Query}, and cf.       {Request}, {Requisite}.]       1. To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and             authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of             property.                         Shall I say to C[91]sar What you require of him?                                                                               --Shak.                         By nature did what was by law required. --Dryden.          2. To demand or exact as indispensable; to need.                         just gave what life required, and gave no more.                                                                               --Goldsmith.                         The two last [biographies] require to be                      particularly noticed.                        --J. A.                                                                               Symonds.          3. To ask as a favor; to request.                         I was ashamed to require of the king a band of                      soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy                      in the way.                                       --Ezra viii.                                                                               22.          Syn: To claim; exact; enjoin; prescribe; direct; order;                demand; need.
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Rigarion \Ri*ga"rion\, n. [L. rigatio, fr. rigare to water.]       See {Irrigation}. [Obs.]
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Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.       rocc.]       1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed             stone or crag. See {Stone}.                         Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its                      firm base as soon as I.                     --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's             crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,             clay, etc., when in natural beds.          3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a             support; a refuge.                         The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.                                                                               2.          4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling             the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.          5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}.          Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of                self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,                rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.          {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a             rock.] Same as {Roche alum}.          {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides})             very abundant on rocks washed by tides.          {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}.             (b) The goggle-eye.             (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called                   rock bass.          {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose             remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially             the corals and Foraminifera.          {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide             of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white             color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous             slate.          {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure             sugar which are very hard, whence the name.          {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}.          {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod                   found about rocks andledges.             (b) A California rockfish.          {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}).             (b) A rockling.          {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which             are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.                      {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large             crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New             England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See             Illust. under {Cancer}.          {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress             kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata},             etc.          {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under             {Crystal}.          {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock             doo}.          {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,             a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for             drilling holes for blasting, etc.          {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck.          {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}.          {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex.          {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus             {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}.          {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}.                      {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and             {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny             lobster}, and {sea crayfish}.          {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite             occuring as an efflorescence.          {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}.          {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}.          {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}.          {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet             ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the             rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive             green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing             quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish             green.          {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia})             Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was             derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}.          {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}.          {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.             (b) The rock snipe.          {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan             ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the             tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish             brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black             patches on the back.          {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}.                      {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.          {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring             in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from             the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes             given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation             from sea water in large basins or cavities.          {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}.          {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and             allied genera.          {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons;             as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and             the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian             rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}.                      {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa             maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover},             {winter snipe}.          {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy             feel, and adhering to the tongue.          {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of                   the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe.             (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}).          {Rock tar}, petroleum.          {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus             {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock             thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India             ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout.          {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria             Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of             America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous             or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases             of extremity.          {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine             food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family             {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; --             called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and             {starling}.          {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird             ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and             water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}.          {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens             of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of             Lower California and Mexico.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rosarian \Ro*sa"ri*an\, n.       A cultivator of roses.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roseworm \Rose"worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous       insects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the       rose, especially {Cac[91]cia rosaceana}, which rolls up the       leaves for a nest, and devours both the leaves and buds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Russia \Rus"sia\, n.       A country of Europe and Asia.          {Russia iron}, a kind of sheet iron made in Russia, having a             lustrous blue-black surface.          {Russia leather}, a soft kind of leather, made originally in             Russia but now elsewhere, having a peculiar odor from             being impregnated with an oil obtained from birch bark. It             is much used in bookbinding, on account of its not being             subject to mold, and being proof against insects.          {Russia matting}, matting manufactured in Russia from the             inner bark of the linden ({Tilia Europ[91]a}).
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rio Grande, NJ (CDP, FIPS 63180)       Location: 39.02197 N, 74.87772 W       Population (1990): 2505 (1252 housing units)       Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 08242    Rio Grande, OH (village, FIPS 67258)       Location: 38.88166 N, 82.37862 W       Population (1990): 995 (301 housing units)       Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rio Grande City, TX (CDP, FIPS 62168)       Location: 26.37845 N, 98.82625 W       Population (1990): 9891 (2958 housing units)       Area: 18.6 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 78582
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rio Grande County, CO (county, FIPS 105)       Location: 37.60650 N, 106.38801 W       Population (1990): 10770 (5277 housing units)       Area: 2363.6 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ri]o Grande zona, PR (urbana, FIPS 71136)       Location: 18.38069 N, 65.83933 W       Population (1990): 15428 (4530 housing units)       Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Roger Mills County, OK (county, FIPS 129)       Location: 35.68673 N, 99.70311 W       Population (1990): 4147 (2048 housing units)       Area: 2957.6 sq km (land), 11.9 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rosharon, TX       Zip code(s): 77583
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
requirements          The first stage of software development which       defines what the potential users want the system to do.   In       modern methods these requirements should be testable, and will       usually be traceable in later development stages.   A common       feature of nearly all software is that the requirements change       during its lifetime.          See {software life-cycle}.          (1995-11-11)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Requirements Acquisition and Controlled Evolution          (RACE) A "back to basics" approach to       {requirements engineering}.   The method, is being pieced       together through a series of intermediate research studies.       In essence, the approach has been to establish requirements       for RACE, identify individual techniques that meet those       requirements, experiment with the combined use of the       techniques, and finally assemble the method.   In practice,       RACE has been influenced significantly by Checkland and       Wilson's {Soft Systems Methodology} (SSM) and this forms the       core of the method.          (1995-11-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
requirements analysis          The process of reviewing a business's processes to       determine the business needs and {functional requirements}       that a system must meet.          (1996-08-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Requirements Engineering          The task of capturing, structuring, and       accurately representing the user's {requirements} so that they       can be correctly embodied in systems which meet those       requirements (i.e. are of good quality).          {DOORS} is one product to help with this task.          (1995-11-11)