rose pink : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   rasping
         adj 1: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly
                  voice" [syn: {grating}, {gravelly}, {rasping}, {raspy},
                  {rough}, {scratchy}]
         n 1: uttering in an irritated tone [syn: {rasp}, {rasping}]

English Dictionary: rose pink	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
raspingly adv in a harsh and grating manner; "her voice fell gratingly on our ears" Synonym(s): gratingly, raspingly, harshly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
receiving set n an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals Synonym(s): radio receiver, receiving set, radio set, radio, tuner, wireless
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receiving system n set that receives radio or tv signals [syn: receiver, receiving system]
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recipient n a person who receives something [syn: recipient, receiver] the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause Synonym(s): recipient role, recipient
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
recipient role n the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause Synonym(s): recipient role, recipient
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rejuvenate v cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land develop youthful topographical features; "the land rejuvenated" make younger or more youthful; "The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him" Antonym(s): age return to life; get or give new life or energy; "The week at the spa restored me" Synonym(s): regenerate, restore, rejuvenate become young again; "The old man rejuvenated when he became a grandfather"
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rejuvenation n the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored; "the annual rejuvenation of the landscape" Synonym(s): rejuvenation, greening the act of restoring to a more youthful condition
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reshipment n the act of shipping again (especially by transferring to another ship)
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respond v show a response or a reaction to something [syn: react, respond] react verbally; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation" Synonym(s): answer, reply, respond respond favorably or as hoped; "The cancer responded to the aggressive therapy"
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respondent adj replying; "an answering glance"; "an answering smile" Synonym(s): answering, respondent n the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent someone who responds Synonym(s): respondent, responder, answerer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
responder n someone who responds [syn: respondent, responder, answerer]
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response n a result; "this situation developed in response to events in Africa" a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent; "a bad reaction to the medicine"; "his responses have slowed with age" Synonym(s): reaction, response a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation; "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics" Synonym(s): answer, reply, response the manner in which something is greeted; "she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors" Synonym(s): reception, response a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he growled his reply" Synonym(s): reply, response the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals
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response time n the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it Synonym(s): reaction time, response time, latency, latent period
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responsibility n the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr Synonym(s): duty, responsibility, obligation the proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his province to take care of himself" Synonym(s): province, responsibility a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct; "he holds a position of great responsibility" Synonym(s): responsibility, responsibleness Antonym(s): irresponsibility, irresponsibleness
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responsible adj worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable; "a responsible adult"; "responsible journalism"; "a responsible position"; "the captain is responsible for the ship's safety"; "the cabinet is responsible to the parliament" Antonym(s): irresponsible being the agent or cause; "determined who was the responsible party"; "termites were responsible for the damage" Synonym(s): responsible, responsible for(p) having an acceptable credit rating; "a responsible borrower" Synonym(s): creditworthy, responsible
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responsible for adj being the agent or cause; "determined who was the responsible party"; "termites were responsible for the damage" Synonym(s): responsible, responsible for(p)
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responsibleness n a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct; "he holds a position of great responsibility" Synonym(s): responsibility, responsibleness Antonym(s): irresponsibility, irresponsibleness
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responsibly adv in a responsible manner; "we must act responsibly" [ant: irresponsibly]
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responsive adj containing or using responses; alternating; "responsive reading"; "antiphonal laughter" Synonym(s): responsive, antiphonal readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion; "children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience" Antonym(s): unresponsive reacting to a stimulus; "the skin of old persons is less reactive than that of younger persons" Synonym(s): reactive, responsive
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responsiveness n responsive to stimulation [syn: responsiveness, reactivity] the quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to people and events Antonym(s): deadness, unresponsiveness
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resubmit v submit (information) again to a program or automatic system Synonym(s): feed back, resubmit
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resupine adj lying face upward Synonym(s): supine, resupine
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Rhizobium n the type genus of Rhizobiaceae; usually occur in the root nodules of legumes; can fix atmospheric oxygen Synonym(s): Rhizobium, genus Rhizobium
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Richea pandanifolia n gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long Synonym(s): tree heath, grass tree, Richea pandanifolia
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risk of infection n the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred Synonym(s): risk, risk of infection
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risky venture n a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) Synonym(s): adventure, escapade, risky venture, dangerous undertaking
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Rocephin n a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Rocephin) used for severe infection of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract Synonym(s): ceftriaxone, Rocephin
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rock band n a band of musicians who play rock'n'roll music [syn: {rock group}, rock band]
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rock penstemon n one of the West's most beautiful wildflowers; large brilliant pink or rose flowers in many racemes above thick mats of stems and leaves; ledges and cliffs from Washington to California Synonym(s): rock penstemon, cliff penstemon, Penstemon rupicola
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rock pink n pink-flowered perennial of rocky regions of western United States Synonym(s): rock pink, Talinum calycinum
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rockbound adj abounding in or bordered by rocky cliffs or scarps; "the rock-ribbed coast of Maine" Synonym(s): rock-ribbed, rockbound
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Rosa banksia n Chinese evergreen climbing rose with yellow or white single flowers Synonym(s): banksia rose, Rosa banksia
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Rosa pendulina n European alpine rose with crimson flowers [syn: {mountain rose}, Rosa pendulina]
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Rosa Ponselle n United States soprano (1897-1981) [syn: Ponselle, {Rosa Ponselle}, Rosa Melba Ponselle]
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rose family n a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens Synonym(s): Rosaceae, family Rosaceae, rose family
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rose pink n any of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States resembling a true centaury Synonym(s): marsh pink, rose pink, bitter floom, American centaury, Sabbatia stellaris, Sabbatia Angularis
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rough bindweed n creeping or climbing evergreen having spiny zigzag stems with shiny leaves and racemes of pale-green flowers; Canary Islands to southern Europe and Ethiopia and India Synonym(s): rough bindweed, Smilax aspera
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Roy Chapman Andrews n United States naturalist who contributed to paleontology and geology (1884-1960) Synonym(s): Andrews, Roy Chapman Andrews
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rush family n tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes [syn: Juncaceae, family Juncaceae, rush family]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rack \Rack\, v. t. [Cf. OF. vin raqu[82] squeezed from the dregs of the grapes.] To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine. It is in common practice to draw wine or beer from the lees (which we call racking), whereby it will clarify much the sooner. --Bacon. {Rack vintage}, wine cleansed and drawn from the lees. --Cowell.
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Rackabones \Rack"a*bones`\, n. A very lean animal, esp. a horse. [Colloq. U. S.]
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Racovian \Raco"vian\, n. [From Racow.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Socinians or Unitarians in Poland.
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Rake \Rake\, n. [AS. race; akin to OD. rake, D. reek, OHG, rehho, G. rechen, Icel, reka a shovel, and to Goth. rikan to heap up, collect, and perhaps to Gr. [?] to stretch out, and E. rack to stretch. Cf. {Reckon}.] 1. An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth. 2. A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake. 3. [Perhaps a different word.] (Mining) A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also {rake-vein}. {Gill rakes}. (Anat.) See under 1st {Gill}.
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Rake-vein \Rake"-vein`\, n. See {Rake}, a mineral vein.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rake \Rake\, n. [AS. race; akin to OD. rake, D. reek, OHG, rehho, G. rechen, Icel, reka a shovel, and to Goth. rikan to heap up, collect, and perhaps to Gr. [?] to stretch out, and E. rack to stretch. Cf. {Reckon}.] 1. An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth. 2. A toothed machine drawn by a horse, -- used for collecting hay or grain; a horserake. 3. [Perhaps a different word.] (Mining) A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also {rake-vein}. {Gill rakes}. (Anat.) See under 1st {Gill}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rake-vein \Rake"-vein`\, n. See {Rake}, a mineral vein.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rasp \Rasp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rasped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rasping}.] [OF. rasper, F. r[83]per, to scrape, grate, rasp, fr. OHG. rasp[omac]n to scrape together, to collect, probably akin to E. rap. Cf. {Rap} to snatch.] 1. To rub or file with a rasp; to rub or grate with a rough file; as, to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder. 2. Hence, figuratively: To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language; as, some sounds rasp the ear; his insults rasped my temper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Receive \Re*ceive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Received}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Receiving}.] [OF. receiver, recevoir, F. recevoir, fr. L. recipere; pref. re- re- + capere to take, seize. See See {Capable}, {Heave}, and cf. {Receipt}, {Reception}, {Recipe}.] 1. To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter. Receyven all in gree that God us sent. --Chaucer. 2. Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace. Our hearts receive your warnings. --Shak. The idea of solidity we receives by our touch. --Locke. 3. To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to. Many other things there be which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots. --Mark vii. 4. 4. To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc. They kindled a fire, and received us every one. --Acts xxviii. 2. 5. To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity fro; to be able to take in. The brazen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings. --1 Kings viii. 64. 6. To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage. Against his will he can receive no harm. --Milton. 7. To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen. 8. (Lawn Tennis) To bat back (the ball) when served. {Receiving ship}, one on board of which newly recruited sailors are received, and kept till drafted for service. Syn: To accept; take; allow; hold; retain; admit. Usage: {Receive}, {Accept}. To receive describes simply the act of taking. To accept denotes the taking with approval, or for the purposes for which a thing is offered. Thus, we receive a letter when it comes to hand; we receive news when it reaches us; we accept a present when it is offered; we accept an invitation to dine with a friend. Who, if we knew What we receive, would either not accept Life offered, or soon beg to lay it down. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shipping note \Ship"ping note\ (Com.) A document used in shipping goods by sea. In the case of free goods the shipping notes are the {receiving note}, addressed by the shipper to the chief officer of the vessel, requesting him to receive on board specified goods, and a receipt for the mate to sign, on receiving whose signature it is called the {mate's receipt}, and is surrendered by the shipper for the bills of lading.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reservoir \Res"ervoir`\ (r[ecr]z"[etil]rvw[ocir]r`; 277), n. [F. r[82]servoir, fr. LL. reservatorium. See {Reservatory}.] 1. A place where anything is kept in store; especially, a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal, or a city by means of aqueducts, or to drive a mill wheel, or the like. 2. (Bot.) A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter. {Receiving reservoir} (Water Works), a principal reservoir into which an aqueduct or rising main delivers water, and from which a distributing reservoir draws its supply.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Receive \Re*ceive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Received}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Receiving}.] [OF. receiver, recevoir, F. recevoir, fr. L. recipere; pref. re- re- + capere to take, seize. See See {Capable}, {Heave}, and cf. {Receipt}, {Reception}, {Recipe}.] 1. To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter. Receyven all in gree that God us sent. --Chaucer. 2. Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace. Our hearts receive your warnings. --Shak. The idea of solidity we receives by our touch. --Locke. 3. To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to. Many other things there be which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots. --Mark vii. 4. 4. To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc. They kindled a fire, and received us every one. --Acts xxviii. 2. 5. To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity fro; to be able to take in. The brazen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings. --1 Kings viii. 64. 6. To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage. Against his will he can receive no harm. --Milton. 7. To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen. 8. (Lawn Tennis) To bat back (the ball) when served. {Receiving ship}, one on board of which newly recruited sailors are received, and kept till drafted for service. Syn: To accept; take; allow; hold; retain; admit. Usage: {Receive}, {Accept}. To receive describes simply the act of taking. To accept denotes the taking with approval, or for the purposes for which a thing is offered. Thus, we receive a letter when it comes to hand; we receive news when it reaches us; we accept a present when it is offered; we accept an invitation to dine with a friend. Who, if we knew What we receive, would either not accept Life offered, or soon beg to lay it down. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recipiangle \Recip"ian`gle\, n. [L. recipere to take + angulus angle.] An instrument with two arms that are pivoted together at one end, and a graduated arc, -- used by military engineers for measuring and laying off angles of fortifications.
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Recipience \Recip"ience\, Recipiency \Recip"ien*cy\, n. The quality or state of being recipient; a receiving; reception; receptiveness.
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Recipience \Recip"ience\, Recipiency \Recip"ien*cy\, n. The quality or state of being recipient; a receiving; reception; receptiveness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recipient \Recip"ient\, n. [L. recipiens, -entis, receiving, p. pr. of recipere to receive: cf. F. r[82]cipient. See {Receive}.] A receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom, or that to which, anything is given or communicated; specifically, the receiver of a still.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recipient \Recip"ient\, a. Receiving; receptive.
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Recoupment \Re*coup"ment\ (-m[eit]nt), n. The act of recouping. Note: Recoupment applies to equities growing out of the very affair from which thw principal demand arises, set-off to cross-demands which may be independent in origin. --Abbott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rejuvenate \Reju"venate\ (r?-j?"v?-n?t), v. t. [Pref. re- re- + L. juventis young, youthful.] To render young again.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rejuvenated \Reju"vena`ted\, p. a. from {Rejuvenate}. 1. Rendered young again; as, rejuvenated life. 2. (Phys. Geog.) (a) Stimulated by uplift to renewed erosive activity; -- said of streams. (b) Developed with steep slopes inside a district previously worn down nearly to base level; -- said of topography, or features of topography, as valleys, hills, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rejuvenation \Reju`vena"tion\ (-n?"sh?n), n. Rejuvenescence.
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Rejuvenescence \Reju`venes"cence\ (-n?s"sens), n. 1. A renewing of youth; the state of being or growing young again. 2. (Bot.) A method of cell formation in which the entire protoplasm of an old cell escapes by rupture of the cell wall, and then develops a new cell wall. It is seen sometimes in the formation of zo[94]spores, etc.
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Rejuvenescency \Reju`venes"cen*cy\ (-s[eit]n-s?), n. Rejuvenescence.
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Rejuvenescent \Reju`venes"cent\ (-sent), a. Becoming, or causing to become, rejuvenated; rejuvenating.
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Rejuvenize \Reju`venize\ (r?-j?"v?-n?z), v. t. To rejuvenate.
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Reshipment \Re*ship"ment\ (-ment), n. The act of reshipping; also, that which is reshippped.
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Respond \Re*spond"\, v. t. 1. To answer; to reply. 2. To suit or accord with; to correspond to. [R.] For his great deeds respond his speeches great. --Fairfax.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Respond \Re*spond"\, n. 1. An answer; a response. [R.] 2. (Eccl.) A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter. 3. (Arch.) A half pier or pillar attached to a wall to support an arch. --Oxf. Gloss.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Respond \Respond"\ (r?sp?nd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Responded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Responding}.] [OF. respondre, F. r[82]pondre, fr. L. respondere, responsum; pref. re- re- + spondere to promise. See {Sponsor}.] 1. To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument. 2. To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit. A new affliction strings a new cord in the heart, which responds to some new note of complaint within the wide scale of human woe. --Buckminster. To every theme responds thy various lay. --Broome. 3. To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages. [U.S.] Syn: To answer; reply; rejoin. See {Reply}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Respond \Respond"\ (r?sp?nd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Responded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Responding}.] [OF. respondre, F. r[82]pondre, fr. L. respondere, responsum; pref. re- re- + spondere to promise. See {Sponsor}.] 1. To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument. 2. To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit. A new affliction strings a new cord in the heart, which responds to some new note of complaint within the wide scale of human woe. --Buckminster. To every theme responds thy various lay. --Broome. 3. To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages. [U.S.] Syn: To answer; reply; rejoin. See {Reply}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Respondence \Respond"ence\ (-?ns), Respondency \Respond"ency\ (-ens?), n. The act of responding; the state of being respondent; an answering. --A. Chalmers. The angelical soft trembling voice made To the instruments divine respondence meet. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Respondence \Respond"ence\ (-?ns), Respondency \Respond"ency\ (-ens?), n. The act of responding; the state of being respondent; an answering. --A. Chalmers. The angelical soft trembling voice made To the instruments divine respondence meet. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Respondent \Re*spond"ent\ (-ent), a. [L. respondens, p. pr. of respondere.] Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding. Wealth respondent to payment and contributions. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Respondent \Re*spond"ent\, n. [Cf. F. r[82]pondant.] One who responds. It corresponds in general to defendant. Specifically: (a) (Law) One who answers in certain suits or proceedings, generally those which are not according to the course of the common law, as in equity and admiralty causes, in petitions for partition, and the like; -- distinquished from appellant. (b) One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent. --I. Watts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Respond \Respond"\ (r?sp?nd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Responded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Responding}.] [OF. respondre, F. r[82]pondre, fr. L. respondere, responsum; pref. re- re- + spondere to promise. See {Sponsor}.] 1. To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument. 2. To show some effect in return to a force; to act in response; to accord; to correspond; to suit. A new affliction strings a new cord in the heart, which responds to some new note of complaint within the wide scale of human woe. --Buckminster. To every theme responds thy various lay. --Broome. 3. To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages. [U.S.] Syn: To answer; reply; rejoin. See {Reply}.
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Responsal \Respon"sal\ (r?sp?n"sal), a. Answerable. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Responsal \Re*spon"sal\, n. [Cf.LL. resposalis.] 1. One who is answerable or responsible. [Obs.] --Barrow. 2. Response. [Obs.] --Brevint.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Response \Response"\ (r?sp?ns"), n. [OF. response, respons, F. r[82]ponse, from L. responsum, from respondere. See {Respond}.] 1. The act of responding. 2. An answer or reply. Specifically: (a) Reply to an objection in formal disputation. --I. Watts. (b) (Eccl.) The answer of the people or congregation to the priest or clergyman, in the litany and other parts of divine service. (c) (R.C.Ch.) A kind of anthem sung after the lessons of matins and some other parts of the office. (d) (Mus.) A repetition of the given subject in a fugue by another part on the fifth above or fourth below. --Busby.
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Responseless \Re*sponse"less\, a. Giving no response.
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Responsibility \Respon`sibil"ity\ (r?sp?n`s?b?l"?t?), n.; pl. {-ties} (-t[?]z). [Cf. F. responsabilit[82].] 1. The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation. 2. That for which anyone is responsible or accountable; as, the resonsibilities of power. 3. Ability to answer in payment; means of paying.
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Responsible \Respon"sible\ (r?sp?n"s?b'l), a. [Cf. F. responsable. See {Respond}.] 1. Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office. 2. Able to respond or answer for one's conduct and obligations; trustworthy, financially or otherwise; as, to have a responsible man for surety. 3. Involving responsibility; involving a degree of accountability on the part of the person concerned; as, a responsible office. Syn: Accountable; answerable; amenable. -- {Respon"sibleness}, n. -- {Respon"si*bly}, adv.
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Responsible \Respon"sible\ (r?sp?n"s?b'l), a. [Cf. F. responsable. See {Respond}.] 1. Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office. 2. Able to respond or answer for one's conduct and obligations; trustworthy, financially or otherwise; as, to have a responsible man for surety. 3. Involving responsibility; involving a degree of accountability on the part of the person concerned; as, a responsible office. Syn: Accountable; answerable; amenable. -- {Respon"sibleness}, n. -- {Respon"si*bly}, adv.
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Responsible \Respon"sible\ (r?sp?n"s?b'l), a. [Cf. F. responsable. See {Respond}.] 1. Liable to respond; likely to be called upon to answer; accountable; answerable; amenable; as, a guardian is responsible to the court for his conduct in the office. 2. Able to respond or answer for one's conduct and obligations; trustworthy, financially or otherwise; as, to have a responsible man for surety. 3. Involving responsibility; involving a degree of accountability on the part of the person concerned; as, a responsible office. Syn: Accountable; answerable; amenable. -- {Respon"sibleness}, n. -- {Respon"si*bly}, adv.
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Responsion \Re*spon"sion\ (-sh?n), n. [L. responsio. See {Respond}.] 1. The act of answering. [Obs.] 2. (University of Oxford) The first university examination; -- called also {little go}. See under {Little}, a.
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Responsive \Respon"sive\ (-s?v), a. [Cf. F. resposif.] 1. That responds; ready or inclined to respond. 2. Suited to something else; correspondent. The vocal lay responsive to the strings. --Pope. 3. Responsible. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. -- {Respon"sively}, adv. -- {Respon"sive*ness}, n.
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Responsive \Respon"sive\ (-s?v), a. [Cf. F. resposif.] 1. That responds; ready or inclined to respond. 2. Suited to something else; correspondent. The vocal lay responsive to the strings. --Pope. 3. Responsible. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. -- {Respon"sively}, adv. -- {Respon"sive*ness}, n.
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Responsive \Respon"sive\ (-s?v), a. [Cf. F. resposif.] 1. That responds; ready or inclined to respond. 2. Suited to something else; correspondent. The vocal lay responsive to the strings. --Pope. 3. Responsible. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. -- {Respon"sively}, adv. -- {Respon"sive*ness}, n.
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Responsorial \Re`sponso"rial\ (r?`sp?n*s?"r?-al), a. Responsory; antiphonal. --J. H. Newman.
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Responsory \Respon"sory\ (r?sp?n"s?r?), a. Containing or making answer; answering. --Johnson.
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Responsory \Respon"sory\, n.; pl. {-ries} (-r[?]z). [LL. responsorium.] 1. (Eccl.) (a) The answer of the people to the priest in alternate speaking, in church service. (b) A versicle sung in answer to the priest, or as a refrain. Which, if should repeat again, would turn my answers into responsories, and beget another liturgy. --Milton. 2. (Eccl.) An antiphonary; a response book.
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Resupinate \Resu"pinate\, a. [L. resupinatus, p. p. of resupinare to bend back. See {Resupine}.] Inverted in position; appearing to be upside down or reversed, as the flowers of the orchis and the leaves of some plants.
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Resupinated \Resu"pina`ted\, a. Resupinate.
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Resupination \Resu`pina"tion\, n. The state of luing on the back; the state of being resupinate, or reversed. Our Vitruvius calleth this affection in the eye a resupination of the figure. --Sir H. Wotton.
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Resupine \Re`su*pine"\, a. [L. resupinus; pref. re- re- + supinus bent backward, supine.] Lying on the back; supine; hence, careless. --Sir K. Digby. He spake, and, downward swayed, fell resupine, With his huge neck aslant. --Cowper.
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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.
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Ash \Ash\ ([acr]sh), n. [OE. asch, esh, AS. [91]sc; akin to OHG. asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash ({Fraxinus excelsior}) and the white ash ({F. Americana}). {Prickly ash} ({Zanthoxylum Americanum}) and {Poison ash} ({Rhus venenata}) are shrubs of different families, somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage. {Mountain ash}. See {Roman tree}, and under {Mountain}. 2. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree. Note: Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc.
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Rice \Rice\, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr. [?][?][?], [?][?][?], probably from the Persian; cf. OPers. br[c6]zi, akin to Skr. vr[c6]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf. {Rye}.] (Bot.) A well-known cereal grass ({Oryza sativa}) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed. {Ant rice}. (Bot.) See under {Ant}. {French rice}. (Bot.) See {Amelcorn}. {Indian rice}., a tall reedlike water grass ({Zizania aquatica}), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain, much used for food by North American Indians. It is common in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also {water oat}, {Canadian wild rice}, etc. {Mountain rice}, any species of an American genus ({Oryzopsis}) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice. {Rice bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Ricebird}. {Rice hen} (Zo[94]l.), the Florida gallinule. {Rice mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a large dark-colored field mouse ({Calomys palistris}) of the Southern United States. {Rice paper}, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a large herb ({Fatsia papyrifera}, related to the ginseng) into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under pressure. Called also {pith paper}. {Rice troupial} (Zo[94]l.), the bobolink. {Rice water}, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small quantity of rice in water. {Rice-water discharge} (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from the bowels, in cholera. {Rice weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small beetle ({Calandra, [or] Sitophilus, oryz[91]}) which destroys rice, wheat, and Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also {black weevil}.
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Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[c6]n, L. pinus.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See {Pinus}. Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United States, of which the {white pine} ({P. Strobus}), the {Georgia pine} ({P. australis}), the {red pine} ({P. resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({P. Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine} ({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The {nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. The spruces, firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other genera. 2. The wood of the pine tree. 3. A pineapple. {Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}. {Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree, the {Araucaria excelsa}. {Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered with pines. [Southern U.S.] {Pine borer} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle whose larv[91] bore into pine trees. {Pine finch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary. {Pine grosbeak} (Zo[94]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with red. {Pine lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and {alligator}. {Pine marten}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also {sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}. (b) The American sable. See {Sable}. {Pine moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[91] burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often doing great damage. {Pine mouse} (Zo[94]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine forests. {Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves of a pine tree. See {Pinus}. {Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below). {Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors. {Pine snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless North American snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered with brown blotches having black margins. Called also {bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi}) is chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange. {Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine. {Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a figure of a pine tree. {Pine weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of weevils whose larv[91] bore in the wood of pine trees. Several species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc. {Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood wool}.
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{Rose de Pompadour}, {Rose du Barry}, names succesively given to a delicate rose color used on S[8a]vres porcelain. {Rose diamond}, a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top. Cf. {Brilliant}, n. {Rose ear}. See under {Ear}. {Rose elder} (Bot.), the Guelder-rose. {Rose engine}, a machine, or an appendage to a turning lathe, by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved with a variety of curved lines. --Craig. {Rose family} (Bot.) the {Rosece[91]}. See {Rosaceous}. {Rose fever} (Med.), rose cold. {Rose fly} (Zo[94]l.), a rose betle, or rose chafer. {Rose gall} (Zo[94]l.), any gall found on rosebushes. See {Bedeguar}. {Rose knot}, a ribbon, or other pliade band plaited so as to resemble a rose; a rosette. {Rose lake}, {Rose madder}, a rich tint prepared from lac and madder precipitated on an earthy basis. --Fairholt. {Rose mallow}. (Bot.) (a) A name of several malvaceous plants of the genus {Hibiscus}, with large rose-colored flowers. (b) the hollyhock. {Rose nail}, a nail with a convex, faceted head. {Rose noble}, an ancient English gold coin, stamped with the figure of a rose, first struck in the reign of Edward III., and current at 6s. 8d. --Sir W. Scott. {Rose of China}. (Bot.) See {China rose} (b), under {China}. {Rose of Jericho} (Bot.), a Syrian cruciferous plant ({Anastatica Hierochuntica}) which rolls up when dry, and expands again when moistened; -- called also {resurrection plant}. {Rose of Sharon} (Bot.), an ornamental malvaceous shrub ({Hibiscus Syriacus}). In the Bible the name is used for some flower not yet identified, perhaps a Narcissus, or possibly the great lotus flower. {Rose oil} (Chem.), the yellow essential oil extracted from various species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief part of attar of roses. {Rose pink}, a pigment of a rose color, made by dyeing chalk or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood and alum; also, the color of the pigment. {Rose quartz} (Min.), a variety of quartz which is rose-red. {Rose rash}. (Med.) Same as {Roseola}. {Rose slug} (Zo[94]l.), the small green larva of a black sawfly ({Selandria ros[91]}). These larv[91] feed in groups on the parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and are often abundant and very destructive. {Rose window} (Arch.), a circular window filled with ornamental tracery. Called also {Catherine wheel}, and {marigold window}. Cf. {wheel window}, under {Wheel}. {Summer rose} (Med.), a variety of roseola. See {Roseola}. {Under the rose} [a translation of L. sub rosa], in secret; privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure; -- the rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy, and hung up at entertainments as a token that nothing there said was to be divulged. {Wars of the Roses} (Eng. Hist.), feuds between the Houses of York and Lancaster, the white rose being the badge of the House of York, and the red rose of the House of Lancaster.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Rose de Pompadour}, {Rose du Barry}, names succesively given to a delicate rose color used on S[8a]vres porcelain. {Rose diamond}, a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top. Cf. {Brilliant}, n. {Rose ear}. See under {Ear}. {Rose elder} (Bot.), the Guelder-rose. {Rose engine}, a machine, or an appendage to a turning lathe, by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved with a variety of curved lines. --Craig. {Rose family} (Bot.) the {Rosece[91]}. See {Rosaceous}. {Rose fever} (Med.), rose cold. {Rose fly} (Zo[94]l.), a rose betle, or rose chafer. {Rose gall} (Zo[94]l.), any gall found on rosebushes. See {Bedeguar}. {Rose knot}, a ribbon, or other pliade band plaited so as to resemble a rose; a rosette. {Rose lake}, {Rose madder}, a rich tint prepared from lac and madder precipitated on an earthy basis. --Fairholt. {Rose mallow}. (Bot.) (a) A name of several malvaceous plants of the genus {Hibiscus}, with large rose-colored flowers. (b) the hollyhock. {Rose nail}, a nail with a convex, faceted head. {Rose noble}, an ancient English gold coin, stamped with the figure of a rose, first struck in the reign of Edward III., and current at 6s. 8d. --Sir W. Scott. {Rose of China}. (Bot.) See {China rose} (b), under {China}. {Rose of Jericho} (Bot.), a Syrian cruciferous plant ({Anastatica Hierochuntica}) which rolls up when dry, and expands again when moistened; -- called also {resurrection plant}. {Rose of Sharon} (Bot.), an ornamental malvaceous shrub ({Hibiscus Syriacus}). In the Bible the name is used for some flower not yet identified, perhaps a Narcissus, or possibly the great lotus flower. {Rose oil} (Chem.), the yellow essential oil extracted from various species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief part of attar of roses. {Rose pink}, a pigment of a rose color, made by dyeing chalk or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood and alum; also, the color of the pigment. {Rose quartz} (Min.), a variety of quartz which is rose-red. {Rose rash}. (Med.) Same as {Roseola}. {Rose slug} (Zo[94]l.), the small green larva of a black sawfly ({Selandria ros[91]}). These larv[91] feed in groups on the parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and are often abundant and very destructive. {Rose window} (Arch.), a circular window filled with ornamental tracery. Called also {Catherine wheel}, and {marigold window}. Cf. {wheel window}, under {Wheel}. {Summer rose} (Med.), a variety of roseola. See {Roseola}. {Under the rose} [a translation of L. sub rosa], in secret; privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure; -- the rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy, and hung up at entertainments as a token that nothing there said was to be divulged. {Wars of the Roses} (Eng. Hist.), feuds between the Houses of York and Lancaster, the white rose being the badge of the House of York, and the red rose of the House of Lancaster.
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Magenta \Ma*gen"ta\, n. (Chem.) An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Called also {fuchsine}, {rose[8b]ne}, etc.
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Rosefinch \Rose"finch\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of Asiatic finches of the genera {Carpodacus}, and {Propasser}, and allied genera, in which the male is more or less colored with rose red.
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Rose-pink \Rose"-pink`\, a. 1. Having a pink color like that of the rose, or like the pigment called rose pink. See {Rose pink}, under {Rose}. 2. Disposed to clothe everything with roseate hues; hence, sentimental. [bd]Rose-pink piety.[b8] --C. Kingsley.
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Bindweed \Bind"weed`\, n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Convolvulus}; as, greater bindweed ({C. Sepium}); lesser bindweed ({C. arvensis}); the white, the blue, the Syrian, bindweed. The black bryony, or {Tamus}, is called {black bindweed}, and the {Smilax aspera}, {rough bindweed}. The fragile bindweed bells and bryony rings. --Tennyson.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rocky Point, NC Zip code(s): 28457 Rocky Point, NY (CDP, FIPS 63319) Location: 40.92706 N, 72.92337 W Population (1990): 8596 (3870 housing units) Area: 26.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 11778
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Roseboom, NY Zip code(s): 13450
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rosepine, LA (town, FIPS 66200) Location: 30.91938 N, 93.28433 W Population (1990): 1135 (499 housing units) Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
recipient One who receives; receiver. E.g. "No recipient of the {e-mail} message will know about the other {addressees} who were listed in the {BCC} header." (2000-03-22)