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   rain date
         n 1: an alternative date set for some outdoor event in case it
               rains on the appointed date; "the rain date for the picnic
               will be the following Sunday"

English Dictionary: rheumatoid arthritis by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ranitidine
n
  1. a histamine blocker and antacid (trade name Zantac) used to treat peptic ulcers and gastritis and esophageal reflux
    Synonym(s): ranitidine, Zantac
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
remediate
v
  1. set straight or right; "remedy these deficiencies"; "rectify the inequities in salaries"; "repair an oversight"
    Synonym(s): rectify, remediate, remedy, repair, amend
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
remediation
n
  1. act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil [syn: redress, remedy, remediation]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
remote terminal
n
  1. a terminal connected to a computer by a data link [syn: remote terminal, link-attached terminal, remote station, link-attached station]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Renata Tebaldi
n
  1. Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922) [syn: Tebaldi, Renata Tebaldi]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rendition
n
  1. a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.; "they heard a live rendition of three pieces by Schubert"
    Synonym(s): rendition, rendering
  2. an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious; "the edict was subject to many interpretations"; "he annoyed us with his interpreting of parables"; "often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning"
    Synonym(s): interpretation, interpreting, rendition, rendering
  3. handing over prisoners to countries where torture is allowed
  4. the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance; "her rendition of Milton's verse was extraordinarily moving"
    Synonym(s): rendition, rendering, interpretation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rent out
v
  1. grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee; "We rent out our apartment to tourists every year"; "He hired himself out as a cook"
    Synonym(s): hire out, rent out, farm out
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rheumatoid
adj
  1. of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy with age and grief"
    Synonym(s): arthritic, creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rheumatoid arthritis
n
  1. a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint
    Synonym(s): rheumatoid arthritis, atrophic arthritis, rheumatism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rheumatoid factor
n
  1. autoantibody that is usually present in the serum of people with rheumatoid arthritis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rheumatoid spondylitis
n
  1. a chronic form of spondylitis primarily in males and marked by impaired mobility of the spine; sometimes leads to ankylosis
    Synonym(s): ankylosing spondylitis, Marie-Strumpell disease, rheumatoid spondylitis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
round out
v
  1. fill out; "These studies round out the results of many years of research"
    Synonym(s): round out, finish out
  2. make bigger or better or more complete
    Synonym(s): round out, fill out
  3. express as a round number; "round off the amount"
    Synonym(s): round off, round down, round out, round
  4. make round; "round the edges"
    Synonym(s): round, round out, round off
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
round whitefish
n
  1. a whitefish with a bronze back; of northern North America and Siberia
    Synonym(s): round whitefish, Menominee whitefish, Prosopium cylindraceum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
round-eyed
adj
  1. exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder"
    Synonym(s): childlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy-eyed, simple
  2. having large round wide-open eyes
    Synonym(s): saucer-eyed, round-eyed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
round-headed leek
n
  1. Old World leek with a spherical bulb [syn: {round-headed leek}, Allium sphaerocephalum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rounded
adj
  1. curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders"
    Antonym(s): angular, angulate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roundedness
n
  1. the property possessed by a rounded convexity [syn: roundedness, bulginess]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roundhead
n
  1. a brachycephalic person
  2. a supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roundheaded
adj
  1. having a brachycephalic head [syn: broad-headed, roundheaded, short-headed]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rant \Rant\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ranted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Ranting}.] [OD. ranten, randen, to dote, to be enraged.]
      To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language,
      without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and
      bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher.
  
               Look where my ranting host of the Garter comes! --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remediate \Re*me"di*ate\ (-?t), a.
      Remedial. [R.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remedy \Rem"e*dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Remedied} (-d?d); p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Remedying}.] [L. remediare, remediari: cf. F.
      rem[?]dier. See {Remedy}, n.]
      To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to
      repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract.
  
               I will remedy this gear ere long.            --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remit \Re*mit"\ (r?-m?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Remitted}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Remitting}.] [L. remittere, remissum, to send
      back, to slacken, relax; pref. re- re- + mittere to send. See
      {Mission}, and cf. {Remise}, {Remiss}.]
      1. To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.
  
                     In the case the law remits him to his ancient and
                     more certain right.                           --Blackstone.
  
                     In grevious and inhuman crimes, offenders should be
                     remitted to their prince.                  --Hayward.
  
                     The prisoner was remitted to the guard. --Dryden.
  
      2. To restore. [Obs.]
  
                     The archbishop was . . . remitted to his liberty.
                                                                              --Hayward.
  
      3. (Com.) To transmit or send, esp. to a distance, as money
            in payment of a demand, account, draft, etc.; as, he
            remitted the amount by mail.
  
      4. To send off or away; hence:
            (a) To refer or direct (one) for information, guidance,
                  help, etc. [bd]Remitting them . . . to the works of
                  Galen.[b8] --Sir T. Elyot.
            (b) To submit, refer, or leave (something) for judgment or
                  decision. [bd]Whether the counsel be good I remit it
                  to the wise readers.[b8] --Sir T. Elyot.
  
      5. To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate.
  
                     So willingly doth God remit his ire.   --Milton.
  
      6. To forgive; to pardon; to remove.
  
                     Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto
                     them.                                                --John xx. 23.
  
      7. To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the
            performance of an obligation. [bd]The sovereign was
            undoubtedly competent to remit penalties.[b8] --Macaulay.
  
      Syn: To relax; release; abate; relinguish; forgive; pardon;
               absolve.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rendition \Ren*di"tion\ (r?n-d?sh"?n), n. [LL. rendere to
      render: cf. L. redditio. See {Render}, and cf. {Reddition}.]
      1. The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender, as
            of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign
            government; also, surrender in war.
  
                     The rest of these brave men that suffered in cold
                     blood after articles of rendition.      --Evelyn.
  
      2. Translation; rendering; version.
  
                     This rendition of the word seems also most naturally
                     to agree with the genuine meaning of some other
                     words in the same verse.                     --South.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Renneted \Ren"net*ed\, a.
      Provided or treated with rennet. [R.] [bd]Pressed milk
      renneted.[b8] --Chapman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rent \Rent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rented}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Renting}.] [F. renter. See {Rent}, n.]
      1. To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to
            lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reunitedly \Re`u*nit"ed*ly\, adv.
      In a reunited manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Round \Round\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rounded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Rounding}.]
      1. To make circular, spherical, or cylindrical; to give a
            round or convex figure to; as, to round a silver coin; to
            round the edges of anything.
  
                     Worms with many feet, which round themselves into
                     balls, are bred chiefly under logs of timber.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
                     The figures on our modern medals are raised and
                     rounded to a very great perfection.   --Addison.
  
      2. To surround; to encircle; to encompass.
  
                     The inclusive verge Of golden metal that must round
                     my brow.                                             --Shak.
  
      3. To bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence,
            to bring to a fit conclusion.
  
                     We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our
                     little life Is rounded with a sleep.   --Shak.
  
      4. To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or
            point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn.
  
      5. To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in
            writing. --Swift.
  
      {To round in} (Naut.) To haul up; usually, to haul the slack
            of (a rope) through its leading block, or to haul up (a
            tackle which hangs loose) by its fall. --Totten.
            (b) To collect together (cattle) by riding around them, as
                  on cattle ranches

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rounded \Round"ed\, a. (Phonetics)
      Modified by contraction of the lip opening; labialized;
      labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 11.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Roundhead \Round"head`\, n. (Eng. Hist.)
      A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the
      Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. --Toone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Roundheaded \Round"head`ed\, a.
      Having a round head or top.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Roundhead, OH
      Zip code(s): 43346

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Remote Database Access
  
      (RDBA) A standard permitting the exchange
      of information between different {DBMS} systems.
  
      (1998-09-23)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ROOM Methodology
  
      {Real-Time Object-Oriented Modeling}
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Ramathite
      the designation given to Shimei, the manager of David's vineyard
      (1 Chr. 27:27).
     
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