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   Radhakrishnan
         n 1: Indian philosopher and statesman who introduced Indian
               philosophy to the West (1888-1975) [syn: {Radhakrishnan},
               {Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan}, {Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan}]

English Dictionary: red currant by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Radiigera
n
  1. a genus of fungus belonging to the family Geastraceae [syn: Radiigera, genus Radiigera]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Radiigera fuscogleba
n
  1. a fungus similar to an earthstar except that it does not open up; the spore mass is brown at maturity with a column of sterile tissue extending up into it
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
radio source
n
  1. an object that radiates radio waves
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
radio-gramophone
n
  1. electronic equipment consisting of a combination of a radio receiver and a record player
    Synonym(s): radio-phonograph, radio-gramophone
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
radiocarbon
n
  1. a radioactive isotope of carbon [syn: radiocarbon, carbon 14]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
radiocarbon dating
n
  1. a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-14; believed to be reliable up to 40,000 years
    Synonym(s): radiocarbon dating, carbon dating, carbon-14 dating
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
radiocarpal joint
n
  1. a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones
    Synonym(s): wrist, carpus, wrist joint, radiocarpal joint, articulatio radiocarpea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
radiogram
n
  1. a message transmitted by wireless telegraphy
  2. a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays)
    Synonym(s): radiogram, radiograph, shadowgraph, skiagraph, skiagram
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
radiograph
n
  1. a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays)
    Synonym(s): radiogram, radiograph, shadowgraph, skiagraph, skiagram
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
radiographer
n
  1. a person who makes radiographs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
radiographic
adj
  1. relating to or produced by radiography
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
radiography
n
  1. the process of making a radiograph; producing an image on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light
    Synonym(s): radiography, skiagraphy
  2. photography that uses other kinds of radiation than visible light
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rattus rattus
n
  1. common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide
    Synonym(s): black rat, roof rat, Rattus rattus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red carpet
adj
  1. special treatment or hospitality; "the maitre d' gave them the red-carpet treatment"
    Synonym(s): red carpet(a), red-carpet(a)
n
  1. a strip of red carpeting laid down for dignitaries to walk on
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red coral
n
  1. the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry
    Synonym(s): coral, red coral, precious coral
  2. corals of especially the Mediterranean having pink or red color used for ornaments and jewelry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Red Cross
n
  1. an international organization that cares for the sick or wounded or homeless in wartime
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red currant
n
  1. cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries
    Synonym(s): red currant, garden current, Ribes rubrum
  2. small red berries used primarily in jams and jellies
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red gram
n
  1. tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
    Synonym(s): pigeon pea, pigeon-pea plant, cajan pea, catjang pea, red gram, dhal, dahl, Cajanus cajan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red grouse
n
  1. reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain [syn: red grouse, moorfowl, moorbird, moor-bird, moorgame, Lagopus scoticus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Red Guard
n
  1. a radical political movement by Chinese youths who espoused Maoist principles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red kauri
n
  1. New Zealand tree with glossy leaves and scaly reddish-brown bark
    Synonym(s): red kauri, Agathis lanceolata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red osier
n
  1. common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers
    Synonym(s): red osier, red osier dogwood, red dogwood, American dogwood, redbrush, Cornus stolonifera
  2. Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin
    Synonym(s): purple willow, red willow, red osier, basket willow, purple osier, Salix purpurea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red osier dogwood
n
  1. common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers
    Synonym(s): red osier, red osier dogwood, red dogwood, American dogwood, redbrush, Cornus stolonifera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red scare
n
  1. a period of general fear of communists
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red shrubby penstemon
n
  1. low branching dark green shrub with bunches of brick-red flowers at ends of branches; coastal ranges and foothills of northern California
    Synonym(s): red shrubby penstemon, redwood penstemon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red sorrel
n
  1. East Indian sparsely prickly annual herb or perennial subshrub widely cultivated for its fleshy calyxes used in tarts and jelly and for its bast fiber
    Synonym(s): roselle, rozelle, sorrel, red sorrel, Jamaica sorrel, Hibiscus sabdariffa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red squirrel
n
  1. of northern United States and Canada [syn: {American red squirrel}, spruce squirrel, red squirrel, Sciurus hudsonicus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus]
  2. common reddish-brown squirrel of Europe and parts of Asia
    Synonym(s): red squirrel, cat squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red-carpet
adj
  1. special treatment or hospitality; "the maitre d' gave them the red-carpet treatment"
    Synonym(s): red carpet(a), red-carpet(a)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red-gray
adj
  1. of grey tinged with red [syn: red-grey, red-gray, reddish-grey, reddish-gray]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red-green color blindness
n
  1. confusion of red and green [syn: red-green dichromacy, red-green color blindness, red-green colour blindness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red-green colour blindness
n
  1. confusion of red and green [syn: red-green dichromacy, red-green color blindness, red-green colour blindness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red-green dichromacy
n
  1. confusion of red and green [syn: red-green dichromacy, red-green color blindness, red-green colour blindness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red-grey
adj
  1. of grey tinged with red [syn: red-grey, red-gray, reddish-grey, reddish-gray]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reddish orange
n
  1. an orange color closer to red than to yellow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reddish-orange
adj
  1. of orange tinged with red [syn: red-orange, {reddish- orange}, flame-orange]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
redecorate
v
  1. redo the decoration of an apartment or house
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reducer
n
  1. a substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the loose silver
    Synonym(s): reducing agent, reducer, reductant
  2. pipefitting that joins two pipes of different diameter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reed grass
n
  1. any of various tall perennial grasses of the genus Calamagrostis having feathery plumes; natives of marshland fens and wet woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rhodes grass
n
  1. perennial grass of South Africa introduced into United States; cultivated as forage grass in dry regions
    Synonym(s): Rhodes grass, Chloris gayana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rhodochrosite
n
  1. a mineral consisting of manganese carbonate; a source of manganese
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ridge rope
n
  1. either of a pair of lifelines running alongside the bowsprit of a ship
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
road surface
n
  1. the paved surface of a paved roadway
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rodgers
n
  1. United States composer of musical comedies (especially in collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II and with Lorenz Hart) (1902-1979)
    Synonym(s): Rodgers, Richard Rodgers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rood screen
n
  1. a screen in a church; separates the nave from the choir or chancel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
root crop
n
  1. crop grown for its enlarged roots: e.g. beets; potatoes; turnips
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rotisserie
n
  1. an oven or broiler equipped with a rotating spit on which meat cooks as it turns
  2. a restaurant that specializes in roasted and barbecued meats
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rotogravure
n
  1. printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press
  2. printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press
  3. using photography to produce a plate for printing
    Synonym(s): photogravure, rotogravure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ruta graveolens
n
  1. European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
    Synonym(s): rue, herb of grace, Ruta graveolens
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Radiograph \Ra"di*o*graph\, n. [Radio- + -graph.]
      1. An instrument for measuring and recording solar radiation.
  
      2. An image or picture produced upon a sensitive surface, as
            of a photographic plate, by some form of radiation other
            than light, as the R[94]ntgen rays, radium rays, etc.;
            esp., a picture of opaque objects traversed by the rays; a
            skiagraph.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Radiograph \Ra"di*o*graph\, v. t.
      To make a radiograph of. -- {Ra`di*og"ra*pher}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Radiograph \Ra"di*o*graph\, n. [Radio- + -graph.] (Phys.)
      A picture produced by the R[94]ntgen rays upon a sensitive
      surface, photographic or fluorescent, especially a picture of
      opaque objects traversed by the rays.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Radiograph \Ra"di*o*graph\, v. t.
      To make a radiograph of. -- {Ra`di*og"ra*pher}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Radiography \Ra`di*og"ra*phy\, n.
      Art or process of making radiographs. -- {Ra`di*o*graph"ic},
      {*graph"ic*al}, a. -- {Ra`di*o*graph"ic*al*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Radiography \Ra`di*og"ra*phy\, n.
      Art or process of making radiographs. -- {Ra`di*o*graph"ic},
      {*graph"ic*al}, a. -- {Ra`di*o*graph"ic*al*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Radiography \Ra`di*og"ra*phy\, n.
      Art or process of making radiographs. -- {Ra`di*o*graph"ic},
      {*graph"ic*al}, a. -- {Ra`di*o*graph"ic*al*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Readjourn \Re`ad*journ"\, v. t.
      To adjourn a second time; to adjourn again.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Readjournment \Re`ad*journ"ment\, n.
      The act of readjourning; a second or repeated adjournment.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Red chalk}. See under {Chalk}.
  
      {Red copper} (Min.), red oxide of copper; cuprite.
  
      {Red coral} (Zo[94]l.), the precious coral ({Corallium
            rubrum}). See Illusts. of {Coral} and {Gorgonlacea}.
  
      {Red cross}. The cross of St. George, the national emblem of
            the English.
      (b) The Geneva cross. See {Geneva convention}, and {Geneva
            cross}, under {Geneva}.
  
      {Red currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.
  
      {Red deer}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The common stag ({Cervus elaphus}), native of the forests
            of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very
            similar to the American elk, or wapiti.
      (b) The Virginia deer. See {Deer}.
  
      {Red duck} (Zo[94]l.), a European reddish brown duck
            ({Fuligula nyroca}); -- called also {ferruginous duck}.
  
      {Red ebony}. (Bot.) See {Grenadillo}.
  
      {Red empress} (Zo[94]l.), a butterfly. See {Tortoise shell}.
           
  
      {Red fir} (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Pseudotsuga Douglasii})
            found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued
            for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given to
            other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the
            American {Abies magnifica} and {A. nobilis}.
  
      {Red fire}. (Pyrotech.) See {Blue fire}, under {Fire}.
  
      {Red flag}. See under {Flag}.
  
      {Red fox} (Zo[94]l.), the common American fox ({Vulpes
            fulvus}), which is usually reddish in color.
  
      {Red grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See
            under {Ptarmigan}.
  
      {Red gum}, [or] {Red gum-tree} (Bot.), a name given to eight
            Australian species of {Eucalyptus} ({Eucalyptus
            amygdalina}, {resinifera}, etc.) which yield a reddish gum
            resin. See {Eucalyptus}.
  
      {Red hand} (Her.), a left hand appaum[82], fingers erect,
            borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the
            United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; -- called
            also {Badge of Ulster}.
  
      {Red herring}, the common herring dried and smoked.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Corallin \Cor"al*lin\, n. [So named in allusion to the color of
      red corallin, fr. L. corallum coral.] (Chem.)
      A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of
      rosolic acid. See {Aurin}, and {Rosolic acid} under
      {Rosolic}.
  
      {Red corallin}, a red dyestuff which is obtained by treating
            aurin or rosolic acid with ammonia; -- called also
            {p[91]onin}.
  
      {Yellow corallin}. See {Aurin}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   P91onine \P[91]"o*nine\ (p[emac]"[osl]*n[icr]n), n. (Chem.)
      An artifical red nitrogenous dyestuff, called also {red
      coralline}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Red Cross \Red Cross\
      1. The crusaders or the cause they represented.
  
      2. A hospital or ambulance service established as a result
            of, though not provided for by, the Geneva convention of
            1864; any of the national societies for alleviating the
            sufferings of the sick and wounded war, also giving aid
            and relief during great calamities; also, a member or
            worker of such a society; -- so called from the badge of
            neutrality; the Geneva cross.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Red chalk}. See under {Chalk}.
  
      {Red copper} (Min.), red oxide of copper; cuprite.
  
      {Red coral} (Zo[94]l.), the precious coral ({Corallium
            rubrum}). See Illusts. of {Coral} and {Gorgonlacea}.
  
      {Red cross}. The cross of St. George, the national emblem of
            the English.
      (b) The Geneva cross. See {Geneva convention}, and {Geneva
            cross}, under {Geneva}.
  
      {Red currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.
  
      {Red deer}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The common stag ({Cervus elaphus}), native of the forests
            of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very
            similar to the American elk, or wapiti.
      (b) The Virginia deer. See {Deer}.
  
      {Red duck} (Zo[94]l.), a European reddish brown duck
            ({Fuligula nyroca}); -- called also {ferruginous duck}.
  
      {Red ebony}. (Bot.) See {Grenadillo}.
  
      {Red empress} (Zo[94]l.), a butterfly. See {Tortoise shell}.
           
  
      {Red fir} (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Pseudotsuga Douglasii})
            found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued
            for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given to
            other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the
            American {Abies magnifica} and {A. nobilis}.
  
      {Red fire}. (Pyrotech.) See {Blue fire}, under {Fire}.
  
      {Red flag}. See under {Flag}.
  
      {Red fox} (Zo[94]l.), the common American fox ({Vulpes
            fulvus}), which is usually reddish in color.
  
      {Red grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See
            under {Ptarmigan}.
  
      {Red gum}, [or] {Red gum-tree} (Bot.), a name given to eight
            Australian species of {Eucalyptus} ({Eucalyptus
            amygdalina}, {resinifera}, etc.) which yield a reddish gum
            resin. See {Eucalyptus}.
  
      {Red hand} (Her.), a left hand appaum[82], fingers erect,
            borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the
            United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; -- called
            also {Badge of Ulster}.
  
      {Red herring}, the common herring dried and smoked.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Red Cross \Red Cross\
      1. The crusaders or the cause they represented.
  
      2. A hospital or ambulance service established as a result
            of, though not provided for by, the Geneva convention of
            1864; any of the national societies for alleviating the
            sufferings of the sick and wounded war, also giving aid
            and relief during great calamities; also, a member or
            worker of such a society; -- so called from the badge of
            neutrality; the Geneva cross.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Red chalk}. See under {Chalk}.
  
      {Red copper} (Min.), red oxide of copper; cuprite.
  
      {Red coral} (Zo[94]l.), the precious coral ({Corallium
            rubrum}). See Illusts. of {Coral} and {Gorgonlacea}.
  
      {Red cross}. The cross of St. George, the national emblem of
            the English.
      (b) The Geneva cross. See {Geneva convention}, and {Geneva
            cross}, under {Geneva}.
  
      {Red currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.
  
      {Red deer}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The common stag ({Cervus elaphus}), native of the forests
            of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very
            similar to the American elk, or wapiti.
      (b) The Virginia deer. See {Deer}.
  
      {Red duck} (Zo[94]l.), a European reddish brown duck
            ({Fuligula nyroca}); -- called also {ferruginous duck}.
  
      {Red ebony}. (Bot.) See {Grenadillo}.
  
      {Red empress} (Zo[94]l.), a butterfly. See {Tortoise shell}.
           
  
      {Red fir} (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Pseudotsuga Douglasii})
            found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued
            for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given to
            other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the
            American {Abies magnifica} and {A. nobilis}.
  
      {Red fire}. (Pyrotech.) See {Blue fire}, under {Fire}.
  
      {Red flag}. See under {Flag}.
  
      {Red fox} (Zo[94]l.), the common American fox ({Vulpes
            fulvus}), which is usually reddish in color.
  
      {Red grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See
            under {Ptarmigan}.
  
      {Red gum}, [or] {Red gum-tree} (Bot.), a name given to eight
            Australian species of {Eucalyptus} ({Eucalyptus
            amygdalina}, {resinifera}, etc.) which yield a reddish gum
            resin. See {Eucalyptus}.
  
      {Red hand} (Her.), a left hand appaum[82], fingers erect,
            borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the
            United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; -- called
            also {Badge of Ulster}.
  
      {Red herring}, the common herring dried and smoked.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Red chalk}. See under {Chalk}.
  
      {Red copper} (Min.), red oxide of copper; cuprite.
  
      {Red coral} (Zo[94]l.), the precious coral ({Corallium
            rubrum}). See Illusts. of {Coral} and {Gorgonlacea}.
  
      {Red cross}. The cross of St. George, the national emblem of
            the English.
      (b) The Geneva cross. See {Geneva convention}, and {Geneva
            cross}, under {Geneva}.
  
      {Red currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.
  
      {Red deer}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The common stag ({Cervus elaphus}), native of the forests
            of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very
            similar to the American elk, or wapiti.
      (b) The Virginia deer. See {Deer}.
  
      {Red duck} (Zo[94]l.), a European reddish brown duck
            ({Fuligula nyroca}); -- called also {ferruginous duck}.
  
      {Red ebony}. (Bot.) See {Grenadillo}.
  
      {Red empress} (Zo[94]l.), a butterfly. See {Tortoise shell}.
           
  
      {Red fir} (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Pseudotsuga Douglasii})
            found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued
            for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given to
            other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the
            American {Abies magnifica} and {A. nobilis}.
  
      {Red fire}. (Pyrotech.) See {Blue fire}, under {Fire}.
  
      {Red flag}. See under {Flag}.
  
      {Red fox} (Zo[94]l.), the common American fox ({Vulpes
            fulvus}), which is usually reddish in color.
  
      {Red grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See
            under {Ptarmigan}.
  
      {Red gum}, [or] {Red gum-tree} (Bot.), a name given to eight
            Australian species of {Eucalyptus} ({Eucalyptus
            amygdalina}, {resinifera}, etc.) which yield a reddish gum
            resin. See {Eucalyptus}.
  
      {Red hand} (Her.), a left hand appaum[82], fingers erect,
            borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the
            United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; -- called
            also {Badge of Ulster}.
  
      {Red herring}, the common herring dried and smoked.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Red chalk}. See under {Chalk}.
  
      {Red copper} (Min.), red oxide of copper; cuprite.
  
      {Red coral} (Zo[94]l.), the precious coral ({Corallium
            rubrum}). See Illusts. of {Coral} and {Gorgonlacea}.
  
      {Red cross}. The cross of St. George, the national emblem of
            the English.
      (b) The Geneva cross. See {Geneva convention}, and {Geneva
            cross}, under {Geneva}.
  
      {Red currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}.
  
      {Red deer}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The common stag ({Cervus elaphus}), native of the forests
            of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very
            similar to the American elk, or wapiti.
      (b) The Virginia deer. See {Deer}.
  
      {Red duck} (Zo[94]l.), a European reddish brown duck
            ({Fuligula nyroca}); -- called also {ferruginous duck}.
  
      {Red ebony}. (Bot.) See {Grenadillo}.
  
      {Red empress} (Zo[94]l.), a butterfly. See {Tortoise shell}.
           
  
      {Red fir} (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Pseudotsuga Douglasii})
            found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued
            for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given to
            other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the
            American {Abies magnifica} and {A. nobilis}.
  
      {Red fire}. (Pyrotech.) See {Blue fire}, under {Fire}.
  
      {Red flag}. See under {Flag}.
  
      {Red fox} (Zo[94]l.), the common American fox ({Vulpes
            fulvus}), which is usually reddish in color.
  
      {Red grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See
            under {Ptarmigan}.
  
      {Red gum}, [or] {Red gum-tree} (Bot.), a name given to eight
            Australian species of {Eucalyptus} ({Eucalyptus
            amygdalina}, {resinifera}, etc.) which yield a reddish gum
            resin. See {Eucalyptus}.
  
      {Red hand} (Her.), a left hand appaum[82], fingers erect,
            borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the
            United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; -- called
            also {Badge of Ulster}.
  
      {Red herring}, the common herring dried and smoked.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Red horse}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially
            {Moxostoma macrolepidotum} and allied species.
      (b) See the Note under {Drumfish}.
  
      {Red lead}.
      (Chem) See under {Lead}, and {Minium}.
  
      {Red-lead ore}. (Min.) Same as {Crocoite}.
  
      {Red liquor} (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
            aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of
            dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used
            originally for red dyestuffs. Called also {red mordant}.
           
  
      {Red maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the wheat midge.
  
      {Red manganese}. (Min.) Same as {Rhodochrosite}.
  
      {Red man}, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
            color.
  
      {Red maple} (Bot.), a species of maple ({Acer rubrum}). See
            {Maple}.
  
      {Red mite}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Red spider}, below.
  
      {Red mulberry} (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple
            color ({Morus rubra}).
  
      {Red mullet} (Zo[94]l.), the surmullet. See {Mullet}.
  
      {Red ocher} (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
            reddish color.
  
      {Red perch} (Zo[94]l.), the rosefish.
  
      {Red phosphorus}. (Chem.) See under {Phosphorus}.
  
      {Red pine} (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus
            resinosa}); -- so named from its reddish bark.
  
      {Red precipitate}. See under {Precipitate}.
  
      {Red Republican} (European Politics), originally, one who
            maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, --
            because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
            extreme radical in social reform. [Cant]
  
      {Red ribbon}, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.
           
  
      {Red sanders}. (Bot.) See {Sanders}.
  
      {Red sandstone}. (Geol.) See under {Sandstone}.
  
      {Red scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus
            aurantii}) very injurious to the orange tree in California
            and Australia.
  
      {Red silver} (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or
            reddish black color. It includes {proustite}, or light red
            silver, and {pyrargyrite}, or dark red silver.
  
      {Red snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a large fish ({Lutlanus aya [or]
            Blackfordii}) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the
            Florida reefs.
  
      {Red snow}, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
            ({Protococcus nivalis}) which produces large patches of
            scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.
  
      {Red softening} (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which
            the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
            infarction or inflammation.
  
      {Red spider} (Zo[94]l.), a very small web-spinning mite
            ({Tetranychus telarius}) which infests, and often
            destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those
            cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly
            on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
            yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red.
            Called also {red mite}.
  
      {Red squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the chickaree.
  
      {Red tape}, the tape used in public offices for tying up
            documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Osier \O"sier\, n. [F. osier: cf. {Prov}. F. oisis, Armor. ozil,
      aozil, Gr. [?], [?], [?], L. vitex, and E. withy.] (Bot.)
            (a) A kind of willow ({Salix viminalis}) growing in wet
                  places in Europe and Asia, and introduced into North
                  America. It is considered the best of the willows for
                  basket work. The name is sometimes given to any kind
                  of willow.
            (b) One of the long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of
                  other similar plants.
  
                           The rank of osiers by the murmuring stream.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      {Osier bed}, [or] {Osier holt}, a place where willows are
            grown for basket making. [Eng.]
  
      {Red osier}.
            (a) A kind of willow with reddish twigs ({Salix rubra}).
            (b) An American shrub ({Cornus stolonifera}) which has
                  slender red branches; -- also called {osier cornel}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sop \Sop\, n. [OE. sop, soppe; akin to AS. s[?]pan to sup, to
      sip, to drink, D. sop sop, G. suppe soup, Icel. soppa sop.
      See {Sup}, v. t., and cf. {Soup}.]
      1. Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid;
            especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and
            intended to be eaten.
  
                     He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have
                     dipped it.                                          --John xiii.
                                                                              26.
  
                     Sops in wine, quantity, inebriate more than wine
                     itself.                                             --Bacon.
  
                     The bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher
                     than the shores, And make a sop of all this solid
                     globe.                                                --Shak.
  
      2. Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given
            to Cerberus, as related in mythology.
  
                     All nature is cured with a sop.         --L'Estrange.
  
      3. A thing of little or no value. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.
  
      {Sops in wine} (Bot.), an old name of the clove pink,
            alluding to its having been used to flavor wine.
  
                     Garlands of roses and sops in wine.   --Spenser.
  
      {Sops of wine} (Bot.), an old European variety of apple, of a
            yellow and red color, shading to deep red; -- called also
            {sopsavine}, and {red shropsavine}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sorrel \Sor"rel\, n. [F. surelle, fr. sur sour, fr. OHG. s[?]r
      sour. See {Sour}.] (Bot.)
      One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a
      plant of the genus {Rumex}, as {Rumex Acetosa}, {Rumex
      Acetosella}, etc.
  
      {Mountain sorrel}. (Bot.) See under {Mountain}.
  
      {Red sorrel}. (Bot.)
      (a) A malvaceous plant ({Hibiscus Sabdariffa}) whose acid
            calyxes and capsules are used in the West Indies for
            making tarts and acid drinks.
      (b) A troublesome weed ({Rumex Acetosella}), also called
            {sheep sorrel}.
  
      {Salt of sorrel} (Chem.), binoxalate of potassa; -- so called
            because obtained from the juice of {Rumex Acetosella}, or
            {Rumex Axetosa}.
  
      {Sorrel tree} (Bot.), a small ericaceous tree ({Oxydendrum
            arboreum}) whose leaves resemble those of the peach and
            have a sour taste. It is common along the Alleghanies.
            Called also {sourwood}.
  
      {Wood sorrel} (Bot.), any plant of the genus Oxalis.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Red horse}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially
            {Moxostoma macrolepidotum} and allied species.
      (b) See the Note under {Drumfish}.
  
      {Red lead}.
      (Chem) See under {Lead}, and {Minium}.
  
      {Red-lead ore}. (Min.) Same as {Crocoite}.
  
      {Red liquor} (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
            aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of
            dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used
            originally for red dyestuffs. Called also {red mordant}.
           
  
      {Red maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the wheat midge.
  
      {Red manganese}. (Min.) Same as {Rhodochrosite}.
  
      {Red man}, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
            color.
  
      {Red maple} (Bot.), a species of maple ({Acer rubrum}). See
            {Maple}.
  
      {Red mite}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Red spider}, below.
  
      {Red mulberry} (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple
            color ({Morus rubra}).
  
      {Red mullet} (Zo[94]l.), the surmullet. See {Mullet}.
  
      {Red ocher} (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
            reddish color.
  
      {Red perch} (Zo[94]l.), the rosefish.
  
      {Red phosphorus}. (Chem.) See under {Phosphorus}.
  
      {Red pine} (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus
            resinosa}); -- so named from its reddish bark.
  
      {Red precipitate}. See under {Precipitate}.
  
      {Red Republican} (European Politics), originally, one who
            maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, --
            because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
            extreme radical in social reform. [Cant]
  
      {Red ribbon}, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.
           
  
      {Red sanders}. (Bot.) See {Sanders}.
  
      {Red sandstone}. (Geol.) See under {Sandstone}.
  
      {Red scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus
            aurantii}) very injurious to the orange tree in California
            and Australia.
  
      {Red silver} (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or
            reddish black color. It includes {proustite}, or light red
            silver, and {pyrargyrite}, or dark red silver.
  
      {Red snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a large fish ({Lutlanus aya [or]
            Blackfordii}) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the
            Florida reefs.
  
      {Red snow}, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
            ({Protococcus nivalis}) which produces large patches of
            scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.
  
      {Red softening} (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which
            the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
            infarction or inflammation.
  
      {Red spider} (Zo[94]l.), a very small web-spinning mite
            ({Tetranychus telarius}) which infests, and often
            destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those
            cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly
            on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
            yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red.
            Called also {red mite}.
  
      {Red squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the chickaree.
  
      {Red tape}, the tape used in public offices for tying up
            documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Poachard \Poach"ard\, n. [From {Poach} to stab.] [Written also
      {pocard}, {pochard}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A common European duck ({Aythya ferina}); -- called also
            {goldhead}, {poker}, and {fresh-water, [or] red-headed},
            {widgeon}.
      (b) The American redhead, which is closely allied to the
            European poachard.
  
      {Red-crested poachard} (Zo[94]l.), an Old World duck ({Branta
            rufina}).
  
      {Scaup poachard}, the scaup duck.
  
      {Tufted poachard}, a scaup duck ({Aythya, [or] Fuligula
            cristata}), native of Europe and Asia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Redsear \Red`sear"\ (r?d`s?r"), v. i.
      To be brittle when red-hot; to be red-short. --Moxon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Red-short \Red"-short`\ (-sh?rt`), a. (Metal.)
      Hot-short; brittle when red-hot; -- said of certain kinds of
      iron. -- {Red"-short`ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Red-short \Red"-short`\ (-sh?rt`), a. (Metal.)
      Hot-short; brittle when red-hot; -- said of certain kinds of
      iron. -- {Red"-short`ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reducer \Re*duc"er\, n.
      1. (Mach.)
            (a) A contrivance for reducing the dimensions of one part
                  so as to fit it to another, as a reducing coupling, or
                  a device for holding a drilling a chuck.
            (b) A reducing motion.
            (c) A reducing valve.
            (d) A hydraulic device for reducing pressure and hence
                  increasing movement, used to transmit the load from
                  the hydraulic support of the lower shackle to the
                  lever weighing apparatus in some kinds of heavy
                  testing machines.
  
      2. (Photog.) A reducing agent, either a developer or an agent
            for reducing density.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reducer \Re*du"cer\ (-s?r), n.
      One who, or that which, reduces.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reed \Reed\, n. [AS. hre[oacute]d; akin to D. riet, G. riet,
      ried, OHG. kriot, riot.]
      1. (Bot.) A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or
            grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems,
            such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the
            common reed of Europe and North America ({Phragmites
            communis}).
  
      2. A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some
            plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe.
  
                     Arcadian pipe, the pastoral reed Of Hermes.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      3. An arrow, as made of a reed. --Prior.
  
      4. Straw prepared for thatching a roof. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      5. (Mus.)
            (a) A small piece of cane or wood attached to the
                  mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in
                  vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a
                  single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is
                  double, forming a compressed tube.
            (b) One of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of
                  which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon,
                  harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets
                  or registers of pipes in an organ.
  
      6. (Weaving) A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or
            reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the
            swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the
            weft; a sley. See {Batten}.
  
      7. (Mining) A tube containing the train of powder for
            igniting the charge in blasting.
  
      8. (Arch.) Same as {Reeding}.
  
      {Egyptian reed} (Bot.), the papyrus.
  
      {Free reed} (Mus.), a reed whose edges do not overlap the
            wind passage, -- used in the harmonium, concertina, etc.
            It is distinguished from the beating or striking reed of
            the organ and clarinet.
  
      {Meadow reed grass} (Bot.), the {Glyceria aquatica}, a tall
            grass found in wet places.
  
      {Reed babbler}. See {Reedbird}.
  
      {Reed bunting} (Zo[94]l.) A European sparrow ({Emberiza
            sch[oe]niclus}) which frequents marshy places; -- called
            also {reed sparrow}, {ring bunting}.
            (b) Reedling.
  
      {Reed canary grass} (Bot.), a tall wild grass ({Phalaris
            arundinacea}).
  
      {Reed grass}. (Bot.)
            (a) The common reed. See {Reed}, 1.
            (b) A plant of the genus {Sparganium}; bur reed. See under
                  {Bur}.
  
      {Reed organ} (Mus.), an organ in which the wind acts on a set
            of free reeds, as the harmonium, melodeon, concertina,
            etc.
  
      {Reed pipe} (Mus.), a pipe of an organ furnished with a reed.
           
  
      {Reed sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Reed bunting}, above.
  
      {Reed stop} (Mus.), a set of pipes in an organ furnished with
            reeds.
  
      {Reed warbler}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small European warbler ({Acrocephalus streperus});
                  -- called also {reed wren}.
            (b) Any one of several species of Indian and Australian
                  warblers of the genera {Acrocephalus}, {Calamoherpe},
                  and {Arundinax}. They are excellent singers.
  
      {Sea-sand reed} (Bot.), a kind of coarse grass ({Ammophila
            arundinacea}). See {Beach grass}, under {Beach}.
  
      {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall, elegant grass ({Cinna
            arundinacea}), common in moist woods.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retaker \Re*tak"er\, n.
      One who takes again what has been taken; a recaptor. --Kent.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retoucher \Re*touch"er\, n.
      One who retouches.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rhodochrosite \Rho`do*chro"site\, n. [Gr. "ro`don the rose +
      [?][?][?] a coloring.] (Min.)
      Manganese carbonate, a rose-red mineral sometimes occuring
      crystallized, but generally massive with rhombohedral
      cleavage like calcite; -- called also {dialogite}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rhodocrinite \Rho*doc"ri*nite\, n. [Gr. "ro`don rose + [?][?][?]
      lily.] (Paleon.)
      A rose encrinite.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ridgeband \Ridge"band`\, n.
      The part of a harness which passes over the saddle, and
      supports the shafts of a cart; -- called also {ridgerope},
      and {ridger}. --Halliwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ridgeband \Ridge"band`\, n.
      The part of a harness which passes over the saddle, and
      supports the shafts of a cart; -- called also {ridgerope},
      and {ridger}. --Halliwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ridgerope \Ridge"rope`\, n. (Naut.)
      See {Life line}
      (a), under {Life}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ridgeband \Ridge"band`\, n.
      The part of a harness which passes over the saddle, and
      supports the shafts of a cart; -- called also {ridgerope},
      and {ridger}. --Halliwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ridgerope \Ridge"rope`\, n. (Naut.)
      See {Life line}
      (a), under {Life}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rood \Rood\ (r[oomac]d), n. [AS. r[omac]d a cross; akin to OS.
      r[omac]da, D. roede rod, G. ruthe, rute, OHG. ruota. Cf.
      {Rod} a measure.]
      1. A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross
            with Christ hanging on it.
  
      Note: Generally, the Trinity is represented, the Father as an
               elderly man fully clothed, with a nimbus around his
               head, and holding the cross on which the Son is
               represented as crucified, the Holy Spirit descending in
               the form of a dove near the Son's head. Figures of the
               Virgin Mary and of St. John are often placed near the
               principal figures.
  
                        Savior, in thine image seen Bleeding on that
                        precious rood.                              --Wordsworth.
  
      2. A measure of five and a half yards in length; a rod; a
            perch; a pole. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      3. The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods.
  
      {By the rood}, by the cross; -- a phrase formerly used in
            swearing. [bd]No, by the rood, not so.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Rood beam} (Arch.), a beam across the chancel of a church,
            supporting the rood.
  
      {Rood loft} (Arch.), a loft or gallery, in a church, on which
            the rood and its appendages were set up to view. --Gwilt.
  
      {Rood screen} (Arch.), a screen, between the choir and the
            body of the church, over which the rood was placed.
            --Fairholt.
  
      {Rood tower} (Arch.), a tower at the intersection of the nave
            and transept of a church; -- when crowned with a spire it
            was called also {rood steeple}. --Weale.
  
      {Rood tree}, the cross. [Obs.] [bd]Died upon the rood
            tree.[b8] --Gower.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rotograph \Ro"to*graph\, n. (Photography)
      A photograph printed by a process in which a strip or roll of
      sensitized paper is automatically fed over the negative so
      that a series of prints are made, and are then developed,
      fixed, cut apart, and washed at a very rapid rate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rue \Rue\, n. [F. rue, L. ruta, akin to Gr. [?]; cf. AS.
      r[?]de.]
      1. (Bot.) A perennial suffrutescent plant ({Ruta
            graveolens}), having a strong, heavy odor and a bitter
            taste; herb of grace. It is used in medicine.
  
                     Then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve,
                     for he had much to see.                     --Milton.
  
                     They [the exorcists] are to try the devil by holy
                     water, incense, sulphur, rue, which from thence, as
                     we suppose, came to be called herb of grace. --Jer.
                                                                              Taylor.
  
      2. Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.
  
      {Goat's rue}. See under {Goat}.
  
      {Rue anemone}, a pretty springtime flower ({Thalictrum
            anemonides}) common in the United States.
  
      {Wall rue}, a little fern ({Asplenium Ruta-muraria}) common
            on walls in Europe.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Red Creek, NY (village, FIPS 60829)
      Location: 43.24802 N, 76.72307 W
      Population (1990): 566 (226 housing units)
      Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 13143
   Red Creek, WV
      Zip code(s): 26289

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Redcrest, CA
      Zip code(s): 95569

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Redgranite, WI (village, FIPS 66625)
      Location: 44.05028 N, 89.10276 W
      Population (1990): 1009 (474 housing units)
      Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 54970

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Reed Creek, GA (CDP, FIPS 64288)
      Location: 34.43663 N, 82.91508 W
      Population (1990): 1854 (1293 housing units)
      Area: 60.4 sq km (land), 29.0 sq km (water)
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