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   radiobiologist
         n 1: a biologist who studies the effects of radiation on living
               organisms

English Dictionary: redevelopment by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
radiobiology
n
  1. the branch of biology that studies the effects of radiation on living organisms
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ratability
n
  1. the state of being liable to assessment or taxation [syn: ratability, rateability]
  2. the quality of being capable of being rated or estimated
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ratable
adj
  1. liable to payment of locally assessed property taxes; "the ratable value of property"
    Synonym(s): ratable, rateable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ratables
n
  1. property that provides tax income for local governments
    Synonym(s): ratables, rateables
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rataplan
n
  1. the sound made by beating a drum [syn: rub-a-dub, rataplan, drumbeat]
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rate of flow
n
  1. the amount of fluid that flows in a given time [syn: flow, flow rate, rate of flow]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rateability
n
  1. the state of being liable to assessment or taxation [syn: ratability, rateability]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rateable
adj
  1. liable to payment of locally assessed property taxes; "the ratable value of property"
    Synonym(s): ratable, rateable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rateables
n
  1. property that provides tax income for local governments
    Synonym(s): ratables, rateables
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
readability
n
  1. the quality of written language that makes it easy to read and understand
  2. a quality of writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily read
    Synonym(s): legibility, readability
    Antonym(s): illegibility
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
readable
adj
  1. easily deciphered [syn: clear, decipherable, readable]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
readably
adv
  1. in a legible manner; "you must write legibly" [syn: legibly, decipherably, readably]
    Antonym(s): illegibly, undecipherably, unreadably
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red blood cell
n
  1. a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus
    Synonym(s): red blood cell, RBC, erythrocyte
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red devil
n
  1. barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions
    Synonym(s): secobarbital sodium, secobarbital, Seconal, red devil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red false mallow
n
  1. false mallow of western United States having racemose red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Malvastrum
    Synonym(s): prairie mallow, red false mallow, Sphaeralcea coccinea, Malvastrum coccineum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red flag
n
  1. a flag that serves as a warning signal; "we didn't swim at the beach because the red flag was up"
  2. the emblem of socialist revolution
  3. something that irritates or demands immediate action; "doing that is like waving a red flag in front of a bull"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red phalarope
n
  1. phalarope of northern oceans and lakes [syn: {red phalarope}, Phalaropus fulicarius]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Red Planet
n
  1. a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color; "Mars has two satellites"
    Synonym(s): Mars, Red Planet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red poll
n
  1. hornless short-haired breed of beef and dairy cattle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red valerian
n
  1. European herb with small fragrant crimson or white spurred flowers
    Synonym(s): red valerian, French honeysuckle, Centranthus ruber
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red-bellied snake
n
  1. harmless woodland snake of southeastern United States [syn: red-bellied snake, Storeria occipitamaculata]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red-bellied terrapin
n
  1. freshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell
    Synonym(s): red-bellied terrapin, red-bellied turtle, redbelly, Pseudemys rubriventris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red-bellied turtle
n
  1. freshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell
    Synonym(s): red-bellied terrapin, red-bellied turtle, redbelly, Pseudemys rubriventris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red-blind
adj
  1. inability to see the color red or to distinguish red and bluish-green
    Synonym(s): protanopic, red-blind
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red-blindness
n
  1. dichromacy characterized by lowered sensitivity to long wavelengths of light resulting in an inability to distinguish red and purplish blue
    Synonym(s): protanopia, red- blindness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red-blooded
adj
  1. endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health; "a hearty glow of health"
    Synonym(s): hearty, full-blooded, lusty, red-blooded
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red-flowered
adj
  1. having red flowers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red-flowered silky oak
n
  1. tall shrub with cylindrical racemes of red flowers and pinnatifid leaves silky and grey beneath; eastern Australia
    Synonym(s): red-flowered silky oak, Grevillea banksii
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
red-violet
adj
  1. of violet tinged with red [syn: red-violet, {reddish- violet}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
redbelly
n
  1. freshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell
    Synonym(s): red-bellied terrapin, red-bellied turtle, redbelly, Pseudemys rubriventris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
redeploy
v
  1. deploy anew; "The U.S. must redeploy their troops in the Middle East"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
redeployment
n
  1. the withdrawal and redistribution of forces in an attempt to use them more effectively
    Synonym(s): redeployment, redisposition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
redevelop
v
  1. develop for a second time, in order to improve the contrast, colour, etc., of a negative or print
  2. formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis
    Synonym(s): redevelop, reformulate
  3. change the plans for the use of (land)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
redevelopment
n
  1. the act of improving by renewing and restoring; "they are pursuing a general program of renovation to the entire property"; "a major overhal of the healthcare system was proposed"
    Synonym(s): renovation, redevelopment, overhaul
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
redevelopment authority
n
  1. a public administrative unit given responsibility for the renovation of blighted urban areas
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
redeye flight
n
  1. a night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep; "he took the redeye in order to get home the next morning"
    Synonym(s): redeye, redeye flight
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
redouble
v
  1. double in magnitude, extent, or intensity; "The enemy redoubled their screaming on the radio"
  2. double again; "The noise doubled and redoubled"
  3. make twice as great or intense; "The screaming redoubled"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
redoubled
adj
  1. become much greater in intensity or size or amount; "we faced redoubled attacks from the enemy"; "despite our redoubled efforts"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
redpoll
n
  1. small siskin-like finch with a red crown [syn: redpoll, Carduelis hornemanni]
  2. small siskin-like finch with a red crown and a rosy breast and rump
    Synonym(s): redpoll, Carduelis flammea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reduplicate
v
  1. form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word"
    Synonym(s): reduplicate, geminate
  2. make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"
    Synonym(s): duplicate, reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reduplication
n
  1. repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next
    Synonym(s): anadiplosis, reduplication
  2. the syllable added in a reduplicated word form
  3. a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word)
  4. the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)
    Synonym(s): reduplication, reiteration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
road builder
n
  1. someone whose business is to build roads
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roadblock
n
  1. any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective; "intolerance is a barrier to understanding"
    Synonym(s): barrier, roadblock
  2. a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
    Synonym(s): roadblock, barricade
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ruth Fulton
n
  1. United States anthropologist (1887-1948) [syn: Benedict, Ruth Benedict, Ruth Fulton]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ruthful
adj
  1. feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
    Synonym(s): contrite, remorseful, rueful, ruthful
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ruthfulness
n
  1. a state of gloomy sorrow [syn: mournfulness, sorrowfulness, ruthfulness]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ratability \Rat`a*bil"i*ty\, n.
      The quality or state of being ratable.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ratable \Rat"a*ble\, a.
      1. Capable of being rated, or set at a certain value.
  
                     Twenty or[91] were ratable to [at] two marks of
                     silver.                                             --Camden.
  
      2. Liable to, or subjected by law to, taxation; as, ratable
            estate.
  
      3. Made at a proportionate rate; as, ratable payments. --
            {Rat"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Rat"a*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ratable \Rat"a*ble\, a.
      1. Capable of being rated, or set at a certain value.
  
                     Twenty or[91] were ratable to [at] two marks of
                     silver.                                             --Camden.
  
      2. Liable to, or subjected by law to, taxation; as, ratable
            estate.
  
      3. Made at a proportionate rate; as, ratable payments. --
            {Rat"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Rat"a*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ratable \Rat"a*ble\, a.
      1. Capable of being rated, or set at a certain value.
  
                     Twenty or[91] were ratable to [at] two marks of
                     silver.                                             --Camden.
  
      2. Liable to, or subjected by law to, taxation; as, ratable
            estate.
  
      3. Made at a proportionate rate; as, ratable payments. --
            {Rat"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Rat"a*bly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rateable \Rate"a*ble\, a.
      See {Ratable}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Readability \Read`a*bil"i*ty\, n.
      The state of being readable; readableness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Readable \Read"a*ble\, a.
      Such as can be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read;
      worth reading; interesting. -- {Read"a*ble*ness}, n. --
      {Read"a*bly}, adv,.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Readable \Read"a*ble\, a.
      Such as can be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read;
      worth reading; interesting. -- {Read"a*ble*ness}, n. --
      {Read"a*bly}, adv,.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Readable \Read"a*ble\, a.
      Such as can be read; legible; fit or suitable to be read;
      worth reading; interesting. -- {Read"a*ble*ness}, n. --
      {Read"a*bly}, adv,.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Red \Red\, a. [Compar. {Redder} (-d?r); superl. {Reddest}.] [OE.
      red, reed, AS. re[a0]d, re[a2]d; akin to OS. r[omac]d,
      OFries. r[amac]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[omac]t, Dan.
      & Sw. r[94]d, Icel. rau[edh]r, rj[omac][edh]r, Goth.
      r[a0]uds, W. rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber,
      rufus, Gr. 'eryqro`s, Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf. L. rutilus.
      [root]113. Cf. {Erysipelas}, {Rouge}, {Rubric}, {Ruby},
      {Ruddy}, {Russet}, {Rust}.]
      Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of
      the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar
      spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part. [bd]Fresh
      flowers, white and reede.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
               Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades
               or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red,
               and the like.
  
      Note: Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining
               compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced,
               red-haired, red-headed, red-skinned, red-tailed,
               red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted.
  
      {Red admiral} (Zo[94]l.), a beautiful butterfly ({Vanessa
            Atalanta}) common in both Europe and America. The front
            wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva
            feeds on nettles. Called also {Atlanta butterfly}, and
            {nettle butterfly}.
  
      {Red ant}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A very small ant ({Myrmica molesta}) which often infests
            houses.
      (b) A larger reddish ant ({Formica sanquinea}), native of
            Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making
            species.
  
      {Red antimony} (Min.), kermesite. See {Kermes mineral}
      (b), under {Kermes}.
  
      {Red ash} (Bot.), an American tree ({Fraxinus pubescens}),
            smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber.
            --Cray.
  
      {Red bass}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Redfish}
      (d) .
  
      {Red bay} (Bot.), a tree ({Persea Caroliniensis}) having the
            heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United
            States.
  
      {Red beard} (Zo[94]l.), a bright red sponge ({Microciona
            prolifera}), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local,
            U.S.]
  
      {Red birch} (Bot.), a species of birch ({Betula nigra})
            having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored
            wood. --Gray.
  
      {Red blindness}. (Med.) See {Daltonism}.
  
      {Red book}, a book containing the names of all the persons in
            the service of the state. [Eng.]
  
      {Red book of the Exchequer}, an ancient record in which are
            registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam
            in the time of Henry II. --Brande & C.
  
      {Red brass}, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and
            three of zinc.
  
      {Red bug}. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and
            produces great irritation by its bites.
      (b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus {Pyrrhocoris},
            especially the European species ({P. apterus}), which is
            bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree trunks.
      (c) See {Cotton stainder}, under {Cotton}.
  
      {Red cedar}. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree
            ({Juniperus Virginiana}) having a fragrant red-colored
            heartwood.
      (b) A tree of India and Australia ({Cedrela Toona}) having
            fragrant reddish wood; -- called also {toon tree} in
            India.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Corpuscle \Cor"pus*cle\ (-p[ucr]s*s'l), n. [L. corpusculum, dim.
      of corpus.]
      1. A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
  
      2. (Anat.) A protoplasmic animal cell; esp., such as float
            free, like blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles; or such as
            are imbedded in an intercellular matrix, like connective
            tissue and cartilage corpuscles. See {Blood}.
  
                     Virchow showed that the corpuscles of bone are
                     homologous with those of connective tissue.
                                                                              --Quain's
                                                                              Anat.
  
      {Red blood corpuscles} (Physiol.), in man, yellowish,
            biconcave, circular discs varying from 1/3500 to 1/3200 of
            an inch in diameter and about 1/12400 of an inch thick.
            They are composed of a colorless stroma filled in with
            semifluid h[91]moglobin and other matters. In most mammals
            the red corpuscles are circular, but in the camels, birds,
            reptiles, and the lower vertebrates generally, they are
            oval, and sometimes more or less spherical in form. In
            Amphioxus, and most invertebrates, the blood corpuscles
            are all white or colorless.
  
      {White blood corpuscles} (Physiol.), rounded, slightly
            flattened, nucleated cells, mainly protoplasmic in
            composition, and possessed of contractile power. In man,
            the average size is about 1/2500 of an inch, and they are
            present in blood in much smaller numbers than the red
            corpuscles.

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]:
   Flag \Flag\, n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D.
      vlag. See {Flag} to hang loose.]
      1. That which flags or hangs down loosely.
  
      2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to
            indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask
            information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved
            by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors;
            as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of
                  certain hawks, owls, etc.
            (b) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
            (c) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.
  
      {Black flag}. See under {Black}.
  
      {Flag captain}, {Flag leutenant}, etc., special officers
            attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer.
  
      {Flag officer}, the commander of a fleet or squadron; an
            admiral, or commodore.
  
      {Flag of truse}, a white flag carried or displayed to an
            enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose
            of making some communication not hostile.
  
      {Flag share}, the flag officer's share of prize money.
  
      {Flag station} (Railroad), a station at which trains do not
            stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or
            waved.
  
      {National flag}, a flag of a particular country, on which
            some national emblem or device, is emblazoned.
  
      {Red flag}, a flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of
            danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists.
  
      {To dip, the flag}, to mlower it and quickly restore it to
            its place; -- done as a mark of respect.
  
      {To hang out the white flag}, to ask truce or quarter, or, in
            some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a
            white flag.
  
      {To hang the flag} {half-mast high [or] half-staff}, to raise
            it only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign
            of mourning.
  
      {To} {strike, [or] lower}, {the flag}, to haul it down, in
            token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of
            surrender.
  
      {Yellow flag}, the quarantine flag of all nations; also
            carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious
            disease is on board.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Perch \Perch\ (p[etil]rch), n. [Written also {pearch}.] [OE.
      perche, F. perche, L. perca, fr. Gr. pe`rkh; cf. perkno`s
      dark-colored, Skr. p[rsdot][cced]ni spotted, speckled, and E.
      freckle.] (Zo[94]l.)
      1. Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several
            other allied genera of the family {Percid[91]}, as the
            common American or yellow perch ({Perca flavescens, [or]
            Americana}), and the European perch ({P. fluviatilis}).
  
      2. Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes
            belonging to the {Percid[91]}, {Serranid[91]}, and related
            families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.
  
      {Black perch}.
            (a) The black bass.
            (b) The flasher.
            (c) The sea bass.
  
      {Blue perch}, the cunner.
  
      {Gray perch}, the fresh-water drum.
  
      {Red perch}, the rosefish.
  
      {Red-bellied perch}, the long-eared pondfish.
  
      {Perch pest}, a small crustacean, parasitic in the mouth of
            the perch.
  
      {Silver perch}, the yellowtail.
  
      {Stone}, [or] {Striped}, {perch}, the pope.
  
      {White perch}, the {Roccus, [or] Morone, Americanus}, a small
            silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Redbelly \Red"bel`ly\ (-b?l`l?), n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The char.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Redevelop \Re`de*vel"op\, v. t. & i.
      To develop again; specif. (Photog.), to intensify (a
      developed image), as by bleaching with mercuric chloride and
      subsequently subjecting anew to a developing agent. --
      {Re`de*vel"op*er}, n. -- {Re`de*vel"op*ment}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Redevelop \Re`de*vel"op\, v. t. & i.
      To develop again; specif. (Photog.), to intensify (a
      developed image), as by bleaching with mercuric chloride and
      subsequently subjecting anew to a developing agent. --
      {Re`de*vel"op*er}, n. -- {Re`de*vel"op*ment}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Redevelop \Re`de*vel"op\, v. t. & i.
      To develop again; specif. (Photog.), to intensify (a
      developed image), as by bleaching with mercuric chloride and
      subsequently subjecting anew to a developing agent. --
      {Re`de*vel"op*er}, n. -- {Re`de*vel"op*ment}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Redouble \Re*dou"ble\, v. i.
      To become greatly or repeatedly increased; to be multiplied;
      to be greatly augmented; as, the noise redoubles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Redouble \Re*dou"ble\ (r?*d?b"'l), v. t. [Pref. re- + double:
      cf. F. redoubler. Cf. {Reduplicate}.]
      To double again or repeatedly; to increase by continued or
      repeated additions; to augment greatly; to multiply.
  
               So they Doubly redoubled strokes upon the foe. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Redpole \Red"pole`\ (r?d"p?l`), n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Same as {Redpoll}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Redpoll \Red"poll`\ (-p?l`), n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Any one of several species of small northern finches of
            the genus {Acanthis} (formerly {[92]giothus}), native of
            Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or
            rosy. The male of the most common species ({A. linarius})
            has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also {redpoll
            linnet}. See Illust. under {Linnet}.
      (b) The common European linnet.
      (c) The American redpoll warbler ({Dendroica palmarum}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Redpoll \Red"poll`\ (-p?l`), n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Any one of several species of small northern finches of
            the genus {Acanthis} (formerly {[92]giothus}), native of
            Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or
            rosy. The male of the most common species ({A. linarius})
            has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also {redpoll
            linnet}. See Illust. under {Linnet}.
      (b) The common European linnet.
      (c) The American redpoll warbler ({Dendroica palmarum}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reduplicate \Re*du"pli*cate\ (r?*d?"pl?*k?t), a. [Pref. re- +
      duplicate: cf. L. reduplicatus. Cf. {Redouble}.]
      1. Double; doubled; reduplicative; repeated.
  
      2. (Bot.) Valvate with the margins curved outwardly; -- said
            of the [?]stivation of certain flowers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reduplicate \Re*du"pli*cate\ (-k?t), v. t. [Cf. LL.
      reduplicare.]
      1. To redouble; to multiply; to repeat.
  
      2. (Gram.) To repeat the first letter or letters of (a word).
            See {Reduplication}, 3.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reduplication \Re*du`pli*ca"tion\ (-k?sh?n), n. [Cf. F.
      r[82]duplication, L. reduplicatio repetition.]
      1. The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled.
  
      2. (Pros.) A figure in which the first word of a verse is the
            same as the last word of the preceding verse.
  
      3. (Philol.) The doubling of a stem or syllable (more or less
            modified), with the effect of changing the time expressed,
            intensifying the meaning, or making the word more
            imitative; also, the syllable thus added; as, L. tetuli;
            poposci.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reduplicative \Re*du"pli*ca*tive\ (-k?*t?v), a. [Cf. F.
      r[82]duplicatif.]
      Double; formed by reduplication; reduplicate. --I. Watts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Retable \Re*ta"ble\, n. (Eccl.)
      A shelf behind the altar, for display of lights, vases of
      wlowers, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ridable \Rid"a*ble\, a.
      Suitable for riding; as, a ridable horse; a ridable road.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ruddy \Rud"dy\, a. [Compar. {Ruddier}; superl. {Ruddiest}.] [AS.
      rudig. See {Rud}, n.]
      1. Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy
            flame. --Milton.
  
                     They were more ruddy in body than rubies. --Lam. iv.
                                                                              7.
  
      2. Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in
            high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips. --Dryden.
  
      {Ruddy duck} (Zo[94]l.), an American duck ({Erismatura
            rubida}) having a broad bill and a wedge-shaped tail
            composed of stiff, sharp feathers. The adult male is rich
            brownish red on the back, sides, and neck, black on the
            top of the head, nape, wings, and tail, and white on the
            cheeks. The female and young male are dull brown mixed
            with blackish on the back; grayish below. Called also
            {dunbird}, {dundiver}, {ruddy diver}, {stifftail},
            {spinetail}, {hardhead}, {sleepy duck}, {fool duck},
            {spoonbill}, etc.
  
      {Ruddy plover} (Zo[94]l.) the sanderling.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sanderling \San"der*ling\, n. [Sand + -ling. So called because
      it obtains its food by searching the moist sands of the
      seashore.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A small gray and brown sandpiper ({Calidris arenaria}) very
      common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called
      also {curwillet}, {sand lark}, {stint}, and {ruddy plover}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ruddy \Rud"dy\, a. [Compar. {Ruddier}; superl. {Ruddiest}.] [AS.
      rudig. See {Rud}, n.]
      1. Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy
            flame. --Milton.
  
                     They were more ruddy in body than rubies. --Lam. iv.
                                                                              7.
  
      2. Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in
            high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips. --Dryden.
  
      {Ruddy duck} (Zo[94]l.), an American duck ({Erismatura
            rubida}) having a broad bill and a wedge-shaped tail
            composed of stiff, sharp feathers. The adult male is rich
            brownish red on the back, sides, and neck, black on the
            top of the head, nape, wings, and tail, and white on the
            cheeks. The female and young male are dull brown mixed
            with blackish on the back; grayish below. Called also
            {dunbird}, {dundiver}, {ruddy diver}, {stifftail},
            {spinetail}, {hardhead}, {sleepy duck}, {fool duck},
            {spoonbill}, etc.
  
      {Ruddy plover} (Zo[94]l.) the sanderling.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sanderling \San"der*ling\, n. [Sand + -ling. So called because
      it obtains its food by searching the moist sands of the
      seashore.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A small gray and brown sandpiper ({Calidris arenaria}) very
      common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called
      also {curwillet}, {sand lark}, {stint}, and {ruddy plover}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Readfield, ME
      Zip code(s): 04355

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Readyville, TN
      Zip code(s): 37149

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Red Bluff, CA (city, FIPS 59892)
      Location: 40.17375 N, 122.24037 W
      Population (1990): 12363 (5062 housing units)
      Area: 18.8 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 96080

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Red Boiling Spri, TN
      Zip code(s): 37150

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Red Boiling Springs, TN (city, FIPS 62000)
      Location: 36.53172 N, 85.85069 W
      Population (1990): 905 (420 housing units)
      Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Red Devil, AK (CDP, FIPS 64930)
      Location: 61.79033 N, 157.34786 W
      Population (1990): 53 (24 housing units)
      Area: 60.8 sq km (land), 5.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 99656

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Redfield, AR (town, FIPS 58580)
      Location: 34.44189 N, 92.18385 W
      Population (1990): 1082 (413 housing units)
      Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 72132
   Redfield, IA (city, FIPS 66045)
      Location: 41.59011 N, 94.19762 W
      Population (1990): 883 (385 housing units)
      Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50233
   Redfield, KS (city, FIPS 58725)
      Location: 37.83626 N, 94.88195 W
      Population (1990): 143 (64 housing units)
      Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 66769
   Redfield, NY
      Zip code(s): 13437
   Redfield, SD (city, FIPS 53460)
      Location: 44.87302 N, 98.52037 W
      Population (1990): 2770 (1306 housing units)
      Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 57469

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Redvale, CO
      Zip code(s): 81431

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Reedville, VA
      Zip code(s): 22539

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Reedyville, KY
      Zip code(s): 42210

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Rothville, MO (village, FIPS 63236)
      Location: 39.65469 N, 93.06089 W
      Population (1990): 100 (49 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 64676

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   rat belt n.   A cable tie, esp. the sawtoothed, self-locking
   plastic kind that you can remove only by cutting (as opposed to a
   random twist of wire or a twist tie or one of those humongous metal
   clip frobs).   Small cable ties are `mouse belts'.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   rat belt
  
      A cable tie, especially the sawtoothed, self-locking plastic
      kind that you can remove only by cutting (as opposed to a
      random twist of wire or a twist tie or one of those humongous
      metal clip frobs).   Small cable ties are "mouse belts".
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   read-eval-print loop
  
      (REPL) A programming {structure}
      within {LISP} which repeatedly reads a {form} from the {user},
      evaluates it, and displays the result.
  
      A read-eval-print {loop} forms the basis of the {Top-Level}
      {shell} that programmers of the LISP family of languages
      interact with.
  
      In many dialects of LISP a very simple REPL could be
      implemented as:
  
      (loop (print (eval (read)))).
  
      (2003-06-23)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ROTFL
  
      Rolling on the floor laughing (or rolls...).
  
      Used in a {MUD}, {news}.
  
      See also {ROTFLMAO}, {ROTFLOL}.
  
      (1996-02-22)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ROTFLMAO
  
      Rolling on the floor laughing my ass (arse) off.   An
      extreme form of {ROTFL}.
  
      (2000-11-12)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ROTFLOL
  
      Rolling on the floor laughing out loud.   See {ROTFL}.
  
      (1997-03-06)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   route flapping
  
      {flapping router}
  
  
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