raffle off
         v 1: dispose of in a lottery; "We raffled off a trip to the
               Bahamas" [syn: {raffle}, {raffle off}]

English Dictionary: revolving credit	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rauvolfia n any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers; yield substances used medicinally especially as emetics or purgatives or antihypertensives Synonym(s): rauwolfia, rauvolfia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reply-paid adj with cost of reply prepaid by sender; "reply-paid postcard"; "reply-paid envelope"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
revolve v turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire" Synonym(s): revolve, go around, rotate move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus" Synonym(s): orb, orbit, revolve cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words" Synonym(s): roll, revolve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
revolve about v center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work" Synonym(s): focus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, center
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
revolve around v center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work" Synonym(s): focus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, center move around in a circular motion; "The Earth revolves around the Sun" Synonym(s): revolve around, circle around, circle round
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
revolved adj turned in a circle around an axis [syn: rotated, revolved]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
revolver n a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets) Synonym(s): revolver, six-gun, six- shooter a door consisting of four orthogonal partitions that rotate about a central pivot; a door designed to equalize the air pressure in tall buildings Synonym(s): revolving door, revolver
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
revolving charge account n a charge account that does not have to be paid to zero balance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
revolving credit n a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time Synonym(s): open-end credit, revolving credit, charge account credit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
revolving door n an organization or institution with a high rate of turnover of personnel or membership a door consisting of four orthogonal partitions that rotate about a central pivot; a door designed to equalize the air pressure in tall buildings Synonym(s): revolving door, revolver
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
revolving fund n a fund which, if borrowed or used, is intended to be replenished so it may be loaned or spent repeatedly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rifle ball n a bullet designed to be fired from a rifle; no longer made spherical in shape
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rifle butt n the butt end of a rifle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
riflebird n velvety black Australian bird of paradise with green and purple iridescence on head and tail Synonym(s): riflebird, Ptloris paradisea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ripe olive n olives picked ripe and cured in brine then dried or pickled or preserved canned or in oil Synonym(s): black olive, ripe olive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roble beech n tall deciduous South American tree [syn: roble beech, Nothofagus obliqua]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rubella panencephalitis n a rare loss of mental and physical skills in adolescents; associated with the rubella virus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ruffle up v disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water" Synonym(s): ruffle, ruffle up, rumple, mess up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buttercup \But"ter*cup`\, n. (Bot.)       A plant of the genus {Ranunculus}, or crowfoot, particularly       {R. bulbosus}, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also       {butterflower}, {golden cup}, and {kingcup}. It is the       {cuckoobud} of Shakespeare.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cuckoobud \Cuck"oo*bud"\ (k??k"??-b?d`), n. (Bot.)       A species of {Ranunculus} ({R. bulbosus}); -- called also       {butterflower}, {buttercup}, {kingcup}, {goldcup}. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repealability \Re*peal`a*bil"i*ty\ (-?-b?l"?-t?), n.       The quality or state of being repealable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repealable \Re*peal"a*ble\ (r?-p?l"?-b'l), a.       Capable of being repealed. -- {Re*peal"a*ble*ness}, n.          Syn: Revocable; abrogable; voidable; reversible.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repealable \Re*peal"a*ble\ (r?-p?l"?-b'l), a.       Capable of being repealed. -- {Re*peal"a*ble*ness}, n.          Syn: Revocable; abrogable; voidable; reversible.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repleviable \Re*plev"i*a*ble\ (r?-pl?v"?-?-b'l), a. [See       {Replevy}.] (Law)       Capable of being replevied.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Replevy \Re*plev"y\ (-?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Replevied} (-?d);       p. pr. & vb. n. {Replevying}.] [OF. replevir, LL. replevire.       See {Pledge}, {Replevin}.]       1. (Law) To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose             (goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon             giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law,             and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff,             to return the property replevied.          2. (Old Eng. Law) To bail. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Replevin \Re*plev"in\ (-?n), n. [LL. replevina. See {Replevy},       and cf. {Plevin}.]       1. (Law) A personal action which lies to recover possession             of goods and chattle wrongfully taken or detained.             Originally, it was a remedy peculiar to cases for wrongful             distress, but it may generally now be brought in all cases             of wrongful taking or detention. --Bouvier.          2. The writ by which goods and chattels are replevied.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Replevin \Re*plev"in\, v. t. (Law)       To replevy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Replevisable \Re*plev"i*sa*ble\ (-?-s?-b'l), a. [OF.       replevisable.]       Repleviable. --Sir M. Hale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Replevy \Re*plev"y\ (-?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Replevied} (-?d);       p. pr. & vb. n. {Replevying}.] [OF. replevir, LL. replevire.       See {Pledge}, {Replevin}.]       1. (Law) To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose             (goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon             giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law,             and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff,             to return the property replevied.          2. (Old Eng. Law) To bail. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Replevy \Re*plev"y\ (r?-pl?v"?), n.       Replevin. --Mozley & W.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Replevy \Re*plev"y\ (-?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Replevied} (-?d);       p. pr. & vb. n. {Replevying}.] [OF. replevir, LL. replevire.       See {Pledge}, {Replevin}.]       1. (Law) To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose             (goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon             giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law,             and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff,             to return the property replevied.          2. (Old Eng. Law) To bail. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Revealability \Re*veal`a*bil"i*ty\, n.       The quality or state of being revealable; revealableness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Revealable \Re*veal"a*ble\, a.       Capable of being revealed. -- {Re*veal"a*ble*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Revealable \Re*veal"a*ble\, a.       Capable of being revealed. -- {Re*veal"a*ble*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Revoluble \Rev"o*lu*ble\, a. [L. revolubilis that may be rolled       back. See {Revolve}.]       Capable of revolving; rotatory; revolving. [Obs.]                   Us, then, to whom the thrice three year Hath filled his                revoluble orb since our arrival here, I blame not.                                                                               --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Revolvable \Re*volv"a*ble\, a.       That may be revolved.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Revolve \Re*volve"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Revolved}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Revolving}.] [L. revolvere, revolutum; pref. re- re-       + volvere to roll, turn round. See {Voluble}, and cf.       {Revolt}, {revolution}.]       1. To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel;             to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this             sense.                         If the earth revolve thus, each house near the                      equator must move a thousand miles an hour. --I.                                                                               Watts.          2. To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets             revolve round the sun.          3. To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve.          4. To return; to pass. [R.] --Ayliffe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Revolve \Re*volve"\, v. t.       1. To cause to turn, as on an axis.                         Then in the east her turn she shines, Revolved on                      heaven's great axile.                        --Milton.          2. Hence, to turn over and over in the mind; to reflect             repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of.                         This having heard, straight I again revolved The law                      and prophets.                                    --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Revolve \Re*volve"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Revolved}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Revolving}.] [L. revolvere, revolutum; pref. re- re-       + volvere to roll, turn round. See {Voluble}, and cf.       {Revolt}, {revolution}.]       1. To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel;             to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this             sense.                         If the earth revolve thus, each house near the                      equator must move a thousand miles an hour. --I.                                                                               Watts.          2. To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets             revolve round the sun.          3. To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve.          4. To return; to pass. [R.] --Ayliffe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Revolvement \Re*volve"ment\, n.       Act of revolving. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Revolvency \Re*volv"en*cy\, n.       The act or state of revolving; revolution. [Archaic]                   Its own revolvency upholds the world.      --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Revolver \Re*volv"er\, n.       One who, or that which, revolves; specifically, a firearm (       commonly a pistol) with several chambers or barrels so       arranged as to revolve on an axis, and be discharged in       succession by the same lock; a repeater.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Revolve \Re*volve"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Revolved}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Revolving}.] [L. revolvere, revolutum; pref. re- re-       + volvere to roll, turn round. See {Voluble}, and cf.       {Revolt}, {revolution}.]       1. To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel;             to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this             sense.                         If the earth revolve thus, each house near the                      equator must move a thousand miles an hour. --I.                                                                               Watts.          2. To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets             revolve round the sun.          3. To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve.          4. To return; to pass. [R.] --Ayliffe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Revolving \Re*volv"ing\, a.       Making a revolution or revolutions; rotating; -- used also       figuratively of time, seasons, etc., depending on the       revolution of the earth.                   But grief returns with the revolving year. --Shelley.                   Revolving seasons, fruitless as they pass. --Cowper.          {Revolving firearm}. See {Revolver}.          {Revolving light}, a light or lamp in a lighthouse so             arranged as to appear and disappear at fixed intervals,             either by being turned about an axis so as to show light             only at intervals, or by having its light occasionally             intercepted by a revolving screen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pendulum \Pen"du*lum\, n.; pl. {Pendulums}. [NL., fr. L.       pendulus hanging, swinging. See {Pendulous}.]       A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to       and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It       is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other       machinery.          Note: The time of oscillation of a pendulum is independent of                the arc of vibration, provided this arc be small.          {Ballistic pendulum}. See under {Ballistic}.          {Compensation pendulum}, a clock pendulum in which the effect             of changes of temperature of the length of the rod is so             counteracted, usually by the opposite expansion of             differene metals, that the distance of the center of             oscillation from the center of suspension remains             invariable; as, the mercurial compensation pendulum, in             which the expansion of the rod is compensated by the             opposite expansion of mercury in a jar constituting the             bob; the gridiron pendulum, in which compensation is             effected by the opposite expansion of sets of rodsof             different metals.          {Compound pendulum}, an ordinary pendulum; -- so called, as             being made up of different parts, and contrasted with             simple pendulum.          {Conical} [or] {Revolving}, {pendulum}, a weight connected by             a rod with a fixed point; and revolving in a horizontal             cyrcle about the vertical from that point.          {Pendulum bob}, the weight at the lower end of a pendulum.          {Pendulum level}, a plumb level. See under {Level}.          {Pendulum wheel}, the balance of a watch.          {Simple} [or] {Theoretical}, {pendulum}, an imaginary             pendulum having no dimensions except length, and no weight             except at the center of oscillation; in other words, a             material point suspended by an ideal line.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Revolving \Re*volv"ing\, a.       Making a revolution or revolutions; rotating; -- used also       figuratively of time, seasons, etc., depending on the       revolution of the earth.                   But grief returns with the revolving year. --Shelley.                   Revolving seasons, fruitless as they pass. --Cowper.          {Revolving firearm}. See {Revolver}.          {Revolving light}, a light or lamp in a lighthouse so             arranged as to appear and disappear at fixed intervals,             either by being turned about an axis so as to show light             only at intervals, or by having its light occasionally             intercepted by a revolving screen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Revolving \Re*volv"ing\, a.       Making a revolution or revolutions; rotating; -- used also       figuratively of time, seasons, etc., depending on the       revolution of the earth.                   But grief returns with the revolving year. --Shelley.                   Revolving seasons, fruitless as they pass. --Cowper.          {Revolving firearm}. See {Revolver}.          {Revolving light}, a light or lamp in a lighthouse so             arranged as to appear and disappear at fixed intervals,             either by being turned about an axis so as to show light             only at intervals, or by having its light occasionally             intercepted by a revolving screen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rifle \Ri"fle\, n. [Akin to Dan. rifle, or riffel, the rifle of       a gun, a chamfer (cf. riffel, riffelb[94]sse, a rifle gun,       rifle to rifle a gun, G. riefeln, riefen, to chamfer,       groove), and E. rive. See {Rive}, and cf. {Riffle}, {Rivel}.]       1. A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral             channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and             insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm             it has superseded the musket.          2. pl. (Mil.) A body of soldiers armed with rifles.          3. A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material,             used for sharpening scythes.          {Rifle pit} (Mil.), a trench for sheltering sharpshooters.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Riflebird \Ri"fle*bird`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of beautiful birds of Australia       and New Guinea, of the genera {Ptiloris} and {Craspidophora},       allied to the paradise birds.          Note: The largest and best known species is {Ptiloris                paradisea} of Australia. Its general color is rich                velvety brown, glossed with lilac; the under parts are                varied with rich olive green, and the head, throat, and                two middle tail feathers are brilliant metallic green.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruffle \Ruf"fle\, n. [See {Ruffle}, v. t. & i.]       1. That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace,             cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one             edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.          2. A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance;             agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.          3. (Mil.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a             roll; -- called also {ruff}. --H. L. Scott.          4. (Zo[94]l.) The connected series of large egg capsules, or             o[94]thec[91], of any one of several species of American             marine gastropods of the genus {Fulgur}. See {O[94]theca}.          {Ruffle of a boot}, the top turned down, and scalloped or             plaited. --Halliwell.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RoboHELP          A {Microsoft} {Windows} Help authoring tool from {Blue       Sky Software}.   Used with {Microsoft Word} to create Help       files for inclusion in a Windows application or for stand       alone use.          (1997-01-19)