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   rainless
         adj 1: lacking rain; "a rainless month"; "rainless skies"

English Dictionary: rhymeless by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ranales
n
  1. herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae
    Synonym(s): Ranales, order Ranales, Ranunculales, order Ranunculales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
raw milk
n
  1. unpasteurized milk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reenlistment
n
  1. a renewed enlistment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Remilegia
n
  1. a genus of Echeneididae [syn: Remilegia, {genus Remilegia}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Remilegia australis
n
  1. large blue Pacific remora that attaches to whales and dolphins
    Synonym(s): whale sucker, whalesucker, Remilegia australis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
renal calculus
n
  1. a calculus formed in the kidney [syn: kidney stone, urinary calculus, nephrolith, renal calculus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
renal colic
n
  1. sharp pain in the lower back that radiates into the groin; associated with the passage of a renal calculus through the ureter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
renal corpuscle
n
  1. the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron
    Synonym(s): malpighian body, malpighian corpuscle, renal corpuscle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
renal cortex
n
  1. the cortex of the kidney containing the glomeruli and the convoluted tubules
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rhamnales
n
  1. an order of dicotyledonous plants [syn: Rhamnales, {order Rhamnales}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rhymeless
adj
  1. not having rhyme; "writing unrhymed blank verse is like playing tennis without a net"
    Synonym(s): unrhymed, unrimed, rhymeless, rimeless
    Antonym(s): rhymed, rhyming, riming
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rimeless
adj
  1. not having rhyme; "writing unrhymed blank verse is like playing tennis without a net"
    Synonym(s): unrhymed, unrimed, rhymeless, rimeless
    Antonym(s): rhymed, rhyming, riming
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rimless
adj
  1. lacking a rim or frame; "rimless glasses"
    Antonym(s): rimmed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Romulus
n
  1. (Roman mythology) founder of Rome; suckled with his twin brother Remus by a wolf after their parents (Mars and Rhea Silvia) abandoned them; Romulus killed Remus in an argument over the building of Rome
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
room light
n
  1. light that provides general illumination for a room
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rainless \Rain"less\, a.
      Destitute of rain; as, a rainless region.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ramollescence \Ram`ol*les"cence\, n. [F. ramollir to make soft,
      to soften; pref. re- re- + amollir to soften; a (L. ad) +
      mollir to soften, L. mollire, fr. mollis soft.]
      A softening or mollifying. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ramulose \Ram"u*lose`\, a. [L. ramulosus, fr. ramulus, dim. of
      ramus a branch.] (Nat. Hist.)
      Having many small branches, or ramuli.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ramulous \Ram"u*lous\, a. (Nat. Hist.)
      Ramulose.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shad \Shad\ (sh[acr]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of
      fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a
      herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a
      fish.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring
      family. The American species ({Clupea sapidissima}), which is
      abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers
      in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European
      allice shad, or alose ({C. alosa}), and the twaite shad. ({C.
      finta}), are less important species. [Written also {chad}.]
  
      Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other
               fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under {Gizzard}),
               called also {mud shad}, {white-eyed shad}, and {winter
               shad}.
  
      {Hardboaded}, [or] {Yellow-tailed}, {shad}, the menhaden.
  
      {Hickory}, [or] {Tailor}, {shad}, the mattowacca.
  
      {Long-boned shad}, one of several species of important food
            fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus
            {Gerres}.
  
      {Shad bush} (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs
            or small trees of the rosaceous genus {Amelanchier} ({A.
            Canadensis}, and {A. alnifolia}) Their white racemose
            blossoms open in April or May, when the shad appear, and
            the edible berries (pomes) ripen in June or July, whence
            they are called Juneberries. The plant is also called
            {service tree}, and {Juneberry}.
  
      {Shad frog}, an American spotted frog ({Rana halecina}); --
            so called because it usually appears at the time when the
            shad begin to run in the rivers.
  
      {Trout shad}, the squeteague.
  
      {White shad}, the common shad.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Re89nlist \Re`[89]n*list"\ (-l?st"), v. t. & i.
      To enlist again.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Re89nlistment \Re`[89]n*list"ment\ (-ment), n.
      A renewed enlistment.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Reinless \Rein"less\ (r?n"l?s), a.
      Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or
      restrained.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Renal \Re"nal\ (r?"nal), a. [L. renalis, fr. renes the kidneys
      or reins: cf. F. r[82]nal. See {Reins}.] (Anat.)
      Of or pertaining to the kidneys; in the region of the
      kidneys.
  
      {Renal calculus} (Med.), a concretion formed in the excretory
            passages of the kidney.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suprarenal \Su`pra*re"nal\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated above, or anterior to, the kidneys. -- n. A
      suprarenal capsule.
  
      {Suprarenal capsules} (Anat.), two small bodies of unknown
            function in front of, or near, the kidneys in most
            vertebrates. Also called {renal capsules}, and {suprarenal
            bodies}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Renal capsules} [or] {glands}, the suprarenal capsules. See
            under {Capsule}.
  
      {Renal casts}, {Renal colic}. (Med.) See under {Cast}, and
            {Colic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suprarenal \Su`pra*re"nal\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated above, or anterior to, the kidneys. -- n. A
      suprarenal capsule.
  
      {Suprarenal capsules} (Anat.), two small bodies of unknown
            function in front of, or near, the kidneys in most
            vertebrates. Also called {renal capsules}, and {suprarenal
            bodies}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Renal capsules} [or] {glands}, the suprarenal capsules. See
            under {Capsule}.
  
      {Renal casts}, {Renal colic}. (Med.) See under {Cast}, and
            {Colic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cast \Cast\, n. [Cf. Icel., Dan., & Sw. kast.]
      1. The act of casting or throwing; a throw.
  
      2. The thing thrown.
  
                     A cast of dreadful dust.                     --Dryden.
  
      3. The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.
            [bd]About a stone's cast.[b8] --Luke xxii. 41.
  
      4. A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.
  
                     An even cast whether the army should march this way
                     or that way. --Sowth.
  
                     I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the
                     hazard of the die.                              --Shak.
  
      5. That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the
            skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the
            excrement of a earthworm.
  
      6. The act of casting in a mold.
  
                     And why such daily cast of brazen cannon. --Shak.
  
      7. An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person;
            amold; a pattern.
  
      8. That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or
            copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a
            casting.
  
      9. Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of
            countenance. [bd]A neat cast of verse.[b8] --Pope.
  
                     An heroic poem, but in another cast and figure.
                                                                              --Prior.
  
                     And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied
                     o'er with the pale cast of thought.   --Shak.
  
      10. A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
  
                     Gray with a cast of green.               --Woodward.
  
      11. A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage;
            specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift. [Scotch]
  
                     We bargained with the driver to give us a cast to
                     the next stage.                                 --Smollett.
  
                     If we had the cast o' a cart to bring it. --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      12. The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.
  
      13. (Falconary) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go
            at one time from the hand. --Grabb.
  
                     As when a cast of falcons make their flight.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      14. A stoke, touch, or trick. [Obs.]
  
                     This was a cast of Wood's politics; for his
                     information was wholly false.            --Swift.
  
      15. A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance;
            squint.
  
                     The cast of the eye is a gesture of aversion.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
                     And let you see with one cast of an eye. --Addison.
  
                     This freakish, elvish cast came into the child's
                     eye.                                                --Hawthorne.
  
      16. A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.
  
      17. Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at
            once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.
  
      18. Contrivance; plot, design. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      {A cast of the eye}, a slight squint or strabismus.
  
      {Renal cast} (Med.), microscopic bodies found in the urine of
            persons affected with disease of the kidneys; -- so called
            because they are formed of matter deposited in, and
            preserving the outline of, the renal tubes.
  
      {The last cast}, the last throw of the dice or last effort,
            on which every thing is ventured; the last chance.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Renal capsules} [or] {glands}, the suprarenal capsules. See
            under {Capsule}.
  
      {Renal casts}, {Renal colic}. (Med.) See under {Cast}, and
            {Colic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Renal capsules} [or] {glands}, the suprarenal capsules. See
            under {Capsule}.
  
      {Renal casts}, {Renal colic}. (Med.) See under {Cast}, and
            {Colic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Colic \Col"ic\, n. [F. colique, fr. L. colicus sick with the
      colic, GR. [?], fr. [?], [?], the colon. The disease is so
      named from its being seated in or near the colon. See
      {Colon}.] (Med.)
      A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm,
      obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera.
  
      {Hepatic colic}, the severe pain produced by the passage of a
            gallstone from the liver or gall bladder through the bile
            duct.
  
      {Intestinal colic}, [or] {Ordinary colic}, pain due to
            distention of the intestines by gas.
  
      {Lead colic}, {Painter's colic}, a violent form of intestinal
            colic, associated with obstinate constipation, produced by
            chronic lead poisoning.
  
      {Renal colic}, the severe pain produced by the passage of a
            calculus from the kidney through the ureter.
  
      {Wind colic}. See {Intestinal colic}, above.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rhinological \Rhi`no*log"ic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to rhinology.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rhinologist \Rhi*nol"o*gist\, n.
      One skilled in rhinology.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rhinology \Rhi*nol"o*gy\, n. [Rhino- + -logy.]
      The science which treats of the nose, and its diseases.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rhymeless \Rhyme"less\, a.
      Destitute of rhyme. --Bp. Hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lock \Lock\, n. [AS. loc inclosure, an inclosed place, the
      fastening of a door, fr. l[umac]can to lock, fasten; akin to
      OS. l[umac]kan (in comp.), D. luiken, OHG. l[umac]hhan, Icel.
      l[?]ka, Goth. l[umac]kan (in comp.); cf. Skr. ruj to break.
      Cf. {Locket}.]
      1. Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a
            door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a
            bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the
            thing fastened.
  
      2. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one
            thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
  
                     Albemarle Street closed by a lock of carriages. --De
                                                                              Quincey.
  
      3. A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.
            --Dryden.
  
      4. The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream
            or canal.
  
      5. An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in
            raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to
            another; -- called also {lift lock}.
  
      6. That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is
            exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock,
            etc.
  
      7. A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
  
      8. A grapple in wrestling. --Milton.
  
      {Detector lock}, a lock containing a contrivance for showing
            whether it as has been tampered with.
  
      {Lock bay} (Canals), the body of water in a lock chamber.
  
      {Lock chamber}, the inclosed space between the gates of a
            canal lock.
  
      {Lock nut}. See {Check nut}, under {Check}.
  
      {Lock plate}, a plate to which the mechanism of a gunlock is
            attached.
  
      {Lock rail} (Arch.), in ordinary paneled doors, the rail
            nearest the lock.
  
      {Lock rand} (Masonry), a range of bond stone. --Knight.
  
      {Mortise lock}, a door lock inserted in a mortise.
  
      {Rim lock}, a lock fastened to the face of a door, thus
            differing from a {mortise lock}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rim \Rim\, n. [As. rima, reoma, edge; cf. W. rhim, rhimp, a rim,
      edge, boundary, termination, Armor, rim. Cf. {Rind}.]
      1. The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of
            something circular or curving; as, the rim of a kettle or
            basin.
  
      2. The lower part of the abdomen. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {Arch rim} (Phonetics), the line between the gums and the
            palate.
  
      {Rim-fire cartridge}. (Mil.) See under {Cartridge}.
  
      {Rim lock}. See under {Lock}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Roomless \Room"less\, a.
      Being without room or rooms. --Udall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Runology \Ru*nol"o*gy\, n. [Rune + -logy.]
      The science of runes. -- {Ru*nol"o*gist}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Runology \Ru*nol"o*gy\, n. [Rune + -logy.]
      The science of runes. -- {Ru*nol"o*gist}, n.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Remlik, VA
      Zip code(s): 23175

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Romulus, MI (city, FIPS 69420)
      Location: 42.22375 N, 83.36622 W
      Population (1990): 22897 (8223 housing units)
      Area: 93.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 48174

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Runnells, IA (city, FIPS 69240)
      Location: 41.51232 N, 93.35805 W
      Population (1990): 306 (131 housing units)
      Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50237

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Runnels County, TX (county, FIPS 399)
      Location: 31.83313 N, 99.96846 W
      Population (1990): 11294 (5345 housing units)
      Area: 2731.2 sq km (land), 7.0 sq km (water)
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