ravening
         adj 1: living by preying on other animals especially by catching
                  living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf";
                  "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste
                  for offal" [syn: {predatory}, {rapacious}, {raptorial},
                  {ravening}, {vulturine}, {vulturous}]
         2: excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the
            prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious
            governments" [syn: {rapacious}, {ravening}, {voracious}]
         3: devouring or craving food in great quantities; "edacious
            vultures"; "a rapacious appetite"; "ravenous as wolves";
            "voracious sharks" [syn: {edacious}, {esurient}, {rapacious},
            {ravening}, {ravenous}, {voracious}, {wolfish}]

English Dictionary: revenue enhancement	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
refinance v renew the financing of
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
refinement n a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad Synonym(s): polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish the result of improving something; "he described a refinement of this technique" Synonym(s): refinement, elaboration the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.) Synonym(s): refining, refinement, purification a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning" Synonym(s): nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; "a man of intellectual refinement"; "he is remembered for his generosity and civilization" Synonym(s): refinement, civilization, civilisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
refining n the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.) Synonym(s): refining, refinement, purification
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
refining industry n an industry that produces and delivers oil and oil products Synonym(s): oil industry, refining industry, oil business
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repayment n the act of returning money received previously [syn: refund, repayment] payment of a debt or obligation Synonym(s): repayment, quittance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
repayment rate n the amount of money paid out per unit time [syn: {payment rate}, rate of payment, repayment rate, installment rate]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
revenant adj of or relating to or typical of a revenant; "revenant shrieks and groans" coming back; "a revenant ghost" Synonym(s): recurring, revenant n a person who returns after a lengthy absence someone who has returned from the dead
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
revenue enhancement n charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government Synonym(s): tax, taxation, revenue enhancement
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rip van Winkle n a person oblivious to social changes a person who sleeps a lot the title character in a story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years and doesn't recognize the world when he wakens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ripening n coming to full development; becoming mature [syn: maturation, ripening, maturement] acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time Synonym(s): ripening, aging, ageing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rivina humilis n bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical Americas Synonym(s): bloodberry, blood berry, rougeberry, rouge plant, Rivina humilis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poison \Poi"son\, n. [F. poison, in Old French also, a potion,       fr. L. potio a drink, draught, potion, a poisonous draught,       fr. potare to drink. See {Potable}, and cf. {Potion}.]       1. Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism,             is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly             effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the             poison of pestilential diseases.          2. That which taints or destroys moral purity or health; as,             the poison of evil example; the poison of sin.          {Poison ash}. (Bot.)             (a) A tree of the genus {Amyris} ({A. balsamifera}) found                   in the West Indies, from the trunk of which a black                   liquor distills, supposed to have poisonous qualities.             (b) The poison sumac ({Rhus venenata}). [U. S.]          {Poison dogwood} (Bot.), poison sumac.          {Poison fang} (Zo[94]l.), one of the superior maxillary teeth             of some species of serpents, which, besides having the             cavity for the pulp, is either perforated or grooved by a             longitudinal canal, at the lower end of which the duct of             the poison gland terminates. See Illust. under {Fang}.          {Poison gland} (Biol.), a gland, in animals or plants, which             secretes an acrid or venomous matter, that is conveyed             along an organ capable of inflicting a wound.          {Poison hemlock} (Bot.), a poisonous umbelliferous plant             ({Conium maculatum}). See {Hemlock}.          {Poison ivy} (Bot.), a poisonous climbing plant ({Rhus             Toxicodendron}) of North America. It is common on stone             walls and on the trunks of trees, and has trifoliate,             rhombic-ovate, variously notched leaves. Many people are             poisoned by it, if they touch the leaves. See {Poison             sumac}. Called also {poison oak}, and {mercury}.          {Poison nut}. (Bot.)             (a) Nux vomica.             (b) The tree which yields this seed ({Strychnos                   Nuxvomica}). It is found on the Malabar and Coromandel                   coasts.          {Poison oak} (Bot.), the poison ivy; also, the more shrubby             {Rhus diversiloba} of California and Oregon.          {Poison sac}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Poison gland}, above. See             Illust. under {Fang}.          {Poison sumac} (Bot.), a poisonous shrub of the genus {Rhus}             ({R. venenata}); -- also called {poison ash}, {poison             dogwood}, and {poison elder}. It has pinnate leaves on             graceful and slender common petioles, and usually grows in             swampy places. Both this plant and the poison ivy ({Rhus             Toxicodendron}) have clusters of smooth greenish white             berries, while the red-fruited species of this genus are             harmless. The tree ({Rhus vernicifera}) which yields the             celebrated Japan lacquer is almost identical with the             poison sumac, and is also very poisonous. The juice of the             poison sumac also forms a lacquer similar to that of             Japan.          Syn: Venom; virus; bane; pest; malignity.          Usage: {Poison}, {Venom}. Poison usually denotes something                   received into the system by the mouth, breath, etc.                   Venom is something discharged from animals and                   received by means of a wound, as by the bite or sting                   of serpents, scorpions, etc. Hence, venom specifically                   implies some malignity of nature or purpose.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raven \Rav"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ravened}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Ravening}.] [Written also ravin, and ravine.]       1. To obtain or seize by violence. --Hakewill.          2. To devoir with great eagerness.                         Like rats that ravin down their proper bane. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ravening \Rav"en*ing\, n.       Eagerness for plunder; rapacity; extortion. --Luke xi. 39.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ravening \Rav"en*ing\, a.       Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves. --       {Rav"en*ing*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ravening \Rav"en*ing\, a.       Greedily devouring; rapacious; as, ravening wolves. --       {Rav"en*ing*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Refinement \Re*fine"ment\ (r?*f?n"ment), n. [Cf. F.       raffinement.]       1. The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as,             the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.                         The more bodies are of kin to spirit in subtilty and                      refinement, the more diffusive are they. --Norris.                         From the civil war to this time, I doubt whether the                      corruptions in our language have not equaled its                      refinements.                                       --Swift.          2. That which is refined, elaborated, or polished to excess;             an affected subtilty; as, refinements of logic. [bd]The             refinements of irregular cunning.[b8] --Rogers.          Syn: Purification; polish; politeness; gentility; elegance;                cultivation; civilization.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Refine \Re*fine"\ (r?*f?n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Refined}       (-find"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Refining}.] [Pref. re- + fine to       make fine: cf. F. raffiner.]       1. To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from             impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from             extraneous matter; to purify; to defecate; as, to refine             gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar.                         I will bring the third part through the fire, and                      will refine them as silver is refined. --Zech. xiii.                                                                               9.          2. To purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant,             low, and the like; to make elegant or exellent; to polish;             as, to refine the manners, the language, the style, the             taste, the intellect, or the moral feelings.                         Love refines The thoughts, and heart enlarges.                                                                               --Milton.          Syn: To purify; clarify; polish; ennoble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Refoment \Re`fo*ment"\ (r?`f?*m?nt"), v. t.       To foment anew.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repayment \Re*pay"ment\ (-ment), n.       1. The act of repaying; reimbursement. --Jer. Taylor.          2. The money or other thing repaid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repiningly \Re*pin"ing*ly\, adv.       With repening or murmuring.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ribbon \Rib"bon\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ribboned}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Ribboning}.]       To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes       resembling ribbons.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ribbonman \Rib"bon*man\, n.; pl. {-men}.       A member of the Ribbon Society. See {Ribbon Society}, under       {Ribbon}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ripen \Rip"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ripened};p. pr. & vb. n.       {Ripening}.]       1. To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers,             and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun.          2. To approach or come to perfection.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Munjistin \Mun"jis*tin\, n. (Chem.)       An orange-red coloring substance resembling alizarin, found       in the root of an East Indian species of madder ({Rubia       munjista}).
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rib Mountain, WI (CDP, FIPS 67320)       Location: 44.91288 N, 89.67536 W       Population (1990): 4634 (1646 housing units)       Area: 31.5 sq km (land), 2.3 sq km (water)