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   rachis
         n 1: axis of a compound leaf or compound inflorescence
         2: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and
            protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" [syn:
            {spinal column}, {vertebral column}, {spine}, {backbone},
            {back}, {rachis}]

English Dictionary: rucksack	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rag week n a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities Synonym(s): rag, rag week
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Ragusa n a port city in southwestern Croatia on the Adriatic; a popular tourist center Synonym(s): Dubrovnik, Ragusa
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rakish adj marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" Synonym(s): dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary Moore Synonym(s): devil-may-care, raffish, rakish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
raucous adj unpleasantly loud and harsh Synonym(s): raucous, strident disturbing the public peace; loud and rough; "a raucous party"; "rowdy teenagers" Synonym(s): raucous, rowdy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reassess v revise or renew one's assessment [syn: reassess, reevaluate]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
recess n a state of abeyance or suspended business [syn: deferral, recess] a small concavity Synonym(s): recess, recession, niche, corner an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) Synonym(s): inlet, recess an enclosure that is set back or indented Synonym(s): recess, niche a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" Synonym(s): respite, recess, break, time out v put into a recess; "recess lights" make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood" close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" Synonym(s): adjourn, recess, break up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
recuse v disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rejig v re-equip a factory or plant Synonym(s): re-equip, rejig
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rejoice v feel happiness or joy Synonym(s): rejoice, joy to express great joy; "Who cannot exult in Spring?" Synonym(s): exuberate, exult, rejoice, triumph, jubilate be ecstatic with joy Synonym(s): wallow, rejoice, triumph
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
resize v change the size of; make the size more appropriate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rhesus n of southern Asia; used in medical research [syn: rhesus, rhesus monkey, Macaca mulatta]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
riches n an abundance of material possessions and resources [syn: wealth, riches]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Roccus n a genus of Serranidae Synonym(s): Roccus, genus Roccus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rock cake n a small cake with a hard surface said to resemble a rock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rockchuck n heavy-bodied yellowish-brown marmot of rocky areas of western North America Synonym(s): yellowbelly marmot, rockchuck, Marmota flaviventris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rockies n the chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide Synonym(s): Rockies, Rocky Mountains
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rococo adj having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation; "an exquisite gilded rococo mirror" n fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roguish adj playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin" Synonym(s): devilish, rascally, roguish lacking principles or scruples; "the rascally rabble"; "the tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" - W.M. Thackaray; "the captain was set adrift by his roguish crew" Synonym(s): rascally, roguish, scoundrelly, blackguardly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rosacea n a skin disease of adults (more often women) in which blood vessels of the face enlarge resulting in a flushed appearance Synonym(s): acne rosacea, rosacea
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Rosaceae 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
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rough-house v treat in a rough or boisterous manner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roughage n coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis Synonym(s): roughage, fiber
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roughhouse v engage in rough or disorderly play
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roughish adj somewhat rough
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rucksack n a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder [syn: backpack, back pack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack, haversack]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ruckus n the act of making a noisy disturbance [syn: commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult]
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rugose adj of leaves; ridged or wrinkled
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ruscaceae n one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted Synonym(s): Ruscaceae, family Ruscaceae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ruscus n a genus of European evergreen shrubs; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae Synonym(s): Ruscus, genus Ruscus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dewberry \Dew"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) (a) The fruit of certain species of bramble ({Rubus}); in England, the fruit of {R. c[91]sius}, which has a glaucous bloom; in America, that of {R. canadensis} and {R. hispidus}, species of low blackberries. (b) The plant which bears the fruit. Feed him with apricots and dewberries. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ragious \Ra"gious\, a. Raging; furious; rageful. [Obs.] -- {Ra"gious*ness}, n. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rakish \Rak"ish\, a. (Naut.) Having a saucy appearance indicative of speed and dash. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rakish \Rak"ish\, a. Dissolute; lewd; debauched. The arduous task of converting a rakish lover. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raucous \Rau"cous\, a. [L. raucus.] Hoarse; harsh; rough; as, a raucous, thick tone. [bd]His voice slightly raucous.[b8] --Aytoun. -- {Rau"cous*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reaccess \Re`ac*cess"\, n. A second access or approach; a return. --Hakewill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reaccuse \Re"ac*cuse"\, v. t. To accuse again. --Cheyne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recess \Re*cess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Recessing}.] To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recess \Re*cess"\, n. [G.] A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire. --Brande & C.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recess \Re*cess"\, n. [L. recessus, fr. recedere, recessum. See {Recede}.] 1. A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides. Every degree of ignorance being so far a recess and degradation from rationality. --South. My recess hath given them confidence that I may be conquered. --Eikon Basilike. 2. The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy. In the recess of the jury they are to consider the evidence. --Sir M. Hale. Good verse recess and solitude requires. --Dryden. 3. Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school. The recess of . . . Parliament lasted six weeks. --Macaulay. 4. Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc. A bed which stood in a deep recess. --W. Irving. 5. A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion. Departure from his happy place, our sweet Recess, and only consolation left. --Milton. 6. Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science. --I. Watts. 7. (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) A sinus.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rechase \Re*chase"\, v. t. [Pref. re- + chase: cf. F. rechasser.] To chase again; to chase or drive back.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Rhachis \[d8]Rha"chis\, n.; pl. E. {Rhachises}, L. {Rhachides}. [See {Rachis}.] [Written also {rechis}.] 1. (Anat.) The spine. 2. (Bot.) (a) The continued stem or midrib of a pinnately compound leaf, as in a rose leaf or a fern. (b) The principal axis in a raceme, spike, panicle, or corymb. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The shaft of a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is called the hyporhachis. (b) The central cord in the stem of a crinoid. (c) The median part of the radula of a mollusk. (d) A central cord of the ovary of nematodes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rechoose \Re*choose"\, v. t. To choose again.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recouch \Recouch"\ (r?kouch"), v. i. [Pref. re- + couch: cf. F. recoucher.] To retire again to a couch; to lie down again. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recuse \Recuse"\ (r?k?z"), v. t. [F. r[82]cuser, or L. recusare. See {Recusant}.] (Law) To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause. [Obs.] --Sir K. Digby.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Rex \[d8]Rex\, n.; pl. {Reges}. [L.] A king. {To play rex}, to play the king; to domineer. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Regious \Re"gious\ (-j??s), a. [L. regius royal, fr. rex, regis, king.] Regal; royal. [Obs.] --Harrington.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rejoice \Re*joice"\, v. t. 1. To enjoy. [Obs.] --Bp. Peacock. 2. To give joy to; to make joyful; to gladden. I me rejoysed of my liberty. --Chaucer. While she, great saint, rejoices heaven. --Prior. Were he [Cain] alive, it would rejoice his soul to see what mischief it had made. --Arbuthnot. Syn: To please; cheer; exhilarate; delight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rejoice \Re*joice"\, n. The act of rejoicing. --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rejoice \Rejoice"\ (r[esl]jois"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rejoiced} (-joist"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rejoicing} (-joi"s?ng).] [OE. rejoissen, OF. resjouir, resjoir, F. r[82]jouir; pref. re- re- + OF, esjouir, esjoir, F. [82]jouir, to rejoice; pref. es- (L. ex-) + OF. jouir, joir, F. jouir, from L. gaudere to rejoice. See {Joy}.] To feel joy; to experience gladness in a high degree; to have pleasurable satisfaction; to be delighted. [bd]O, rejoice beyond a common joy.[b8] --Shak. I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy. --Ps. xxxi. 7. Syn: To delight; joy; exult; triumph.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rescous \Res"cous\ (r?s"k?s), n. [OE., fr. OF. rescousse, fr. rescourre, p. p. rescous, to rescue. See {Rescue}.] 1. Rescue; deliverance. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. (Law) See {Rescue}, 2. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rescussee \Res`cus*see"\ (r?s`k?s-s?"), n. (O.Eng. Law) The party in whose favor a rescue is made. --Crabb.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reseek \Re*seek"\ (r?-s?k"), v. t. To seek again. --J. Barlow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reseize \Re*seize"\ (r?-s?z"), v. t. [Pref. re- + seize: cf. F. ressaisir.] 1. To seize again, or a second time. 2. To put in possession again; to reinstate. And then therein [in his kingdom] reseized was again. --Spenser. 3. (Law) To take possession of, as lands and tenements which have been disseized. The sheriff is commanded to reseize the land and all the chattels thereon, and keep the same in his custody till the arrival of the justices of assize. --Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Resiege \Re*siege"\ (r?-s?j"), v. t. [Pref. re- + siege a seat.] To seat again; to reinstate. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Rachis \[d8]Ra"chis\, n.; pl. E. {Rachises}, L. {Rachides}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] [?].] [Written also {rhachis}.] 1. (Anat.) The spine; the vertebral column. 2. (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) Same as {Rhachis}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Riches \Rich"es\, n. pl. [OE. richesse, F. richesse, from riche rich, of German origin. See {Rich},a.] 1. That which makes one rich; an abundance of land, goods, money, or other property; wealth; opulence; affluence. Riches do not consist in having more gold and silver, but in having more in proportion, than our neighbors. --Locke. 2. That which appears rich, sumptuous, precious, or the like. The riche of heaven's pavement, trodden gold. --Milton. Note: Richesse, the older form of this word, was in the singular number. The form riches, however, is plural in appearance, and has now come to be used as a plural. Against the richesses of this world shall they have misease of poverty. --Chaucer. In one hour so great riches is come to nought. --Rev. xviii. 17. And for that riches where is my deserving? --Shak. Syn: Wealth; opulence; affluence; wealthiness; richness; plenty; abundance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Richesse \Rich"esse\, n. [F. See {Riches}.] Wealth; riches. See the Note under {Riches}. [Obs.] Some man desireth for to have richesse. --Chaucer. The richesse of all heavenly grace. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Riggish \Rig"gish\, a. Like a rig or wanton. [Obs.] [bd]Riggish and unmaidenly.[b8] --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds. 3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii. 2. 4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}. Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built, rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like. {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a rock.] Same as {Roche alum}. {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides}) very abundant on rocks washed by tides. {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}. (b) The goggle-eye. (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called rock bass. {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the corals and Foraminifera. {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous slate. {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure sugar which are very hard, whence the name. {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}. {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod found about rocks andledges. (b) A California rockfish. {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}). (b) A rockling. {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture. {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See Illust. under {Cancer}. {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata}, etc. {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under {Crystal}. {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock doo}. {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp., a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for drilling holes for blasting, etc. {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck. {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}. {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex. {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}. {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}. {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny lobster}, and {sea crayfish}. {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite occuring as an efflorescence. {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}. {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}. {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish green. {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia}) Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}. {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}. {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover. (b) The rock snipe. {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black patches on the back. {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}. {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet. {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation from sea water in large basins or cavities. {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}. {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and allied genera. {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons; as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}. {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover}, {winter snipe}. {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy feel, and adhering to the tongue. {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe. (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}). {Rock tar}, petroleum. {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout. {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases of extremity. {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and {starling}. {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}. {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of Lower California and Mexico.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rococo \Ro*co"co\, n. [F.; of uncertain etymology.] A florid style of ornamentation which prevailed in Europe in the latter part of the eighteenth century.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rococo \Ro*co"co\, a. Of or pertaining to the style called rococo; like rococo; florid; fantastic.
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Roguish \Rogu"ish\, a. 1. Vagrant. [Obs.] --Spenser. His roguish madness Allows itself to anything. --Shak. 2. Resembling, or characteristic of, a rogue; knavish. 3. Pleasantly mischievous; waggish; arch. The most bewitching leer with her eyes, the most roguish cast. --Dryden. -- {Rogu"ishly}, adv. -- {Rogu"ishness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rokeage \Roke"age\, Rokee \Rok"ee\, n. [Cf. {Nocake}.] Parched Indian corn, pounded up and mixed with sugar; -- called also {yokeage}. [Local, U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oso-berry \O"so-ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) The small, blueblack, drupelike fruit of the {Nuttallia cerasiformis}, a shrub of Oregon and California, belonging to the Cherry tribe of {Rosace[91]}.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roughish \Rough"ish\, a. Somewhat rough.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rugose \Ru*gose"\, a. [L. rugosus, r. ruga a wrinkle.] Wrinkled; full of wrinkles; specifically (Bot.), having the veinlets sunken and the spaces between them elevated, as the leaves of the sage and horehound.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rugous \Ru"gous\, a. [Cf. F. rugueux.] Wrinkled; rugose.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Butcher's broom \Butch"er's broom`\ (Bot.) A genus of plants ({Ruscus}); esp. {R. aculeatus}, which has large red berries and leaflike branches. See {Cladophyll}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Resaca, GA (city, FIPS 64736) Location: 34.58190 N, 84.94445 W Population (1990): 410 (160 housing units) Area: 6.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
rococo adj. Terminally {baroque}. Used to imply that a program has become so encrusted with the software equivalent of gold leaf and curlicues that they have completely swamped the underlying design. Called after the later and more extreme forms of Baroque architecture and decoration prevalent during the mid-1700s in Europe. Alan Perlis said: "Every program eventually becomes rococo, and then rubble." Compare {critical mass}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
regex The {GNU} {regular expression} matching library. See also {Rx}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RISC OS (Reduced Instruction Set Computer Operating System) {Acorn Computers}' {operating system} for their {Archimedes} family of {personal computer}s. RISC OS replaced the {Arthur} operating system used on the first Archimedeses. It is written in {ARM} {assembly code} and distributed on {ROM} so it takes up no disk space and takes no time to load. It supports {cooperative multitasking} with memory management and includes a {graphical user interface} or "WIMP". It is written in a highly modular style and makes extensive use of {vector}s so it is easy to modify and extend by loading new modules in {RAM}. A large number of {system call}s (called "SWIs" - software interrupts) are available to the applications programmer and some of these are available as user comands via a built-in {command-line interpreter}. RISC OS also supported {outline font}s when only {bitmap font}s were available on most other {platform}s.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
RISCiX /risk-icks/ (Or "RISC iX") {BSD}-based {Unix} developed by {Acorn Computers Ltd.} (Cambridge, UK) to run on 32-bit {ARM} {RISC} processors. RISCiX was launched circa 1989 for three production machines - the R140, R260, the discless R225; and other prototypes. (2003-09-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
rococo {Baroque} in the extreme. Used to imply that a program has become so encrusted with the software equivalent of gold leaf and curlicues that they have completely swamped the underlying design. Called after the later and more extreme forms of Baroque architecture and decoration prevalent during the mid-1700s in Europe. Alan Perlis said: "Every program eventually becomes rococo, and then rubble." Compare {critical mass}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-04-06)